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Wakefield Grammar School

transcribed from 'The History of Wakefield Grammar School' by M H Peacock, MA, B Mus, the 21st Headmaster.

Written in commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of its foundation

printed 1892 by W H Milnes, The Radcliffe Printing Works


List of Govenors of Wakefield Grammar School

At the bottom of each page of the book there are details of the Govenors occupations, where they lived etc. I will include these details along side the name of each Govenor.

Govenors List   1-108 ¦ 109-200 ¦ other School Representives

No.
Name
When elected
Vice
How Vacated
When Vacated
201

Rev Samuel Sharp, MA

Curate of Wakefield from 1804 - 1810, Vicar of Wakefield from 1810 - 1855

Feb 16 1810
194
dec
Mar 9 1855
202

John Henry Smyth

son of the Rt. Hon. John Smyth of Heath (No 177). MP for Cambridge University, buried at Kirkthorpe

Mar 8 1811
177
dec
Oct 20 1822
203
William Naylor
Apl 19 1811
187
res
Mar 26 1834
204
William Brooke
Dec 27 1811
196
res
Dec 27 1820
205

Rev James Drake

afterwards Vicar of Warmfield

Jun 29 1812
178
-
Jan 1817
206

Thomas Rishworth

banker of Wakefield, of the firm Townend & Rishworth, built the old Corn Exchange : Constable in 1805

Jul 27 1812
197
res
Oct 15 1817
207
William Dawson
Aug 10 1812
193
res
May 16 1816
208

Jeremiah Todd Naylor

a cloth merchant of Wakefield. Constable in 1818 ; Captain of the Royal Wakefield Volunteers in 1798. Mr Robert Allott was elected on May 24 but declined to serve.

Jul 2 1813
198
dis
Oct 29 1828
209

James Teale

of St Johns, Wakefield

Jul 24 1815
188
dec
Apl 1831
210

Joseph Hargreaves

was of Sandal Hall

May 20 1816
207
dec
Jan 1824
211
Robert Smithson
Feb 6 1817
205
dec
May 1819
212

Rev Henry Gylby Lonsdale

Rector of Bolton Bolland in Craven 1826 ; Vicar of St Marys Lichfield ; brother of Dr. John Lonsdale, Bishop of Lichfield

Oct 20 1817
206
dis
Oct 5 1825
213

Rev William Snowden, MA

Curate of Wakefield, July 1817 - Jan 1818 ; Incumbent of Horbury 1817 - 1834 ; BD and Rector of Swillington 1834 - 1847

May 18 1818
200
dis
Jul 24 1830
214

Buller Rolle Langford

always called Captain

Mar 8 1819
184
res
Mar 6 1820
215
Robert Rayner
Mar 17 1819
211
res
Dec 22 1828
216

Thomas Barff

woolstapler of Wakefield, built and resided at Cliff Field House

Mar 13 1820
214
dec
Mar 1847
217

Rev George Beckett

Incumbent of Chapelthorpe in 1818 ; afterwards Rector of Hepworth, Lincolnshire

Jan 8 1821
204
dis
May 11 1823
218

Rev William Robinson Gilby

Vicar of St Marys, Beverley from 1823

Sep 20 1822
199
dis
Jun 23 1824
219

Arther Heywood

banker originally from Liverpool, lived in Stanley Hall

Nov 11 1822
202
dis
Apl 26 1827
220

Jeremiah Glover

of Field Head, Stanley

May 14 1823
217
dec
Mar 1 1860
221
Rev William Fox
Jan 23 1824
185
dis
Sep 11 1826
222

John Hardy

of Heath, father of the present Viscount Cranbrook (at time of book being printed 1892 that this information is taken from)

Jan 23 1824
210
res
Mar 26 1834
223

Willliam Thomas, MD

Surgeon in the 67th and 37th Regiments, 1806-1821 ; practised 37 years in Wakefield

Oct 25 1824
218
res
Oct 25 1856
224

Rev Thomas Kilby

Curate of Wakefield September 1824 - 1825, afterwards Vicar of St Johns, Wakefield

Jul 24 1825
189
dis
Sep 26 1837
225

William Thomas Lee

of Heath

Oct 24 1825
212
dis
Dec 26 1829
226

Giles Diston Barker

generally called Captain Barker ; Deputy Coroner

Sep 30 1826
221
res
Oct 30 1830
227

John Maude

of Moor House, Stanley

May 12 1828
219
dec
Mar 19 1852
228

Henry Walker

of South Parade ; afterwards Clerk to the Govenors

Nov 3 1828
208
res
Oct 31 1844
229

John Naylor

cloth merchant, died Feb 4 1856

Dec 26 1828
215
res
Feb 4 1841
230

Joshua Smithson

Colliery Proprietor, lived in Northgate, Wakefield

Jan 1 1829
225
res
Dec 19 1850
231

John Francis Carr

of Carr Lodge, Horbury, Justice of the Peace

Jul 28 1830
213
dec
Jan 1863
232

Edward Tew

of Crofton Hall, Banker

Nov 3 1830
226
res
Jun 22 1870
233

John Hardcastle

lived at Westfield House, Wakefield

Apl 30 1831
209
dec
Jul 14 1852
234

Thomas tootal

corn merchant

Mar 31 1834
222
res
Oct 15 1840
235

Thomas Hague

of Sandal and Stanley Hall

Mar 31 1834
203
res
Mar 24 1851
236

Joze Luis Fernandes

born in Oporto, July 1790, Grandson of the last Marquez de Tavora, died Dec 16 1868

