Lancing College
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Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school
in the British public school tradition
, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard
. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a family of more than 30 schools founded by Woodard (others include Hurstpierpoint College
, Ardingly College
, Bloxham School
and Worksop College
).
Typical of major independent schools, Lancing places emphasis on what might be described as tradition — Anglican
Christianity
(chapel
attendance is compulsory for all pupils), and sport (notably football, Eton fives
, squash
, tennis
, hockey
and cricket
).
The school is based in 550 acres (2.2 km²) of countryside in West Sussex
, east of Worthing near the village of Lancing
, on the south coast of England. The college is situated on a hill which is part of the South Downs
, and the campus dominates the local landscape. The college overlooks the River Adur
and the Ladywell Stream, a holy well
or sacred stream within the College grounds has pre-Christian significance.
The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
. Girls were first admitted in 1970. The school is dominated by a Gothic revival chapel, and follows a high church
Anglican tradition. The College of St Mary and St Nicolas (as it was originally known) was intended for the sons of upper middle classes and professional men; in time this became Lancing College, moving to its present site in 1857.
The school's buildings of the 1850s were designed by the architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter
, with later ones by John William Simpson
.
Lancing boards boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 18 at a cost of about £27,000 a year. A small number of the students attend Lancing on academic and musical scholarships provided by the school; of the other pupils, some may receive some kind of bursary. Former pupils are referred to as OLs.
In 2005 Lancing was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents, although the schools made clear that they had not realised that the change to the law (which had happened only a few months earlier) about the sharing of information had subsequently made it an offence. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared. However, Mrs Jean Scott, the head of the Independent Schools Council, said that independent schools had always been exempt from anti-cartel rules applied to business, were following a long-established procedure in sharing the information with each other, and that they were unaware of the change to the law (on which they had not been consulted). She wrote to John Vickers, the OFT director-general, saying, "They are not a group of businessmen meeting behind closed doors to fix the price of their products to the disadvantage of the consumer. They are schools that have quite openly continued to follow a long-established practice because they were unaware that the law had changed."
The college is divided up into houses
, each house resident to between 30 and 80 pupils.
Each house has a distinctive set of 'colours' which are awarded to students for merit and/or commitment for representing the house. The award allows male students to wear a house tie.
Besides academic study pupils are involved in activities that include football, rugby, tennis, squash, badminton, lacrosse, basketball, fives, hockey, running, debating, farming, riding, clay pigeon shooting, target rifle shooting, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, sailing, and the Combined Cadet Force
.
from Scaynes Hill.
The chapel was dedicated to St Mary and St Nicolas in 1911, although the college worshiped in the finished crypt from 1875. Inside can be found, amongst other things, the tomb of the founder, two organs, and a rose window designed by Stephen Dykes Bower
which is the largest rose window in England being 32 ft in diameter. The chapel itself is the largest school chapel in the world.
The eastern organ is a two manual mechanical organ built by the Danish firm, Frobenius
and was installed and voiced 'in situ' in 1986. That year marked the completion of the rebuild of the four manual Walker organ at the west end of the chapel - both of which were showcased in the opening concert by the American organ virtuoso, Carlo Curley
.
A stained glass window was recently commissioned in memory of Trevor Huddleston
OL, and was consecrated by Desmond Tutu
on Tuesday 22 May 2007.
The chapel is open to the public every day, Monday to Saturday from 10.00 until 16.00, and Sunday from 12.00 until 16.00. Full school services are held every Wednesday morning during term time at 08.35, and on certain Sundays throughout the year. There is also a eucharist
every morning at 07.40, and benediction
on a Friday evening followed by a lower school service on Saturday mornings at 8:25.
Lancing's chapel "symbolises the importance of Christian worship" at the college. Every year the building brings thousands of visitors to its doors.
The school is one of only a small number in the country to have Eton fives
courts. The Upper Field's cricket square is most highly regarded.
During World War II
, students were evacuated to Downton Castle
in Herefordshire
. Both the main college and the prep school buildings were requistioned by the Admiralty
and became part of the Royal Navy
shore establishment HMS King Alfred
.
Despite the principles of Victorian austerity on which the school was founded, Lancing has recently completed a number of developments that include a new design centre. The new art school was opened by HRH the Duke of Gloucester in September 2009.
A development council is operating under the chairmanship of Sir Tim Rice
. It acts in an advisory capacity on development and fundraising matters.
In 1856 Lancing created its own code of football which (unlike other school codes) was regarded as a means of fostering teamwork
The College owns a number of properties based along the College Drive and all the properties in Hoe Court, a road extending from the rear of the College towards the village of Lancing.
Mowden School, as it was originally known, was founded by B A Snell at Mowden Hall, in Essex, in 1896. In 1901, it moved to Lansdowne Place, Hove and in 1913 moved again to its present site. Edward Snell took over from his father in 1937 and, on his death in 1973, his son, Christopher, became headmaster.
In September 2002, the school passed into the care of Lancing College and the current headmaster, Alan Laurent, took over from the Snells. Although the house was purpose built for a preparatory school in 1913 by Christopher Snell¹s grandfather, there has been a continuing programme of modernisation and development.
In addition to two dedicated IT rooms, each classroom has its own computer, projector and interactive smartboard and there is a well-equipped science laboratory, technology room and an attractive library and reading room. Spacious sports fields surround the school, which accommodate pitches for all the main games and sports, including an all-weather Astroturf area.
Traditionally the school was for boys only, but in September 2002, girls were accepted for the first time and the school became co-educational.
Mowden School became Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden (or Lancing Prep as it is known) in September 2005.
In 2008, an ISI Inspection team concluded that, 'Lancing College Preparatory School meets its aims outstandingly well. It does this by achieving high quality in every aspect of what it provides'.
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...
in the British public school tradition
Public School (UK)
A public school, in common British usage, is a school that is neither administered nor financed by the state or from taxpayer contributions, and is instead funded by a combination of endowments, tuition fees and charitable contributions, usually existing as a non profit-making charitable trust...
, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard
Nathaniel Woodard
Nathaniel Woodard was a priest in the Church of England. He founded 11 schools for the middle classes in England whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith...
. Woodard's aim was to provide education "based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith." Lancing was the first of a family of more than 30 schools founded by Woodard (others include Hurstpierpoint College
Hurstpierpoint College
Hurstpierpoint College is an independent, co-educational, day and boarding school for pupils aged 4–18, located just to the north of the village of Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex in the lee of the South Downs...
, Ardingly College
Ardingly College
Ardingly College is a selective independent co-educational boarding and day school, founded in 1858 by Canon Nathaniel Woodard, included in the Tatler list of top public schools. The college is located in the village of Ardingly near Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England, having moved to its present...
, Bloxham School
Bloxham School
Bloxham School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school located in the village of Bloxham, three miles from the town of Banbury in Oxfordshire, England. It was founded in 1860 by the Reverend Philip Reginald Egerton and has since become a member of the Woodard Corporation...
and Worksop College
Worksop College
Worksop College is a co-educational day and boarding school for boys and girls aged 13 to 18 in England. Worksop is split into eight houses - Talbot, Mason, Portland, Pelham and Shirley for boys and Gibbs, Derry and School House for girls.- Origins :...
).
Typical of major independent schools, Lancing places emphasis on what might be described as tradition — Anglican
Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a tradition within Christianity comprising churches with historical connections to the Church of England or similar beliefs, worship and church structures. The word Anglican originates in ecclesia anglicana, a medieval Latin phrase dating to at least 1246 that means the English...
Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
(chapel
Chapel
A chapel is a building used by Christians as a place of fellowship and worship. It may be part of a larger structure or complex, such as a church, college, hospital, palace, prison or funeral home, located on board a military or commercial ship, or it may be an entirely free-standing building,...
attendance is compulsory for all pupils), and sport (notably football, Eton fives
Eton Fives
Eton Fives, one derivative of the British game of Fives, is a hand-ball game, similar to Rugby Fives, played as doubles in a three-sided court. The object is to force the other team to fail to hit the ball 'up' off the front wall, using any variety of wall or ledge combinations as long as the ball...
, squash
Squash (sport)
Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
).
The school is based in 550 acres (2.2 km²) of countryside in West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, east of Worthing near the village of Lancing
Lancing, West Sussex
Lancing is a town and civil parish in the Adur district of West Sussex, England, on the western edge of the Adur Valley. It lies on the coastal plain between Sompting to the west, Shoreham-by-Sea to the east and the parish of Coombes to the north...
