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List of masters of Gresham's School

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List of masters of Gresham's School

This is a list of the Masters (later Headmasters) and Ushers (later Second Masters) of Gresham's School, Holt.

Contents

Masters, 1562–1900

  • 1560s: Master Robinson
  • 1570s: Master Harrison
  • 1584–1602: Christopher Williams
  • 1602–1605: Reverend Richard Snoden MA (Cantab.)
  • 1605–1606: Reverend Francis Catlyn MA (Cantab.)
  • 1606–1639: John Tallis MA (Cantab.)
  • 1639–1640: Reverend Nathaniel Gill
  • 1640: John Tallis MA (Cantab.) (again)
  • 1640–1644: Sir Thomas Witherley
  • 1644–1646: John Fenn
  • 1646–1659: Reverend Francis Wright MA (Oxon.), fellow of Merton College, Oxford
  • 1659–1660: Reverend William Hickes MA (Cantab.), previously Master of Oundle
  • 1660–1665: Reverend Henry Mazy MA (Cantab.)
  • 1665–1667: Reverend John Goodman (acting Master)
  • 1667–1692: Reverend Thomas Bainbridge MA (Cantab.)
  • 1692–1716: Reverend William Reynolds MA (Oxon.)
  • 1716–1729: Reverend David Duncombe MA (St Andrew's) (d. 1729)
  • 1730–1760: John Holmes - writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy
  • 1760: John Knox
  • 1760–1787: James Smith
  • 1787–1806: Thomas Atkins
  • 1806–1807: Reverend Mr Babington (acting Master)
  • 1807–1809: Thomas Atkins (again)
  • 1809–1857: Reverend Benjamin Pullan, alias Pulleyne, MA (Cantab.), fellow of Clare College, Cambridge
  • 1858–1867: Reverend Charles Allen Elton, MA BD (Cantab.), fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
  • 1867–1900: Reverend Reginald Jolliffe Roberts, MA (Cantab.)

    • Headmasters, 1900 to date

  • 1900–1919: George William Saul Howson, MA (Oxon.), formerly of Uppingham, reforming headmaster
  • 1919–1935: James Ronald Eccles, MA (Cantab.)
  • 1935–1944: Philip Staniforth Newell, MA (Cantab.)
  • 1944–1955: Martin John Olivier, MA (Oxon.) - previously of Rossall, later head of Guthlaxton College, Wigston Magna
  • 1955–1982: Logie Bruce Lockhart, MA (Cantab.), international rugby footballer
  • 1982–1985: Dr Timothy Phillips Woods, MA (Rhodes) DPhil (Oxon.)
  • 1985–1991: Hugh Raymond Wright, MA (Oxon.), later Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham (1991–1998) and Chairman of the HMC
  • 1991–2002: John Hardy Arkell, MA (Cantab.), formerly head of Wrekin College
  • 2002–2008: Anthony Roy Clark, MA (Cantab.) - formerly head of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa
  • 2008–2013 : Philip John BA - formerly head of King William's College, Isle of Man
  • 2013–2014 : Nigel Flower (Acting Headmaster) BA
  • 2014– : Douglas Robb MA (Edin.) MEd (Cantab.)

    • Deputy Heads (Pastoral)

  • 2001–2006: S. Smart
  • 2006–2013: N. C. Flower

    • Deputy Heads (Academic)

  • 2001–2010: Dr. N. White
  • 2010–2013: D. Miles
  • 2013– : S. Kinder

    • Chaplains

  • ? – 1946: Rev. Edward Francis Habershon
  • 1946–1950: Rev. Charles L. S. Linnell
  • 1951–1959: Rev. Dr. Wilfred Andrews MA DPhil
  • 1959–1974: Rev. Douglas C. Argyle MA
  • 1974–1975: Rev. Percival Hallewell Rogers OBE MA (previously Headmaster of Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, 1954–1973)
  • 1975–1983 Rev. Ray Bowen RAF
  • 1983– 1991: Rev. A. Wadge
  • currently: Rev. B. R. Roberts BD

    • Headmasters of the Junior School

  • 1954–1969: John B. Williams OBE MA (Cantab.)
  • 1969–1979: Michael Hughes
  • 1979–1984: Neville Jones

    • The Junior School was reorganized into the Preparatory School and the Pre-Preparatory School in 1984.

    Headmasters of the Preparatory School

  • 1984–2003: Tony Cuff
  • 2003–date: James Quick BA PGCE

    • Heads of the Pre-Preparatory School

  • 1984–1991: Penelope Moore
  • 1991–1997: Lesley Gillick
  • 1997–2002: Daphne Dawson-Smith
  • 2002–date: Janette Davidson

    • Housemasters and staff, 2011

    Boys' houses
    Girls' houses

    Notable masters

  • John Holmes (Master, 1730–1760), writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy
  • George Howson (headmaster, 1900–1919)
  • Dr Geoffrey Shaw (music master, 1902–1910), organist and composer
  • C. V. Durell (assistant master, 1904–05), writer of mathematics textbooks
  • Warin Foster Bushell (assistant master, 1907–1912), later headmaster of Michaelhouse and Birkenhead School and President of the Mathematical Association
  • Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick (assistant master, Chemistry, 1910–1918) - research chemist
  • Walter Greatorex (Director of Music, 1911–1949), composer
  • Arnold Powell (assistant master, early 1900s), later head of Bedford Modern School and Epsom College
  • Frank McEachran (assistant master from 1924), author
  • Denys Thompson (assistant master, English, 1930s), editor of the quarterly Scrutiny with F. R. Leavis and of the journal The Use of English
  • Professor Richard D'Aeth (assistant master, 1938–1940)
  • Charles W. Lloyd (assistant master, 1946–1951), later Master of Dulwich College
  • Logie Bruce Lockhart (headmaster, 1955–1982), Scotland rugby footballer
  • Hugh Wright (headmaster 1985-1991), later Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham (1991–1998) and Chairman of the HMC
  • Patrick Thompson (assistant master, Physics, 1965–1983), Conservative Member of Parliament
  • Graeme Fife (Classics master, 1970–1979), writer, playwright and broadcaster

    • References

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