List of Provosts of Eton College
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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.
[edit] Provosts of Eton
- Henry Sever 1440–1442
- William Waynflete 1442–1447
- John Clerk 1447
- William Westbury 1447
- Thomas Barker 1477 (elected but refused office)
- Henry 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 (election annulled)
- William Day 1561–1596
- Sir 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 1660–1662
- John Meredith 1662–1665
- Richard Allestree 1665–1680
- Zachary Cradock 1681–1695
- Henry Godolphin 1695–1732
- Henry Bland 1733–1746
- Stephen Sleech 1746–1765
- Edward Barnard 1765–1781
- William Hayward Roberts 1781–1791
- Jonathan Davies 1791–1809
- Joseph Goodall 1809–1840
- John Lonsdale 1840 (elected but refused office)
- Francis Hodgson 1840–1853
- Edward Craven Hawtrey 1853–1862
- Charles Old Goodford 1862–1884
- John James Hornby 1884–1909
- Edmond Warre 1909–1918
- Montague Rhodes James 1918–1936
- Lord Hugh Cecil (Lord Quickswood from 1941) 1936–1944
- Sir Henry Marten 1945–1949
- Claude Aurelius Elliott 1949–1965
- Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia 1965–1978
- Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield 1978–1991
- Sir Antony Acland 1991–2000
- Sir Eric Anderson 2000–