, on the south coast of England. The college is situated on a hill which is part of the South Downs
South Downs
The South Downs is a range of chalk hills that extends for about across the south-eastern coastal counties of England from the Itchen Valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, East Sussex, in the east. It is bounded on its northern side by a steep escarpment, from whose...
, and the campus dominates the local landscape. The college overlooks the River Adur
River Adur
The Adur is a river in Sussex, England; it gives its name to the Adur district of West Sussex. The river was formerly navigable for large vessels up as far as Steyning, where there was a large port, but over time the river valley became silted up and the port moved down to the deeper waters nearer...
and the Ladywell Stream, a holy well
Holy well
A holy well, or sacred spring, is a small body of water emerging from underground and revered either in a Pagan or Christian context, often both. Holy wells were frequently pagan sacred sites that later became Christianized. The term 'holy well' is commonly employed to refer to any water source of...
or sacred stream within the College grounds has pre-Christian significance.
The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...
. Girls were first admitted in 1970. The school is dominated by a Gothic revival chapel, and follows a high church
High church
The term "High Church" refers to beliefs and practices of ecclesiology, liturgy and theology, generally with an emphasis on formality, and resistance to "modernization." Although used in connection with various Christian traditions, the term has traditionally been principally associated with the...
Anglican tradition. The College of St Mary and St Nicolas (as it was originally known) was intended for the sons of upper middle classes and professional men; in time this became Lancing College, moving to its present site in 1857.
The school's buildings of the 1850s were designed by the architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter
Richard Cromwell Carpenter
Richard Cromwell Carpenter was an English architect. He is chiefly remembered as an ecclesiastical and tractarian architect working in the Gothic style.-Family:...
, with later ones by John William Simpson
John William Simpson (architect)
Sir John William Simpson KBE, FRIBA was an English architect and was President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1919 to 1921.- Background and early life :...
.
Lancing boards boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 18 at a cost of about £27,000 a year. A small number of the students attend Lancing on academic and musical scholarships provided by the school; of the other pupils, some may receive some kind of bursary. Former pupils are referred to as OLs.
In 2005 Lancing was one of fifty of the country's leading independent schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents, although the schools made clear that they had not realised that the change to the law (which had happened only a few months earlier) about the sharing of information had subsequently made it an offence. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared. However, Mrs Jean Scott, the head of the Independent Schools Council, said that independent schools had always been exempt from anti-cartel rules applied to business, were following a long-established procedure in sharing the information with each other, and that they were unaware of the change to the law (on which they had not been consulted). She wrote to John Vickers, the OFT director-general, saying, "They are not a group of businessmen meeting behind closed doors to fix the price of their products to the disadvantage of the consumer. They are schools that have quite openly continued to follow a long-established practice because they were unaware that the law had changed."
School life
The school day begins with 'Roll Call' at 8.15 and ends around 6pm with sports during the afternoons of alternate days. At 7pm there are two hours of 'evening school' where pupils are expected to remain in their studies and complete any prep that may have been set during the academic day. Pupils are also expected to attend lessons on Saturday mornings.The college is divided up into houses
House system
The house system is a traditional feature of British schools, and schools in the Commonwealth. Historically, it was associated with established public schools, where a 'house' refers to a boarding house or dormitory of a boarding school...
, each house resident to between 30 and 80 pupils.
| House | Colours | Number | Gender | Type | Housemaster/mistress | Named after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head's | Red/Rose | 1 | M | Day | Mr A Chappell | formerly The Head Master's House |
| Second's | Silver/Maroon | 2 | M | Boarding | Mr D Connolly | formerly The Second Master's House |
| School | Purple/Silver | 3 | M | Boarding | Mr C Mole | consists of the former Olds and Sanderson's (New) Houses |
| Field's | Rose/White | 4 | F | Boarding | Mrs M Creer | The Rev. Edmund Field |
| Gibbs' | Silver/Purple | 5 | M | Boarding | Mr M J H Smith | Henry Martin Gibbs |
| Sankey's | Green | 6 | F | Day | Miss N Dragonetti | John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey GBE, KStJ, PC, KC was a prominent British lawyer, judge and Labour politician, famous for many of his judgments in the House of Lords... |
| Teme | Green/blue | 7 | M | Boarding | Dr S Norris | The River Teme River Teme The River Teme rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown in Powys, and flows through Knighton where it crosses the border into England down to Ludlow in Shropshire, then to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border there, on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester... |
| Manor | Yellow | 8 | F | Boarding | Miss C Parkinson | Manor house, a house of the school in the first half of the 20th century |
| Handford | Blue | 9 | F | Boarding | Miss McKane | Basil Handford |
Each house has a distinctive set of 'colours' which are awarded to students for merit and/or commitment for representing the house. The award allows male students to wear a house tie.
Besides academic study pupils are involved in activities that include football, rugby, tennis, squash, badminton, lacrosse, basketball, fives, hockey, running, debating, farming, riding, clay pigeon shooting, target rifle shooting, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, sailing, and the Combined Cadet Force
Combined Cadet Force
The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...
.
Chapel
The foundation stone of the college chapel was laid in 1868, but the chapel itself was not finished in Woodard's lifetime. In fact, the chapel remains unfinished. It stands at about 50 metres (with foundations going down 20 metres into the ground), but the original plans called for a tower at the West end which would raise the height to 100 metres. One reason that the chapel ended up as high as it did was that Woodard insisted that it be built to its full height at one end first, so that even if he died before completion the height could not be cut down to save money. The chapel is built in the English gothic style of the 14th century, with 13th century French influences. It was designed by R. H. Carpenter and William Slater, and is built of Sussex sandstoneSandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
from Scaynes Hill.
The chapel was dedicated to St Mary and St Nicolas in 1911, although the college worshiped in the finished crypt from 1875. Inside can be found, amongst other things, the tomb of the founder, two organs, and a rose window designed by Stephen Dykes Bower
Stephen Dykes Bower
Stephen Ernest Dykes Bower was a British church architect and Gothic Revival designer best known for his work at Westminster Abbey.-Early life and education:...
which is the largest rose window in England being 32 ft in diameter. The chapel itself is the largest school chapel in the world.
The eastern organ is a two manual mechanical organ built by the Danish firm, Frobenius
Frobenius Orgelbyggeri
-History:Frobenius Orgelbyggeri was founded in Copenhagen by Theodor Frobenius in 1909. The firm moved to Lyngby in 1925. Theodor's sons Walther and Erik joined the company in 1944, at the same time that they began to build organs in the classical tradition, with mechanical actions and slider...
and was installed and voiced 'in situ' in 1986. That year marked the completion of the rebuild of the four manual Walker organ at the west end of the chapel - both of which were showcased in the opening concert by the American organ virtuoso, Carlo Curley
Carlo Curley
Carlo Curley is a flamboyant and popular classical concert organist. Self-dubbed "the Pavarotti of the Organ", he is one of only a few concert organists worldwide who support themselves exclusively by giving recitals, concerts and master classes, without any supplement from teaching or church...
.
A stained glass window was recently commissioned in memory of Trevor Huddleston
Trevor Huddleston
Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston CR, KCMG was an English Anglican bishop. He was most well known for his anti-apartheid activism and his 'Prayer for Africa'...
OL, and was consecrated by Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
on Tuesday 22 May 2007.
The chapel is open to the public every day, Monday to Saturday from 10.00 until 16.00, and Sunday from 12.00 until 16.00. Full school services are held every Wednesday morning during term time at 08.35, and on certain Sundays throughout the year. There is also a eucharist
Eucharist
The Eucharist , also called Holy Communion, the Sacrament of the Altar, the Blessed Sacrament, the Lord's Supper, and other names, is a Christian sacrament or ordinance...
every morning at 07.40, and benediction
Benediction
A benediction is a short invocation for divine help, blessing and guidance, usually at the end of worship service.-Judaism:...
on a Friday evening followed by a lower school service on Saturday mornings at 8:25.
Lancing's chapel "symbolises the importance of Christian worship" at the college. Every year the building brings thousands of visitors to its doors.
Campus
Most school buildings and boarding houses are positioned around the central quads with the chapel positioned adjacent to the college drive. The school has an operational farm, river access, squash courts, fives courts, swimming pool, a multigym, weightroom, two all weather astro-turfs, twenty-eight tennis courts, two theatres, two libraries and extensive classrooms.The school is one of only a small number in the country to have Eton fives
Eton Fives
Eton Fives, one derivative of the British game of Fives, is a hand-ball game, similar to Rugby Fives, played as doubles in a three-sided court. The object is to force the other team to fail to hit the ball 'up' off the front wall, using any variety of wall or ledge combinations as long as the ball...
courts. The Upper Field's cricket square is most highly regarded.
During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, students were evacuated to Downton Castle
Downton Castle
Downton Castle is an 18th-century country house at Downton on the Rock, Herefordshire, England, about five miles west of Ludlow, Shropshire. It is a Grade I listed building....
in Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
. Both the main college and the prep school buildings were requistioned by the Admiralty
Admiralty
The Admiralty was formerly the authority in the Kingdom of England, and later in the United Kingdom, responsible for the command of the Royal Navy...
and became part of the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
shore establishment HMS King Alfred
HMS King Alfred (shore establishment 1939)
The second Royal Navy "ship" to be called HMS King Alfred was the shore establishement sited at Hove in Sussex. In 1939 on the outbreak of the Second World War the Navy was searching for a site for a training depot for officers of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve...
.
Developments
A development council is operating under the chairmanship of Sir Tim Rice
Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
. It acts in an advisory capacity on development and fundraising matters.
In 1856 Lancing created its own code of football which (unlike other school codes) was regarded as a means of fostering teamwork
Arts
- Tim BattersbyTim Battersby-Biography:Tim Battersby was born in Fleet, Hampshire on 16 March 1949 and educated at Lancing College. His father was British diplomat E.W. Battersby, OBE ....
, composer, musician and lyricist - David BedfordDavid BedfordDavid Vickerman Bedford , was an English composer and musician. He wrote and played both popular and classical music....
, composer and musician - Geoffrey BushGeoffrey BushGeoffrey Bush was a British composer, organist and scholar of 20th century English music.Geoffrey Bush was born in London, became a chorister at Salisbury Cathedral at the age of 8 and studied informally with the composer John Ireland...
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(1918–1966), radio dramatist - Frederick GoreFrederick GoreFrederick John Pym Gore CBE RA , was a British painter. -Biography:Gore was born into the world of art; his mother, Mary Joanna Kerr, was a dancer from Edinburgh, and his father, Spencer Frederick Gore, a painter, President of the Camden Town Group until his early death in March 1914.As a young...
(1913–2009), artist, educator and author - Brodrick HaldaneBrodrick HaldaneBrodrick Vernon Chinnery-Haldane was a Scottish-born society photographer whom his English contemporary Sir Cecil Beaton allegedly once described as the founder of modern society photography.-Early life:...
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) - Henry HardyHenry HardyHenry Robert Dugdale Hardy is a British author and editor.- Career :Hardy was born in London and educated at Lancing College...
, editor and composer - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Peter PearsPeter PearsSir Peter Neville Luard Pears CBE was an English tenor who was knighted in 1978. His career was closely associated with the composer Edward Benjamin Britten....
(1910–1986), tenor - Edward PiperEdward PiperEdward Blake Christmas Piper was an English painter.Edward Piper was the eldest son of the artist John Piper and his wife Myfanwy. He was educated at Lancing College and later studied under Howard Hodgkin at the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham and later at the Slade School in London.He produced...
(1938–1990), artist (son of John PiperJohn Piper (artist)John Egerton Christmas Piper, CH was a 20th-century English painter and printmaker. For much of his life he lived at Fawley Bottom in Buckinghamshire, near Henley-on-Thames.-Life:...
) - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Tim RiceTim RiceSir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...
, lyricist - Neil Richardson (composer) (1930–2010), composer
Literature
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, ghostwriter - Plantagenet Somerset FryPlantagenet Somerset FryPlantagenet Somerset Fry, born Peter George Robin Fry , was a British historian and author of more than 50 books...
(1931–1996), historian and author - Mark Mills (writer)Mark Mills (writer)Mark Mills is a British writer of screenplays and novels. His first screenplay was BAFTA nominated short film One Night Stand starring Jemma Redgrave and James Purefoy in 1993; this won Mills a 'Best Screenplay' award at the Angers European First Film Festival in 1995.Mills' first novel was...
, novelist and screenplay writer - Jan MorrisJan MorrisJan Morris CBE is a Welsh nationalist, historian, author and travel writer. She is known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy, a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, notably Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong, and New York City.With an English mother and Welsh father,...
, author and journalist - Tom SharpeTom SharpeTom Sharpe is an English satirical author, best known for his Wilt series of novels.Sharpe was born in London and moved to South Africa in 1951, where he worked as a social worker and a teacher, before being deported for sedition in 1961...
, novelist - Evelyn WaughEvelyn WaughArthur Evelyn St. John Waugh , known as Evelyn Waugh, was an English writer of novels, travel books and biographies. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer...
(1903–1966), novelist - Philip WomackPhilip Womack-Education:He was educated at Lancing College, BPP Law School, and read Classics and English at Oriel College, Oxford.-Career:His first novel "The Other Book" was released in January 2008, published by Bloomsbury Publishing....
, author and journalist
Broadcasting, theatre and film
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(1931-2011), actor - Christopher HamptonChristopher HamptonChristopher James Hampton CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, screen writer and film director. He is best known for his play based on the novel Les Liaisons dangereuses and the film version Dangerous Liaisons and also more recently for writing the nominated screenplay for the film adaptation of...
, playwright - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
David HareDavid Hare (dramatist)Sir David Hare is an English playwright and theatre and film director.-Early life:Hare was born in St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, East Sussex, the son of Agnes and Clifford Hare, a sailor. He was educated at Lancing, an independent school in West Sussex, and at Jesus College, Cambridge...
, playwright - Alex HorneAlex HorneAlex Horne is a British comedian.He was educated at Lancing College and the University of Cambridge, where he was a member of Footlights.-Career:...
, comedian - Royce RytonRoyce RytonRoyce Thomas Carlisle Ryton was an English playwright. During the war he served in the Royal Navy; afterward, he went to train as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. As an actor, he played in many repertory theatres, including Bromley, Minehead, and Worthing. He also toured...
(1924–2009), actor and playwright - Jeremy SindenJeremy SindenJeremy Sinden was an English actor who specialised in playing eccentric military men and overgrown schoolboys.-Early life:...
(1950–1996), actor - Jamie TheakstonJamie TheakstonJamie Theakston is an English television and radio presenter, producer and actor.-Education:...
, TV and radio presenter - John Williams (actor)John Williams (actor)John Williams was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as chief inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M For Murder, and as portraying the second "Mr...
(1903–1983), actor
Politics and law
- Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is a Ghanaian lawyer and politician. He was one of the founding members of the centrist New Patriotic Party in 1992, and was also the founder and first chairperson of the Ghana Committee on Human and People's Rights...
, Minister of Foreign Affairs, GhanaGhanaGhana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
(2003–2007), 2008 Ghanaian presidential candidate - Greg BarkerGregory BarkerGregory Leonard George "Greg" Barker is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he currently serves as the Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle...
, Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for BexhillBexhill-on-SeaBexhill-on-Sea is a town and seaside resort in the county of East Sussex, in the south of England, within the District of Rother. It has a population of approximately 40,000...
and BattleBattleGenerally, a battle is a conceptual component in the hierarchy of combat in warfare between two or more armed forces, or combatants. In a battle, each combatant will seek to defeat the others, with defeat determined by the conditions of a military campaign...
, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change (2010-) - Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-WilkinsonNicholas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-WilkinsonNicolas Christopher Henry Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson, PC is a former Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary in the United Kingdom and former Head of the Privy Council and Vice-Chancellor of the High Court....
, Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme CourtChancellor of the High CourtThe Chancellor of the High Court is the head of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales. Before October 2005, when certain provisions of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 took effect, the office was known as the Vice-Chancellor...
(1985–1991), Senior Lord of Appeal in OrdinarySenior Lord of Appeal in OrdinaryThe President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is the head of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The office is equivalent to the now-defunct position of Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, also known as the Senior Law Lord, who was the highest ranking Lord of Appeal in Ordinary...
(1995–2000) - Tom Driberg, Baron BradwellTom Driberg, Baron BradwellThomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell , generally known as Tom Driberg, was a British journalist, politician and High Anglican churchman who served as a Member of Parliament from 1942 to 1955 and from 1959 to 1974...
(1905–1976), Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for MaldonMaldon, EssexMaldon is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon district and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation.Maldon is twinned with the Dutch town of Cuijk...
(1942–1955) and BarkingBarkingBarking is a suburban town in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, in East London, England. A retail and commercial centre situated in the west of the borough, it lies east of Charing Cross. Barking was in the historic county of Essex until it was absorbed by Greater London. The area is...
(1959–1974), Chairman of the Labour Party (1957–1958) - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Roger FulfordRoger FulfordSir Roger Thomas Baldwin Fulford CVO was an English journalist, historian, writer and politician.In the 1930s, he completed the editing of the standard edition of the diaries of Charles Greville. From the 1930s to the 1960s, he wrote several important biographies and other works...
(1902–1983), PresidentPresidentA president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
of the Liberal PartyLiberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
(1964–1965) - Walter LoveysWalter LoveysWalter Harris Loveys, sometimes known as Bill Loveys was a British farmer and Conservative Party politician....
(1920–1969), Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for ChichesterChichesterChichester is a cathedral city in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, South-East England. It has a long history as a settlement; its Roman past and its subsequent importance in Anglo-Saxon times are only its beginnings...
(1958–1969) - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Robert MegarryRobert MegarrySir Robert Edgar Megarry FBA PC QC was a British lawyer and judge.Originally a solicitor, he requalified as a barrister and also pursued a parallel career as a legal academic. He later became a High Court judge and served as Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division from 1976 to 1981...
(1910–2006), Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division (1976–1981), Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court (1982–1985) - Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of LauderdalePatrick Maitland, 17th Earl of LauderdalePatrick Francis Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale FRGS , styled Hon. Patrick Maitland from 1953 to 1968, was a British Conservative politician.-Early life:...
(1911–2008), Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for LanarkLanarkLanark is a small town in the central belt of Scotland. Its population of 8,253 makes it the 100th largest settlement in Scotland. The name is believed to come from the Cumbric Lanerc meaning "clear space, glade"....
(1951–1959) - Hugh Molson, Baron MolsonHugh Molson, Baron MolsonHugh Molson, Baron Molson PC was a British Conservative politician.Born in Chelmsford, Essex, the only surviving son of Major John Elsdale Molson, Member of Parliament for Gainsborough from 1918–23, and Mary Leeson, he was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne and Dartmouth, at Lancing,...
(1903–1991), Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for DoncasterDoncasterDoncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, England, and the principal settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster. The town is about from Sheffield and is popularly referred to as "Donny"...
(1931–1935) and High PeakHigh Peak (UK Parliament constituency)- Elections in the 2000s :- Elections in the 1990s :- Elections in the 1980s :-Elections in the 1970s:-Elections in the 1960s:...
(1939–1961), Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (1953–1957), Minister of Works (1957–1959) - William Rhys Powell, barrister, Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for CorbyCorbyCorby Town is a town and borough located in the county of Northamptonshire. Corby Town is 23 miles north-east of the county town, Northampton. The borough had a population of 53,174 at the 2001 Census; the town on its own accounted for 49,222 of this figure...
(1983–1997) - Sir Charles Arthur RoeSir Charles Arthur RoeSir Charles Arthur Roe was a colonial administrator and Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court between the years 1895 and 1898.He was born in Dorset, England to John Banister Roe on 4 September 1841 and educated at Lancing in Sussex followed by Merton College, Oxford before taking up a post with...
(1841–1926), Chief JusticeChief JusticeThe Chief Justice in many countries is the name for the presiding member of a Supreme Court in Commonwealth or other countries with an Anglo-Saxon justice system based on English common law, such as the Supreme Court of Canada, the Constitutional Court of South Africa, the Court of Final Appeal of...
of the Lahore High CourtLahore High CourtThe Lahore High Court is based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established as a high court on March 21, 1919. The Lahore High Court has jurisdiction over Punjab...
(1895–1898) - John Sankey, 1st Viscount SankeyJohn Sankey, 1st Viscount SankeyJohn Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey GBE, KStJ, PC, KC was a prominent British lawyer, judge and Labour politician, famous for many of his judgments in the House of Lords...
(1866–1948), Lord Justice of AppealLord Justice of AppealA Lord Justice of Appeal is an ordinary judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, and represents the second highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales-Appointment:...
(1928–1929), Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (1929–1935) - William Thomas Wells (1908–1990), barrister, Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for WalsallWalsallWalsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
(1945–1955) and Walsall NorthWalsall North-Elections in the 2000s:-Elections in the 1990s:-Notes and references:...
(1955–1974) - Rob WilsonRob WilsonRobert Owen Biggs Wilson is a United Kingdom politician and entrepreneur. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election.-Early life:...
, Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Reading EastReading EastReading East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like all such constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election...
, Parliamentary Private SecretaryParliamentary Private SecretaryA Parliamentary Private Secretary is a role given to a United Kingdom Member of Parliament by a senior minister in government or shadow minister to act as their contact for the House of Commons; this role is junior to that of Parliamentary Under-Secretary, which is a ministerial post, salaried by...
to the Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Secretary (2010-)
Diplomatic service
- Sir Philip Adams (1915–2001), British Chargé d'affaires to Sudan (1954–1956), British Ambassador to Jordan (1966–1970), British Ambassador to Egypt (1973–1975)
- David Lloyd (diplomat)David Lloyd (diplomat)David Andrew Lloyd OBE is a former British diplomat.He was educated at Lancing College. He was appointed as British Ambassador to Slovenia in 1997 before retiring from the Diplomatic Service in 2000.-References:...
, British Ambassador to Slovenia (1997–2000) - Sir Christopher MeyerChristopher MeyerSir Christopher John Rome Meyer, KCMG is a former British Ambassador to the United States , former Ambassador to Germany and the former chairman of the Press Complaints Commission...
, British Ambassador to Germany (1997), British Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003) - Andrew PageAndrew PageAndrew John Walter Page is a British diplomat.He was educated at Lancing College and the University of Cambridge. He was Deputy Head of the Russia, South Caucasus and Central Asia Directorship before being appointed as British Ambassador to Slovenia in 2009.-References:...
, British Ambassador to Slovenia (2009-) - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Elwin PalmerElwin PalmerSir Elwin Mitford Palmer KCB KCMG was a colonial administrator.He was born in London, England on the 3rd March 1852 to Edward Palmer and his wife, Caroline. He was educated at Lancing College, Sussex, before joining the financial department of the Indian government in 1871. He became assistant...
(1852–1906), diplomatDiplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
and colonial administrator - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
John Richmond (diplomat)John Richmond (diplomat)Sir John Christopher Blake John Richmond KCMG was a British diplomat and author specialising in Middle Eastern studies.He was born in England in 1909 but spent much of his childhood in Palestine and Jordan. He returned to England in 1922 and was educated at Lancing College, followed by Hertford...
(1909–1990), British Ambassador to Kuwait (1961–1963), British Ambassador to Sudan (1965–1966) - Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan (1905–1985), British Chargé d'affaires to China (1953–1955), British Ambassador to Egypt (1955–1956), British Ambassador to Iraq (1958–1961), British Ambassador to Russia (1962–1965), last High Commissioner of AdenAdenAden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea , some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a...
(1967) - Edward Twining, Baron TwiningEdward Twining, Baron TwiningEdward Francis Twining, Baron Twining, GCMG, MBE, KStJ, , known as Sir Edward Twining from 1949 to 1958, was a British diplomat, formerly Governor of North Borneo and Governor of Tanganyika. He was a member of the Twining tea family...
(1899–1967), GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
and Commander-in-ChiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
, North BorneoNorth BorneoNorth Borneo was a British protectorate under the sovereign North Borneo Chartered Company from 1882 to 1946. After the war it became a crown colony of Great Britain from 1946 to 1963, known in this time as British North Borneo. It is located on the northeastern end of the island of Borneo. It is...
(1946–1949); GovernorGovernorA governor is a governing official, usually the executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state...
and Commander-in-ChiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
, TanganyikaTanganyikaTanganyika , later formally the Republic of Tanganyika, was a sovereign state in East Africa from 1961 to 1964. It was situated between the Indian Ocean and the African Great Lakes of Lake Victoria, Lake Malawi and Lake Tanganyika...
(1949–1958) - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Armigel WadeArmigel WadeSir Armigel de Vins Wade CMG OBE was a British colonial official.-Life:Wade was born at Henfield, Sussex on 17 October 1880 the son of Charles Wade, a solicitor, and his wife Sarah....
(1890–1966), Colonial SecretaryColonial SecretaryColonial Secretary may refer to:* Secretary of State for the Colonies, British Cabinet minister who headed the Colonial Office, commonly referred to as Colonial Secretary...
in KenyaKenyaKenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
(1934–1939)
Sciences
- Sir Roy CalneRoy CalneSir Roy Yorke Calne, FRS, is a British surgeon and pioneer in organ transplantation; he performed the first liver transplantation operation in Europe in 1968. His surgical procedures also laid claim to many other pioneering successes in his career: the world's first liver, heart, and lung...
, pioneer of liver transplantationLiver transplantationLiver transplantation or hepatic transplantation is the replacement of a diseased liver with a healthy liver allograft. The most commonly used technique is orthotopic transplantation, in which the native liver is removed and replaced by the donor organ in the same anatomic location as the original... - Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron AmulreeBasil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron AmulreeBasil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree KBE, FRCP was a British physician and leading advocate of geriatric medicine in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...
(1900–1983), physician and geriatrician - Charles Francis Massey SwynnertonCharles Francis Massey SwynnertonCharles Francis Massey Swynnerton CMG , was an English-born naturalist noted for his contributions to tsetse fly research....
(1877–1938), naturalist - Gino WatkinsGino WatkinsHenry George "Gino" Watkins FRGS was a British Arctic explorer.Born in London, he was educated at Lancing College and acquired a love of mountaineering and the outdoors from his father through holidays in the Alps, the Tyrol and the English Lake District...
(1907–1932), Arctic explorerArctic explorationArctic exploration is the physical exploration of the Arctic region of the Earth. The region that surrounds the North Pole. It refers to the historical period during which mankind has explored the region north of the Arctic Circle...
The Church
- Michael BallMichael Ball (clergyman)Michael Thomas Ball is an Anglican bishop and the co-founder of the Community of the Glorious Ascension. He was the Bishop of Truro from 1990 to 1997....
, suffragan Bishop of JarrowBishop of JarrowThe Bishop of Jarrow is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Durham, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the former Anglo Saxon monastery in the town of Jarrow in Tyne and Wear....
(1980–1990) and Bishop of TruroBishop of TruroThe Bishop of Truro is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Cornwall and it is one of the most recently created dioceses of the Church of England...
(1990–1997) - Peter BallPeter John BallPeter John Ball is the co-founder of the Community of the Glorious Ascension and a former Bishop of Lewes and of Gloucester. Educated at Lancing College and Queens' College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1956 and began his ministry with a curacy at Rottingdean, after which he was Prior of the...
, suffragan Bishop of LewesBishop of LewesThe Bishop of Lewes is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Lewes, the county town of East Sussex.-List of the Bishops of Lewes:...
(1977–1992) and Bishop of GloucesterBishop of GloucesterThe Bishop of Gloucester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Gloucester in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the County of Gloucestershire and part of the County of Worcestershire and has its see in the City of Gloucester where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church...
(1992–1993) - Christopher Russell CamplingChristopher Russell CamplingThe Very Reverend Christopher Russell Campling was an eminent Anglican priest in the latter part of the 20th century. He was born on 4 July 1925 and educated at Lancing College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. Ordained in 1952 he began his career with a curacy in Basingstoke after which he was a...
, Dean of RiponRipon CathedralRipon Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds and the mother church of the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, situated in the small North Yorkshire city of Ripon, England.-Background:...
(1984–1995) - Thomas William CookThomas William CookThomas William Cook was the Anglican Bishop of Lewes for a brief period in the second quarter of the 20th century. Born at Wellingborough and educated at Lancing College and Hertford College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1890...
(1866–1928), Bishop of LewesBishop of LewesThe Bishop of Lewes is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chichester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Lewes, the county town of East Sussex.-List of the Bishops of Lewes:...
(1926–1928) - Charles John CorfeCharles John CorfeThe Rt Rev Charles John Corfe was the inaugural Bishop in Korea from 1889. Corfe was one of the four Bible Clerks educated as an undergraduate at All Souls College, Oxford. After graduating he had a brief spell teaching at St. Michael's College, Tenbury before being ordained in 1866. For the...
(1843–1921), inaugural Bishop in KoreaBishop in KoreaThe Bishop in Korea was an Anglican missionary appointment from 1889 to 1965 when the diocese was divided..- List of the Bishops in Korea :-Notes:...
(1889–1904) - Anthony Charles FoottitAnthony Charles FoottitThe Rt Rev. Anthony Charles Foottit was Bishop of Lynn from 1999 to 2003. He was born on 28 June 1935 and educated at Lancing College and King's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1961, his career began with a curacy at Wymondham, after which he was Vicar of Blakeney, Rural Dean of Cary and...
, Bishop of LynnBishop of LynnThe Bishop of Lynn is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of King's Lynn in Norfolk...
(1999–2003) - Sir Francis Heathcote, 9th BaronetSir Francis Heathcote, 9th BaronetSir Francis Cooke Caulfeild Heathcote, 9th Baronet was an Anglican clergyman.He was born in Northamptonshire, England and educated at Lancing College, Sussex before emigrating to Canada in 1882. He studied at Trinity College, Toronto and was ordained in 1891...
(1868–1961), Bishop of New Westminster (1940–1951) - Trevor HuddlestonTrevor HuddlestonErnest Urban Trevor Huddleston CR, KCMG was an English Anglican bishop. He was most well known for his anti-apartheid activism and his 'Prayer for Africa'...
(1913–1998), Archbishop of the Indian OceanChurch of the Province of the Indian OceanThe Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean is a province of the Anglican Communion. It covers the islands of Madagascar, Mauritius and the Seychelles...
(1976–1984), Bishop of MasasiAnglican Diocese of MasasiThe Anglican Diocese of Masasi is one of 21 within the Anglican Church of Tanzania Created in 1926, its first Bishop was William Lucas. The most notable bishop was Trevor Huddleston. The current incumbent is Patrick Mwachiko.-References:...
(1959–1968), Bishop of StepneyBishop of StepneyThe Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets...
(1968–1978), Bishop of MauritiusBishop of MauritiusThe Bishop of Mauritius has been the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean since its inception in 1854. The current Bishop is The Rt Rev Gerald James Ian Ernest.-References:...
(1978-?) - John Dudley Galtrey KirkhamJohn Dudley Galtrey KirkhamJohn Dudley Galtrey Kirkham was the Anglican Bishop of Sherborne in the last quarter of the 20th century. Born on 20 September 1935 and educated at Lancing College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1962...
, Bishop of Sherborne (1976–2001) - Lewis Evan MeredithLewis Evan MeredithLewis Evan Meredith was an Anglican bishop, the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Dover in the modern era.Educated at Lancing College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1923 and began his career with a curacy at Oswestry. From 1927 to 1931 he was a Minor Canon at Canterbury Cathedral...
(1900–1968), Bishop of DoverBishop of DoverThe Bishop of Dover is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Dover in Kent...
(1957–1964) - Cyril Jonathan MeyrickCyril Jonathan MeyrickCyril Jonathan Meyrick is the current Bishop of Lynn and former Dean of Exeter.-Early life and education:Meyrick was educated at Lancing College and St John’s College, Oxford. He then studied for ordination at Sarum and Wells Theological College.-Ordained ministry:Meyrick was ordained as a deacon...
, Dean of ExeterDean of ExeterThe Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by Bishop William Briwere who set up the offices of Dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedral, allowing the chapter to elect those officers.The current Dean lives at the... - David ReindorpDavid ReindorpDavid Reindorp is the current incumbent of Chelsea Old Church in London . Reindorp has also become a noted public speaker....
, vicar of Chelsea Old ChurchChelsea Old ChurchChelsea Old Church is on the north bank of the River Thames near Albert Bridge in Chelsea, London, England. It is the church for a parish in the Diocese of London, part of the Church of England. It is located on the corner of Old Church Street and Cheyne Walk. Inside, there is seating for 400...
, Chaplain to the Honourable Artillery CompanyHonourable Artillery CompanyThe Honourable Artillery Company was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1537 by King Henry VIII. Today it is a Registered Charity whose purpose is to attend to the “better defence of the realm"...
and to the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers - Erik RoutleyErik RoutleyErik Routley was an English Congregational minister, composer and musicologist. He was educated at Lancing College and Magdalen and Mansfield Colleges in Oxford...
