List of Masters of St John's College, Cambridge
A list of Masters of St John's College, Cambridge. Dates for masters up to 13 Dec 1952 are taken from Many of the later dates are taken from the college magazine, The Eagle

List of Masters of St John's College, Cambridge

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Table Section Text: A list of Masters of St John's College, Cambridge. Dates for masters up to 13 Dec 1952 are taken from Many of the later dates are taken from the college magazine, The Eagle

№	Name	Portrait	Term of office

1	Robert Shorton	-	9 April 1511	July 1516

2	Alan Percy	-	July 1516	November 1518

3	Nicholas Metcalfe	-	December 1518	4 July 1537

4	George Day	-	27 July 1537	6 June 1538

5	John Taylor	-	4 July 1538	1546

6	William Bill	-	10 March 1546	10 December 1551

7	Thomas Lever	-	10 December 1551	1553

8	Thomas Watson	-	28 September 1553	1554

9	George Bullock	-	12 May 1554	20 July 1559

10	James Pilkington	-	20 July 1559	1561

11	Leonard Pilkington	-	19 October 1561	1564

12	Richard Longworth	-	11 May 1564	1569

13	Nicholas Shepherd	-	17 December 1569	1574

14	John Still	-	21 July 1574	1577

15	Richard Howland	-	21 July 1577	1587

16	William Whitaker	-	25 February 1587	4 December 1595†

17	Richard Clayton	-	22 December 1595	2 May 1612†

18	Owen Gwyn	-	16 May 1612	June 1633† (buried 5 June 1633)

19	William Beale	-	20 February 1634	1644

20	John Arrowsmith	-	11 April 1644	May 1653

21	Anthony Tuckney	-	3 June 1653	1661

22	Peter Gunning	-	5 June 1661	6 March 1670

23	Francis Turner	-	11 April 1670	1679

24	Humphrey Gower	-	3 December 1679	27 March 1711†

25	Robert Jenkin	-	13 April 1711	7 April 1727†

26	Robert Lambert	-	21 April 1727	24 January 1735†

27	John Newcome	-	6 February 1735	10 January 1765†

28	William Samuel Powell	-	25 January 1765	19 January 1775†

29	John Chevallier	-	1 February 1775	14 March 1789†

30	William Craven	-	29 March 1789	28 January 1815†

31	James Wood	-	11 February 1815	23 April 1839†

32	Ralph Tatham	-	7 May 1839	19 January 1857†

33	William Henry Bateson	-	2 February 1857	27 March 1881†

34	Charles Taylor	-	12 April 1881	12 August 1908†

35	Sir Robert Forsyth Scott	-	21 August 1908	18 November 1933†

36	Ernest Alfred Benians	-	7 December 1933	13 February 1952†

37	James Mann Wordie	-	13 December 1952	1959

38	John Sandwith Boys Smith	-	1959	1969

39	Nicholas Mansergh	-	1 October 1969	12 July 1979

40	Sir Harry Hinsley	-	1979	31 July 1989

41	Robert Hinde	-	1989	1994

42	Peter Goddard	-	1994	5 January 2004

43	Richard Perham	-	5 January 2004	30 September 2007

44	Chris Dobson	-	October 2007	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

William Craven was Master of St John's beginning in 1789.

final_sentence: William Craven was Master of St John's beginning in 1789.