This is a list of Principals of King's College London. The office of the Principal (Principal and President from 2009) is established by the Charter of King's College London as "the chief academic and administrative officer of the College". To date there have been 20 Principals, with two further announced holders of the role.

PrincipalPortraitHeld OfficeNotesReference
William Otter
18311836
Bishop of Chichester 18361840
Hugh James Rose
18361838
John Lonsdale
18381843
Bishop of Lichfield 18431967
Richard William Jelf
18431868
Alfred Barry
18681883
Bishop of Sydney 18841889
Henry Wace
18831897
Dean of Canterbury 19031924
Archibald Robertson
18971903
Bishop of Exeter 19031916
Arthur Headlam
19031912
First Dean of King's College London 19081912; Bishop of Gloucester 19231945
Ronald Montagu Burrows
19131920
First layman
Ernest Barker
19201927
William Reginald Halliday
19281952
Peter Noble
19521968
John Hackett
19681975
Richard Way
19751980
Neil Cameron
19801985
Former Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff
Stewart Sutherland
19851990
John Beynon
19901992
Arthur Lucas
19932003
Rick Trainor
20042014
Ed Byrne 201431 January 2021[20]
Evelyn Welch 1 February 20211 June 2021 Interim President & Principal [20]
Shitij Kapur 1 June 2021present [20]

References

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  2. Peter B. Nockles, ‘Rose, Hugh James (1795–1838)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  3. Arthur Burns, 'Lonsdale, John (1788–1867)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  4. W. A. Greenhill, 'Jelf, Richard William (1798–1871)', rev. M. C. Curthoys, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
  5. 'BARRY, Rt Rev. Alfred', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  6. 'WACE, Very Rev. Henry', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  7. 'ROBERTSON, Rt Rev. Archibald', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  8. 'HEADLAM, Rt Rev. Arthur Cayley', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  9. 'BURROWS, Ronald Montagu', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  10. 'BARKER, Sir Ernest', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  11. 'HALLIDAY, Sir William Reginald', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  12. 'NOBLE, Sir Peter (Scott)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  13. 'HACKETT, Gen. Sir John Winthrop', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  14. 'WAY, Sir Richard (George Kitchener)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  15. 'CAMERON OF BALHOUSIE', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014
  16. 'SUTHERLAND OF HOUNDWOOD', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  17. 'BEYNON, Dr John David Emrys', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  18. 'LUCAS, Prof. Arthur Maurice', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  19. 'TRAINOR, Sir Richard (Hughes)', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
  20. 1 2 3 "King's appoints Professor Shitij Kapur as new President & Principal". www.kcl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  21. "King's College London appoints Professor Edward Byrne as new Principal". King's College London. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
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