List of principals of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford
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The head of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, is the principal. The current principal is Professor Christine Gerrard, since October 2025.[1]
| Name | Birth | Death | Principal between | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dame Elizabeth Wordsworth | 1840 | 1932 | 1879 – 1909 | Novelist and founding principal, also the founder of St Hugh's College[2] |
| Henrietta Jex-Blake | 1869 | 1953 | 1909 – 1921 | Violinist and school headmistress prior to joining LMH[3] |
| Lynda Grier | 1880 | 1967 | 1921 – 1945 | Economist[4] |
| Dame Lucy Sutherland | 1903 | 1980 | 1945 – 1971 | Historian[5] |
| Sally Chilver | 1914 | 2014 | 1971 – 1979 | Historian, political scientist and anthropologist |
| Duncan Stewart | 1930 | 1996 | 1979 – 1995 | Fellow of Wadham College and university administrator[6] |
| Sir Brian Fall | 1937 | 1995–2002 | Diplomat | |
| Dame Frances Lannon | 1945 | 2002–2015 | Historian | |
| Alan Rusbridger | 1953 | 2015–2021 | Journalist and newspaper editor | |
| Christine Gerrard | 1959 | 2021–2022 | Interim Principal; Professor of English Literature | |
| Stephen Blyth | 1967 | 2022–2025 | Professor of the Practice of Statistics at Harvard University | |
| Christine Gerrard | 1959 | 2025- | Professor of English Literature |