
Former Heads and Principals
George Watson's College
Principals
Melvyn Roffe BA, 2014–
Gareth Edwards MA, 2001–2014
Frank Gerstenberg MA, 1985–2001
Sir Roger Young MA STh LHD FRSE, 1974–1985
Headmasters
Roger Young MA STh FRSE, 1958–1974
Ian McIntosh MA LLD, 1953–1958
I Graham Andrew MA, 1943–1953
George Robertson MA LLD, 1926–1943
John Alison MA LLD FRSE, 1904–1926
William L Carrie MA, 1899–1904
George Ogilvie MA LLD, 1870–1898
George Watson's Ladies' College
Headmaster/Headmistresses
Hilda Fleming BSc, 1957–1974
M Dorothy Nicolson MA, 1945–1957
Catherine C Robertson MA, 1926–1945
Charlotte E Ainslie OBE BA LLD, 1902–1926
Alexander Thomson, 1871–1902