{"id":551,"date":"2021-05-09T04:25:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T04:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/?page_id=551"},"modified":"2026-08-22T17:56:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T17:56:51","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"551\" class=\"elementor elementor-551\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-wtsec0 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"wtsec0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-wtcol0\" data-id=\"wtcol0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wthtml0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"wthtml0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style id=\"wt-history\">\n@import url(\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cinzel:wght@600&family=EB+Garamond:ital,wght@0,400;0,600;1,400&family=Inter:wght@400;500;600&display=swap\");\n.wt-history {\n  --maroon: #5C0E14;\n  --maroon-ink: #3D080C;\n  --gold: #C9A24A;\n  --cream: #F8F1E1;\n  --ink: #1A1A1A;\n  --line: #D9CFB8;\n  background: var(--cream);\n  color: var(--ink);\n  font-family: \"EB Garamond\", Georgia, serif;\n  font-size: 20px;\n  line-height: 1.55;\n}\n.wt-history * { box-sizing: border-box; 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}\n.wt-history .song .chorus {\n  margin-top: 14px; padding-top: 12px; border-top: 1px solid var(--line);\n  font-style: italic; color: var(--maroon);\n}\n@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {\n  .wt-history .hero-bg, .wt-history .stat, .wt-history .gallery img { animation: none !important; transform: none !important; }\n}\n@media (max-width: 800px) {\n  .wt-history .stats .wrap, .wt-history .story, .wt-history .gallery, .wt-history .principals,\n  .wt-history .marks .mark-grid, .wt-history .song .verses { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }\n  .wt-history .stat { border-right: 0; border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(201,162,74,.25); }\n  .wt-history .timeline::before { left: 8px; }\n  .wt-history .t-item { grid-template-columns: 1fr; padding-left: 28px; }\n  .wt-history .t-item::before { left: 3px; }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"wt-history\">\n  <section class=\"hero\">\n    <div class=\"hero-bg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School, 1910\"><\/div>\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <p class=\"eyebrow\">The Wolmer\u2019s Trust \u00b7 Kingston, Jamaica<\/p>\n      <h1>History<\/h1>\n      <p class=\"motto\">Age Quod Agis<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <div class=\"stats\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <div class=\"stat\"><b>1729<\/b><span>John Wolmer\u2019s will \u00b7 21 May<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat\"><b>1736<\/b><span>The Trust is established<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat\"><b>23<\/b><span>Rhodes Scholars \u00b7 Gleaner, 2015<\/span><\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat\"><b>2019<\/b><span>Wolmer\u2019s Day proclaimed<\/span><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <section>\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>The oldest high school in the English-speaking Caribbean<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n      <p class=\"lede\">On 21 May 1729 John Wolmer, a Kingston goldsmith, left \u00a32,360 for a free school. The 1736 Act made no distinction of colour, class or creed, nor between boys and girls.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"story\">\n        <div>\n          <p>The three schools sit in Kingston: Wolmer\u2019s Preparatory, Learning and Enrichment Centre; Wolmer\u2019s Trust High School for Girls; and Wolmer\u2019s Trust High School for Boys. The motto is <em>Age Quod Agis<\/em>.<\/p>\n          <p>Little is known of John Wolmer except that he was a goldsmith and had practised his craft in Kingston for more than twenty years. It is possible that he was originally from Switzerland or Germany. He was married at St Andrew Parish Church, Half Way Tree, to Mary Elizabeth Lombard; his wife died in 1717. He died in Kingston on 29 June 1729.<\/p>\n          <p>On 21 May 1729 he made his last will and testament, leaving the bulk of his estate \u2014 2,360 pounds sterling \u2014 for the foundation of a free school in the parish of his death. After delays, amendments, and conferences between the House of Assembly and the Council, a law was passed and in 1736 the Wolmer\u2019s Trust, which would manage the affairs of the school, was established.<\/p>\n          <p>The law which established the school made no distinction in respect of colour, class or creed, nor between boys and girls. In 1782 there were 64 boys and 15 girls on roll. The original school stood downtown at what is still known as Wolmer\u2019s Yard, beside Kingston Parish Church. In 1896 the schools were separated and independent heads appointed. After the 1907 earthquake destroyed most of the buildings, the schools moved to their present site north of what is now National Heroes Park.