List of Principals of Royal Holloway, University of London

A list of Principals of Royal Holloway, University of London, including its predecessor institutions Royal Holloway College and Bedford College, London In date order with years served [1]

Royal Holloway, University of London

• Dorothy Wedderburn (1985–1990), last Principal of Bedford College, first principal of the merged college
• Norman Gowar (1990–2000)
• Sir Drummond Bone (2000–2002), later Master of Balliol College, Oxford
• Stephen Hill (2002–2009)
• Paul Layzell DL (2010– )

Royal Holloway College

• Matilda Ellen Bishop, first principal of the college (1887–1897)
• Dame Emily Penrose, second principal of the college (1898–1907); former Principal of Bedford College; Principal of Somerville College, Oxford (1907–26)
• Ellen Charlotte Higgins, alumna and third principal of the college (1907–1935)
• Janet Ruth Bacon (1935–1944)
• Fanny Street, alumna, founder of Hillcroft College and acting principal (1944–1945)
• Edith Clara Batho (1945–1962), male postgraduates joined in 1945
• Dame Marjorie Williamson DBE, alumna, British academic, educator, physicist and university administrator (1962–1973). Male undergraduates joined in 1965
• Lionel Harry Butler, first male principal (1973–1981)
• Roy Miller, alumnus and last principal before the merger with Bedford College (1982–1985)
• Dorothy Wedderburn last Principal of Bedford College and authority on poverty and the welfare state. First principal of the merged college (1985–1990)

Bedford College

• Elizabeth Jesser Reid, Founder (1849–1864) then run by trustees until first principal appointed
• Dame Emily Penrose, First principal (1893–1898) also Royal Holloway (1898–1907)
• Ethel Hurlbatt (1898–1906)
• Dame Margaret Jansen Tuke (1907–1929)
• Geraldine Emma May Jebb CBE (1930–1951)
• Norah Lillian Penston (1951–1964)
• Elizabeth Millicent Chilver (1964–71), later Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
• John Nicholson Black (1971–81)
• Dorothy Wedderburn, last Principal of Bedford College (1981–1985)

See also

• List of Royal Holloway, University of London people

References

1. "The University of London: The Constituent Colleges"

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