List of principals of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford explained

The head of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, is the principal. The current principal is Professor Stephen Blyth, since October 2022.^[1]

Name	Birth	Death	Principal between	Notes
	1840	1932	1879 – 1909	Novelist and founding principal, also the founder of St Hugh's College^[2]
	1869	1953	1909 – 1921	Violinist and school headmistress prior to joining LMH^[3]
	1880	1967	1921 – 1945	Economist^[4]
	1903	1980	1945 – 1971	Historian^[5]
	1914	2014	1971 – 1979	Historian, political scientist and anthropologist
	1930	1996	1979 – 1995	Fellow of Wadham College and university administrator^[6]
	1937		1995–2002	Diplomat
	1945		2002–2015	Historian
	1953		2015–2021	Journalist and newspaper editor
Christine Gerrard	1959		2021–2022	Interim Principal; Professor of English Literature
			2022–	Professor of the Practice of Statistics at Harvard University

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Principal . 9 October 2022.
2. Wordsworth, Dame Elizabeth [pseud. Grant Lloyd] (1840 – 1932), college head]. Lannon. Frances. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/37024 . 2016-03-22.
3. Henrietta Jex-Blake (1862 – 1953). Perrone. Fernanda Helen. 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/48442 . 2016-03-22.
4. Grier, (Mary) Lynda Dorothea (1880 – 1967), educational administrator. McWilliams Tullberg. Rita . 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/48438 . 2016-03-22.
5. Sutherland, Dame Lucy Stuart (1903 – 1980), historian and college head. Whiteman. Anne . 2004. 10.1093/ref:odnb/31738 . 978-0-19-861412-8 . 2016-03-22.
6. News: Brundin. Clark. Obituary: Duncan Stewart. 10 July 2016. Independent. 28 May 1996.