Peter McLaughlin (born 1956) is an

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academic, historian, and educator. He is the CEO of Max Learning Limited, the educational arm of the

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. He was Headmaster of

The Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mod ...

. Before joining Doon in 2009, he served as Headmaster of

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, and Principal of the

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and of

Casterton School Casterton School was an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 3 to 18 years in the village of Casterton in rural Cumbria. In its final years it also admitted boys, up to the age of 11. The school ceased to exist in 2013, though a pr ...

in England. McLaughlin retired from Doon in May 2016.

Education

McLaughlin was born in

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and raised in Africa. He was educated at Prince Edward School in

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, Rhodesia, and at the

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, also in

, where he read history. He then studied for a

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at the

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, United Kingdom.

Career

*Lecturer in Modern history,

, 1977–1983 (University of Zimbabwe from 1980, Harare from 1982) *

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, 1980–1983 *Headmaster, Deputy Head,

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and Teacher at St. George's College (HMC), Weybridge, Surrey 1983–1997 *Headmaster of

(HMC), 1997–1999 *Headmaster of

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, 1999–2005 *Headmaster of

(GSA), Casterton, Cumbria, 2005–2009 *Headmaster of

(HMC, IBSC),

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, 2009–2016

Work

Olafur Grimsson with Peter McLaughlin, Doon School

McLaughlin's doctorate was a study of the role of British Imperial defence policy in shaping the Rhodesian armed forces from the 1890s to the 1950s. During the

Rhodesian Bush War The Rhodesian Bush War, also called the Second as well as the Zimbabwe War of Liberation, was a civil conflict from July 1964 to December 1979 in the unrecognised country of Rhodesia (later Zimbabwe-Rhodesia). The conflict pitted three for ...

, he served in operational areas as a field

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in the

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(BSAP). He set up the War Studies course at the

(now the University of Zimbabwe) and was awarded an Association of Commonwealth Universities Post-doctoral Fellowship to the

to study the British munitions industry in the

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. He left the world of research and lecturing to carve out a successful career as a headmaster at major

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in England. From 1999 to 2005 he was the Principal of the

before his departure to head Casterton School. In 2009, McLaughlin moved to

to head an independent boarding school, The

Doon School The Doon School (informally Doon School or Doon) is a selective all-boys boarding school in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, which was established in 1935. It was envisioned by Satish Ranjan Das, a lawyer from Calcutta, who prevised a school mode ...

, succeeding

Kanti Bajpai Kanti Prasad Bajpai (born 1955) is an Indian academic, international affairs analyst, and the former headmaster of The Doon School, Dehradun, India. He is known to be an expert on Indo-China relations. He is currently a professor at National U ...

. He has lived in Dehradun in India ever since.Books by Peter McLaughlin
/ref>Member of Board of Governors of the Doon School
In 2016, McLaughlin announced his early retirement from The Doon School with three years left on his second contract as Headmaster, and submitted his resignation to Chairman of the Board of Governors

Gautam Thapar Gautam Thapar (born 7 December 1960) is an Indian businessman who is the chairman of Avantha Group and is part of the Thapar family. Early life Gautam Thapar belongs to the third generation of the business family founded by his grandfathe ...

. He was succeeded by Matthew Raggett, a British educator.

Family

McLaughlin is married to Elizabeth McLaughlin and has two sons.

Bibliography

*''Ragtime Soldiers: The Rhodesian experience in The Great War'' (1980), by Peter McLaughlin. Books of Zimbabwe, . *''The Occupation of Mashonaland'' (1982), by Peter McLaughlin. Books of Zimbabwe, . *''The Rhodesian War: A Military History''(2008), by Peter McLaughlin. Stackpole Books, .

References

External links

Official Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mclaughlin, Peter 1956 births Alumni of the London School of Economics Alumni of Prince Edward School British South Africa Police officers Headmasters of The Doon School British emigrants to Rhodesia Historians from Northern Ireland Academics from Northern Ireland Male non-fiction writers from Northern Ireland Living people Rhodesian military personnel of the Bush War Heads of schools in Egypt Academic staff of the University of Zimbabwe 21st-century writers from Northern Ireland White Rhodesian people University of Zimbabwe alumni