Clifton College
Motto	Spiritus Intus Alit (Latin: The spirit nourishes within)
Established	1862
Type	Independent
Headteacher	Mark J Moore
Location	College Road Bristol England
Students	c.650
Ages	3 to 18
Website	Clifton College website
Coordinates: 51°27′38″N 2°37′19″W / 51.4606, -2.6218

An 1898 etching of the College Close

Clifton College (grid reference ST569737) is a coeducational public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. It was founded in 1862. The school's motto is Spiritus Intus Alit (meaning: The spirit nourishes within). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see Latin (disambiguation). ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about the English city. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2145x1088, 669 KB)Clifton College close. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2145x1088, 669 KB)Clifton College close. ... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of males and females at the same school facilities. ... An independent school or private school in the United Kingdom is a school relying for all of its funding upon private sources. ... The crowded Princess Victoria Street lies at the heart of Clifton Village Clifton is an inner suburb of the English port city of Bristol. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Spiritus Intus Alit is a Latin phrase meaning the spirit nourishes within. ...

The school takes boys and girls aged between 13 and 18. It has an associated preparatory school, Clifton College Preparatory School (known as the 'Pre') for children from 8 to 13 which is located nearby and shares many of the same facilities; also a pre-preparatory school for younger children. To distinguish it from the junior schools, Clifton College proper is sometimes referred to as the 'Upper School. Preparatory school or prep school may refer to: University-preparatory school, in North America, is a private secondary school designed to prepare a student for higher education. ... An 1898 etching of the College Close Clifton College (grid reference ST569737) is a coeducational public school in Clifton, Bristol, England. ...

There are currently around 650 children in the Upper School of which about a third are girls, and in 2004 there were plans to increase the size of the school. At the start of the 2004 - 2005 school year, a new boarding and day house for girls were opened.

School Fees From September 2006:

• Full Boarder £8,025.00 per term
• Day Boarder (4 nights) £7,215.00 per term
• Day Boarder (3 nights) £6,995.00 per term
• Day Pupil £5,415.00 per term
• Occasional Boarding £43.00 per night

Houses

The Upper School boys' houses are: The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ...

• School House (boarding)
• Wiseman's (boarding)
• Watson's (boarding)
• Moberly's (boarding)
• East Town (day)
• South Town (day)
• North Town (day)

(Polack's house, which took Jewish boys only, has recently closed)

The girls' houses are:

• Worcester (boarding)
• Oakeley's (boarding)
• West Town (day)
• Hallward's (predominantly day with some boarders)

Before 1987, Clifton was a boys-only school, and was predominantly boarding, although there were day-boy houses.

Buildings & grounds

The first school buildings

Big School (right) soon after it was built - 1860's

The original College buildings were designed by the architect Charles Hansom (the brother of Joseph Hansom); his first design was for Big School and a proposed dining hall. Only the former was actually built and a small extra short wing was added in 1866 – this is what now contains the Marshal’s office and the new staircase into Big School. It has been designated by English Heritage as a grade II listed building.^[1] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Charles Francis Hansom was a prominent Roman Catholic Victorian architect who primarily designed in the Gothic Revival style. ... A Hansom cab. ... English Heritage is a United Kingdom government body with a broad remit of managing the historic environment of England. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...

Hansom was called back in the 1870’s and asked to design what is now the Percival Library and the open-cloister classrooms. This project was built undertaken in two stages and largely completed by 1875 – although the Wilson Tower was not built until 1890.(grade II listed.^[2]) Other buildings were added as follows:

• By 1875 Brown’s, Dakyns’ and Oakley’s had been opened along with what is now 32 College Road – originally this functioned as accommodation for bachelor masters.
• Three fives courts (1864),
• The original san’ (1865),
• Gymnasium (1867),
• Two swimming pools (1869),
• An open rackets court (1872)
• The present workshop (1873).
• The Chapel (1867); this was built to Charles Hansom’s original design, but was moved from the intended site (which is now the gym’). As built, the Chapel was a narrow aisle-less building, and just the width of its present west end. It was the gift of Mrs Guthrie, the widow of Canon Guthriel. Hansom was given permission “to quarry sufficient stone from the College grounds for the purposes of the Chapel building”. Unfortunately, Mrs Guthrie died before the building work was completed.