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div>\n          <figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/eedca0dfafabb598d45439e0b34d361b.jpg\" alt=\"A section of Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School. National Library of Jamaica.\" \/>\n            <figcaption>A section of Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School. National Library of Jamaica Digital Collection.<\/figcaption>\n          <\/figure>\n          <figure>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG-20180914-WA0011.jpeg\" alt=\"Marble sculpture commemorating John Wolmer\u2019s gift of a free school.\" \/>\n            <figcaption>Marble sculpture in Kingston Parish Church: Liberty holding a medallion of the school crest \u2014 the sun of Learning breaking through the clouds of Ignorance.<\/figcaption>\n          <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <p>In 1941, at the instigation of Miss Skempton, then headmistress of Wolmer\u2019s Trust High School for Girls, Wolmer\u2019s Preparatory, Learning and Enrichment Centre was established to feed the girls\u2019 school. It opened \u2014 in the area which now houses the canteen and art room \u2014 with six little girls.<\/p>\n      <p>Wolmer\u2019s Day is 21 May \u2014 the date of John Wolmer\u2019s will. The Governor-General, Sir Patrick Allen, proclaimed it at King\u2019s House on 17 May 2019. Wolmer\u2019s is the only Jamaican school so recognised.<\/p>\n      <p>The largest recorded early legacy after Wolmer\u2019s own was Ellis Wolfe\u2019s \u00a31,000 in 1831. In 1998 Vernon A. Barrett, an Old Boy, endowed the Trust with $5 million for the three schools. Glasspole House is named for Sir Florizel Glasspole, former Governor-General and Old Boy, who chaired the 250th Anniversary committee and was instrumental in the joint sixth-form block, completed in 1984.<\/p>\n      <p>The Wolmer\u2019s Trust owns all the lands housing the three schools, and is responsible for their maintenance and repair. The Gleaner in 2015 counted 23 Rhodes Scholars from the schools since 1904.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"marks\" id=\"crest\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Crest, colours, and school song<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"mark-grid\">\n        <div class=\"crest-card\">\n          <p class=\"mark-kicker\">The crest<\/p>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/crest.png\" alt=\"Sigillum Schol\u00e6 Wolmerian\u00e6\" \/>\n          <p>A replica of the original school seal from the 1700s. The sun of Learning bursting through the cloud of Ignorance.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"colour-card\">\n          <p class=\"mark-kicker\">The colours<\/p>\n          <div class=\"swatches\">\n            <div class=\"swatch maroon\"><span>Maroon<\/span><\/div>\n            <div class=\"swatch gold\"><span>Gold<\/span><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <p>Maroon and gold. The motto is <em>Age Quod Agis<\/em> \u2014 whatever you do, do it to the best of your ability.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"song\">\n        <h3>Wolmer\u2019s School Song<\/h3>\n        <p class=\"by\">by Phyllis Khan<\/p>\n        <div class=\"verses\">\n          <div class=\"verse\">\n            <p>Our School We All Love Dearly,<\/p>\n            <p>We Think It Is The Best<\/p>\n            <p>Maroon And Gold Our Colours,<\/p>\n            <p>The Rising Sun Our Crest<\/p>\n            <p>Our Motto Means At All Times,<\/p>\n            <p>We Try To Do Our Best<\/p>\n            <p>At Home, At School, At Work, At Play<\/p>\n            <p>We Put It To The Test<\/p>\n            <div class=\"chorus\">\n              <p>Age Quod Agis,<\/p>\n              <p>Age Quod Agis,<\/p>\n              <p>On Maroon And Gold The Sun Won\u2019t Set<\/p>\n              <p>Try To Do Your Best, Put It To The Test<\/p>\n              <p>Age, Age Quod Agis<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"verse\">\n            <p>To Those Who Love And Train Us,<\/p>\n            <p>We Owe A Special Debt<\/p>\n            <p>To Self We Owe It Also<\/p>\n            <p>High Moral Codes To Set<\/p>\n            <p>Our Emblem Sun Keeps Shining<\/p>\n            <p>And It Must Never Set<\/p>\n            <p>Our Hopes And Aspirations Placed As High<\/p>\n            <p>As They Can Get<\/p>\n            <div class=\"chorus\">\n              <p>Age Quod Agis,<\/p>\n              <p>Age Quod Agis,<\/p>\n              <p>On Maroon And Gold The Sun Won\u2019t Set<\/p>\n              <p>Try To Do Your Best, Put It To The Test<\/p>\n              <p>Age, Age Quod Agis<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"verse\">\n            <p>Our Efforts Must Be Constant<\/p>\n            <p>In All Things Big And Small<\/p>\n            <p>The Rising Sun Our Target<\/p>\n            <p>Our Standards Must Not Fall<\/p>\n            <p>Our Motto Means A Great Deal,<\/p>\n            <p>It Is For One And All<\/p>\n            <p>The Home, The School, The Nation Hear<\/p>\n            <p>The Wolmer\u2019s Clarion Call<\/p>\n            <div class=\"chorus\">\n              <p>Age Quod Agis,<\/p>\n              <p>Age Quod Agis,<\/p>\n              <p>On Maroon And Gold The Sun Won\u2019t Set<\/p>\n              <p>Try To Do Your Best, Put It To The Test<\/p>\n              <p>Age, Age Quod Agis<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>From the archive<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"gallery\">\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0557a1af6058ddc4b8b56914c8410fc8.jpg\" alt=\"Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 School. National Library of Jamaica.