(1917–1982), Congregational minister, composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and musicologist - James Leo SchusterJames Leo SchusterJames Leo Schuster was the long serving 6th Bishop of St John's in what was then known as Kaffraria and is now Mthatha. Educated at Lancing College and Keble College, Oxford he was ordained in 1937. Assistant Missioner at Rotherhithe until 1938 he was subsequently Chaplain at St Stephen's House,...
(1912–2006), Bishop of St John'sBishop of St John'sThe Bishop of St John’s is the Bishop of the Diocese of St Johns in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, which encompassed the area around King Williams Town and East London and is located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. In 1991 the Diocese split with a portion of it becoming the...
(1956–1980) - Henry Edward Champneys StapletonHenry Edward Champneys StapletonHenry Edward Champneys Stapleton MBE was Dean of Carlisle from 1988 to 1998.Stapleton was educated at Lancing College and Pembroke College, Cambridge and ordained in 1956. He held curacies at St Olave with St Giles, York and All Saints' Pocklington. He was Vicar of Seaton Ross then Rector of Skelton...
, Dean of CarlisleDean of CarlisleThe Dean of Carlisle is based in Carlisle, UK and is the head of the Chapter of Carlisle Cathedral. There have been 39 previous incumbents and the current holder of the post is The Very Reverend Mark Boyling.-Deans:...
(1988–1998) - Mark Napier TrollopeMark Napier TrollopeMark Napier Trollope was the third Bishop in Korea from 1911 until his death. Born on 28 March 1862 and educated at Lancing College and New College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1888. After a curacy at Great Yarmouth he spent a decade with the missionary team in Korea. Returning to England he was...
(1862–1930), third Bishop in KoreaBishop in KoreaThe Bishop in Korea was an Anglican missionary appointment from 1889 to 1965 when the diocese was divided..- List of the Bishops in Korea :-Notes:...
(1911–1930)
Armed forces
- Lt-Gen SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Louis Jean Bols (1867–1930), Chief of StaffChief of StaffThe title, chief of staff, identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a Principal Staff Officer , who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide to an important individual, such as a president.In general, a chief of...
to the Third Army (World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
), General Officer CommandingGeneral Officer CommandingGeneral Officer Commanding is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division...
the 24th DivisionBritish 24th DivisionThe British 24th Division was a New Army division that was sent to France between August and September, 1915. It served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War...
(1917), Chief Administrator of Palestine (1919–1920), Governor of BermudaGovernor of BermudaThe Governor of Bermuda is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda. The Governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government...
(1927–1930) - BrigBrigA brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Iltyd Nicholl ClaytonIltyd Nicholl ClaytonBrigadier Sir Iltyd Nicholl Clayton CBE was a British Army officer notable for his attachment to the Middle East Office in Cairo during and after World War II and his involvement in the formation of Arab League and formulation of post-war British policy in the Middle East.He was educated at...
(1886–1965), policy-maker active in formation of the Arab LeagueArab LeagueThe Arab League , officially called the League of Arab States , is a regional organisation of Arab states in North and Northeast Africa, and Southwest Asia . It was formed in Cairo on 22 March 1945 with six members: Egypt, Iraq, Transjordan , Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Syria. Yemen joined as a...
, special advisor on Arab Affairs British Middle East Office (1943–1945), Minister attached to the British Embassy in Cairo (1947–1948) - Col. Andrew CroftAndrew CroftColonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft DSO OBE , was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, with operations in Norway and Corsica, as well as Military attaché to Sweden, an explorer, holding the longest self-sustaining journey in the Guinness Book of Records for more than...
(1906—1998), explorer and member of the Special Operations ExecutiveSpecial Operations ExecutiveThe Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
and Military attachéMilitary attachéA military attaché is a military expert who is attached to a diplomatic mission . This post is normally filled by a high-ranking military officer who retains the commission while serving in an embassy...
to Sweden (World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
) - Lt-Gen SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
John Fullerton EvettsJohn Fullerton EvettsLieutenant-General Sir John Fullerton Evetts CB, CBE, MC was a career soldier of the British Army.-Military career:Educated at Lancing College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Evetts was commissioned into The Cameronians in 1911.He fought on the Western Front during World War I, and was...
(1891–1988), General Officer CommandingGeneral Officer CommandingGeneral Officer Commanding is the usual title given in the armies of Commonwealth nations to a general officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, a general might be the GOC II Corps or GOC 7th Armoured Division...
6th Infantry Division (1941), Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1942–1944), Master-General of the OrdnanceMaster-General of the OrdnanceThe Master-General of the Ordnance was a very senior British military position before 1855, when the Board of Ordnance was abolished.-Responsibilities:...
(1944–1946) - Sqn Ldr Prince Emanuel Galitzine (1918–2003), Spitfire pilot
- ColColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
St George Corbet GoreSt George Corbet GoreColonel St George Corbet Gore CSI was an English army officer and Surveyor General of India from 1899 to 1904.He was born on 24 February 1849 and educated at Lancing College before being gazetted as lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in 1870...
(1849–1913), Surveyor General of IndiaSurveyor General of IndiaThe Surveyor General of India is the Head of Department of Survey of India, a Department under the Ministry of Science and Technology of Government of India. He also happens to be the senior most member of the Survey of India Service, an organized engineering service under the Union of India....
(1899–1904) - George Henry Wellington Loftus, 7th Marquess of Ely (1903–1969), soldier
- Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl BelmoreGalbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl BelmoreGalbraith Armar Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore was an Irish peer and the son of Major Adrian Lowry-Corry, himself the son of Admiral the Hon. Armar Lowry-Corry ....
(1913–1960), soldier - Air Vice-MarshalAir Vice-MarshalAir vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
John Frederick PowellJohn Frederick PowellAir Vice-Marshal John Frederick Powell OBE was a long serving-officer at RAF College Cranwell.Powell was born in Somerset on 12 June 1915. He was educated at Lancing College and King's College, Cambridge...
(1915–2008), Director of Education Services RAF - Surgeon Rear Admiral P.D. Gordon Pugh, high ranking Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
officer - Sqn Ldr / Lt Cdr Jeffrey QuillJeffrey QuillJeffrey Kindersley Quill OBE AFC FRAeS was a British Royal Air Force officer, RNVR officer and Test pilot and the second man to fly the Supermarine Spitfire after Vickers' chief test pilot, Joseph "Mutt" Summers. After succeeding Summers as Vickers' chief test pilot, Quill test-flew every mark of...
(1913–1996), SpitfireSupermarine SpitfireThe Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...
test pilotTest pilotA test pilot is an aviator who flies new and modified aircraft in specific maneuvers, known as flight test techniques or FTTs, allowing the results to be measured and the design to be evaluated.... - Lt-Gen Sir Alan Reay KBE, director-general of the RAMC (1981–1985)
- GenGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Neil RitchieNeil RitchieGeneral Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie GBE, KCB, DSO, MC, KStJ was a senior British army officer during the Second World War.-Military career:...
(1897–1983), Commander-in Chief, Eighth ArmyEighth Army (United Kingdom)The Eighth Army was one of the best-known formations of the British Army during World War II, fighting in the North African and Italian campaigns....
(1941–1942), Commander-in-Chief, XII Corps (1943–1945), Commander-in-ChiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
Far East Land ForcesBritish Far East CommandThe Far East Command was a British military command which had 2 distinct periods. These were firstly, 18 November 1940 – 7 January 1942 succeeded by the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command , and secondly, 1963 – 1971 succeeded by Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom Force...
(1947–1948), Aide-de-Camp GeneralAide-de-Camp GeneralOne of the several categories of aides de camp to the Monarch in the United Kingdom is styled Aide de Camp General.These are honorary appointments for senior British Army generals, first made in 1910. There were originally four, but the number was reduced to three in 1988...
to George VIGeorge VI of the United KingdomGeorge VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...
(1948–1951). - Maj-Gen David Rutherford-JonesDavid Rutherford-JonesMajor-General David John Rutherford-Jones CB is a British Army officer and former Commandant of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst....
, CommandantCommandantCommandant is a senior title often given to the officer in charge of a large training establishment or academy. This usage is common in anglophone nations...
of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (2007–2009), Military Secretary (2009-2011). - Air Vice-MarshalAir Vice-MarshalAir vice-marshal is a two-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force. The rank is also used by the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence and it is sometimes used as the English translation of an equivalent rank in...
SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Stanley VincentStanley VincentAir Vice Marshal Sir Stanley Flamank Vincent CB, DFC, AFC, DL, RAF was a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and later a senior commander in the Royal Air Force...
(1897–1976), Air Officer CommandingAir Officer CommandingAir Officer Commanding is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, an air vice marshal might be the AOC 38 Group...
No. 226 Group (1942–1943), Air Officer CommandingAir Officer CommandingAir Officer Commanding is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, an air vice marshal might be the AOC 38 Group...
No. 13 GroupNo. 13 Group RAFNo. 13 Group was a group in the Royal Air Force for various periods in the 20th century. It is most famous for having the responsibility for defending the North of Great Britain during the Battle of Britain-World War I:...
(1943–1944), Air Officer CommandingAir Officer CommandingAir Officer Commanding is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, an air vice marshal might be the AOC 38 Group...
No. 221 Group (1944–1945), Air Officer CommandingAir Officer CommandingAir Officer Commanding is a title given in the air forces of Commonwealth nations to an air officer who holds a command appointment. Thus, an air vice marshal might be the AOC 38 Group...
No. 11 GroupNo. 11 Group RAFNo. 11 Group was a group in the Royal Air Force for various periods in the 20th century, finally disbanding in 1996. Its most famous service was during 1940 when it defended London and the south-east against the attacks of the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.-First World War:No. 11 Group was...
(1948–1950), only RAF pilot to shoot down the enemy in both world wars - Maj-Gen SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Alexander WilsonAlexander Wilson (British Army officer)Major-General Sir Alexander Wilson KCB was a senior British army officer, Colonel of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and Lieutenant Governor of Jersey between the years 1916 and 1920.-Military career:...
, (1858–1937) former ColonelColonelColonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures...
of the Argyll and Sutherland HighlandersArgyll and Sutherland HighlandersThe Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland is an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland....
and Lieutenant Governor of JerseyLieutenant Governor of JerseyThe Lieutenant Governor of Jersey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown....
(1916–1920) - Rear-Admiral SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Robert WoodardRobert WoodardRear Admiral Sir Robert Woodard, KCVO, DL is a former Commander of the Royal Yacht Britannia.-Naval career:Educated at Lancing College, the school founded by his great-grandfather, Rev Nathaniel Woodard, Woodard joined the Royal Navy and specialised in aviation...
, CommanderCommanderCommander is a naval rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. Commander is also used as a rank or title in some organizations outside of the armed forces, particularly in police and law enforcement.-Commander as a naval...
of the Royal Yacht Britannia (1985–1990)
Business
- SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Edgar BeckEdgar BeckSir Edgar Charles Beck CBE was a British civil engineer. He was managing director, chairman then president of Mowlem, one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the United Kingdom....
(1911–2000), Chairman (1961–79) then President (1981–2000) of MowlemMowlemMowlem was one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the United Kingdom. Carillion bought the firm in 2006.-History:Founded by John Mowlem in 1822, the company was awarded a Royal Warrant in 1902 and went public on the London Stock Exchange in 1924. It acquired SGB Group in... - Sinclair BeechamSinclair Beecham-Education:Beecham was educated at Lancing College, an independent school near the town of Lancing in West Sussex, on England's south coast, followed by the Polytechnic of Central London in London, where he studied Property Law, and first met his later business partner, Julian Metcalfe.-Life and...
, co-founder of Pret a MangerPret A MangerPret a Manger is a British sandwich retail chain based in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. The name "Pret a Manger" comes from the French prêt à manger, meaning "ready to eat", a reference to prêt-à-porter .The company was founded in London in 1986 by friends Sinclair Beecham and... - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
John Gilbert Newton BrownJohn Gilbert Newton BrownSir John Gilbert Newton Brown CBE was Publisher of the Oxford University Press and has been credited as one of the great leaders of British publishing throughout its post World War II recovery ....
(1916–2003), Publisher of the Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
(1956–1980) - Sir Michael Darrington, Managing Director of GreggsGreggsGreggs plc is the largest specialist retail bakery chain in the United Kingdom. It was established in the 1930s as a single shop but has approximately 1,500 outlets....
- Stephen Green, Baron Green of Hurstpierpoint, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc (2006–2010), Minister of State for Trade and InvestmentUK Trade & InvestmentUK Trade & Investment is a UK Government department working with businesses based in the United Kingdom to ensure their success in international markets, and encourage the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice ....
(2011-) - SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Derek Alun-JonesDerek Alun-JonesSir John Derek Alun-Jones was a British businessman and chairman of Ferranti at the time of its merger with US company International Signal and Control ....
(1933–2004), Chairman of FerrantiFerrantiFerranti or Ferranti International plc was a UK electrical engineering and equipment firm that operated for over a century from 1885 until it went bankrupt in 1993. Known primarily for defence electronics, the Company was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but ceased trading in 1993.The...
(1982–1990) - Raymond Kwok Ping Luen, vice-chairman and Managing Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, Chairman of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited
Sport
- Reginald Birkett (1849–1898), EnglandEngland national football teamThe England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
footballer, 18801880 FA Cup FinalThe 1880 FA Cup Final was contested by Clapham Rovers and Oxford University at the Kennington Oval. Clapham Rovers won 1–0, the only goal scored by Clopton Lloyd-Jones.-Teams:-References:**...
FA CupFA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
winner, England national rugby player, scorer of England's first ever rugby union try. - H.J.C. TurnerH.J.C. TurnerH.J.C. Turner was a rugby union international who represented England in 1871 in the first international match.-Early life:...
(1850-?), England national rugby player, player in inaugural rugby union international match in 1871. - Edward CawstonEdward CawstonEdward Cawston was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he played first-class cricket for Sussex and Cambridge University between 1928 and 1933 and also represented the Egypt national cricket team in 1936.-Personal life:Born in Wantage in 1911, Edward...
(1911–1998), SussexSussexSussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
cricketer - Edgar FieldEdgar FieldEdgar Field was an English amateur footballer who helped Clapham Rovers win the FA Cup in 1880. He made two appearances for England as a full back.-Career:...
(1854–1934), EnglandEngland national football teamThe England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
footballer, 18801880 FA Cup FinalThe 1880 FA Cup Final was contested by Clapham Rovers and Oxford University at the Kennington Oval. Clapham Rovers won 1–0, the only goal scored by Clopton Lloyd-Jones.-Teams:-References:**...
FA CupFA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
winner - Andrew FramptonAndrew FramptonAndrew James Ker Frampton is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and who also has the ability to play at full-back. He currently plays for Gillingham.-Early career:...
, Millwall FC footballer - Henry Hammond (footballer)Henry Hammond (footballer)Henry Edward Denison Hammond was an English footballer who earned one cap for the national team in 1889. Hammond played club football for Oxford University. After his football career ended, Hammond became a folk music historian.-External links:*...
(1866–1910), EnglandEngland national football teamThe England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
footballer - Elphinstone JacksonElphinstone JacksonElphinstone Jackson was an English amateur footballer who made one appearance as a full back for England in 1891.__FORCETOC__-Career:...
(1868–1945), EnglandEngland national football teamThe England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
footballer and co-founder of the Indian Football AssociationIndian Football AssociationThe Indian Football Association , [abbreviated as IFA] is the organization that administers association football in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the oldest Football Association in India and was founded in 1893. Amongst the founders was former England international Elphinstone Jackson.... - Richard MeadeRichard MeadeRichard John Hannay Meade, OBE is a British equestrian expert and Olympic gold medal winning rider, tipped at one time to be the future husband of Princess Anne.In 1964, Meade won the Burghley Horse Trials on Barberry...
, OlympicOlympic GamesThe Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
gold medal winning equestrian - Francis Woodcock (1925–1994), Brighton FC footballer
Academia
- Rajnarayan ChandavarkarRajnarayan ChandavarkarRajnarayan Chandavarkar , was a Reader in the History and Politics of South Asia and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge.- Background :...
(1953–2006), historian and author - Nicholas Goodrick-ClarkeNicholas Goodrick-ClarkeNicholas Goodrick-Clarke B.A. , D.Phil. is a professor of Western Esotericism at University of Exeter and author of several books on esoteric traditions....
, Nazi era scholar - Michael J. Kennedy, Dean of Faculty of Science and Professor of Geology, University of DublinUniversity of DublinThe University of Dublin , corporately designated the Chancellor, Doctors and Masters of the University of Dublin , located in Dublin, Ireland, was effectively founded when in 1592 Queen Elizabeth I issued a charter for Trinity College, Dublin, as "the mother of a university" – this date making it...
