This is a list of Principals of Hertford College, Oxford, including its two predecessor institutions, Hart Hall and Magdalen Hall.
Principals of Hart Hall (1282–1740) Principal Date Notes John Moreman 1522–1527 John Whyte 1527–1535 John French 1535–1539 Roger Bromhall 1541–1543 William More 1543–? Thomas Vyvyan ?–1548 Philip Rondell 1548–1599 first long-term Principal, establishing some independence from Exeter College John Eveleigh 1599–1604 died of plague in August 1604.Norman Egbert McClure, Letters of John Chamberlain, 1 (Philadelphia, 1939), p. 255. Theodore Price 1604–1622 Thomas Iles 1622–1633 Philip Parsons 1633–1653 Philip Stephens 1654–1660 appointed by Oliver Cromwell Timothy Baldwyn 1660–1663 John Lamphire 1663–1688 William Thornton 1688–1707 Thomas Smith 1707–1710 Richard Newton 1710–1740 incorporated Hart Hall as Hertford College, charter granted 1740
Principals of Hertford College, first foundation (1740–1816) Principal Date Notes Richard Newton 1740–1753 formerly Principal of Hart Hall from 1710 William Sharpe 1753–1757 David Durell 1757–1775 Bernard Hodgson 1775–1805 last Principal of the first foundation Richard Hewitt 1805–1814/1816 Vice-Principal in charge
Principals of Magdalen Hall, old site (1480–1822) Principal Date Notes John Anwykyll 1480–1488 first master of the grammar school John Stanbridge Richard Berne first Principal of Magdalen Hall Thomas Coveney 1553–1558 Adrian Hawthorne 1558–1567 Robert Lyster 1567–1602 matriculated Thomas Hobbes James Hussey 1602–1605 John Wilkinson 1605–? removed by Royalists Thomas Read Royalist appointee John Wilkinson ?–1648 restored Henry Wilkinson 1648–1662 removed by the Act of Uniformity James Hyde 1662–1681 William Levet 1681–1694 Richard Adams 1694–1716 Digby Cotes 1716–1745 William Denison, the Elder 1745–1755 William Denison, the Younger 1755–1786 Matthew Lamb 1786–1788 Henry Ford 1788–1813 John Macbride 1813–1822 moved Magdalen Hall to the site of Hertford College
Principals of Magdalen Hall, new site (1822–1874) Principal Date Notes John Macbride 1822–1868 became Principal in 1813, moved Magdalen Hall to the Hertford College site Richard Michell 1868–1874 incorporated Magdalen Hall as Hertford College
Principals of Hertford College, second foundation (1874–) Principal Date Notes Richard Michell 1874–1877 formerly Principal of Magdalen Hall from 1868 Henry Boyd 1877–1922 W. R. Buchanan-Riddell 1922–1930 C. R. M. F. Cruttwell 1930–1939 Neville Richard Murphy 1939–1959 W. L. Ferrar 1959–1964 Robert Hall 1964–1967 George Lindor Brown 1967–1971 Geoffrey Warnock 1971–1988 Christopher Zeeman 1988–1996 Walter Bodmer 1996–2005 John Landers 2005–2011 Will Hutton 2011–2020 Tom Fletcher 2020–2024 Pat Roche 2024–2026 Interim Principal Alexandra Freeman 2026–
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