Hugh Raymond Wright (born 24 August 1938) is an English

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and

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who was chairman of the

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for 1995–1996. In his early career Wright taught at Brentwood School and

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, where he was Head of Classics. He was then successively headmaster of

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Gresham's School Gresham's School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent Day school, day and boarding school) in Holt, Norfolk, Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Bac ...

, and

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Early life

The son of the Rev. Raymond Blayney Wright and his wife Alice Mary Hawksworth, Wright was educated at

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, from 1949 to 1957 and

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, where he was a Bible Clerk and graduated BA and later MA in Literae Humaniores.''WRIGHT, Hugh Raymond MA'' in Who's Who 2007 (London, A. & C. Black, 2007)

Career

His first post was as an assistant schoolmaster at Brentwood School, from 1961 to 1964. From 1964 to 1979, he taught at

, where he was Head of Classics from 1967 to 1972 and housemaster of Boyne House, 1971 to 1979. His first appointment as a headmaster came at

, from 1979, and in 1985 he became head of

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, remaining there until 1991. Finally he was Chief Master of

, from 1991 to 1998.The Role of the Governors
at kingswood.bath.sch.uk (Retrieved 25 April 2008) He was elected Chairman of the

in 1995, a year before it became the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, having previously chaired its North West District from 1983 and its Community Service Sub-Committee from 1985 to 1990. In Birmingham in the mid-1990s, Wright worked with Tim Brighouse, the city's chief education officer, to develop a partnership between King Edward's and the state sector of education, commenting "We are looking at a new era of public-private co-operation reinforcing the community base. We are talking about one-off initiatives, not grandiose schemes". He chaired a group called the 'Children's University', providing Saturday schools, and a summer literacy scheme for eleven-year-olds was held at King Edward's in 1997.

Other appointments

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Interview Board Panel, 1982–95 *

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Advisory Board of Ministry (formerly

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), 1982– *Chairman of National Steering Committee for Children's University, 1995–2001 *Member of Bloxham Project Committee, 1993–1998, and Trustee, 1998–2006 *Chairman of Governors, Kingswood School, Bath, 1998–2006 (and governor, 1995–1998) *Member of Governing Bodies Association Committee, 2000–03 *Member of Chaplaincy Team, Shepton Mallet Prison, 2001–

Publications

*''The Origins of Christianity and the Medieval Church'' (1980) *''Auden and Gresham's'' in ''Conference Common Room'', Vol. 44, No. 2, Summer 2007''Conference Common Room'
Vol. 44, No. 2, Summer 2007
online at schoolsearch.co.uk (Retrieved 25 April 2008)

Private life

In 1962, Wright married Jillian Mary McIldowie Meiklejohn, and they have three sons. He is a member of the

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and gives his recreations in

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as "music, theatre, hill walking, wildfowl, gardening, Rugby football".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Hugh 1938 births Headmasters of Gresham's School Chief Masters of King Edward's School, Birmingham Living people Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford People educated at Kingswood School, Bath People from Bath, Somerset