Farnham Grammar School
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Farnham Grammar School is now called Farnham College which is located in Farnham, Surrey, southern England.
History[edit]
The grammar school was created at some time before 1585 (the date of a donation being made by a Richard Searle "to the maintenance of the school in Farnham").[1] The first evidence that the school was built is a record in 1585 of a yeoman in Farnham donating 20 shillings 'to the maintenance of the school of Farnham'.[2] It is, though, possible that this ancient school dated back as far as 1351 when a chantry was created at Farnham Castle, but there is no documentary evidence of this.[1]
The school benefited over the years from bequests by different people as well as the generosity of Bishops of Winchester who occupied Farnham Castle over the centuries.[1]
New building[edit]
The school was housed in West Street, Farnham until 1906. It moved then because in the previous year, the town centre assets were sold in order to purchase and build a new school in fields to the south of the town.[1]
Dissolution[edit]
In 1973, under Government education reforms, the school merged with Farnham Girls' Grammar School (now South Farnham School) to form Farnham College.[1]
Notable alumni[edit]
- Patrick Blower (born 1959), Chief Political Cartoonist at The Daily Telegraph
- Jack Coutu (1924–2017), printmaker and sculptor[3]
- Maj-Gen Alexander Elmslie CB CBE, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) from 1964-5, and the Royal Corps of Transport from 1964–69[4]
- Cyril Garbett (briefly), successively the Anglican Bishop of Southwark and Bishop of Winchester, later Archbishop of York from 1942–55[5]
- Jack Gwillim, actor[6]
- Jeremy Hardy, comedian[7]
- Hugh Johns, ITV football commentator[8]
- Charles Judd CBE, Director General of the United Nations Association UK from 1945–64
- James Kendall, Professor Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1928–59, and President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1949–54[9]
- David Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall OBE, trade union official
- Lt-Gen Sir Harold Redman CB CBE, Governor of Gibraltar from 1955-8
- Prof Charles Rees CBE, Hofmann Professor of Organic Chemistry at Imperial College London from 1978–83, and President of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 1992–94[10]
- Sir Eric Rideal MBE (briefly), chemist, Professor of Colloid Science at the University of Cambridge from 1930–46[11]
- George Sturt, author[12]
- Jeffrey Tate CBE (attended 1954–61), conductor[13][14]
- Bill Wallis (attended 1948–55), actor and satirist (head boy in his final year)
- David Watkin, Professor of History of Architecture from 2001-8 at the University of Cambridge[15]
- Squadron Leader Sydney Wiltshire,[16] awarded the George Cross
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e History of Farnham College - Farnham College website
- ^ "Brief History of Farnham Grammar School". Old Farnhamians' Association. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Jack Coutu". The Times. London. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ "Major General A.F.J. Elmslie". The Times. No. 68505. London. 29 September 2005. p. 60. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Grimley, Matthew. "Garbett, Cyril Forster". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33320. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Jack Gwillim". The Telegraph. 29 August 2001. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Jupp, Miles (1 February 2019). "Jeremy Hardy obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ^ Keating, Frank (19 July 2007). "Hugh Johns". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Campbell, N.; Kemball, Charles (1980). "James Pickering Kendall, 30 July 1889 - 14 June 1978". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 26: 255–273. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1980.0007.
- ^ Moody, Christopher J. (1980). "Charles Wayne Rees CBE, 15 October 1927 - 21 September 2006". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 61: 351–378. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2015.0023.
- ^ Eley, Daniel D. (1976). "Eric Keightley Rideal. 11 April 1890 - 25 September 1974". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 22: 381–413. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1976.0017.
- ^ "George Sturt (1863-1927)". Surrey Heritage. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Holden, Raymond. "Tate, Sir Jeffrey Philip". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.90000380364. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Millington, Barry (4 June 2017). "Sir Jeffrey Tate obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Professor David Watkin, architectural historian - obituary". The Telegraph. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Squadron Leader Sidney Wiltshire, GC". The Daily Telegraph. 30 September 2003.
External links[edit]
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