1958
Additional studies and changing rooms added to North A and B.
Kelvin Building extension completed.
W A Barker appointed as Headmaster.
William Alan Barker was born in Edinburgh in 1923 and married his wife Jean (later Baroness Trumpington) in 1954. Educated at Rossall and a Scholar of Jesus College, Cambridge, Alan obtained First Class Honours in both parts of the Historical Tripos. During the war he served in the Royal Artillery until wounded and invalided out. He was a master at Eton from 1947 to 1953 but held a Fellowship at Yale University, USA, from 1951-52. From 1953 to 1955 he was a Fellow of Queens’ College, Cambridge, and Director of Studies in History. In 1955 he returned to Eton before becoming Headmaster at The Leys in 1958. During his 17-year tenure The Leys became a much more liberal institution and saw tremendous improvement in buildings and facilities.
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