Boteler Grammar School, Warrington
Boteler Grammar School Head-Masters
1526-1576 ? | "Sir" Richard Taylor | Degree in Canon Law, Oxford, 1506 ; Bachelor of Divinity, 1521 ; occupying School-house, 1524 ; Rector of Lymm, 1565 | |
1576 ?-1605 | John Wakefield | At Oxford in 1572 ; died and buried in Warrington, 1605. | |
1605-1620 | Robert Martin B.A. | Brasenose college, Oxford, 1602 ; resigned and became minister at Aston, 1620 ; died 1646. | |
1620 ?-1673 | Nathan Ashworth B.A. | Brasenose college, Oxford, 1609 ; held Nowell Scholarship ; died aged 84 in 1673. | |
1673-1679 | John Wright | Brasenose college, Oxford, 1634 ; died aged 61 in 1679. | |
1680 ?-1683 ? | J. Clayton | ||
1683 ?-1686 | Joseph Willott B.A. | Jesus college, Cambridge, 1677 ; M.A. 1681 ; died at the age of 32 in 1686 | |
1687-1718 | Samuel Shaw M.A. | Master at Wigan, 1676-1686 ; rector in 1691 ; Prebendary of Chester ; died 1718 | |
1718-1719 | John Tatlock | ||
1720-1757 | Thomas Hayward | Born in Warrington, 1695 ; B.A. Brasenose college Oxford, 1716 ; M.A. 1719 ; Vicar of Garstang, 1722-1731 ; died 1757 | |
1757-1807 | Edward Owen | Born in Montgomeryshire, 1728 ; B.A. Jesus college, Oxford, 1749 ; M.A., 1752 ; previously Usher at Crosby ; Rector in 1767 ; died 1807. | |
1807-1814 | Robert Atherton Rawstorne, M.A. | Brasenose college, Oxford, 1803 ; Became Master and Rector at the same time ; deprived of Mastership in 1814 by Court of Chancery ; Rector till 1832 ; died near Preston, 1852 | |
1815-1828 | William Bordman M.A. | Pembroke college, Oxford, 1801 ; came from Reading as Usher in 1808 ; requestef to resign in 1828 ; died at Honfleur, France, 1846. | |
1828-1842 | Thomas Vere Bayne | Born at Oxford, 1803 ; Scholar and M.A. of Jesus college, Oxford ;new school built, 1829 ; helped to found National School, 1833 ; resigned in 1842 ; died at broughton, 1848. | |
1842-1861 | Henry Bostock | Born Newcastle-under-Lyme ; M.A. Wadham college, Oxford ; previously Master of Aylesbury ; asked to resign, 1861 ; died at Southport, 1863 | |
1863-1881 | Offley Henry Cary | Educated at Rugby ; M.A. Christ Church, Oxford ; School rebuilts just before he came ; resigned in 1881 ; died at Trusham, Devon, 1919. | |
1881-1907 | Edward John Willcocks | M.A. Saint Catharine's college, Cambridge ; second master here, 1879 ; previously at Cheam, Surrey ; moved from School-house to Latchford in 1905 ; died in 1907. | |
1907-1932 | Horace Gray | Educated at Perse school and Jesus college, Cambridge ; B.A. 1896, M.A. 1900 ; Cricket "blue", 1894 ; taught at Westward Ho !, Ipswich, Wellington ; Head at Kendal, 1904-1907. | |
1932-1940 | Evan Price Evans | ||
1940-1950 | Nathaniel Clapton | ||
1951-1973 | Peter Martin Jackson, M.A. | Educated at Perse school and Emmanuel college, Cambridge ; Athletics "blue" | |
1973-1981 | Robert James English | ||
1981-1983 | Eric Percival, M.A. |
1983-1986 | John Robert Baker | |
1986-2001 | John Higgins | |
2001-2014 | John Sharples | |
2014- | Beverley Scott-Herron |