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 School. National Library of Jamaica.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/goXl5wTFmwQLsrIy5wks_full_Wolmers-Girls-Class-50.jpg\" alt=\"Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 Class of 1950\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 Class of 1950.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/XVdCGRIlRt2KsH7wTb3z_full_Wolmers-1910.jpg\" alt=\"Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School, 1910\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Wolmer\u2019s Boys\u2019 School, 1910.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/download-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Cenotaph dedicated to 21 Wolmerians who died in the First World War\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Cenotaph to the 21 Wolmerians who died in the Great War. Unveiled 12 November 1924; moved 21\u201322 August 2014 for the auditorium.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/34034be71538322c42526f3d2a20a714.jpg\" alt=\"Deborah Whittingham, Wolmer\u2019s Girls\u2019 head girl 1980\u201381, receiving awards from Mrs Mitzie Seaga.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Deborah Whittingham, 1980\u201381 head girl, receiving awards from Mrs Mitzie Seaga. Jamaica Information Service \/ NLJ.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/292750bc0af27f85254aaabbd0ba9895.jpg\" alt=\"Rosemarie Webster, Wolmer\u2019s Girls graduate.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Rosemarie Webster, Wolmer\u2019s Girls graduate; first Jamaican woman accountant at Royal Bank of Canada, Hagley Park. Daily News \/ NLJ.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Commemoration-of-monument-to-Old-Boys-of-Wolmers-Gleaner-13th-Nov-1923.jpg\" alt=\"Gleaner page, 13 November 1923: commemoration of a monument to Old Boys.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>The Gleaner, 13 November 1923 \u2014 commemoration of a monument to Old Boys. Trust media library.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ceno-ded.jpg\" alt=\"Cenotaph dedication inscription.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Cenotaph dedication. Trust library.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ceno-names.jpg\" alt=\"Names on the Wolmer\u2019s cenotaph.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Names of the twenty-one Wolmerians recorded on the cenotaph.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/ceno-crest.jpg\" alt=\"Crest on the Wolmer\u2019s cenotaph.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>School crest on the cenotaph.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08486fd1efe4c3e1fd7e9c5d44a545bc.jpg\" alt=\"Wolmer\u2019s Girls hockey side, undated print.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Girls\u2019 hockey side. Undated print in the Trust library.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/wolmershalloffameU201510GT.jpg\" alt=\"Hall of Fame induction, 2 October 2015.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Hall of Fame induction, 2 October 2015.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n        <figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/jis-wolmers-day-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Proclamation of Wolmer\u2019s Day, King\u2019s House, 17 May 2019.\" \/>\n          <figcaption>Proclamation of Wolmer\u2019s Day, King\u2019s House, 17 May 2019. Karla Small-Dwyer, Milton Samuda, Sir Patrick Allen, Lincoln McIntyre. Photo: Rudranath Fraser \/ JIS.<\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section>\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Chronology<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"timeline\">\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1706<\/div><p>11 July \u2014 John Wolmer is married to Mary Elizabeth Lombard at Half Way Tree.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1729<\/div><p>21 May \u2014 he writes his will, leaving money for a free school in the parish of his death. He dies 29 June.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1736<\/div><p>An Act of the House of Assembly establishes the Trust. First trustees: John Gregory, William Nedham, George Ellis, and Rev. Dr May.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1742<\/div><p>The Trust buys six lots on Duke Street. First Foundation Scholars admitted; the school numbers 40 boys.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1755\u201357<\/div><p>Closed after the death of headmaster Michael Mill. Classes resume in rented quarters, probably at Parade.