Patrons and Trustees

The MTST benefits from the guidance and support of an international group of patrons and trustees, many of whom were colleagues or counterparts of Lady Thatcher and all of whom are capable of advising the Trust with a strategic view of immense value to the scholars whose interests we serve.

Our ambition has always been to have 20 Thatcher Scholars studying at Somerville at any one time who are supported by the endowment. With each passing year, we get closer to realising this dream. It is only through the continued vision, ambition for change and support of our donors, patrons and trustees that such progress is possible.

Trustees

• The Rt Hon. the Baroness Royal of Blaisdon ex officio, Chair of Trustees
• Mrs Clara Freeman OBE
• Lord Sherbourne of Didsbury
• Professor Almut Suerbaum
• Professor Stephen Weatherill
• Mr Andrew Parker ex officio

• Professor Dan Ciubotaru

Patrons

• The Rt Hon. Tony Blair
• The Rt Hon. Lord Forsyth of Drumlean
• The Hon. Dr Robert Gates
• The Hon. Dr Alan Greenspan
• Ho Ching
• The Hon. John Howard
• The Rt Hon. Sir John Major
• The Rt Hon. The Lord Owen
• The Rt Hon. The Lord Patten of Barnes
• The Lord Powell of Bayswater
• The Hon. Dr Condoleezza Rice

Former Patrons

• President George HW Bush (1924 – 2018)
• Rt Hon the Lord Carrington (1919 – 2018)
• President Mikhail Gorbachev (1931-2022)
• Hon Dr Henry Kissinger (1923 – 2023)
• Chancellor Dr Helmut Kohl (1930 – 2017)
• Mr Lee Kuan Yew (1923 – 2015)
• Rt Hon Brian Mulroney (1939 – 2024)
• Mrs Nancy Reagan (1921 – 2016)
• Hon George Shultz (1920 – 2021)