List of principals of Brasenose College, Oxford

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The head of Brasenose College, University of Oxford, is the principal. The current principal is John Bowers, who took up the appointment in October 2015.

List of principals of Brasenose College

Samuel Radcliffe served as principal of Brasenose College, Oxford for 34 years. Samuel Radcliffe.jpg
Samuel Radcliffe served as principal of Brasenose College, Oxford for 34 years.
NameFromToNotes
Matthew Smyth 15121548First principal; [1] died in office
John Hawarden 15481565
Thomas Blanchard 15651574
Richard Harris 15741595
Alexander Nowell 15951595
Thomas Singleton 15951614Died in office
Samuel Radcliffe 16141648Ejected by Parliamentary visitors 20 January 1648, but remained at Brasenose; died 26 June 1648
Daniel Greenwood 16481660Parliamentary appointee, 29 February 1648
Thomas Yate 16601681Elected 13 July 1648, in opposition to Greenwood; restored 10 August 1660; died in office
John Meare 16811710Died in office
Robert Shippen 17101745Died in office
Francis Yarborough 17451770Died in office
William Gwyn 17701770Died in office, four months after election
Ralph Cawley 17701777Died in office
Thomas Barker 17771785Died in office
William Cleaver 17851809
Frodsham Hodson 18091822Died in office
Ashurst Gilbert 18221842
Richard Harington 18421853Died in office
Edward Hartopp Cradock 18531886Died in office [2]
Albert Watson 18861889
Charles Buller Heberden 18891920
Charles Henry Sampson 19201936Died in office
William Stallybrass 19361948Died in office
Hugh Last 19481956
Maurice Platnauer 19561960
Noel Frederick Hall 19601973
Herbert Hart 19731978
Barry Nicholas 19781989
David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham 19892002
Roger Cashmore 20022011
Alan Bowman 20112015
John Bowers 2015 [3]

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  2. W. (10 February 1886). "In Memoriam: An Obituary of Edward Hartopp Grove afterwards Cradock" (PDF). The Guardian (Anglican newspaper) .
  3. "Mr John Bowers QC appointed Principal-Elect of Brasenose". Brasenose College. University of Oxford. Retrieved 4 July 2016.