Archbishops College Overview

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Archbishops College History, Overview and Background Information



History

Archbishops College is a semi-independent Church of the Unified Kingdom boarding school for boys. The college is a full boarding school, where the pupils live at the school seven days a week. The college was founded by Archiepiscopal Charter on the 12th of October 1701 by Archbishop Armistead Godolphin and classes began on Monday the 4th of September 1702. The college grounds of 150 acres (61ha) are located in a semi rural area near Broad Riddle.


Governance and Leadership

The Governing Body of Archbishops College is known as ‘The Board of Governors’. It consists of a Governor General and six other Governor’s.

The statutes of the Archiepiscopal Charter of the college provide that the Archbishop, for the time being, shall appoint the Governor General.

Appointment of the remaining six members of the Board of Governors, when a vacancy occurs, is filled by the vote of the Board of Governors and is subject to the Archbishops approval. Tenure is at the Archbishops pleasure but by convention appointments are usually for life or until voluntarily relinquished.

The college is classified as semi-independent because the Archbishop of the Unified Kingdom appoints the Governor General of the Board of Governors and has approval rights over the appointment of the other six Governors and controls the tenure of all members of the Board of Governors at their pleasure.


Board of Governors

Governor General: Rt Rev Bishop, Dr William Eli Walker, DD, DTh (2009)
Governor: Air Chief Marshal, Dr Sir Archibald Gattenby, GCB, CVO, MA, PhD (2006)
Governor: The Marchioness of Allyn, MA (2008)
Governor: Professor Ramsey Norton, FRS, FRSE, FMedSci, FAA, FREng, PhD (2009)
Governor: Lady (Daisy Constance) Godolphin, BA, BSc, BTh (2011)
Governor: The Rt Hon Lord William Leahey, MA, MBA (2014)
Governor: Lady Morris of Gresbrook, BA, MA, (2017)


The Board of Governors appoint the Headmaster and other senior leadership staff. The senior teaching executive of the college appointed by the Board of Governors consists of the:

Headmaster:
Doctor Claude Aurelius Elliott Lyttelton PhD, MA, BA, Grad.Dip. Ed
Deputy Headmaster - Senior School
Archdeacon, The Venerable Doctor Christopher Carey Sumner DTh, MTh, BTh, MA (Hon)
Deputy Headmaster - Preparatory School
Reverend Doctor Shore Drysdale PhD, MA, BA, BTh, Grad.Dip. Ed

Other Senior Leadership positions appointed by the Board of Governors are:

Assistant Headmaster - Pastoral and Child Protection
Assistant Headmaster - Academic
Assistant Headmaster - Co-Curricular
Director - Health and Well-being
Director- Buildings & Facilities, responsible for the maintenance and construction of buildings as well as management of Grounds, Security, Occupational Health and Safety, IT Infrastructure, Laundry, Cleaning and on behalf of the Governor General and Board of Governors has joint responsibility with the Bursar for the Colleges investment properties.
Bursar - responsible for the financial, administrative and support functions of the college.
Matron - Has delegated authority from the Head Master to liaise with the House Keepers for the day-to-day management of the college boarding houses.

Archbishops College since its founding by Archiepiscopal Charter on the 12th of October 1701 by Archbishop Armistead Godolphin had been created a vicarate forane. The Archbishop of the Unified Kingdom therefore appoints an ArchVicar who reports directly to the Archbishop and any additional Vicars to assist the ArchVicar in religious services at the Archbishops College Chapel and with pastoral care.

The current ArchVicar is The Very Reverend Otis Aube and the Vicar assisting is the Reverend Doctor Samuel Martin Bailey.

Academic Teaching Ranks

Headmaster
Deputy Headmaster
Assistant Headmaster
Master
Deputy Master
Assistant Master

Titles apply to both male and female appointments.


House System & Pastoral Care

The essence of the college’s pastoral care, lies in the House system, where small Houses of no more than 49 boys in each, divided into dormitories of six boys and a prefect, enable the House Master and the House Keeper to get to know boys very well and to tailor their support to meet boys’ individual needs.

House Names

Senior (11 houses)
Coburg, Denmark, Hanover, Head, Lancaster, Orange, Plantagenet, Stuart, Tudor, Windsor, York.

Preparatory (10 houses)
Alpin, Angevin, Balliol, Blois, Bruce, Canmore, Dunkeld, Mercia, Norman, Wessex.

During their time at college, boys come to rely very heavily upon the support, guidance and direction they find in their House. Each boy also has an individual Tutor, selected from the Assistant and Deputy Masters of the college who oversees his academic progress and who is readily available to advise and encourage the boy throughout their time at the college.

The physical health of the boys is overseen by two school doctors who are supported by five fully qualified nurses located at the Health & Well-being Centre. The centre also has a dentist and dental nurse and also provides professional psychological support, through their team of three counsellors and can call on the services of the ArchVicar and Vicar at the Archbishops College Chapel to assist with pastoral care.

Immediate and routine medical matters are handled within each House by the respective House Keeper. Boys are however able to discuss medical or other concerns with the medical centre at any time.

The college also has a specialised Learning Support Centre for boys who need extra academic support and assistance.


Discipline - Reward and Punishment

Rewards
A boy who does good work or good deeds is rewarded by being ‘Sent Up’. Depending on how special the work, he can be ‘Sent Up’ to the Subject Master, House Master, Deputy Headmaster or Headmaster as a reward. He may also be ‘Sent Up’ by a Prefect to the Head Prefect or the above Masters as a reward. Works deemed worthy of ‘Exhibition’ may be displayed in the boys ‘House’, or for exceptional worthiness in the college office, corridor of honour, that leads to the Boardroom of the Governor’s and the Headmasters study.

Punishments
Punishments are referred to as being ‘Sent Down’. They are usually carried out in the classroom, dormitory, the masters or the prefects study. More serious punishment offences may be carried out by being ‘Sent Down’ in front of the
House, School or whole College.

The ultimate punishment is to be ‘Sent Down for Good’ which is a bare naked caning in front of the whole college followed by expulsion.

The slipper is the base instrument of discipline for the first three years of the preparatory school ( Kappa, Lota and Theta) and the cane for the last two years of the preparatory school (Eta and Zeta) and the cane is the base instrument of discipline for the whole of the senior school.

They will be used for any of the typical infractions and infringements like dormitory disturbance, lateness for class, poor work, apathy and minor disrespect to staff and prefects.

Use of the slipper or cane may be over clothing for minor offences. For more major offences or repeat offences, shorts or trousers and underwear must be removed and the punishment given ‘bare’ as it is very difficult to make a boy feel the full effect of the implement through clothing.

Very Serious Offences require a totally naked caning include;

Theft, smoking, gambling, consumption of alcoholic drinks, fighting, bullying, insolence, indecency of any kind, rudeness to staff or prefects, cheating in examinations and assignments, bringing the school into disrepute. If a totally naked caning is decreed (referred to as bare naked) the the Board of Governors has decreed that the boy if he has pubic hair must first have it publicly shaved off before the application of the slipper or cane.

Prefects are authorised to administer punishment with the slipper or cane up three strokes clothed or bare. The House Prefects ( none have been appointed since 1974) are authorised to administer up to four strokes clothed or bare and the two Head Prefects up to five strokes clothed or bare.

There is no court of appeal to a Prefects punishment decree as long as the allocated punishment is within the prefects punishment guidelines.

The Board of Governors has authorised Deputy Masters and Assistant Masters to administer punishment with the slipper or cane up to six strokes clothed or bare. Assistant Headmasters, Masters and the Matron are authorised to administer punishment with the slipper or cane up nine strokes clothed or bare (maximum of six per day). The Deputy Headmasters are authorised to administer punishment with the slipper or cane up twelve strokes clothed or bare (maximum of nine per day) and the Headmaster is authorised to administer punishment with the slipper or cane up twenty four strokes clothed or bare (maximum of twelve per day).

