List of Headmasters

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Masters of Holt Grammar School

1562 – 1900

Robinson 1571
Harrison 1574
Unnamed c.1580
Christopher Williams c.1584-1602
Rev Richard Snoden 1602-05
Rev Francis Catlyn 1605-06
Thomas Tallis 1606-39/1640
Rev Nethanial Gill 1639-40
Thomas Witherley 1640-44
John Fenn 1644-46
Rev Francis Wright 1646-59
Rev William Hicks 1659-60
Rev Henry Mazy 1660-65
Rev John Goodman 1665-67 (acting)
Rev Thomas Bainbridge 1667-92
Rev William Reynolds 1692-1716
Rev David Duncombe 1716-29
John Holmes 1729-60
John Knox 1760
James Smith 1760-87
Thomas Atkins 1787-1806
Rev Mr Babington 1806-07 (acting)
Rev Benjamin Pullan 1809-57
Rev Charles Allen Elton 1858-67
Unnamed 1865-66 (acting)
William Henry Hooper 1866-67 (acting)
Rev Reginald Jolliffe Roberts 1867-1900

Headmasters of Gresham’s School

1900-2014

George W.S. Howson 1900-19
J. Ronald Eccles 1919-35
Joseph H. Foster 1935 (acting)
Philip S. Newell 1935-44
A. Bruce Douglas 1944 (acting)
Martin J. Olivier 1944-55
A. Bruce Douglas 1955 (acting)
Logie Bruce Lockhart 1955-82
Timothy P. Woods 1982-85
John K. Coleridge 1985 (acting)
Hugh R. Wright 1985-1991
John H. Arkell 1991-2002
Antony Clark 2002-2008
Philip John 2008-2013
Nigel Flower 2013-2014 (acting)
Douglas Robb 2014-present

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