Hugh Raymond Wright (born 24 August 1938) is an English

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and

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who was chairman of the

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for 1995–1996. In his early career Wright taught at Brentwood School and

Cheltenham College Cheltenham College is a public school ( fee-charging boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The school opened in 1841 as a Church of England foundation and is known for its outstanding linguis ...

, where he was Head of Classics. He was then successively headmaster of

Stockport Grammar School Stockport Grammar School is a co-educational private day school in Stockport, England. Founded in 1487 by Sir Edmund Shaa, a former Lord Mayor of London, it is the second oldest in the North of England, after Lancaster Royal Grammar School, ...

Gresham's School Gresham's School is a private school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) in Holt, Norfolk, England, one of the top thirty International Baccalaureate schools in England. The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a f ...

, and

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Early life

The son of the Rev. Raymond Blayney Wright and his wife Alice Mary Hawksworth, Wright was educated at

Kingswood School Kingswood School is a private day and boarding school in Bath, Somerset, England. The school is coeducational and educates over 1,000 pupils aged 9 months to 18 years. It was founded by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, in 1748, and is the ...

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, from 1949 to 1957 and

The Queen's College, Oxford The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault, queen of England. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassi ...

, where he was a Bible Clerk and graduated BA and later MA in Literae Humaniores.''WRIGHT, Hugh Raymond MA'' in Who's Who 2007 (London, A. & C. Black, 2007)

Career

His first post was as an assistant schoolmaster at Brentwood School, from 1961 to 1964. From 1964 to 1979, he taught at

, where he was Head of Classics from 1967 to 1972 and housemaster of Boyne House, 1971 to 1979. His first appointment as a headmaster came at

, from 1979, and in 1985 he became head of

, Holt, remaining there until 1991. Finally he was Chief Master of

, from 1991 to 1998.The Role of the Governors
at kingswood.bath.sch.uk (Retrieved 25 April 2008) He was elected Chairman of the

in 1995, a year before it became the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, having previously chaired its North West District from 1983 and its Community Service Sub-Committee from 1985 to 1990. In Birmingham in the mid-1990s, Wright worked with Tim Brighouse, the city's chief education officer, to develop a partnership between King Edward's and the state sector of education, commenting "We are looking at a new era of public-private co-operation reinforcing the community base. We are talking about one-off initiatives, not grandiose schemes". He chaired a group called the 'Children's University', providing Saturday schools, and a summer literacy scheme for eleven-year-olds held at King Edward's in 1997.

Other appointments

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Interview Board Panel, 1982–95 *

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Advisory Board of Ministry (formerly

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), 1982– *Chairman of National Steering Committee for Children's University, 1995–2001 *Member of Bloxham Project Committee, 1993–1998, and Trustee, 1998–2006 *Chairman of Governors, Kingswood School, Bath, 1998–2006 (and governor, 1995–1998) *Member of Governing Bodies Association Committee, 2000–03 *Member of Chaplaincy Team, Shepton Mallet Prison, 2001–

Publications

*''The Origins of Christianity and the Medieval Church'' (1980) *''Auden and Gresham's'' in ''Conference Common Room'', Vol. 44, No. 2, Summer 2007''Conference Common Room'
Vol. 44, No. 2, Summer 2007
online at schoolsearch.co.uk (Retrieved 25 April 2008)

Private life

In 1962, Wright married Jillian Mary McIldowie Meiklejohn, and they have three sons. He is a member of the

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and gives his recreations in

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as "music, theatre, hill walking, wildfowl, gardening, Rugby football".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Hugh 1938 births Headmasters of Gresham's School Chief Masters of King Edward's School, Birmingham Living people Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford People educated at Kingswood School, Bath