Peterhouse Boat Club is the rowing club for members of Peterhouse, Cambridge. It was founded on 29 April 1828 as St Peter's College Boat Club, but was renamed in 1873 to its present name. The Club's name was officially changed to Peterhouse Boat Club in Michaelmas Term 1872. Alumni of Peterhouse Boat Club are eligible to join the Cross Keys Boat Club. History Peterhouse Boat Club was founded on 29 April 1828 as St Peter's College Boat Club, and first raced in Cambridge University Bumps on 2 May 1828. The club went Head of the River the following year, before removing itself from the start order. The club's history became more formal in 1836, as the minute books from that year exist. At this point there were both rowing, and non-rowing members and the club had as much a social purpose as competitive. The club first purchased a boat in 1839, having previously hired craft. Peterhouse Boat Club returned to Head in 1842. While an undergraduate at the college, the later Lord Kelvin rowed for the club for one term at the end of his second year. The club was one of the first Cambridge colleges to hire a professional coach, paying James Parish of Leander Club £10 in 1846. In 1847, Andrew Fairbairn joined the club, and was later to contribute to its finances. The Club's name was officially changed to Peterhouse Boat Club in Michaelmas Term 1872. In 1925, the club had some coaching from Steve Fairbairn. The following year, the club sent a crew to Henley Royal Regatta for the first time, entering the Thames Challenge Cup. While Peterhouse is the smallest of all of the colleges of Cambridge University which regularly admit both undergraduates and graduates, its crews have often performed well above its weight, including taking the headship of the May Bumps on 28 February 1842 and that of the Lent Bumps in 1956. In the early days of the Lent and May Bumps, the Peterhouse 1st men's VIII were in the lower half of the 2nd, or even in the 3rd division, but from about 1920 rose to lie in the bottom-half of the 1st division or top-half of the 2nd division. Peterhouse performed well in the Lent Bumps from 1950, not being bumped until 1957, and taking the headship in 1956, a year in which they also won the Ladies' Challenge Plate at