Provost of Eton

Provost of Eton
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Chairman of the Governing Body of the most central of all English establishment schools, responsible for educating the sons of the British ruling class.

The Provost is the chairman of the Governing Body of Eton College. He is chosen by the Crown and is assisted by a Vice-Provost and ten Fellows.

Provosts of Eton

19th century

• Jonathan Davies (1791–1809)
• Joseph Goodall (1809–1840)
  John Lonsdale (1840)
• Francis Hodgson (1840–1853)
• Edward Craven Hawtrey (1853–1862)
• Charles Old Goodford (1862–1884)

20^th century

• James John Hornby (1884–1909)
• Edmond Warre (1909–1918)
• Montague Rhodes James (1918–1936)
• Hugh Cecil, 1st Baron Quickswood (1936–1944)(Styled Lord Hugh Cecil until 1941)
• Sir Henry Marten (1945–1949)
• Sir Claude Aurelius Elliott (1949–1965)
• Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia (1965–1978)
• Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1978–1991)
• Sir Antony Acland (1991–2000)

21^st century

• Sir Eric Anderson (2000–2009)
• William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (2009–present)