, motto_translation = Difficulties do not dismay us , patron =

St. Andrew Andrew the Apostle ( grc-koi, Ἀνδρέᾱς, Andréās ; la, Andrēās ; , syc, ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, ʾAnd’reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus according to the New Testament. He is the brother of Simon Peter ...

, established = , schooltype = All-boys private school , grades = 812 , head_name = Headmaster , head = Mr Aiden Smith (Interim) , head_name2 = Exam board , head2 =

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, pushpin_map = Eastern Cape , sister_school = Diocesan School for Girls , location = , coordinates = , founder = John Armstrong, Bishop of Grahamstown , address = Somerset Street , city = Makhanda, Eastern Cape , zipcode = , country = South Africa , students = 480 boys , gender = Male , houses = *Armstrong *Espin *Graham *Merrimen *Mullins *Upper , lower_age = 14 , upper_age = 18 , language = English , schedule = ''07:30 - 15:00'' , colours = Blue, navy, white , song = '' Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult'' , alumni = ''Old Andreans'' , newspaper = , yearbook = , mascot = , free_label = School fees , free = R 320 064 p.a. (boarding)
R 143 064 p.a. (day scholars) , website = St. Andrew's College is an

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high school for boys located in Makhanda (Grahamstown),

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province of South Africa. It was founded in 1855 by the Right Reverend John Armstrong, the first Bishop of Grahamstown. It is a semi boarding school, with a number of day boys. St. Andrew's College caters to 480 pupils from around the globe. The school is also a member of the G30 Schools group and closely associated with its brother school,

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, and its sister school the Diocesan School for Girls. SAC Clock Tower

History

In a letter dated August, 1855, Bishop Armstrong writes: The laying of the foundation stone took place on 15 August 1855. Prior to this there existed a grammar school, founded by Bishop Robert Gray in 1849 on the site currently occupied by the Good Shepherd School, under the management of Mr. M.C. Bendelack, who was soon succeeded by the Rev. F. Bankes. Bankes was appointed principal of the new college, retaining also the title of Head-Master of St. Andrew's College Grammar School, as his school and all funds belonging to it were merged into the new institution. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge gave £1000 towards the building to which they added £500 in 1857, and a like sum in 1860. A supplementary sum was subscribed by friends of the Bishop. St Andrew's College was incorporated by an Act of the

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in September 1887, this Act was amended in

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and

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. It has since been controlled by a council composed of communicant members of the Anglican Church, administering the school in terms of a trust deed, leaving its internal economy and discipline in the hands of the principal, who in terms of the 1887 Act was required to be a cleric. The Bishop of Grahamstown is ''ex officio''

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to the college.

Campus

The school campus straddles the main road from Cradock, Eastern Cape into Grahamstown and is an open campus with buildings, sports fields and other facilities spread over a number of city blocks.

Chapel

The chapel, dedicated to

and designed by Sir Herbert Baker, is at the heart of the school. Chapel, St Andrew's College, Somerset Street, Grahamstown

The foundation stone of the new chapel was laid by the Rt Revd Charles Cornish, bishop of Grahamstown on St. Andrew's Day, 1905, the jubilee year of the college. But chiefly owing to lack of funds the stone remained built into a buttress at the back of Espin Cottage, and no start was made until 1913 when the building was begun on plans by Messrs. Herbert Baker & Kendall of Cape Town. A corner stone, to commemorate the building, was laid by the Hon. Sir Lewis Mitchell, C.V.O. on 8 September that year. The design for the new chapel is in the early

