Gordon Neill

Mr Gordon Neill is the Head of English and Director of University Applications. He joined Cranleigh in 2003, having previously been a housemaster at Truro School, in Cornwall. Academically, he has a particular interest in the satirical literature of the eighteenth century, on which subject he completed an MA, earning a Distinction.

He has coached rugby at a decent level and cricket at a social one throughout his time at Cranleigh; he has also served for many years as captain of the Common Room cricket team, the Platypods. Away from Cranleigh, his interests include American football (both NFL and college), Irish rugby, country walks, real ale, train travel, Golden Age crime fiction and the novels of P.G.Wodehouse.