page_title: Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
section_title: List of Chancellors of the University of St Andrews
hierarchical_section_title: Chancellor of the University of St Andrews / List of Chancellors of the University of St Andrews
caption_attribution_description: Photo of the bust of Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews
context_page_description: The Chancellor of the University of St Andrews is the titular head of the University of St Andrews. His duties include conferring degrees, promoting the University’s image throughout the world, and furthering the University's interests within and outwith Scotland. The Chancellor does have the power to refuse an "improvement in the internal arrangements of the University", however, there is no evidence of any Chancellor using this effective veto over the University Court.
  The Office of the Chancellor has existed since the foundation of the University in the 15th century, and no comprehensive definition of its powers has been made in any modern statute. The remit and powers of the Chancellor were described by Royal Commission on the Universities and Colleges of Scotland, which described the Chancellor of St Andrews thus:
  "The Chancellor is the Head of the University... He is consulted, however, on all public matters relative to its welfare, and he is also Conservator of its privileges.
context_section_description: 1413-1440 Henry Wardlaw, Bishop of St Andrews
  1440-1465 James Kennedy, Bishop of St Andrews
  1465-1478 Patrick Graham, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1478-1497 William Scheves, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1497-1504 James, Duke of Ross, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1504-1513 Alexander Stewart, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1514-1521 Andrew Forman, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1522-1539 James Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1539-1546 David Beaton, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1547-1571 John Hamilton, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1572-1574 John Douglas, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1576-1592 Patrick Adamson, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1592-1595 John Maitland, 1st Lord Maitland of Thirlestane
  1597-1598 John Lindsay of Balcarres, Lord Menmuir
  1599-1604 John Graham, 3rd Earl of Montrose
  1604-1615 George Gledstanes, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1615-1639 John Spottiswoode, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1643-1661 John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun
  1661-1679 James Sharp, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1679-1684 Alexander Burnet, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1684-1689 Arthur Ross, Archbishop of St Andrews
  1697-1724 John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
  1724-1744 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos
  1746-1765 HRH Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland
  1765-1787 Thomas Hay, 9th Earl of Kinnoull
  1788-1811 Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
  1811-1814 HRH Prince Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge
  1814-1851 Robert Dundas, 2nd Viscount Melville
  1851-1900 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll
  1900-1922 Alexander Hugh Bruce, 6th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
  1922-1928 Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig of Bemersyde
  1928 Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
  1929-1947 Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
  1948-1973 Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
  1973-1980 Bernard Edward Fergusson, Brigadier The Lord Ballantrae
  1981-2005 Sir Kenneth Dover
  2006- Walter Menzies Campbell, The Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
caption: Bishop Henry Wardlaw, the first chancellor of St Andrews
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