List of Principals of Hertford College, Oxford

This is a list of Principals of Hertford College, Oxford, including its two predecessor institutions, Hart Hall and Magdalen Hall.

Principals of Hart Hall (1282–1740)

PrincipalDateNotes
John Moreman1522–1527
John Whyte1527–1535
John French1535–1539
Roger Bromhall1541–1543
William More1543–?
Thomas Vyvyan?–1548
Philip Rondell1548–1599first long-term Principal, establishing some independence from Exeter College
John Eveleigh1599–1604
Theodore Price1604–1622
Thomas Iles1622–1633
Philip Parsons1633–1653
Philip Stephens1654–1660appointed by Oliver Cromwell
Timothy Baldwyn1660–1663
John Lamphire1663–1688
William Thornton1688–1707
Thomas Smith1707–1710
Richard Newton1710–1739incorporated Hart Hall as Hertford College

Principals of Hertford College, first foundation (1739–1816)

PrincipalDateNotes
Richard Newton1739–1753formerly Principal of Hart Hall from 1710
William Sharpe1753–1757
David Durell1757–1775
Bernard Hodgson1775–1805last Principal of the first foundation
Richard Hewitt1805–1814/1816Vice-Principal in charge

Principals of Magdalen Hall, old site (1448–1822)

PrincipalDateNotes
John Anwykyll1480–1488first master of the grammar school
John Stanbridge
Richard Bernefirst Principal of Magdalen Hall
Thomas Coveney1553–1558
Adrian Hawthorne1558–1567
Robert Lyster1567–1602matriculated Thomas Hobbes
James Hussey1602–1605
John Wilkinson1605–?removed by Royalists
Thomas ReadRoyalist appointee
John Wilkinson?–1648restored
Henry Wilkinson1648–1662removed by the Act of Uniformity
James Hyde1662–1681
William Levet1681–1694
Richard Adams1694–1716
Digby Cotes1716–1745
William Denison, the Elder1745–1755
William Denison, the Younger1755–1786
Matthew Lamb1786–1788
Henry Ford1788–1813
John Macbride1813–1822moved Magdalen Hall to the site of Hertford College

Principals of Magdalen Hall, new site (1822–1874)

PrincipalDateNotes
John Macbride1822–1868became Principal in 1813, moved Magdalen Hall to the Hertford College site
Richard Michell1868–1874incorporated Magdalen Hall as Hertford College

Principals of Hertford College, second foundation (1874–)

PrincipalDateNotes
Richard Michell1874–1877formerly Principal of Magdalen Hall from 1868
Henry Boyd1877–1922
W. R. Buchanan-Riddell1922–1930
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell1930–1939
N. R. Murphy1939–1959
W. L. Ferrar1959–1964
Robert Hall1964–1967
George Lindor Brown1967–1971
Geoffrey Warnock1971–1988
Christopher Zeeman1988–1996
Walter Bodmer1996–2005
John Landers2005–2011
Will Hutton2011–

Sources

  • Goudie, Andrew, ed. (1999) [1984]. Seven Hundred Years of an Oxford College: Hertford College, 1284–1984 (2nd ed.). Hertford College, Oxford.
  • Hamilton, Sidney Graves (1903). Hertford College. London: F.E. Robinson. OL 23303320M.
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