Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
Statute E
TRUST EMOLUMENTS

In this Statute

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS1

1. The University shall maintain those lectureships, scholarships, prizes, and other emoluments for which provision is made by any trust for the time being binding on the University, in addition to those mentioned by name in this Statute.

2. When in any regulations governing a trust, which is more than sixty years old at the date of the making of this Statute,2 it is directed that any act shall or may be done by the Senate, the direction is hereby altered so that the act shall or may be done by the University (that is to say, by Grace of the Regent House).

3. When in any regulations governing a trust, which is less than sixty years old at the date of the making of this Statute,2 it is directed that any act shall or may be done by the Senate, the direction is hereby altered so that the act shall or may be done by the University (that is to say, by Grace of the Regent House): provided that if the founder of the trust is alive at the date of the making of this Statute such alteration shall not take effect during the founder's life unless his or her approval is obtained, and that if the trust has a trustee or governing body other than the University such alteration shall take effect only if the consent of such trustee or governing body is obtained.

4. When in any regulations governing a trust it is directed that any act shall or may be done by the General Board of Studies or a Special Board of Studies or a Board of Studies, the direction is hereby altered so that the said act shall or may be done by the General Board of the Faculties or the appropriate Board representing for the time being the branch of studies concerned.

5. The regulations concerning any endowment mentioned by name in Chapters II to XXXII (inclusive) of this Statute, which are contained in any instrument of foundation, Act of Parliament, Order in Council, decree, order, statute or other instrument operative before the commencement of this Statute, are rescinded, save in so far as any of the said regulations may be embodied in this Statute.

6. The name of the founder (or of the person commemorated by the fund) shall be attached to any emolument charged upon any of the said endowments and shall appear in any announcement of the award.

7. The following provisions of this section shall govern existing and future trust funds save in so far as it may be provided otherwise in any instrument of foundation or Statute for the time being governing a particular trust fund.

  1. (i)The awarders of a scholarship, prize, or other emolument charged upon a trust shall not award the whole or any part of the income at their disposal on any occasion when there is no candidate of sufficient merit.
  2. (ii)The University may from time to time direct whether the awarders of a scholarship, prize, or other emolument charged upon a trust fund are to take into consideration the financial circumstances of candidates, and in the absence of any directions such circumstances shall not be taken into consideration.
  3. (iii)When the income of a trust fund is insufficient for the effective maintenance of a lectureship, scholarship, prize, or other emolument charged upon the fund, the University shall have power to suspend such emolument.
  4. (iv)Any part of the income of a trust fund not expended in any year shall be accumulated by investment or otherwise, and any accumulation shall at the discretion of the Council either be applied as income in any one or more subsequent years or be added to the capital of the fund.
  5. (v)When two or more candidates for a scholarship, prize, or other emolument are of equal merit, the awarders may divide between them the income then at their disposal.
  6. (vi)When it is provided that the income of a trust fund shall be used for the award of scholarships, prizes, or other emoluments, it shall be lawful to charge upon the income of the fund the expenses connected with the making of the award, including the remuneration of the awarders.
  7. (vii)Candidature for scholarships, prizes, and other emoluments charged upon a trust fund shall be invited on such occasions (not necessarily annual) as the University may from time to time determine.
  8. (viii)The University may make Ordinances from time to time regarding the nature, amounts, conditions of tenure, duration, and payment of any emoluments charged upon the fund, the eligibility of candidates, the persons by whom, the subjects for which, and the manner in which awards are to be made, and any other matters relating to the administration of the fund.
  9. (ix)When a prize is to be awarded for an essay, dissertation, poem, or the like, the University may make payment of the prize money conditional on the prize-winner's work being printed (or printed and published) in an approved manner.

8. Notwithstanding the provisions of any instrument of foundation governing a particular trust, the University shall have the power to make Ordinances so as to apply part of the income of the fund for the purpose of increasing the value of an emolument or the remuneration of the awarders, or maintaining additional emoluments of the same character, or for another purpose or other purposes: provided that such application is consonant with the original purpose of the endowment and that no such application shall be made during the life of the founder of the trust without his or her consent, and that if the trust is less than sixty years old, and has a trustee or governing body other than the University, no such application shall be made without the consent of such trustee or governing body.

Chapter II

THE BELL, ABBOTT, AND BARNES FUNDS

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by deed of foundation executed on 18 July 1810 by William Bell shall constitute a trust fund called the Bell Fund.

2. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by the will of John Abbott, who died on 13 May 1870, shall constitute a trust fund called the Abbott Fund.

3. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by deed of trust executed on 19 February 1844 by John Barnes shall constitute a trust fund called the Barnes Fund.

4. The first charge on the income of the Bell, Abbott, and Barnes Funds shall be the provision of exhibitions or grants (or both) for students for proficiency in some branch or branches of University studies. The University shall have power to determine the eligibility of candidates. Any part of the income of any of the funds that is not expended in any year as aforesaid may, at the discretion of the electors, be used to enable awards to be made to students who are in need of financial assistance by the governing bodies of such Colleges and such institutions recognized under Statute H as may from time to time be determined by Ordinance.

