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.^[1] These are kept in the Le Marchant library, situated at the very top of the middle spire of the main building.^[2]

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'.[3] He went on to become one of the translators of the King James Bible.[4]	[5]
Mr	William Hart	c. 1581		[6]
Rev.	George Capelin	1589–1591		[6]
Mr	Martin de Pestere	1599–1606		[6]
Rev.	Simon Hern	1606–1608		[6]
Rev.	William West	1608–1609		[6]
Mr	Amos Horn	c. 1610		[6]
Mr	Jean Ganrey	1613–1614		[6]
Mr	Thomas Mauger	1622–1626		[6]
Mr	Joshua Slowley	1627–1628		[6]
Mr	Arthur Morehead	c. 1635		[6]
Rev.	Isaac Basire	c. 1636		[6]
Mr	Jacob de l'Epine	1639–1644		[6]
Mr	Thomas Carey	1644–1660		[6]
Rev.	Gabriel Du Perier	1660–1669		[6]
Mr	George Dalgarno	1670–1672		[6]
Rev.	Francis Dubois	1672–1675		[6]
Rev.	Nicholas Le Mesurier	1675–1678		[6]
Rev.	William Johnson	1682–1698		[6]
Mr	Jacob Bouhaut	c. 1700		[6]
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.[7]	[6]
Mr	John Rowe	1714–1718		[6]
Rev.	John Le Mesurier	1738–1759		[6]
Rev.	John Hemming	1759–1761		[6]
Rev.	Elias Crespin	1761–1795		[6]
Rev.	Nicholas Carey	1795–1824		[6]
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.[1]	[6]
Rev.	George Proctor	1829–1832		[6]
Rev.	William Davies	1832–1847		[6]
Rev.	John Bromby	1847–1855		[6]
Rev.	Arthur Corfe	1855–1868		[6]
Rev.	John Oates	1868–1888		[6]
Rev.	William Penney	1888–1924		[6]
Rev.	Francis Hardy	1924–1939		[6]
Rev.	William Milnes	1939–1957		[6]
Mr	John Day	1957–1971	Day was the first principal of the College not to be an ordained member of the Church of England.	[citation needed]
Mr	Richard Wheadon	1971–1988		[citation needed]
Mr	John Hubert Farre Doulton	1988–1998		[8]
Mr	David Toze	1998–2001	Toze appointed the first-ever female headteacher of Beechwood (the associated junior school) in 2000,[9] 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.[10]	[citation needed]
Dr	Nicholas Argent	2001–2009	Argent oversaw the development of the sixth form centre in the basement of the main building, opened in 2008.[11]	[citation needed]
Mr	George Hartley	2009–2017		[citation needed]
Mrs	Jenny Palmer	2017–	Palmer was the first female principal in the school's history,[12] and oversaw the beginning of the transition of Elizabeth College from a boys-only school into a co-educational school.[13]	[14]