The Chapel building was licensed by the then Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol on Saturday, 15th June, 1867. It is now grade II* listed.^[3]

The school’s present buildings have evolved in four main phases:

• The early Percival years, when the nucleus of the school buildings was laid down.
• The 1880s. In 1880, the school’s East Wing was completed as far as the staircase – this had yet to be linked to the library by the Wilson Tower) and added a science lecture-room (which is the reason for the curious 'stepped' windows that are found there), a laboratory and several classrooms.

In 1886, a porters' lodge and what is now the staff common room were also added; this was effected by enlarging what had been the original science school. On the ground floor was found the school tuck-shop and above this (in what is now the Upper Common Room) was a drawing-school. The day boys were provided for in Town Rooms for both North and South Town. The East Wing was then completed by carrying it beyond the staircase and then creating an additional classroom at each ed. The ground-floor classroom (then Room 12) is now known as the "Newbolt Room" and has been furnished by the Old Cliftonian Society, who still use it fir reunions. Between 1890 and the start of the first world war there were added the new Music School (1897) and the re-building of the Chapel (1910).

• The 1920s. Dr John King whose headmastership spanned the war years, had little scope for building after 1914, but he did oversee did see the development of the playing fields at Beggar's Bush, the building of the Memorial Arch, the neo-classical cricket pavilion, and the opening of the new San’ in Worcester Roadl.

On 3rd December, 1918, the former headmaster John Percival died and was buried in the vault of the school Chapel . In 1921 a special memorial chapel was created and consecrated about his tomb. . Norman Whatley, was the headmaster between 1923 and 1938; his tenure saw the building of the Science School (on the site of the previous Junior School) and the opening of the Preparatory School. Also at this time the school acquired Hugh Easton's new east windows which can still startle one today. The windows also contain the hint of a joke: beneath the representation of the heavenly Jerusalem, is depicted a game of cricket on the Close - with one of Whatley's sons taking playing!

In 1965-67 the new theatre was built by the architects Whicheloe and MacFarlane.^[4]

• The 1980s. In 1982, there was the construction, on the site of the old swimming pools, the new Sports Hall, remedial gym’ and a new covered swimming pool – something that would have been appreciated by the generations of boys forced to use the old outdoor Victorian pool and its outdoor covered changing cubicles.

The 1980s also saw the building of the Coulson Centre which links together two previously separate classroom blocks, at Muir and Birdwood houses. As a result of the improvements in modern medicine, the Sanitorium in Worcester Road was unnecessarily large for the school's needs, and so the old pre-1921 Sanatorium on the Close has been refitted to serve this purpose, whilst the Worcester Road san’ has been refitted as the new Headmaster’s house.

Memorial Arch - Clifton College

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The memorial arch

At the side of College Road, opposite what was Dakyns' boarding house (now East Town and North Town), is the college's memorial arch designed by Charles Holden, which commemorates teachers and pupils who died in the two world wars. It is now grade II listed.^[5] The college's buildings, mainly School House, were used as the main HQ where the D-Day landings were devised and planned. The college played a major part in both World Wars; Field Marshal Douglas Haig was an Old Cliftonian who went on to command the British armed forces in the First World War. Through the memorial arch and in front of School House is a life-size statue of Haig.^[6] At the edge of the quad is a memorial to those killed in the South African Wars.^[7] Charles Henry Holden (12 May 1875 - 1 May 1960) was an English architect known for his designs of stations on the London Underground railway system. ... Land on Normandy In military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Field Marshal Lord Haig Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE, ADC (June 19, 1861 – January 28, 1928) was a British soldier and senior commander (Field Marshal) during World War I. He was commander of the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of the Somme...

Cricket pitches

On one of the college's cricket pitches, now known as Collins' Piece, the highest-ever cricket score was reached in June 1899, in the School House match between Clark's House v North Town. In this match A. E. J. Collins, killed in the First World War, scored 628 not out, but not under the current rules of the game. He was not the first Clifton schoolboy to hold this record: in 1868 Edward Tylecote, who went on to help England reclaim the Ashes in 1882/3 was a previous holder, with 404 not out in a game between Classicals and Moderns. Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... A. E. J. Collins Arthur Edward Jeune (James) Collins (18 August 1885–11 November 1914), typically known by his initials AEJ Collins, was a British cricketer and soldier. ... Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote (born 23 June 1849 in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England; died 15 March 1938 in New Hunstanton, Norfolk, England) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Kent. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... The Ashes is a Test cricket series, played between England and Australia - it is international crickets most celebrated rivalry and dates back to 1882. ...

