Campbell College is a voluntary grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The College educates boys from ages 11-18. It is one of the eight Northern Irish schools represented on the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Ian Paisley  - Deputy First Minister... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official languages English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, BSL, NISL, ISL Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Ian Paisley  - Deputy First Minister... The Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference (HMC) is an association of the head teachers of 242 leading day and boarding independent boys and coeducational schools in the United Kingdom, Crown dependencies and the Republic of Ireland. ...

The school occupies a 100 acre estate in east Belfast, close to the Parliament Buildings at Stormont. All the school's facilities are located on this site, which also contains a small lake and forest named Netherleigh. Campbell's junior school - formerly located on an adjacent site and called Cabin Hill - is now also located on the site. The school has the oldest Combined Cadet Force in Ireland, with 400 cadets^[1]. The school has an international reputation and attracts boarders from Hong Kong, Singapore and Africa. Belfast East is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... Northern Ireland Parliament Buildings Parliament Buildings, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast, served as the seat of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and successive Northern Ireland assemblies and conventions. ... Cabin Hill is a private primary school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ...

History

It was founded in 1894 thanks to a bequest from Henry James Campbell, who had made his fortune in the linen trade. Initially the school was primarily a boarding school but it has, particularly since the 1970s, become primarily a day school and in 2004 had 870 pupils, only about 60 of whom were boarders. Playwright and Nobel Laureate Samuel Beckett taught at the school from January to July 1928 but found the experience uncongenial. The story goes that his decision to leave prematurely was questioned by the then Headmaster who pointed out that he was giving up the opportunity to teach the cream of Ulster, Beckett replied, of Campbell's students, "Yes. Rich and thick.".^[2] A boarding school is an educational institution where some or all pupils not only study, but also live, amongst their peers. ... Nobel Prize in Literature medal. ... Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish dramatist, novelist and poet. ...

In 1935 Jimmy Steele led an attempted Irish Republican Army raid on the Royal Ulster Constabulary training facility located in the school grounds. The RUC were tipped-off and the raid was unsuccessful. In 1936 Steele and three other IRA members were captured, prosecuted and imprisoned in Crumlin Road Gaol.^[3]During World War II the school was requisitioned by the War Office as a hospital, with the pupils being transferred to Portrush on the north Antrim coast. Campbell lost 134 former students in World War I and there are separate memorials to the dead of both World Wars in the Central Hall.^[4] Jimmy Steele (August 8, 1907 to August 9, 1970) was an Irish republican and IRA member from Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland). ... The original Irish Republican Army fought a guerrilla war against British rule in Ireland in the Irish War of Independence 1919-1921. ... The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was name of the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. ... Crumlin Road courthouse, linked to the gaol by underground passage Crumlin Road Gaol is a former prison situated in north Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London - the former location of the War Office The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Statistics Province: Ulster County Town: Antrim Area: 2,844 km² Population (est. ... Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna...

Both of these events were experienced firsthand by Albert Maxwell BEM, who worked for the school as groundsman and head porter for 64 years. Maxwell retired in 1993 but continued to live in the school's Grade 1 listed gate lodge until his death in 1997. The British Empire Medal (Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the crown. ...

The author CS Lewis, who grew up nearby, attended the school for two months before he was withdrawn because of a serious respiratory illness and sent to Malvern (Cherbourg School), famous at the time for treating people with lung problems.^[5] The gas lamppost on the school drive is claimed to have been the inspiration for that mentioned in Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. However some sources state a lamppost in Crawfordsburn Country Park was the inspiration.^[6][7] The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. ... Crawfordsburn is a small village in County Down, Northern Ireland. ...

Several Campbell students have been involved in filmmaking. These include William McQuitty (A Night to Remember), Andrew Eaton (Resurrection Man), Nick Hamm (The Hole), Dudi Appleton (The Most Fertile Man in Ireland) and Mark Huffam (Saving Private Ryan). A Night to Remember is the 1958 adaptation of Walter Lords book by the same name. ... Andrew Eaton is a film editor and the recipient of several awards including the British Independent Film Award Producer of the Year 2000. ... Resurrection Man is the title of a DC Comics comic book series about Mitchell Shelly which ran for 27 issues from 1997 to 1999. ... The Hole is a 2001 psychological horror-thriller directed by Nick Hamm, based on the novel After the Hole by Guy Burt. ... David Jeremy Nicholas Appleton (born 1969 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a journalist and film director. ... Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 Academy-Award-winning film, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat, set in World War II. This film is particularly notable for the intensity of the scenes in its first 25 minutes, which depict the Omaha beachhead assault of June 6, 1944. ...

Composer David Catherwood is currently director of music at Campbell. David Catherwood is an Irish Composer and conductor, with both vocal and choral works currently in print. ...

A collection of Lepidoptera by Thomas Workman is displayed in the school. Superfamilies Butterflies Hesperioidea Papilionoidea Moths Acanthopteroctetoidea Alucitoidea Axioidea Bombycoidea Calliduloidea Choreutoidea Cossoidea Drepanoidea Epermenioidea Eriocranioidea Galacticoidea Gelechioidea Geometroidea Gracillarioidea Hedyloidea Hepialoidea Heterobathmioidea Hyblaeoidea Immoidea Incurvarioidea Lasiocampoidea Lophocoronoidea Micropterigoidea Mimallonoidea Mnesarchaeoidea Neopseustoidea Nepticuloidea Noctuoidea Palaephatoidea Pterophoroidea Pyraloidea Schreckensteinioidea Sesioidea Simaethistoidea Thyridoidea Tineoidea Tischerioidea Tortricoidea Urodoidea Whalleyanoidea Yponomeutoidea Zygaenoidea The order Lepidoptera... Thomas Workman (1844 – 1900) was an Irish entomologist and arachnologist who travelled widely collecting butterflies and studying spiders . ...

