WANGANUI COLLEGIATE SCHOOL
HEADMASTERS, ASSISTANT MASTERS AND OTHER STAFF
1854 1947
The following names are taken from the Wanganui Collegiate School Register book of 1947. For some of those mentioned there is additional information. Please contact me with names and position.
HEADMASTERS
| ALLEN | John | BA (Camb) | 1932/1935 |
| DOVE | Julian Llewellyn | (Rev) MA (Camb) | 1909/1914 |
| EPSOM | Walter | BA (Oxford) | 1888/1909 |
| GILLIGAN | Frank William | MA (Dulwich College and Worcester College, Oxford) | 1936/ |
| GODWIN | Henry H | - | 1865/1877 |
| HARVEY | Bache Wright | (Rev) MA (Camb) | 1882/1887 |
| LATTER | Hugh | MA (Oxford) | 1914/1916 |
| MARSHALL | Patrick | MA, DSc (NZ) | 1917/1922 |
| NICHOLLS | Charles Henry Sinderby | (Rev) MA | 1854/1865 |
| PIERCE | Charles Frederick | (Rev) MA (Oxford) | 1922/1931 |
| SAUNDERS | George Richard | MA (Camb) | 1878/1882 |
ASSISTANT MASTERS
| ALLEN | J | BA (Camb) | 1906/1935 |
| AMESS | A H | MA (NZ) | 1915/1921 |
| ANDERSON | A S C | - | 1904 |
| ANDERSON | J G | MA, MSc (NZ) | 1916/1917 |
| ANDERSON | J L | (Rev) MA (Camb) | 1926/1926 |
| ANDREWS | E W | - | 1888/1893 |
| ANSON | G E | MA (Camb), MD | 1879/1883 |
| ARMOUR | W A | MA, MSc (NZ) | 1903/1905 |
| ARMSTRONG | P F | MA (NZ) | 1915/1915 |
| ASHCROFT | B D | (Rev) BA (NZ) | 1910/1912 |
| ATKINSON | E A Mrs | - | 1902/1906 |
| ATKINSON | E G | BA (NZ) | 1898/1900 |
| AUSTIN | G F | BA (NZ) | 1946/ |
| AUSTIN | H W | (Rev) MA (Camb) | 1921/ |
| BABBAGE | S B | MA (NZ) | 1937/1937 |
| BAINES | N | BA (Oxford) | 1923/1927 |
| BANCKS | N | BA (NZ) | 1927/ |
| BANNISTER | J E J | MA (NZ) | 1896/1936 |
| BARCLAY | N E W | MA | 1927/1927 |
| BENNETT | E W | MSc (NZ) | 1924/1924 |
| BERNAU | E H L | - | 1919/1920 |
| BESLEY | W P | (Rev) MA (Camb) | 1892/1893 |
| BEVAN-BROWN | C M | MA (Camb), MB, ChB (NZ) | 1914/1915 |
| BOGLE | G S | MSc (NZ) | 1947/1948 |
| BOURNE | C F | MA (Oxford 1st Class Classics) | 1903/1904 |
| BOWDEN-SMITH | E | - | 1885/1885 |
| BROWN | C A | - | 1917 |
| BUTTERWORTH | A | MA, LLD (Camb) | 1925/1925 |
| BUTTERWORTH | H M | - | 1907/1914 |
| CARR | D A | MA (NZ) | 1937/1946 |
| CARVER | H G | MA (NZ) | 1926/ |
| CAVE | L M H | MA (NZ) | 1941/1949* |
| CLARKE | M | - | 1888/1896 |
| COLLEY | P H | - | 1925/1926 |
| COMPTON | A W H | (Rev) MA (Camb) | 1904/1905 |
| CORFE | C C | MA (Camb) | 1916/1918 |
| CORNES | J T | BA, BSc (NZ) | 1921/1921 |
| COX | C T | - | 1901 |
| CRAIG | L | ATCL | 1931/ |
| CROMBIE | C H | - | 1909/1911 |
| DAVIS | I M | - | 1947/ |
| DENNISTON | J G | BA (NZ) MA (Camb) | 1934/1945 |
| DRUCE | P H | - | 1902 |
| DUDDING | J E S | MA (Cant) | 1917/1918 |
| DUNN | R J | - | 1889/1903 |
| DUXFIELD | R D | MA (Dublin) JP | 1887/1888 |
| ELLICOTT | K W H | - | 1927/1927 |
| EPSOM | Walter | - | 1884 |
| ESPINER | R H | BA (NZ) | 1918/1919 |