The Close

The college from across the Close

The college ground, known as the Close, played an important role in the history of cricket, and witnessed 13 of W G Grace's first-class hundreds for Gloucestershire in the County Championship. Grace's children attended the college. Clifton College close &copy RN Marshman File links The following pages link to this file: Clifton College Clifton College Register User:Brookie/Pictures Categories: GFDL images ... Clifton College close &copy RN Marshman File links The following pages link to this file: Clifton College Clifton College Register User:Brookie/Pictures Categories: GFDL images ... William Gilbert Grace (July 18, 1848–October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting. ...

The close featured in the famous poem by O.C. Sir Henry Newbolt - Vitaї Lampada:- Sir Henry John Newbolt (June 6, 1862 - April 19, 1938) was an English author and poet. ...

There's a breathless hush on the Close to-night

Ten to make and the match to win

A bumping pitch and a blinding light,

An hour to play, and the last man in.

And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat.

Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,

But his captain's hand on his shoulder smote

"Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

The sand of the desert is sodden red-

Red with the wreck of the square that broke

The gatling's jammed and the colonel dead,

And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.

The river of death has brimmed its banks,

And England's far, and Honour a name,

But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks-

"Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

This is the word that year by year,

While in her place the school is set,

Every one of her sons must hear,

And none that hears it dare forget.

This they all with a joyful mind

Bear through life like a torch in flame,

And falling fling to the host behind -

"Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

Clifton has a commemoration arch, known by pupils as 'mem arch', with the names of all of pupils and teachers who died in the first and second world wars. Current pupils, as a sign of respect, refrain from talking and remove their hands from their pockets when passing through the memorial. During the second world war the school was evacuated to a hotel in Cornwall and the Americans used the impressive buildings for the planning of their role in the war. The Omaha D-day beach landings were planned in School House, and as a thank you the school was given an American flag, which is now flown on July 4 every year from the Wilson Tower. is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Marshal

Unusually, the college employs a master called "The Marshal", whose only job is to enforce discipline, attendance at classes and other school rules (such as dress code, drinking and hair length). Mr French, a well known Marshal from the 1970s, once upbraided a boy called Bascombe, with the classic "'ere Bascombe-lad, what's your name?". Many public houses near the school had photos of the Marshal, who was permanently banned so as to not discourage the attendance of pupils who were regular customers. The current Marshal is, perhaps fittingly, called Mr Cross. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

By tradition of the college, a Marshal's name is not added to the plaque listing the names of the school's Marshals until after his death.

School customs

• The Head of School is entitled to graze sheep on the Close and attend chapel on a white charger.
• If the school clock (on the edge of the chapel in the quad) is hit by a cricket ball driven in a school match, the following school day will be given as a holiday.
• It is customary on the last day for all manner of pranks to be carried out by school leavers, for example one year the two girls' houses, Oakley's and West Town, hung a line of bras and underwear from a window in Oakley's across the road to West Town.
• There is a less well-known tradition that if a pupil spends a night in the crypt where John Percival's remains are located, the whole school may have a day's holiday, but pupils have tried to do this in more recent years and have not been allowed. It has often been said that a dark figure can be seen walking around the arches by the door to the crypt late at night, and when followed it will vanish.

School slang

• Big School- The school canteen
• Big Side- 1st and 2nd XV rugby pitches
• Little Side- all other rugby pitches
• The Close- the grass in front of the school (inc. big and little side pitches)
• Praepostor (praep)- school prefect
• Congers- (short for congregation) school congregational hymn singing
• The Grubber- the school stationers (historically, the school tuck shop)
• The Pens - School cross country races (long pen and short pen)
• Holder of the Big Side Bags- Captain of the School Cross Country Team
• Exeat- permission for boarders to go home at the weekend after lessons and sport
• Rustication- a milder form of suspension that isn't listed on a student's permanent record
• Yearlings- the youngest year in the (upper) school
• The Percy- the (Percival) library
• Terriers- an activity programme for the 3rd form (year 9) where they learn life skills.
• 'Coal Up'- an old expression, meaning 'hurry up'.