There is a formalised procedure when receiving punishment at Archbishops College. Below is the rhetorical formality!

“May I please have (number) strokes of the cane for ... (reason), Headmaster, Master, Prefect etc?”

“May I please have the first stroke prefect.”

“Thank you prefect, may I please have the second stroke, Headmaster.”

Etc, etc

“Thank you for caning me Master, I’m sorry for (reason).”


College Terms

Archbishops College operates a three Trimester (term) school year, each trimester is divided in half by a nine day half trimester justitium (holiday) which includes two weekends. Between the Autumnus, Hiems and Ver trimesters, there is a longer justitium (holiday) that lasts about two weeks.

The Autumnus Trimester, is from early September to mid-December. Half trimester justitium falls in late October.
The Hiems Trimester, is from mid-January to late March. Half trimester justitium falls in mid February.
The Ver Trimester, is from mid April to late June. Half trimester justitium falls in mid May.
The Feriae Aestivae (Summer Holiday), is taken from July to late August (two months).


College Structure

The college is divided into Senior and Preparatory schools.

Senior school years or grades are designated using Greek letters as follows:

Alpha 17 -18 years olds
Beta 16-17 years olds
Gamma 15-16 years olds
Delta 14-15 years olds
Epsilon 13-14 years olds

Preparatory school years or grades are:

Zeta 12-13 years olds
Eta 11-12 years olds
Theta 10-11 year’s olds
Lota 9-10 years olds
Kappa 8-9 years olds

The college is devided into senior and preparatory houses of no more than 49 boys. The house is then subdivided into dormitories of no more than six boys and a prefect. Each house is administrated by a House Master assisted by a House Keeper. There are currently 21 houses ( 10 Senior plus 1 special senior house called ‘Head ’ and 10 Preparatory). The house master and their family along with the house keeper and their family reside in premises attached to the house.

Within the dormitory the six boys from the years Kappa to Zeta have open space semi private bed/study spaces with shared bathroom facilities. Each prefect of a preparatory school dorm has a private study/ bedroom with private en-suite bathroom which is identical to the study/ bedroom with private en-suite bathroom senior boys from years Epsilon to Alpha are provided.

Senior School Prefects are provided with accommodation which has a lounge/study and a seperate bedroom with en-suite bathroom.

There are 71 prefects in the senior school appointed from Alpha and Beta years and 71 in the Preparatory school appointed from Zeta and Eta years.

The position of House Prefect (the senior prefect of a house) was abolished in 1974, however the position of Head Prefect of the Senior and Preparatory schools has been maintained.

The Head Prefect of the senior school is in charge of a special house attached to the residence of the deputy headmaster (senior school) called ‘Head House’ which has five special quarters with accommodation that is identical to a Senior School Prefects rooms, with lounge/study and a seperate bedroom with en-suite bathroom. These rooms are occupied by any boy from years Alpha to Epsilon who had been the Head Prefect of the preparatory school but was not currently a Senior School Prefect.

The Head Prefect of the senior school has special quarters in Head House with a separate study, seperate lounge/dining room and seperate bedroom with en-suite bathroom.

The Head Prefect of the Preparatory School has special quarters consisting of a lounge/study and seperate bedroom with en-suite bathroom, which is attached to the residence of the Deputy Headmaster (preparatory school).

The current Head Prefect of the Senior School is Alpha year student, Jaden Stamford Ellis.

The current Head Prefect of the Junior School is Zeta year student, Matthew Spencer Parker.



Enrolment

A maximum of 490 boys in Preparatory College
A maximum of 490 boys in Senior College
A maximum of 98 boys in a year.

7 Dormitories per house
7 Prefects per house
10 houses x 7 prefects plus 1 head prefect
equals = 71 prefects in Preparatory and 71 prefects in Senior.

Alpha - 52+1= 53 prefects
Beta - 18 prefects
Zeta - 52+1= 53 prefects
Eta - 18 prefects

In Alpha & Zeta years 45 boys are not prefects.
In Beta & Eta years 80 boys are not prefects.


