Rhoda Bass took over as Lodging House Keeper of Braeside in 1958 until 1983 but continued to live there until 1990 when her husband Arthur Bass died. Arthur Bass had worked in the SCR/Pantry for 8yrs (1975 -83). Many of her "Old Boys" as she called them kept in touch over the years. Her daughter Billie (Hostel keeper at the Colony 1978, Senior Housekeeper, 1986 - 2001) and her husband Peter Allinson (Clare Fellow's Butler from 1982 and under Butler from 1976) have also worked for Clare.
Master of Clare College, Cambridge, 2003 - 2014
Born on 6 March 1947, and attended Cotham Grammar School in Bristol. He studied History at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, B.A. in 1968 and M.A. in 1971.
1974 - Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Hull.
1999 - Hull awarded him an honorary D. Litt.
1971 - 1991 lecturer in the History Department of Newcastle University
1988 - 2002 and 2005 - 2008 - served on the Cambridge University Council
1992 - moved to the University of Cambridge, having been appointed Paul Mellon Professor of American History
2001 - 2002 - chaired its audit committee
Since 2004 he has been the chairman of Cambridge Assessment
2014 - he retired from Cambridge and took up a post as Professor of American History at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne
Educated at Leeds Grammar School.
Matriculated at Clare College in 1838 , gaining a scholarship. He graduated B.A. (3rd Class, Classics) in 1842.
M.A. 1845, B.D. 1853, D.D. 1859.
He became Fellow of Clare in 1842; and was ordained a priest of the Church of England in 1844. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1862–1863, 1868–1870, and 1876–1878.
Master of Clare, 1856-1915 (the longest Mastership in the College's history), during which he presided over the change from 'Clare Hall' to 'Clare College'. He also served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
He is buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge alongside his wife. The monument was restored in November 2016 following a donation from the College.