Frederick Homes Dudden

Frederick Homes Dudden (1874–1955) was an academic administrator and theological scholar. He was Chaplain to King George V and George VI (1929–52), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford (1918–55) and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1929–32).

Education and career Frederick Dudden was educated at Bath College and Pembroke College, Oxford. Dudden was Vicar of Holy Trinity Church in Sloane Street, central London. He was Fellow, Lecturer in Theology and Chaplain of Lincoln College, Oxford (1898–1914). He was Canon of Gloucester (1918–37). At Oxford University, he was a member of Hebdomadal Council (1924–45) and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (1925–29 and 1932–49), before and after his time as Vice-Chancellor.

Pembroke College At Pembroke College, he was the first Master to live in the Lodgings. The previous Master's House was converted into undergraduate accommodation in 1928. He was a friend of Lord Nuffield, which led to the endowment of the Pembroke Mastership. This freed subsequent Masters of Pembroke from the financial need to take the position of Canon at Gloucester Cathedral, which had been given to the college by Queen Anne in 1714. As a representative of Pembroke College he was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1921 to 1949.

Publications Gregory the Great, his Place in History and Thought (2 vols), 1905 In Christ's Name, 1908 Christ and Christ's Religion, 1910 The Future Life, 1915 The Problem of Human Suffering and the War, 1916 The Heroic Dead and other Sermons, 1917 The Delayed Victory, 1918 The Dead and the Living, and other Sermons, 1920 The Life and Times of St Ambrose (2 vols), 1935 Henry Fielding: His Life, Works, and Times (2 vols), 1953