1983 to 1994 and High Commissioner to the UK from 1994 to 1998. Pixley ka Isaka Seme, who studied for a BCL between 1906 and 1909, was one of the founder members of the African National Congress. Several prominent judges and lawyers were educated at the college. Viscount Sankey, who was Lord Chancellor from 1929 to 1935, studied for a BA in History and BCL between 1885 and 1891. Lord du Parcq was appointed as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in 1946. Sir Richard Richards became Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1817. The Scottish MP and lawyer Lord Murray was appointed a Senator of the College of Justice in 1979. The solicitor Sir David Lewis was Lord Mayor of the City of London from 2007 to 2008. Other lawyers who studied at the college include James Chadwin QC, who defended the Yorkshire Ripper, and Sir Arthur James, who prosecuted the Great Train Robbers and later became a judge of the Court of Appeal. Academic lawyers include J Duncan M Derrett, Professor of Oriental Laws in the University of London from 1965 to 1982, and Alfred Hazel, Reader in English Law at All Souls College, Oxford. Alumni Abbreviations used in the following tables M – Year of matriculation at Jesus College (a dash indicates that the individual did not matriculate at the college) G – Year of graduation / conclusion of study at Jesus College (a dash indicates that the individual graduated from another college) DNG – Did not graduate: left the college without taking a degree ? – Year unknown; an approximate year is used for table-sorting purposes. (F/P) after name – later became a Fellow or Principal of Jesus College, and included on the list of Principals and Fellows (HF) after name – later became an Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, and included on the list of Honorary Fellows Degree abbreviations Undergraduate degree: BA – Bachelor of Arts Postgraduate degrees: BCL – Bachelor of Civil Law MA – Master of Arts MPhil – Master of Philosophy DCL – Doctor of Civil Law DPhil – Doctor of Philosophy The subject studied and the degree classification are included, where known. Until the early 19th century, undergraduates read for a Bachelor of Arts degree that included study of Latin and Greek texts, mathematics, geometry, philosophy and theology. Individual subjects at undergraduate level were only introduced later: for example, Mathematics