Headmasters
- Rev. James Crombie, DD, (Universities of St Andrews and Glasgow) (1785–1790)
- Rev. William Bruce, DD, (Trinity College, Dublin and the University of Glasgow) (1790–1822)
- Rev. James Gray, DD, (1822–1826)
- Rev. Rueben John Bryce, MA, LLD, (University of Glasgow) (1826–1880)
- Dr William Collier, LLD, (Trinity College, Dublin) (1880–1890)
- Mr T. W. Foster, MA, (Trinity College, Dublin) (1890–1898)
- Mr T. R. Collier, MA, (Queen's College, Belfast) (1898–1923)
- Mr A. R. Foster, MA, (Queen's University, Belfast) (1923–1942)
- Mr John Darbyshire, MA, (University of Liverpool) (1943–1968)
- Mr Louis Lord, MA, (Trinity College, Dublin) (1968–1980)
- Mr William Sillery, MA, (St. Catharine's College, Cambridge) (1980–2000)
- Mr William Young, MA, (Queen's University, Belfast) (2000–2008)
- Mr Moore Dickson, MA, (Pembroke College, Cambridge) (2009-)
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