5. No award shall be made by the electors which is not in their opinion justified by the financial circumstances of the candidate.

6. In the case of each of the Bell and Abbott Funds, if the electors are of opinion that one or more of the candidates, being children of clergymen of the Church of England, show adequate proficiency, they shall make provision for the needs of such candidates before they may make any award from the fund to any other candidate.

7. In the case of the Barnes Fund, if the electors are of opinion that one or more of the candidates, having been educated at Christ's Hospital, now at Horsham in the County of Sussex, St Paul's School, now in the County of London, or the Merchant Taylors’ School, now in the County of Hertfordshire, show sufficient proficiency, they shall make provision for the needs of such candidates before they may make any award from the fund to any other candidate.

8. In the case of the Abbott Fund, if two or more candidates show equal proficiency preference shall be given to candidates born in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Chapter III

THE JOHN STEWART OF RANNOCH FUNDS

1. The investments representing the endowment given by the will of John Stewart of Rannoch, who died on 19 July 1884, shall constitute three trust funds called the John Stewart of Rannoch Hebrew Fund, the John Stewart of Rannoch Greek and Latin Fund, and the John Stewart of Rannoch Sacred Music Fund, the primary use of which shall be to provide scholarships in one or more of the subjects of Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and Sacred Music respectively. If two or more candidates for a scholarship show equal proficiency preference shall be given to candidates who are natives of the counties of Wilts, Somerset, or Gloucester, including the city and county of Bristol.

2. After provision has been made for the scholarships in accordance with section 1 any unexpended income accumulated in the funds may be used for making grants to scholars or to other persons engaged in the study of any of the subjects with which the funds are associated; for purchasing books, musical instruments, or other material for the Faculties concerned; or for any other purpose for the promotion of the study of the aforesaid subjects in the University.

3. The University may from time to time make regulations governing the application of the funds.

Chapter IV

THE TYSON FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by the will of Henry Tyson, who died on 27 March 1852, shall constitute a trust fund called the Tyson Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide medals, and prizes for the winners of the medals, to be awarded for proficiency in a prescribed branch, or one or more prescribed branches, of mathematical study.

3. Regulations prescribing a branch or branches of study, regarding the form and substance and number of the medals, and regarding any other matters relating to the administration of the fund, shall be made in such manner as the University may determine from time to time: provided that astronomy shall always be a prescribed branch of study.

Chapter V

THE HARE FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given to the University in 1861 by the friends of Julius Charles Hare shall constitute a trust fund called the Hare Fund.

2. The income of the Hare Fund shall be used to provide one or more prizes for dissertations in English on subjects falling within the scope of the Faculty of Classics.

Chapter VI

THE HULSEAN FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by the will of John Hulse, who died on 14 December 1790, shall constitute a trust fund called the Hulsean Fund.

2. There shall be paid out of the income of the fund (a) to the Master, Fellows and Scholars of St John's College, for the maintenance of scholarships in the College, one-third part of the net income arising from the property in Sandbach and Bradwell (forming part of the original endowment) or from any property from time to time representing the same; (b) to the Chest such sum for defraying expenses connected with the administration of the fund as the Finance Committee of the Council may think fit.

3. The remainder of the income of the fund shall be used to provide a Hulsean Preachership, a Hulsean Prize, and, if the University from time to time so determines, a Hulsean Lectureship, and, after such provision has been made, towards providing the stipend of the Norris-Hulse Professor.

4. A Hulsean Preacher shall be elected in every year, whose duty it shall be to deliver in the University one or more sermons.

5. When a Hulsean Lecturer is appointed it shall be his or her duty to deliver lectures on some branch of Christian Theology.

6. The electors to the Preachership and Lectureship shall be the Vice-Chancellor, the Masters of Trinity and St John’s Colleges, and the Professors of Divinity; provided that the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Trinity, and the Master of St John’s shall each have power to appoint a deputy to act on her or his behalf, and that the Professors of Divinity shall each have power to appoint a deputy who is another Professor in the Faculty of Divinity to act on her or his behalf.

7. Subject to this Statute the University may from time to time make regulations regarding the time and manner of elections to the Preachership and Lectureship, the conditions and duration of their tenure, the remuneration of the Preacher and the Lecturer, and any other matters relating to the administration of the fund.

8. The Hulsean Prize shall be awarded for a dissertation on a subject pertaining to some branch of Christian Theology.

9. A winner of the prize shall not again be a candidate.

Chapter VII

THE CRAVEN FUND

1. That part of the annual income of the foundation established by the will of John first Baron Craven of Ryton, who died in 1649, which is appropriated to the University of Cambridge shall constitute a trust fund called the Craven Fund.

