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List of headmasters at Bristol Grammar School

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The following is a list of headmasters at Bristol Grammar School from when the school began in 1532.

Start year End year Name Academic degree Alma mater
1532 (or earlier) c. 1542 Thomas Moffat[1]  
1542 c. 1561 John Harris  
c. 1561 1562 Mr Dyconson    
c. 1564 1564 Mr Style    
c. 1565 1566 Mr Turner    
c. 1570 1571 Mr Dunne    
c. 1582 1583 Mr White    
c. 1584 1584 Mr Alexander Woodsonne    
c. 1600 1622 William Swift M.A. Christ Church, Oxford
1622 1622 Richard Payne M.A. New College, Oxford
1622 1636 Richard Cheynie M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford
1636 1638 Henry James M.A. Trinity College, Oxford
1638 1642 Bartholmew Man M.A. Corpus Christi College, Oxford
1642 1657 Walter Rainsthorp M.A. St John's College, Oxford
1657 1662 John Stephens M.A.
B.C.L.
Trinity College, Oxford
1662 1670 William Ball M.A. Wadham College, Oxford
1670 1687 John Rainsthorp M.A. St John's College, Oxford
1687 1689 William Stephens M.A. St Edmund Hall, Oxford
1689 1697 Thomas Wotton M.A. Wadham College, Oxford
King's College, Cambridge
1697 1702 Robert Welstead M.A.  
1702 1709 Edward Pearce M.A. University College, Oxford
1709 1717 William Goldwin[2] M.A. King's College, Cambridge
1717 1722 James Taylor M.A. Oriel College, Oxford
1722 1743 Alexander Stopford Catcott[3] M.A. St John's College, Oxford
1743 1764 Samuel Seyer[4] M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford
1764 1811 Charles Lee[5] M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford
1812 1844 John Joseph Goodenough[6] M.A. New College, Oxford
1827 1854 Robert Evans M.A.
D.C.L.
Jesus College, Oxford
1855 1860 Charles Thomas Hudson[7] M.A. St John's College, Cambridge
1860 1883 John William Caldicott[8] M.A.
D.D.
Pembroke College, Oxford
Jesus College, Oxford
1883 1906 Robert Leighton[1] M.A. Balliol College, Oxford
1906 1916 Sir Cyril Norwood[9] M.A.
D.Litt.
St John's College, Oxford
1917 1938 Joseph Edwin Barton[10] M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford
1938 1942 Ralph Westwood Moore[11] M.A. Christ Church, Oxford
1943 1960 John Garrett[12] M.A. Exeter College, Oxford
1960 1975 John Mackay[13] D.Phil. Merton College, Oxford
1975 1988 Roy Avery[14] M.A. Magdalen College, Oxford
1988 1999 Charles Martin[15] M.A. Selwyn College, Cambridge
1999 2008 David Mascord[16] B.A.
PhD
University of York
St John's College, Cambridge
2008 2018 Roderick MacKinnon[17] BSc University of Leicester
2018 Jaideep Barot[18] M.A.
M.Sc.
St John's College, Cambridge
University of Durham

References

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  2. ^ Walsh, John; Haydon, Colin; Taylor, Stephen (1993). The Church of England C.1689-c.1833: From Toleration to Tractarianism. Cambridge University Press. p. 199. ISBN 9780521417327.
  3. ^ "Catcott, Alexander Stopford". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4879. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. ^ Davies, Owen; de Blecourt, Willem (2004). Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft and Magic in Enlightenment Europe. Manchester University Press. p. 125. ISBN 9780719066603.
  5. ^ "Bristol Grammar Lower School". Education Base. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  6. ^ Turner, David (2015). The Old Boys: The Decline and Rise of the Public School. Yale University Press. p. 75. ISBN 9780300213133.
  7. ^ "Hudson, Charles Thomas (1828–1903): drawings of the Rotifera". AIM 25. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  8. ^ Crawford, Elizabeth (2006). The Women's Suffrage Movement in Britain and Ireland: A Regional Survey. Taylor & Francis. p. 130. ISBN 9780415383325.
  9. ^ "The Norwood Report (1943) Curriculum and Examinations in Secondary Schools". Education in England. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Mr. J. E. BARTON (Headmaster, Bristol Grammar School): 'Four Centuries of School Life'". Radio Times. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  11. ^ "The Head Masters". Harrow Association. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  12. ^ "The Headmaster of Bristol Grammar School, Mr. John Garrett". The Spectator. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  13. ^ Young, Roger (10 November 1999). "Obituary: John Mackay". Independent. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  14. ^ "(James) Roy Avery". Harrow County School for Boys. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Birthdays Today". Times. 19 September 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  16. ^ Curtis, Polly (29 January 2008). "To have and have not". The Guardian. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  17. ^ "Headmasters Blog". Bristol Grammar School. Archived from the original on 21 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  18. ^ "Staff List". Bristol Grammar School. Retrieved 24 August 2018.