List of vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford



The vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford is the chief executive and leader of the University of Oxford. The following people have been vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford (formally known as The Right Worshipful the Vice-Chancellor):

Chronological list

 * 1230 – Elyas de Daneis
 * 1270 – Robert Steeton
 * 1288 – John Heigham
 * 1304 – John de Oseworhd
 * 1311 – Walter Gifford
 * 1325 – Richard Kamshale
 * 1333 – Richard FitzRalph
 * 1336 – John de Ayllesbury
 * 1337 – John de Reigham
 * 1347 – Hugh de Willoughby
 * 1348 – William de Hawkesworth
 * 1367 – John de Codeford
 * 1368 – John de Codeford
 * 1377 – Robert Aylesham
 * 1382 – Fr Peter Stokes
 * 1386 – Henry Nafford or Yafford
 * 1389 – John Lyndon
 * 1391 – John Ashwardby
 * 1394 – Richard Ullerston
 * 1396 – Nicholas Faux
 * 1397 – William Farendon or Faringdon
 * 1399 – John Snappe and others
 * 1401 – William Farendon
 * 1404 – Griffin Kirkadam
 * 1405 – William Farendon
 * 1406 – John Whytehede
 * 1407 – John Orum
 * 1422 – John Daventry
 * 1426 – Richard Roderham
 * 1430 – Thomas Eglesfield
 * 1431 – Richard Roderham
 * 1433 – John Burbach or Hurbach
 * 1434 – Thomas Gascoigne, Christopher Knolles, John Burbach
 * 1435 – John Burbach, Thomas Bonyngworth
 * 1436 – John Burbach, Thomas Greneley
 * 1437 – John Gorsuch, Thomas Greneley
 * 1438 – John Gorsuch, William Hawtrine
 * 1439 – John Gorsuch, John Burbach, Thomas Southam, Thomas Gascoigne
 * 1440 – John Gorsuch
 * 1441 – John Gorsuch, Robert Thwaytes, William Babington
 * 1442 – William Grey, William Babington, John Gorsuch, William Westkarre
 * 1443 – William Dowson, William Westkarre
 * 1444 – William Dowson, Richard Hall, William Westkarre
 * 1445 – William Dowson, John Selot
 * 1446 – William Westkarre, John Moreton, William Dowson
 * 1447 – John Burneby, William Dowson
 * 1448 – John Burneby
 * 1449 – John Willey, John Burneby, William Dowson
 * 1450 – Richard Ringstede, John Beke, Roger Bulkeley, John Van
 * 1451 – John Beke, John Van
 * 1452 – John Beke, Thomas Tweyn or Yweyn alias Chalke, Thomas Saunders
 * 1453 – Luke Lacock, Robert Thwayts, Thomas Saunders
 * 1454 – Thomas Tweyn, Thomas Saunders
 * 1455 – Thomas Twynge alias Bonifaunt
 * 1456 – Thomas Saunders
 * 1457 – Thomas Chippenham
 * 1458 – Walter Wynhale, Thomas Twynge
 * 1459 – John Danvers, Thomas Jaune or Jane
 * 1460 – Thomas Tweyn
 * 1461 – William Ive, Roger Bulkeley
 * 1462 – William Ive
 * 1463 – John Watts, Thomas Chaundler, David Husband, John Mulcaster
 * 1464 – Laurence Cokkys, Thomas Chaundler, Roger Bulkeley, John Caldbeck, Thomas Person
 * 1465 – Thomas Smith, Robert Ixworth, John Caldbeck, Thomas Chaundler
 * 1466 – Thomas Chaundler, John Caldbeck, Thomas Stevyn, Laurence Cokkys, Thomas Hill
 * 1467 – Thomas Chaundler, Thomas Stevyn, Thomas Walton
 * 1468 – Thomas Stevyn, Thomas Jaune
 * 1469 – Robert Tulley, Thomas Jaune
 * 1470 – Thomas Stevyn
 * 1480 – John Lane, William Sutton
 * 1481 – Richard Fitzjames, William Sutton
 * 1482 – Robert Wrangwais, William Sutton
 * 1484 – Richard Mayew, Thomas Pawnton
 * 1485 – Richard Mayew
 * 1486 – John Taylor
 * 1487 – Richard Estmond
 * 1488 – John Coldale
