LLD ad eundem gradum

Doctor of Laws ad eundem gradum conferred to 1951

Before 1951, there was no provision for the University of Sydney to confer honorary degrees.

The University was able to confer degrees ad eundem gradum, and a small number were conferred in lieu of honorary degrees. In general the degree of Doctor of Laws ad eundem gradum was conferred in this capacity upon members of the Royal Family, Governors-General, distinguished soldiers and leaders of industry.

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• History of honorary awards at the University of Sydney

1901

• His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York, LLD ad eundem gradum

1906

• His Excellency the Right Honourable Henry Stafford, Baron Northcote of Exeter, GCMG GCIE CB, MA ad eundem gradum
  (Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia)
  Photo and biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography online

1920

• His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, LLD ad eundem gradum
• General Sir William Biddell Birdwood, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Forces in WW1)
  Photo and biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography online

1926

• The Right Hon Stanley Melbourne Bruce, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (Prime Minister of Australia)
  Photo and biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography online

1927

• His Royal Highness the Duke of York, LLD ad eundem gradum

1930

• The Right Hon Earl Beauchamp, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (Chancellor of the University of London, and former Governor of NSW)
  Photo and biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography online
• His Excellency Lord Stonehaven, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (Governor-General of Australia) (
  Photo and biography in the Australian Dictionary of Biography online

1931

• Lord Robert Baden-Powell of Gilwell, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (Founder of the World Scout Movement)

1934

• His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, LLD ad eundem gradum

1938

• Dame Maria Ogilvie Gordon, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (British geologist)
• The Viscount Nuffield, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (British industrialist and benefactor)
• Sir Josiah Stamp, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (British financier)

1951

• The Right Hon Viscount Jowitt, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (Lord High Chancellor of England)
• Dean Erwin Griswold, LLD ad eundem gradum
  (Dean of Harvard Law School)

Information from University Calendars