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The Office of the Chancellor has existed since the foundation of the university in the 15th century, and no comprehensive definition of its powers has been made in any modern statute. The remit and powers of the Chancellor were described by Royal Commission on the Universities and Colleges of
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Evidence Taken and Received by the Commissioners - Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of His Majesty: University of St. Andrews
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retired in 2005. With the exception of Dover, every Chancellor of the university has been either an
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Scotland, Great Britain Commission for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of (1 January 1837).
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The Chancellor appoints an Assessor to be a member of the university's governing body, the
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Order XLIX, Commission for Visiting the Universities and Colleges of Scotland
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of the General Council which meets twice each year, in recent years once in
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Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Parliamentary Constituency
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Scotland, which described the Chancellor of St Andrews thus:
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Combined Scottish Universities Parliamentary Constituency
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provides that the Chancellor is to be elected by the
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Picture of Lord Campbell, current Chancellor
The Lord Campbell
CH
CBE
PC
KC
General Council
Term length
Life tenure
Universities (Scotland) Act 1858
Henry Wardlaw
Bishop of St Andrews
Vice-Chancellor
Chancellor of the University of St Andrews
titular head
University of St Andrews
degrees
Universities (Scotland) Act 1858
General Council
Sir Kenneth Dover
archbishop
peer
President
St Andrews
United Kingdom
University Court

Henry Wardlaw
Henry Wardlaw
Bishop of St Andrews

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