Governing Body
The Governing Body of Eton College is known as ‘the Provost and Fellows’. It consists of a Provost (appointed by the Crown), a Vice-Provost, and ten other Fellows.
Statute VI of the College provides that the Fellows shall be as follows:
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The Provost of King’s College Cambridge [Senior Fellow] (a)
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One Fellow to be elected by the Hebdomadal Council of Oxford University (b)
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One Fellow to be elected by the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University (c)
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One Fellow to be elected by the Council of the Royal Society (d)
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One Fellow to be nominated by the Lord Chief Justice of England for the time being (e)
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One Fellow to be elected by the Head Master, Lower Master, and Assistant Masters (f)
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Four members to be elected by the Provost and Fellows themselves (g)
The Present Governing Body
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Provost: |
The Rt Hon Lord WALDEGRAVE of North Hill, PC, MA (2009) |
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Vice-Provost: |
Dr Andrew GAILEY, CVO, MA, PhD (2006) |
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Fellows: |
Professor Ross HARRISON, MA, PhD (2006) (a) |
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Professor Christopher DOBSON, MA, DPhil, FRS (2001) (d) |
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Sir Michael BURTON, MA (2004) (e) |
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The Marchioness of DOURO, BA (2008) (g) |
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Mr David REID SCOTT, MA (2008) (g) |
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Professor Kim NASMYTH, PhD, FRS (2009) (b) |
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Dr Caroline MOORE, MA, PhD (2010) |
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Mr Hamish FORSYTH, MA (2011) (f) |
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Mr John VARLEY, MA (2012) |
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Mr Brent HOBERMAN, MA (2012) |
The Statutes provide that the Lord Bishop of Lincoln for the time being shall be the Visitor of Eton College. The Visitor is:
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The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Lincoln |
Honorary Fellows may be elected. There are currently four:
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Mr John BUTTERWICK, TD (1996) |
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Mr Simon ROBERTSON (2008) |
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Sir Eric ANDERSON, KT, MA, MLitt, DLitt, FRSE (2009) |
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Lady SMITH, OBE (2009) |
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The day-to-day management of the College is delegated by the Provost and Fellows to:
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Head Master: |
Mr Anthony LITTLE, MA (2002) |
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Lower Master: |
Dr Robert STEPHENSON, BSc, PhD (2003) |
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Bursar: |
Miss Janet Walker, MA, FCA (2011) |
The Statutes of the College can be downloaded here. Please click here if you need to download Adobe’s free Acrobat Reader first.