Honorary Fellows

Honorary Fellows are distinguished individuals granted special recognition for their achievements or their service to the College.

Many are former students who have excelled in their chosen fields, while others are eminent figures with strong connections to Magdalene. This category also includes former Masters of the College, whose leadership has shaped its development.

Honorary Fellows

Please find below the Honorary Fellows of Magdalene College, ordered by date of admission.

1984: HRH the Duke of Gloucester (1963), KG, GCVO, MA

1992: Professor Sir David Hopwood (1956), MA, PhD, DSc, FRS

1999: Mr John Simpson (1963), CBE, MA, FRGS

2001: Professor Sir Richard Jolly (1953), KCMG, MA, PhD

2002: Professor Sir John Gurdon (1995), PhD, Hon ScD, Hon DSc, FRS

2005: Mr Denis Murphy (1957), MA

2005: Professor Sir David C Clary (1983), ScD, FRS

2005: The Right Honourable the Lord George Malloch-Brown, KCMG, PC, MA

2005: Mr Robert Cripps, AM

2009: The Right Honourable Robert Morritt (1958), PC, CVO, MA

2009: Mr Roger Vignoles (1962), BA, BMus, ARCM

2009: The Honourable Yan-Lung Wong (1983), SC, MA, JP

2012: Mr Khoon Hong Kuok, BA, Pepys Benefactor Fellow

2015: Professor Dame Sarah Springman (1988), DBE, PhD, FREng

2015: Mr Chris I von Christierson (1969), B Com, MA

2015: HRH Sultan Dr Nazrin Shah, BA, PhD

2015: Ms Lida Lopes Cardozo Kindersley, MBE, Hon LittD

2015: Dame Carol Duffy, DBE, BA

2018: Mrs Amy Tennent, BA, MIB, Pepys Benefactor Fellow

2018: Mr Thomas Cripps, BA, MBA, Pepys Benefactor Fellow

2020: The Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Williams of Oystermouth (2013), PC, DD, Hon DCL, FBA 

2020: Professor the Lady Williams of Oystermouth (2013), MA

2020: The Rt Hon the Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, LLB, Hon FBA

2020: Mr Michael Newell (1960), BA

2020: The Very Reverend Dr D M Hoyle (1988), KCVO, MBE, MA, PhD, FSA

2020: Ms Katie Derham (1988), MA 

2021: Mr Mark Moorman (1987), BA, MA, MA, MPhil, Pepys Benefactor Fellow

2021: Mr Alex Schultz (2000), MA, MSci, Pepys Benefactor Fellow

2024: Mr Philip Carne (1958), MBE, MA, Pepys Benefactor Fellow

2024: Professor Peter Friend (1972), MA, MD

2024: Professor Timothy Leighton (1982), MA, ScD, FRS, FREng, FmedSci

2024: Professor Chris Lintott (1999), BA, PhD, FRAS

2024: Professor Rosalind Rickaby (1992), OBE, MA, PhD, FRS

2024: Dame Rachel Whiteread, DBE

Please note that this list only includes living Honorary Fellows.