St. Andrew's College is an

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high school for boys located in Makhanda (Grahamstown),

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province of

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. It was founded in 1855 by the Right Reverend John Armstrong, the first

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. 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

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group and closely associated with its brother school,

St. Andrew's Preparatory School St. Andrew's Preparatory School is a Independent school, private, co-educational boarding school in Grahamstown, Makhanda (Grahamstown), Eastern Cape, South Africa. History The school was founded in 1885 and has an Anglican foundation. A Family ...

, 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

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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

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into Grahamstown and is an open campus with buildings, sports fields and other facilities spread over a number of city blocks. The St Andrews Clock tower, found at the centre of the school, was designed as a memorial to those Old Andreans who had died in the first world war. The foundation stone was laid in 1921 and the tower was dedicated on St Andrew’s Day in 1923.

Chapel

The chapel, dedicated to

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and designed by Sir

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, is at the heart of the school. 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.

& Kendall of

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. 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

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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 listed in chronological order: * Upper House – and Lower House is mentioned in the Register for the first time for 1895. Lower House ceased to exist in 1905. * 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 * Armstrong named after the Rt Rev'd John Armstrong this house was built in 1898 * Espin named after

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John Espin, built 1902. * Mullins, named after Canon R. J. Mullins ka the Republic of Mullins* Graham was a new boy house long before it became the sixth House of the School in 1963.: Roger Clark first Housemaster. Graham house was named after the Graham family who attended St Andrew's since 1861 – they collectively gave St Andrew's years of wisdom, serving either on the council or as President of the OA Club. (TBIY p. 38). Graham house was purchased by Canon Mullins in 1872.

Curriculum

The school follows the curriculum set by the

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(IEB), which is the curriculum followed by most private schools in South Africa. In 2019 the school also implemented the

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A-Level curriculum as an alternative syllabus to the IEB.

Extracurricular activities

The school has a

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which 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 group of boys who share a love of poetry. The School also hosts a number of other clubs and societies such as Choir, Debating, Model United Nations, Round Square, Ballroom Dancing, Chess, Outdoor Club, Surfing among others The school has produced two

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rugby players, Ryan Kankowski and

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. The school has produced 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

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, business executive *

Graham Mackay Graham Mackay (born 12 October 1968) is a former international and state representative rugby league footballer whose club career spanned ten Australian and English clubs, including Western Suburbs, Penrith Panthers, South Queensland Crushers ...

, chairman and CEO of

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* Mark Patterson, co-founder of MatlinPatterson Global Advisers * Jacko Maree, former CEO of Standard Bank

Engineers, scientists, lawyers and medical men

* Athelstan Cornish-Bowden, land surveyor * Sir

Basil Schonland Sir Basil Ferdinand Jamieson Schonland OMG CBE FRS (2 February 1896 – 24 November 1972) was noted for his research on lightning, his involvement in the development of radar during World War II and for being the first president of the South ...

, South Africa's Scientist of the 20th Century,

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- Gold class (OMG), important in the development of radar. * Charles Cummings (lawyer), Chief Justice of the Sudan in 1946 *

Claude Bettington Claude Albemarle Bettington (13 May 1875, Cape Colony - 10 September 1912, Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, England) was a mining engineer and a pioneer aviator from South Africa. Early life Claude Albemarle Bettington was the son of Col. Rowland Albemarl ...

, mechanical engineer, soldier and aviator *

Ernest Edward Galpin Ernest Edward Galpin (1858–1941), was a botanist and banker born in the Cape Colony. 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 g ...

, botanist * Francis Wilson, economist * Guybon Atherstone, railway engineer *

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, engineer renowned for his work on the

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railway. * Kim Bailie, aerospace engineer * Lennox Broster, surgeon * Sir Montagu Cotterill, surgeon and cricketer, the son of the

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, the Rt Revd

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and brother to George Edward Cotterill,

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of college. * Newton Ogilvie Thompson,

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1971–1974 *

Reginald Frederick Lawrence Reginald Frederick Lawrence Royal Society of South Africa, FRSSAf (6 March 1897 in George, Western Cape – 9 October 1987 in Pietermaritzburg) was a South African arachnologist and myriapodologist at the South African Museum in Cape Town fro ...

, biologist * Sir Stanley Rees, High Court judge in England *

Thomas Graham Thomas Graham may refer to: Politicians and diplomats *Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748–1843), British politician and soldier * Thomas Graham Jr. (diplomat) (born 1933), nuclear expert and senior U.S. diplomat *Sir Thomas Graham (barriste ...

