Notable Masters
- John Holmes (Master, 1730–1760), writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy
- George Howson (headmaster, 1900–1919)
- Dr Geoffrey Shaw (music master, 1902–1910), organist and composer
- C. V. Durell (assistant master, 1904–05), writer of mathematics textbooks
- Warin Foster Bushell (assistant master, 1907–1912), later headmaster of Michaelhouse and Birkenhead School and President of the Mathematical Association
- Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick (assistant master, Chemistry, 1910–1918) - research chemist
- Walter Greatorex (Director of Music, 1911–1949), composer
- Arnold Powell (assistant master, early 1900s), later head of Bedford Modern School and Epsom College
- Frank McEachran (assistant master from 1924), author
- Denys Thompson (assistant master, English, 1930s), editor of the quarterly Scrutiny with F. R. Leavis and of the journal The Use of English
- Professor Richard D'Aeth (assistant master, 1938–1940)
- Charles W. Lloyd (assistant master, 1946–1951), later Master of Dulwich College
- Logie Bruce Lockhart (headmaster, 1955–1982), Scotland rugby footballer
- Hugh Wright (headmaster 1985-1991), later Chief Master of King Edward's School, Birmingham (1991–1998) and Chairman of the HMC
- Patrick Thompson (assistant master, Physics, 1965–1983), Conservative Member of Parliament
- Graeme Fife (Classics master, 1970–1979), writer, playwright and broadcaster
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