List of principals of Brasenose College, Oxford
The head of Brasenose College, University of Oxford, is the principal. The current principal is John Bowers, who took up the appointment in October 2015.
List of principals of Brasenose College
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| Name | From | To | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Smyth | 1512 | 1548 | First principal;[1] died in office |
| John Hawarden | 1548 | 1565 | |
| Thomas Blanchard | 1565 | 1574 | |
| Richard Harris | 1574 | 1595 | |
| Alexander Nowell | 1595 | 1595 | |
| Thomas Singleton | 1595 | 1614 | Died in office |
| Samuel Radcliffe | 1614 | 1648 | Ejected by Parliamentary visitors 20 January 1648, but remained at Brasenose; died 26 June 1648 |
| Daniel Greenwood | 1648 | 1660 | Parliamentary appointee, 29 February 1648 |
| Thomas Yate | 1660 | 1681 | Elected 13 July 1648, in opposition to Greenwood; restored 10 August 1660; died in office |
| John Meare | 1681 | 1710 | Died in office |
| Robert Shippen | 1710 | 1745 | Died in office |
| Francis Yarborough | 1745 | 1770 | Died in office |
| William Gwyn | 1770 | 1770 | Died in office, four months after election |
| Ralph Cawley | 1770 | 1777 | Died in office |
| Thomas Barker | 1777 | 1785 | Died in office |
| William Cleaver | 1785 | 1809 | |
| Frodsham Hodson | 1809 | 1822 | Died in office |
| Ashurst Gilbert | 1822 | 1842 | |
| Richard Harington | 1842 | 1853 | Died in office |
| Edward Hartopp Cradock | 1853 | 1886 | Died in office[2] |
| Albert Watson | 1886 | 1889 | |
| Charles Buller Heberden | 1889 | 1920 | |
| Charles Henry Sampson | 1920 | 1936 | Died in office |
| William Stallybrass | 1936 | 1948 | Died in office |
| Hugh Last | 1948 | 1956 | |
| Maurice Platnauer | 1956 | 1960 | |
| Noel Frederick Hall | 1960 | 1973 | |
| Herbert Hart | 1973 | 1978 | |
| Barry Nicholas | 1978 | 1989 | |
| David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham | 1989 | 2002 | |
| Roger Cashmore | 2002 | 2011 | |
| Alan Bowman | 2011 | 2015 | |
| John Bowers | 2015 | [3] |
References
[edit]- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 283.
- ^ W. (10 February 1886). "In Memoriam: An Obituary of Edward Hartopp Grove afterwards Cradock" (PDF). The Guardian (Anglican newspaper).
- ^ "Mr John Bowers QC appointed Principal-Elect of Brasenose". Brasenose College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 4 July 2016.