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manner, but in order to suit the comparatively sunny climate of the Eastern Cape, there is just that suggestion of Italian treatment which prevents it from being a direct copy of an English type. The form is that of a central nave of six bays, spanned by an open timber roof with massive beams, king posts and struts, the prototypes of which form such an attractive feature in: so many old English churches. There are two narrow side aisles to serve as passages, each having space for one row of additional seats in case of emergency. The chancel has an apsidal east end, and is to be covered by a groined roof constructed in concrete, the sanctuary windows being kept high in such a way as to cut into the semi-circular line of the vault in an effective manner. Instead of transepts, the plan provides a projecting vestry on the north side so as to preserve the cruciform plan, while the side aisles at the west are terminated against small projecting porches. At the west end the-baptistry is placed projecting westward of the wall and forming a semi-circular recess, which is to be covered with a grained ceiling. Springing from the projecting baptistry are buttresses which are carried up with diminishing outline and form a picturesque bell cote to terminate the west end of the roof. As far as possible local material was used. The walls throughout were built in Grahamstown stone with a rough face, both inside and out. This stone demands a simple treatment for the dressings-so that most of the windows are plain-but those around the apse include some effective tracery. The roof is covered with tiles made in the province on the Broseley pattern, and laid to a steep pitch. The aisles are paved with red tiles, while the floor of the chancel is paved in somewhat the same manner, and the floor under the seats is, of course be boarded in the ordinary way. The nave is about × irrespective of the side aisles; the chancel and sanctuary × ; from the floor of nave to ridge of roof about The total accommodation is for 330, of which number about 30 may be seated in the choir. Contrary to the custom of college chapels, the seats are all arranged facing the east instead of being placed down the two sides, facing one another. The contractors were Messrs. Carr & Co., Paarl.

Boarding houses

Six houses comprise the school: * Upper * Merriman named after the Rt Rev'd

Nathaniel Merriman __NOTOC__ Nathaniel James Merriman (4 April 1809 – 15 August 1882) was the third Bishop of Grahamstown from 1871 until his death. He was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford; and ordained in 1833. He was curate then ...

, previously known as Lower House * Graham * Armstrong named after the Rt Rev'd John Armstrong this house was built in 1898 * Espin named after Canon

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, built 1902. * Mullins

Curriculum

The school follows the curriculum set by the Independent Examinations Board (IEB), which is the curriculum followed by most private schools in South Africa. In 2019 the school also implemented the Cambridge Assessment International Education A Level curriculum as an alternative syllabus to the IEB.

Extracurricular activities

The school has an active pipe band. The band is an important part of the traditional life of the school, the pipe band leads the cadet corps during parades. St Andrew's College is one of the few schools in South Africa that still trains a cadet corps. The cadet corps is attached to the First City Regiment The school has three cultural societies whose membership is by invitation: * ''Alchemists'' meet twice a term to discuss matters of general, non-scientific interest. * ''Astronomers'' meet 6 times a year where boys present papers of a scientific nature to the club which is discussed over supper. * '' Cornish'' for a selected group of boys who share a love of poetry. Rugby union is the most played sport at the school. The school has produced at least two Springbok rugby players,

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and

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. Rowing is a popular and well supported competitive sport, and the school has produced at least one

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rower, James Thompson.

School hymn

The school hymn is " Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult", the office hymn for the feast of

Notable Old Andreans

Businessmen

* Sir

Michael Edwardes Sir Michael Owen Edwardes (11 October 1930 – 15 September 2019) was a British-South African business executive who held chairmanships at several companies including motor manufacturer British Leyland. Education Edwardes was born in Port Eli ...

, business executive * Graham Mackay, chairman and CEO of

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* Mark Patterson, co-founder of

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* Jacko Maree, former CEO of Standard Bank * Antony Ball, founder Brait Capital Partners * Myles Ruck, former CEO of Liberty Life * Andy Leith, former managing director of Investec South Africa and International Head of Investment Banking, currently serves as CEO of Bud Group (Pty) * Pete Hird, former Director of Dimension Data Holdings Limited * Peter Oliver, owner of Oliver Bonacini Restaurants Ben Kroon

Engineers, scientists, lawyers and medical men

Athelstan Cornish-Bowden Athelstan Hall Cornish-Bowden was a land surveyor active in South Africa in the 19th and 20th centuries. Cornish-Bowden was the seventh of the 12 children of Admiral William Bowden and Elizabeth Anne Cornish. He attended St. Andrew's College, ...

