Cheltenham College

Cheltenham College opened in July 1841, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham College was the first major public school founded in Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901). An Anglican foundation, it is known for its strong classical, military and sporting traditions. More than six hundred Old Cheltonians (former pupils) were killed in the service of their country in World War I, and more than 400 in World War II. (These statistics are recorded in the College chapel completed in the 1890s, which to a degree resembles King's College chapel in Cambridge and is one of the finest chapels of any English public school.) Most pupils are boarders, though there are also many day pupils. The school is now co-educational and maintains a formidable academic reputation, with the brightest pupils going on to Oxford and Cambridge universities. There is a also a prep school, Cheltenham College Junior School, most of whose pupils go on to the senior school.

Headmasters and Principals

The present headmaster is John Richardson, formerly head of Culford School.

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The full list of past principals and headmasters is contained in Cheltenham College Who's Who 5th edition, 2003, and is as follows:

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Principals (1841-1919)

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• Rev. Alfred Phillips, D.D. 1841-44
• Rev. William Dobson 1845-59
• Rev. Henry Highton 1859-62
• Rev. Alfred Barry, D.D. 1862-68
• Rev. Thomas William Jex-Blake 1868-74
• Rev. Herbert Kynaston, D.D. 1874-88
• Rev. Herbert Armitage Jarnes, D.D. 1889-95
• Rev. Robert Stuart de Courcy Laffan 1895-99
• Rev. Reginald Waterfield, D.D. 1899-1919

Headmasters (1919 - now)

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• Henry Harrison Hardy 1919-32
• Richard Victor Harley Roseveare 1932-37
• Arthur Goodhart Pite 1937-38
• John Bell 1938-40
• Alan Guy Elliott-Smith 1940-51
• Rev. Arthur Godolphin Guy Carleton Pentreath 1952-59
• David Ashcroft 1959-78
• Richard Martin Morgan 1978-90
• Peter David Vaughan Wilkes 1990-97
• Paul Arthur Chamberlain 1997-2004
• John Richardson 2004-