List of principals of King's College London

This is a list of Principals of King's College London. The office of the Principal (Principal and President from 2009) is established by the Charter of King's College London as "the chief academic and administrative officer of the College". To date there have been 20 Principals, with two further announced holders of the role.

No.	Principal	Portrait	Held Office	Notes	Reference
1	William Otter		1831–1836	Bishop of Chichester 1836–1840	[1]
2	Hugh James Rose		1836–1838		[2]
3	John Lonsdale		1838–1843	Bishop of Lichfield 1843–1967	[3]
4	Richard William Jelf		1843–1868		[4]
5	Alfred Barry		1868–1883	Bishop of Sydney 1884–1889	[5]
6	Henry Wace		1883–1897	Dean of Canterbury 1903–1924	[6]
7	Archibald Robertson		1897–1903	Bishop of Exeter 1903–1916	[7]
8	Arthur Headlam		1903–1912	First Dean of King's College London 1908–1912; Bishop of Gloucester 1923–1945	[8]
9	Ronald Montagu Burrows		1913–1920	First layman	[9]
10	Ernest Barker		1920–1927		[10]
11	William Reginald Halliday		1928–1952		[11]
12	Peter Noble		1952–1968		[12]
13	John Hackett		1968–1975		[13]
14	Richard Way		1975–1980		[14]
15	Neil Cameron		1980–1985	Former Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff	[15]
16	Stewart Sutherland		1985–1990		[16]
17	John Beynon		1990–1992		[17]
18	Arthur Lucas		1993–2003		[18]
19	Rick Trainor		2004–2014		[19]
20	Ed Byrne		2014–31 January 2021[20]		[21]
—	Evelyn Welch		1 February 2021–1 June 2021	Interim President & Principal	[20]
21	Shitij Kapur		1 June 2021–present		[20]