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