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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.

Provosts of Eton

15th century

Henry Sever (1440Ã¢ÂÂ1442)
William Waynflete (1442Ã¢ÂÂ1447)
John Clerk (1447)
William Westbury (1447Ã¢ÂÂ1477)<br />Thomas Barker (1447)

16th century

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)<br />Richard Bruerne (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) <small>previously Head Master 1720Ã¢ÂÂ1728</small>
Stephen Sleech (1746–1765)
Edward Barnard (1765–1781) <small>previously Head Master 1754Ã¢ÂÂ1765</small>
William Hayward Roberts (1781–1791)

19th century

Jonathan Davies (1791–1809) <small>previously Head Master 1773Ã¢ÂÂ1792</small>
Joseph Goodall (1809–1840) <small>previously Head Master 1802Ã¢ÂÂ1809</small><br />John Lonsdale (1840)
Francis Hodgson (1840–1853)
Edward Craven Hawtrey (1853–1862) <small>previously Head Master 1834Ã¢ÂÂ1853</small>
Charles Old Goodford (1862–1884) <small>previously Head Master 1853Ã¢ÂÂ1862</small>

20th century

James John Hornby (1884–1909) <small>previously Head Master 1868Ã¢ÂÂ1884</small>
Edmond Warre (1909–1918) <small>previously Head Master 1884Ã¢ÂÂ1905</small>
Montague Rhodes James (1918–1936)
Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood (1936–1944)
Sir Henry Marten (1945–1949)
Sir Claude Aurelius Elliott (1949–1965) <small>previously Head Master 1933Ã¢ÂÂ1949</small>
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) <small>previously Head Master 1980Ã¢ÂÂ1994</small>
William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (2009–2024)
Sir Nicholas Coleridge (2024–present)

Notes

See also

List of Head Masters of Eton College

References

Sources

Reddall, Henry Frederic. School-boy Life in Merrie England. New York: Phillips & Hunt; 1888. Pg.95. Print. (List of Provosts of Eton from 1440Ã¢ÂÂ1888.)