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The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to as the Oxford Union, is a debating society in the city of Oxford, England, whose membership is drawn primarily from the University of Oxford. Founded in 1823, it is one of Britain's oldest university unions and considered [ by whom? ] one of the world's most prestigious private students' societies ...
The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury was Union Secretary in Michaelmas 1848. Harold Macmillan was Secretary of the Union in Hilary 1914, then Junior Treasurer (elected unopposed, which was then very unusual) in Trinity 1914; but for the war he would "almost certainly" have been President.
The Oxford Union debating chamber. The King and Country Debate was a debate on 9 February 1933 at the Oxford Union Society. The motion presented, "That this House will under no circumstances fight for its King and country", passed with 275 votes for the motion and 153 against it. [1] The motion would later be named the Oxford Oath or the Oxford ...
Sullivan was born in South Godstone, Surrey, England, into a Catholic family of Irish descent, [10] and was brought up in the nearby town of East Grinstead, West Sussex.He was educated at a Catholic primary school and at Reigate Grammar School, [11] [12] where his classmates included Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer and Conservative member of the House of Lords Andrew Cooper. [13]
The Oxford University Students' Union is the official students' union of the University of Oxford. It is better known in Oxford under the branding Oxford SU or by its previous name of OUSU . It exists to represent Oxford University students in the university's decision-making, to act as the voice for students in the national higher education ...
G. James Galbraith (British politician) Cyril Garbett; Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner; Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury; James Milnes Gaskell
The University of Oxford is the setting for numerous works of fiction. Oxford was mentioned in fiction as early as 1400 when Chaucer, in Canterbury Tales, referred to a "Clerk [student] of Oxenford". [313] Mortimer Proctor argues the first campus novel was The Adventures of Oxymel Classic, Esq; Once an Oxford Scholar (1768). [314]
He was elected President of the Oxford Union in 1965. In 1967 Ali was one of 64 prominent figures, including the Beatles , who signed a petition calling for the legalisation of marijuana . [ 14 ] Ali's tenure at the Union included a meeting with Malcolm X in December 1964 during which Malcolm X expressed deep consternation about his own risk of ...