2. The fund shall be used to provide one or more scholarships for knowledge of the languages and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, to provide one or more studentships, the holders of which shall engage in advanced study or research in the languages, literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, or art of ancient Greece or Rome, or the comparative philology of the Indo-European languages, and otherwise for the furtherance by means of grants of research in the said subjects.

3. The administration of the fund shall be entrusted to a Board of Managers constituted in such manner as the University may determine from time to time.

4. It shall be the duty of the Managers to elect the Craven Student or Students, without holding a competitive examination for the purpose, and to decide what grants (if any) are to be made for the furtherance of research. They shall perform their duties in accordance with regulations made by the University from time to time.

5. A Craven Student shall pursue his or her study or research (according to a scheme to be approved by the Managers) away from Cambridge, unless the Managers at their discretion waive this requirement.

6. In the election to any Craven Studentship or Craven Scholarship the Managers or Electors shall not take into consideration the financial circumstances of the candidates.

Chapter VIII

THE BATTIE, BROWNE, DAVIES, PITT, PORSON, AND WADDINGTON FUNDS

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by William Battie by deed of gift dated 30 September 1747 shall constitute a trust fund called the Battie Fund.

2. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by the will of Sir William Browne, who died on 10 March 1774, shall constitute a trust fund called the Browne Fund.

3. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by the will of Jonathan Davies, who died on 5 December 1809, shall constitute a trust fund called the Davies Fund.

4. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given to the University in 1813 by a Committee of Members of the Senate and the Pitt Club in London in memory of the Right Honourable William Pitt shall constitute a trust fund called the Pitt Fund.

5. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given to the University in 1808 by the friends of Richard Porson shall constitute a trust fund called the Porson Fund.

6. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given in 1870 by Anne and Clara Waddington in memory of their brothers shall constitute a trust fund called the Waddington Fund.

7. The several incomes of the Battie, Davies, Pitt, and Waddington Funds shall be used to provide one or more scholarships for knowledge of the languages and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, and otherwise to provide grants for the furtherance of such knowledge.

8. The income of the Browne Fund shall be used to provide medals for Greek and Latin verse, to provide one or more scholarships for knowledge of the languages and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, and otherwise to provide grants for the furtherance of such knowledge.

9. The income of the Porson Fund shall be used to provide a prize for the best translation of a set passage from an English poet in Greek verse, to provide one or more scholarships for knowledge of the languages and civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, and otherwise to provide grants for the furtherance of such knowledge.

10. Subject to this Statute the University may make regulations from time to time as to number, form and substance of Sir William Browne's medals, as to prescribing the subjects of exercises to be submitted and the metres in which they are severally to be written, the eligibility of candidates, and any other matters regarding the award of the medals.

11. In the election to any emolument mentioned in this chapter the electors shall not take into consideration the financial circumstances of the candidates.

Chapter IX

THE JOHN LUCAS WALKER FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the sum appointed by Sir Richard Webster, Attorney-General, in favour of the University, under the will of John Lucas Walker, who died in 1886, shall constitute a trust fund called the John Lucas Walker Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide one or more studentships, called John Lucas Walker Studentships, the holders of which shall devote themselves to original research or to whole time study and training for research in Pathology, and, after provision has been made for at least one such studentship, to the furtherance of original research in that subject by exhibitions, prizes, grants, or otherwise.

Chapter X

THE CROSSE FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the fund created by deed of trust dated 14 August 1833 out of the estate of John Crosse, who died on 17 June 1816, shall constitute a trust fund called the Crosse Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide scholarships, studentships, prizes or grants (or any one or more of such emoluments) for the furtherance of the knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in Hebrew and Greek, Ecclesiastical History, and Christian Theology.

Chapter XI

THE SEATONIAN FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the estate given by the will of Thomas Seaton, who died on 18 August 1741, shall constitute a trust fund called the Seatonian Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide one or more Seatonian Prizes for poems in English on a subject set by the adjudicators which shall be deemed by them to conform to the condition imposed by the founder, namely that it shall be conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and the recommendation of virtue.

Chapter XII

THE RUSTAT FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given in January 1666–67 by deed of gift by Tobias Rustat shall constitute a trust fund called the Rustat Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used for the purchase of books and manuscripts for the University Library.

3. Any books bought out of the said income shall be impressed with the Rustat arms, unless on account of the nature of the book this course is undesirable.

4. The University may make regulations as to the persons by whose advice purchases are to be made, as to the conditions under which books or manuscripts purchased may be taken out of the Library, and otherwise as to the administration of the fund.

Chapter XIII

THE WORTS FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment created by the will of William Worts dated 21 June 1709 shall constitute a trust fund called the Worts Fund.

