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List of Secretaries of Cambridge University Liberal Club, 1886-1988
Note: with the exception of 1887-8, there were two joint Secretaries at any one time before 1899.
| 1886-7 | Thomas Arnold Herbert Fydell Edmund Garrett |
St. John’s Trinity |
| 1887-8 | Harold J. Tennant (resigned 16/05/1888) Post left vacant for one month |
Trinity – |
| 1888-9 | T. Anton Bertram Hugh Norman Ferrers (resigned 12/11/1888) Walter Murray Guthrie (elected 12 Nov 1888; resigned 08/12/1888) Charles Geake (elected 08/12/1888) |
Gonville&Caius King’s Trinity Hall – Clare |
| 1889-90 | T. Anton Bertram Charles Geake |
Gonville&Caius Clare |
| 1890-1 | T. Anton Bertram (resigned 22/01/ 1891) E. Labouchere R. Thornton Charles P. Trevelyan |
Gonville&Caius King’s Trinity |
| 1891-2 | Hugh Norman Ferrers Charles P. Trevelyan |
King’s Trinity |
| 1892-3 | Hugh Norman Ferrers BA P. Maurice M. Sheldon Amos The Hon. Bertrand A.W.Russell |
King’s Trinity Trinity |
| 1893-4 | F. G. Thomas P. Maurice M. Sheldon Amos James Tait Wardlaw |
Sidney Sussex Trinity King’s |
| 1894-5 | James Tait Wardlaw (resigned 06/12/1894) F.G. Thomas Charles P. Trevelyan BA T. Anton Bertram BA |
King’s Sidney Sussex Sidney Sussex Trinity |
| 1895-6 | Charles P. Trevelyan BA (resigned 05/05/1896) F.G. Thomas (resigned 23/01/1896) C. F. G. Masterman(elected 23/01/1896) Albert Whiteley (resigned 05/05/1896) Harold Cooke Gutteridge (elected 05/05/1896) The Hon. Geoffrey W.A. Howard (elected 05/05/1896) |
Sidney Sussex Sidney Sussex Christ’s St. John’s King’s Trinity . |
| 1896-7 | R. J. McDonnell Harold Cooke Gutteridge |
St. John’s King’s |
| 1897-8 | T. F. Robert McDonnell Reginald Airy MA The Hon. Geoffrey W.A. Howard |
St. John’s Trinity Trinity |
| 1898-9 | Reginald Airy MA R. Vernon Harcourt (resigned 10/1898) The Hon. Geoffrey W.A. Howard BA |
Trinity Trinity Trinity |
| 1899-1900 | Alfred Ravescroft Kennedy | King’s |
| 1900-1 | Alfred Ravescroft Kennedy | King’s |
| 1901-2 | Edwin S. Montagu | Trinity |
| 1902-3 | Michael F. J. McDonnell | St. John’s |
| 1903-4 | John Maynard Keynes | King’s |
| 1904-5 | John Kenneth Mozley (resigned 02/1905) James Hodgson Bowe BA |
Pembroke Jesus |
| 1905-6 | C. Ramalinga Reddy | St. John’s |
| 1906-7 | A. L. Hobhouse (resigned) A. D. McNair (acting) |
Trinity Gonville&Caius |
| 1907-8 | A. D. McNair | Gonville&Caius |
| 1908-9 | G. E. Toulmin | King’s |
| 1909-10 | Geoffrey I. C. Marchand | St. John’s |
| 1910-1 | William A. C. Brooke | King’s |
| 1911-2 | Hubert Douglas Henderson | Emmanuel |
| 1912-3 | J. H. B. Nihill | Emmanuel |
| 1913-4 | William Lennox McNair | Gonville&Caius |
| 1914-5 | C. L. Wiseman | Peterhouse |
| 1915-6 | James Conway Davies (temporary) | Emmanuel |
Society dormant c.1916-19, in line with many other political societies.