, lawyer * William Bleloch, metallurgist * Bruce Rubidge - palaeontologist

Sportsmen

Adrian Birrell Adrian Victor "Adi" Birrell (born 8 December 1960 in Grahamstown, Cape Province) is a South African cricket coach and former first class cricketer. A leg break bowler, Birrell took 75 wickets at 30.16 in his career for Eastern Province, before ...

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

Andrew Birch Andreas Birch (November 6, 1758 – October 25, 1829) was a professor from Copenhagen.Fr. NielsenBiografii 1. ''Dansk biografisk leksikon'', edited by C.F. Bricka, 2. volume, page 280, Gyldendal, 1887–1905 Birch was sent in 1781–1783 by the k ...

, cricketer for the Warriors *

Anton Murray Anton Ronald Andrew Murray (30 April 1922 – 17 April 1995) was a South African cricketer. He played in 10 Test matches in just over a year from December 1952 to February 1954, appearing four times against Australia and then six times agains ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Antony Roy Clark, cricketer *

Bevil Rudd Bevil Gordon D'Urban Rudd (5 October 1894 – 2 February 1948) was a South African athlete, the 1920 Olympic Champion in the 400 metres. Biography Rudd was born in Kimberley. He was the son of Henry Percy Rudd and Mable Mina Blyth; paternal ...

, Olympic Gold Medallist -

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( Antwerp, 1920) *

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

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

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

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, rugby player * Claude Floquet, former South African Test cricketer * Clem Currie, former

rugby player * Chris Benjamin, cricketer *

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, former

rugby player * Eric Norton, He returned to St Andrew's to teach, coach rugby and cricked and was Headmaster from 1972 – 1980. Norton made his debut for Eastern Province in the

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in 1936–37 against

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in Johannesburg at the age of 17. He was selected to tour Australasia in 1952–53. He was also a prominent

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player, who captained the

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in Rhodesia in 1950. * Fanie Cronje, former

rugby player * Frank Douglass, former

rugby player * Harry Birrell, cricketer *

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, 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, when he captained South Africa. He was the son of the Revd C. Taberer and was born at a mission station in Keiskammahoe ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Jack Dold, former

rugby player *

Jackie Powell John "Jackie" Powell (12 December 1871 – 19 December 1955) was a rugby union player who represented South Africa 4 times, once as captain. At 19 years 260 days, he is one of the youngest ever players to have represented South Africa. He also ...

, former

rugby player * Jake Green, rower * James Price, cricketer * James Thompson, Olympic gold medallist – Men's lightweight coxless four, London

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John Rowley John Vincent D'Alessio Rowley (12 December 1907 – 30 November 1996) was a South African-born English cricketer and colonial governor. He was born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province, and went to school at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown. He ...

, 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 the ...

, pioneering swimmer and

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* Martin Hanley, former South African Test cricketer * Michael Price, cricketer for the Warriors *

, former

rugby player and coach *

Pat Fairfield Patrick Greenway Fairfield (26 November 1907 – 21 June 1937) was a British racing driver and cricketer. Early life and cricket Fairfield was born at Liverpool in November 1907. When his parents divorced, and his mother remarried, he moved ...

, 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 Norman Ogilvie "Pompey" Norton (11 May 1881 – 27 June 1968) was a South African cricketer. He was a lawyer by career and became a provincial administrator for the game. An all-rounder, Norton made his first-class debut with Western Provi ...

, former South African Test cricketer * Roger Barrow, coach of the South African national

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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. Biography He was also a medical doctor who practised in Grahamstown. South Africa. He attended ...

, athlete * Ross Geldenhuys, rugby player *

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, former

rugby player * Ryan Kankowski,

rugby player * Sintu Manjezi, 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

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* Tom Hobson, former

rugby player * Tyler Paul, rugby player * Worthington Hoskin, cricketer (and rugby player)

Clergy

* Peter Hinchliff, priest and academic * Robin Briggs, Suffragan Bishop of Pretoria * Wilfrid Parker,

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Musicians, actors, authors and artists

* Stephen Gray, writer *

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 and R ...

, musician and composer * Ian Roberts, actor, playwright and singer * Ernest Glanville, author * Peter Cartwright, actor *

Jonty Driver Charles Jonathan Driver (19 August 1939 – 21 May 2023), usually known as Jonty Driver, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner, educationalist, poet and writer. Early life Charles Jonathan Driver was born in Cape To ...

