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Richard Bennett matriculated in 1920 and graduated from Clare in 1924. He studied Natural Sciences.
He was the nephew of the well-known author Arnold Bennett and he later donated the c.600 letters that he received from his uncle to the UL. Richard Bennett was also a member of the 'Boot club', a college group founded through a mutual interest in 'the Boot' pub in Dullingham (see Volume 1). After leaving the College he held posts at Lever Brothers and later ICI.

Master of Clare College, 1856-1915

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.

Master of Clare College, 1678-1713

Born in Doncaster, Samuel Blyth was first admitted to Clare College as a sizar undergraduate in 1652.
He gained his BA in 1655 and was made a Fellow in 1658, later serving as College Master 1678-1713.
He was a considerable benefactor to the College.

William Charles Denis Browne (1888-1915), matriculated at Clare in 1907. He was admitted on a Classics scholarship but spent most of his time at College pursuing musical interests and rowing. Took a teaching position at Repton after Clare but was there less than a year and then took a job as organist at Guy's hospital in London. He then taught music at Morley College at the same time as working at Guy's hospital and was also a music critic for the Times and New Statesman. He was killed in action at Gallipoli during the First World War.

Admitted to Clare College, 23 January 1950. Studied Natural Sciences.

Matriculated at Clare, 1966.

Geoffrey Elton (1921-1994) was born in Tubingen, Germany in 1921 as Gottfried Rudolf Ehrenberg. His parents were the scholars Victor Ehrenberg and Eva Dorothea Sommer. Elton's family fled to Britain in 1939 and Elton later graduated in Ancient History from the University of London. He enlisted in the British Army in 1943 and became a British citizen in 1947. He later taught at the University of Glasgow and from 1949 onwards at Clare College, Cambridge University and was the Regius Professor of Modern History there from 1983 to 1988. He was knighted in 1986. Elton worked as publication secretary of the British Academy from 1981 to 1990 and served as the president of the Royal Historical Society from 1972 to 1976. He married a fellow historian, Sheila Lambert, in 1952. He died in 1994. Lady Elton later died in 2006.

Fellow of Clare, 1982; Professor of French and neo-Latin literature, 2004; Faculty chair of Modern & Medieval Languages; British Academy Fellow, 2009.

Matriculated at Clare, 1919.

Member of the Music Society Committee from 1920

1928-1967 - Secretary to the University Board of Extra Mural Studies
1963-1967 - Fellow of Fitzwilliam College
1947-49 and 1962-63 - Mayor of Cambridge

Matriculated at Clare in 1931.