List of wardens of All Souls College, Oxford

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.

List of Wardens of All Souls College

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Name From To Notes
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

References

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  1. ^ Cooper, Thompson (1891). "Holland, Seth" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 27. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  2. ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Baal-Barrow
  3. ^ Porter, Bertha (1894). "Mocket, Richard" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 37. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  4. ^ 'Astley, Richard', in J. Foster (ed.), Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (Oxford, 1891), pp. 29-50 (British History Online, accessed 22 November 2018).
  5. ^ 'Sheldon, Gilbert' in J. Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses Part I vol. 4 (Cambridge University Press 1927), p. 57 (Internet Archive).
  6. ^ "DAVIS, Dr John". British Academy Fellows. The British Academy. Retrieved 5 June 2016.