Vincent's Club

Vincent's Club, known colloquially as Vinnie's, is a sports club predominantly but not exclusively for Oxford blues at Oxford University.

Vincent's Club
Formation1863 (1863)
HeadquartersOxford
Location
  • 1A King Edward Street
Coordinates51.7522°N 1.2549°W / 51.7522; -1.2549
Region served
Oxford University
Membership
Blues (predominantly)
Websitewww.vincents.org

History

The club was founded in 1863 by oarsman Walter Bradford Woodgate (1841–1920)[1] of Brasenose College, Oxford, and he was the first president of the club.[2] Woodgate stated that Vincent's "should consist of the picked hundred of the University, selected for all-round qualities; social, physical and intellectual qualities being duly considered."[3]

Vincent's Club is located in upstairs premises off the High Street at 1A King Edward Street in central Oxford. The Club was originally located in the old reading rooms which J. H. Vincent, a printer, had previously kept at 90 High Street.[4] Members are elected for life.[4] The club's constitution was amended to permit the admission of women on 9 March 2016.[5]

View of High Street, Oxford. The windows of Vincent's Club are visible to the right.

Notable members

Manon Johnes

Presidents
NameYearNotes
Walter Bradford Woodgate1863
Edward Carr Glyn1865
Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope1876
Tom Edwards-Moss1877
Donald Maclean (British politician)1886
Herbert Hayton Castens1887
Guy Nickalls1890
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford1891
H. D. G. Leveson Gower1896
Thomas Arthur Nelson1899
Felix Warre1901
William Findlay1903
Patrick Munro1907
Alister Kirby1909
Ronald Lagden1912
Ewart Horsfall1919
Bevil Rudd1921
William Rankine Milligan, Lord Milligan1923
Alec Douglas-Home1926
Pieter van der Bijl1932
Jack Lovelock1934
Jake Seamer1936
John Dossetor1945
David Macindoe1946
Ossie Newton-Thompson1948
Roger Bannister1950
Donald Carr1951
M. J. K. Smith1956
Robin Butler1961
Melville Guest1966
Rod Eddington1977

See also

References
  1. Michael G. Brock and M. C. Curthoys, The History of the University of Oxford, Volume 7, Part 2. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-19-951017-7. Page 536.
  2. W. B. Woodgate, Reminiscences of an old sportsman, Vincent's Club, Oxford, UK.
  3. Hibbert, Christopher (1988). "Vincent's Club". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. pp. 483−484. ISBN 978-0-333-39917-0.
  4. J. C. Masterman, Vincent's Club, Vincent's Club, Oxford, UK.
  5. Kodsi, Daniel (18 March 2016). "Vincent's Club ends gender exclusivity". Cherwell. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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