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List of provosts of Eton College

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
15th centuryHenry Sever (1440–1442) • William Waynflete (1442–1447) • John Clerk (1447) • William Westbury (1447–1477)Thomas Barker (1447) 16th centuryHenry 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) • William Day (1561–1596) 17th centurySir 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 centuryHenry Godolphin (1695–1732) • Henry Bland (1733–1746) previously Head Master 1720–1728 • Stephen Sleech (1746–1765) • Edward Barnard (1765–1781) previously Head Master 1754–1765 • William Hayward Roberts (1781–1791) 19th centuryJonathan Davies (1791–1809) previously Head Master 1773–1792 • Joseph Goodall (1809–1840) previously Head Master 1802–1809John Lonsdale (1840) • Francis Hodgson (1840–1853) • Edward Craven Hawtrey (1853–1862) previously Head Master 1834–1853 • Charles Old Goodford (1862–1884) previously Head Master 1853–1862 20th centuryJames John Hornby (1884–1909) previously Head Master 1868–1884 • Edmond Warre (1909–1918) previously Head Master 1884–1905 • Montague Rhodes James (1918–1936) • Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood (1936–1944) • Sir Henry Marten (1945–1949) • Sir Claude Aurelius Elliott (1949–1965) previously Head Master 1933–1949 • Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia (1965–1978) • Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1978–1991) • Sir Antony Acland (1991–2000) 21st century • Sir Eric Anderson (2000–2009) previously Head Master 1980–1994 • William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (2009–2024) • Sir Nicholas Coleridge (2024–present) Notes ==See also==
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