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Head Master, Westminster School
Knipe, Thomas, ca. 1639-1711
Knipe, Thomas, ca. 1639-1711
GB-2014-WSA-10597 · Person · ca. 1639-1711

KNIPE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Thomas Knipe, Middlesex; b.; adm.; BB in 1652; KS (Capt. ) 1656; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1657, matr. 31 Jul 1658, Westminster Student; BA 22 Feb 1660/1; MA 1663; BD and DD 1695; an Usher at the School 1661, Under Master 1663-95, Head Master from 6 Apr 1695; ordained; Prebendary of Westminster from 17 Oct 1707; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; author of several grammars for use of the School; m. 1st, (by 1669) Anne, dau. of Devereux Wolseley, Ravenstone, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 1 Feb 1693/4 Alice Talbot, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, widow; d. 6 Aug 1711, aged 72. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, monument in South Aisle of Choir. DNB.
Jones-Parry, Tristram, 1947-present
Jones-Parry, Tristram, 1947-present
GB-2014-WSA-19649 · Person · 1947-present

Jones-Parry, Tristram, brother of Rupert Jones-Parry (qv); b. 23 July 1947; adm. Sept. 1960 (W); left Dec. 1964; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1965, BA 1969; operational researcher National Coal Board 1967-8; asst. master (maths and IT) Dulwich Coll. 1969-73; asst. master at the Sch. 1973-89, Housemaster Busby’s 1979-87, Third Master 1987-9, Under Master 1989-94; Headmaster Emanuel Sch. 1994-8; Head Master, Westminster Sch. 1998-2005; chmn. of trustees Alive and Kicking.
Ireland, Richard, 1571-1636
GB-2014-WSA-09909 · Person · 1571-1636

IRELAND, RICHARD, son of Richard Ireland, King Street, Westminster, fishmonger, and Margaret Floud; bapt. 15 Jul 1571; at school (aged 11) 2 Jul 1582; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1587, matr. 9 Feb 1587/8, Westminster Student to 1598; BA 1591; MA 1594; Head Master of the School 1598- still Jan 1610, when in consideration of his health a joint patent of the Head Mastership, dated 25 Jan 1609/10, was granted to him and to John Wilson (elected Oxford 1602, qv); a few months later he became a Roman Catholic and fled to France; resident at Collège d’Arras, Paris, at 10 Jan 1617; living in London as a RC priest in 1623 (Foley, History of the English Province, i, 680); d. c. 1636 (will dated Douai 9 Oct 1636, proved Paris 12 Jul 1637).
Howlyn, Francis, fl. 1559
GB-2014-WSA-19640 · Person · fl. 1559

Probably Francis Howling, ed.Eton Coll. and King’s Coll.Cambridge (scholar 25 Aug 1559, aged 17), Fellow 1562-9 ; BA 1563/4 ; MA 1567. [note letter from Henry Pierrepont to Earl of Shrewsbury 26 Nov 1592 (sic), sent by hands of “Francis Howlyn, Master of Arts and schoolmaster to his son” (Lambeth Palace Library, Talbot MSS)]
Hinchliffe, John, ca. 1732-1794
Hinchliffe, John, ca. 1732-1794
GB-2014-WSA-09284 · Person · ca. 1732-1794

HINCHLIFFE, JOHN, son of Joseph Hinchliffe, Swallow Street, Westminster, livery stable keeper, and Elizabeth Mantle; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1741; KS 1746; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1750, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751, matr. 1750/1; BA 1754; MA 1757; DD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1755, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1757; ordained deacon 28 Dec 1756, priest 19 May 1757 (both Ely); Usher at the School by 1755, apparently holding appointment for seven years; travelling tutor to his future brother-in-law John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv), on Grand Tour in Germany, Italy and Switzerland 1761-3; Head Master, Westminster School 8 Mar – Jun 1764, resigning on grounds of health; tutor to William, 5th Duke of Devonshire 1764-6; he had made the friendship of Augustus, 3rd Duke of Grafton, the future Prime Minister, when in Italy in 1762, and he owed his principal subsequent preferments to him; Vicar of Greenwich, Kent 1766-9; Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge 16 Feb 1768-89; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1768-9; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1768-9; consecrated Bishop of Peterborough 17 Dec 1769; offended the Government by his liberal speeches in the House of Lords, and while retaining his bishopric, was required to resign the Mastership of Trinity, in exchange for being appointed Dean of Durham; Dean of Durham from 16 Oct 1788; m. 16 May 1767 Elizabeth, sister of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv); d. 11 Jan 1794. DNB.
Hamilton, Walter, 1908-1988
Hamilton, Walter, 1908-1988
GB-2014-WSA-19648 · Person · 1908-1988

