# 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