The Queen's College Donor Impact Report

LEGACY GIVING
SUPPORTING THE FUTURE IN MEMORY OF
THE PAST
Legacy and planned gifts have transformed
Queen’s over the centuries. Starting with Robert
de Eglesfield and continuing through the following
seven centuries, these deeply personal gifts have
enriched our students’ experience, developed our
excellence in teaching and research, and enhanced
our iconic buildings.
In this financial year, the College received over £1.25
million in legacy gifts. Each gift received makes an
important contribution to the College.
concerned to further the
teaching of, and research into,
world historical studies. This year we gratefully
received a legacy gift from Anthony which will
support the John Prestwich Fellowship in History.
Each legacy gift has a story to tell and is a tribute
to the life and memory of the person who gave it.
Perhaps the most surprising legacy gift we received
in 2021 was from the late Revd George Clark Vincent
(Lit. Hum), who matriculated in 1904.
Photo: John Cairns
Every legacy gift is an
investment in the future
of Queen’s and the next
generation of students and
researchers. We all are
most grateful.
George was born in 1884 at Ligonier, state of
Pennsylvania, USA. After gaining a second degree
in theology at Queen’s, he spent his life serving as
a church minister in the States and died in 1971.
It was very moving to receive a legacy gift from an
Old Member who had experienced College life at
the beginning of the 20th Century but whose gift will
benefit students 117 years later.
Dr Claire Craig, The Provost
Most legacy donors to the College give unrestricted
gifts so that they can be used to support the area of
greatest need at Queen’s. Sometimes donors may
wish to support a specific area of College life that
is particularly important to them. The late Anthony
Gwilliam (Modern History, 1948) was particularly
LEGACY GIVING AT QUEEN’S
(Financial Year, 2021-2022)
£1,250,998 was given as legacy gifts from
twelve Old Members and friends.
256 members of the Taberdars’ Society have
pledged to leave a gift in their wills.
Student Support
Celia Gould and the Cyril
Vysove Scholarships in
Modern Languages
Cyril Vysove (Modern
Languages, 1941) matriculated at the beginning
of WWII. His studies were quickly interrupted
as he left to serve in the Royal Signals. He later
died returning from the War.
His niece, Celia Gould, wanted to honour Cyril's
memory and talents as an Oxford prize-winning
linguist by leaving a legacy gift to support the
study of Modern Languages. When Celia died in
2021, the Cyril Vysove Scholarships in Modern
Languages was endowed and in 2022, Queen’s
welcomed the first Vysove Scholar, Ramani
Chandramohan (p. 11).
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