This is a list of Principals of Queen Mary University of London., Queen Mary has had a total of 22 principals (11 of Westfield College, eight of Queen Mary College, and three since the merger of Queen Mary, Westfield, and Barts).[1]
The current principal is Colin Bailey, a structural engineer, who became Principal in September 2017.
| Name | Held office | |
|---|---|---|
| Constance Louise Maynard | 1882–1913 | |
| Agnes de Selincourt | 1913–1917 | |
| Anne W Richardson | 1917–1919 | |
| Bertha Surtees Phillpotts | 1919–1921 | |
| Eleanor Lodge | 1921–1931 | |
| Dorothy Chapman | 1931–1939 | |
| Mary Stocks | 1939–1951 | |
| Kathleen Chesney | 1951–1962 | |
| Pamela Matthews | 1962–1966 | |
| Bryan Thwaites | 1966–1984 | |
| John Varey | 1984–1989 |
| Name | Held office | |
|---|---|---|
| John Leigh Smeathman Hatton | 1908–1933 | |
| Sir Frederick Maurice | 1933–1944 | |
| Ifor Evans | 1944–1951 | |
| Sir Thomas Percival Creed | 1951–1967 | |
| Sir Harry Melville | 1967–1976 | |
| Sir James Menter | 1976–1986 | |
| Ian Butterworth | 1986–1990 | |
| Graham J. Zellick | 1991–1998 |
| Sir Adrian Smith | 1998–2008 | |
| Philip Ogden | 2008–2009 | |
| Simon Gaskell | 2009–2017 | |
| Colin Bailey | 2017–present[2] |