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

NameFromToNotes
Matthew Smyth15121548First Principal
John Hawarden15481565
Thomas Blanchard15651574
Richard Harris15741595
Alexander Nowell15951595
Thomas Singleton15951614
Samuel Radcliffe16141648
Daniel Greenwood16481660
Thomas Yate16601681
John Meare16811710
Robert Shippen17101745
Francis Yarborough17451770
William Gwyn17701770
Ralph Cawley17701777
Thomas Barker17771785
William Cleaver17851809
Frodsham Hodson18091822
Ashurst Gilbert18221842
Richard Harington18421853
Edward Hartopp Cradock18531886
Albert Watson18861889
Charles Buller Heberden18891920
Charles Henry Sampson19201936
William Stallybrass19361948Died in office
Hugh Last19481956
Maurice Platnauer19561960
Noel Frederick Hall19601973
Herbert Hart19731978
Barry Nicholas19781989
David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham19892002
Roger Cashmore20022011
Alan Bowman20112015
John Bowers2015