1970
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Dr Henry Bunker* | DSc |
| Lord Frederick Dainton* | DSc |
| Sir Hamish Maclaren* | DSc |
| The Rt Hon Paul Methuen* | LLD |
| Sir James Pitman* | DLitt |
| Dr Cosby Smallpeice* | DSc |
1971
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Dr Horace Brand* | DLitt |
| Professor Arthur Collar CBE* | DSc |
| Dr George Kersley OBE* | DSc |
| Dr Alexander Moulton CBE RDI FREng* | DSc |
| Dr Hugh Rogers* | DSc |
1972
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Sir Sydney Barratt* | DSc |
| The Rt Hon Kenneth Clark OM KCB* | DLitt |
| Dr John Clark* | LLD |
| The Rt Hon Viscount Eccles* | DLitt |
| Professor Kenneth J Murton* | MSc |
| Sir Michael Tippett* | DLitt |
1973
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Sir Alan Cottrell FRS FREng* | DSc |
| Sir Gordon Cox KBE* | DSc |
| Sir Charles Frank OBE* | DSc |
| Dr Ernest Herbert* | DSc |
| Mr Raymond Leppard CBE* | DLitt |
| Lionel Rolt* | MSc |
1974
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Sir Kenneth Berrill GBE KCB* | LLD |
| Sir Hermann Bondi KCB FRAS DSc* | DSc |
| Ada Hanna* | MA |
| Dr Arnold Haskell* | DLitt |
| Leslie Scott* | MA |
| Sir Alfred Sims KCD OBE* | DSc |
| Professor John Young* | DSc |
1975
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Cuthbert Bates* | MA |
| Amy Cadwallader* | MA |
| Sir Emrys Jones* | DSc |
| The Reverend Edward Henderson* | DLitt |
| Sir Stanley Hooker CBE* | DSc |
| Sir William Cook KCB* | DSc |
| Sir Kenneth Mather* | DSc |
| Lt Colonel Francis Seymour-Williams OBE* | MA |
1976
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Sir David Collins CBE* | DSc |
| The Rt Hon Arnold Goodman* | LLD |
| Bevan Horstmann* | MA |
| Sir Edwin Leather KCMG KCVO* | LLD |
| Professor James Meade CB* | DSc |
| Hugh Morris* | MA |
| Professor Gordon Rawcliffe* | DSc |
| Professor Larry Rotherham* | DSc |
| Professor Percival Sheppard* | DSc |
1977
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| The Rt Hon The Lord Dahrendorf KBE FBA* | DSc |
| Sir Harold Finniston* | DSc |
| Sir Alexander Merrison* | DSc |
| Sir Charles Oatley* | DSc |
| The Rt Hon The Lord Rees-Mogg* | LLD |
| Robin Tanner* | MA |
| Sir Robert Williams* | DSc |
1978
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Professor Sir Samuel Edwards FRS DSc* | DSc |
| Professor Sir Hugh Ford FRS FREng* | DSc |
| Dr Rodney Hill FRS* | DSc |
| Professor Dorothy Hodgkin* | DSc |
| The Rt Hon Roy Jenkins* | LLD |
| Sir Ieuan Maddock CB CBE* | DSc |
| The Rt Hon Nathaniel Rothschild GBE* | DSc |
| The Rt Hon Arnold Weinstock* | DSc |
1979
| Honorary graduate | Degree conferred |
|---|---|
| Professor John Anderson* | DSc |
| Alleyne Berry* | MA |
| Professor Leonard Forster* | DLitt |
| Sir George Godber GCB* | DSc |
| Sir Robert Hunt CBE* | DSc |
| Professor Tom Kilburn CBE* | DSc |
| Sir Peter Scott* | DSc |
An asterisk (*) appears after the name of a deceased honorary graduate.