List of masters of Derby School

This is a list of the Headmasters and masters of Derby School, England.

List of Headmasters

• ante 1159 Willielmus Barbae Aprilis
• 1261–1275 Magister Nicholas
• 1275–12nn William Goodman
• 12nn–1291/92 Robert Ingram
• 1291/92–? Magister Domus Scte Helene
• 1348–? Sir Peter Carre
• 1406–? Rev. Stephan Belle
• 1527–? Rev. Henry Brytlebank
• 159n–1610 Rev. Richard Johnson
• 1610–1627 Rev. Gervase Hall
• 1627–164n Mr. Raynor
• 164n–1652 Rev. John Bingham
• 1652–165n Richard Brandreth
• 165n–1664/7 Rev. Hill
• 1664/1667–1668 Rev. William Osborne
• 1668–167n Robert Stone
• 167n–168n Rev. John Mathews
• 168n–1684 Rev. Jasper Horsington
• 1684–1697 Rev. Thomas Cantrell
  MA (1649–1698)^[1]
• 1697–1772
  Cantab.) (1672–1730)^[1]
• 1722–c1750 Rev. Josua Winter
• c1750–1761 Rev. George Almond
• 1761–1774 Rev. Thomas Manlove
  Cantab.) (1729–1 February 1802)^[1]
• 1774–1793 Rev. Anthony Clarkson or Clarkstone
  Cantab.) (1748–1819)^[1]
• 1795–1834 Rev. James Bligh (16 May 1760 – 18 August 1834), cousin of William Bligh of the Bounty^[1]
• 1834–1843 Dr William Fletcher^[1]
• 1843–1858 John Hudson
• 1858–1865 Rev. Dr Thomas Humphreys Leary^[1]
• 1865–1889 Rev. Walter Clark BD (1838–April 12, 1889)^[2]
• 1889–1896 James R. Sterndale Bennett MA (Cantab) (1847–1928)^[3]
• 1898–1906 Percy Kitto Tollit
  Oxon.)^[4]
• 1906–1909 Rev. A. Ernest Crawley (11 July 1867 or 1869–21 October 1924)
• 1909–1931 Rev. Angus Clifton Knight
  Oxon.) (1873–16 April 1931)^[5]
• 1931–1942 Thomas John Pinches York
  Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, 1942–1964, and President of the Headmasters' Association, 1950)^[6][7]
• 1942–1961 Leslie Bradley
  King Edward VII School, Sheffield^[8]
• 1961–1979 Norman Elliott
  Oxon.
  ) (died 2012), Maths
• 1979–1989 Brian Seager Bachelor of Science B.Sc. (Nottingham) (Nottm.)^[9]

Notable masters

First St Helen's House period, 1863-1939

• Falkner John Meade, novelist and poet
• Hewitt H. Marmaduke (assistant Classical Master, 1867 to 1870), author of A Manual of Our Mother Tongue
• Hose Rev. Henry Judge (Maths master, 1867–1874), mathematician^[10]
• Lowndes Jefferson, rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta five times and the single scull triple crown twice^[11]
• Laffan Rev. Robert de Courcy (Senior Classical Master, 1880–1884), principal of Cheltenham College, member of the International Olympic Committee
• Tacchella Benjamin (Senior Master 1887–1913), author of The Derby School Register 1570-1901, published in 1902
• Philpot Octavius Clerk, in Holy Orders 1891, Assistant Master
• Prinach Chas.W.M. 1891, Assistant Master
• Carnegie Chas. E. 1891, Assistant Master
• Gibson Claude William (1886-1962) English and French 1914-1942
• Gately Vincent Humphrey, House Master of Gatelys
• Fuller Leslie John, House Master of Fullers
• Tanner Arthur Spencer Gosset-Tanner, House Master of Tanners

Overton Hall and Amber Valley period in World War II 1939-1945

Masters included:

Second St. Helen's House period after World War II 1945 - 1966 and at Moorway Lane at Littleover 1966 - 1989

Masters in the last years at

Sources

• Distinguished Alumni of Derby School by J. M. J. Fletcher (Derby Reporter, 1872)
• Derby School: a Short History, published for a quarter centenary in 1954 jointly by George Percy Gollin and Roy Christian (Derbyshire Advertiser)
• A History of Derby School to the End of the 19th Century, published 1953 by Colin Bell
• A History of Derby School Cadet Corps 1862 to 1973, second revised and Enlarged edition 2016, by Andrew Polkey

See also

• Derby School
• List of notable Old Derbeians
• Category:People educated at Derby School