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List of masters of Jesus College, Cambridge

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Richard Sterne, Archbishop of York and Master from 1634 to 1644.
Henry Arthur Morgan was Master of the college from 1885 to 1912.

The following is a list of masters of Jesus College, Cambridge:

Name Portrait Term of office
William Chubbes 1497 1505
John Eccleston 1505 1516
Thomas Alcock 1516
William Capon 1516 1546
John Reston 1546 1551
Edmund Pierpoint 1551 1557
John Fuller 1557 1558
Thomas Redman 1559 1560
Edward Gascoyne 1560 1562
John Lakin 1562 1563
Thomas Ithell 1563 1579
John Bell 1579 1589
John Duport 1590 1617
Roger Andrewes 1618 1632
William Beale 1632 1634
Richard Sterne 1634 1644
Thomas Young 1644 1650
John Worthington 1650 1660
Richard Sterne 1660
John Pearson 1660 1662
Joseph Beaumont 1662 1663
Edmund Boldero 1663 1679
Humphrey Gower 1679
William Saywell 1679 1701
Charles Ashton 1701 1752
Philip Yonge 1752 1758
Lynford Caryl 1758 1781
Richard Beadon 1781 1789
William Pearce 1789 1820
William French 1820 1849
George Elwes Corrie 1849 1885
Henry Arthur Morgan 1885 1912
Arthur Gray 1912 1940
Wynfrid Duckworth 1940 1945
Eustace Mandeville Wetenhall Tillyard 1945 1959
Denys Page 1959 1973
Alan Cottrell 1973 1986
Colin Renfrew 1986 1996
David Crighton 1997 2000
Robert Mair 2001 2011
Ian H. White 2011 2019
Sonita Alleyne 2019 Incumbent