The head of All Souls College, University of Oxford, is the Warden. The current Warden is Sir John Vickers who was elected in October 2008.
Name | From | To | Notes |
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Roger Keys | 1442 | 1445 | |
John Stokes | 1466 | 1494 | |
Thomas Hobbs | 1499 | 1504 | |
William Broke | 1504 | 1524 | |
John Warner | 1536 | ? | |
Seth Holland | 1555 | c. 1558 | Removed from the wardenship and died in prison [1] |
Richard Barber | 1565 | 1570 | Also Archdeacon of Leicester [2] |
Robert Hovenden | 1571 | 1614 | Died in office |
Richard Mocket | 1614 | 1618 | Died in office [3] |
Richard Astley | 1618 | 1636 | Died in office 23 February 1635/36 [4] |
Gilbert Sheldon | 1636 | 1648 | Archbishop of Canterbury (1663-1677) [5] |
Gilbert Sheldon (2nd term) | 1660 | 1661 | Also Bishop of London (1660-1663) |
Bernard Gardiner | 1702 | 1726 | |
Stephen Niblett | 1726 | 1766 | |
John Tracy, 7th Viscount Tracy | 1766 | 1793 | |
Edmund Isham | 1793 | 1817 | Died in office |
Edward Legge | 1817 | 1827 | Also Bishop of Oxford (1816–1827) |
Lewis Sneyd | 1827 | 1858 | |
Francis Leighton | 1858 | 1881 | |
Sir William Anson, 3rd Baronet | 1881 | 1914 | |
Francis William Pember | 1914 | 1932 | |
Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford | 1932 | 1933 | Died in office |
William George Stewart Adams | 1933 | 1945 | |
Benedict Humphrey Sumner | 1947 | 1951 | |
Sir Hubert Douglas Henderson | 1951 | 1952 | |
John Hanbury Angus Sparrow | 1952 | 1977 | |
Patrick Neill | 1977 | 1995 | |
John Davis | 1995 | 2008 | [6] |
Sir John Vickers | 2008 | Incumbent |
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