Thomas Rowley (headmaster)

Dr Thomas Rowley (24 August 1796 – 11 November 1877) was a successful headmaster of Bridgnorth Grammar School between 1821 and 1850.

He was educated at Shrewsbury and at Christ Church, Oxford, from where he obtained a BA (1819), BD and DD (1839).

Distinguished former pupils of Dr Rowley included Bishop James Fraser, the reforming Bishop of Manchester,[citation needed] Lord Lingen, the influential civil servant,[citation needed] Henry John Roby, the classical scholar, writer on Roman law and Member of Parliament,[3] Rev.

[5] Dr Rowley's successors after 1850 had not his ability, and accordingly the School's numbers and reputation, and their own emoluments, declined.

[6] The East Window of the St Leonard's Church in Bridgnorth was replaced in memory of Dr Rowley.