 * 1489 – John Coldale
 * 1490 – John Coldale
 * 1491 – Richard Fitzjames, John Coldale
 * 1492 – John Coldale
 * 1493 – Robert Smith
 * 1497 – William Atwater
 * 1498 – Thomas Harpur
 * 1499 – David Hays, William Atwater, Thomas Chaundeler
 * 1500 – William Atwater
 * 1501 – Thomas Banke, Hugh Saunders alias Shakspeere
 * 1502 – William Atwater, Thomas Banke, Hugh Saunders
 * 1503 – John Thornden or Thornton, John Kynton, Simon Grene alias Fotherby
 * 1504 – John Kynton, Robert Tehy or Thay
 * 1505 – Simon Grene, John Roper, John Adams
 * 1506 – John Thornden, William Fauntleroy
 * 1507 – John Thornden or Thornton, John Avery, John Kynton
 * 1508 – William Fauntleroy, John Thornden
 * 1509 – William Fauntleroy
 * 1510 – John Thornden, John Mychell
 * 1511 – William Fauntleroy, Thomas Drax, John Roper, John Cockys, Edmund Wylsford
 * 1512 – Edmund Wylsford, William Fauntleroy, John Kynton
 * 1513 – William Fauntleroy, John Kynton, John Thornden
 * 1514 – John Thornden, Lawrence Stubbs, Edmund Wylsford, Hugh Whytehead
 * 1515 – Edmund Wylsford
 * 1516 – Lawrence Stubbs
 * 1517 – Richard Duck or Doke
 * 1518 – Richard Duck or Doke
 * 1519 – Richard Barnack, Richard Duck or Doke
 * 1520 – William Broke or Brook, Richard Benger
 * 1521 – Richard Benger
 * 1522 – Richard Benger
 * 1523 – Thomas Musgrave
 * 1527 – Martin Lyndsey, John Cottisford
 * 1528 – John Cottisford
 * 1531 – Henry White
 * 1532 – John Cottisford, William Tresham
 * 1547 – Walter Wright
 * 1550 – William Tresham
 * 1551 – Owen Oglethorpe
 * 1552 – James Brookes or Brooks, Richard Marshall
 * 1553 – Richard Marshall
 * 1554 – John Warner
 * 1555 – Richard Smyth
 * 1556 – William Tresham, Thomas Raynolds
 * 1557 – Thomas Raynolds, Thomas Whyte
 * 1558 – William Tresham
 * 1559 – John Warner
 * 1560 – Francis Babbington
 * 1561 – Francis Babbington
 * 1562 – Thomas Whyte
 * 1564 – John Kennall
 * 1567 – Thomas Cowper
 * 1570 – Thomas Cowper
 * 1571 – Lawrence Humphrey
 * 1576 – Herbert Westfaling
 * 1577 – William Cole
 * 1578 – Martin Culpepper
 * 1579 – Tobias Matthew
 * 1580 – Arthur Yeldard
 * 1581 – William James
 * 1582 – Robert Hovenden
 * 1583 – Thomas Thornton
 * 1584 – John Underhill
 * 1585 – Edmund Lilly
 * 1586 – Daniel Bernard
 * 1587 – Francis Wyllis
 * 1588 – Martin Heton
 * 1589 – Nicholas Bond
 * 1590 – William James
 * 1592 – Nicholas Bond
 * 1593 – Edmund Lilly
 * 1596 – Thomas Ravys
 * 1598 – Thomas Singleton
 * 1599 – Thomas Thornton
 * 1600 – George Abbot
 * 1601 – George Ryves
 * 1602 – John Howson
 * 1603 – George Abbot
 * 1604 – John Williams
 * 1605 – George Abbot
 * 1606 – Henry Airay
 * 1607 – John King
 * 1611 – Thomas Singleton
 * 1614 – William Goodwyn
 * 1616 – Arthur Lake
 * 1617 – William Goodwyn
 * 1619 – John Prideaux
 * 1621 – William Piers
 * 1624 – John Prideaux
 * 1626 – William Juxon
 * 1628 – Accepted Frewen
 * 1630 – William Smyth
 * 1632 – Brian Duppa
 * 1634 – Robert Pincke
 * 1636 – Richard Baylie
 * 1638 – Accepted Frewen
 * 1640 – Christopher Potter
 * 1641 – John Prideaux
 * 1642 – John Prideaux in absentia (duties performed by Robert Pincke and then John Tolson as Pro-Vice-Chancellors)
 * 1643 – John Tolson, Robert Pincke
 * 1645 – Samuel Fell
 * 1648 – Edward Reynolds
 * 1650 – Daniel Greenwood
 * 1652 – John Owen