, land surveyor * Sir Basil Schonland, South Africa's Scientist of the 20th Century, Order of Mapungubwe - Gold class (OMG), important in the development of radar. * Charles Cummings (lawyer), Chief Justice of the Sudan in 1946 * Claude Bettington, mechanical engineer, soldier and aviator *

Ernest Edward Galpin Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941), was a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and m ...

, botanist *

Francis Wilson (economist) Francis Wilson (17 May 1939 – 24 April 2022) was a South African economist. Biography He was the son of the anthropologists Godfrey Wilson and Monica Wilson. Wilson attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He obtained a Bachelor of Scien ...

Guybon Atherstone Guybon Damant Atherstone M. Inst. C.E. AKC (1843 - 1912), South African railway engineer. Education Atherstone was the son of William Guybon Atherstone (medical practitioner, naturalist, geologist and MP) and was born in Grahamstown on 20 J ...

, railway engineer * James Henry Greathead, engineer renowned for his work on the London Underground railway. * Kim Bailie, aerospace engineer *

Lennox Broster Lennox Ross Broster, OBE (1889 – 12 April 1965) was a South African-born surgeon who spent most of his career as a consultant at Charing Cross Hospital, London. He served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I, for which he was ...

, surgeon * Sir

Montagu Cotterill Sir Joseph Montagu Cotterill, CMG, FRCSEd, R.A.M.C (23 November 1851 – 30 December 1933) was a surgeon who as a young man played first-class cricket and made one appearance for England. He became a surgeon in Edinburgh and was President of ...

, surgeon and cricketer, the son of the bishop of Grahamstown, the Rt Revd

Henry Cotterill Henry Cotterill (1812 – 16 April 1886) was an Anglican bishop serving in South Africa in the second half of the 19th century. From 1872 until death he was a bishop of the Scottish Episcopal Church in Edinburgh. Early life Cotterill was ...

and brother to

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, headmaster of college. *

Newton Ogilvie Thompson Newton Ogilvie Thompson (27 May 1904, Kentani, Cape Colony - 1 July 1992, Kenilworth, Cape Town) was a South African jurist who served as the 13th Chief Justice of South Africa, from 1971 to 1974. Early life and education Thompson was born i ...

, Chief Justice of South Africa 1971–1974 * Reginald Frederick Lawrence, biologist * Sir Stanley Rees, High Court judge in England *

Thomas Graham (lawyer) Sir Thomas Lynedoch Graham (5 May 1860 – 7 May 1940) was a South African judge and politician. Early life and education Graham was born in Grahamstown, Cape Colony, which had been founded by his ancestor, Colonel John Graham, in 1812. ...

William Bleloch William Bleloch (9 February 1906 in Johannesburg – 20 June 1991) was a South African metallurgist noted for developing smelting techniques for the processing of chrome ores. At a 1975 ceremony when the University of the Witwatersrand conferred ...

, metallurgist * Prof. Bruce Rubidge - Past Director of

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, currently Director of the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Palaeosciences. Karoo Palaeontologist.

Sportsmen

* Adrian Birrell, former First-Class cricketer and South African national cricket team assistant coach. *

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, cricketer for the Warriors * Anton Murray, former South African Test cricketer * Antony Roy Clark, cricketer * Bevil Rudd, Olympic Gold Medallist -

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( Antwerp, 1920) *

Bill Lundie Eric Balfour "Bill" Lundie (15 March 1888 – 12 September 1917) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1914. A fast bowler, Bill Lundie played eight first-class matches for three provinces between 1909 and 1914. His best figur ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Bill Taberer, rugby player *

Brian Skosana Mthangala Brian Skosana (born 5 December 1991) is a South African professional rugby union player, currently playing with the . His regular position is centre or wing. Career Early career While attending St. Andrew's College in Grahamstown, he ...

