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List of principals of King's College London

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This is a list of Principals of King's College London. The office of the Principal (Principal and President from 2009) is established by the Charter of King's College London as "the chief academic and administrative officer of the College". To date there have been 20 Principals, with two further announced holders of the role.

Principal Portrait Held Office Notes Reference
William Otter
1831–1836
 Bishop of Chichester 1836–1840
[1]
Hugh James Rose
1836–1838
[2]
John Lonsdale
1838–1843
 Bishop of Lichfield 1843–1967
[3]
Richard William Jelf
1843–1868
[4]
Alfred Barry
1868–1883
 Bishop of Sydney 1884–1889
[5]
Henry Wace
1883–1897
 Dean of Canterbury 1903–1924
[6]
Archibald Robertson
1897–1903
 Bishop of Exeter 1903–1916
[7]
Arthur Headlam
1903–1912
 First Dean of King's College London 1908–1912; Bishop of Gloucester 1923–1945
[8]
Ronald Montagu Burrows
1913–1920
 First layman
[9]
Ernest Barker
1920–1927
[10]
William Reginald Halliday
1928–1952
[11]
Peter Noble
1952–1968
[12]
John Hackett
1968–1975
[13]
Richard Way
1975–1980
[14]
Neil Cameron
1980–1985
 Former Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff
[15]
Stewart Sutherland
1985–1990
[16]
John Beynon
1990–1992
[17]
Arthur Lucas
1993–2003
[18]
Rick Trainor
2004–2014
[19]
Ed Byrne 2014–31 January 2021[20]
[21]
Evelyn Welch 1 February 2021–1 June 2021 Interim President & Principal [20]
Shitij Kapur 1 June 2021–present [20]

References

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  1. ^ Arthur Burns, ‘Otter, William (1768–1840)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  2. ^ Peter B. Nockles, ‘Rose, Hugh James (1795–1838)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  3. ^ Arthur Burns, 'Lonsdale, John (1788–1867)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  4. ^ W. A. Greenhill, 'Jelf, Richard William (1798–1871)', rev. M. C. Curthoys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  5. ^ 'BARRY, Rt Rev. Alfred', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  6. ^ 'WACE, Very Rev. Henry', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  7. ^ 'ROBERTSON, Rt Rev. Archibald', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  8. ^ 'HEADLAM, Rt Rev. Arthur Cayley', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  9. ^ 'BURROWS, Ronald Montagu', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  10. ^ 'BARKER, Sir Ernest', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  11. ^ 'HALLIDAY, Sir William Reginald', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  12. ^ 'NOBLE, Sir Peter (Scott)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  13. ^ 'HACKETT, Gen. Sir John Winthrop', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  14. ^ 'WAY, Sir Richard (George Kitchener)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  15. ^ 'CAMERON OF BALHOUSIE', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  16. ^ 'SUTHERLAND OF HOUNDWOOD', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  17. ^ 'BEYNON, Dr John David Emrys', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  18. ^ 'LUCAS, Prof. Arthur Maurice', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  19. ^ 'TRAINOR, Sir Richard (Hughes)', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  20. ^ a b c "King's appoints Professor Shitij Kapur as new President & Principal". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  21. ^ "King's College London appoints Professor Edward Byrne as new Principal". King's College London. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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