Son of Walter George Hamilton and Caroline Mary Stiff; b. 10 Feb. 1908; ed. St Dunstan's Coll. Catford and Trin. Coll. Camb.; BA 1929 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pts 1 & 2), Craven Schol. 1927, Chancellor’s Medallist 1928, Craven Student and Person Prizeman 1929; MA 1933; asst. lecturer in Classics Univ. of Manchester 1931-3; Fellow of Trinitv 1931-5 and 1946-50, Tutor 1947-50; Univ. lecturer in Classics 1947-50; asst. master Eton 1933-46, Master in College 1937-46; succeeded as Head Master of the School Jan. 1950; Chairman Headmasters’ Conference 1955 and 1956; resigned June 1957; DLitt (Durham) 1958; HM Rugby Sch. 1957-66; Master of Magdalene Coll. Camb. 1967-78; author of translations of Plato’s Symposium and Gorgias; m. 31 Mar. 1951 Jane Elizabeth, d. of Sir Robert John Formby Burrows of Limpsfield Chart, Surrey; died 8 Feb. 1988.
Grant, Edward, d. 1601
GB-2014-WSA-08131 · Person · d. 1601

GRANT, EDWARD; b.; at school under Passey and Randal (Wood, Athenae Oxonienses, I, 711); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, sizar, matr. 22 Feb 1563/4; migrated to Exeter Coll., Oxford; BA 27 Feb 1571/2; MA 1572 (incorp. Cambridge 16 Dec 1573); BD Cambridge 1578/9 (incorp. Oxford 19 May 1579); DD Cambridge 1588; preacher at Cambridge Univ. 1580; an Assistant Master at the School 1570-2, Head Master 1572 – Feb 1592/3; ordained; Prebendary of Westminster from 26 May 1577, subsequently Sub-Dean; Rector of Shenley, Herts., 1581; Rector of South Benfleet, Essex 22 Dec 1584-5; Rector of Bintree and Foulsham, Norfolk 20 Nov 1586-94; Prebendary of Ely from 1589, also Prebendary of Salisbury Jan 1592 – Jun 1593 or later; Rector of East Barnet, Herts., from 3 Nov 1586; Rector of Algarkirk, Lincs., from 1594; Rector of Toppesfield, Essex, from 22 Apr 1598; “the most noted Latinist and Grecian of his time” (Wood, ibid. ); an intimate friend of Roger Ascham; author, Graecae Linguae Spicilegium, 1575, afterward epitomised by William Camden as Institutio Graecae Grammaticae Compendiaria in Usum Scholae Regiae Westmonasteriensis, 1597, the book becoming known in later years as the Eton Greek Grammar; m. Susan ---; d. 4 Aug 1601. Buried Westminster Abbey. DNB.
Gow, James, 1854-1923
Gow, James, 1854-1923
GB-2014-WSA-00024 · Person · 1854-1923

Son of James Gow, a member of the Royal Society of British Artists; born Jan. 16, 1854; educated at King's Coll. School, London, and Trin. Coll. Camb., where he graduated B.A. 1875, M.A. 1878; Third Classic and Chancellor's Second Classical Medallist 1875; Litt.D. (Camb.) 1885; Master of the High School, Nottingham, 1885-1901; President of the Head Master's Association 1900-2; appointed by the Governing Body as Rutherford's successor May 9, 1901; ordained 1901; installed Head Master up School Sept. 1901; resigned July 1919; Select Preacher, Camb. Univ., 1903-12; author of 'A Short History of Greek Mathematics' (1884), and other works; married Aug. 12 1895, Gertrude Sydenham, daughter of G.P. Everett-Green, artist; died Feb. 16, 1923.
Goodenough, Edmund, 1785-1845
Goodenough, Edmund, 1785-1845
GB-2014-WSA-00015 · Person · 1785-1845

GOODENOUGH, EDMUND, son of Samuel Goodenough (qv); b. 6 Apr 1785; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1797; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student, Tutor, Censor; BA 1805; MA 1807; BD 1819; DD 1820; Public Examiner 1811-3; Proctor 1816; Select Preacher 1817; ordained; Perpetual Curate of Cowley, Oxfordshire 1810; Vicar of Warkworth, Northumberland, 18 Jun 1818; Sub-Almoner to the King c. 1820 – c. 1833; Head Master of the School Sep 1819 – Aug 1828; Vicar of Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks., 1821; Prebendary of York from 23 Jun 1824; Prebendary of Carlisle from 22 Apr 1826; Prebendary of Westminster 2 Jun 1826 – res Sep 1831; Dean of Wells from 6 Sep 1831; FRS 1 Apr 1824; a Busby Trustee from 27 May 1823; m. 31 May 1821 Frances, sister of Charles Robert Cockerell (qv); d. 2 May 1845. DNB.
Derham, Patrick Sibley Jan, 1959-present
GB-2014-WSA-19651 · Person · 1959-present

Son of John Joseph Sibley Derham and Helena Petronella Verhagen; b. 23 Aug. 1959; ed. Training Ship Arethusa, Pangbourne Coll., and Pembroke Coll. Camb.; BA 1982, MA 1985; Cheam 1982-4; head of history and tutor Radley Coll. 1984-96; Head Master of Solihull Sch. 1996-2001; Head Master of Rugby Sch. 2001-14; succeeded as Head Master of the School Aug. 2014; Trustee, Arnold Foundation, SpringBoard Bursary Foundation, Gladstone Library; Vice Chair IntoUniversity; co-ed. Liberating Learning Widening Participation (2010), Cultural Olympians (2013); ed. Loyal Dissent (2016); m. 1982 Alison, d. of John Maxwell Sheardown.