1898
Death of Dr. Moulton. Dr. W.T.A. Barber appointed Headmaster.
The Revd William Barber taught briefly at the School (77-78) before becoming a lecturer at Richmond Theological College. From there he went as a missionary to China, becoming minister in charge of Hankow Christian College. He returned on the death of his wife and was staying in Manchester with the Claphams, where he married Emma, half-sister to the future Sir John Clapham, when he was appointed. He retired in 1919 and held the post of Provost for a year, but this experiment was abandoned.