List of Principals of King's College London


This is a list of Principals of King's College London. The office of the Principal 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.
PrincipalPortraitHeld OfficeNotesReference
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 Byrne2014-present