List of masters of Derby School

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

Contents 1 List of Headmasters 2 Notable masters 2.1 First St Helen's House period, 1863-1939 2.2 Overton Hall and Amber Valley period in World War II 1939-1945 2.3 Second St. Helen's House period after World War II 1945 - 1966 and at Moorway Lane at Littleover 1966 - 1989 3 References 4 See also

List of Headmasters

• ante 1159 Willielmus Barbae Aprilis headmaster ante 1159 to ----
• 1261 Magister Nicholas headmaster 1261-1275
• 1275 William Goodman headmaster 1275 to 12--
• 12-- Robert Ingram headmaster 12—to 1291/92
• 1291/92 Magister Domus Scte Helene headmaster 1291/92 to ----
• 1348 Sir Peter Carre headmaster 1348 to ----
• 1406 Rev. Stephan Belle headmaster 1406 to ----
• 1527 Rev. Henry Brytlebank headmaster 1527 to ----
• 159- Rev. Richard Johnson headmaster 159- to 1610
• 1610 Rev. Gervase Hall headmaster 1610 - 1627
• 1627 Mr. Raynor headmaster 1627 to 164-
• 164- Rev. John Bingham headmaster 164- to 1652
• 1652 Richard Brandreth headmaster 1652 to 165-
• 165- Rev. Hill headmaster 165- to 1664/67
• 1664/1667 Rev. William Osborne headmaster 1664/1667 to 1668
• 1668 Robert Stone headmaster 1668 to 167-
• 167- Rev. John Mathews headmaster 167- to 168-
• 168- Rev. Jasper Horsington headmaster 168- to 1684
• 1684 Rev. Thomas Cantrell MA, born 1649, died 1698, headmaster 1684-1697^[1]
• 1697 Rev. Anthony Blackwall MA (Cantab.), born 1672, died 1730, headmaster 1697-1722^[1]
• 1722 Rev. Josua Winter headmaster 1722-c1750
• c1750 Rev. George Almond headmaster c1750-1761
• 1761 Rev. Thomas Manlove MA (Cantab.), born 1729, died 1 February 1802, headmaster 1761-1774^[1]
• 1774 Rev. Anthony Clarkson or Clarkstone MA (Cantab.), born 1748, died 1819, headmaster 1774-1793^[1]
• 1795 Rev. James Bligh, born 16 May 1760, died 18 August 1834, headmaster 1795-1834, cousin of William Bligh of the Bounty^[1]
• 1834 Dr William Fletcher, headmaster 1834-1843^[1]
• 1843 John Hudson headmaster 1843-1858
• 1858 Rev. Dr Thomas Humphreys Leary, headmaster 1858-1865^[1]
• 1865 Rev. Walter Clark BD, born 1838, died April 12, 1889, headmaster 1865-1889 ^[2]
• 1889 James R. Sterndale Bennett, born 1841, died 1928, headmaster from 1889-1898^[3]
• 1898 Percy Kitto Tollit MA (Oxon.), headmaster 1898-1906^[4]
• 1906 Rev. A. E. Crawley headmaster 1906-1909
• 1909 Rev. Angus Clifton Knight MA (Oxon.), born 1873, died 16 April 1931, headmaster 1909-1931^[5]
• 1931 Thomas John Pinches York MA (Cantab.), born 1 August 1898, died 25 May 1970, headmaster 1931-1942 (previously at Bedford School, later Headmaster of the Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby, 1942–1964, and President of the Headmasters' Association, 1950)^[6][7]
• 1942 Leslie Bradley MA (Oxon.), born 1902, died 2004, previously a Maths master at King Edward VII School, Sheffield, headmaster 1942-1961 ^[8]
• 1961 Norman Elliott MA (Oxon.), headmaster 1961-1979 Maths
• 1979 Brian Seager Bachelor of Science B.Sc. (Nottingham) (Nottm.) headmaster 1979-1989^[9]

Notable masters

First St Helen's House period, 1863-1939

• John Meade Falkner, novelist and poet
• H. Marmaduke Hewitt (assistant Classical Master, 1867 to 1870), author of A Manual of Our Mother Tongue
• Rev. Henry Judge Hose (Maths master, 1867–1874), mathematician ^[10]
• Jefferson Lowndes, rower who won the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta five times and the single scull triple crown twice.^[11]
• Rev. Robert de Courcy Laffan (Senior Classical Master, 1880–1884), principal of Cheltenham College, member of the International Olympic Committee
• Benjamin Tacchella (Senior Master 1887-1913) Author of The Derby School Register 1570-1901' published in 1902

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

Masters included:

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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 St Helen's House (1945–1966) and at Moorway Lane Littleover (1966–1989) included:

References

• Distinguished Alumni of Derby School by J. M. J. Fletcher (Derby Reporter, 1872)
• Derby School: a Short History by George Percy Gollin

See also

• Derby School
• List of notable Old Derbeians
• Old Derbeians