Rectors of The Edinburgh Academy
There have been 18 rectors of The Edinburgh Academy since it was founded in 1824.
- 1824-28: John Williams
- 1828-29: Thomas Sheepshanks
- 1829-47: John Williams
- 1847-54: John Hannah
- 1854-69: James Hodson
- 1869-88: Thomas Harvey
- 1888-1901: Robert Mackenzie
- 1901-10: Reginald Carter
- 1910-26: Robert Ferard
- 1926-31: Hugh Lyon
- 1931-45: Lionel Smith
- 1945-51: George Seaman
- 1951-62: Robert Watt
- 1962-77: Herbert Mills
- 1977-92: Laurence Ellis
- 1992-95: John Rees
- 1995-2008: John Light
- 2008–present: Marco Longmore
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