Religious community

Like many English public schools, Clifton has regular chapel services and a focus on Christianity, but for the last 125 years there has also been a Jewish boarding house (Polack's); complete with kosher dining facilities and synagogue for boys in the Upper School: this was the last one of its kind in Europe. However, at the end of the 2004-05 school year, the Polack's trust announced that Polack's House would be close due to the low numbers of boys in the house (although many pupils were turned down this year). Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... The circled U indicates that this can of tuna is certified kosher by the Union of Orthodox Congregations. ... A synagogue (from ancient Greek: , transliterated synagogÄ“, assembly; Hebrew: beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: , shul; Ladino: , esnoga) is a Jewish house of worship. ...

Alumni

Clifton's alumni include: category:Old Cliftonians

Politics, Law and Business

• (see also Nobel Prize winners below)
• John Wyndham Beynon, entrepreneur of the fossil fuel and metals industry
• Julian Richer (entrepreneur) owner of Richer Sounds
• Walter Owen Bentley, founder of "Bentley cars"
• Hugo Cunliffe-Owen,businessman.
• Right Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, Minister of War- 1937-40
• John Henry Whitley, politician
• J.H.Whitley, MP, speaker of the House of Commons
• Edwin Samuel Montagu, politician
• Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin (Baron Jenkin of Roding), politician.
• Baron Wolfson. British businessman and conservative politician.
• Roger Hollis KBE, CB, journalist, secret-service agent and director general of MI5.
• Hector Sants, Head of the Financial Services Authority.

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Art and Poetry

• Roger Fry, artist
• Henry Newbolt, poet
• Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, poet (pseudonym “q”).

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Music, Drama and Entertainment

• Monty Python actor John Cleese (A persistent school legend has it that he was expelled for a humorous defacing of school grounds. In the story, Cleese used painted footsteps to suggest that the statue of General Haig had got down off his stand and gone to the toilet. Though the prank may indeed have happened, Cleese was not expelled for it.)
• Sir Michael Redgrave, actor
• John Inverdale, TV presenter [1]
• Roger Alton, editor of The Observer
• Trevor Howard, actor
• Simon Russell Beale CBE, actor
• Clive Swift, actor (e.g keeping up appearances)
• David Swift, actor
• Sir David Willcocks, conductor
• Alan Napier - actor
• John Houseman, actor.
• Boris Ord, conductor
• Peter Tranchell, composer
• Chris Serle, T.V Presenter.
• Martina Topley-Bird, musician.
• Simon Shepherd, actor
• Roger Michell, film & theatre director
• Rowley Leigh, cookery correspondent for the FT Weekend

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Literature

• Joyce Carey, Writer
• Geoffrey Household, author
• Tim Mackintosh-Smith, author and television presenter
• L. P. Hartley, author
• Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin, author

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Military

• Field Marshal Douglas Haig
• Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood
• Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, British Army officer, explorer, and spiritualist
• Sir Hugh Elles KCB KCMG KCVO DSO, British General.
• Sir Charles Bonham-Carter, General of the Territorial Army and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta.

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Victoria Cross Holders

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• Victoria Cross
  • South African War (Boer War)
    • Sergeant Horace Robert Martineau VC (at Clifton 1888-1889) (1874 - 1916). He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant.
  • First World War
    • Captain Theodore Wright, VC (at Clifton 1897-1900) (1883 - 1914)
    • Lieutenant Cyril Gordon Martin, VC, CBE, DSO (at Clifton 1910-1910) (1891 - 1980). He later achieved the rank of Brigadier.
    • Lieutenant Edward Donald Bellew, VC (at Clifton 1897-1900) (1882 - 1961). He later achieved the rank of Captain.
    • Captain George Henry Tatham Paton, VC, MC (at Clifton 1909-1914) (1895 - 1917)
  • North Russia Relief Force
    • Commander Claude Congreve Dobson, VC, DSO (at Clifton 1893-1900) (1885 - 1940)
  • Second World War
    • Lance-Corporal John Pennington Harman, VC, (at Clifton 1923-1925) (1914 - 1944)

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Lieutenant is a military, naval, paramilitary, fire service or police officer rank. ... Edward Donald Bellew was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Please see Captain for other versions of this rank Captain is a rank in the British armed forces that is used in the Army, Royal Navy, and the Royal Marines. ... Please see Captain for other versions of this rank Captain is a rank in the British armed forces that is used in the Army, Royal Navy, and the Royal Marines. ... George Henry Tatham Paton (VC, MC) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... 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. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Commander is a military rank which is also sometimes used as a military title depending on the individual customs of a given military service. ... Claude Congreve Dobson (VC, DSO) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... 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. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Lance Corporal is a military rank used by some elements of the United States and United Kingdom Armed Forces, police, and other uniformed organizations. ... There is also the British politician John Harman. ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Science & Medicine

• (see also Nobel Prize winners below)
• Sir Richard Threlfall, physicist and chemical engineer
• Conrad Hal Waddington, developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher
• Reginald Punnett, British geneticist.
• Charles Alfred Coulson, chemist.