2. The income of the Worts Fund shall be subject in the first instance to the following charges, namely,

  1. (i)a charge of £30 a year in favour of the Old Schools of Cambridge, so long as the said schools shall be maintained as schools for poor children;
  2. (ii)a charge of £40 a year to be laid aside, as the founder directed, for the maintenance and repairs of the road from Emmanuel College to the Gogmagog Hills, and for the maintenance of the galleries in Great St Mary's Church (for both of which objects the founder provided in his will): such sum to be expended from time to time as there shall be occasion, in such proportions to each object as the Finance Committee of the Council shall think fit;
  3. (iii)a further charge of £40 a year to be applied in accordance with an order of the Court of Chancery dated 27 March 1742 towards the repairs of the said road;
  4. (iv)a charge of such sum, for defraying expenses connected with the administration of the fund, as the Finance Committee of the Council may think fit.

3. After the aforesaid charges have been met the income of the fund shall be applied as follows, namely,

  1. (i)the University may in any year place at the disposal of the General Board from the income of the fund a sum not exceeding £400, which may be applied in accordance with regulations made by the University from time to time to the making of grants for the promotion or encouragement of investigations in countries outside Great Britain respecting the religion, learning, law, politics, customs, manners, and rarities, natural or artificial, of those countries, or for purposes of geographical discovery or of antiquarian or scientific research in such countries, subject to any conditions as to publication of the results of investigations which may be laid down at the time of the making of the grant;
  2. (ii)the remaining income of the Worts Fund shall be applied to the use of the University Library in such manner as the University may from time to time determine.

Chapter XIV

THE REDE FOUNDATION

1. The rent-charge received under the foundation of the executors of Sir Robert Rede, who died on 8 January 1518–19, shall be used for the payment of a Lecturer, whose duty it shall be to deliver in term time one lecture in every year, called the Rede, Sir Robert, Lectureship.

2. The University may from time to time make regulations regarding the appointment of the Lecturer, the tenure of the office, the subjects of the lectures, and the times and places of delivery.

Chapter XV

THE PREACHER ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE LADY MARGARET

1. There shall be a preacher on the foundation of the Lady Margaret. The preacher shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor and shall hold office for one year.

2. The University may from time to time make regulations for the preachership.

Chapter XVI

THE LE BAS FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given in 1848 by subscribers in memory of Charles Webb Le Bas shall constitute a trust fund called the Le Bas Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used for the furtherance of the study of Literature by the provision of any one or more emoluments (whether scholarships, studentships, prizes, or grants for research) or otherwise.

Chapter XVII

THE PEREGRINE MAITLAND FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given in 1844 by subscribers in memory of Sir Peregrine Maitland shall constitute a trust fund called the Peregrine Maitland Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to advance the study of subjects arising from or affecting the spread of the Christian religion, the comparison of the Christian religion with other religions, and the contact of Christian and other civilizations, by the provision of any one or more emoluments (whether scholarships, studentships, prizes, or grants for research) or otherwise.

Chapter XVIII

THE BURNEY FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by deed of trust dated 19 January 1847 by Jane Caroline Burney in pursuance of the wish of her brother Richard Burney shall constitute a trust fund called the Burney Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used for the furtherance of the study of the Philosophy of Religion (these words being interpreted so that they may include Christian Ethics and questions relating to the truth and evidence of the Christian Religion) by the provision of any one or more emoluments (whether scholarships, studentships, prizes, or grants for research) or otherwise.

Chapter XIX

THE NORRISIAN FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by John Norris, who died on 5 January 1777, shall constitute a trust fund called the Norrisian Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide a prize to be awarded for an essay on a subject pertaining to some branch of Christian Theology.

3. After provision has been made for the prize the remainder of the income or any part thereof may be applied towards the stipend of the Norris-Hulse Professor.

Chapter XX

THE WHEWELL BENEFACTION

1. The rents of the chambers in the buildings known as Whewell's Courts, which rents are part of the income of the trust created by the will of William Whewell, who died on 6 March 1866, shall be subject to the deduction by Trinity College of the amount of all rates, taxes, cost of repairs and other outgoings (including wages of porters and other servants of the College employed in or about the said buildings).

2. The net income of the trust shall be applied annually as follows, namely,

  1. (a)£150 shall be applied to the maintenance of scholarships in Trinity College;
  2. (b)the remainder shall be paid to the University and shall constitute a trust fund, which shall be used for one or more of the following purposes, namely, the remuneration of the Whewell Professor of International Law, the provision of Whewell Scholarships in International Law, and the furtherance in any other manner of the study of International Law.

3. The election to and tenure of the Whewell Professorship shall be governed by Statute D.

4. A Whewell Professor or Whewell Scholar shall have the right to be admitted a member of Trinity College on payment of the fees fixed for the time being for admission.

5. The Whewell Professor and any Whewell Scholar shall so long as he or she is a member of Trinity College have the right to be assigned a set of chambers in Whewell's Courts on the terms of paying such rent and charges for services as are prescribed by the Council of the College from time to time and generally upon the like terms (as nearly as may be) and under the same rules as other chambers in the College are assigned to members thereof.

Chapter XXI

THE YORKE FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowments given by the will of Edmund Yorke, who died on 29 November 1871, shall constitute a trust fund called the Yorke Fund.

