Governing Body

The Warden
 The Bursar (with owl)

The Governing Body of Winchester College is known as 'The Warden and Fellows'. It consists of a Warden and up to fourteen other Fellows.

Statute V of the College provides that the Fellows of the College, in addition to the Warden shall be:

  • The Warden of New College Oxford (a)
  • One Fellow elected by the Warden and Fellows of New College Oxford (b)
  • One Fellow elected by the Council of the University of Oxford (c)
  • One Fellow elected by the Council of the Senate of the University of Cambridge (d)
  • One Fellow elected by the President and Council of the Royal Society (e)
  • One Fellow appointed by the Lord Chief Justice of England (f)  
  • Up to nine Fellows elected by the Warden and Fellows (g), provided the total number (including the Warden) does not exceed fifteen.

The Current Governing Body

Warden: Sir David Clementi, MA, MBA, FCA (2008) (g)
Sub-Warden: Robert Sutton, BA (2003) (g)
John Nightingale, MA, DPhil (2002) (c)
The Rt Hon Sir Andrew Longmore, PC, MA (2006) (f)
Michael St John Parker, MA, FSA (2006) (g)
Robert Woods, CBE, MA (2007) (d)
Mark Loveday, MA (2008) (g)
Jean Ritchie, QC, LLM (2008) (g)
Professor Sir Curtis Price, KBE, AM, PhD (2009) (a)
Professor Christopher Sachrajda FRS PhD FInstP CPhys (2010) (e)
Charles Sinclair CBE, BA, FCA (2010) (g)
Peggy Frith, MD, FRCP, FRCOphth (b)
Major General Jonathan Shaw, CBE (g)

Visitor: The Bishop of Winchester

Bursar & Secretary to the Warden & Fellows: Jeffrey Edwin Hynam, M Phil, B.Ed.

The Governing Body meets three times a year (once per term), and has four principal committees: Academic and Pastoral, Finance, Works, and Development, all of which meet once per term.