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Rector of the University of Aberdeen#Rector of Marischal College, Aberdeen

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The Lord Rector of the University of Aberdeen is the students' representative and chairperson in the University Court of the University of Aberdeen. The position is rarely known by its full title and most often referred to simply as "Rector". The rector is elected by students of the university and serves a three-year term. Although the position has existed since 1495, it was only officially made the students' representative in 1860.{{cite press release |url=http://www.abdn.ac.uk/mediareleases/archive/2002/pr993.hti |title=Back for Seconds. Clarissa to be re-installed as Rector of the University of Aberdeen |publisher=University of Aberdeen|date=8 May 2002}}

The position exists in common throughout the ancient universities of Scotland with rectorships also in existence at the universities of St Andrews, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The newer University of Dundee has a rector due to its historical ties to St Andrews. The position is given legal standing by virtue of the Universities (Scotland) Act 1889 and is the third office of precedence in the university following the Chancellor and Principal. Rectors also appoint a rector's assessor, who may carry out their functions when they are absent from the university.

Rector's Assessor

Each rector appoints a Rector's Assessor to the University Court. He or she maintains a permanent seat in the University Court during the period of their duty. The Rector's Assessor furthermore acts, with the support of the president of the Students' Association, as the Rector's representative when the Rector cannot be present, additionally they sit on the Joint Planning, Finance & Estates Committee and Student Affairs Committee in an official permanent capacity. Further roles and responsibilities include being a 'focal point' for the student body to interact with the decision making levels of university governance, and coordinating the on-campus and online presence for the Rector.

List of rectors

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  • 1637–? : Arthur JohnstonNicola Royan, 'Johnston, Arthur (c.1579–1641)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/14934, accessed 9 Sept 2007
  • 1639–1644 : William GuildR. P. Wells, 'Guild, William (1586–1657)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/11720, accessed 9 Sept 2007. {{DNBfirst|wstitle=Guild, William}}
  • 1651–? : Andrew CantW. G. Blaikie, 'Cant, Andrew (1584/1590–1663)', rev. R. P. Wells, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/4563, accessed 9 Sept 2007
  • 1677–1682 : John Menzies{{cite ODNB|id=18565|title=Menzies, John|first=R. P.|last=Wells}}
  • 1805–1814 : The 1st Baron GlenbervieRoland Thorne, 'Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie (1743–1823)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/7918, accessed 9 Sept 2007
  • 1827–1837 : The 8th Viscount of ArbuthnottG.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 185.
  • 1838–1857 : Lord Francis Egerton,G. C. Boase, 'Egerton, Francis, first earl of Ellesmere (1800–1857)', rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/8585, accessed 10 Sept 2007The Times, Friday, 10 Nov 1843; pg. 3; Issue 18451; col D{{Cite web |title=LEVESON GOWER, Lord Francis (1800-1857), of 12 Albemarle Street, Mdx. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/leveson-gower-lord-francis-1800-1857 |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}M.P.
  • 1857–? : John Inglis (who became Lord Glencorse in 1858)Gordon F. Millar, 'Inglis, John, Lord Glencorse (1810–1891)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://0-www.oxforddnb.com.catalogue.ulrls.lon.ac.uk:80/view/article/14403, accessed 10 Sept 2007

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See also

References

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External links

  • [http://www.abdn.ac.uk/about/strategy-and-governance/rector-128.php Aberdeen University official information about the Rector]

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