List of Principals of Elizabeth College, Guernsey

Main article: Elizabeth College, Guernsey

Since its foundation in 1563, Elizabeth College has had 42 principals overseeing the running of the school. The principal was formerly known as the master of the school. Since the appointment of Rev. Dr Charles Stocker as principal in 1824, portraits have been made of every principal of the school, except Rev. George Proctor. These are kept in the Le Marchant library, situated at the very top of the middle spire of the main building.

List of principals

Title	Principal	Period	Notes	Reference
Dr	Adrian Saravia	1563–1568	The school's first master, Saravia left the island in 1571, describing the local population as an 'uncivilised race' which 'hates all learning'. He went on to become one of the translators of the King James Bible.
Mr	William Hart	c. 1581
Rev.	George Capelin	1589–1591
Mr	Martin de Pestere	1599–1606
Rev.	Simon Hern	1606–1608
Rev.	William West	1608–1609
Mr	Amos Horn	c. 1610
Mr	Jean Ganrey	1613–1614
Mr	Thomas Mauger	1622–1626
Mr	Joshua Slowley	1627–1628
Mr	Arthur Morehead	c. 1635
Rev.	Isaac Basire	c. 1636
Mr	Jacob de l'Epine	1639–1644
Mr	Thomas Carey	1644–1660
Rev.	Gabriel Du Perier	1660–1669
Mr	George Dalgarno	1670–1672
Rev.	Francis Dubois	1672–1675
Rev.	Nicholas Le Mesurier	1675–1678
Rev.	William Johnson	1682–1698
Mr	Jacob Bouhaut	c. 1700
Rev.	Lawrence Payne	1708–1714	Payne was dismissed after he was found to have spent eighteen months absent in England while still claiming salary as a master.
Mr	John Rowe	1714–1718
Rev.	John Le Mesurier	1738–1759
Rev.	John Hemming	1759–1761
Rev.	Elias Crespin	1761–1795
Rev.	Nicholas Carey	1795–1824
Rev.	Charles Stocker	1824–1829	Stocker was the College's first principal since the re-chartering of the College in 1824. He developed a reputation for 'unmerciful' flogging while applying himself to raise the academic standing of the school, as well as concentrating on the construction of the new main building.
Rev.	George Proctor	1829–1832
Rev.	William Davies	1832–1847
Rev.	John Bromby	1847–1855
Rev.	Arthur Corfe	1855–1868
Rev.	John Oates	1868–1888
Rev.	William Penney	1888–1924
Rev.	Francis Hardy	1924–1939
Rev.	William Milnes	1939–1957
Mr	John Day	1957–1971	Day was the first principal of the College not to be an ordained member of the Church of England.
Mr	Richard Wheadon	1971–1988
Mr	John Doulton	1988–1998
Mr	David Toze	1998–2001	Toze appointed the first-ever female headteacher of Beechwood (the associated junior school) in 2000, and oversaw the merging of Acorn House and Beechwood into the Elizabeth College Junior School as well as establishing a link between The Ladies' College and Elizabeth College sixth forms.
Dr	Nicholas Argent	2001–2009	Argent oversaw the development of the sixth form centre in the basement of the main building, opened in 2008.
Mr	George Hartley	2009–2017
Mrs	Jenny Palmer	2017–	Palmer was the first female principal in the school's history, and oversaw the beginning of the transition of Elizabeth College from a boys-only school into a co-educational school.

Bibliography

• Nijenhuis, Willem (1 January 1980). Adrianus Saravia (c. 1532–1613): Dutch Calvinist, First Reformend Defender of the English Episcopal Church Order on the Basis of the Ius Divinum. BRILL. ISBN 90-04-06194-0.
• Parker, Bruce (1 December 2011). A History of Elizabeth College, Guernsey. Third Millennium Publishing. ISBN 978-1-906507-503.
• Collenette, V.G. (May 1963). Elizabeth College, 1563–1963. Guernsey Press Co Ltd.
• Rolleston, W (20 October 1926). Elizabeth College - The Centenary Commemoration of the Laying of the Foundation Stone. Guernsey: Clarke.

External links

• Official website
• Old Elizabethan Association