Chancellors
The Chancellor (Provost from 1850 to 1860) is elected by the Senate for a four year term of office to chair Senate meetings and to facilitate its work and collegiality.
| – Provosts: | |
| 1851-1854 | Edward William Terrick Hamilton |
| 1854-1860 | Sir Charles Nicholson Bt, MD Edin HonDCL Oxf HonLLD Camb |
– Chancellors: |
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| 1860-1862 | Sir Charles Nicholson Bt, MD Edin HonDCL Oxf HonLLD Camb |
| 1862-1865 | The Hon Francis Lewis Shaw Merewether, BA Camb |
| 1878-1895 | Sir William Montagu Manning KCMG, LLD UCL |
| 1895-1896 | Sir William Charles Windeyer, MA Sydney HonLLD Camb |
| 1896-1914 | Sir Henry Normand MacLaurin, MA LLD StAnd MD LLD Edin |
| 1914-1934 | The Hon Sir William Portus Cullen KCMG, MA LLD Sydney |
| 1934-1936 | Sir Mungo William MacCallum KCSG, MA Glas LLD Sydney HonDLitt Oxf |
| 1936-1941 | Sir Percival Halse Rogers KBE, BA Sydney BCL Oxf |
| 1941-1964 | Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn KCMG OBE, BA Adel MD ChM Sydney HonDLitt UNE & Sydney HonDSc Tas, NSW & Qld HonLLD Melb & WAust, FRCP FRSM FRACP HonFRCPEd |
| 1964-1969 | Sir Charles George McDonald KCMG KSG, MB ChM Sydney, FRCP FRACP |
| 1970-1990 | Sir Hermann David Black AC, MEc DUniv Sydney HonDLitt N'cle(NSW) DUniv UNE, FCIS FASA |
| 1990-1991 | Air Marshal Sir James Anthony Rowland AC KBE DFC AFC KStJ, BE HonDEng Sydney, FRAeS CEng FIEAust |
| 1991-2001 | Emeritus Professor Dame Leonie Judith Kramer AC DBE, BA Melb MA Sydney DPhil Oxf HonDLitt Tas HonLLD Melb & ANU HonDLitt Qld & NSW DUniv GUPS St Petersburg, FACE |
| 2001-2007 | The Hon G F Kim Santow AO, BA LLM Sydney |
| 2007-2012 | Her Excellency Professor Marie Roslyn Bashir AC CVO, MB BS HonMD Sydney, FRANZCP |