| 1966 |
Inaugural sermon by Dean Eric Abbott |
| 1967 |
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| 1968 |
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| 1969 |
Mr Jo Grimond |
| 1970 |
Col Frank Borman |
| 1971 |
Yehudi Menuhin |
| 1972 |
The Duke of Edinburgh |
| 1973 |
Archbishop of Canterbury (Michael Ramsey) |
| 1974 |
Dame Barbara Ward |
| 1975 |
Lord Pitt |
| 1976 |
The Hon Anne Armstrong (US Ambassador) |
| 1977 |
Sir Arthur Bryant |
| 1978 |
The Lord Denning |
| 1979 |
Miss Anna Ford |
| 1980 |
Rt Hon Edward Heath |
| 1981 |
Lady Masham |
| 1982 |
Lord Scarman |
| 1983 |
Cancelled |
| 1984 |
Rt Hon Viscount Tonypandy |
| 1985 |
Lord Elwyn Jones |
| 1986 |
Rev Dr Owen Chadwick |
| 1987 |
Mrs Helen Suzman MP (oration read by her son-in-law) |
| 1988 |
S Ramphal, Commonwealth Secretary General |
| 1989 |
St Hon David Steel |
| 1990 |
Cancelled |
| 1991 |
Hon Jonathan Porritt |
| 1992 |
Sir Anthony Parsons |
| 1993 |
H. H. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan |
| 1994 |
Neil Kinnock MP |
| 1995 |
Judge Stephen Tumin |
| 1996 |
Hon Reymond Seitz |
| 1997 |
Sir Michael Atiyah |
| 1998 |
Mark Tully |
| 1999 |
Lord Hurd |
| 2000 |
General Sir Michael Rose |
| 2001 |
Richard Dowden, Africa Editor of the Economist |
| 2002 |
Archbishop of Canterbury |
| 2003 |
No lecture |
| 2004 |
No lecture |
| 2005 |
No lecture |
| 2006 |
Tony Colman, Former Chair UK Parliament UN Group, President UNA |