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This week sees the annual conference of the Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference, an association of Independent School headteachers that has been meeting since 1869. MGS has been in the associat…

In 1985, a new High Master arrived at MGS. The Manchester Evening News sent a reporter to interview Geoffrey Parker in May 1985, in advance of his start in September: "Geoffrey Parker's most vivid me…

There have been forty-three High Masters during the Manchester Grammar School's five hundred year history, but by far the longest serving is Charles Lawson. He held the role from 1764 until 1807, an …

John Beavan, later to be known as Baron Ardwick of Barnes, attended MGS between 1924 and 1927. He had a successful career in journalism, serving as editor of the Manchester Evening News, London edito…

Though the date is unknown, we do know that High Master J.L. Paton penned this short booklet, a letter that consisted of advice for MGS boys on the cusp of adulthood and about to enter the world of w…

Find below a number of talks given by Ian Bailey on assorted topics: Captain John Paton.pdf Douglas G.A. Lowe.pdf Frederick William Walker.pdf Grasmere 1998.pdf Ian Bailey Speech - Grasmere Camp.pdf …

We are currently in the process of sorting through a box of material belonging to the late Ian Bailey. The material includes typed transcripts of many of Ian’s assemblies and talks on the history of …

This coming Sunday, a group of Old Mancunians will gather at Exeter Cathedral to remember MGS founder Hugh Oldham. A wreath will be laid at Oldham's tomb which is housed in the chantry chapel. This i…

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Peter Mason took on the High Mastership of MGS in the January of 1962. Eric James had been High Master for seventeen years, during which time he was honoured with a knighthood and then a life peerage…