Sport

The school has strong record in rugby, having won the Ulster Schools Cup 26 times. In 2006 Campbell reached the final at Ravenhill, losing to Methodist College Belfast. The school has extensive sports facilities for which they have received the GoldMark Award^{[citation needed]}. These include sports pitches, an astroturf hockey pitch, squash courts, a fitness suite, shooting range, and a swimming pool. The 2006 opening of the astroturf pitch was marked with an exhibition match between the gold-winning 1988 Summer Olympics Great Britain and Northern Ireland hockey team and the school's 1st XI. A rugby union scrum. ... The Ulster Schools Challenge Cup is an annual competition involving schools affiliated to the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union. ... Ravenhill Stadium is located in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Methodist College Belfast is a voluntary grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ... Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-02-04, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were held in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. ... Flag of Great Britain The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul under the IOC country code GBR. It was the twenty-first time that the European nation participated, being one of only three nations (along with Greece and Australia) to have competed in...

Notable alumni

The cover of Keith Haines' book, 'Campbell College: a photographic history' showing an early photograph of a group of teachers at the school.

• Dudi Appleton, director, screenwriter and journalist
• Paul Bew
• Gordon Burns, journalist and television presenter
• Freeman Wills Crofts, author - was a member of the school's first class in 1894
• Eric Robertson Dodds, classical scholar
• William John English, Victoria Cross recipient whose medal was bequeathed to the school
• Mike Gibson, rugby footballer for Cambridge University, Ireland and the British Lions
• John Irvine, award-winning ITV News journalist
• Charles Lawson, actor
• Gary Lightbody, vocalist and guitarist in the band Snow Patrol
• C.S. Lewis, author - for the autumn term of 1910 only
• Tim Martin, JD Wetherspoon founder
• Sir John MacDermott, former Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
• Alan McFarland, former British Army officer and Ulster Unionist politician
• Robert Shanks, former Chairman of the Commissioners of Irish Lights and commanding officer of HMS Caroline
• James Simmons, poet
• Noel Thompson, BBC journalist

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Headmasters

James "Jay" Piggot BA MA became the school's headmaster in 2005. A former pupil, Piggot is a former Assistant Master and House Master at Eton College. While at Campbell he was a member of the team that was beaten by MCB in the Ulster Schools Cup (Rugby Football). He studied at Cardiff University for a first degree in English and achieved an MA from Liverpool University. After university he taught at Millfield School as an Assistant teacher of English and Rugby coach. Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... The Kings College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for male students, founded in 1440 by Henry VI. It is located in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor in England, situated north of Windsor...

Robert John Ivan Pollock, BSc MEd PhD CertEd CChem MRSC, 1987-2005

Brian William John Gregg Wilson MA, 1977-1987

Robin Milne Morgan, 1971-1976

Francis John Granville Cook, 1954-1971

Ronald Groves, 1943-1954

William Duff Gibbon. MA (Oxon), CBE DSO MC TD LLD was the schools headmaster between 1922 and 1943. Educated at Trinity College, Oxford, Gibbon served as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Worcestershire Regiment during World War I. In World War II he was the Officer Commanding in the Army Cadet Force. 1922-1943 A Master of Arts is a postgraduate academic masters degree awarded by universities in North America and the United Kingdom (excluding the ancient universities of Scotland and Oxbridge. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... DSO medal The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat. ... The Military Cross (MC) is the third level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries. ... The Territorial Decoration (TD) is a United Kingdom military medal, also known as the Territorial Efficiency Decoration, which is given to officers for long service in the Territorial Army. ... Doctor of Laws (Latin: Legum Doctor, LL.D) is a doctorate-level academic degree in law. ... College name The College of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity and Sir Thomas Pope (Knight) Named after The Holy Trinity Established 1555 Sister College Churchill College President Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG MA JCR President Richard Appleton Undergraduates 298 MCR President Andrew Ng Graduates 105 Homepage Boatclub See also Trinity... Insignia of a British Army Lieutenant Colonel Lieutenant-Colonel is a British rank used in several Commonwealth countries superior to Major and subordinate to Colonel. ... The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales Division. ... The Officer Commanding (OC) is the commander of a sub-unit or minor unit (smaller than battalion size) in British and Commonwealth military usage. ... The Army Cadet Force (ACF) or fully Army Cadet Force Association (ACFA) is a British youth organisation that offers progressive training in a multitude of the subjects from military training to adventurous training and first aid, at the same time as promoting achievement, discipline and good citizenship, to boys and...

Robert Arthur H MacFarland, 1907-1922

James Adams McNeill, joint headmaster 1890-96, headmaster 1896-1907

Henry Richard Parker, joint headmaster 1890-1896

References

1. ^ Hansard
2. ^ The Cambridge Introduction to Samuel Beckett Chapter 1. Retrieved on 2007 April 12.
3. ^ 'Internment' by John McGuffin (1973)
4. ^ Haines, Keith. Neither rogues nor fools - a history of Campbell College. Belfast, Campbell College, 1993.
5. ^ C S Lewis Foundation Chronology. Retrieved on 2007 April 12.
6. ^ i-uk
7. ^ visitbritain.com

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External links

• Official school website
• Campbell College CCF Website
• Old Campbellians Society