 * 1657 – John Conant
 * 1660 – Paul Hood
 * 1661 – Richard Baylie
 * 1662 – Walter Blandford
 * 1664 – Robert Say
 * 1666 – John Fell
 * 1669 – Peter Mews
 * 1673 – Ralph Bathurst
 * 1676 – Henry Clerk
 * 1677 – John Nicholas
 * 1679 – Timothy Halton
 * 1682 – John Lloyd
 * 1685 – Timothy Halton
 * 1686 – John Venn
 * 1687 – Gilbert Ironside
 * 1689 – Jonathan Edwards
 * 1692 – Henry Aldrich
 * 1695 – Fitzherbert Adams
 * 1697 – John Meare
 * 1698 – William Paynter
 * 1700 – Roger Mander
 * 1702 – William Delaune
 * 1706 – William Lancaster
 * 1710 – Thomas Brathwait
 * 1712 – Bernard Gardiner
 * 1715 – John Baron
 * 1718 – Robert Shippen
 * 1723 – John Mather
 * 1728 – Edward Butler
 * 1732 – William Holmes
 * 1735 – Stephen Niblett
 * 1738 – Theophilus Leigh
 * 1741 – Walter Hodges
 * 1744 – Euseby Isham
 * 1747 – John Purnell
 * 1750 – John Browne
 * 1753 – George Huddesford
 * 1756 – Thomas Randolph
 * 1759 – Joseph Browne
 * 1765 – David Durell
 * 1768 – Nathan Wetherell
 * 1772 – Thomas Fothergill
 * 1776 – George Horne
 * 1780 – Samuel Dennis
 * 1784 – Joseph Chapman
 * 1788 – John Cooke
 * 1792 – John Wills
 * 1796 – Scrope Berdmore
 * 1797 – Edmund Isham
 * 1798 – Michael Marlow
 * 1802 – Whittington Landon
 * 1806 – Henry Richards
 * 1807 – John Parsons
 * 1810 – John Cole
 * 1814 – Thomas Lee
 * 1818 – Frodsham Hodson
 * 1820 – George William Hall
 * 1824 – Richard Jenkyns
 * 1828 – John Collier Jones
 * 1832 – George Rowley
 * 1836 – Ashhurst Turner Gilbert
 * 1840 – Philip Wynter
 * 1844 – Benjamin Parsons Symons
 * 1848 – Frederick Charles Plumptre
 * 1852 – Richard Lynch Cotton
 * 1856 – David Williams
 * 1858 – Francis Jeune
 * 1862 – John Prideaux Lightfoot
 * 1866 – Francis Leighton
 * 1870 – Henry George Liddell
 * 1874 – James Edwards Sewell
 * 1878 – Evan Evans
 * 1882 – Benjamin Jowett
 * 1886 – James Bellamy
 * 1890 – Henry Boyd
 * 1894 – John Richard Magrath
 * 1898 – Sir William Reynell Anson
 * 1899 – Thomas Fowler
 * 1901 – David Binning Monro
 * 1904 – William Walter Merry
 * 1906 – Thomas Herbert Warren
 * 1910 – Charles Buller Heberden
 * 1913 – Thomas Banks Strong
 * 1917 – Herbert Edward Douglas Blakiston
 * 1920 – Lewis Richard Farnell
 * 1923 – Joseph Wells
 * 1926 – Francis William Pember
 * 1929 – Frederick Homes Dudden
 * 1932 – Francis John Lys
 * 1935 – Alexander Dunlop Lindsay
 * 1938 – George Stuart Gordon
 * 1941 – Sir William David Ross
 * 1944 – Sir Richard Winn Livingstone
 * 1947 – William Teulon Swan Stallybrass
 * 1948 – The Very Reverend John Lowe
 * 1951 – Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra
 * 1954 – Alic Halford Smith
 * 1957 – John Cecil Masterman
 * 1958 – Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase
 * 1960 – Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington
 * 1962 – Walter Fraser Oakeshott
 * 1964 – Kenneth Clinton Wheare
 * 1966 – John Norman Davidson Kelly
 * 1966 – Kenneth Turpin
 * 1969 – Alan Bullock, Lord Bullock of Leafield
 * 1973 – Sir John Habakkuk
 * 1977 – Sir Rex Richards
 * 1981 – Sir Geoffrey Warnock
 * 1985 – Lord Neill of Bladen
 * 1989 – Sir Richard Southwood
 * 1993 – Sir Peter North
 * 1997 – Sir Colin Lucas
 * 2004 – John Hood
 * 2009 – Andrew D. Hamilton
 * 2016 – Dame Louise Richardson
 * 2023 – Irene Tracey