Grey College, Durham

Grey College
Durham University
Holgate House and the Victor Watts Library, Grey College
Arms of Grey College
Arms: Gules, a scaling ladder in bend argent between two St. Cuthbert crosses proper.
Coordinates54°45′54″N 1°34′32″W / 54.764908°N 1.575511°W / 54.764908; -1.575511
MottoLatin: Gradibus ascendimus
Motto in EnglishAscending by degrees
Established1959
Named forCharles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
PrincipalProf Sonia Virdee
Undergraduates1,200[1]
Postgraduates150[1]
MascotFelix the Phoenix[2]
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Grey College, Durham is located in Durham, England
Grey College, Durham
Location in Durham, England

Grey College is a college of Durham University in England, founded in 1959 as part of the university's expansion of its student population. The college was originally planned to be named Oliver Cromwell College, but this proved too controversial.[3][4] Instead, the college is named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom at the time of the university's foundation.[4]

The student population of Grey College consists of around 1,351 students, made up of just over 1,200 undergraduate students and a further 150 postgraduate students.[1] The college is fully catered.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d University, Durham. "Grey College - Durham University". www.durham.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Welcome!". Grey College JCR. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  3. ^ Hill, Christopher; God's Englishman – Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution (Penguin, 1970) p. 265.
  4. ^ a b "Catalogue of Durham University Records: Colleges: Grey College". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2024.