High Masters of St Paul's School
The Headmaster of St Paul's is known as the High Master and his deputy is known as the Surmaster, which is also the title given to him in the statutes. The following have been High Masters of St Paul's School:
| Name | Years as High Master |
|---|---|
| William Lily | 1509-1522 |
| John Ritwise | 1522-1532 |
| Richard Jones | 1532-1549 |
| Thomas Freeman | 1549-1559 |
| John Cook | 1559-1573 |
| William Malym | 1573-1581 |
| John Harrison | 1581-1596 |
| Richard Mulcaster | 1596-1608 |
| Alexander Gill Senior | 1608-1635 |
| Alexander Gill Junior | 1635-1640 |
| John Langley | 1640-1657 |
| Samuel Cromleholme | 1657-1672 |
| Thomas Gale | 1672-1697 |
| John Postlethwayt | 1697-1713 |
| Philip Ayscough | 1713-1721 |
| Benjamin Morland | 1721-1733 |
| Timothy Crumpe | 1733-1737 |
| George Charles | 1737-1748 |
| George Thicknesse | 1748-1769 |
| Richard Roberts | 1769-1814 |
| John Sleath | 1814-1837 |
| Herbert Kynaston | 1838-1876 |
| Frederick William Walker | 1877-1905 |
| Albert Ernest Hillard | 1905-1927 |
| John Bell | 1927-1938 |
| Walter Fraser Oakeshott | 1938-1946 |
| Robert Leoline James | 1946-1953 |
| Antony Newcombe Gilkes | 1953-1962 |
| Thomas Edward Brodie Howarth | 1962-1973 |
| James Warwick Hele | 1973-1986 |
| Peter Pilkington, later Lord Pilkington of Oxenford | 1986-1992 |
| Richard Stephen Baldock | 1992-2004 |
| George Martin Stephen | 2004-2010 |
| Mark Bailey | 2011- |
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