until 1935. Hicks took over as Headmaster in late 1926. Stuart died the next year at Pulau Tikus Sanatorium, Penang, and soon afterward the college built a library and named it after him. Co-education Since its early days, the college had allowed co-education. After World War II, more girls were admitted, and in 1953 the Darulaman Magazine commented: "Owing to the shortage of teachers and the small number of students in Kampong Baru Girls' School (KBGS), co-education has been introduced into the Sultan Abdul Hamid College (SAHC) in 1948. KBGS sent only students of Standard Seven. They were Kalsom and Swee Eng, but towards the end of the year Che Zaidah joined them." In 1949, four Malay girls enrolled, among them Tunku Sakinah, the daughter of the Sultan of Kedah. In 1950, 11 enrolled. In 1951 the intake dropped because the headmistress of KBGS sent only those she considered the best. By the beginning of 1952 only eight girls were left. In 1953 the figure rose again to 19, making a total of 24 girls in Standard Seven. In 1954 the college started Sixth Form tuition and three more girls enrolled. Principals 1908 Mohamad Iskandar 1910 Mohd. Salleh 1911 Ismail Marican 1913 Abdul Manaf 1913 Syed Jan Aljafree 1914 E. A. G. Stuart 1926 E. C. Hicks 1929 C. W. Bloomfield 1930 R. M. Young 1934 E. H. Wilson 1937 T. J. Thomas 1939 L. D. Whitefield 1940 B. Preedy 1945 J. F. Augustine 1946 G. E. Marrison 1946 E. F. Tiddeman 1947 D. H. Christie 1949 G. J. Gurney 1952 A. W. Pinnick 1954 M. Ogle 1956 G. Sutchliffe 1958 E. A. C. Balshaw 1959 Kum Boo 1960 Long Heng Hua 1961 Tan Boon Lin 1963 N. A. Ogle 1964 Ong Poh Kee 1967 Joginder Singh Jessy 1974 Zainal Abidin Bahaudin 1978 Mustaffa Mahmud 1981 Hamdan Muhd. Saleh 1983 Kassim Saad 1988 Hassan Hashim 1992 Shuib Hussain 1995 Baharom Yaakob 1996 Ismail Mustafa 1998 Abdul Manaf Ahmad 1999 Ismail Din 2000 Baharuddin Abd. Majid 2001 Morazuki Hashim 2005 Mohd Zainon Shafie 2006 Morazuki Hashim 2012 Ahmad Rushdan Abdul Aziz 2015 Mohd A'sri Abdul Ghani 2018 Zakarya Osman 2020 Yusri Bappu 2022 Zinon Abidin Prefectorial Board SAHC Prefect Cabinet 2022/2023 SAHC Prefect Cabinet is a cabinet led by an elected Head Prefect among the prefectorial board. Notable alumni The Sultan Abdul Hamid Old Collegians Association (SAHOCA) is headquartered in Wisma