List of provosts of Eton College

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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 edit

15th century edit

Henry Sever (1440–1442)
William Waynflete (1442–1447)
John Clerk (1447)
William Westbury (1447)
Thomas Barker (1447)^[a]

16th century edit

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)
Richard Bruerne (1561)^[b]
William Day (1561–1596)

17th century edit

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 edit

Henry Godolphin (1695–1732)
Henry Bland (1733–1746)
Stephen Sleech (1746–1765)
Edward Barnard (1765–1781)
William Hayward Roberts (1781–1791)

19th century edit

Jonathan Davies (1791–1809)
Joseph Goodall (1809–1840)
John Lonsdale (1840)^[a]
Francis Hodgson (1840–1853)
Edward Craven Hawtrey (1853–1862)
Charles Old Goodford (1862–1884)

20th century edit

James John Hornby (1884–1909)
Edmond Warre (1909–1918)
Montague Rhodes James (1918–1936)
Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood (1936–1944)^[c]
Sir Henry Marten (1945–1949)
Sir Claude Aurelius Elliott (1949–1965)
Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia (1965–1978)
Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1978–1991)
Sir Antony Acland (1991–2000)

21st century edit

Sir Eric Anderson (2000–2009)
William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (2009–present)

Provost-Elect: Sir Nicholas Coleridge^[1]^[2]

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Elected but refused office
^ Election annulled
^ Styled Lord Hugh Cecil until 1941

See also edit

List of Head Masters of Eton College

Sources edit

"Provosts of Eton since 1440". Eton College. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

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