The Berry Bequest (1889-)
The Berry bequest of £100,000 was left to the University of St Andrews by Scots-Australian millionaire David Berry, in recognition of the wishes of his elder brother Alexander Berry, who had been educated here. David…
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Bell Chair of Education
The Bell Chair of Education was established in 1876 by the trustees of Andrew Bell, including the Earl of Leven. and this endowment amounted to £4,000, which is equivalent to at least £400,000 in 2021. The trustees…
James Brydges (1673-1744) and the Chandos Chair, by Aileen Fyfe
In 1720, James Brydges, first duke of Chandos, gave £1,000 to the University of St Andrews to endow a new chair. During the early 1720s, Chandos was a director of (and investor in) the slave-trading Royal African…
Chandos Chair of Medicine
The Chandos Chair of Medicine was created in 1722 with a gift of £1,000 from James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos. The offer of a new chair originated in 1720. Chandos made gifts to several other learned institutions…
Lectureship in Botany
In April 1891, Principal James Donaldson announced to the University Court that ‘a gentleman interested in the University’ had donated £1000 ‘towards the endowment of a Botanical Lectureship, or future Chair in the…
Bute Chair of Anatomy
In his will, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900) left £20,000 to endow the Bute Chair of Anatomy (now the Bute Chair of Medicine). This was the most generous of several gifts from Bute during…
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute (1847-1900)
John Patrick Crichton-Stuart, (1847-1900) was the son of John Crichton-Stuart, 2nd Marquess of Bute (d. 1848). He became 3rd Marquess of Bute at six months of age, inheriting his family’s estates and vast industrial…
Gray Chair of Chemistry
In his 1808 will, John Gray left the University of St Andrews £2,000 overall, £1,500 of which was for the Gray Chair of Chemistry, from the will to invest in land or other stocks. Gray died in 1811, but the…
John Gray (1724-1811)
John Gray (1724-1811) was the son of William Gray, a grammar school teacher in Cupar. A student of St Salvator’s College, John Gray received his BA in 1742. After some time as a travelling tutor to several noblemen on…