List of Wardens of New College, Oxford

This is a list of the Wardens of New College, Oxford. The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world.

• 1379–1389: Nicholas Wykeham[1]
• 1389–1396: Thomas Cranley[1]
• 1396–1403: Richard Malford[1]
• 1403–1429: John Bowke[1] or Bouke[2]
• 1429–1435: William Estcourt[1]
• 1435–1454: Nicholas Ossulbury[1]
• 1454–1475: Thomas Chaundler[1][3]
• 1475–1494: Walter Hyll[1]
• 1494–1520: William Porter[1]
• 1520–1521: John Rede[1]
• 1521–1526: John Young[1]
• 1526–1542: John London[1][4]
• 1542–1551: Henry Cole[1][5]
  • In 1547, Thomas Harding was named Warden by King Edward VI[6]
• 1551–1553: Ralph Skinner[1]
• 1553–1573: Thomas Whyte, or White[1][7]
  • In 1556, John Harpsfield was elected Warden but did not assume the office.[8]
• 1573–1599: Martin Culpepper[1]
• 1599–1613: George Ryves[1]
• 1613–1617: Arthur Lake[1][9]
• 1617–1647: Robert Pinck[1][10]
• 1647–1648: Henry Stringer[1]
• 1649–1658: George Marshall (intruded by the Parliamentary Commissioners)[1]
• 1658–1675: Michael Woodward[1]
• 1675–1679: John Nicholas[1]
• 1679–1701: Henry Beeston[1]
• 1701–1703: Richard Traffles[1]
• 1703–1712: Thomas Brathwait[1]
• 1712–1720: John Cobb[1]
• 1720–1724: John Dobson[1]
• 1725–1730: Henry Bigg[1]
• 1730–1740: John Coxed[1]
• 1740–1764: John Purnell[1]
• 1764–1768: Thomas Hayward[1]
• 1768–1794: John Oglander[1]
• 1794–1822: Samuel Gauntlett[1]
• 1822–1840: Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth[1][11]
• 1840–1860: Rev. David Williams[1][12]
• 1860–1903: James Edwards Sewell[1][13]
• 1903–1924: William Archibald Spooner[1][14]
• 1925–1940: Herbert Fisher[1][15]
• 1944–1958: Alic Halford Smith[1][16][17]
• 1958–1976: Sir William Hayter[18]
• 1976–1985: Arthur Hafford Cooke[19]
• 1985–1996: Harvey McGregor QC[20][21]
• 1996–2009: Alan Ryan[22]
• 2009–2016: Sir Curtis Price[23]
• 2016–present: Miles Young[24]

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