| 1919-20 | G. Granville Sharp | Fitzwilliam Hall |
| 1920-1 | ? | ? |
| 1921-2 | T. F. Fox | Pembroke |
| 1922-3 | Cedric Lanyon-Thornton (resigned, 12/1922) Archie P. Marshall |
Fitzwilliam Hall Gonville&Caius |
| 1923-4 | Joseph Stanley Snowden John Andrews Benn (Assistant Secretary from 02/1924) |
St. John’s Gonville&Caius |
| 1924-5 | John Andrews Benn J. Selwyn B. Lloyd (Assistant Secretary) |
Gonville&Caius Magdalene |
| 1925-6 | J. Selwyn B. Lloyd K. E. Hughes “Miss Ashley” (Assistant Secretary) |
Magdalene Corpus Christi Newnham |
| 1926-7 | Hugh M. Foot | St. John’s |
| 1927-8 | Henry J. Sinclair, 2nd Baron Pentland | Trinity |
| 1928-9 | Kenneth Adam | St. John’s |
| 1929-30 | M. A. Pinney | Corpus Christi |
| 1930-1 | Ivor Stewart Jehu | St. John’s |
| 1931-2 | ? | ? |
| 1932-3 | J. W. Buxton | Trinity |
| 1933-4 | ? | ? |
| 1934-5 | ? | ? |
| 1935-6 | ? | ? |
| 1936-7 | ? | ? |
| 1937-8 | Douglas B. Law | Selwyn |
| 1938-9 | Raymond E. M. Le Goy | Gonville&Caius |
| 1939-40 | ? | ? |
| 1940-1 | Harold B. Dunkerley | King’s |
| 1941-2 | ? | ? |
| 1942-3 | ? | ? |
| 1943-4 | ? | ? |
| 1944-5 | ? | ? |
By 1945 the role of Secretary, along with other key offices, was elected for each term instead of each academic year.
| M1945 | Eric E. Williamson | Christ’s |
| L1946 | Eric E. Williamson | Christ’s |
| E1946 | Eric E. Williamson | Christ’s |
| M1946 | Bernard Davies Gabriel Moschi |
Selwyn |
| L1947 | R. E. Collins | King’s |
| E1947 | Paul Curtis-Bennett | Christ’s |
| M1947 | Glyn Tegai Hughes | Corpus Christi |
| L1948 | B. T. Playle | Emmanuel |
| E1948 | Alan Youd | Christ’s |
| M1948 | T. Grenville Jones | St. Catharine’s |
| L1949 | M. C. McCormack | Emmanuel |
| E1949 | Ronald G. Waterhouse | St. John’s |
| M1949 | Hugh G. E. Thomas | Queens’ |
| L1950 | Miss P. Stanley | Girton |
| E1950 | T. Glynn Jones | Downing |
| M1950 | D. J. McGuigan | St. Catharine’s |
| L1951 | Edmund Patrick T. Crampton | St. Catharine’s |
| E1951 | Christopher N. Frere-Smith | Gonville&Caius |
| M1951 | Duncan H. Macintosh | Fitzwilliam House |
| L1952 | Derick Mirfin | Magdalene |
| E1952 | Derick Mirfin | Magdalene |
| M1952 | Michael Anderson | Emmanuel |
| L1953 | J. A. ‘Tom’ Welsh | Emmanuel |
| E1953 | Evelyn A.V. Ebsworth | King’s |
| M1953 | J. W. G. Leigh-Clare | Trinity |
| L1954 | Timothy Joyce | Clare |
| E1954 | Anthony Lloyd Adams | Christ’s |
| M1954 | Geoffrey R. Smedley-Stevenson | Clare |
| L1955 | Martin D. Rosenhead | St. John’s |
| E1955 | G. Fred Bilson | Downing |
| M1955 | Peter R. Williams | Sidney Sussex |
| L1956 | Fred Tiffin | Fitzwilliam House |
| E1956 | Malcolm W. Ballin | Selwyn |
| M1956 | F. Clifford German | St. John’s |
| L1957 | Roger N. Straker | Jesus |
| E1957 | Jennifer A. Platt | Newnham |
| M1957 | John Parkinson | Peterhouse |
| L1958 | Anthony A. Stowell | Trinity |
| E1958 | Ian Park | Queens’ |
| M1958 | Tony Extance | Fitzwilliam House |
| L1959 | Colin Braham | Gonville&Caius |
| E1959 | Geoffrey Thornton | St. Catharine’s |
| M1959 | Gordon W. W. Williamson | Sidney Sussex |
| L1960 | Jonathan R. Tinker | Peterhouse |
| E1960 | Peter Johnson | Pembroke |
