The Royal Historical Society was deeply saddened to learn last week of the death of the historian and former RHS President, Dame Jinty Nelson FBA. In this post, her close friend, colleague and fellow RHS Councillor, Professor Pauline Stafford, offers a memoir of Jinty as a champion of history, a teacher, scholar and collaborator with so many across the discipline. We are very grateful to Professor Stafford for this article and her observations on Jinty Nelson as RHS President and Jinty's enormous contribution to the Society.