List of Chancellors of the University of London

The Chancellors of the University of London, from 1836 to the present day are and were:

• William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington 1836-1856
• Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville 1856-1891
• Edward Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby 1891-1893
• Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell 1893-1899
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley 1899-1902
• Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery 1902-1929
• William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp 1929-1931
• Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone 1932-1955
• HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother 1955-1981
• HRH The Princess Royal, 1981-

See also

• University of London Chancellor election, 1981: The first, and so far only occasion in the university's history when the position was formally contested.
• List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of London
• List of Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
• List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford