Hull Grammar School
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Hull Grammar School was an independent
secondary school
in Hull
, England
, founded in 1486 by Dr. John Alcock
. The school merged with Hull High School to form Hull Collegiate School
in 2005.
.
Hull Grammar School was founded in about 1330 and was endowed by Dr. John Alcock
(Bishop of Rochester
, Worcester
, and Ely
, and afterwards Lord Chancellor
of England; founder of Jesus College, Cambridge
) in 1479. The School flourished till its revenues were seized under the Chantries Act of 1547. The people of Hull
objected and eventually re-established the school. In 1586 the school was declared, by inquisition, the property of the Crown
. In the following year Queen Elizabeth I gave the school house, the garden, and other tenements, "formerly given to superstitious uses," to Luke Thurcross, the then mayor, and others. He, in 1604, being the only survivor of those who had obtained this grant, gave his interest in the school and gardens to four trustees for the use of the mayor and burgesses for ever. The appointment of masters was now in the hands of the Corporation
, and by the charter of James I
, the right of presentation
was secured to them. An exhibition of £40 to Cambridge University was gifted to the School by Thomas Bury in 1627, and augmented by Thomas Ferries in 1630. Another scholarship of £60 a year at Clare College, Cambridge
, founded by Alexander Metcalf. Amongst the eminent men who were masters of this school were the Rev. Andrew Marvell, M.A., the father of the patriot; the Rev. John Clarke, the translator of Suetonius
and Sallust
; and the Rev. Joseph Milner, author of the 'History of the Church.'
In 1892 the endowments produce about £80 a year, for which the master taught the Classics
free, but the scholars paid for other subjects, under Town Council regulations.
The 20th century saw the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the endowment by official founder, Bishop Alcock, and the gradual admission of girls into the formerly boys-only School. The Education Act of 1944 made the LEA fully responsible for the school. This became just one part of the government's tripartite 'secondary education for all'.
In 1969 the school became comprehensive, and remained a state comprehensive until 1988.
The local government reorganisation of 1974 saw education transferred from Hull City Council to the newly created Humberside County Council which ran the school until 1988 when, following reorganisation, it was renamed William Gee School for Boys.
The name Hull Grammar was acquired and in 1989 a new private school carrying the name Hull Grammar School was opened. There was much dispute about which school could lay claim to rightly by the continuation of Hull Grammar, the state run William Gee School for Boys or the new private school. In 1991, Nord Anglia Education PLC, an education and training company, acquired Hull Grammar School from the administrator for £900,000.
In 2003, the highly successful School (net asset value of £1,800,000) hosted 450 pupils-boys and girls-from two to 18 years of age, and registered a turnover of £2,400,000, of which £280,000 went to Nord Anglia. The School was purchased from Nord Anglia for £4,180,000 by the United Church Schools Company (affiliated to the Church of England), and merged in September 2005 with Hull High School (owned by the Company since 1890), a co-educational Independent School
(with a girls-only senior school, ages 11–18) of similar size and strength. The new 'Hull Collegiate School
' was moved to a new campus at Tranby Croft
.
, on South Church Side opposite Holy Trinity Church
. This fine old brick pile now houses the interactive 'Hands-on History' Museum. Around 1578, the building having fallen into rot, Alderman
William Gee (who was thrice Mayor of Hull) opened a subscription for the purpose of repairing it. This resulted in the erection of a new school, in which Alderman Gee was joined by the Corporation
of Hull
, who added a second story, which was used as an exchange and assembly room. Alderman Gee not only contributed £80 and 20,000 bricks, but also left two houses in the 'Butchery' (now Queen Street) for the benefit of the school. From the date upon three stones let into the wall, the work appears to have been completed in 1583. The cost of rebuilding was £600. The building was purchased in 1875 by the vicar of Holy Trinity Church
, who had it restored and converted into a mission room and choir school.
From 1875 to 1891 the Hull Grammar school was carried on in temporary premises, but, in the latter year, a new and commodious school was erected in Leicester Street, which was officially opened by the Mayor of Hull (E. Robson, J.P.) on 27 January 1892. The new school was built in the Collegiate Gothic style, having an elevation of red bricks with stone dressings. It has a large entrance hall, one large room, 50 feet by 22 feet, two class-rooms, 20 feet by 22 feet; with the former headmaster's room, large cloakrooms and lavatories, on the ground floor. The porter's room was located to command a view of the classroom doors and superintend entry and exit of pupils. The upper floor is reached by a stone staircase. Here were classrooms of a smaller size, an assistant master's room, and a room for general purposes. In the large room was a gallery for visitors at public events, and, this room could, when necessary, be divided into two.
In the 20th century, the School moved onto Bishop Alcock Road in the Bricknell Avenue area of Hull. It remained there until 1988 when following reorganisation of the City of Hull's education system the school was renamed William Gee School for Boys. The name Hull Grammar School was acquired by Nord Anglia Education Plc and was moved to a site on Cottingham Road in the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull.
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
in Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, founded in 1486 by Dr. John Alcock
John Alcock (bishop)
-Biography:Alcock was born at Beverley in Yorkshire, son of Sir William Alcock, Burgess of Kingston upon Hull and educated at Cambridge. In 1461 he was made dean of Westminster, and his subsequent promotion was rapid in both church and state. In the following year he was made Master of the Rolls,...
. The school merged with Hull High School to form Hull Collegiate School
Hull Collegiate School
Hull Collegiate School commonly known in the area as Collegiate or Tranby Croft is an independent school for boys and girls aged 2.8 to 18.It was established, with the merger of Hull Grammar School and Hull High School, in September 2005.It is located in Anlaby, near Hull, in the East Riding of...
in 2005.
History
The seventeenth oldest independent school in the U.K. and formerly one of the top Independent Schools in Kingston upon Hull, Hull Grammar School was merged with rival Hull High School in September 2005 to form the new Hull Collegiate SchoolHull Collegiate School
Hull Collegiate School commonly known in the area as Collegiate or Tranby Croft is an independent school for boys and girls aged 2.8 to 18.It was established, with the merger of Hull Grammar School and Hull High School, in September 2005.It is located in Anlaby, near Hull, in the East Riding of...
.
Hull Grammar School was founded in about 1330 and was endowed by Dr. John Alcock
John Alcock
John Alcock may refer to:*John Alcock , British Royal Air Force officer*John Alcock , English churchman*John Alcock , English organist and composer...
(Bishop of Rochester
Diocese of Rochester
The Diocese of Rochester is a Church of England diocese in South-East England and forms part of the Province of Canterbury. It is an ancient diocese, having been established in 604; only the neighbouring Diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England....
, Worcester
Worcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
, and Ely
Ely, Cambridgeshire
Ely is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, England, 14 miles north-northeast of Cambridge and about by road from London. It is built on a Lower Greensand island, which at a maximum elevation of is the highest land in the Fens...
, and afterwards Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor
The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...
of England; founder of Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College, Cambridge
Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The College was founded in 1496 on the site of a Benedictine nunnery by John Alcock, then Bishop of Ely...
) in 1479. The School flourished till its revenues were seized under the Chantries Act of 1547. The people of Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
objected and eventually re-established the school. In 1586 the school was declared, by inquisition, the property of the Crown
The Crown
The Crown is a corporation sole that in the Commonwealth realms and any provincial or state sub-divisions thereof represents the legal embodiment of governance, whether executive, legislative, or judicial...
. In the following year Queen Elizabeth I gave the school house, the garden, and other tenements, "formerly given to superstitious uses," to Luke Thurcross, the then mayor, and others. He, in 1604, being the only survivor of those who had obtained this grant, gave his interest in the school and gardens to four trustees for the use of the mayor and burgesses for ever. The appointment of masters was now in the hands of the Corporation
Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
, and by the charter of James I
James I of England
James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...
, the right of presentation
Presentation
Presentation is the practice of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience or learner. Presentations come in nearly as many forms as there are life situations...
was secured to them. An exhibition of £40 to Cambridge University was gifted to the School by Thomas Bury in 1627, and augmented by Thomas Ferries in 1630. Another scholarship of £60 a year at Clare College, Cambridge
Clare College, Cambridge
Clare College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1326, making it the second-oldest surviving college of the University after Peterhouse. Clare is famous for its chapel choir and for its gardens on "the Backs"...
, founded by Alexander Metcalf. Amongst the eminent men who were masters of this school were the Rev. Andrew Marvell, M.A., the father of the patriot; the Rev. John Clarke, the translator of Suetonius
Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius , was a Roman historian belonging to the equestrian order in the early Imperial era....
and Sallust
Sallust
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, generally known simply as Sallust , a Roman historian, belonged to a well-known plebeian family, and was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines...
; and the Rev. Joseph Milner, author of the 'History of the Church.'
In 1892 the endowments produce about £80 a year, for which the master taught the Classics
Classics
Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
free, but the scholars paid for other subjects, under Town Council regulations.
The 20th century saw the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the endowment by official founder, Bishop Alcock, and the gradual admission of girls into the formerly boys-only School. The Education Act of 1944 made the LEA fully responsible for the school. This became just one part of the government's tripartite 'secondary education for all'.
In 1969 the school became comprehensive, and remained a state comprehensive until 1988.
The local government reorganisation of 1974 saw education transferred from Hull City Council to the newly created Humberside County Council which ran the school until 1988 when, following reorganisation, it was renamed William Gee School for Boys.
The name Hull Grammar was acquired and in 1989 a new private school carrying the name Hull Grammar School was opened. There was much dispute about which school could lay claim to rightly by the continuation of Hull Grammar, the state run William Gee School for Boys or the new private school. In 1991, Nord Anglia Education PLC, an education and training company, acquired Hull Grammar School from the administrator for £900,000.
In 2003, the highly successful School (net asset value of £1,800,000) hosted 450 pupils-boys and girls-from two to 18 years of age, and registered a turnover of £2,400,000, of which £280,000 went to Nord Anglia. The School was purchased from Nord Anglia for £4,180,000 by the United Church Schools Company (affiliated to the Church of England), and merged in September 2005 with Hull High School (owned by the Company since 1890), a co-educational Independent School
Independent school
An independent school is a school that is independent in its finances and governance; it is not dependent upon national or local government for financing its operations, nor reliant on taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of tuition charges, gifts, and in some cases the...
(with a girls-only senior school, ages 11–18) of similar size and strength. The new 'Hull Collegiate School
Hull Collegiate School
Hull Collegiate School commonly known in the area as Collegiate or Tranby Croft is an independent school for boys and girls aged 2.8 to 18.It was established, with the merger of Hull Grammar School and Hull High School, in September 2005.It is located in Anlaby, near Hull, in the East Riding of...
' was moved to a new campus at Tranby Croft
Tranby Croft
Tranby Croft is a large country house and estate at Anlaby, near Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The mansion is now a co-educational, independent day school, Hull Collegiate School.Tranby Croft is a Grade II listed building....
.
Location
In 1486 a home for the school was built in the Market Square of Kingston upon HullKingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, on South Church Side opposite Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Hull
Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican parish church in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-History:It is the largest parish church in England when floor area is the measurement for comparison...
. This fine old brick pile now houses the interactive 'Hands-on History' Museum. Around 1578, the building having fallen into rot, Alderman
Alderman
An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members themselves rather than by popular vote, or a council...
William Gee (who was thrice Mayor of Hull) opened a subscription for the purpose of repairing it. This resulted in the erection of a new school, in which Alderman Gee was joined by the Corporation
Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
of Hull
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
, who added a second story, which was used as an exchange and assembly room. Alderman Gee not only contributed £80 and 20,000 bricks, but also left two houses in the 'Butchery' (now Queen Street) for the benefit of the school. From the date upon three stones let into the wall, the work appears to have been completed in 1583. The cost of rebuilding was £600. The building was purchased in 1875 by the vicar of Holy Trinity Church
Holy Trinity Church, Hull
Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican parish church in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-History:It is the largest parish church in England when floor area is the measurement for comparison...
, who had it restored and converted into a mission room and choir school.
From 1875 to 1891 the Hull Grammar school was carried on in temporary premises, but, in the latter year, a new and commodious school was erected in Leicester Street, which was officially opened by the Mayor of Hull (E. Robson, J.P.) on 27 January 1892. The new school was built in the Collegiate Gothic style, having an elevation of red bricks with stone dressings. It has a large entrance hall, one large room, 50 feet by 22 feet, two class-rooms, 20 feet by 22 feet; with the former headmaster's room, large cloakrooms and lavatories, on the ground floor. The porter's room was located to command a view of the classroom doors and superintend entry and exit of pupils. The upper floor is reached by a stone staircase. Here were classrooms of a smaller size, an assistant master's room, and a room for general purposes. In the large room was a gallery for visitors at public events, and, this room could, when necessary, be divided into two.
In the 20th century, the School moved onto Bishop Alcock Road in the Bricknell Avenue area of Hull. It remained there until 1988 when following reorganisation of the City of Hull's education system the school was renamed William Gee School for Boys. The name Hull Grammar School was acquired by Nord Anglia Education Plc and was moved to a site on Cottingham Road in the western suburbs of Kingston upon Hull.
Notable former pupils
- Prof John Aitken, Professor of Anatomy at UCLUniversity College LondonUniversity College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
from 1965-80 (1924–31) - Sir Linton Andrews, Editor of the Yorkshire PostYorkshire PostThe Yorkshire Post is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by Yorkshire Post Newspapers, a company owned by Johnston Press...
from 1939–60, Director of the Yorkshire Post GroupYorkshire Post NewspapersYorkshire Post Newspapers are publishers of the Yorkshire Post and Yorkshire Evening Post. They are based at offices in Wellington Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire...
from 1950-68 (1897–1904) - Sir Colin Barker, Chairman of BTGBTGBTG plc , a public limited company is an international specialty pharmaceuticals company that is developing and commercialising products targeting critical care, cancer, neurological and other disorders...
from 1983-93 (1938–45) - Dr. BrombyCharles Henry BrombyCharles Henry Bromby was an Anglican bishop of Tasmania.-Early life:Bromby was the second son of the Rev. John Healey Bromby and brother of Dr John Edward Bromby, and was born at Hull, England. He was educated at Hull Grammar School, Uppingham School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he...
, Bishop of TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart... - Charles Cooper, Editor of The ScotsmanThe ScotsmanThe Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
from 1876-1906 (1841-8) - William Gavin, proprietor of Vanity FairVanity Fair (magazine, historical)Vanity Fair has been the title of at least five magazines, including an 1859–1863 American publication, an 1868–1914 British publication, an unrelated 1902–1904 New York magazine, and a 1913–1936 American publication edited by Condé Nast, which was revived in 1983.Vanity Fair was notably a...
from 1899–1908, also introduced the 1919 Bill in New York to legalise boxing (known as the Walker LawWalker LawThe Walker Law passed in 1920 was an early New York state law regulating boxing. The law reestablished legal boxing in the state following the three-year ban created by the repeal of the Frawley Law. The law instituted rules that better ensured the safety of combatants and reduced the roughness...
and later adopted by the other 44 states) and founded the National Boxing Association of AmericaWorld Boxing AssociationThe World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962... - Air MarshalAir MarshalAir marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Sir Donald Percy Hall CBE, former Station Commander of RAF AkrotiriRAF AkrotiriRoyal Air Force Station Akrotiri, more commonly known as RAF Akrotiri , is a large Royal Air Force station, on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. It is located in the Western Sovereign Base Area, one of two areas which comprise Akrotiri and Dhekelia, a British Overseas Territory, administered as a...
, Deputy Chairman GEC-Marconi from 1990-5 (1942-9) - Andrew Kirby OG, Founder of Hull Grammarians Cricket Club (1979- )
- Professor Roger Kitching AM, Professor of Ecology, Griffith University, Brisbane (1945- )(HGS 1956-1963)
- Sir John LengJohn LengSir John Leng was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland.Leng was born in Hull, the brother of W. C. Leng. In the 1850s, he purchased the Dundee Advertiser....
, MP for DundeeDundee (UK Parliament constituency)Dundee was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 to 1950, when it was split into Dundee East and Dundee West....
, newspaper owner of the Dundee Advertiser from 1951, Liberal MP for Dundee from 1899–1906, established the People's FriendThe People's FriendThe People's Friend is a British weekly magazine founded in 1869 and currently published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. Its tagline is "The famous story magazine".The magazine is principally aimed at older women and is broadly traditionalist in outlook...
(1839–46) - Sir Cyril Lucas, marine biologist (1920-7)
- Andrew MarvellAndrew MarvellAndrew Marvell was an English metaphysical poet, Parliamentarian, and the son of a Church of England clergyman . As a metaphysical poet, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert...
(1621–78): English metaphysicalMetaphysicsMetaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world, although the term is not easily defined. Traditionally, metaphysics attempts to answer two basic questions in the broadest possible terms:...
poet and patriot (his father, the Rev. Andrew Marvell M.A., was a master at the School) - William MasonWilliam Mason (poet)William Mason was an English poet, editor and gardener.He was born in Hull and educated at Hull Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1754 and held a number of posts in the church....
