List of principals of Somerville College, Oxford

The head of Somerville College, University of Oxford, is the Principal. The current principal is Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon who took up the appointment in August 2017, succeeding Alice Prochaska.[1]

NameBirthDeathPrincipal betweenNotes
Madeleine Shaw-Lefèvre183519141879–1889First Principal of Somerville Hall
Agnes Catherine Maitland185019061889–1906Second Principal of Somerville Hall, and first Principal of Somerville College, from 1894; introduced the tutorial system to Somerville
Emily Penrose185819421906–1926Classical scholar
Margery Fry187419581926–1930Social reformer
Helen Darbishire188119611930–1945Literary scholar
Janet Vaughan189919931945–1967Haematologist and radiobiologist
Barbara Craig191620051967–1980Classical archaeologist
Daphne Park, Baroness Park of Monmouth192120101980–1989Spy
Catherine Pestell193320141989–1991Civil servant and diplomat
No principalAs the statutes of the college did not permit the principal to marry, Miss Pestell resigned, married and was re-elected as principal; however there was a two-week period when the college had no principal.
Catherine Hughes (née Pestell)193320141991–1996
Fiona Caldicott19411996–2010First woman to be President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (1993–96) and its first woman Dean (1990–93)
Alice Prochaska19472010–2017Head Librarian at Yale University
Janet Royall, Baroness Royall of Blaisdon 1955 2017– Leader of the House of Lords; then Leader of the Opposition in the House of Lords

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