This is alist of masters of Downing College, Cambridge. The head ofDowning College, Cambridge is termed the "Master". Downing was founded as a result of the will ofSir George Downing, 3rd Baronet and it received itsRoyal Charter in 1800 fromGeorge III.

The current Master isGraham Virgo.^[1]

Name	Portrait	Term of office
Francis Annesley		22 September 1800	17 April 1812†
William Frere		8 May 1812	25 May 1836†
Thomas Worsley		23 June 1836	16 February 1885†
William Lloyd Birkbeck		1 March 1885	25 May 1888†
Alexander Hill		16 June 1888	1907
Frederick Howard Marsh		24 October 1907	24 June 1915†
SirAlbert Seward		2 August 1915	1936
Admiral SirHerbert Richmond		1 November 1936	15 December 1946†
SirLionel Whitby		22 May 1947	24 November 1956†
William Keith Chambers Guthrie		28 April 1957	1972
SirMorien Morgan		1972	4 April 1978†
SirJohn Butterfield		1978	1987
Peter Mathias		1987	1995
SirDavid King		1995	2000
Stephen Fleet		2001	2003
Barry Everitt		2003	2013
Geoffrey Grimmett		2013	2018
Alan Bookbinder[2]		2018	2023
Graham Virgo		2023[1]

• Roach, J. P. C., ed. (1959). "The colleges and halls: Downing".A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely. Vol. 3. pp. 487–490. Retrieved18 January 2022.

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