List of presidents of the Oxford Union
Year Michaelmas Hilary Trinity
1850-51 E. B. Lomer Alexander Mitchell Henry Smith
1851-52 Frederick Lygon Walter Shirley Henry Oxenham
1852-53 C. H. Pearson J. Fitzgerald Benjamin Rogers
1853-54 George Goschen Arthur Butler Godfrey Lushington
1854-55 George C. Brodrick Robert Bartlett J. H. Bridges
1855-56 D. C. Lathbury Charles Turner W. F. Wilberforce
1856-57 John Oakley Philip Eliot John Mitchinson
1857-58 T. R. Halcombe Thomas Fowle Charles Bowen
1858-59 E. K. Bennet A. V. Dicey A. O. Rutson
1859-60 Peter Fogg Edward Moore H. L. Harrison
1860-61 Francis Beaumont Kenelm Digby Thomas Green
1861-62 J. R. Magrath Auberon Herbert A. H. Beesly James Bryce
1862-63 O. W. Tancock Reginald Smith Reginald Abbot
1863-64 Alfred Robinson William Fearon Francis Jeune
1864-65 A . A. Clive Alfred Robinson ( iterum ) R. Robinson
1865-66 Courtenay Ilbert Edward Talbot George Simcox
1866-67 William Awdry William Sanday Lord Francis Hervey
1867-68 James Strachan-Davidson Reginald Copleston Edward Talbot ( iterum )
1868-69 Mandell Creighton C. T. Redington Reginald Copleston ( iterum )
1869-70 Charles Fyffe William Duggan A. H. Turner
Presidents of the Oxford Union Society -- 1850–1875
Past elected Presidents of the Oxford Union at the University of Oxford are listed below, with their college and the year/term in which they served. Iterum indicates that a person was serving a second term as President (which is not possible under the current Union rules).