List of principals of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

The head of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, is the principal. The current principal is Professor Christine Gerrard, since October 2025. ^[1]

Founding principal Elizabeth Wordsworth in 1928

Name	Birth	Death	Principal between	Notes
Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth	1840	1932	1879 – 1909	Novelist and founding principal, also the founder of St Hugh's College [2]
Henrietta Jex-Blake	1869	1953	1909 – 1921	Violinist and school headmistress prior to joining LMH [3]
Lynda Grier	1880	1967	1921 – 1945	Economist [4]
Dame Lucy Sutherland	1903	1980	1945 – 1971	Historian [5]
Sally Chilver	1914	2014	1971 – 1979	Historian, political scientist and anthropologist
Duncan Stewart	1930	1996	1979 – 1995	Fellow of Wadham College and university administrator [6]
Sir Brian Fall	1937		1995–2002	Diplomat
Dame Frances Lannon	1945		2002–2015	Historian
Alan Rusbridger	1953		2015–2021	Journalist and newspaper editor
Christine Gerrard	1959		2021–2022	Interim Principal; Professor of English Literature
Stephen Blyth	1967		2022–2025	Professor of the Practice of Statistics at Harvard University
Christine Gerrard	1959		2025-	Professor of English Literature

References

1. "Professor Christine Gerrard Elected Principal of Lady Margaret Hall" . Retrieved 21 October 2025.
2. Lannon, Frances (2004). "Wordsworth, Dame Elizabeth [pseud. Grant Lloyd] (1840 – 1932), college head" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/37024 . Retrieved 22 March 2016.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
3. Perrone, Fernanda Helen (2004). "Henrietta Jex-Blake (1862 – 1953)" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48442 . Retrieved 22 March 2016.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
4. McWilliams Tullberg, Rita (2004). "Grier, (Mary) Lynda Dorothea (1880 – 1967), educational administrator" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/48438 . Retrieved 22 March 2016.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
5. Whiteman, Anne (2004). "Sutherland, Dame Lucy Stuart (1903 – 1980), historian and college head" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31738. ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 22 March 2016.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
6. Brundin, Clark (28 May 1996). "Obituary: Duncan Stewart". Independent. Retrieved 10 July 2016.