2. The income shall be used to provide one or more prizes for essays on subjects pertaining to some branch of law or legal history, or otherwise for the furtherance of research in law or legal history.

Chapter XXII

THE GEORGE LONG FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowments given by the friends of George Long, who died on 10 August 1869, shall constitute a trust fund called the George Long Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide one or more prizes for distinguished proficiency in one or both of the subjects of Roman law and jurisprudence.

Chapter XXIII

THE STANTON FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowments given by Vincent Henry Stanton in pursuance of a letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor on 15 January 1904 shall constitute a trust fund called the Stanton Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used for the furtherance of the teaching of the Philosophy of Religion in the University either by the payment of the stipend or part of the stipend of a University Lecturer in that subject, or by the provision of special lectures, or otherwise.

Chapter XXIV

THE HARDING FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment given by Colonel Harding, which was accepted on 22 November 1912, shall constitute a trust fund called the Harding Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be applied towards the payment of a University Lectureship in a branch or branches of Zoology.

Chapter XXV

THE ISAAC NEWTON FUND

1. The income of investments representing for the time being the fund given by Frank McClean and accepted on 5 March 1891 shall be used for the furtherance of advanced study and research in the subjects of Astronomy (especially Gravitational Astronomy but also including the other branches of Astronomy and Astronomical Physics) and Physical Optics by the maintenance of one or more studentships called Isaac Newton Studentships.

2. The Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Trinity College may at any time transfer to the University the investments and other assets representing the fund for the time being, and upon so doing shall be discharged from the trust.

3. The following expenses may be charged upon the fund on the recommendation of the electors:

  1. (a)the purchase of instruments or apparatus required by an Isaac Newton Student for the purpose of his or her study or research: provided that such instruments or apparatus shall be the property of the trust,
  2. (b)extraordinary expenses connected with the course of study or research of a Student.

Chapter XXVI

THE ARNOLD GERSTENBERG FUND

1. The income of the fund given by Leonora Philipps by deed executed on 15 December 1892 in accordance with the wish of her brother Arnold Gerstenberg shall be used for the promotion of the study of Moral Philosophy and Metaphysics among students (men and women alike) of Natural Science.

2. The Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Trinity College may at any time transfer to the University the investments and other assets representing the fund for the time being, and upon so doing shall be discharged from the trust.

Chapter XXVII

THE PRENDERGAST FUND

1. The income of the Prendergast Fund created in memory of Guy Lushington Prendergast by deed executed on 8 June 1888 by Elizabeth Sophia Prendergast shall be used for the furtherance of advanced study and research in the language, literature, history, philosophy, archaeology, and art of ancient Greece, by the maintenance of one or more studentships, or by the provision of grants for research in the said subjects.

2. The Master, Fellows, and Scholars of Trinity College may at any time transfer to the University the investments and other assets representing the fund for the time being, and upon so doing shall be discharged from the trust.

Chapter XXVIII

THE SMITH FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowments given by the will of Robert Smith, who died on 2 February 1768, shall constitute a trust fund called the Smith Fund.

2. The net income of the fund shall be applied annually as follows, namely,

  1. (a)one-half shall be applied towards the payment of the stipend of the Plumian Professor;
  2. (b)one-half shall be used to provide one or more prizes for original work in any subject in Mathematics and its applications.

Chapter XXIX

THE RAYLEIGH PRIZES

The income of the benefaction given in 1909 by friends of John third Baron Rayleigh shall be used to provide one or more prizes for original work in any subject in Mathematics and its applications.

Chapter XXX

THE CARUS, SCHOLEFIELD, KAYE, HEBREW, EVANS PRIZE, JEREMIE, AND GEORGE WILLIAMS FUNDS, AND THE THEOLOGICAL STUDIES FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the benefactions accepted from William Carus and his friends in 1853 and augmented by an anonymous donor in 1894 shall constitute a trust fund called the Carus Fund, the income of which shall be used in the first place to provide a prize or prizes for the encouragement of the accurate study of the New Testament in Greek.

2. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given in 1856 by subscribers in memory of James Scholefield shall constitute a trust fund called the Scholefield Fund, the income of which shall be used in the first place to provide a prize or prizes for the encouragement of the critical study of the Holy Scriptures.

3. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given in memory of John Kaye, who died on 18 February 1853, shall constitute a trust fund called the Kaye Fund, the income of which shall be used in the first place to provide a prize or prizes for a dissertation upon a subject pertaining to ancient ecclesiastical history, the canon of Scripture, or Biblical criticism.

4. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given by members of the University in 1865 and augmented by Joshua Nussey in 1867 shall constitute a trust fund called the Hebrew Fund, the income of which shall be used in the first place to provide a prize or prizes for the encouragement of the study of Hebrew in the University.

5. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given in memory of Robert Wilson Evans, who died on 10 March 1866, shall constitute a trust fund called the Evans Prize Fund, the income of which shall be used in the first place to provide a prize or prizes for proficiency in a branch or branches of Christian Theology.

6. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given by James Amiraux Jeremie in 1870 shall constitute a trust fund called the Jeremie Fund, the income of which shall be used in the first place to provide a prize or prizes for the encouragement of a critical study of the Septuagint Version of the Old Testament and such other Hellenistic literature as may serve to illustrate the New Testament.

7. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given in memory of George Williams, who died on 26 January 1878, shall constitute a trust fund called the George Williams Fund, the income of which shall be used in the first place to provide one or more prizes for proficiency in a branch or branches of Christian Theology.

8. Subject to this Statute the University may make from time to time regulations regarding the number and value of the prizes to be awarded under this Statute, and any other matters relating to the administration of the funds.

9. There shall be established a trust fund called the Theological Studies Fund, to which at the discretion of the Finance Committee of the Council may be transferred from time to time any surplus income or accumulated balance of surplus income of the Carus Fund, the Scholefield Fund, the Kaye Fund, the Hebrew Fund, the Evans Prize Fund, the Jeremie Fund, or the George Williams Fund. The income of the Theological Studies Fund shall be administered in such manner and for such purposes as may be prescribed from time to time by Ordinance, for the encouragement of theological study by members of the University.

Chapter XXXI

THE WILTSHIRE PRIZE

The income of the benefaction given in 1900 by Thomas Wiltshire shall be used to provide one or more prizes for proficiency in either or both of the subjects of Geology and Mineralogy.

Chapter XXXII

ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPS AND READERSHIPS

The provisions of any instrument of foundation, Act of Parliament, Order in Council, decree, order, statute, or other instrument (other than those of any Statute made by the University Commissioners) regarding any Professorship or Readership founded before the date of the making of this Statute3 shall cease to have effect from the date on which this section is approved by the King in Council.4 Each such Professorship and Readership shall thenceforth be governed by Statute D, and the University shall have power to determine from time to time the scope of the subject specified in the statutable title of the office.

Provided always that (a) if on 30 September 1926 provisions were in force for the election to a Professorship otherwise than in accordance with Statute B Chapter IX of the Old Statutes such provisions shall remain in force but be subject to alteration by the University from time to time, and (b) nothing in this section shall invalidate any Statute made by the Commissioners regarding any particular Professorship or affect the right of the Crown to appoint to the Regius Professorships of Civil Law, Physic, and Modern History, and to the King Edward VII Professorship of English Literature.

Provided also that the investments from time to time constituting the endowment of any Professorship or Readership founded before the date of the making of this Statute shall continue to be treated as a separate trust fund and the income thereof shall be applied towards the stipend of the Professorship and any pension contribution payable by the University in respect of it.

Chapter XXXIII

THE PROFESSORSHIPS OF DIVINITY AND HEBREW

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding chapter, if the income from the endowments attached to any of the Professorships of Divinity is more than is required to pay the stipend of the Professor and the pension contribution payable in respect of the Professor by the University, the excess, or such part of the excess as may be required, shall be used towards making good any deficiency in the income from the endowments attached to any other Professorship of Divinity, and the remaining excess, if any, after all such deficiencies have been made good, shall be used towards providing the stipend of the Regius Professor of Hebrew.

2. If a Professor of Divinity or the Regius Professor of Hebrew is admitted to a Bishopric or Deanery or any benefice with cure of souls, the Professorship shall ipso facto become vacant.

Chapter XXXIV

THE DIXIE PROFESSORSHIP OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

1. This Statute shall be for the University of Cambridge and for Emmanuel College in common.

2. There shall be established as heretofore in the University of Cambridge a Professorship to be called the Dixie Professorship of Ecclesiastical History.

3. The Professor shall comply with the provisions of the Statutes of the University relating to the duties of Professors.

4. The election to the Professorship shall be in accordance with the provisions of University Statute D, XV, 4, the Master of Emmanuel College being added to the Board of Electors as therein defined; provided that if the Mastership of Emmanuel College be vacant, or if the Master be also a candidate for the Professorship, the senior member of the Governing Body of Emmanuel College who is not a candidate shall take the Master's place on the Board; provided also that if the Master of Emmanuel College or the senior member of the Governing Body as aforesaid at any time be in any other capacity a member of the Board, such person shall not on that ground have two votes.

5. The Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History shall by virtue of admission to the Professorship, without need of any further election, be entitled to admission to the Professorial Fellowship permanently associated under the provisions of Statute XIX, section 5 [of the College Statutes] with the tenure of the Dixie Professorship at Emmanuel College (except during any period for which the said Professorship shall be held by the Head of any College in Cambridge) upon making the declaration required under the provisions of Statute XXII [of the College Statutes] to be made by other Fellows of the College, and shall be entitled (subject to the provisions of Statute XXV [of the College Statutes]) to hold the said Fellowship while continuing to hold the office of Dixie Professor, but no longer.

