This is a list of the Masters (later Headmasters) and Ushers (later Second Masters) of

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 ...

Holt Holt or holte may refer to: Natural world *Holt (den), an otter den * Holt, an area of woodland Places Australia * Holt, Australian Capital Territory * Division of Holt, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Vic ...

Masters, 1562–1900

*1571: Master Robinson *1574–1582: Master Harrison *1585–1602: Christopher Williams *1602–1605: Rev. Richard Snoden MAS. G. G. Benson, Martin Crossley Evans, ''I Will Plant Me a Tree: an Illustrated History of Gresham's School'' (James & James, London, 2002) *1605–1606: Rev. Francis Catlyn MA *1606–1639: Thomas Tallis MA *1639–1640: Rev. Nathaniel Gill *1640: Thomas Tallis (again) *1640–1644: Sir Thomas Witherley *1644–1646: John Fenn *1646–1659: Rev. Francis Wright MA, fellow of

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...

*1659–1660: Rev. William Hickes MA, previously Master of

Oundle Oundle () is a market town on the left bank of the River Nene in North Northamptonshire, England, which had a population of 5,735 at the time of the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. It is north of London and south-west of Peterborough ...

*1660–1665: Rev. Henry Mazy MA *1665–1667: Rev. John Goodman (acting Master) *1667–1692: Rev. Thomas Bainbridge MA *1692–1697: Rev. William Reynolds MA *1697–1702: Edward Reynolds Lewis B. Radford, "Masters of the Gresham’s School" in ''History of Holt: a brief history of Parish, Church, and School'' (Holt: Rounce & Wortley, 1908), pp. 123–124 *1702–1715: Rev. William Reynolds MA *1715–1729: Rev. David Duncombe MA (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: Rev. Mr Babington (acting Master) *1807–1809: Thomas Atkins (again) *1809–1857: Rev. Benjamin Pulleyne, or Pullan MA, fellow of

Clare College, Cambridge Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. The college was founded in 1326 as University Hall, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. It was refounded ...

*1858–1867: Rev. Charles Allen Elton MA BD, fellow of

Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Sidney Sussex College (referred to informally as "Sidney") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. The College was founded in 1596 under the terms of the will of Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex (1531–1589), wife ...

*1867–1900: Rev. Reginald Jolliffe Roberts MA

Headmasters, 1900 to date

*1900–1919: George William Saul Howson MA, formerly of

Uppingham Uppingham is a market town in Rutland, England, off the A47 between Leicester and Peterborough, south of the county town, Oakham. It had a population of 4,745 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 4,853 in 2019. It is known for its ep ...

, reforming headmaster *1919–1935: J. R. Eccles MA *1935–1944: Philip Staniforth Newell MA *1944–1955: Martin John Olivier MA - previously of

Rossall Rossall is a settlement in Lancashire, England and a suburb of the market town of Fleetwood. It is situated on a coastal plain called The Fylde. Blackpool Tramway runs through Rossall, with two stations: Rossall School on Broadway and Rossall Squ ...

, later head of Guthlaxton College,

Wigston Magna Wigston, or Wigston Magna, is a town in Leicestershire, England, just south of Leicester on the A5199. It had a population of 32,321 in 2011. Geography Wigston is south of the city of Leicester, at the centre of Leicestershire and the Ea ...

*1955–1982:

Logie Bruce Lockhart Logie Bruce Lockhart (12 October 1921 – 7 September 2020) was a Scottish schoolmaster, writer, and journalist, in his youth a Scottish international rugby union footballer and for most of his teaching career headmaster of Gresham's School. Ba ...

, international rugby footballer''Who's Who 2003'' (A. & C. Black, London, 2003) *1982–1985: Dr Timothy Phillips Woods MA DPhil *1985–1991:

Hugh Wright Hugh Wright may refer to: * Hugh Wright (rugby union) (1875–1953), Scottish rugby union footballer * Hugh Wright (schoolmaster) (born 1938), English schoolmaster * Hugh E. Wright (1879–1940), French-English actor {{hndis, Wright, Hugh ...

MA, later Chief Master of

King Edward's School, Birmingham King Edward's School (KES) is an independent school (UK), independent day school for boys in the British Public school (UK), public school tradition, located in Edgbaston, Birmingham. Founded by Edward VI of England, King Edward VI in 1552, it ...

(1991–1998) and Chairman of the HMC *1991–2002: John Hardy Arkell MA, formerly head of

Wrekin College Wrekin College is an independent co-educational boarding and day school located in Wellington, Shropshire, England. It was founded by Sir John Bayley in 1880 and is known as ‘The School in the Garden’ owing to its extensive grounds a ...