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1777<\/div><p>Set up at Church Street as Wolmer\u2019s Academy. On 15 September the Trustees resolve that \u201cnone but children of white parents be admitted into this school of this corporation.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1779<\/div><p>A female division is introduced under Miss Margaret Richardson.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1815<\/div><p>The limit on Jewish children is removed. Coloured children are also admitted.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1862<\/div><p>1 August \u2014 Rev. Robert Gordon is appointed the first Black headmaster.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1867<\/div><p>Ceases to be a grammar school; becomes an elementary school. Grammar status returns in 1894.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1895<\/div><p>Both schools open as secondary schools. Albert Dews heads Boys; Maud Barrows heads Girls.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1905<\/div><p>Wolmer\u2019s Old Boys\u2019 Association established. Old Girls\u2019 Association follows on 20 April 1909.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1907\u201309<\/div><p>The Great Earthquake damages the schools. They relocate to the Quebec lands and occupy new buildings at Quebec Lodge in January 1909.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1937<\/div><p>Philip Sherlock introduces the house system at Boys: Crosse, Wolfe, Harrison, Patterson.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1939<\/div><p>Lewis Davidson introduces the khaki uniform.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1941<\/div><p>Prep is founded. The Parent-Teacher Association is inaugurated.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1991<\/div><p>Fire destroys the principal\u2019s office, assembly hall, prefects\u2019 room, staff room and two classrooms.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">1998<\/div><p>Vernon A. Barrett, an Old Boy, endows the Trust with $5 million for the three schools.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">2014<\/div><p>The cenotaph is moved; groundbreaking for the auditorium on 5 September, after 23 years without one.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">2015<\/div><p>2 October \u2014 the first sixteen are inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Douglas Orane Auditorium is dedicated at Boys.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">2019<\/div><p>21 May \u2014 first Wolmer\u2019s Day. The Governor-General had proclaimed it at King\u2019s House on 17 May.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">2024<\/div><p>295 years. The joint board announces the Wolmer\u2019s 300 Technology and Multimedia Expansion Programme.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">2024<\/div><p>November \u2014 a 954-panel solar array is commissioned across Boys, Girls and Prep. US$445,000, led by a gift of US$323,000 from Old Boy Lloyd Carney.<\/p><\/div>\n        <div class=\"t-item\"><div class=\"t-year\">2026<\/div><p>297 years. Construction on a third storey of the Sixth Form Block began in July. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/sixth-form-block\/\">The work<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section style=\"padding-top:0\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Principals<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n      <p>Heads of the three schools.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"principals\">\n        <div class=\"plist\">\n          <h3>Prep \u00b7 since 1941<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Mrs Evelyn Skempton <span>Founding<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Duperly<\/li>\n            <li>Miss Marjorie Fraser<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Campbell<\/li>\n            <li>Miss Hope Valentine<\/li>\n            <li>Miss Orane<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Freda DeMercado<\/li>\n            <li>Miss J. Mordecai <span>1960\u20131965<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Miss Valerie Packer <span>1959, 1965\u201366<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Patricia Bayston<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs H. Daley<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Joyce Tyson<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Hyacinth Bennett<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Tyson<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs June Spence<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Lorna Downie<\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Weida Saddler<\/li>\n            <li>Ms Janet Howard <span>to 2020<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Norma McNeil <span>Acting 2020\u20132021<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Ms Kemar Christie <span>2021 \u2013<\/span><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"plist\">\n          <h3>Girls \u00b7 since 1896<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Miss Maud Barrows <span>1896\u20131904<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Miss Kate Howson <span>1904\u20131927<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Miss Mary