6. In respect of the Professorial stipend of the Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History the College shall pay to the University in each quarter of the financial year the sum of one hundred and ninety-two pounds and fifty pence (which sum shall include the contribution due in respect of superannuation) out of the general revenue of the College.

7. From such sum as shall in each year be authorized to be levied by the University from the College in accordance with the Statutes of the University for contributions of Colleges for University purposes, the College shall be entitled to deduct annually the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds on account of the payment made by the College in respect of the Dixie Professor.

8. For any period during which this Professorship shall be vacant there shall be a pro rata diminution of the amount payable under section 6 of this Statute, and also a pro rata diminution of the deduction made under section 7 of this Statute from the College's contribution to the University.

Chapter XXXV

THE LOWNDEAN PROFESSORSHIP OF ASTRONOMY AND GEOMETRY

Notwithstanding the title of the Lowndean Professorship of Astronomy and Geometry it shall be competent for the electors on each occasion to elect a Professor who proposes to profess solely or chiefly Astronomy, or one who proposes to profess solely or chiefly Geometry. This Statute shall not imply any limitation of the power of the University under Statute D, XIV, 2(a) or of the General Board under Statute D, XIV, 2(b). In particular, it shall be competent for the University in exercising its powers of making regulations under Statute D, XIV, 2(a) to provide that for the time being at successive elections to the Professorship candidature may be limited, or preference may be given by the electors, to candidates who propose to profess only one of the subjects Astronomy and Geometry, or some particular subject or subjects falling within the scope of one of them.

Chapter XXXVI

THE VERE HARMSWORTH PROFESSORSHIP OF IMPERIAL AND NAVAL HISTORY

Notwithstanding the title of the Vere Harmsworth Professorship of Imperial and Naval History it shall be competent for the electors on each occasion to elect a Professor who proposes to profess solely or chiefly the History of the British Empire, or one who proposes to profess solely or chiefly Naval History. This Statute shall not imply any limitation of the power of the University under Statute D, XIV, 2(a) or of the General Board under Statute D, XIV, 2(b).

Chapter XXXVII

THE CROTCH FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowments given to the University under the will of George Robert Crotch dated 22 June 1872 and the will of William Duppa Duppa Crotch dated 15 August 1903 shall together constitute a trust fund called the Crotch Fund.

2. The income of the Crotch Fund shall be used for the purchase of books and specimens for the Museum of Zoology or otherwise for the general purposes of that Museum as may be provided by Ordinance.

Chapter XXXVIII

THE BENN W. LEVY FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the benefaction given in 1910 by the Committee of the Benn W. Levy Memorial Fund shall constitute a trust fund called the Benn W. Levy Fund, the income of which shall be devoted to the furtherance of original research in Biochemistry by the establishment of a Studentship to be called the Benn W. Levy Studentship, the holder of which shall undertake original research in Biochemistry.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of the trust to the contrary, any part of the income of the fund not expended in any year may be applied at the discretion of the Managers of the fund as income in any subsequent year.

Chapter XXXIX

THE CLERK MAXWELL FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment created by the will of Mrs Clerk Maxwell, who died on 5 November 1879, shall constitute a trust fund called the Clerk Maxwell Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide one or more Scholarships, called Clerk Maxwell Scholarships, for the advancement by original research of Experimental Physics, especially Electricity, Magnetism, and Heat, and, after provision has been made for at least one such Scholarship, to further original research in those subjects by any other means.

3. The University may from time to time make regulations governing the administration and application of the fund.

Chapter XL

THE ARTHUR BALFOUR FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing

  1. (a)the benefaction accepted by Grace 1 of 23 May 1912 of £20,000 for the endowment of a Professorship of Genetics to be called the Arthur Balfour Professorship of Genetics and
  2. (b)the benefaction conveyed to the University by the Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour and the Right Honourable Reginald Baliol, Viscount Esher, in a Trust Deed dated the tenth of December nineteen hundred and thirteen

shall together constitute a trust fund called the Arthur Balfour Fund. The first charge on the income of the Arthur Balfour Fund shall be the cost of the stipend, national insurance, pension contributions, and family allowances, if any, of the Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics.

2. Notwithstanding any provision of the Trust Deed referred to in subparagraph (b) of the foregoing Section 1 to the contrary the whole of the property described therein as Whittingehame Lodge shall be available for the Department of Genetics and if that Department shall at any time not have need of the whole or any part of the property the income deriving from it or from capital sums accruing from its disposal shall be credited to the Arthur Balfour Fund.

Chapter XLI

THE HARNESS FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment created by the benefaction conveyed to the University in 1871 by the Executive Committee of subscribers to a memorial of the late Reverend William Harness, M.A., Prebendary of St Paul's and Incumbent of All Saints’, Knightsbridge, and formerly of Christ's College, shall constitute a trust fund called the Harness Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used to provide a prize called the Harness Prize for the best English essay upon some subject connected with Shakespearian Literature.

