Revd William Martyn Brown (1914–2005) was Headmaster of

the King's School, Ely King's Ely (renamed from "The King's School" in March 2012),The School's Terms and Conditions and the Companies House registration would suggest that the School's legal name remains "The King's School, Ely" is a co-educational public school ...

, and

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Bedford School :''Bedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Girls' School, Bedford High School, Bedford Modern School, Old Bedford School in Bedford, Texas or Bedford Academy in Bedford, Nova Scotia.'' Bedford School is a public school (English indep ...

Biography

Born on 12 July 1914, William Brown was educated at

and at

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

, where he was a Scholar and gained a first class degree in

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. He taught at Wellington College, Berkshire, between 1936 and 1947, was Headmaster of King's Ely, between 1947 and 1955, and

, between 1955 and 1975. He was ordained in 1976 and became Parish Priest in the parishes of

Field Dalling Field Dalling is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is located west of Holt, Norfolk, Holt and north-west of Norwich. History Dalling's name is of Anglo-Saxon and derives from the Old English for the settl ...

and

Saxlingham Saxlingham is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Field Dalling, in the North Norfolk district, in the county of Norfolk, England. It lies 13 miles (21 km) west of Cromer, 26 miles (42 km) north-west of Norwich, 3. ...

in Norfolk, between 1977 and 1984, and Rural Dean of Holt, Norfolk, between 1984 and 1988. Described by ''The Times'' as "a first-class headmaster of two schools", Revd William Brown died on 14 December 2005.

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1914 births 2005 deaths People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Headmasters of Bedford School 20th-century English educators {{UK-academic-stub Heads of King's Ely Heads of schools in England Teachers at King's Ely