Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

This is a list of Directors of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew:

• 1759–1793 William Aiton
• 1793–1841 William Townsend Aiton
• 1841–1865 Sir William Jackson Hooker
• 1865–1885 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
• 1885–1905 Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer
• 1905–1922 Sir David Prain
• 1922–1941 Sir Arthur William Hill
• 1941–1943 Sir Geoffrey Evans (acting)
• 1943–1956 Sir Edward Salisbury
• 1956–1971 Sir George Taylor
• 1971–1976 Jack Heslop-Harrison
• 1976–1981 Professor John Patrick Micklethwait Brenan
• 1981–1988 Professor Arthur Bell
• 1988–1999 Sir Ghillean Prance
• 1999–2006 Professor Sir Peter Crane
• 2006–2012 Professor Stephen D. Hopper
• 2012–present Richard Deverell