College Uniform

Preparatory School

The Preparatory boys uniform consisted of a black preparatory school blazer which was trimmed in thin gold braid and has the school crest embroidered in gold on the pocket, short grey trousers, which come in two lengths. The longer leg shorts were worn by Zeta and Eta prep boys, these came to within a few inches of the knee. The shorter leg shorts were worn by the three junior prep years. These shorts came to about half way down the upper leg between the knee and the groin. Black lace up shoes and grey belt with gold buckle, black waistcoat, white long sleeve shirt, grey knee socks with the school colour bands of black and gold on the turnover tops, the school tie with a repeat pattern of black and gold stripes, a black preparatory school cap with the school crest embroidered in gold on it and the regulation white briefs and singlet.

Preparatory School Prefects

Preparatory school prefects wear the black preparatory school blazer but trimmed with much thicker gold braid, long grey trousers with grey belt with gold buckle, a black and white houndstooth checked single-breasted waistcoat with black buttons, white long sleeve shirt, grey short socks, the school tie with a repeat pattern of black and gold stripes. The regulation underwear for prefects is white boxer briefs and a white t-shirt.

Prefects in the Preparatory school are exempted from wearing a cap except when formally representing the school in public, where they then wear the black preparatory school cap with the school crest embroidered in gold on it.

The only Preparatory school prefect who wears a slightly different uniform is the Head Prefect of the Preparatory School, who wears the standard prefects uniform but with a white stripe single breasted waistcoat in lieu of the standard black prefects waistcoat.


Senior School

The senior school boys uniform consists of a black morning suit with a small enamel and gold badge of the school crest on the left lapel of the coat. Black lace up shoes, black short socks, black waistcoat, white tunic shirt with stiff detachable collar and a white "tie" which is a narrow strip of cloth folded over the joint of the collar to hide the collar stud. The regulation white briefs and singlet are worn as underwear.

Hats are not worn except when formally representing the school in public, where a straw boater hat with a black and gold stripped headband is worn.

Senior School Prefects

Senior school prefects wear the black morning suit with the small enamel and gold badge of the school crest on the left lapel of the coat. Black lace up shoes, black short socks, a black and white houndstooth checked single-breasted waistcoat with black buttons, white tunic shirt with a starched stick-up collar and black bow-tie, Prefects wear the regulation white boxer briefs and a white t-shirt as underwear.

The Head Prefect of Archbishops College wears a slightly different prefects uniform, consisting of the standard senior school prefects uniform but with a white stripe single breasted waistcoat with white buttons and a white bow tie.

Special Uniform Exemptions

A boy upon entering the Senior School who was a Preparatory School Prefect wears the Senior School uniform and is allowed to wear the Senior School Prefects black and white houndstooth checked single-breasted waistcoat with black buttons in place of the regulation black waistcoat and can remain wearing the regulation white prefects underwear.

The Head Prefect of the Preparatory School upon entering the Senior School wears the Senior School uniform and is allowed to remain wearing his white stripe single breasted waistcoat and regulation prefects underwear.


‘Little Boys’ & ‘Big Boys’

From its founding in 1701 till 1813 boys entering the senior school, were presumed to still be ‘little boys’ if they were less than 5 feet 4 inches tall and were thus made to wear a shorter black lounge jacket and special black knee length knickerbockers with black stockings while the ‘big boys’ over 5 feet 4 inches tall wore the full senior school uniform with the longer morning coat that was waist length in front with tails behind.

The system based on height was found to be unsatisfactory as it meant that shorter boys might have to wear the ‘little boy’ uniform even at 16 or 17 years of age if they where naturally short in height.

Therefore in 1814 the Board of Governors abolished the wearing of the ‘little boy’ uniform based on height and instituted instead, that senior school boys who were yet to grow pubic hair would wear the ‘little boy’ uniform and that all other senior school boys regardless of their age or height who had started to grow pubic hairs would wear the full senior boys uniform.

