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The Vinerian Scholarship is a scholarship given to the University of Oxford student who "gives the best performance in the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law". Currently, £2,500 is given to the winner of the scholarship, with an additional £950 awarded to a proxime accessit (at the examiners' discretion).

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Past Vinerian Scholars

Past winners of the Vinerian Scholarship include:

  • Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
  • Sir Thomas Plumer, MR (1777)
  • John Taylor Coleridge (1812)
  • Nassau William Senior (1813)
  • Frederic Rogers, Baron Blachford (1834), Oriel College, Oxford – Oriel College, Oxford
  • Thomas Henry Haddan (1838)
  • Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet of Brook Street (1883), Christ Church, Oxford – Christ Church, Oxford
  • F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead(1896)
  • William Fox (1901), Christ Church College, Oxford
  • Francis de Zulueta (1903), New College, Oxford
  • Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt (1904)
  • Frederick Temple Barrington-Ward (1905), All Souls College, Oxford
  • John Clifford Valentine Behan (1906), University of Melbourne – Hertford College, Oxford
  • Wilfrid Barton (1907), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Wilfred Arthur Greene, Lord Greene (1908), Christ Church College, Oxford
  • George Douglas Johnston (1909), Christ Church College, Oxford
  • Millard Woodrow (1910), Christ Church College, Oxford
  • Arthur William Armitage (1912), The Queen's College, Oxford
  • Charles Simonton Brice (1913), Lincoln College, Oxford
  • Henry Angus (1914), Balliol College, Oxford
  • John David Ivor Hughes (1915), Magdalen College, Oxford

    • Suspended for World War I (1916 – 1920)

  • Harold Hanbury (1921), Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Cyril Pearce Harvey (1923)
  • Hugh Jenkins (1925), Jesus College, Oxford
  • Robert McKerron (1926), Oriel College, Oxford
  • Sheldon Tefft (1927), Exeter College, Oxford
  • Lord Edmund-Davies (1928), King's College London – Exeter College, Oxford

    • Change in statute to award scholarship on the basis of BCL examinations (1928)

  • John Paul Tyrie (1929), Balliol College, Oxford
  • Hugh Baker Cox (1930), Christ Church College, Oxford
  • Ronald Martland (1931), University of Alberta – Hertford College, Oxford
  • Leslie Smith (1932), The Queen's College, Oxford
  • John Gabriel Starke (1934), University of Western Australia – Exeter College, Oxford
  • Alan Brock Brown (1935), New College, Oxford
  • (William) Reginald Verdon-Smith (1936) – Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Norman Marsh (1937) – Pembroke College, Oxford
  • James Mann (1938), Balliol College, Oxford
  • Frank Crabill (1939), Lincoln College, Oxford

    • Suspended for World War II (1940 – 1945)

