Jamaica College - Headmasters

Headmasters

The following lists present the Principals of Jamaica College during its entire history.

Drax Free School, Jamaica Free School and Jamaica High School (1789–1885)

• Rev. G. Ledwich (1810–1815)
• Rev. L. Bowerbank (1816–1818)
• Rev. Urquhart Gillespie Rose (1818–1825)
• Rev. Geo Watson Askew, B.A. (1826–1828)
• Rev. T. H. Gegg, A.M. (1829– ?)
• Rev. O. Handford, M.A. (? –1855)
• Rev. Morrison Myers (1855–1861)
• Rev. John Leslie Main, B.A. (1862–1883)
• Archdeacon William Simms (1883–1885)

Jamaica College (1885 onwards)

• Archdeacon William Simms (1885–1915)
• Mr. William S. Cowper (1916–1933)
• Mr. Reginald Myrie Murray†, Rhodes Scholar (1933–1941)
• Mr. Joseph W. S. Hardie (son of Bishop William G. Hardie) (1941–1945)
• Mr. Hugo Carl Winston Chambers† (1945–1960)
• Mr. Vincent H. Ennever† (1960–1964)
• Mr. William H. Middleton (1965–1970)
• Mr. Ruel L. Taylor (1971–1993)
• Mr. Lloyd Bryan (1993–1995)
• Mr. Tim Akpeti (acting) (1995–1996)
• Mr. Stuart Reeves (1997–2006)
• Mr. Ruel B. Reid (since 2006)

† indicates principals who attended Jamaica College