Sep 30 1837
224
dis
Feb 16 1843
237

John George Smyth

son of John Henry Smyth of Heath (No202), born February 5 1815 died June 10 1869 ; MP for the city of York from 1847 to 1865 : DL and JP ; buried at Kirkthorpe

Oct 19 1840
234
res
May 13 1850
238

Richard Dunn

Corn Merchant of Wakefield, Constable in 1834

Feb 8 1841
229
res
Jan 16 1843
239

Rev John Pullein, MA

Vicar of Warmfield 1837 - 1871; afterwards Vicar of Wheeton, Leeds

Feb 6 1843
238
res
Jul 29 1874
240

Rev John Pemberton Simpson

Curate of Wakefield, January 1826 - December 1843 ; afterwards Rector of Crofton, 1843 - 1858

Feb 20 1843
236
dec
Aug 1858
241

Edward Tomlinson

of St Johns, Wakefield

Nov 5 1844
228
dec
May 1870
242

John Barff

woolstapler of Wakefield, Justice of the Peace ; lived in St Johns, Constable in 1835

Apl 3 1874
216
dec
Jul 14 1864
243

George Sanders, MP

corn merchant of Aloverthorpe Hall, Wakefield ; MP for Wakefield 1847 - 1857. Died May 14 1879

May 17 1850
227
res
Aug 30 1850
244

Thomas Giordani Wright, MD

of South Parade, Wakefield, afterwardes of Milnes House ; has now practised 58 years in Wakefield (at the time of this book being written, 1892)

Sep 3 1850
243
245

William Henry Leatham, MP

of Hemsworth Hall, Pontefract ; MP for Wakefield 1865-1868

Dec 23 1850
230
res
Mar 5 1852
246

Henry Wormald

of South Parade, Wakefield

Mar 28 1851
235
dec
Aug 19 1887
247

Thomas Holy Holdsworth

of Belle Vue and sandal Hall ; Justice of the Peace

Apl 6 1852
245
248

Hon.and Rev Philip Yorke Savile, MA

second son of the Earl of Mexborough; now Rector of Methley.    (at the time of this book being written, 1892)

Apl 6 1852
227
249

John Charlsworth Dodgson Charlesworth

of Stanley Hall ; afterwards of Chapelthorpe Hall ; MP for Wakefield 1857 - 1859; gave nthe chimes of Wakefield Cathedral ; Colonel

Aug 32 1852
233
dec
Mar 21 1880
250

John Hudswell Westerman

of Sandal

Apl 19 1855
201
dec
Mar 23 1880
251

Rev Charles Joseph Camidge, MA

Vicar of Wakefield from 1855 - 1875; previously Vicar of Nether Poppleton, nr York ; Hon. Canon of Ripon, died Feb 10 1878, buried in Wakefield Cemetery

Oct 29 1856
223
res
Jun 7 1876
252

Daniel Burton Kende, MB

of Heath House, Wakefield ; now Walton

Sep 2 1858
240
res
Mar 16 1868
253

John Bownas Mackie

corn factor of St Johns, Wakefield ; MP for Wakefield 1880 - 1885 ; buried in Wakefield Cemetery

Jan 10 1863
231
dec
Jan 10 1885
254

Joze Louis Fernandex, jun

of Market Street, Wakefield ; subsequently of Lupset and Calder Grove, Wakefield ; now of Tavora House, Grange-over-Sands

Jul 27 1864
242
res
Jun 3 1891
255

Joseph Barker

of Holmefield House, Wakefield, Thornes ; Justice of the Peace ; Major

Maar 20 1868
252
256

John Barff Charlesworth

of Hatfeild Hall, Stanley ; Justice of the Peace

Mar 15 1869
220
257

Percy Tew

of Heath Hall, Wakefield ; Justice of the Peace

May 13 1870
241
258

William Henry Bedford Tomlinson

of Cliff Field House, Wakefield ; Justice of the Peace

Jun 29 1870
232
259

Edward Green

Lately of Heath Old Hall, Wakefield; now of Ken Hill, Norfolk and Nunthorpe, York; MP for Wakefield from 1885 to the present time (at the time of this book being written, 1892). Now Sir Edward green Bt.

Aug 5 1874
239
res
Jun 1878
260

Ven. Norman Dumenil John Straton, MA

now Vicar of Wakefield, appointed in 1875 (at the time of this book being written, 1892); Rural Dean and late Hon Canon of Ripon ; Hon Canon of Wakefield and Archdeacon of Huddersfield

Aug 5 1891
254

 

Note :- The first column gives the order of seniority.

The second column gives the name and title of the Govenor at the time of election

The third column is the date of election.

Fourth column gives the number of the Govenor they succeeded.

The firth column is the reason for the termination of office : Dec - Deceased ; Dep - Deposed ; Dis - Disqualified by non residence within the proper limits or non attendance at meetings ; Res - Resigned ; War - Died or left the district during the Civil War.

The sixth column is the date when the term of office was terminated ; B - Buried.

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