The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine. ... Sir Richard Threlfall (August 14, 1861 - July 10, 1932) was an English chemist and engineer, he established the School of Physics at the University of Sydney and made important contributiosn to military scince during World War I. Threlfall was a son of Richard Threlfall of Hollowforth, near Preston, Lancashire. ... Conrad Hal Waddington FRS FRSE (1905 — 1975), known to his friends as Wad, was a developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher. ... Image:Reg Punnet. ... Charles Alfred Coulson (1910-1974) was a prominent researcher in the field of theoretical chemistry. ...

Sport

• James Kirtley, England cricketer
• Matt Windows, England cricketer
• A. E. J. Collins, World record holder for the highest individual cricket innings
• R. P. Keigwin, academic, England cricketer and hockey player
• Edward Tylecote, England cricketer

James Kirtley is an English Test cricketer, who was born on the 10 July 1975 in the county of Sussex. ... A. E. J. Collins Arthur Edward Jeune (James) Collins (18 August 1885–11 November 1914), typically known by his initials AEJ Collins, was a British cricketer and soldier. ... Richard Prescott Keigwin (8 April 1883, Lexden, Essex, England - 26 November 1972, Polstead, Suffolk, England) was an academic, England cricketer & hockey player. ... Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote (born 23 June 1849 in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, England; died 15 March 1938 in New Hunstanton, Norfolk, England) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Kent. ...

Academe

• Martin Lings, scholar
• Jose, Arthur Wilberforce, historian and journalist
• Godfrey Goodwin, scholar
• Linsdall Richardson, academic
• Herbert Paul Grice, philosopher
• John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart, Philosopher
• Simon Blackburn, philosopher- founder of quasi-realism.
• Norman O. Brown, Author, philosopher

Martin Lings Martin Lings (Abu Bakr Siraj Ad-Din) (January 24, 1909 – May 12, 2005) was a lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon and a British scholar of Sufism. ... Godfrey Gummer Goodwin (January 11, 1873 – February 16, 1933) was a Representative from Minnesota; born as Alfred Gustafson near St. ... Herbert Paul Grice (1913 - 1988), often writing under the name Paul Grice, was a philosopher remembered mainly for his substantial contribution to the study of meaning within language, particularly his cooperative principle, the maxims of conversation derived from the cooperative principle, and his theory of implicatures. ... John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (1866-1925) was the leading Hegel scholar in England at the beginning of the 20th century. ... Simon Blackburn (born 1944) is a British academic philosopher also known for his efforts to popularise philosophy. ... Norman Oliver Brown (1913–2002) was an American scholar, born in El Oro, Mexico. ...

Other

• Walter Gibb, World record holder (altitude)
• Richard Stott, Journalist

Walter Gibb DSO, DFC (born March 26, 1919 at Port Talbot, Wales; died October 4, 2006) was a British test pilot who twice held the world altitude record. ... Richard Keith Stott (August 17, 1943 – July 30, 2007) was a British journalist and editor. ...

Nobel Prize winners

• John Kendrew (Chemistry)
• John Hicks (Economics)
• Nevill Mott (Physics)

The Nobel Prizes (Swedish: ) are awarded for Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Physiology or Medicine. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other persons named John Hicks, see John Hicks (disambiguation). ... Sir Nevill Francis Mott (September 30, 1905 – August 8, 1996) was a British physicist. ...

Headmasters

Listed in order of appointment - with the most recent listed last:

• John Percival (Bishop of Hereford)
• Canon James Maurice Wilson (1879 - 1890)
• Canon Michael George Glazebrooke
• Rt Rev Albert Augustus David (Bishop of Liverpool)
• Dr John David King
• Norman Whatley
• Bertrand Leslie Hallward
• Sir Henry Desmond Pritchard Lee
• Nicholas Geoffrey Lempriere Hammond
• Stephen John McWatters
• Stuart Morrison Andrews
• Andrew Hugh Monro
• Dr Stephen Spurr
• Mark J Moore

The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. ... Arms of the Bishop of Liverpool The Bishop of Liverpool is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Liverpool in the Province of York. ... Bertrand Hallward (May 24 1901-November 17 2003) was the first Vice_Chancellor of the University of Nottingham. ... Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond (November 14, 1907 – March 24, 2001) was a British historian — teaching at Cambridge and Bristol — who specialized in Greece and Macedonia. ... Stephen John McWatters (Born April 24, 1921 - Died March 12, 2006) - headmaster. ... Dr Stephen Spurr is currently the Head Master of Westminster School, the leading British Public school in London, having taken over from Tristram Jones-Parry in September 2005. ...

Notable former masters

• R. P. Keigwin
• E. V. Rieu

Richard Prescott Keigwin (8 April 1883, Lexden, Essex, England - 26 November 1972, Polstead, Suffolk, England) was an academic, England cricketer & hockey player. ... Dr. E.V. Rieu— in full Emile Victor Rieu (1887–1972)— is best known for his lucid translations of Homer, as editor of Penguin Classics, and for a modern translation of the Gospels, which evolved from his role as editor of a projected Penguin translation of the Bible. ...

Clifton College Register

The register's motto: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1780x300, 178 KB)Clifton College logo Source Provided by the College to User:Brookie License This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ...

"There be of them, that have left a name behind them, that their praises might be reported..."

The Clifton College Register is the definitive set of records held for Clifton College in Bristol. The Register is kept and maintained by the Old Cliftonian Society. The Old Cliftonian Society [OCS] is the Society for the alumni of Clifton College - whether pupils or staff. The OCS organises regular reunions at the school and publishes a regular newsletter for alumni.

This important record has been maintained unbroken from the very start of the school in 1862 and lists every pupil, master and headmaster. Each person is allocated a unique and consecutive school number - and for masters and headmasters the number is prefixed with either an M or HM as appropriate. The Register also maintains a record of the school roll in numbers, the Heads of School and summarises the major sporting records for each year.

The Register is periodically published by the Old Cliftonian Society; at present there are three available volumes:

• 1862 - 1947
• 1948 - 1977
• 1978 - 1994

First entries in the Register:-

Pupils

• P1. Sept 1862 - Francis Charles Anderson (b 14 Nov 1846 - d 1881)

Masters

• M1. Sept 1862 - Rev T. H. Stokoe (educated at Uppingham; Exhibitioner of Lincoln College, Oxford; left 1863; Preacher of Gray's Inn; d 1903)

The early years Uppingham School is a co-educational public school situated in the small town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. ... College name Lincoln College Named after Richard Fleming, Bishop of Lincoln Established 1427 Sister college Downing College, Cambridge Rector Prof. ... Entrance to Grays Inn Grays Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ...

• Numbers of pupils in the school

• 1862 - 69
• 1863 - 195 (including the new junior school)
• 1864 - 237
• 1865 - 258
• 1866 - 278

• Heads of School

• 1862 - H. W. Wellesley
• 1863 - A. W. Paul

Southern Railway School's Class

The School lent its name to the twentyeighth steam locomotive (Engine 927) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40. This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools. 'Clifton', as it was called, was built in 1934.The locomotive bearing the School's name was withdrawn in the early 1960s. Great Western Railway No. ... Below is a list of Richard Maunsells SR Class V Schools locomotives. ... A London and South Western Railway weight restriction sign on a bridge across the Tarka Trail (formerly the Barnstaple to Great Torrington railway) at Instow, North Devon. ... The SR Class V or Schools Class is a class of steam locomotive designed by Richard Maunsell for the Southern Railway. ... Below is a list of Richard Maunsells SR Class V Schools locomotives. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Official school website

• Pictures of Ashtead Potters Limited Commemorative wares for the College - source www.ashteadpotters.com

References

1. ^ Clifton College, Big School. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
2. ^ Clifton College, Percival Buildings and Wilson Tower. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
3. ^ Clifton College, Guthrie Memorial Chapel. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
4. ^ Burrough, THB (1970). Bristol. London: Studio Vista. ISBN 0289798043. 
5. ^ Clifton College, Victory Arch. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
6. ^ Clifton College, Statue of Earl Haig. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
7. ^ Clifton College, South African War Memorial. Images of England. Retrieved on 2007-03-13.
8. ^ Bland, R.L., Clifton's V.C.s, Old Cliftonian Society, pages 57 - 60

• Clifton College Register 1862 - 1962 - Published by the Old Cliftonian Society