| EVERISS | G R | BA, MusBac (NZ) | 1945/ |
| FIELD | F R | - | 1884/1886 |
| FLEMING | J C T | - | 1936/1939 |
| FORD | W | BSc (NZ) | 1937/ |
| FORT | G S | - | 1880/1880 |
| FOTHERINGHAM | W A | - | 1922/1923 |
| GARDINER | I S | BA (NZ) | 1925/1926 |
| GOULDING | R G | - | 1916/1916 |
| GRACE | Arthur Volkner | (Rev) BA (Camb) | 1888/1893 |
| HALL | D O W | - | 1936/1937 |
| HARDWICK | E C | MB, BCh (Camb), MRCS, LRCP | 1903/1909 |
| HAROLD | J | - | 1886/1909 |
| HARRIS | C T | - | 1927/1927 |
| HARVIE | A M | BA (Oxford) | 1937/1938 |
| HAY-CAMPBELL | C | - | 1915/1930 |
| HESSE | H W | - | 1912/1912 |
| HOBHOUSE | A M | MA (Oxford) | 1889/1909 |
| HODDINOT | F W | - | 1887 |
| HODGES | A G | BA (Oxford) | 1910/1913 |
| HOLLOWAY | - | - | 1923/1923 |
| INDER | R H | MSc (NZ) | 1947 |
| INMAN | R J | BA (Camb) | 1927/1928 |
| INNES-JONES | M | - | 1887/1888 |
| ISAAC | H P | MA (NZ) | 1921/1921 |
| JAMES | H L | - | 1887 |
| JARDINE | E | - | 1902 |
| JENNINGS | L S | MSc (NZ) | 1912/1913 |
| JESS | W | BA (NZ) | 1921/1922 |
| KNIGHT | P | MA | 1929/1930 |
| LARGE | H | BA (Camb) | 1894 |
| LATHAM | F H | MA (Oxford) | 1912/1927 |
| LATHAM | T F | BA (NZ) | 1934/ |
| LE MAISTRE | S G | MA (Camb) | 1923/1923 |
| LINDSEY | H | (Rev) MA (Durham and Canada) | 1928/1933 |
| LOMAS | J S | MA (NZ) | 1903/1906 |
| LONG | A T | - | 1911/1914 |
| MACKINTOSH | - | (Rev) MA (Aberdeen) | 1925/1925 |
| MACLEAN | C N | MA (Camb) | 1923/ |
| MANNING | J K | MA, Mus Doc (Oxford) | 1885/1886 |
| MARKS | R O C | (Major) DCM, MA (NZ) | 1928/ |
| MARSHALL | J M | (Rev) MA (NZ) | 1895/1903 |
| MARTIN | W B | BAgr (NZ) | 1929/ |
| McCASKILL | W M | Bagr (NZ) | 1923/1923 |
| McGRATH | G F | MA (Camb) | 1906/1945 |
| McLACHLAN | A A | BA, LLB | 1919/1919 |
| McNAB | R G C | MA (NZ) | 1920/1934 |
| McNEILL | - | - | 1869 (?) |
| MILES | F F | MA (Balliol Coll, Oxford and NZ), Dip Ed | 1921/1925 |
| MINNS | A W | - | 1895 |
| NEAME | J A | BA (Lond) | 1906/1920 |
| NEWCOMBE | F G | - | 1883/1885 |
| NEWTON | H E B | BA (NZ) | 1935/ |
| NORRIS | E T | MA (NZ) | 1903/1904 |
| NORTHCOTE | H | (Rev) MA (NZ) | 1894/1895 |
| ORFORD | J R | MA (NZ) | 1896/1906 |
| PARGETER | A H | FRES | 1934/1935 |
| PECK | F L | - | 1904/1924 |
| PEMBERTON | H | - | 1886 |
| PERCY | H R G | MA (Oxford) | 1939/1947 |
| PERRY | A L | MA, Dip NZ PhD (Ldn) | 1928/1928 |
| PITTS-BROWN | H | BA (Oxford) | 1930/1930 |
| PITTS-BROWN | W | - | 1920/1920 |
| PLEASANTS | C L | DSO, MC, ED, BA (NZ) | 1939/1947 |
| POWNALL | G H S | - | 1905/1908 |
| POWNALL | R W | FSA | 1883/1886 |
| PRICE | C | (Rev) MA (Oxford) | 1906/1920 |
| PYCROFT | - | - | 1869/1874 |
| RANSOM | J U | BA (Lond) | 1909 |
| RAYNOR-WHITE | C | FRCM (London) | 1928/1933 |
| REES-MOGG | - | - | 1885/1886 |
| REID | A S | BA (NZ) | 1915/1915 |
| REINDLER | W | BA, BCom (NZ), DKFM (Vienna) | 1939/ |
