Statute VII of the College provides that the Fellows shall be as follows:
- The Provost of King’s College Cambridge [Senior Fellow] (a)
- One Fellow to be elected by the Provost & Fellows, who is or has been a member of a faculty of, or a fellow of a college at, Oxford University (b)
- One Fellow to be elected by the Provost & Fellows, who is or has been a member of a faculty of, or a fellow of a college at, Cambridge University (c)
- One Fellow to be nominated by the Council of the Royal Society following identification by the Provost & Fellows or a suitable candidate from amongst the Fellowship of the Royal Society (d)
- One Fellow to be nominated by the Lord Chief Justice of England for the time being (e)
- One Fellow to be elected by the Head Master, Lower Master, and Assistant Masters (f)
- Four members to be elected by the Provost and Fellows themselves (g)
The Present Governing Body
| Governing Body | |
| Provost | The Rt Hon Lord WALDEGRAVE of North Hill, PC, MA (2009) |
| Vice-Provost | Peter MCKEE, MA (2021) |
| Fellows | (a) |
| (g) | |
| Lady Moore of ETCHINGHAM, MA, PhD (2010) (c) | |
| Mark ESIRI, LLB, MBA (2016) (g) | |
| Sir George LEGGATT, MA (2016) (e) | |
| Sir Mark LYALL GRANT, MA (2017) (g) | |
| Baroness MORRISSEY, BA (2018) (g) | |
| Simon VIVIAN, MA, MSc, FSS (2021) (f) | |
| Professor Francis BROWN, PhD (2022) (b) | |
| Professor Ewan BIRNEY, CBE, PhD, FRS, FMedSci (2022) (d) |
The Statutes provide that the Lord Bishop of Lincoln for the time being shall be the Visitor of Eton College:
| The Visitor |
| The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Lincoln |
Honorary Fellows may be elected. There are currently four:
| Honorary Fellows |
| Sir Simon ROBERTSON (2008) |
| Michael PRIDEAUX, MA (2020) |
| John GRIFFITH-JONES (2022) |
| Sir John NUTTING KC (2022) |
The day-to-day management of the College is delegated by the Provost and Fellows to:
| Position | Member of Staff |
| Head Master | Simon HENDERSON, MA (2015) |
| Lower Master | Paul WILLIAMS, MA (2023) |
| Bursar | Janet WALKER, MA, FCA (2011) |
The Statutes of the College can be downloaded here.
