List of principals of Royal Holloway, University of London

The following is a list of principals of Royal Holloway, University of London, including its predecessor institutions, Royal Holloway College and Bedford College, London.

List of principals

Principals of Royal Holloway College

• Matilda Ellen Bishop (1887–1897)
• Emily Penrose (1898–1907)
• Ellen Charlotte Higgins (1907–1935)
• Janet Ruth Bacon (1935–1944)
• Fanny Street, acting principal (1944–1945)
• Edith Clara Batho (1945–1962)
• Marjorie Williamson (1962–1973)
• Lionel Harry Butler (1973–1981)
• Roy Miller (1982–1985)

Principals of Bedford College

• Emily Penrose (1893–1898)
• Ethel Hurlbatt (1898–1906)
• Margaret Tuke (1907–1929)
• Geraldine Emma May Jebb (1930–1951)
• Norah Lillian Penston (1951–1964)
• Elizabeth Millicent Chilver (1964–1971)
• John Nicholson Black (1971–1981)
• Dorothy Wedderburn (1981–1985)

Principals of Royal Holloway and Bedford New College

• Dorothy Wedderburn (1985–1990)
• Norman Gowar (1990–2000)
• Drummond Bone (2000–2002)
• Stephen Hill (2002–2009)
• Paul Layzell (2010–2022)
• Julie Sanders (2022–present)

See also

• List of Royal Holloway, University of London people