At the same time the Board of Governors formalised that all Preparatory School boys were deemed to be ‘little boys’ and so if they were capable of growing pubic hair, it had to kept shaved off, unless they held the office of prefect, as prefects were deemed by the Board of Governors not to be ‘little boys’!

In 1927 the Board of Governors revised the ‘little boy’ uniform to bring it up to twentieth century dress standards by abolishing the wearing of the black stockings and black knickerbocker shorts, replacing them with black knee socks with two bands of gold on the turnover tops and black longer leg shorts which came to within a few inches of the knee in the same design as the grey shorts worn by Zeta and Eta preparatory school boys.

At that time in 1927, the Board of Governors also ruled that any boy in Alpha or Beta years were to be considered ‘big boys’ regardless of wether they were yet to grow pubic hair.


Swimming

The weekly swimming roster had
Alpha and Beta boys swim after classes on Mondays. Gamma and Delta boys on Tuesdays. Epsilon and Zeta boys on Wednesdays. Eta and Theta boys on Thursdays and Lota and Kappa boys on Fridays.

At swimming, Preparatory College prefects and Senior College ‘big boys’ were permitted to maintain their modesty by wearing black swimming briefs. Senior College prefects from Alpha and Beta years were allowed the privilege of wearing longer black swimming trunks instead of the black swimming briefs.

The head prefect of the senior school was allowed the added privilege of wearing special black swimming trunks with a white waist band. The head prefect of the preparatory college was allowed the added privilege of wearing special black swimming briefs with a white waist band during his time as head prefect and onwards during his remaining years at Archbishops College, provided he was qualified to wear them in the Senior College under the pubic hair rule.

The Board of Governors that managed Archbishops College had promulgated since 1814, that pubic hair was the absolute determiner of a boys status and need for modesty at Archbishops College and therefore had established the rule and tradition that boys with no pubic hair were considered ‘little boys’ and ‘little boys’ had no need for modesty!

From 1814, Preparatory School boys who had pubic hair were kept shaved but Prefects were not shaved if they had pubic hair as the Board of Governors had also determined at that time that Prefects were not ‘little boys’ but were still members of the Preparatory School.

As the twentieth century progressed, more and more Prefects were developing earlier in age than in previous centuries. This led to the very common situation at swimming that more and more Preparatory School Prefects had pubic hair and a smaller number did not, which caused status and authority issues amongst the Prefects. So in 1961, The Board of Governors promulgated a change in the swimming rules that henceforth allowed Preparatory College Prefects to cover up by wearing the senior college swimming briefs.

This rule change was made possible due to the Board of Governors 1814 ruling that Prefects were part of the Preparatory School but not considered to be ‘little boys’ whilst holding prefectorial office. Once they relinquished that office however, the traditional Archbishops College pubic hair rules would again apply.

Therefore from 1961, a boy who had been a prefect in the preparatory college, if upon entering the senior college, still had no pubic hair, then regardless of his prior rank and status as a prefect, he was required to be naked again during swimming like all the other senior college ‘little boys’ who were yet to grow pubic hairs!

The board of Governors had rejected a number of requests over the years since 1961 to allow former preparatory college prefects the privilege of continuing to wear the black swim briefs, regardless of wether they had or did not have, pubic hair.

The situation where a Prefect upon entering the senior college, still had no pubic hair and was thus required to be naked again during swimming, like all the other senior college ‘little boys’ who were yet to grow pubic hairs, was not common, but did occurr.


Proposed New Uniform and Swimming Rules

There was currently a proposal from the Headmaster supported by the two Deputy Headmasters and the Director of Health and Well-being to introduce new uniform and swimming rules.

The Senior Executive hoped that soon the Board of Governor’s of Archbishops College would approve a recommendation that all boys at the college until they had turned sixteen years of age, would be kept shaved of pubic hair, if they had grown any, in accordance with traditional Unified Kingdom values.