| M1960 | Peter Cooper | Selwyn |
| L1961 | Iain Fowler | Sidney Sussex |
| E1961 | Roger Harcourt | Magdalene |
| M1961 | Ian Gordon | Queens’ |
| L1962 | Peter Roberts | Emmanuel |
| E1962 | Michael Halop | Christ’s |
| M1962 | Richard A. McAllister | Gonville&Caius |
| L1963 | Barry Girling | Trinity Hall |
| E1963 | Bernard Greaves | St. John’s |
| M1963 | Michael Thorn | Corpus Christi |
| L1964 | Martin Durrell | ? |
| E1964 | Claire Tarjan | New Hall |
| M1964 | Malcolm MacCallum | King’s |
| L1965 | Malcolm MacCallum | King’s |
| E1965 | D.J. Alex Pitts | ? |
| M1965 | D.J. Alex Pitts | ? |
| L1966 | Chris Cook (resigned 23/2/1966) | St. Catharine’s |
| E1966 | Paul Odgers | Trinity |
| M1966 | Malcolm Downie | Jesus |
| L1967 | Rosalind Johnston | Newnham |
| E1967 | Peter Worboys | Selwyn |
| M1967 | Robert K. Home | St. Catharine’s |
| L1968 | Robert K. Home | St. Catharine’s |
| E1968 | Gordon Slater | Gonville&Caius |
| M1968 | David Mezzetti | Jesus |
| L1969 | Neil Simmons | Clare |
| E1969 | Gordon Slater | Gonville&Caius |
| M1969 | Stephen Mason | Gonville&Caius |
| L1970 | Peter Sedgwick | Trinity Hall |
| E1970 | Philip Ford | King’s |
| M1970 | Colin Rosenstiel | Trinity |
| L1971 | M. John Haynes | Christ’s |
| E1971 | L.A. Younger | Queens’ |
| M1971 | John O. Bond | Downing |
| L1972 | Wade Gibson-Knight | Pembroke |
| E1972 | ? | ? |
| M1972 | Colin F. Moore | Trinity |
| L1973 | ? | ? |
| E1973 | Richard D. Green | Downing |
| M1973 | David Tranter | Churchill |
| L1974 | David Tranter | Churchill |
| E1974 | David Tranter | Churchill |
| M1974 | David Tranter | Churchill |
| L1975 | Ken MacKinnon | ? |
| E1975 | Martin Garside | Downing |
| M1975 | Andrew Vos | Jesus |
| L1976 | George Spencer | Magdalene |
| E1976 | John Death | Queens’ |
| M1976 | Chris Wilding | Trinity |
| L1977 | Carol Tormey | Trinity |
| E1977 | David Cooper | Peterhouse |
| M1977 | Sarah Bourne | Selwyn |
| L1978 | Philip Gibbs | St. John’s |
| E1978 | ? | ? |
| M1978 | Paul James | Jesus |
| L1979 | Paul James | Jesus |
| E1979 | Nick Alexander | Downing |
| M1979 | Nick Alexander | Downing |
| L1980 | Alan Moore | Girton |
| E1980 | Cathy Parr | ? |
| M1980 | John Beesley | ? |
| L1981 | David Capron | Peterhouse |
| E1981 | M. Smith (resigned) | ? |
| M1981 | Stephen Greasley | Trinity |
| L1982 | Nicholas Holgate | Trinity |
| E1982 | Nigel Howlett | Trinity |
| M1982 | Nigel Howlett | Trinity |
| L1983 | Nigel Howlett | Trinity |
| E1983 | Malcolm Baines | Selwyn |
| M1983 | Chris Read | Peterhouse |
| L1984 | Stephen Pallister | Downing |
| E1984 | Stephen Pallister | Downing |
| M1984 | Andy Loader | Christ’s |
| L1985 | Louis Bezodis | St. Catharine’s |
| E1985 | Martin Pierce | Jesus |
| M1985 | Kate Arnheim | St. Catharine’s |
| L1986 | Andy Thomas | Peterhouse |
| E1986 | Andy Thomas | Peterhouse |
| M1986 | Michelle Cridge (later Sutton) | St. Catharine’s |
| L1987 | Jane Wheeler (later Dickson) | Queens’ |
| E1987 | Jane Wheeler (later Dickson) | Queens’ |
| M1987 | ? | ? |
| L1988 | ? | ? |
List of Secretaries of Cambridge University Social Democrats, 1981-8
| M1981 | ? | ? |
| L1982 | ? | ? |
| E1982 | ? | ? |
