Jamaica Andrew Faulds, Labour MP from 1966–74 for Smethwick, and from 1974–97 for Warley East Frederick Flowers Sir John Franklin, author and explorer, who attended from 1797 to 1800 Rt Rev Field Flowers Goe, Bishop of Melbourne from 1887–1901 Simon Hanson, drummer with the band Squeeze Tom Hood, playwright Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough CMG CB Jonathan Hutton, ecologist, Executive Director of WWF International Global Conservation Christopher Maltman, opera singer Robert Mapletoft, Master from 1664–77 of Pembroke College, Cambridge Nathan McCree, music producer and composer of the original Tomb Raider game music Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth, Professor of Government since 1986 at the University of Hull Rowland Parker, historian Captain John Smith, a mercenary and the first elected president of Virginia, famous for his supposed relations with Pocahontas, attended from 1592 to 1595 George Storer, Conservative MP from 1874-85 for South Nottinghamshire Charles Heathcote Tatham, (1772–1842) architect Alfred, Lord Tennyson, poet, who attended from 1816 to 1820 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Watson VC Previous Headteachers Herbert Branston Gray (1878–1880) Mungo Travers Park (1880–1884) William Walter Hopwood (1885–1900) A.H. Worrell (1900–1911) S.R. Unwin (1911–1917) E.A. Gardiner (1917–1941) Hedley Warr (1941–1958) Donald Witney (1958–1981) John Haden (1982–1992) James Wheeldon (1992–2006?) Claire Hewitt (2006?–2008) James Lascelles (2009–Present) References External links King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth Educational institutions established in the 13th century Grammar schools in Lincolnshire Louth, Lincolnshire 1276 establishments in England Academies in Lincolnshire King Edward VI Schools