, rugby player * Cecil Dixon, former South African Test cricketer * Chase Minnaar, rugby player *

Claude Floquet Claude Eugene Floquet (3 November 1884 – 22 November 1963) was an occasional player for Transvaal from 1905 to 1910. He played a Test match for South Africa in 1910. His first-class career of just six matches was spread over six seasons betw ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Clem Currie, former Springbok rugby player *

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Cuth Mullins Reginald Cuthbert Mullins (28 June 1873 – 15 June 1938) was a South African rugby union forward and medical doctor. Mullins played club rugby for Oxford University and played international rugby for the British Isles XV in their 1896 tour of ...

, rugby player *

Daantjie van de Vyver Daniël Ferdinand van de Vyver (14 December 1909 – 18 March 1977) also known as "Vandie", was a South African rugby union player. Playing career Van de Vyver played provincial rugby for the in the South African Currie Cup competition. He wa ...

, former Springbok rugby player *

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, rugby player * David Murray, rugby player * Fanie Cronje, former Springbok rugby player *

Frank Douglass Francis Wingfield Douglass (15 July 1875 – 20 September 1972) was a South African international rugby union player. Born in Grahamstown, he attended St. Andrew's College before playing provincial rugby for Eastern Province. He made his only Te ...

, former Springbok rugby player * Harry Birrell (cricketer) * Heinrich Smit, rugby player who represented Namibia at the 2015 World Cup *

Henry Taberer Henry Melville Taberer (7 October 1870 – 5 June 1932) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test match in 1902. He was the son of the Revd C. Taberer and was born at a mission station in Keiskammahoek, Cape Province. Career Taber ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Jack Dold, former Springbok rugby player *

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, former Springbok rugby player *

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* John Rowley, cricketer *

Lewis Gordon Pugh Lewis William Gordon Pugh, OIG, (born 5 December 1969) is a British-South African endurance swimmer and ocean advocate. Dubbed the "Sir Edmund Hillary of swimming", he is the first person to complete a long-distance swim in every ocean of th ...

, pioneering swimmer and environmentalist * Martin Hanley, former South African Test cricketer * Michael Price, cricketer for the Warriors *

, former Springbok rugby player and coach *

Pat Fairfield Patrick Greenway Fairfield (26 November 1907 – 21 July 1937) was an English first-class cricketer and racing driver. Irfan Hyder Leghari Early life and cricket Fairfield was born at Liverpool in November 1907. When his parents divorced, and ...

, motor racing driver, winner of the 1937

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, died after an accident in the

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* Peter van der Merwe, South African cricket captain, 1965—67 * Pompey Norton, former South African Test cricketer * Roger Barrow, coach of the South African national rowing team. *

Ronald Wylde Ronald Burns Wylde (7 January 1913 – 8 July 2000) was a South African born Scottish athlete who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games. He was also a medical doctor who practised in Grahamstown. South Africa. He attended St. And ...

, athlete * Ross Geldenhuys, rugby player *

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, former Springbok rugby player *

, Springbok rugby player *

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, rugby player *

Thomas Gubb Thomas Witheridge Gubb (23 March 1908 – 19 November 1978) was a South African businessman and an early twentieth century rugby union international who is known as one of the "lost lions" due to his participation on the 1927 British Lions t ...

(1926), rugby union international, represented Great Britain on

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, former Springbok rugby player *

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, rugby player *

Worthington Hoskin Worthington Hoskin (8 May 1885 – 4 March 1956) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire between 1907 and 1912. He attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship The Rhodes Sch ...

, cricketer (and rugby player)

Clergy

Peter Hinchliff Peter Bingham Hinchliff (25 February 1929 - 17 October 1995) was a South African Anglican priest and academic. He was the Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Oxford from 1992 to 1995. Early life Hinchliff was born in ...