- SirSirSir is an honorific used as a title , or as a courtesy title to address a man without using his given or family name in many English speaking cultures...
Max MallowanMax MallowanSir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, CBE was a prominent British archaeologist, specialising in ancient Middle Eastern history, and the second husband of Dame Agatha Christie.-Life and work:...
(1904–1978), archaeologist and scholar, Director of the British School of Archaeology in IraqBritish School of Archaeology in IraqThe British Institute for the Study of Iraq is the only body in Britain devoted to research into the ancient civilizations and languages of Mesopotamia.... - Brian ManningBrian ManningBrian Manning was a leading British Marxist historian, particularly of the English Civil War of the 17th century. A student of Christopher Hill, his best known work was The English People and the English Revolution....
(1927–2004), Marxist historian - Henry NettleshipHenry NettleshipHenry Nettleship was an English classical scholar.Nettleship was born at Kettering, and was educated at Lancing College, Durham School and Charterhouse schools, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. In 1861, he was elected to a fellowship at Lincoln, which he vacated on his marriage in 1870...
(1839–1893), English classical scholar - Peter SelfPeter SelfPeter John Otter Self was born in London and was educated at Lancing College and then Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He went on to become Emeritus Professor of Public Administration at the London School of Economics and Professor of Urban Research at...
(1919–1999), scholar - John Dover Wilson (1881–1969), literary critic and scholar
Miscellaneous
- Desmond Wyndham Otho FitzGeraldDesmond Wyndham Otho FitzGeraldDesmond Wyndham Otho FitzGerald, 28th Knight of Glin was an Irish nobleman and socialite....
(1901–1949), 28th Knight of GlinKnight of GlinThe Knight of Glin, also called the Black Knight, was a hereditary title in the Fitzgeralds of Limerick, Ireland since the early 14th century. The family was a branch of the FitzGerald dynasty or Geraldines, related to the Earls of Desmond , who were granted extensive lands in County Limerick by... - Prince George (Georgie Vladimirovich) Galitzine (1916–1992), soldier
- Charlie Gilmour Model/protestor
- Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of EffinghamMowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of EffinghamMowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham , styled Lord Howard of Effingham from 1927 to 1946, was a British peer....
(1905–1996) - John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl BelmoreJohn Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl BelmoreJohn Armar Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore is an Irish peer and the son of Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore.-Early years and education:...
, art collector - Thomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron AudleyThomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron AudleyThomas Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley MBE was born in Herefordshire, England, to Thomas Touchet Tuchet-Jesson and Annie Rosina Hammacott-Osler and educated at Lancing College. He married twice, initially to June Isabel de Trafford née Chaplin, daughter of Lt.-Col Reginald Chaplin, whom he...
(1913–1963), soldier, playwright
Notable former staff members
- Richard BudworthRichard BudworthRichard Thomas Dutton Budworth was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Blackheath and international rugby for England. In 1890 Budworth became one of the original members of the Barbarians Football Club....
(1867–1937), former Master and an EnglishEnglandEngland 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...
rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
forward, original member of the Barbarians Football ClubBarbarian F.C.The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain... - Sir William GladstoneErskine William GladstoneSir Erskine "William" Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, 7th Baronet, KG, JP, DL is a Knight of the Garter, and was formerly an officer of the Royal Navy....
, former Head Master and Chief Scout of the United KingdomChief Scout (United Kingdom)The Chief Scout is the head of The Scout Association. The post originated with the appointment of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of the Scout Movement, as Chief Scout. He was designated Chief Scout of the World in 1920 at the first World Scout Jamboree in Olympia, London...
, descendent of William Gladstone, 19th Century Prime Minister. - G.O. SmithG.O. SmithGilbert Oswald Smith , familiarly known as G. O. Smith or simply as G...
, sportsman rated the greatest footballer of the nineteenth century - John IngeJohn IngeJohn Geoffrey Inge is the current Bishop of Worcester in the Diocese of Worcester.He was educated at Kent College Canterbury and St Chad's College, Durham University where he took a BSc in 1977 and an MA in 1994. In 1979 he took a PGCE at Keble College, Oxford. He trained for ordination at the...
, former chemistry teacher and Assistant Chaplain and current Bishop of WorcesterBishop of WorcesterThe Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury... - Edward Clarke LoweEdward Clarke LoweEdward Clarke Lowe was an English educator and a key participant in the foundation and development of the Woodard Schools.-Early life and education:...
(1823–1912), former Second Master, ProvostProvost (education)A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of St Nicholas College Lancing and key participant in the foundation and development of the Woodard SchoolsWoodard SchoolsWoodard Schools is a group of Anglican schools affiliated to the Woodard Corporation which has its origin in the work of Nathaniel Woodard, an Anglo-Catholic clergyman.... - Arthur Temple LytteltonArthur Temple LytteltonRt. Rev. Hon. Arthur Temple Lyttelton was the first Master of the newly established Selwyn College, Cambridge and the third Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Southampton....
, ProvostProvost (education)A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of St Nicholas College Lancing, third Bishop of SouthamptonBishop of SouthamptonThe Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Southampton in Hampshire. The current bishop is The Rt Revd Jonathan Frost, who became bishop...
(1898–1903) - Sheppard FrereSheppard FrereProfessor Sheppard Sunderland Frere, CBE, FSA, FBA is a former British historian and archaeologist who studied the Roman Empire.-Biography:...
, former House Master, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Provinces at the University of LondonUniversity of London-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
(1961–1966), Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman EmpireRoman EmpireThe Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
at Oxford University
Hoe Court
Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden
Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden is an independent nursery, pre-preparatory and preparatory School for approximately 195 children between the ages of 3 and 13. The headmaster is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools.Mowden School, as it was originally known, was founded by B A Snell at Mowden Hall, in Essex, in 1896. In 1901, it moved to Lansdowne Place, Hove and in 1913 moved again to its present site. Edward Snell took over from his father in 1937 and, on his death in 1973, his son, Christopher, became headmaster.
In September 2002, the school passed into the care of Lancing College and the current headmaster, Alan Laurent, took over from the Snells. Although the house was purpose built for a preparatory school in 1913 by Christopher Snell¹s grandfather, there has been a continuing programme of modernisation and development.
In addition to two dedicated IT rooms, each classroom has its own computer, projector and interactive smartboard and there is a well-equipped science laboratory, technology room and an attractive library and reading room. Spacious sports fields surround the school, which accommodate pitches for all the main games and sports, including an all-weather Astroturf area.
Traditionally the school was for boys only, but in September 2002, girls were accepted for the first time and the school became co-educational.
Mowden School became Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden (or Lancing Prep as it is known) in September 2005.
In 2008, an ISI Inspection team concluded that, 'Lancing College Preparatory School meets its aims outstandingly well. It does this by achieving high quality in every aspect of what it provides'.
Headmasters of Lancing College
- Henry Jacobs (Aug–Dec 1848)
- Charles Edward Moberly (1849–1851)
- John Branthwaite (1851–1859)
- Henry Walford (1859–1861)
- Robert Edward Sanderson (1862–1889)
- Harry Ward McKenzie (1889–1894)
- Ambrose John Wilson (1895–1901)
- Bernard Henry Tower (1901–1909)
- Canon Henry Thomas Bowlby (1909–1925)
- Cuthbert Harold Blakiston (1925–1934)
- Frank Cecil Doherty (1935–1953)
- John Christopher Dancy (1953–1961)
- Sir Erskine William GladstoneErskine William GladstoneSir Erskine "William" Gladstone of Fasque and Balfour, 7th Baronet, KG, JP, DL is a Knight of the Garter, and was formerly an officer of the Royal Navy....
KG BtBaronetA baronet or the rare female equivalent, a baronetess , is the holder of a hereditary baronetcy awarded by the British Crown...
(1961–1969) - Ian David Stafford Beer (1969–1981)
- James Stephen Woodhouse (1981–1993)
- Christopher John Saunders (1993–1998)
- Peter M. Tinniswood (1998–2005)
- Richard R. Biggs (acting, 2005–2006)
- Jonathan Gillespie (Sept 2006–present)
External links
- Lancing College school website
- The Woodard Corporation - A Group of Public Schools
- Old Lancing: OL's
- Lancing Old Boys Football Club
- Lancing Old Boys Tennis
- The Old Lancing Lodge (Freemasons)
- Lancing Prep school website