• Sir Giuseppe Borg Olivier G.C.M.G. – 1814 – 1818 (photograph)
• Waller Rodwell Wright – 1819 – 1826
• Sir John Stoddart LL.D. – 1826 – 1838
• Sir Ignazio Gavino Bonavita LL.D., G.C.M.G. – 1839 – 1853
• Sir Paolo Dingli LL.D., G.C.M.G. – 1854 – 1859
• Sir Antonio Micallef LL.D., G.C.M.G. – 1859 – 1880
• Sir Adrian Dingli G.C.M.G., C.B., LL.D. – 1880 – 1894 (photograph)
• Sir Giuseppe Carbone G.C.M.G., K.C.V.D., LL.D. – 1895 – 1913 (photograph)
• Sir Vincent Frendo Azzopardi Kt, C.M.G., LL.D. – 1915 – 1919 (photograph)
• Prof. Sir Michelangelo Refalo Kt, C.B.E., LL.D., B.A. – 1919 – 1923
• Prof. Sir Arturo Mercieca Kt, LL.D., M.A. – 1924 – 1940 (photograph)
• Sir George Borg Kt, M.B.E., LL.D. – 1941 – 1952
• Sir Luigi A. Camilleri Kt, LL.D. – 1952 – 1957
• Prof. Sir Anthony Mamo Kt, O.B.E., Q.C., LL.D., B.A. – 1957 – 1971 (photograph)
• Prof. John J. Cremona LL.D., B.A., D.Litt. (Rome), Dr Jur. (Trieste), B.A. (Hons) (Lond)., Ph.D. (Lond.), K.M. – 1971 – 1981 (photograph)
• Dr Carmelo Schembri LL.D. – 1981 – 1987 (photograph)
• Prof. Hugh W. Harding B.A., LL.D., F.S.A., F.R. Hist. S. – 1987 – 1990 (photograph)
• Prof. Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici LL.D. – 1990 – 1995
• Dr Joseph Said Pullicino B.A. (Hons), LL.D. – 1995 – 2002
• Dr Noel V. Arrigo LL.D. – 2002 – 2002
• Dr Vincent A. De Gaetano LL.D. – 2002 – 2010 (photograph)
• Dr Silvio Camilleri LL.D. – 2010 – 2018
• Dr Joseph Azzopardi LL.D – 2018 – 2020
• Dr Mark Chetcuti LL.D – 2020 – 

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