, priest and academic * Robin Briggs, Suffragan Bishop of Pretoria *

Wilfrid Parker The Rt Rev Wilfrid Parker was a Colonial Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was born on 23 January 1883 son of the Hon. Cecil Thomas Parker and Rosamond Esther Harriett Longley. His grandfather on his father's side was Th ...

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Musicians, actors, authors and artists

Stephen Gray (writer) Stephen Gray (30 November 1941 – 22 October 2020) was a South African writer and critic. Career Gray was born in Cape Town on 30 November 1941. He studied at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and later at the University of Cape Town, Cambr ...

Bongani Ndodana-Breen Bongani Ndodana-Breen (born 1975, in Queenstown, Cape Province, Republic of South Africa), is a South African-born composer, musician, academic and cultural activist. He is a member of the Xhosa clan. He was educated at St. Andrew's College an ...

, musician and composer * Ian Roberts, actor, playwright and singer *

Ernest Glanville Ernest Glanville (5 May 1855 in Wynberg – 6 September 1925 in Rondebosch) was a South African author, known especially for his short stories which are widely read and taught in South Africa. He also wrote seventeen historical novels. Glanv ...

, author * Peter Cartwright (actor) * Jonty Driver, poet and writer * Ivan Mitford-Barberton, sculptor and writer * Vere Stent, war correspondent and editor of the ''

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Nobility and politicians

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, Earl of Leicester CBE, Holkham Estate, Norfolk. Past chairman of the Historic Houses Association *

Kingsley Fairbridge Kingsley Ogilvie Fairbridge (5 May 1885 – 19 July 1924) was the founder of a child migration, child emigration scheme from Britain to British Empire, its colonies and the Fairbridge Schools. His life work was the founding of the "Society for t ...

* Thomas Graham * Robert Coryndon, British colonial administrator * Randolph Vigne, member of the Liberal Party of South Africa *

Howard Unwin Moffat Howard Unwin Moffat (13 January 1869 – 19 January 1951) served as second premier of Southern Rhodesia, from 1927 to 1933. Early life Born in the Kuruman mission station in Bechuanaland (now in the Northern Cape province of South Africa), ...

, prime minister of Southern Rhodesia

Soldiers, sailors and airmen

* Air Marshal the Reverend Sir Henry

Paterson Fraser Air Marshal Sir Henry Paterson Fraser, (15 July 1907 – 4 August 2001) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War and in the post-war years. RAF career Educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa ...

Duane Hudson Colonel Duane Tyrell "Bill" Hudson, (11 August 1910 – 1 November 1995) was a British Special Operations Executive officer who worked as a liaison officer with the Yugoslav Partisans and Chetniks in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II. Ea ...

, British intelligence officer * Brigadier Sir

Miles Hunt-Davis Brigadier Sir Miles Garth Hunt-Davis, (7 November 1938 – 23 May 2018) was a British Army officer who was also the Private Secretary to The Duke of Edinburgh from 1993 until 2010. Early life and education Miles Hunt-Davis was born in Johanne ...

, KCVO, CBE, Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh * Colonel Sir

Ernest Lucas Guest Sir Ernest Lucas Guest (20 August 1882 – 20 September 1972) was a Rhodesian politician, lawyer and soldier. He held senior ministerial positions in the government, most notably as Minister for Air during the Second World War. Guest wa ...

KBE, CMG, CVO, LLD * Air Vice Marshal John Howe CB, CBE, AFC, RAF * Major-General William Henry

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CB, CBE, DSO * Rear Admiral M.R. Terry-Lloyd SSA SM * Rear Admiral

Kenneth Snow Kenneth Arthur Snow (1934 – 5 December 2011) was a flag officer in the Royal Navy. Early life Snow went to St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa and was in Merriman House. In 1950 Snow went to the South African Nautical College 'Gene ...

