List of Wardens of New College, Oxford

This is a list of the Wardens of New College, Oxford. The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world.


 * 1379–1389: Nicholas Wykeham
 * 1389–1396: Thomas Cranley
 * 1396–1403: Richard Malford
 * 1403–1429: John Bowke or Bouke
 * 1429–1435: William Estcourt
 * 1435–1454: Nicholas Ossulbury
 * 1454–1475: Thomas Chaundler
 * 1475–1494: Walter Hyll
 * 1494–1520: William Porter
 * 1520–1521: John Rede
 * 1521–1526: John Young
 * 1526–1542: John London
 * 1542–1551: Henry Cole
 * In 1547, Thomas Harding was named Warden by King Edward VI
 * 1551–1553: Ralph Skinner
 * 1553–1573: Thomas Whyte, or White
 * In 1556, John Harpsfield was elected Warden but did not assume the office.
 * 1573–1599: Martin Culpepper
 * 1599–1613: George Ryves
 * 1613–1617: Arthur Lake
 * 1617–1647: Robert Pinck
 * 1647–1648: Henry Stringer
 * 1649–1658: George Marshall (intruded by the Parliamentary Commissioners)
 * 1658–1675: Michael Woodward
 * 1675–1679: John Nicholas
 * 1679–1701: Henry Beeston
 * 1701–1703: Richard Traffles
 * 1703–1712: Thomas Brathwait
 * 1712–1720: John Cobb
 * 1720–1724: John Dobson
 * 1725–1730: Henry Bigg
 * 1730–1740: John Coxed
 * 1740–1764: John Purnell
 * 1764–1768: Thomas Hayward
 * 1768–1794: John Oglander
 * 1794–1822: Samuel Gauntlett
 * 1822–1840: Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth
 * 1840–1860: Rev. David Williams
 * 1860–1903: James Edwards Sewell
 * 1903–1924: William Archibald Spooner
 * 1925–1940: Herbert Fisher
 * 1944–1958: Alic Halford Smith
 * 1958–1976: Sir William Hayter
 * 1976–1985: Arthur Hafford Cooke
 * 1985–1996: Harvey McGregor QC
 * 1996–2009: Alan Ryan
 * 2009–2016: Sir Curtis Price
 * 2016–present: Miles Young