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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)

Principal Date Notes
John Moreman 1522–1527
John Whyte 1527–1535
John French 1535–1539
Roger Bromhall 1541–1543
William More 1543–?
Thomas Vyvyan ?–1548
Philip Rondell 1548–1599 first long-term Principal, establishing some independence from Exeter College
John Eveleigh 1599–1604
Theodore Price 1604–1622
Thomas Iles 1622–1633
Philip Parsons 1633–1653
Philip Stephens 1654–1660 appointed by Oliver Cromwell
Timothy Baldwyn 1660–1663
John Lamphire 1663–1688
William Thornton 1688–1707
Thomas Smith 1707–1710
Richard Newton 1710–1740 incorporated Hart Hall as Hertford College, charter granted 1740

Principals of Hertford College, first foundation (1740–1816)

Principal Date Notes
Richard Newton 1740–1753 formerly Principal of Hart Hall from 1710
William Sharpe 1753–1757
David Durell 1757–1775
Bernard Hodgson 1775–1805 last Principal of the first foundation
Richard Hewitt 1805–1814/1816 Vice-Principal in charge

Principals of Magdalen Hall, old site (1480–1822)

Principal Date Notes
John Anwykyll 1480–1488 first master of the grammar school
John Stanbridge
Richard Berne first Principal of Magdalen Hall
Thomas Coveney 1553–1558
Adrian Hawthorne 1558–1567
Robert Lyster 1567–1602 matriculated Thomas Hobbes
James Hussey 1602–1605
John Wilkinson 1605–? removed by Royalists
Thomas Read Royalist appointee
John Wilkinson ?–1648 restored
Henry Wilkinson 1648–1662 removed by the Act of Uniformity
James Hyde 1662–1681
William Levet 1681–1694
Richard Adams 1694–1716
Digby Cotes 1716–1745
William Denison, the Elder 1745–1755
William Denison, the Younger 1755–1786
Matthew Lamb 1786–1788
Henry Ford 1788–1813
John Macbride 1813–1822 moved Magdalen Hall to the site of Hertford College

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

Principal Date Notes
John Macbride 1822–1868 became Principal in 1813, moved Magdalen Hall to the Hertford College site
Richard Michell 1868–1874 incorporated Magdalen Hall as Hertford College

Principals of Hertford College, second foundation (1874–)

Principal Date Notes
Richard Michell 1874–1877 formerly Principal of Magdalen Hall from 1868
Henry Boyd 1877–1922
W. R. Buchanan-Riddell 1922–1930
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell 1930–1939
Neville Richard Murphy 1939–1959
W. L. Ferrar 1959–1964
Robert Hall 1964–1967
George Lindor Brown 1967–1971
Geoffrey Warnock 1971–1988
Christopher Zeeman 1988–1996
Walter Bodmer 1996–2005
John Landers 2005–2011
Will Hutton 2011–2020
Tom Fletcher 2020–

References

  1. The History of the University of Oxford: Volume VIII: The Twentieth Century. Oxford University Press. 7 April 1994. ISBN 9780198229742. Retrieved 19 December 2018.

Sources

  • Goudie, Andrew, ed. (1999) . Seven Hundred Years of an Oxford College: Hertford College, 1284–1984 (2nd ed.). Hertford College, Oxford.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Hamilton, Sidney Graves (1903). Hertford College. London: F.E. Robinson. OL 23303320M.
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