This age rule would therefore encompass the whole of the Preparatory School including Prefects and Senior College boys in years Epsilon, Delta and Gamma. These three school years would all wear the shorter black lounge jacket with their Senior College uniform to indicate they were aged under sixteen years of age. If a boy in Gamma year had turned sixteen years of age he would be kept shaved till he graduated to Beta year.

Alpha and Beta year boys who would all be aged sixteen or older, would continue to wear the full black morning suit coat and would not be obliged to shave their pubic hair unless they choose to do so. This new rule would mean that Senior College boys who were yet to grow pubic hair, would no longer be singled out.

All Preparatory College boys, including Prefects would swim naked and all these boys would be kept shaved if required. Furthermore boys in the Senior College until they reached Beta Year, when they would be at least sixteen years of age or older, would also swim naked.

The Headmasters proposal argued that a revision to a simple, more traditional rule that applied to all boys would greatly reduce the mental stress of boys who previously would have been deemed ‘little boys’!

Another part of the proposed rule change was to reintroduce the position of House Prefect (the senior prefect of a house) which had been abolished in 1974. House Prefects would be selected by the Headmaster and relevant Deputy Headmaster along with the relevant House Master from one of the seven Prefects of a house. They would continue to supervise one of the house dormitories whilst holding the House Prefect position and would be permitted to wear the traditional historical Archbishops College House Prefects Scarlet waistcoat to distinguish them from the other Prefects of the house.

The recommendation to reintroduce the position of House Prefect was suggested to enable the House Prefects to carry out very regular hygiene inspections on the other six dormitory prefects of their house, reducing the burden on the Head Prefect, who would if the proposal was adopted, then only have to carry out hygiene inspections on the the ten house prefects of the Preparatory or Senior Schools.

The Head Prefect of the Senior School by tradition and convention was normally exempted from Hygiene inspections but could be inspected by the Deputy Headmaster of the Senior School or the Headmaster if required. The Head Prefect of the Senior School would also still carry out, as part of his duties, the Hygiene inspection of the Head Prefect of the Preparatory school and of the students of Head House in the Senior School.

The new swimming proposal would mean that ordinary Preparatory School boys and Prefects would all swim naked. As a consequence of this, there would be no identification possible of Preparatory School Prefects by the wearing of swimming briefs, so it was proposed that Preparatory School Prefects under this rule change would be identified in the swimming pool by wearing a black quarter inch wide flat rubber band around their right wrist whist swimming naked.

It was also proposed that both Senior and Preparatory Prefects would also wear these bands during sports and physical education lessons to distinguish the prefects from other students who otherwise could be wearing identical sports uniforms. House Prefects would wear a scarlet quarter inch flat rubber band and the Head Prefect would wear a white quarter inch flat rubber band around their right wrists.

The Board of Governors were still consulting with staff and selected parents about the new rule proposals and had yet to make a formal ruling, but that approval appeared very likely and fairly imminent.


List of Governor Generals and Headmasters of Archbishops College.

Founder: 1701
The Most Reverend Archbishop Armistead Glanville Godolphin, Primate of The Unified Kingdom.


Governor Generals:

Sir Marmaduke Godolphin Bt (1701–1732)
[Older brother of the Founder]
Henry, Viscount Lakehurst (1733–1746)
Richard, Earl of Tempe (1746–1765)
Edward, Viscount Batlow (1765–1781)
William, Marquess Hayward 1781–1791)
Sir Julius Donnelly Bt (1791–1808)
Sir Augustus Godolphin Bt (1808–1840)*
Rt Rev Francis John Hodge (1840–1853)
Rev Dr Edwin Craven Hidcote (1853–1862)
Rt Rev Dr Charles Guildford (1862–1884)
Field Marshal, Thomas, Earl of Hornsby (1884–1909)
Sir Charles Cook GCB (1909–1918)
Rt Rev Montague Juniper (1918–1936)
Sir Hieronymus Godolphin Bt (1936–1949)
Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Barton of Asquith (1949–1955)
Sir Thomas Knox Vance GCB (1955-1978)
Marshal of the Royal Airforce, Harold Viscount Mortimer (1978–1989)
Dr Sir Anthony Inman Bt (1989–2000)
Sir Eric Chase Agnew KCB (2000–2009)
Rt Rev Dr William Eli Walker (2009–Present)