*2002–2008: Anthony Roy Clark MA, - formerly head of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa *2008–2013 : Philip John - formerly head of

King William's College King William's College (nicknamed KWC or King Bill's; gv, Colleish Ree Illiam) is an independent school for pupils aged 3 to 18, located near Castletown on the Isle of Man. It is a member of the International Baccalaureate and Headmasters' and ...

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*2013–2014 : Nigel Flower (acting headmaster) *2014– : Douglas Robb MA MEd

Ushers

*1602–1606: Nicholas Stephenson *? to 1621: John Watson *1627–1632: Thomas Cooper *1632–1638: Nicholas Davie *1638: Thomas Cooper (again) *1638–1639: Henry Luce *1640: Henry Luce (again) *1640–1643: Timothy Cutler *1643–1644: Thomas Cooper (again) - hanged in 1650 as a Royalist rebel *1658–1660: Henry Mazy *1661–1665: John Goodman *1689–1692: Thomas Kellway *1692: William Chambers *1692–1695: Thomas Garrett *1695: William Rowland *1696–1697: Thomas Turner *1697–1704: Thomas Plumstead *1705–1708: John Reynolds *1708: John Fox *1708–1713: William Selth *1713–1714: John Spurling *1714–1715: William Chaplyn *''c.'' 1718: John Brooke *''c.'' 1725: John Holmes *1729: Edward Read *1770s: Christopher Stangroom *1796–1801: David Kinnebrook *1810–1811: Reverend Robert Davies *1811–1813: Peter Barney *1813–1821: Daniel Carr *1821: James Sturley *1821–1828: Thomas Beckwith *1828–1843: William Robert Taylor *1843–1851: John Slann (first ''Second Master'') Thomas Beckwith used the title "undermaster" in 1821.

Second masters

*1843–1851: John Slann (last ''Usher'') *1851: William Allen Rudkin *1851–1857: John Hubbert Kent *1858–1860: J. Rodney Phillips *1860: Berney Wodehouse Raven *1860–1862: Charles Frederick Furbank *1862–1863: Frederick Roy Dowson *1863–1864: George W. Anstiss *1864–1865: Henry David Jones *1865–1866: William Henry Hooper *1866–1867: Matthew Walter Tunnicliffe *1867: William Remington Backhouse *1867: John Robinson Wells *1867–1869: Robert Stokes *1869–1871: Robert Campbell Conolly *1871–1872: John Lowndes> *1872–1880: Stephen Bousfield *1881–1900: John Henry Howell *1900–1907: John Goodrich Wemyss Woods *1907–1919: James Ronald Eccles, later headmaster *1919–1928: John Chambré Miller *1928–1942: Joseph Foster *1942–1963: A. Bruce Douglas *1963–1970: Bernard Sankey *1970–1977: Paul V. A. Colombé *1977–1985: John Coleridge *1985–2001: Richard N. K. Copas

Deputy heads (Pastoral)

*2001–2006: S. Smart *2006–2016: N. C. Flower *2016–present: W.A.M. Chuter

Deputy Heads (Academic)

*2001–2010: N. White *2010–2013: D. Miles *2013–2016 : S. Kinder *2016–present: T.P. Hipperson

Chaplains

*1900–1901: R. L. Langford *1901–1908: E. E. M. Benson *1908–1930: Francis George Elwes Field, MA (Cantab.), previously headmaster of

Truro Grammar School Truro Cathedral School was a Church of England school for boys in Truro, Cornwall. An ancient school refounded in 1549 as the Truro Grammar School, after the establishment of Truro Cathedral in the last quarter of the 19th century it was responsi ...

*1930–1932: J. W. Reynolds *1932–1946: Edward Francis Habershon *1946–1950: Charles L. S. Linnell *1950–1959: Wilfred Andrews *1959–1974: Douglas C. Argyle *1974–1975: Percival Hallewell Rogers (previously headmaster of

Portora Royal School Portora Royal School located in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, was one of the public schools founded by the royal charter in 1608, by James I, making it one of the oldest schools in Ireland at the time of its closure. Origina ...

Enniskillen Enniskillen ( , from ga, Inis Ceithleann , 'Cethlenn, Ceithlenn's island') is the largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It is in the middle of the county, between the Upper and Lower sections of Lough Erne. It had a population of ...

, 1954–1973) *1975–1983 T. Ray Bowen *1983–1991: A. Wadge *1991–1992: R. Buckner *1992–2000: R. N. Myerscough *2000–2020 Bryan R. Roberts

Headmasters of the Junior School

*1954–1969: John B. Williams *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 *2003–2018: James Quick *2018-date: Catherine Braithwaite

Heads of the Pre-Preparatory School

*1984–1991: Penelope Moore *1991–1997: Lesley Gillick *1997–2002: Daphne Dawson-Smith *2002–2017: Janette Davidson *2017–present: Sarah Hollingsworth

Housemasters and staff

;Boys' housesSenior Staff list
at greshams.com ;Girls' houses

Notable masters

* John Holmes (master, 1730–1760), writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy *

George Howson George William Saul Howson MA (8 August 1860 – 7 January 1919) was an English schoolmaster and writer, notable as the reforming headmaster of Gresham's School from 1900 to 1919. Early life Howson was one of the four sons of William Howson of ...

