List of teachers of Malvern College

List of teachers ("masters") of Malvern College is a list of some of the notable masters and headmasters (past and present) of Malvern College, a leading UK independent day and boarding school in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. They have gained recognition or excelled in such fields as education, science, culture and sport.

Headmasters

• 1865: Rev. Arthur Faber^[1]
• 1880–1885: Rev. Charles Thomas Cruttwell^[2]
• 1885–1894: Rev. John Willis Kearns^[3]
• 1894–1897: Rev. William Grundy^[4]
• 1897–1914: Rev. Sydney Rhodes James^[5]
• 1914–1937: Frank Sansome Preston^[6]
• 1937–1953: Rev. Canon Howard Charles Adie Gaunt (known as Tom Gaunt)^[7]
• 1953–1971: Donald Dunrod Lindsay CBE (27.09.1910-14.11.2003), chairman of the HMC^[8][9]
• 1971–1982: Martin John Wyndham Rogers^[10]
• 1983–1996: Roy de C. Chapman, chairman of the HMC (1994),^[11] schools inspector^[12]
• 1997–2006: Hugh C. K. Carson^[13]
• 2006-2007: David Dowdles
• 2008–present: Antony Roy Clark^[14]

Other masters and mistresses

• Matthew Bayfield, master, headmaster of Eastbourne College, co-composer of Carmen Malvernense
• Ralph Blumenau, history teacher, philosophy historian and author^[15]
• Christina Boxer, director of girls’ sport, former Olympic champion^[16]
• Rory Boyle, music educationalist, composer.^[17]
• Charles Brett, music teacher, countertenor^[18]
• George Chesterton, deputy headmaster, cricketer, author
• Alan Duff, master, cricketer
• Charles Fiddian-Green, master, head of cricket, cricketer
• Julius Harrison, director of music ; classical composer and conductor
• John Hart, classics master, the first ever male Mastermind winner in 1975, defendant in Pepper v Hart,^[19][20] Librarian and Curator of the Worcestershire Masonic Library and Museum Trust
• Graeme Hick, cricket coach, former England and Worcestershire cricketer^[21]
• The Very Rev Robert Holtby, chaplain (1952–54), clergyman, Dean of Chichester
• Ron Hughes, rackets professional and master^[22][23]
• John Lewis OBE, physics master, pioneer of educational programmes, recipient of the Centenary Award for science teaching.^[24]
• David Loveday, chaplain, Bishop of Dorchester^[25]
• Major Ralph Lyon, director of music, co-composer of Carmen Malvernense^[26]
• Malcolm Nokes, chemistry teacher, former Olympic bronze medallist
• Wilfrid Noyce, master of modern languages (1946–50), mountaineer, the first man to reach the South Col of Everest in Sir John Hunt's celebrated expedition in 1953^[27]
• George Sayer, English master and biographer of the author C. S. Lewis
• Jeffrey Skitch, biology teacher, actor and operatic baritone best known for his performances and recordings with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
• Robert Tims, chemistry master, housemaster, head of St Leonards School, principal examiner for IB chemistry^[28][29]
• Charles Toppin sports master, cricketer^[30]
• Philip Turner, history master, children's fiction writer
• Eric William Kevin Walton GC, engineering lecturer, recipient of the Albert Medal and the Polar Medal^[31][32]

References

1. Cookson, R. T. C, The Malvern Register 1865-1904 (1905), p. xvii
2. 'CRUTTWELL, Rev. Charles Thomas (born 30 July 1847, died 4 April 1911)' in Who Was Who 1897–1915 (London: A. & C. Black, 1988 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2670-4)
3. 'KEARNS, Rev. John Willis (died 30 Oct. 1962)' in Who Was Who 1961–1970, 1979 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2008-0)
4. Cookson (1905), p. 285
5. 'JAMES, Ven. Sydney Rhodes (born 30 May 1855, died 10 Feb. 1934)' in Who Was Who 1929–1940 (London: A. & C. Black, 1967 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-0171-X)
6. 'PRESTON, Frank Sansome (born 1875, died 8 Feb. 1970)', in Who Was Who 1961–1970 (London: A. & C. Black, 1979 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2008-0)
7. 'GAUNT, Rev. Canon Howard Charles Adie (Tom Gaunt) (born 13 Nov. 1902, died 1 Feb. 1983)' in Who Was Who 1981–1990 (London: A. & C. Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3336-0)
8. Service will remember great headmaster in Worcester News dated 7 February 2003, retrieved 6 September 2010
9. ‘LINDSAY, Donald Dunrod’, in Who Was Who 1971–1980 (London: A. & C. Black, 1989 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-3227-5)
10. 'ROGERS, Martin John Wyndham (born 9 April 1931)' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
11. Reluctant torchbearer for moral crusade. Judith Judd. The Independent. Thursday, 22 September 1994.
12. UK inspectors visit The British School in Colombo. The Sunday Times. 30 January 2011.
13. ‘CARSON, Hugh Christopher Kingsford’, in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
14. ‘CLARK, Antony Roy’, in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
15. Blumenau, Ralph (2002). Philosophy and Living. Imprint Academic. ISBN 0-907845-33-9. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
16. Christina Boxer. Malvern College official website.
17. Full biography - Rory Boyle, Scottish Music Centre
18. Charles Brett, biography, AllMusic.com
19. John Hart, Mastermind winner. www.quizplayers.com.
20. A first of Mastermind. Worcerster Gazette.
21. Profile of Graeme Hick. www.crickinfo.com.
22. Obituary of Ron Hughes. www.telegraph.co.uk.
23. Obituary of Ron Hughes. www.timesonline.co.uk.
24. Science teacher is `best this century'. This Is Worcestershire. 2 February 2001.
25. Crockford's clerical directory. 1975. Church House. London.
26. Lyon, Ralph Edward. The Malvern Register, 1865-1904. (pp148) 1905.
27. Obituary of Sir Peter Holmes. The Daily Telegraph.
28. St Leonards News Issue 16 (2005). St Leonards School official website.
29. Assisted Places. St Leonards School official website.
30. The Malvern Register (1865-1904), 1905. pp xvi, xxii, xxxvi, xl.
31. Obituary of Eric Walton GC. The Daily Telegraph.
32. Obituary of Eric Walton GC. The Daily Times.