Vinerian Scholarship

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).^[1]

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)^[2]
• Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet of Brook Street (1883), Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
• F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead^[3][4](1896)^[5]
• William Fox (1901), Christ Church College, Oxford
• Francis de Zulueta (1903), New College, Oxford
• Augustus Uthwatt, Baron Uthwatt (1904)^[6]
• 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)^[7]
• 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^[8]

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^[9] (1931), University of Alberta -- Hertford College, Oxford
• Leslie Smith (1932), The Queen's College, Oxford
• John Gabriel Starke^[10] (1934), University of Western Australia -- Exeter College, Oxford
• Alan Brock Brown (1935), New College, Oxford
• (William) Reginald Verdon-Smith (1936)^[11] -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Norman Marsh (1937) ^[12] -- Pembroke College, Oxford
• James Mann (1938), Balliol College, Oxford
• Frank Crabill (1939), Lincoln College, Oxford

Suspended for World War II (1940 - 1945)

• Zelman Cowen^[13] (1947 joint), Melbourne Law School -- New College, Oxford
• Rex Welsh^[13] (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^[14] (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^[15] (1957), University of Cape Town -- The Queen's College, Oxford
• Brian Shaw (1958), Magdalen College, Oxford
• Colin Tapper (1959),^[16] Magdalen College, Oxford
• Mark Saville Lord Saville (1960), Brasenose College, Oxford
• Robert Roy Stuart (1961),^[17] University of Alberta -- Wadham College, Oxford
• Richard Buxton (1962), Exeter College, Oxford
• Jeffrey Hackney (1963), Wadham College, Oxford
• John Eekelaar^[18] (1965), King's College London -- University College, Oxford
• John Dyson Heydon (1967), University College, Oxford -- University College, Oxford
• Ross Alan Sundberg (1969)^[19][20] 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),^[21] Worcester College, Oxford
• Hugh Collins (1975), Pembroke College, Oxford
• Peter Cane^[22][23] (1976), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Patrick Keane^[24] (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),^[25] Brasenose College, Oxford
• Edwin Cameron^[26] (1982), University of Stellenbosch -- Keble College, Oxford
• Norman O'Bryan^[27] (1983), Melbourne Law School -- Wadham College, Oxford
• Edward Braham (1984), Worcester College, Oxford -- Worcester College, Oxford
• John Gardner^[28] (1987), New College, Oxford -- New College, Oxford
• Graham Virgo (1988), Christ Church College, Oxford
• Jonathan Back (1989)
• Paul Nicholls^[29] (1990), University of Sheffield -- Worcester College, Oxford
• Elizabeth Saxton (1991), Brasenose College, Oxford
• Andrew Palmer^[30] (1992), Monash University -- St John's College, Oxford
• Andrew Bell^[31] (1993), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Andrew Dickinson (1994), St Edmund Hall, Oxford
• Roger Masfield (1995), Magdalen College, Oxford
• Jeremy Kirk^[32] (1996), Australian National University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Ann Buckingham^[33] (1997), Victoria University of Wellington
• Henry Forbes Smith^[34] (1998 joint), University of Otago -- Merton College, Oxford
• Susan Gibbons (1998 joint), University College, Oxford
• Angus Johnston^[35] (1999), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Stephen Free^[36] (2000), Australian National University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Burton Ong^[37] (2001), National University of Singapore -- Merton College, Oxford
• David Murray (2002),^[38] Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
• Ben Allgrove^[39] (2003), University of Adelaide -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Tamsyn Allen (2004), Magdalen College, Oxford
• Andrew Scott^[40] (2005 joint), St John's College, Oxford
• Marc Brown^[41] (2005 joint), Mansfield College, Oxford
• Paul Adams^[42] (2006), St Catherine's College, Oxford -- St Catherine's College, Oxford
• Imran Afzal^[43] (2007), Merton College, Oxford -- Merton College, Oxford
• Natasha Bennett^[44] (2008), Trinity College, Cambridge -- Merton College, Oxford
• Michael Bolding^[45] (2009), Melbourne Law School -- Lincoln College, Oxford
• Frederick Wilmot-Smith^[46] (2010), Christ's College, Cambridge -- Balliol College, Oxford
• Niranjan Venkatesan^[47] (2011), National Law School of India University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Naomi Oreb^[48] (2012), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Ajay Ratan^[49] (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

External links

• Oxford University Gazette