Vinerian Scholarship

The Vinerian Scholarship is a scholarship given to the University of Oxford student that "gives the best performance in the examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Civil Law." Currently, £2,400 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
• Graham Virgo
• 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)
• Sir William Cameron Gull, 2nd Baronet of Brook Street (1883), Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
• F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead(1896)
• Augustus_Uthwatt,_Baron_Uthwatt (1904)
• Henry Angus (1914)
• Cyril Pearce Harvey (1923)
• Lord Edmund-Davies (1928), King's College London -- Exeter College, Oxford
• Ronald Martland (1931), University of Alberta
• John Gabriel Starke (1934), University of Western Australia -- Exeter College, Oxford
• (William) Reginald Verdon-Smith (1936)
• Zelman Cowen (1947 joint), Melbourne Law School -- New College, Oxford
• Rex Welsh (1947 joint), University of the Witwatersrand -- Oriel College, Oxford
• Ian Brownlie (1950s)
• Colin Tapper (1959)
• Lord Saville (1960), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Lord Hoffmann (1963), University of Cape Town -- The Queen's College, Oxford
• John Eekelaar (1965), King's College London -- University College, Oxford
• John Dyson Heydon (1967), University College, Oxford -- University College, Oxford
• Ross Alan Sundberg (1969) University of Melbourne -
• Mark Weinberg (judge) (1972), Monash University Faculty of Law
• Paul Craig (1974)
• Peter Cane (1976), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Patrick Keane (1977), University of Queensland -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Edwin Cameron (1978*)
• Michael Hoyle (1979) University of Melbourne - Magdalen College, Oxford
• Mary Stokes (1980), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Jonathan Paul Back University of Bristol
• Norman J O'Bryan (1983), Melbourne Law School -- Wadham College, Oxford
• Edward Braham (1984), Worcester College, Oxford -- Worcester College, Oxford
• John Gardner (1987), New College, Oxford -- New College, Oxford
• Paul Nicholls (1990), University of Sheffield -- Worcester College, Oxford
• Andrew Palmer (1992), Monash University
• Andrew Bell (1993), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Jeremy Kirk (1996), Australian National University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Ann Buckingham (1997), Victoria University of Wellington
• Henry Forbes Smith (1998), University of Otago
• Angus Johnston (1999), Brasenose College, Oxford -- Brasenose College, Oxford
• Stephen Free (2000), Australian National University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Burton Ong (2001), National University of Singapore -- Merton College, Oxford
• David Murray, Christ Church, Oxford -- Christ Church, Oxford
• Ben Allgrove (2003), University of Adelaide -- Magalen College, Oxford
• Andrew Scott
• Marc Brown (2005), Mansfield College, Oxford
• Paul Adams (2006), St Catherine's College, Oxford -- St Catherine's College, Oxford
• Imran Afzal (2007), Merton College, Oxford -- Merton College, Oxford
• Natasha Bennett (2008), Trinity College, Cambridge -- Merton College, Oxford
• Michael Bolding (2009), Melbourne Law School -- Lincoln College, Oxford
• Frederick Wilmot-Smith (2010), Christ's College, Cambridge -- Balliol College, Oxford
• Niranjan Venkatesan (2011), National Law School of India University -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Naomi Oreb (2012), Sydney Law School -- Magdalen College, Oxford
• Ajay Ratan (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

Universities with Vinerian Scholars

• University of Oxford (9)
• University of Sydney (4)
• University of Melbourne (5)
• University of Cambridge (3)
• 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)

Oxford Colleges with Vinerian Scholars

• Magdalen College, Oxford (9)
• Merton College, Oxford (5)
• Brasenose College, Oxford (3)
• Christ Church, Oxford (2)
• Exeter College, Oxford (2)
• New College, Oxford (2)
• Oriel College, Oxford (2)
• Worcester College, Oxford (2)
• Balliol College, Oxford (1)
• Lincoln College, Oxford (1)
• St. Catherine's College, Oxford (1)
• The Queen's College, Oxford (1)
• University College, Oxford (1)
• Trinity College, Oxford (1)

External links

• Oxford University Gazette