Old Ruthinian Association - Headmasters of Ruthin School
1291 | Henri | le mestre mentioned in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica | ||
1310 | Urian | |||
1334 | Adam | |||
1353 | Nicholas de Bletchley | |||
1391 | Gethin | |||
1455 | Walter Honte | Carmelite magister | ||
1496 | David | Cistercian monk | ||
1512 | John Greysley | magister | ||
1535 | John Strynger, M.A. | magister | ||
1541 | Hugh ap Ieuan | Provost | ||
1564 | Sir Richard Thelwall | |||
1568(?) | William Morgan | (very tentative) | ||
1574 | John Price, M.A. | ex-Westminster and Friars Schools | ||
1581 | Hugh Goodman, M.A. | |||
1584 | Richard Parry, M.A. | Later Bishop of St. Asaph; reviser of Morgan's Welsh Bible | ||
1593 | John Davies, D.D. | Tentative; author of Welsh Lexicon | ||
1595 | Richard Powel | 2nd master for some time, maybe never Head but remained under Robert Griffith who may have taken over in 1595 or even 1593 | ||
1599 | Robert Griffith, B.A. | |||
1607 | Gabriel Parry, M.A. | The first master on the Register of Christ's Hospital; nephew of Richard Parry | ||
1609 | Lewis Lloyd, M.A. | |||
1615 | John Jones, M.A. | |||
1626 | William Langford, M.A. | Friend of Bishop Goodman | ||
1650 | William Jones | |||
1653 | Thomas Chaloner | Ex-Shrewsbury School; compiled a detailed Register | ||
1655 | Henry Price, M.A. | |||
1691 | John Lloyd, M.A. | Sometime Warden of Ruthin | ||
1695 | Robert Morgan, D.D. | |||
1705 | John Williams, M.A. | |||
1714 | John Wynne, M.A. | |||
1724 | Richard Edwards, M.A. | |||
1731 | Thomas Vaughan, M.A. | |||
1739 | Thomas Hughes, LL.B. | Had the Master's House built; raised the standing of the School to new heights; great-grandfather of Thomas Hughes of Rugby | ||
1768 | William Parry, M.A. | |||
1785 | John Walters, M.A. | Editor of Ascham's Toxophilus | ||
1789 | Thomas Roberts, M.A. | Chaplain to Archbishop Moore | ||
1795 | David Hughes, M.A. | |||
1800 | Edward Jones, M.A. | |||
1831 | Owen Owen, M.A. | Drowned in the loss of the Rothesay Castle | ||
1831 | Charles Williams, M.A. | Had large-scale improvements made to the buildings; later Principal of Jesus College, Oxford | ||
1839 | Edward Barnwell, M.A. | Editor of Archaeologica Cambrensis | ||
1865 | William Freeborn, M.A. | Head of Llanrwst School, 1851-65 | ||
1871 | George Preston, M.A. | Ex-Shrewsbury, King Edward's Birmingham; Headmaster Chester Cathedral School | ||
1875 | William Mills | Ex-Louth G.S. | ||
1881 | Rev. W.P. Whittington, M.A. | Llandovery and Reading before Ruthin | ||
1909 | J.J. Williams, M.A. | Master at Carmarthen, St. David's Lampeter, and Oswestry | ||
1913 | E.W. Lovegrove, M.A. | Contributor to Arch. Cam; first instituted Rugby Football at Ruthin | ||
1930 | M.H. Phillips, M.A. | Master at Rossall and Charterhouse before Ruthin | ||
1936 | J.R.T. Russell, M.A. | |||
1967 | A.S. Hill, B.Sc. | University of Liverpool | ||
1986 | Ralph F. Ullmann M.A. | Cantab | ||
1993 | John S. Rowlands B.Sc. | University of Leicester | ||
2010 | Toby J. Belfield M.A. | Cantab | ||
2020 | Paul Wallace-Woodroffe B.A. | (Ed) Exon | ||
Heads of Ruthin School | ||||
2021 | Sue Frencham B.Sc.(Hon) | University of Leeds | ||
2022 | Victoria Gamble B.Sc. | University College of London | ||
2024 | Frances King B.A., M.A., M.B.A. |
B.A.(Hons) in Theology, St. Hilda's College , Oxford. M.A. in Philosophy and Religion. M.B.A. in School Management. |