This is a list of Principals of Hertford College, Oxford, including its two predecessor institutions, Hart Hall and Magdalen Hall.
| Principal | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Moreman | 1522–1527 | ||
| John Whyte | 1527–1535 | ||
| John French | 1535–1539 | ||
| Roger Bromhall | 1541–1543 | ||
| William More | 1543–? | ||
| Thomas Vyvyan | ?–1548 | ||
| Philip Rondell | 1548–1599 | first long-term Principal, establishing some independence from Exeter College | |
| John Eveleigh | 1599–1604 | ||
| 1604–1622 | |||
| Thomas Iles | 1622–1633 | ||
| Philip Parsons | 1633–1653 | ||
| Philip Stephens | 1654–1660 | appointed by Oliver Cromwell | |
| Timothy Baldwyn | 1660–1663 | ||
| John Lamphire | 1663–1688 | ||
| 1688–1707 | |||
| Thomas Smith | 1707–1710 | ||
| 1710–1740 | incorporated Hart Hall as Hertford College, charter granted 1740 |
| Principal | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1740–1753 | formerly Principal of Hart Hall from 1710 | ||
| 1753–1757 | |||
| 1757–1775 | |||
| 1775–1805 | last Principal of the first foundation | ||
| Richard Hewitt | 1805–1814/1816 | Vice-Principal in charge |
| Principal | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Anwykyll | 1480–1488 | first master of the grammar school | |
| John Stanbridge | |||
| Richard Berne | first Principal of Magdalen Hall | ||
| Thomas Coveney | 1553–1558 | ||
| Adrian Hawthorne | 1558–1567 | ||
| Robert Lyster | 1567–1602 | matriculated Thomas Hobbes | |
| James Hussey | 1602–1605 | ||
| 1605–? | removed by Royalists | ||
| Thomas Read | Royalist appointee | ||
| ?–1648 | restored | ||
| 1648–1662 | removed by the Act of Uniformity | ||
| James Hyde | 1662–1681 | ||
| 1681–1694 | |||
| Richard Adams | 1694–1716 | ||
| Digby Cotes | 1716–1745 | ||
| William Denison, the Elder | 1745–1755 | ||
| William Denison, the Younger | 1755–1786 | ||
| Matthew Lamb | 1786–1788 | ||
| Henry Ford | 1788–1813 | ||
| 1813–1822 | moved Magdalen Hall to the site of Hertford College |
| Principal | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1822–1868 | became Principal in 1813, moved Magdalen Hall to the Hertford College site | ||
| 1868–1874 | incorporated Magdalen Hall as Hertford College |
| Principal | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1874–1877 | formerly Principal of Magdalen Hall from 1868 | ||
| 1877–1922 | |||
| 1922–1930 | |||
| 1930–1939 | |||
| Neville Richard Murphy[1] | 1939–1959 | ||
| 1959–1964 | |||
| 1964–1967 | |||
| 1967–1971 | |||
| 1971–1988 | |||
| 1988–1996 | |||
| 1996–2005 | |||
| 2005–2011 | |||
| 2011–2020 | |||
| 2020– |