Editing Nelson College (section)

===Headmasters===
Since its foundation in 1856, Nelson College has had 22 headmasters. The following is a complete list:<ref>''Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006'', 6th edition (CD-ROM).</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=O'Shea for head | date=5 July 2006 | work=The Press | page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/300977773/nelson-college-headmaster-resigns-for-health-reasons |title=Nelson College headmaster resigns for health reasons |first=Warren |last=Gamble |date=26 September 2023 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=26 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350351806/heartwarming-welcome-nelson-colleges-new-principal |title='Heartwarming' welcome for Nelson College's new principal |date=23 July 2024 |work=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |access-date=28 July 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" 
!
!Name
!Term
|-
|1
|  John Charles Bagshaw
| align=center | 1856–1858
|-
|2
|  George Heppel
| align=center | 1859–1861
|-
|3
| Reginald Broughton
| align=center | 1862
|-
|4
|  [[John Danforth Greenwood]]
| align=center | 1863–1865
|-
|5
|  [[Charles Richard Alder Lendrick MacLean|Charles Lendrick MacLean]]
| align=center | 1866–1868
|-
|6
|  Frank Churchill Simmons
| align=center | 1868–1876
|-
|7
|  [[John Chapman Andrew]]
| align=center | 1876–1886
|-
|8
|  [[William Justice Ford]]
| align=center | 1886–1888
|-
|9
|  John William Joynt
| align=center | 1889–1898
|-
|10
|  [[William Still Littlejohn]]
| align=center | 1899–1903
|-
|11
|  Harry Lewis Fowler
| align=center | 1904–1921
|-
|12
|  [[Charles Harrington Broad]]
| align=center | 1922–1933
|-
|13
|  Herbert Victor Searle
| align=center | 1933–1956
|-
|14
|  Basil Henry Wakelin
| align=center | 1957–1969
|-
|15
|  E.J. "Doug" Brewster
| align=center | 1970–1981
|-
|16
|  Barry Beckingsale
| align=center | 1981–1985
|-
|17
|  Tony Cooper
| align=center | 1985–1988
|-
|18
|  Gary Bowler
| align=center | 1988–1995
|-
|19
|  Salvi Gargiulo
| align=center | 1995–2006
|-
|20
|  Gary O'Shea
| align=center | 2006–2020
|-
|21
|  Richard Dykes
| align=center | 2020–2023
|-
|22
|  Richard Washington
| align=center | 2024–present
|}