, poet and writer *

Ivan Mitford-Barberton Ivan Mitford-Barberton (1896–1976) was a South African sculptor, writer and authority on heraldry. Early life and education Mitford-Barberton was born in Somerset East, in Cape Colony, in 1896. He was a descendant of several 1820 Settler ...

, sculptor and writer * Vere Stent, war correspondent and editor of the ''

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Nobility and politicians

Henry Burton Henry Burton may refer to: * Henry Burton (Conservative politician) (1876–1947), British Conservative MP for Sudbury (1924–1945) * Henry Burton (physician) (1799–1849), English physician * Henry Burton (theologian) (1578–1648), English Puri ...

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CBE, Holkham Estate, Norfolk. Past chairman of the Historic Houses Association * Kingsley Fairbridge *

Robert Coryndon Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon, (2 April 1870 – 10 February 1925) was a British colonial administrator, a former secretary of Cecil Rhodes who became Governor of the colonies of Uganda (1918–1922) and Kenya (1922–1925). He was one of the most ...

, British colonial administrator *

Randolph Vigne James Randolph Vigne FSA (1928 – 19 June 2016) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. He was an influential member of the Liberal Party of South Africa, a founding member of the National Committee for Liberation, and the founder of the ...

, member of the

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Howard Unwin Moffat Howard Unwin Moffat (13 January 186919 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), Moffat ...

, prime minister of

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* Andrew de Blocq, South African politician and ornithologist

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 Afric ...

* Duane Hudson, British intelligence officer * Brigadier Sir Miles Hunt-Davis, KCVO, CBE, Private Secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh * Colonel Sir Ernest Lucas Guest KBE, CMG, CVO, LLD * Air Vice Marshal John Howe CB, CBE, AFC, RAF * Major-General William Henry

Evered Poole Major General William Henry Evered Poole, () was a senior South African Army commander during the Second World War and later a diplomat. Early life William Henry Evered Poole was born in Caledon, Cape Colony on 8 October 1902. He was the son ...

CB, CBE, DSO * Rear Admiral M.R. Terry-Lloyd SSA SM * Rear Admiral Kenneth Snow, RN * Surgeon Rear Admiral Ronald Edward Snow, QHP, CB, LVO, RN *Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Grove-White

Victoria Cross holders

Two Old Andreans have been awarded the

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: *

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Charles Mullins, VC recipient in the

Boer War The Second Boer War (, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic an ...

* Lieutenant-Colonel

John Sherwood-Kelly Brigadier 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 Commonwe ...

, VC recipient in the

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

Notable staff

* Charles Fortune, broadcaster and writer, especially noted for his cricket commentaries on radio. *

Danie Craven Daniël Hartman Craven (11 October 1910 – 4 January 1993) was a South African rugby union player (1931–1938), national coach, national and international rugby administrator, academic, and author. Popularly known as Danie, Doc, or Mr R ...

, international rugby administrator. * Harry Lee, cricketer * George Cory, chemist and historian * Arthur Matthews, first lecturer in mathematics and physical science, and later professor of mathematics at

Rhodes University Rhodes University () is a public research university located in Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is one of four universities in the province. Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the prov ...

* Roger Wilson, bishop

Headmasters

* The Revd F. Bankes (1855–1859) * The Revd

Frederick York St Leger Frederick York St Leger was the Irish founder of the ''Cape Times'' newspaper in South Africa, and an Anglican priest. Early life and family He was born into an Anglo-Irish family in Limerick, Ireland, on 20 March 1833. He married Christia ...

(1859–1862) * The Revd George Edward Cotterill (1863–1865), the son of the Rt Revd

* 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 (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 occupied Malaya. His medals include the Distinguished Service Order a ...

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

Cantab Cantab may refer to: * ''Cantabrian'', a demonym for Canterbury, New Zealand * ''Cantabrigian'', a demonym for people from: ** Cambridge, England ***The University of Cambridge ** Cambridge, Massachusetts ***Harvard University * Cantabrigian Rowin ...

) (1994–2002) * David B. Wylde (

) (2003–2008) * Paul A. Edey (2009–2014) * Alan Thompson (2015 – January 2022) * Aidan Smith, interim headmaster (2022) * Tom Hamilton (January 2023 – present)

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File:Paul Edey SAC.jpg, 18th headmaster, Paul Edey. File:AlanThompson-2719.jpg, 19th headmaster, Alan Thompson File:Tom Hamilton St Andrews College Headmaster.jpg, 20th headmaster, Tom Hamilton

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