Walter Hamilton Moberly (1881–1974)

Grandson of George Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury. Lecturer in Political Science, University of Aberdeen (1905-1906), then fellow of Merton College, Oxford. Later Fellow and Lecturer in Philosophy of Lincoln College, Oxford, after which he served in World War I with the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, being twice mentioned in despatches. Professor of philosophy at the University of Birmingham from 1921 to 1924, Principal of the University College of the South West of England from 1925 to 1926, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester from 1926 to 1934, Chairman of the University Grants Committee from 1935 to 1949 and Principal of St Catherine's Foundation from 1949 to 1955.