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List of Wardens of New College, Oxford
This is a
list of
the
Wardens
of
New College, Oxford
.
The Warden
is the college's
principal
, responsible for
its academic
leadership, chairing its
governing body
, and representing it in the outside world.
1379–1389: Nicholas Wykeham
1389–1396:
Thomas Cranley
1396–1403: Richard Malford
1403–1429: John Bowke or Bouke
1429–1435:
William Estcourt
1435–1454: Nicholas Ossulbury
1454–1475:
Thomas Chaundler
1475–1494: Walter Hyll
1494–1520:
William Porter
1520–1521:
John Rede
1521–1526:
John Young
1526–1542:
John London
1542–1551:
Henry Cole
*In 1547,
Thomas Harding
was named Warden by
King Edward VI
1551–1553:
Ralph Skinner
1553–1573:
Thomas Whyte
, or White
*In 1556,
John Harpsfield
was elected Warden but did not assume
the office
.
1573–1599:
Martin Culpepper
1599–1613:
George Ryves
1613–1617:
Arthur Lake
1617–1647:
Robert Pinck
1647–1648: Henry
Stringer
1649–1658:
George Marshall
1658–1675:
Michael Woodward
1675–1679:
John Nicholas
1679–1701: Henry Beeston
1701–1703: Richard Traffles
1703–1712:
Thomas Brathwait
1712–1720:
John Cobb
1720–1724:
John Dobson
1725–1730:
Henry Bigg
1730–1740: John Coxed
1740–1764:
John Purnell
1764–1768:
Thomas Hayward
1768–1794:
John Oglander
1794–1822: Samuel Gauntlett
1822–1840:
Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth
1840–1860: Rev. David Williams
1860–1903:
James Edwards Sewell
1903–1924:
William Archibald Spooner
1925–1940:
Herbert Fisher
1944–1958:
Alic Halford Smith
1958–1976:
Sir William Hayter
1976–1985: Arthur Hafford Cooke
1985–1996:
Harvey McGregor
QC
1996–2009:
Alan Ryan
2009–2016:
Sir Curtis Price
2016-present:
Miles Young