(headmaster, 1900–1919) * Geoffrey Shaw (music master, 1902–1910), organist and composer *

C. V. Durell Clement Vavasor Durell (born 6 June 1882, Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire, died South Africa, 10 December 1968) was an English schoolmaster who wrote mathematical textbooks. Background and early life A son of John Vavasor Durell (1837–1923), Rector of ...

(assistant master, 1904–05), writer of

mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

textbooks''

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography The ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB'') is a standard work of reference on notable figures from British history, published since 1885. The updated ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (''ODNB'') was published on 23 September ...

'' (

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, 2004) * Warin Foster Bushell (assistant master, 1907–1912), later headmaster of

Michaelhouse Michaelhouse is a full boarding senior school for boys founded in 1896. It is located in the Balgowan valley in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. History ''St. Michael's Diocesan College'' was founded in Pietermaritzburg in 18 ...

and

Birkenhead School Birkenhead School is an independent, academically-selective, co-educational day school located in Oxton, Wirral, in North West England. The school offers educational opportunities for girls and boys from three months to eighteen years of age. ...

and president of the

Mathematical Association The Mathematical Association is a professional society concerned with mathematics education in the UK. History It was founded in 1871 as the Association for the Improvement of Geometrical Teaching and renamed to the Mathematical Association in ...

* Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick (assistant master, Chemistry, 1910–1918) - research chemist *

Walter Greatorex Walter Greatorex (30 March 1877 – 29 December 1949) was an English composer and musician. He is probably best remembered for his hymn tune ''Woodlands'' which has been used with hymns such as Henry Montagu Butler's ''Lift Up Your Hearts!'', '' ...

(director of music, 1911–1949),

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

''The History and Register of Gresham's School, 1555–1954'' (Ipswich, 1955) * Arnold Powell (assistant master, early 1900s), later head of

Bedford Modern School Bedford Modern School (often called BMS) is a Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference independent school in Bedford, England. The school has its origins in Bedford Charity, The Harpur Trust, born from the financial endowment, endowments le ...

and

Epsom College Epsom College is a co-educational independent school on Epsom Downs, Surrey, England, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was founded in 1853 as a boys' school to provide support for poor members of the medical profession such as pensioners and orpha ...

Frank McEachran Frank McEachran (1900–1975), sometimes known as Kek, was a British schoolmaster and writer. He taught at English public schools and the University of Leipzig and wrote on philosophy, but his most commercially successful books were his anthologie ...

(assistant master from 1924), author *Denys Thompson (assistant master, English, 1930s), editor of the quarterly ''Scrutiny'' with

F. R. Leavis Frank Raymond "F. R." Leavis (14 July 1895 – 14 April 1978) was an English literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. He taught for much of his career at Downing College, Cambridge, and later at the University of York. Leavis ra ...

and of the journal ''The Use of English'' *

Richard D'Aeth Richard D'Aeth (3 June 1912 – 19 February 2008) was a British educationalist and President of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, from 1978 to 1984. Early life D'Aeth was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Walter D'Aeth and Marion Turnbull ...

(assistant master, 1938–1940) * Charles W. Lloyd (assistant master, 1946–1951), later master of

Dulwich College Dulwich College is a 2–19 independent, day and boarding school for boys in Dulwich, London, England. As a public school, it began as the College of God's Gift, founded in 1619 by Elizabethan actor Edward Alleyn, with the original purpose of ...

(headmaster, 1955–1982),

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er * Richard Smyth (born 1951), later head of

King's School, Bruton King's Bruton is an independent fully co-educational secondary day and boarding school in the English public school tradition located in Bruton, Somerset, England. It was founded in 1519 by Richard FitzJames, and received royal foundation status ...

(headmaster 1985-1991), later chief master of

(1991–1998) and Chairman of the HMC *

Patrick Thompson Hugh Patrick Thompson (born 21 October 1935), known as Patrick Thompson, is a British Conservative Party politician. Early life Educated at Felsted School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Thompson was a schoolmaster, teaching physics. From 1960 ...

(assistant master, physics, 1965–1983),

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THOMPSON, (Hugh) Patrick
in ''Who's Who 2007'' online (accessed 28 September 2007) * Graeme Fife (classics master, 1970–1979),

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles and techniques to communicate ideas. Writers produce different forms of literary art and creative writing such as novels, short stories, books, poetry, travelogues, p ...

playwright A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English ...

and broadcaster

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