List of headmasters at Eton College

This is a list of headmasters at Eton College since 1442.

*1442–1447 William Westbury
*1447–1453 Richard Hopton
*1453 Thomas Forster
*1453–1458 Clement Smith
*1458–1467 John Peyntor
*1467–1470 Clement Smyth
*1470–c.1479 Walter Barber
*c.1479–1484 David Haubroke
*1484–1485/6 Thomas Mache
*1485/6–1494/5 William Horman
*1494/5–1496 Edward Powell
*1496–1501 Nicholas Bradbryg
*1501–1502/3 Robert Yong
*1502/3–1507 John Smyth
*1507–1510 John Goldyve
*1510–1511 Thomas Phylips
*1511–1515 Thomas Erlysman
*1515–1521 Robert Aldrich
*1521–1524 Thomas White
*1524–1528 John Goldwyn
*1528–1534 Richard Cox
*1534–1541/2 Nicholas Udall
*1541/2–1544/5 Smyth
*1544/5–1547 Robert Cater
*1547–1555 William Barker
*1555–c.1560 ?
*c.1560–c.1563 William Malim
*c.1563–c.1571 William Smyth
*8c.1571–1579 Reuben Sherwood
*1579–1583 Thomas Ridley
*1583–1594 John Hammond
*1594–1611 Richard Langley
*1611 Richard Wright
*1611–1630 Matthew Bust
*1630–1636 John Harrison
*1636–c.1646 William Norris
*c.1646–1648 Nicholas Gray
*1648 George Goad
*1648–1654 Thomas Horne
*1654–1655 John Boncle
*1655–1660 Thomas Singleton
*1660–1671 Thomas Mountague
*1671–1681 John Rosewell
*1682–1690 Charles Roderick
*1690–1711 John Newborough
*1711–1720 Andrew Snape
*1720–1728 Henry Bland
*1728–1743 William George
*1743–1745 William Cooke
*1745–1754 John Sumner
*1754–1765 Edward Barnard
*1765–1773 John Foster
*1773–1792 Jonathan Davies
*1792–1802 George Heath
*1802–1809 Joseph Goodall
*1809–1834 John Keate
*1834–1853 Edward Craven Hawtrey
*1853–1862 Charles Old Goodford
*1862–1868 Edward Balston
* 1868–1884 James John Hornby
* 1884–1905 Edmond Warre
* 1905–1916 Edward Lyttelton
* 1916–1933 Cyril Alington
* 1933–1949 Claude Aurelius Elliott
* 1949–1964 Robert Birley
* 1964–1970 Anthony Chenevix-Trench
* 1970–1980 Michael McCrum
* 1980–1994 Eric Anderson
* 1994–2002 John Lewis
* 2002– Tony Little