1629–1651 Samuel Frankland MA (Cantab), 1651–1691 Samuel Carte MA (Oxon), 1691–1700 George Greenway, 1701–1717 Richard Marsden MA (Oxon), 1717–1718 Edward Jackson BA (Cantab), 1718–1758 Thomas Edwards DD (Cantab), 1758–1779 William Brooks MA (Oxon), 1779–1833 Thomas Sheepshanks MA (Cantab), 1834–1857 Henry Temple, 1857–1867 John Grover, 1867–1879 W.W. Sweet-Escott MA (Oxon), 1879–1889 C.R. Gilbert MA (Cantab), 1890–1906 A.D. Perrott MA (Cantab), 1906–1910 John Lupton MA (Cantab), 1910–1931 A.A.C. Burton MA (Oxon), 1931–1950 Herbert Walker BA (London), 1950–1974 worked in postwar Germany engaged under Lord Annan in denazification of German Universities Roy Cooke MA (Oxon), 1974–1977 Rhidian James BA (Leeds), 1977–1994 Terence Vardon MA (Oxon), 1994–1999 George Fisher MA (Oxon), 2000–2010 Jason Slack BSc (Durham), 2010–2020 Philip Dearden BA MA Ed, 2020- Alumni Debee Ashby, glamour model. Terence Brain, Bishop of Salford. Richard Baylie, President of St John's College, Oxford. Paul Barnes, graphic designer and typographer. Ralph Bathurst, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Colin Blakemore, author and scientist. Nicholas Bullen, musician, composer and writer, co-founder of Napalm Death. Joseph Butterworth, English law bookseller. Bob Carlton, composer of the rock musical Return to the Forbidden Planet. Andrew Copson, Chief Executive of Humanists UK and president of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. Edward Thomas Copson, mathematician. Jerry Dammers, Musician. Founder Member of The Specials. Peter Ho Davies, author. Paul Daniel, conductor. Alison Dougall, academic consultant in special care dentistry. Sir William Dugdale, antiquary. David Duckham, England international rugby player. Omar Ebrahim, baritone vocalist and actor. Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, admiral in the Royal Navy. Sir Frederick Gibberd, architect of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. Sir Leslie Gibson, KC, former Chief Justice of Trinidad, Palestine and Hong Kong. Andy Goode, rugby player. James Grindal, rugby player. Roger Harrabin, BBC journalist and reporter. Basil Heatley, marathon runner. Ian Hobson, pianist. Martin Jacques, journalist, writer and TV presenter. Philip Larkin, Poet. Has a room, connected to the main school hall, named after him (Philip Larkin room). John Wilfrid Linnett, chemist and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. Christopher Marshall (doctor), Professor of Cancer Biology, Institute of Cancer Research. David McCutchion, Indophile academic. Eric Malpass, novelist. Simon Over, pianist and conductor Robert Paterson, Bishop of Sodor and Man. Arthur Samuel Peake, theologian and biblical scholar. S. S. Prawer, Taylor Professor of German Emeritus, Oxford University. Peter Preece, England international rugby player. Professor Rebecca Probert, legal historian. Peter Robbins, rugby football player Peter Rossborough, England international rugby player. John Sheepshanks, Bishop of Norwich.