  • Zelman Cowen (1947 joint), Melbourne Law School – New College, Oxford
  • Rex Welsh (1947 joint), University of the Witwatersrand – Oriel College, Oxford
  • Tony Honoré (1948 joint), New College, Oxford
  • William Lederman (1948 joint), University of Saskatchewan – Exeter College, Oxford
  • Peter Carter (1949), Oriel College, Oxford
  • Edward Anthony Machin (1950), New College, Oxford
  • Raymond Incledon Kidwell (1951), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Ian Brownlie (1952), Hertford College, Oxford
  • Allan Gotlieb (1953), University of California, Berkeley – Christ Church College, Oxford
  • Laurence Libbert (1954), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Donald Harris (1955), Balliol College, Oxford
  • John Davies (1956), Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Leonard Hoffman, Lord Hoffmann (1957), University of Cape Town – The Queen's College, Oxford
  • Brian Shaw (1958), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Colin Tapper (1959), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Mark Saville Lord Saville (1960), Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Robert Roy Stuart (1961), University of Alberta – Wadham College, Oxford
  • Richard Buxton (1962), Exeter College, Oxford
  • Jeffrey Hackney (1963), Wadham College, Oxford
  • John Eekelaar (1965), King's College London – University College, Oxford
  • John Dyson Heydon (1967), University College, Oxford – University College, Oxford
  • Ross Alan Sundberg (1969) University of Melbourne – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Michael Hart (1970), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Gregory Hill (1971), Exeter College, Oxford
  • Mark Weinberg (1972), Monash University Faculty of Law
  • Paul Craig (1974), Worcester College, Oxford
  • Hugh Collins (1975), Pembroke College, Oxford
  • Peter Cane (1976), Sydney Law School – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Patrick Keane (1977), University of Queensland – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Stephen Moriarty (1978), Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Michael Hoyle (1979), University of Melbourne – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Mary Stokes (1980), Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Edwin Cameron (1982), University of Stellenbosch – Keble College, Oxford
  • Norman O'Bryan (1983), Melbourne Law School – Wadham College, Oxford
  • Edward Braham (1984), Worcester College, Oxford – Worcester College, Oxford
  • John Gardner (1987), New College, Oxford – New College, Oxford
  • Graham Virgo (1988), Christ Church College, Oxford
  • Jonathan Back (1989)
  • Paul Nicholls (1990), University of Sheffield – Worcester College, Oxford
  • Elizabeth Saxton (1991), Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Andrew Palmer (1992), Monash University – St John's College, Oxford
  • Andrew Bell (1993), Sydney Law School – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Andrew Dickinson (1994), St Edmund Hall, Oxford
  • Roger Masfield (1995), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Jeremy Kirk (1996), Australian National University – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Ann Buckingham (1997), Victoria University of Wellington
  • Henry Forbes Smith (1998 joint), University of Otago – Merton College, Oxford
  • Susan Gibbons (1998 joint), University College, Oxford
  • Angus Johnston (1999), Brasenose College, Oxford – Brasenose College, Oxford
  • Stephen Free (2000), Australian National University – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Burton Ong (2001), National University of Singapore – Merton College, Oxford
  • David Murray (2002), Christ Church, Oxford – Christ Church, Oxford
  • Ben Allgrove (2003), University of Adelaide – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Tamsyn Allen (2004), Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Andrew Scott (2005 joint), St John's College, Oxford
  • Marc Brown (2005 joint), Mansfield College, Oxford
  • Paul Adams (2006), St Catherine's College, Oxford – St Catherine's College, Oxford
  • Imran Afzal (2007), Merton College, Oxford – Merton College, Oxford
  • Natasha Bennett (2008), Trinity College, Cambridge – Merton College, Oxford
  • Michael Bolding (2009), Melbourne Law School – Lincoln College, Oxford
  • Frederick Wilmot-Smith (2010), Christ's College, Cambridge – Balliol College, Oxford
  • Niranjan Venkatesan (2011), National Law School of India University – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Naomi Oreb (2012), Sydney Law School – Magdalen College, Oxford
  • Ajay Ratan (2013), Downing College, Cambridge – Trinity College, Oxford
  • James Ruddell (2014), University of Auckland – Merton College, Oxford
  • Owen Lloyd (2015), Merton College, Oxford – Merton College, Oxford
  • Marlena Valles (2016), University of Edinburgh – Jesus College, Oxford

    • Universities with Vinerian Scholars

  • University of Oxford (9)
  • University of Melbourne (6)
  • University of Sydney (4)
  • University of Cambridge (3)
  • King's College London (2)
  • Australian National University (2)
  • Monash University (1)
  • National Law School of India University (1)
  • National University of Singapore (1)
  • University of Adelaide (1)
  • University of Otago (1)
  • University of Queensland (1)
  • University of Sheffield (1)
  • University of the Witwatersrand (1)
  • Victoria University of Wellington (1)
  • University of Auckland (1)
  • University of Bristol (1)
  • University of Edinburgh (1)

    • Oxford Colleges with Vinerian Scholars since 1929

  • Magdalen College, Oxford (18)
  • Brasenose College, Oxford (7)
  • Merton College, Oxford (6)
  • Exeter College, Oxford (6)
  • Worcester College, Oxford (4)
  • Christ Church, Oxford (4)
  • Balliol College, Oxford (4)
  • New College, Oxford (4)
  • University College, Oxford (4)
  • Oriel College, Oxford (3)
  • Lincoln College, Oxford (3)
  • Wadham College, Oxford (3)
  • The Queen's College, Oxford (2)
  • Pembroke College, Oxford (2)
  • Hertford College, Oxford (1)
  • St. Catherine's College, Oxford (1)
  • St John's College, Oxford (1)
  • St Edmund Hall, Oxford (1)
  • Mansfield College, Oxford (1)
  • Keble College, Oxford (1)
  • Trinity College, Oxford (1)
  • Jesus College, Oxford (1)

    • References

    Vinerian Scholarship Wikipedia
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