, RN * Surgeon Rear Admiral Ronald Edward Snow, QHP, CB, LVO, RN *Lieutenant General Sir

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Victoria Cross holders

Two Old Andreans have been awarded the Victoria Cross: *

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Charles Herbert Mullins Major Charles Herbert Mullins Victoria Cross, VC Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (28 June 1869 – 24 May 1916) was a South Africa, South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry i ...

, VC in the Boer War and * Lieutenant-Colonel

John Sherwood-Kelly John Sherwood Kelly (13 January 1880 – 18 August 1931) was a South African recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces ...

, unga Mwelase VC in the First World War

Notable staff

Charles Fortune Charles Arthur Frederick Fortune (31 December 1904 – 22 November 1994) was a South African sport broadcaster and writer, especially noted for his cricket commentaries on radio. Early life Born in Lacock, Wiltshire, Fortune gained a BSc at ...

, broadcaster and writer, especially noted for his cricket commentaries on radio. * Danie Craven, international rugby administrator. *

Harry Lee (cricketer) Henry William "Harry" Lee (26 October 1890 – 21 April 1981) was a professional English cricketer who played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Middlesex County Cricket Club between 1911 and 1934. He made one Test ...

* George Cory, chemist and historian *

Arthur Matthews (mathematician) Arthur Matthews (1848 – 1911) was a founding professor at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Early life Matthews was born in Torquay, England in 1848 to John Redaway and Agnes Mudge Matthews. He studied at Sidney Sussex College, ...

, first lecturer in mathematics and physical science, and later professor of mathematics at Rhodes University *

Roger Wilson (bishop) Roger Plumpton Wilson (3 August 19051 March 2002) was Bishop of Wakefield, and later Chichester, in the mid 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at Winchester College and Keble College, Oxford; made deacon in Advent ...

Headmasters

* The Revd F. Bankes (1855–1859) * The Revd F.Y. St. Leger (1859–1862) * The Revd

(1863–1865), the son of the Rt Revd

, bishop of Grahamstown * The Revd Langford S. Browne (1865–1875) * The Revd G. Gould Ross (1875–1881) * The Revd Canon John Espin (1882–1902) * The Revd W. S. Macgowan (1902–1908) * The Revd Canon

Percy W.H. Kettlewell Percy W.H. Kettlewell (1869 - 1950) was an English priest and educationist in the early 20th century. Kettlewell matriculated in 1888 and graduated from Keble College, Oxford University in 1890. He was ordained as a priest in 1896. In 1909 he wa ...

(1909–1933) * The Revd Canon C.B. Armstrong (1934–1938) * Ronald F. Currey (

Oxon Oxon may refer to: * An abbreviation for the English city of Oxford, or the English county of Oxfordshire, or the University of Oxford (from ''Oxonia'', Latin for Oxford) * The post-nominal suffix indicating a degree from the University of Oxford ...

) (1939–1955) *

Freddie Spencer Chapman Frederick Spencer Chapman, (10 May 1907 – 8 August 1971) was a British Army officer and World War II veteran, most famous for his exploits behind enemy lines in Japanese occupation of Malaya, Japanese occupied Malaya. His medals include th ...

(1956–1962) * J.L. Cawse (1962–1964) * The Revd Canon John Aubrey (1965–1971) * Eric B. Norton (1972–1980) * Arthur F.G. Cotton (1981–1993) * Antony R. Clark (

Cantab Cantab may refer to: * ''Cantab'' (magazine), produced by University of Cambridge students from 1981 to 1990 * Cantabrigian, a member of the University of Cambridge, a member or Alumnus of Harvard University, or a resident of Cambridge * Cantabri ...

) (1994–2002) * David B. Wylde (

) (2003–2008) * Paul A. Edey (2009–2014) * Alan Thompson (2015 - January 2022) * Aidan Smith, Interim Headmaster (2022–present)

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File:Paul Edey SAC.jpg, 18th headmaster, Paul Edey. File:AlanThompson-2719.jpg, 19th headmaster, Alan Thompson

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