Rossall School - Headmasters of Rossall

Headmasters of Rossall

First year at Rossall	Final year at Rossall	Name	Education	Other Career Notes
1844	1849	Dr John Woolley	University of London & University College, Oxford	First Principal of the University of Sydney.
1849	1869	Rev. William Alexander Osborne	St Paul's & Trinity College, Cambridge	Retired from education after Rossall
1870	1875	Rev. Robert Henniker	Charterhouse & Trinity College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1875	1886	Dr. Herbert Armitage James	Abergavenny Grammar School, Jesus College & Lincoln College, Oxford	Headmaster of Cheltenham and Rugby. President of St. John's College, Oxford.
1886	1896	Rev. Charles Coverdale Tancock	Sherborne & Exeter College, Oxford	Headmaster of Tonbridge
1896	1908	Rev. Dr. John Pearce Way	Bath College & Brasenose College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1908	1932	Rev. Canon Edward John Walford Houghton	Sherborne & Christ Church, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1932	1937	Harold George Michael Clarke	St Paul's & Trinity College, Cambridge	Headmaster of Repton
1937	1957	Rev. Charles Edgar Young	Charterhouse & Exeter College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1957	1967	Geoffrey Sale	Berkhamstead & Lincoln College, Oxford	Director of Studies, Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst
1967	1972	Roger Wykeham Ellis	Winchester & Trinity College, Oxford	Headmaster of Marlborough and Head of the HMC
1973	1987	Dr John Sharp	Keighley Grammar & Brasenose College, Oxford	Retired from education after Rossall
1987	2001	Richard David Walton Rhodes	Rossall & St John's College, Durham	Retired from education after Rossall
2001	2008	Timothy Wilbur	Kent & Loughborough	Headmaster of Wanganui Collegiate School
2008	2013	Dr. Stephen Charles Winkley	St. Edward's and Brasenose College, Oxford	Previously Head of Uppingham School
2013	Present	Ms Elaine Purves	University of Durham\|	Previously Head of Ipswich High School

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