Headmasters:

Rev Albus Percival Bland (1701–1711)
Rev Theodore Albert Coombs (1711–1720)
Rev Dr Horatio Newcombe (1720–1728)
Rev George Williams (1728–1743)
Rt Rev Octavius Cooke (1743–1745)
Rev Dr John Lewis Gamble (1745–1754)
Dr Edward Bernard Partridge (1754–1765)
Rev Dr Tiberius Snape (1765–1773)
Rev Archibald Johnson (1773–1792)
Dr George Healesville (1792–1802)
Dr Joseph Zachary Goodall (1802–1809)
Rev Dr John Joseph Keane (1809–1834)
Sir James Hall Thomas Bt (1834–1853)
Dr Sir Charles Olds Badgery ODS (1853–1862)
Rt Rev Dr Sir Armistrad Ralston ODS (1862–1868)
Dr Sir Edward Craven Hawke ODS (1868–1893)
Dr Sir Sidney Lawrance Warren ODS (1893–1905)
Rt Rev Dr Sir Henry Lowry ODS (1905–1914)
Rev Dr Sir Cyril Adlington ODS (1914–1928)
Dr Sir Amos Kingdom Treseder ODS (1928–1959)*
Dr Sir Eric Anders Dungate ODS (1959–1970)
Rev Dr Sir Anthony Vane ODS (1970–1985)
Dr Sir Reuel Briggs-Stratton ODS (1985–1994)
Dr Sir John Sumner Joiner ODS (1994–2002)
Dr Sir Boyd Foster Dallas ODS (2002–2010)
Dr Claude Aurelius Elliott Lyttelton (2010–Present)

Since 1862, by Royal Tradition instituted by Queen Victoria, the Headmaster has been awarded the Distinguished Service Order upon retirement which carries with it the title of ‘Sir’ and bestows the honorary title of ‘Lady’ on his wife.

* = Longest Serving


Biography of The Most Reverend Archbishop Armistead Glanville Godolphin, (1645 - 1724) Primate of the Church of the Unified Kingdom (1698 - 1724) and Founder of Archbishops College (1701).


Armistead Glanville Godolphin was born in Dalton by the Water on the 25th of April 1645, the second son and child of Tobias Glanville Montague Godolphin and Lady Dorothy Wendell-Holmes. His father would inherit the hereditary Baronetcy of Godolphin in 1673.

He was educated along with his older brother Marmaduke Tobias Godolphin (hereditary Baronet of Godolphin 1691–1732) and his younger brothers Augustus Montague Godolphin, Sextus Wendell Godolphin and Hieronymus Holmes Godolphin at Vindolandum Grammar School and then at New College, Londinium.

Armistead Godolphin was ordained deacon and priest on the 12th of August 1667, and until 1672 was chaplain and tutor to the family of the 3rd Earl of Lindum . He was Vicar of St Nicholas' Church, Clerkminster from 1672 until 1679 and conjointly held the appointment of Archdeacon of Ester from 1676. In 1679 he was appointed Dean of Ratae and in 1685 Dean of Londinium. He was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Londinium in 1692 and in 1698 Bishop of Londinium and Primate of the Church of the Unified Kingdom, with the title Archbishop.

As Archbishop he was ranked in precedence above all individuals in The Unified Kingdom, with the exception of the Sovereign and members of the Royal Family. He was the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Londinium and also the Primate of the Church of The Unified Kingdom and is styled Primate of The Unified Kingdom with the title Archbishop. The Archbishop is ex officio a member of the Sovereigns Privy Council and the House of Lords.

Archbishop Godolphin as a member of the Sovereigns Privy Council became the confidential adviser in matters of church and state to three Sovereigns of The Unified Kingdom, King William III, Queen Anne and King George I. They all relied on Archbishop Godolphin to support their policies in the House of Lords and expected him to act as one of their Parliamentary "managers", lobbying not only his fellow bishops and lords but also those members of parliament who were known to him personally.

