Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 160 Fellows (however, counting only the student body but not Fellows, Trinity has somewhat fewer students than Homerton College).[1]. Trinity considers itself to be "a world-leading academic institution with an outstanding record of education, learning and research".[2]

Like its sister college, Christ Church, Oxford, it has traditionally been considered the most aristocratic of the Cambridge colleges — and it has generally been the academic institution of choice of the Royal Family (King Edward VII, King George VI, Prince Henry of Gloucester, Prince William of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Prince Charles were all undergraduates), as well as a number of members of the Rothschild family. The Push Guide to Which University (2005) called it "arguably the grandest Cambridge college" and it has been called "the most magnificent collegiate institution in England".[3] Like Christ Church, the college has also been associated with Westminster School since the school's refoundation in 1560. The Master remains to this day an ex officio member of the school's governing body.[4]

The proportion of state school to private school pupils at Trinity is roughly 2:3, though in 2006 it had the lowest state school intake (39%) of any college. Although this figure fluctuates slightly from year to year, on a rolling three-year average Trinity has admitted a smaller proportion of state school pupils (42%) than any other Oxbridge college.[5][6][7] It first admitted women undergraduates in 1978; women had been admitted as graduate students from 1976, and the College appointed its first female fellow in 1977.[8]

Trinity has a strong academic tradition, with members having won 32 Nobel Prizes [9] (of the 85 Nobel Prizes awarded to members of Cambridge University), four Fields Medals (mathematics), one Abel Prize (mathematics) and two Templeton Prizes (religion). It had the highest proportion of students gaining Firsts in their exams of any college in 2008.[10]

Trinity has many notable alumni — including princes, spies, poets and prime ministers (it has educated six British prime ministers) — but perhaps its two most distinguished are Isaac Newton and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Trinity has many college societies. Its rowing club is the First and Third Trinity Boat Club. Trinity's May Ball, named after the Boat Club, is one of the largest of Cambridge's May Balls. Trinity also has the oldest mathematical university society in the United Kingdom, the Trinity Mathematical Society.

The first formalised version of the rules of football, known as the Cambridge Rules, was drawn up by Cambridge student representatives of leading boarding schools at Trinity College in 1848.[11][12]

[edit] Trinity Prime Ministers

The Viscount Melbourne served as Prime Minister in 1834 and 1835–1841

Name	Party	Year
Spencer Perceval	Tory	1809-1812
Earl Grey	Whig	1830-1834
Viscount Melbourne	Whig	1834-1841
Arthur Balfour	Conservative	1902-1905
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman	Liberal	1905-1908
Stanley Baldwin	Conservative	1923-1924 1924-1929 1935-1937

Other Trinity politicians include Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, courtier of Elizabeth I; William Waddington, Prime Minister of France; Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India, Erskine Hamilton Childers, President of Ireland; Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India; Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of Singapore; Samir Rifai, Prime Minister of Jordan and The Viscount Whitelaw, Lady Thatcher's Home Secretary and subsequent Deputy Prime Minister.

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[edit] Masters

The Lord Rees has been Master of Trinity since 2004

The head of Trinity College is the Master. The first Master was John Redman who was appointed in 1546. The role is a Crown appointment, made by the Monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister.[24] Nowadays the Fellows of the College, and to a lesser extent the Government, choose the new Master and the Royal role is only nominal. In modern times the Master has customarily been of the highest academic distinction.

The last three Masters have all been fellows of the college. The current master is The Lord Rees.

For a full list, see List of Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge.

[edit] Deans of Chapel

Harry Williams -1969
John Robinson 1969-1983
John Bowker 1984-1991
Arnold Browne 1991-2006
Michael Banner 2006-present

[edit] College finances

Trinity is the wealthiest Oxbridge college[25] with an independent financial endowment of approximately £621 million (as of 2005).

Of this amount approx. £75 million is part of the college's Amalgamated Trust Funds, which is dedicated for specific purposes.

Trinity's land, including holdings in the Port of Felixstowe and the Cambridge Science Park, is insured for approx. £266.5 million (this does not include all fixed assets).[26]

In 2009, Trinity acquired a stake in The O2 Arena.[27]

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