Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

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Lady Margaret Hall
University of Oxford
Arms: Or, on a chevron between in chief two talbots passant and in base a bell azure a portcullis of the field.
Location	Norham Gardens, Oxford OX2 6QA
Coordinates	51°45′53″N 1°15′15″W / 51.76483°N 1.254036°W / 51.76483; -1.254036
Full name	The College of the Lady Margaret in the University of Oxford
Latin name	Aula Dominae Margaretae
Motto	Souvent me Souviens (Old French)
Motto in English	I often remember
Founders	Lavinia and Edward Talbot
Established	1878
Named for	Lady Margaret Beaufort
Sister college	Newnham College, Cambridge
Principal	Stephen Blyth
Undergraduates	400[1] (2022/2023)
Postgraduates	325[1](2022/2023)
Endowment	£42.55 million (2022)[2]
Website	www.lmh.ox.ac.uk
Boat club	www.lmhbc.com
Map
Location in Oxford city centre

Lady Margaret Hall (LMH)^[3] is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England, located on a bank of the River Cherwell at Norham Gardens in north Oxford and adjacent to the University Parks.^[3] The college is more formally known under its current royal charter as "The Principal and Fellows of the College of the Lady Margaret in the University of Oxford".^[4]

The college was founded in 1878, closely collaborating with Somerville College. Both colleges opened their doors in 1879 as the first two women's colleges of Oxford. The college began admitting men in 1979.^[3] The college has just under 400 undergraduate students, around 200 postgraduate students and 24 visiting students.^[5] In 2016, the college became the only college in Oxford or Cambridge to offer a Foundation Year for students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

In 2018, Lady Margaret Hall ranked 21st out of 30 in Oxford's Norrington Table, a measurement of the performance of students in finals.^[6]

The college's colours are blue, yellow and white. The college uses a coat of arms that accompanies the college's motto "Souvent me Souviens", an Old French phrase meaning "I often remember" or "Think of me often", the motto of Lady Margaret Beaufort, who founded Christ's College and St John's College at Cambridge, and after whom the college is named.

The principal, since October 2022, is Stephen Blyth.^[7] Notable alumni of Lady Margaret Hall include Benazir Bhutto, Michael Gove, Nigella Lawson, Josie Long, Ann Widdecombe and Malala Yousafzai.