Hobbs (1856 - 1927) - English-born Ontario merchant and political figure Samuel Pollard (1864 - 1915) - British Methodist missionary to China and creator of Pollard script John Damrel Prior (1840 – 1923) - British trade unionist. Sir Frederick William Richards (1869-1957) - Australian jurist Sir Ivan Stedeford GBE (1897 - 1975) - Chairman & CEO Tube Investments Leading British Industrialist Sir Samuel Way, 1st Baronet QC (1836-1916) - Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide Wilf Weeks (b.1949) - Head of the Private Office of Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath (1976-1980); Chairman, Heritage Education Trust Hugh F. Durrant-Whyte - pioneer in probabilistic methods for robotics. William Woolcock (1878 - 1947) - Member of Parliament for Hackney Central Headteachers Samuel Thorne (1831–1841) The Reverend Hallifield Cosgayne O'Donnoghue (1841–1842) The Reverend William Kelly (1847-1855) Thomas Ruddle (1864–1909) J.Rounsefell (1909–1932) Leslie Johnson (1933–1942) Jack B. Morris (1942–1964) George Washington Kingsnorth (1964–1983) Russell Buley (1983–1997) Leslie Clarke (1997–2003) Robert Barnes (2003–2013) Simon Weale (2013–2019) Caroline Kirby (2019–2022) Charlie Jenkins (2022–Present) References External links Official website The "Old Shebbearians Association" official website Private schools in Devon Boarding schools in Devon Methodist schools in England