On the 12th of October 1701 the Archbishop by Archiepiscopal Charter founded the prestigious Archbishops College and classes began on Monday the 4th of September 1702.

Armistead Godolphin was married at St Nicholas' Clerkminster in 1676 to Elizabeth Partridge (1653-1739). Of their seven children, only four survived to adulthood.

His eldest surviving son, Hieronymus Armistead Godolphin (1678–1737) represented Nundleberry in Parliament from 1713 to 1735; he was a commissioner of trade from 1729 to 1735. The Archbishops younger surviving son, Isambard Augustus Godolphin (1683-1759) was a churchman rising to the position of Archdeacon of Westmarch and was the biographer of his father.

The Archbishops eldest surviving daughter Patience Partridge Godolphin (1680-1761) married the surgeon Frederick Sylvester Winslow and the Archbishops younger surviving daughter Prudence Partridge Godolphin (1687-1764) married the abolitionist Melville Darwin Budd.

The Most Reverend Archbishop Armistead Glanville Godolphin died at Londinium on the 2nd of February 1724 aged 78 years and was buried in the Archiepiscopal crypt of Saint George’s Cathedral Londinium. His wife Elizabeth was interned next to her husband after her death on the 23rd of November 1739.


Baronetcy of Godolphin

The baronetcy was created in 1538 during the sovereignty of Edward VI.

A baronetcy is the only hereditary honour of The Unified Kingdom that is not a peerage. A Baronet belongs to the lesser nobility and ranks above all knighthoods and damehoods in the order of precedence, except for the Order of the Garter. A baronet is addressed as "Sir" just as is a knight, or "Dame" in the case of a baronetess, while the wife of a baronet uses "Lady" followed by the husband's surname.

List of the of Baronets of Godolphin:

1: Hieronymus Marmaduke Godolphin
(1538-1556)
2: Augustus Glanville Godolphin
(1556-1568)
3: Tiberius Montague Godolphin (1568-1589)
4: Tobias Armistead Godolphin (1589-1609)
5: Sextus Hieronymus Godolphin (1609-1623)
6: Isambard Marmaduke Godolphin (1623-1639)
7: Glanville Augustus Godolphin
(1639-1641)
8: Sextus Isambard Godolphin
(1641-1673)
9: Tobias Glanville Montague Godolphin
(1673-1691) #
10: Marmaduke Tobias Godolphin
(1691–1732) * +
Governor General of ABC 1701–1732
11: Hieronymus Armistead Godolphin
(1732-1734)
12: Augustus Tiberius Godolphin (1734-1769)
13: Armistead Isambard Godolphin
(1769-1792)
Governor of ABC 1784-1792
14: Hieronymus Marmaduke Godolphin
(1792-1804)
15: Augustus Glanville Godolphin
(1804-1840)
Governor General of ABC 1808–1840
16: Sextus Tobias Godolphin
(1840-1847)
17: Marmaduke Augustus Godolphin
(1847-1871)
18: Montague Glanville Godolphin
(1871-1893)
19: Hieronymus Sextus Godolphin
(1893-1901)
Governor of ABC 1890-1901
20: Glanville Armistead Godolphin
(1901-1916)
21: Montague Tobias Godolphin
(1916-1931)
22: Hieronymus Isambard Godolphin
(1931–1949)
Governor General of ABC 1936–1949
23: Glanville Augustus Godolphin
(1949-1962)
24: Tobias Marmaduke Godolphin
(1962-1980)
Governor of ABC 1968-1980
25: Armistead Tiberius Godolphin
(1980-2007)
26: Montague Isambard Godolphin
2007-Current) and his wife Lady (Daisy Constance) Godolphin, BA, BSc, BTh, a Governor of Archbishops College (2011-Current)

* Longest tenure.
# Father of Archbishop Godolphin.
+ Older brother of Archbishop Godolphin.










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