The Provost is the chairman of the Governing Body of Eton College. He is chosen by the Crown and is assisted by a Vice-Provost and ten Fellows.

Provosts of Eton

• Henry Sever 1440–1442
• William Waynflete 1442–1447
• John Clerk 1447
• William Westbury 1447
• Thomas Barker 1477 (elected but refused office)
• Henry Bost 1477–1504
• Roger Lupton 1504–1535
• Roger Aldrich 1535–1547
• Sir Thomas Smith 1547–1554
• Henry Cole 1554–1559
• William Bill 1559–1561
• Richard Bruerne 1561 (election annulled)
• William Day 1561–1596
• Sir Henry Savile 1596–1622
• Sir Thomas Murray 1622–1623
• Sir Henry Wotton 1624–1639
• Richard Steward 1639–1644
• Francis Rous 1644–1659
• Nicholas Lockyer 1659–1660
• Nicholas Monck 1660–1662
• John Meredith 1662–1665
• Richard Allestree 1665–1680
• Zachary Cradock 1681–1695
• Henry Godolphin 1695–1732
• Henry Bland 1733–1746
• Stephen Sleech 1746–1765
• Edward Barnard 1765–1781
• William Hayward Roberts 1781–1791
• Jonathan Davies 1791–1809
• Joseph Goodall 1809–1840
• John Lonsdale 1840 (elected but refused office)
• Francis Hodgson 1840–1853
• Edward Craven Hawtrey 1853–1862
• Charles Old Goodford 1862–1884
• John James Hornby 1884–1909
• Edmond Warre 1909–1918
• Montague Rhodes James 1918–1936
• Lord Hugh Cecil (Lord Quickswood from 1941) 1936–1944
• Sir Henry Marten 1945–1949
• Claude Aurelius Elliott 1949–1965
• Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia 1965–1978
• Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield 1978–1991
• Sir Antony Acland 1991–2000
• Sir Eric Anderson 2000–