| RICHARDS | L W | - | 1923/1924 |
| RITCHIE | D | BA (Oxford) | 1916/1916 |
| RUSSELL | J R | - | 1911/1912 |
| SEAWARD | D T | ARCA | 1915/1915 |
| SEYMOUR | D J B | - | 1912/1912 |
| SHAW | J T | - | 1927/1932 |
| SHIELDS | F G | MA (Camb) | 1887/1902 |
| SMITH | S | - | 1930/ |
| SPACKMAN | H G | - | 1897/1902 |
| STEPHENS | C H | - | 1909/1910 |
| STURGE | H E | MA (Oxford) | 1910/1918 |
| SUTCLIFFE | J R | BSc (NZ) | 1922/1924 |
| SUTHERLAND | R A W | MSc (NZ) | 1917/ |
| SUTTON | D W | Dip Agr (NZ) | 1927/1928 |
| SWEET | S C | BA (Oxford) | 1915/1915 |
| TANSEY | M C | - | 1919/1919 |
| TAYLOR | H H | - | 1915/1915 |
| TAYLOR | P | BA, Mus Bac (Camb) | 1923/1927 |
| TAYLOR | W R | MA (Camb) | 1901/1902 |
| THORNTON | D E | - | 1917/1919 |
| TODD | - | - | - |
| TOMLINSON | William | (Trinity Coll, Dublin, BA (NZ) FRAS | 1869 (?) |
| TYNDALE-BISCOE | E D | MA (Camb) | 1925/1926 |
| VEITCH | H C | BA, BCom (NZ), ARANZ | 1936/1946 |
| WALKER | E | MA (Oxford) | 1908 |
| WALTERS | E F B | - | 1902 |
| WATKINS | L J | AMSK (Lond) | 1913/1914 |
| WATSON | H B | MA (NZ) | 1893/1914 |
| WEBB | A C | - | 1925/1926 |
| WELLS | E Linley | BA (Lond) | 1914/1915 |
| WILD | L J | MA, BSc (NZ), FRGS, OBE | 1914/1915 |
| WILKINSON | R | - | 1889 |
| WILLIAMS | N | (Rev) MA (Camb) | 1938/1945 |
| WILLS | E P | BA, LLM, MCom | 1928/1933 |
| WILSON | C | - | 1881/1886 |
| WILSON | P W | - | 1946/ |
| WORLEY | C P | BA, BSc (NZ) | 1917/1921 |
* = Handwritten date 1949
MEDICAL OFFICERS
| CHRISTIE | J McNaughton | MD, FRCS (Eng) | 1900/1910 |
| WILSON | A | MD, FRCS (Eng), FRACS | 1911/1946 |
| WILSON | I K | MB, ChB | 1946/ |
DENTAL OFFICERS
| COWPER | A E | London Dental Hospital | 1910/1927 |
| EARLE | D W | Cert Dental (NZ) | 1929/ |
SCHOOL MATRONS
| ALLEYNE | Miss | - | 1912/1915 |
| BEAVEN | Miss | - | 1915/1928 |
| CAMPBELL | Miss | - | 1937/1946 |
| GILL | Miss | - | 1911/1912 |
| GODWIN | Mrs | Assisted by the Misses CLERE | 1888/1911 |
| HALSE | Mrs | - | 1946/ |
| PENGELLY | Miss | - | 1929/1937 |
HOUSE MATRONS
| SHIELDS HOUSE - OLD SCHOOL | |
| FAIRBAIRN | Miss | | |
| SELWYN HOUSE | |
| FAIRBAIRN | Miss | 1911/1919 | |
| ALLEN | Miss | 1920/1926 | |
| HURSTHOUSE | Miss | 1926/1934 | |
| BLUNT | Mrs | 1934/1945 | |
| COOK | Mrs | 1945/1946 | |
| VALINTINE | Mrs | 1946/1947 | |
| HADFIELD HOUSE | |
| CLARE | M Miss | 1911/1920 | |
| MacCHEANE | Miss | 1921/1938 | |
| BARNET | Miss | 1938/ | |
| GREY HOUSE | |
| CLARE | J Miss | 1911/1930 | |
| YOUNG | Miss | 1930 | |
| TEW | Miss | 1930/1932 | |
| DOWNING | Miss | 1933/1946 | |
| HARVEY HOUSE | |
| CARR | Miss | 1921/1923 | |
| DOWNING | Miss | 1924/1932 | |
| TURNBULL | Miss | 1937/1941 | |
| CROSSE | Mrs | 1941/1944 | |
| GILBERTSON | Mrs | 1944/ | |
STEWARDS
| HARLE | H T | 1911/1937 | |
| GOULD | S H | 1938/ | |