Seven Decades at Keele

In 1949 Keele Hall and 150 acres of Keele Park with five stone lodges were purchased for the new University College of North Staffordshire... and in 1962 it received the Royal Charter to become the University of Keele

Principals

Lord Alexander Dunlop Lindsay of Birker (1949-1952)
Sir John Lennard-Jones (1953-1954)
Sir George Barnes (1956-1960)
Dr Harold McCarter Taylor (1961-1962)

Vice-Chancellors

Dr Harold McCarter Taylor (1962-1967)
Professor W A Campbell Stewart (1967-1979)
Dr David Harrison (1979-1984)
Professor Sir Brian Fender (1985-1995)
Professor Dame Janet Finch (1995-2010)
Professor Nick Foskett (2010- )

Presidents

John Ryder, Earl of Harrowby (1949-1955)
HRH The Princess Margaret (1956-1962)

Chancellors

HRH The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1962-1986)
Claus Moser (Lord Moser 2001) (1986-2002)
Professor Sir David Weatherall (2002-2012)
Jonathon Porritt (2012- )

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