E. Cowper <span>1927\u20131940<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Evelyn Skempton <span>1941\u20131962<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Miss Audrey Pinto <span>1962\u20131985<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Pamela Harrison <span>1985\u20132003<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs Colleen Montague <span>2003 \u2013<\/span><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"plist\">\n          <h3>Boys \u00b7 first dated master 1738<\/h3>\n          <ul>\n            <li>Mr Bolton <span>1738<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. William Alcock <span>1743<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Dedsbury <span>1744<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Michael Mill <span>1745<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Isaac Taaf <span>1757<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Samuel Evans <span>1757<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Francis Grant <span>1759\u20131774<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Walter Gibbs <span>1774<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Dr Morgan <span>1777<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Alexander Cummins <span>1779\u20131789<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Thomas Downes <span>1787<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Robert Stanton Woodham <span>1789\u20131791<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. James Dymoke <span>1791\u20131799<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. David Duff <span>1799\u20131803<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>John P. Nugent <span>1803\u20131812<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Bartholomew Owen Williams <span>1812\u20131815<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Thomas Pearce Williams <span>1813<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Ebenezer Reid (Snr.) <span>1815\u20131843<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Ebenezer Reid (Jnr.) <span>1843\u20131847<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>William Augustus Hunt <span>1847\u20131852<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Charles P. Street <span>1852\u20131855<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Solomon Myers <span>Oct 1855<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>William Carter <span>1855\u20131862<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Robert Gordon <span>1862\u20131867<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>John Tillman <span>1868\u20131895<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Albert Dews B.A. <span>1895\u20131901<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>William Cowper <span>1901\u20131915<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>F.M. Peachell <span>1915\u20131917<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Rev. Symms <span>1917\u20131919<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>F.W. Day <span>1919\u20131920<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Reginald Murray <span>1920\u20131933<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Philip Sherlock <span>1933\u20131938<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Lewis Davidson <span>1939\u20131942<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>J.R. Bunting <span>1943\u20131949<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Dr Simpson <span>1950\u20131953<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Norman Jackson <span>1953\u20131964<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>H.N. Walker <span>1964\u20131966<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Donald Bogle <span>1966\u20131971<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Richard Morris <span>1971\u20131978<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Gilbert Smith <span>1978\u20131979<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>E. Coleridge Barnett <span>1979\u20131998<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs DeAnne Robb <span>1998\u20132000<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Dave Myrie <span>2000\u20132007<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Mrs DeAnne Robb <span>2007\u20132008<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Dr Walton Small <span>2008\u20132019<\/span><\/li>\n            <li>Dwight Pennycooke <span>2019 \u2013<\/span><\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <section class=\"giveband\">\n    <div class=\"wrap\">\n      <h2>Whatever you do, do it well<\/h2>\n      <div class=\"rule\"><\/div>\n      <p>The Trust still owns the land and still keeps the schools. The work of the original bequest is not finished.<\/p>\n      <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/sixth-form-block\/#give\">Give to Wolmer\u2019s<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-551","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2075,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/551\/revisions\/2075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolmers.org\/trust\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}