3. The University may from time to time make regulations for the prize.

Chapter XLII

THE ELLEN McARTHUR FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment created by the will of Miss Ellen McArthur which were accepted by Grace 1 of 25 November 1927 shall constitute a trust fund called the Ellen McArthur Fund.

2. The income of the fund shall be used for the encouragement of the study of Economic History.

3. The University may from time to time make regulations governing the application of the fund.

Chapter XLIII

THE REBECCA FLOWER SQUIRE FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment for the foundation and support of scholarships in Law created by the will of Miss Rebecca Flower Squire, who died on 26 November 1898, shall constitute a trust fund called the Rebecca Flower Squire Fund, the income of which shall be used to provide scholarships in Law in accordance with section 2 of this Statute and to make grants to persons engaged in the study of Law in accordance with section 3 of this Statute.

2. The University may from time to time make regulations governing the application of the fund provided that

  1. (a)no person shall be elected into a scholarship unless
  2. (i)he or she is a British citizen or a citizen of a country of the Commonwealth,
  3. (ii)he or she has declared in writing the sincere intention of qualifying as a barrister or a solicitor or as a teacher of law, and of practising or teaching law accordingly;
  4. (b)in making an election preference shall be given to the Founder's kin and to candidates born within the parish of St Mary Newington, London, in accordance with clause 6 of the Scheme of Management and Regulation of the Squire Scholarships in Law set out in the Schedule to the Declaration of Trust dated the eighth day of August nineteen hundred and two by which the endowment was created;
  5. (c)the tenure of a scholarship shall be subject to the scholar becoming or continuing to be a resident member of the University.

3. The income of the fund may also be used to make grants on grounds of financial hardship to any resident member of the University engaged in the study of law who is qualified in accordance with section 2(a) above.

Chapter XLIV

THE R. A. NICHOLSON FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment created in 1955 by the Will of Mrs Cecilia Nicholson, widow of Professor R. A. Nicholson, sometime Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic, shall constitute a trust fund called the R. A. Nicholson Fund.

2. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the provision of a prize or prizes for distinction in the study of Arabic and Persian, or of one of those languages, to be called the R. A. Nicholson Prize or Prizes.

3. The University may from time to time make regulations for the Fund and the Prize or Prizes. Such regulations may provide for income not expended on the Prizes to be used for the support of study or research in the University in the field of Arabic or Persian or both those languages.

Chapter XLV

THE F.E. ELMORE FUND

1. The investments from time to time representing the endowment created in 1932 by the Will of Frank Edward Elmore shall constitute a trust fund called the F. E. Elmore Fund.

2. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the provision of one or more studentships to be known as Elmore Medical Research Studentships, the holders of which shall devote themselves to research in medicine or in some branch of the medical sciences at or from the University.

3. The University may from time to time make regulations for the Fund and the Studentships. Such regulations may provide for income not expended on Studentships to be used for the support of study or research in the University in the field of medical education or research.

Chapter XLVI

THE SANDYS FUND AND STUDENTSHIP

1. The income of the fund created by the Will of Sir John Edwin Sandys, Litt.D., Orator Emeritus, shall be used primarily for the furtherance of study and research in the languages, literature, history, archaeology, and art of ancient Greece and Rome and the comparative philology of the Indo-European languages.

2. The Trustees of the Fund shall be the Master, Fellows, and Scholars of St John's College.

3. The first charge on the income of the Fund shall be the maintenance of a studentship called the Sandys Studentship, which shall be open to graduates of the University and persons who are registered as Graduate Students in the University. The holder of the Studentship shall undertake advanced study or research in one or more of the subjects specified in section 1 above, and for this purpose shall spend a large part of the year at a university or other place of learning outside the British Isles.

4. The Studentship shall be tenable for one year, but a Student may be re-elected on not more than two occasions.

5. The Electors to the Studentship shall include the Classical Lecturers of St John's College and the holders of such University offices as may be specified by the University from time to time.

6. After provision has been made for the Studentship, the remainder of the income of the Fund shall be applied by the Trustees for the benefit of the Library of St John's College.

7. Subject to the above provisions, the University, after consulting the Council of St John's College, may from time to time make regulations for the Fund and the Studentship.

Chapter XLVII

MEDIEVAL SCANDINAVIAN HISTORY FUND

The income of the Tennant Fund that has been accrued up to 31 July 2007, together with any interest earned on such income after 31 July 2007, shall be used to establish a separate fund to support a Lectureship in Medieval Scandinavian History in the University (the accrued income up to 31 July 2007 constituting permanent endowment and the interest earned after 31 July 2007 constituting expendable income within the new fund).

Footnotes

  1. 1. See also Statutes K, 14 and T, 17.a
  2. 2. This Statute was made on 14 January 1927.a
  3. 3. This Statute was made on 14 January 1927.a
  4. 4. This section was approved by His Majesty in Council on 13 May 1927.a