Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas, FRHistS (born 25 August 1940) is a British historian and university administrator.
[1] In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the British Library for a four-year term ending 2010.
Lucas was the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years (1997–2004), during which time he implemented many changes in the University governance structure, such as the adoption of external members to the University's Council, a radical restructuring of the committee system, division of academic departments, the establishment of a University Committee on Access and the adoption of new resource allocation and financial management systems.
In 2014, he was awarded a Bronze Bauhinia Star by Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Portraits of Sir Colin Lucas hang at Balliol College[9] and at Rhodes House, Oxford (the latter by Bob Tulloch).