| M1982 | Tim Curtis | St. John’s |
| L1983 | Miss E. M. Taylor | Sidney Sussex |
| E1983 | A.D. Panton (resigned 21/10/1983) Chris Reilly |
St. John’s |
| M1983 | Chris Reilly | St. John’s |
| L1984 | Chris Reilly | St. John’s |
| E1984 | T. Saunders | Trinity |
| M1984 | Roderick R. Graham | Magdalene |
| L1985 | Roderick R. Graham | Magdalene |
| E1985 | Simon Glynn | Trinity |
| M1985 | David Lees | Girton |
| L1986 | ? | ? |
| E1986 | ? | ? |
| M1986 | ? | ? |
| L1987 | ? | ? |
| E1987 | ? | ? |
| M1987 | ? | ? |
| L1988 | ? | ? |
List of Secretaries of Cambridge Student Liberal Democrats, 1988-present
| L1988 | ? | ? |
| E1988 | ? | ? |
| M1988 | ? | ? |
| L1989 | ? | ? |
| E1989 | ? | ? |
| M1989 | ? | ? |
| L1990 | ? | ? |
| E1990 | ? | ? |
| M1990 | ? | ? |
| L1991 | Stephen Howarth | ? |
| E1991 | ? | ? |
| M1991 | ? | ? |
| L1992 | ? | ? |
| E1992 | ? | ? |
| M1992 | ? | ? |
| L1993 | ? | ? |
| E1993 | Andrew Evans | ? |
| M1993 | Andrew Evans | ? |
| L1994 | Andrew Evans | ? |
| E1994 | A. Havard M. Hughes | St. John’s |
| M1994 | A. Havard M. Hughes | St. John’s |
| L1995 | A. Havard M. Hughes | St. John’s |
| E1995 | Brian Maclaughlin | Girton |
| M1995 | Brian Maclaughlin (resigned) Dave Hinton (acting) |
Girton Trinity |
| L1996 | Dave Hinton (resigned) Richard Taylor |
Trinity Peterhouse |
| E1996 | Richard Taylor | Peterhouse |
| M1996 | Jonathan Jarrett | Pembroke |
| L1997 | Jonathan Jarrett | Pembroke |
| E1997 | Jonathan Jarrett | Pembroke |
| M1997 | Laura R. Edge | Clare |
| L1998 | Laura R. Edge | Clare |
| E1998 | Laura R. Edge | Clare |
| M1998 | Laura R. Edge | Clare |
| L1999 | Laura R. Edge | Clare |
| E1999 | Laura R. Edge | Clare |
| M1999 | Miriam Moules | Peterhouse |
| L2000 | Miriam Moules | Peterhouse |
| E2000 | Debbie Standing (later Enever) | King’s |
| M2000 | Debbie Standing (later Enever) | King’s |
| L2001 | Joe Kroll | King’s |
| E2001 | Joe Kroll | King’s |
| M2001 | Joe Kroll | Selwyn |
| L2002 | Joe Kroll | Selwyn |
| E2002 | ? | ? |
| M2002 | ? | ? |
| L2003 | ? | ? |
| E2003 | Benjamin Ramm | St. Catharine’s |
| M2003 | Benjamin Ramm | St. Catharine’s |
| L2004 | Sam J. P. Skinner (later Corio) | Queens’ |
| E2004 | Sam J. P. Skinner (later Corio) | Queens’ |
| M2004 | Gwawr Thomas | Trinity Hall |
| L2005 | Gwawr Thomas | Trinity Hall |
| E2005 | Gwawr Thomas | Trinity Hall |
| M2005 | Gwawr Thomas | Trinity Hall |
| L2006 | Duncan A. Crowe | Sidney Sussex |
| E2006 | Henry P. Vann | Gonville&Caius |
| M2006 | Henry P. Vann | Gonville&Caius |
| L2007 | Majeed Neky | Emmanuel |
| E2007 | Joe F. Jordan | Sidney Sussex |
| M2007 | Joe F. Jordan | Sidney Sussex |
| L2008 | Joe F. Jordan | Sidney Sussex |
| E2008 | Ruth Everness | Girton |
| M2008 | Ruth Everness | Girton |
| L2009 | Ruth Everness | Girton |
| E2009 | Aditya Sihag | Homerton |
| M2009 | Aditya Sihag | Homerton |
| L2010 | James Baker | Corpus Christi |
| E2010 | James Baker | Corpus Christi |
| M2010 | Catherine S. Gregory | Queens’ |
| L2011 | Catherine S. Gregory | Queens’ |
| E2011 | Chris Teskey | Sidney Sussex |
| M2011 | Chris Teskey | Sidney Sussex |
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