Editing Trinity College, Cambridge (section)

===Masters===
{{further|List of Masters of Trinity College, Cambridge}}
[[File:Martin Rees at Jodrell Bank in 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow|Martin Rees]] was Master of Trinity from 2004 to 2012.]]
[[File:Dame Sally Davies.png|thumb|[[Dame Sally Davies]], current Master of Trinity]]

The head of Trinity College is called the Master. The role is a Crown appointment, formally made by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=172 |title=Trinity College Cambridge – Master of Trinity – Lord Rees (of Ludlow) |publisher=Trin.cam.ac.uk |date=15 January 2004 |access-date=25 March 2010 |archive-date=19 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319025839/http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=172 |url-status=live }}</ref> Nowadays, the fellows of the college propose a new master for the appointment,<ref>{{cite web|last=McKitterick|first=David|title=Welcoming speech at the Master's Installation Dinner|url=http://issuu.com/trinityalumni/docs/trinity_record_2012-13_web|work=Annual Record 2013|date=6 December 2013 |publisher=Trinity College, Cambridge|access-date=9 March 2014|archive-date=10 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310032921/http://issuu.com/trinityalumni/docs/trinity_record_2012-13_web|url-status=live}}</ref> but the decision is formally that of the Crown. The first Master, [[John Redman (Trinity College)|John Redman]], was appointed in 1546. Six masters subsequent to [[Rab Butler]] had been fellows of the college prior to becoming master ([[honorary fellow]] in the case of [[Martin Rees]]), the last of these being [[Sir Gregory Winter]], appointed on 2 October 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/master-of-trinity/ |title=Sir Gregory Winter CBE FRS appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University |publisher=Number10.gov.uk |date=16 December 2011 |access-date=28 February 2012 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305162347/http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/master-of-trinity/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=172|title=Trinity College, Cambridge. Master of Trinity|access-date=14 July 2012|archive-date=19 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080319025839/http://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/index.php?pageid=172|url-status=live}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Dame Sally Davies]], the first female Master of Trinity College, on 8 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/new-master/|title=Professor Dame Sally Davies appointed Master of Trinity|date=8 February 2019|language=en-US|access-date=8 February 2019|archive-date=20 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220123352/https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/news/new-master/|url-status=live}}</ref>