List of University of Oxford people in British public life

This is a list of University of Oxford people in British public life. Many were students at one (or more) of the colleges of the University, and others held fellowships at a college.

This list forms part of a series of lists of people associated with the University of Oxford – for other lists, please see the main article List of University of Oxford people.

Monarchs Name College Years Reign Ref King Edward VIIChrist Church 1859–1860 King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 1901–1910 King Edward VIIIMagdalen 1912–1914 King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1936

Royal persons Name College Years at Oxford Ref Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany Christ Church 1872–1876 George, Marquess of Cambridge (formerly Prince George of Teck) Magdalen Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein Magdalen Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick Keble 2007– Lord Frederick Windsor Magdalen 1998–2002 Lord Nicholas Windsor Manchester

Prime ministers

Name College Student at Oxford Period as Prime Minister RefSpencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington Trinity 1690–? 1742–1743 Henry Pelham Hart Hall 1710–? 1743–1746 George Grenville Christ Church 1730–1733 1763–1765 William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Trinity 1727–1728 1766–1768 Frederick North, Lord North (later 2nd Earl of Guilford) Trinity 1748–1750 1770–1782 William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne Christ Church 1755–1757 1782–1783 William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland Christ Church 1755–1757 1783, 1807–1809 Henry Addington (later 1st Viscount Sidmouth) Brasenose 1774–1778 1801–1804 William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville Christ Church 1776–1780 1806–1807 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Christ Church 1787–1790 1812–1827 George Canning Christ Church 1787–1791 1827 Sir Robert Peel, Bt Christ Church 1805–1808 1834–1835, 1841–1846 Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Christ Church 1817–1820 1852, 1858–1859, 1866–1868 William Ewart Gladstone Christ Church 1828–1831 1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894 Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Christ Church 1847–1849 1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Christ Church 1866–1869 1894–1895 H. H. Asquith (later 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith) Balliol 1870–1874 1908–1916 Clement Attlee (later 1st Earl Attlee) University 1901–1904 1945–1951 Anthony Eden (later 1st Earl of Avon) Christ Church 1919–1922 1955–1957 Harold Macmillan (later 1st Earl of Stockton) Balliol 1912–1914 1957–1963 Sir Alexander Douglas-Home (formerly 14th Earl of Home, later Baron Home of the Hirsel) Christ Church 1922–1925 1963–1964 Harold Wilson (later Baron Wilson of Rievaulx) Jesus 1934–1937 1964–1970, 1974–1976 Edward Heath Balliol 1935–1939 1970–1974 Margaret Thatcher (later Baroness Thatcher) Somerville 1943–1947 1979–1990 Tony Blair St John's 1972–1975 1997–2007 David Cameron (later Baron Cameron of Chipping Norton) Brasenose 1985–1988 2010–2016 Theresa May St Hugh's 1974–1977 2016–2019"Oxford University class list." The Times (London). 11 July 1977. p. 14.Boris JohnsonBalliol1983–19872019–2022Liz TrussMerton1993-19962022Rishi SunakLincoln1998-20012022–2024Keir StarmerSt Edmund Hall19862024–2026

Cabinet of the United Kingdom (at 12 December 2023)

Name College Years at Oxford Title Ref Rishi Sunak Lincoln1998-2001 Prime MinisterFirst Lord of the TreasuryMinister for the UnionMinister for the Civil Service Jeremy Hunt Magdalen Chancellor of the ExchequerSecond Lord of the Treasury David Cameron Brasenose1985–1988 Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs Alex Chalk Magdalen Secretary of State for JusticeLord High Chancellor of Great Britain Michael Gove Lady Margaret Hall 1985–1988 Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and CommunitiesMinister for Intergovernmental Relations Thérèse Coffey Somerville 1989–1991 Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mel Stride St Edmund Hall Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Mark Harper Brasenose Secretary of State for Transport John Glen Mansfield Chief Secretary to the Treasury Jeremy Quin Hertford Minister for the Cabinet OfficePaymaster General

Shadow Cabinet of the United Kingdom (at 9 May 2023)

Name College Years at Oxford Title Ref Keir Starmer St Edmund Hall Leader of the OppositionLeader of the Labour Party Rachel Reeves New Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Yvette Cooper Balliol Shadow Secretary of State for the Home Department Ed Miliband Corpus Christi Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero Nick Thomas-Symonds St Edmund Hall 1998–2001 Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade Bridget Phillipson Hertford Shadow Secretary of State for Education Lucy Powell Somerville Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Anneliese Dodds St. Hilda's Shadow Secretary of State for Women and EqualitiesChair of the Labour Party Shabana Mahmood Lincoln Labour Party National Campaign Coordinator Thangam Debbonaire Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

House of Lords and House of Commons Peers and members of the House of Commons who are better known for their endeavours outside politics are listed in the appropriate category (e.g. the jurist William Blackstone, cricketer Colin Cowdrey, historian Edward Gibbon, scientists Susan Greenfield and Robert May, physician and journalist Thomas Stuttaford, and philosopher Mary Warnock).

Hereditary peers

In order of precedence. See also Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and other legal peers.