Records of and relating to the Orator, 1657 - 2022
Scope and Contents
The duties of the Orator are 'to write addresses for presentation to the Sovereign and formal letters for presentation to other Universities and institutions' and to 'present to the Chancellor and University persons on whom the titles of degrees are conferred honoris causa'. The office was founded by statute in (probably) 1521, but there are both earlier and later records of one-off payments for such compositions. The title changed from ‘Public Orator’ to ‘Orator’ in 1926.
Dates
- Creation: 1657 - 2022
Creator
- From the Management Group: University of Cambridge (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
1998-05-05 16:19:26+00:00
Repository Details
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