List of principals of King's College London

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
Hugh James Rose
1836–1838
John Lonsdale
1838–1843
Bishop of Lichfield 1843–1967
Richard William Jelf
1843–1868
Alfred Barry
1868–1883
Bishop of Sydney 1884–1889
Henry Wace
1883–1897
Dean of Canterbury 1903–1924
Archibald Robertson
1897–1903
Bishop of Exeter 1903–1916
Arthur Headlam
1903–1912
First Dean of King's College London 1908–1912; Bishop of Gloucester 1923–1945
Ronald Montagu Burrows
1913–1920
First layman
Ernest Barker
1920–1927
William Reginald Halliday
1928–1952
Peter Noble
1952–1968
John Hackett
1968–1975
Richard Way
1975–1980
Neil Cameron
1980–1985
Former Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff
Stewart Sutherland
1985–1990
John Beynon
1990–1992
Arthur Lucas
1993–2003
Rick Trainor
2004–2014
Ed Byrne 2014–31 January 2021[20]
Evelyn Welch 1 February 2021–1 June 2021 Interim President & Principal [20]
Shitij Kapur 1 June 2021–present [20]

References

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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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.