Wardens of Sackville College
There are a number of sources for the names and dates of the Wardens of Sackville College. “The History of East Grinstead by Wallace H. Hills” on page 103 gives details up to 1893 and also includes names of some of the Assistant Wardens. R.H. Wood in his “Short Account of Sackville College” takes the list up to 1968. The manuscript of Wood’s “History of Sackville College” is available at the East Grinstead Library and in the study at Sackville College. In this document he gives more details about the Wardens.
List of Wardens
- Anthony Felton
- John Shelley
- William Vargis 1638-1646
- The Rev. Reyner Herman 1646-1656
- George Parkyns 1657-1663
- William Prannell
- William Bushey 1663-1677
- John Cutteford 1677-1680
- Rev. Thomas Grice 1680-1684
- Richard Jux 1684-1685
- Rev. Thomas Hardmett 1685-1685
- Rev. Thomas Winterbottom 1685-1716
- John Millington 1716-1732
- John Bright 1733-1751
- William Wood 1751-1772
- George Knight 1772-1813
- Thomas Palmer 1813-1844
- Rev. John Mason Neale 1846-1866
- William Hooper Attree 1866-1872
- Dr. John Henry Rogers, M.D. 1872-1879
- Dr. George Covey, M.R.C.8. Eng., L.S.A., 1879-1893
- Dr. James Harrison 1893-1908
- William Claude Johnson 1909-1909
- Frank Hill 1909-1928
- Lt. General Sir George Fletcher MacMunn, KCB, KCSI, DSO, Legion of Honour 1929-1952
- Sir Harry Chapman Sinderson, Pasha, KBE, CMG 1952-1969
- Peter Williams, DSC 1969-1981
- Major General D.A.D.J. Bethell 1981-1988
- Derek V. Chislett 1988-1996
- The Hon. David Russell 1996-2002
- Graham Gaisburgh-Watkyn 2003-2017
- Rosalind Crowther 2018-