List of masters of Gresham's School

Masters, 1562–1900

• 1560s: Master Robinson
• 1570s: Master Harrison
• 1584–1602: Christopher Williams
• 1602–1605: Reverend Richard Snoden MA
• 1605–1606: Reverend Francis Catlyn MA
• 1606–1639: John Tallis MA
• 1639–1640: Reverend Nathaniel Gill
• 1640: John Tallis MA
• 1640–1644: Sir Thomas Witherley
• 1644–1646: John Fenn
• 1646–1659: Reverend Francis Wright MA, fellow of Merton College, Oxford
• 1659–1660: Reverend William Hickes MA, previously Master of Oundle
• 1660–1665: Reverend Henry Mazy MA
• 1665–1667: Reverend John Goodman
• 1667–1692: Reverend Thomas Bainbridge MA
• 1692–1716: Reverend William Reynolds MA
• 1716–1729: Reverend David Duncombe MA
• 1730–1760: John Holmes - writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy
• 1760: John Knox
• 1760–1787: James Smith
• 1787–1806: Thomas Atkins
• 1806–1807: Reverend Mr Babington
• 1807–1809: Thomas Atkins
• 1809–1857: Reverend Benjamin Pullan, alias Pulleyne, MA, fellow of Clare College, Cambridge
• 1858–1867: Reverend Charles Allen Elton, MA BD, fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
• 1867–1900: Reverend Reginald Jolliffe Roberts, MA

  Headmasters, 1900 to date

• 1900–1919: George William Saul Howson, MA, formerly of Uppingham, reforming headmaster
• 1919–1935: James Ronald Eccles, MA
• 1935–1944: Philip Staniforth Newell, MA
• 1944–1955: Martin John Olivier, MA - previously of Rossall, later head of Guthlaxton College, Wigston Magna
• 1955–1982: Logie Bruce Lockhart, MA, international rugby footballer
• 1982–1985: Dr Timothy Phillips Woods, MA DPhil
• 1985–1991: Hugh Raymond Wright, MA, later Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham and Chairman of the HMC
• 1991–2002: John Hardy Arkell, MA, formerly head of Wrekin College
• 2002–2008: Anthony Roy Clark, MA - formerly head of St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa
• 2008–2013 : Philip John BA - formerly head of King William's College, Isle of Man
• 2013–2014 : Nigel Flower BA
• 2014– : Douglas Robb MA MEd

  Ushers

• 1602–1606: Nicholas Stephenson
• ? to 1621: Reverend John Watson
• 1627–1632: Reverend Thomas Cooper
• 1632–1638: Nicholas Davie
• 1638: Reverend Thomas Cooper
• 1638–1639: Henry Luce
• 1640: Henry Luce
• 1640–1643: Timothy Cutler
• 1643–1644: Reverend Thomas Cooper - hanged in 1650 as a Royalist rebel
• 1658–1660: Reverend Henry Mazy
• 1661–1665: Reverend John Goodman
• 1689–1692: Thomas Kellway
• 1692: William Chambers
• 1692–1695: Thomas Garrett
• 1695: William Rowland
• 1696–1697: Thomas Turner
• 1697–1704: Thomas Plumstead
• 1705–1708: John Reynolds
• 1708: John Fox
• 1708–1713: William Selth
• 1713–1714: John Spurling
• 1714–1715: William Chaplyn
• c. 1718: John Brooke
• c. 1725: John Holmes
• 1729: Edward Read
• 1770s: Christopher Stangroom
• 1796–1801: David Kinnebrook
• 1810–1811: Reverend Robert Davies
• 1811–1813: Peter Barney
• 1813–1821: Daniel Carr
• 1821: James Sturley
• 1821–1828: Reverend Thomas Beckwith
• 1828–1843: Reverend William Robert Taylor
• 1843–1851: John Slann

  Second Masters

• 1843–1851: John Slann
• 1851: William Allen Rudkin
• 1851–1857: John Hubbert Kent
• 1858–1860: J. Rodney Phillips
• 1860: Berney Wodehouse Raven
• 1860–1862: Charles Frederick Furbank
• 1862–1863: Frederick Roy Dowson
• 1863–1864: Rev. George W. Anstiss
• 1864–1865: Henry David Jones
• 1865–1866: William Henry Hooper
• 1866–1867: Matthew Walter Tunnicliffe
• 1867: William Remington Backhouse
• 1867: John Robinson Wells
• 1867–1869: Robert Stokes
• 1869–1871: Robert Campbell Conolly
• 1871–1872: John Lowndes>
• 1872–1880: Stephen Bousfield
• 1881–1900: John Henry Howell
• 1900–1907: John Goodrich Wemyss Woods
• 1907–1919: James Ronald Eccles, later headmaster
• 1919–1928: John Chambré Miller
• 1928–1942: Joseph Foster
• 1942–1963: A. Bruce Douglas
• 1963–1970: Bernard Sankey
• 1970–1977: Paul V. A. Colombé
• 1977–1985: John Coleridge
• 1985–2001: Richard N. K. Copas

  Deputy Heads (Pastoral)

• 2001–2006: S. Smart
• 2006–2016: N. C. Flower
• 2016–present: W.A.M. Chuter

  Deputy Heads (Academic)

• 2001–2010: Dr. N. White
• 2010–2013: D. Miles
• 2013–2016 : S. Kinder
• 2016–present: T.P. Hipperson

  Chaplains

• 1900–1901: Rev. R. L. Langford
• 1901–1908: Rev. E. E. M. Benson
• 1908–1930: Rev. F. G. E. Field
• 1930–1932: Rev. J. W. Reynolds
• 1932–1946: Rev. Edward Francis Habershon
• 1946–1950: Rev. Charles L. S. Linnell
• 1950–1959: Rev. Dr Wilfred Andrews MA DPhil
• 1959–1974: Rev. Douglas C. Argyle MA
• 1974–1975: Rev. Percival Hallewell Rogers OBE MA
• 1975–1983 Rev. T. Ray Bowen RAF
• 1983–1991: Rev. A. Wadge
• 1991–1992: Rev. R. Buckner
• 1992–2000: Rev. R. N. Myerscough
• 2000– Father Bryan R. Roberts BD

  Headmasters of the Junior School

• 1954–1969: John B. Williams OBE MA
• 1969–1979: Michael Hughes
• 1979–1984: Neville Jones

Headmasters of the Preparatory School

• 1984–2003: Tony Cuff
• 2003–date: James Quick BA PGCE

  Heads of the Pre-Preparatory School

• 1984–1991: Penelope Moore
• 1991–1997: Lesley Gillick
• 1997–2002: Daphne Dawson-Smith
• 2002–2017: Janette Davidson
• 2017–present: Sarah Hollingsworth

  Housemasters and staff, 2018

Notable masters

• John Holmes, writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy
• George Howson
• Dr Geoffrey Shaw, organist and composer
• C. V. Durell, writer of mathematics textbooks
• Warin Foster Bushell, later headmaster of Michaelhouse and Birkenhead School and President of the Mathematical Association
• Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick - research chemist
• Walter Greatorex, composer
• Arnold Powell, later head of Bedford Modern School and Epsom College
• Frank McEachran, author
• Denys Thompson, editor of the quarterly Scrutiny with F. R. Leavis and of the journal The Use of English
• Professor Richard D'Aeth
• Charles W. Lloyd, later Master of Dulwich College
• Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scotland rugby footballer
• Hugh Wright, later Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham and Chairman of the HMC
• Patrick Thompson, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Graeme Fife, writer, playwright and broadcaster