(1724–1797), the poet - Sir Philip MawerPhilip MawerSir Philip Mawer was the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards from 2002 until 2008 when he became an independent advisor on Ministerial standards to Gordon Brown. He was previously Secretary General of the General Synod of the Church of England....
(1958–65) - Dr. Isaac MilnerIsaac MilnerIsaac Milner FRS was a mathematician, an inventor, the President of Queens' College, Cambridge and Lucasian Professor of Mathematics....
(1750–1820) mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, inventor, President of Queens' College, CambridgeQueens' College, CambridgeQueens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville...
, Dean of Carlisle - Rt Rev Ronald MilnerRonald James MilnerThe Rt Rev Ronald James Milner was the Bishop of Burnley from 1988 until 1993. He was born on 16 May 1927 and educated at Hull Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with the post of Succentor at Coventry Cathedral, after which he was Vicar of...
, Bishop of BurnleyBishop of BurnleyThe Bishop of Burnley is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York, England.The title takes its name after the town of Burnley in Lancashire...
from 1988-93 (1938–45) - Mike NobleMichael Noble (English politician)Michael Alfred Noble was a British Labour Party politician.-Early life:Noble was the son of Alfred "Bunny" Noble and Olive Noble , a bricklayer and a school cook respectively. He was born in a small village near Hull...
, Labour MP for RossendaleRossendale (UK Parliament constituency)Rossendale was a parliamentary constituency in the Lancashire, England. Created in 1885, it elected one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first-past-the-post voting system...
from October 1974 - 1979 (1946–53) - Brian Smith OBE, High Commissioner to BotswanaBotswanaBotswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...
1989-91, and to Trinidad and TobagoTrinidad and TobagoTrinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...
from 1991-4 (1946–53) - Sir Eric Smith CBE, marine biologist and Professor of Zoology at Queen Mary UniversityQueen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
from 1950-65 (1920-7) - Alderman Symons, M.R.I.A., SheriffSheriffA sheriff is in principle a legal official with responsibility for a county. In practice, the specific combination of legal, political, and ceremonial duties of a sheriff varies greatly from country to country....
of HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
in 1890-1, local historian - Prof John Thompson, Professor of Non-Linear DynamicsDynamical systemA dynamical system is a concept in mathematics where a fixed rule describes the time dependence of a point in a geometrical space. Examples include the mathematical models that describe the swinging of a clock pendulum, the flow of water in a pipe, and the number of fish each springtime in a...
at UCL from 1991-2002 (1948–55) - Maj.-GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Thomas Perronet ThompsonThomas Perronet ThompsonThomas Perronet Thompson was a British Parliamentarian, a Governor of Sierra Leone and a radical reformer.Thompson was born in Kingston upon Hull in 1783. He was son of Thomas Thompson, a merchant of Hull and his wife, Philothea Perronet Briggs...
(1783–1869): Governor-General of Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneSierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
, British Parliamentarian, and radical reformer - Dr. Thomas WatsonThomas Watson (Bishop of St David's)Thomas Watson was an English clergyman, Church of England Bishop of St. David's . A supporter of King James II, he opposed the Revolution of 1688 but was ultimately deprived of his ecclesiastical offices for the offence of simony and jailed for his failure to pay his legal costs...
, Bishop of St David'sBishop of St David'sThe Bishop of St David's is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of St David's.The succession of bishops stretches back to Saint David who in the 6th century established his seat in what is today the city of St David's in Pembrokeshire, founding St David's Cathedral. The current Bishop of St...
(1637–1717) - William WilberforceWilliam WilberforceWilliam Wilberforce was a British politician, a philanthropist and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began his political career in 1780, eventually becoming the independent Member of Parliament for Yorkshire...
(1759–1833): British politician and philanthropist, leading opponent of slave trade - Harry Wiles, UK Ambassador to Nicaragua from 2000-2 (1955–62)
- Archdeacon Francis Wrangham M.A. (1769–1842), clergyman
- Ch/Supt Richard Clive Beacock of the Nottinghamshire Constabulary (1946–1953)
External links
- A history of the School at:http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/ERY/Hull/HullHistory/HullHistory10.html
- The museum of Ancient Egyptian and Victorian English life now housed in the old School buildings: http://www.eazhull.org.uk/summerschool02/grammarschool/history.html