Eldon Law Scholarship

Applicants must either have obtained a first class honours degree in the Final Honours School, or obtained a distinction on the BCL or MJur.

[1] It is a two-year scholarship presently funded at £9,000 a year.

[2] The scholarship dates from 12 May 1830, and was funded in response to an application from subscribers.

[3][4] Although the scholarship is named after Lord Eldon LC, it is not funded from his will – Lord Eldon did not in fact die until eight years after the scholarship was founded.

[3] Until 1963 it was a requirement that an applicant be a member of the Church of England.