List of provosts of Eton College

The provost is the chairman of the governing body of Eton College. He is chosen by the Crown and is assisted by a vice-provost and ten fellows.

15th century
Thomas Barker (1447)
 * Henry Sever (1440–1442)
 * William Waynflete (1442–1447)
 * John Clerk (1447)
 * William Westbury (1447–1477)

16th century
Richard Bruerne (1561)
 * Henry Bost (1477–1504)
 * Roger Lupton (1504–1535)
 * Roger Aldrich (1535–1547)
 * Sir Thomas Smith (1547–1554)
 * Henry Cole (1554–1559)
 * William Bill (1559–1561)
 * William Day (1561–1596)

17th century

 * Sir Henry Savile (1596–1622)
 * Sir Thomas Murray (1622–1623)
 * Sir Henry Wotton (1624–1639)
 * Richard Steward (1639–1644)
 * Francis Rous (1644–1659)
 * Nicholas Lockyer (1659–1660)
 * Nicholas Monck (1660–1661)
 * John Meredith (1662–1665)
 * Richard Allestree (1665–1680)
 * Zachary Cradock (1681–1695)

18th century

 * Henry Godolphin (1695–1732)
 * Henry Bland (1733–1746) previously Head Master 1720–1728
 * Stephen Sleech (1746–1765)
 * Edward Barnard (1765–1781) previously Head Master 1754–1765
 * William Hayward Roberts (1781–1791)

19th century
John Lonsdale (1840)
 * Jonathan Davies (1791–1809) previously Head Master 1773–1792
 * Joseph Goodall (1809–1840) previously Head Master 1802–1809
 * Francis Hodgson (1840–1853)
 * Edward Craven Hawtrey (1853–1862) previously Head Master 1834–1853
 * Charles Old Goodford (1862–1884) previously Head Master 1853–1862

20th century

 * James John Hornby (1884–1909) previously Head Master 1868–1884
 * Edmond Warre (1909–1918) previously Head Master 1884–1905
 * Montague Rhodes James (1918–1936)
 * Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood (1936–1944)
 * Sir Henry Marten (1945–1949)
 * Sir Claude Aurelius Elliott (1949–1965) previously Head Master 1933–1949
 * Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia (1965–1978)
 * Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1978–1991)
 * Sir Antony Acland (1991–2000)

21st century

 * Sir Eric Anderson (2000–2009)
 * William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (2009–2024)
 * Sir Nicholas Coleridge (2024–present)