Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
Statute E
pp. 34–35
TRUSTS

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.