List of vice-chancellors of the University of Oxford

John Owen, appointed Vice-Chancellor by Oliver Cromwell in 1652

Henry Liddell, appointed Vice-Chancellor in 1870.

John Hood, appointed Vice-Chancellor in 2004.

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

See also

• List of chancellors of the University of Oxford
• List of University of Oxford people
• List of vice-chancellors of the University of Cambridge