List of provosts of Trinity College Dublin

The following persons have been provost of Trinity College Dublin.

List of provosts of Trinity College Dublin[1]
No. Name Tenure Lifetime Notes
1 Adam Loftus 1592–1594 c.1533–1605 Also was Archbishop of Armagh, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland.
2 Walter Travers 1594–1598 c.1548–1634
3 Henry Alvey 1601–1609
4 Sir William Temple 1609–1627 c.1555–1627
5 William Bedell 1627–1629 c.1571–1642 Later became Bishop of Kilmore and Ardagh in 1629.
6 Robert Ussher 1629–1634 Later became Bishop of Kildare 1636–1642.
7 William Chappell 1634–1640 c.1582–1649 Also was Bishop of Cork and Ross 1638–1649.
8 Richard Washington 1640–1641
9 Anthony Martin 1645–1650 d. 1650 Also was Bishop of Meath 1625–1650
10 Samuel Winter 1652–1660 c.1603–1666
11 Thomas Seele 1661–1675 c.1611–1675 Also was Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1666–1675
12 Michael Ward 1674–1678 c.1643–1681 Later became Bishop of Ossory in 1678, transferred to Derry in 1680.
13 Narcissus Marsh 1679–1683 c.1638–1713 Later became Bishop of Ferns and Leighlin 1683, then Archbishop of Cashel in 1690, Archbishop of Dublin in 1694, and Archbishop of Armagh in 1703.
14 Robert Huntington[2] 1683–1692 c.1636–1701 Later became Bishop of Raphoe from July to September 1701. In Huntington's absence from 1688, James II appointed Michael Moore, Catholic vicar-general of Dublin, as head of the college for a short period from 1689 until 1690; noted for along with the librarian Fr. McCarthy, protecting the library from pillage and burning. He was later Rector of the University of Paris.[3]
15 St George Ashe 1692–1695 c.1658–1718 Later became bishop of Cloyne in 1695, translated to Clogher in 1697, and finally to Derry in 1717.
16 George Browne 1695–1699 c.1649–1699
17 Peter Browne 1699–1710 c.1665–1735 Later became Bishop of Cork and Ross 1710–1735.
18 Benjamin Pratt 1710–1717 c.1669–1721 Later became Dean of Down 1717–1721.
19 Richard Baldwin 1717–1758 c.1668–1758
20 Francis Andrews 1758–1774 c.1718–1774 He left £3,000 to found the Dunsink Observatory and the Andrews chair of astronomy.
21 John Hely-Hutchinson 1774–1794 c.1724–1794
22 Richard Murray 1795–1799 c.1726–1799
23 John Kearney 1799–1806 c.1742–1813 Later became Bishop of Ossory 1806–1813.
24 George Hall 1806–1811 c.1753–1811 Later became Bishop of Dromore 17–23 November 1811.
25 Thomas Elrington 1811–1820 c.1760–1835 Later became Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe in 1820, then translated to Ferns and Leighlin in 1822.
26 Samuel Kyle 1820–1831 c.1771–1848 Later became Bishop of Cork and Ross 1831–1835, and Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 1835–1848
27 Bartholomew Lloyd 1831–1837 c.1772–1837
28 Franc Sadleir 1837–1851 c.1774–1851
29 Richard MacDonnell 1851–1867 c.1787–1867
30 Humphrey Lloyd 1867–1881 c.1800–1881
31 John Hewitt Jellett 1881–1888 c.1817–1888
32 George Salmon 1888–1904 c.1819–1904 Also was Chancellor of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1871–1904.
33 Anthony Traill 1904–1914 c.1838–1914
34 Sir John Pentland Mahaffy 1914–1919 c.1839–1919
35 John Henry Bernard 1919–1927 c.1860–1927 Formerly Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin 1902–1911, Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin 1911–1915, and Archbishop of Dublin 1915–1919.
36 Edward John Gwynn 1927–1937 c.1868–1941
37 William Thrift 1937–1942 c.1870–1942 TD for Dublin University 1921–1937
38 Ernest Alton 1942–1952 c.1873–1952 TD for Dublin University 1921–1937, Senator for Dublin University 1938–1943
39 Albert Joseph McConnell 1952–1974 1903–1993
40 F. S. L. Lyons 1974–1981 c.1923–1983
41 William Arthur Watts 1981–1991 1930–2010
42 Thomas Mitchell 1991–2001 b. 1939 First Catholic to be Provost since Michael Moore in 1690.[4]
43 John Hegarty 2001–2011
44 Patrick Prendergast[5] 2011–2021
45 Linda Doyle 2021– elected 10 April 2021[6] to take office 1 August 2021. First woman elected provost.

References
  1. Former Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved on 18 September 2009.
  2. "Huntington, Robert" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  3. "Moor, Michael" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  4. New Trinity College Dublin Provost Is Catholic 1991 by Alasdair Jackson, RTE News, 18 July 1991. (RTE Archives).
  5. Biography.
  6. "Trinity College Dublin names Linda Doyle as first woman provost in 429 years". The Irish Times.
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