Dover College
Motto	Non recuso laborem (I refuse no work)
Established	1871
Type	Public school
Religious affiliation	Church of England
Headmaster	Stephen Jones MSc MLitt FRSA
Chiarman of the Governors	Christopher Hare
Founder	Dr. Astley
Location	Dover Kent England
Staff	50 (approx.)
Students	340 (approx.)
Gender	Co-educational
Ages	4 to 18
Houses	6
School colours	Black and white
Former pupils	Old Dovorians
Website	www.dovercollege.org.uk

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History

Foundation

See also: Dover Priory#Dover College

In 1869 Robert Chignell, who had a private school at Westmount, in Folkestone Road, leased part of the Dover Priory buildings for a private school. He passed on his interest, however, to a group of leading citizens and local businessmen in Dover, led by the Mayor of Dover, Dr. Astley, who had formed the Dover College Company to promote the foundation of a public school for the town on what remained of the Priory site with the dual intention of providing a public school education for local boys and of using and thus preserving the Priory's remaining ancient buildings. The Priory of St. ... The Priory of St. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... , Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent. ...

The College was founded and opened modestly as a boys' school on 15 September 1871. It acquired the large hall, or guest-house, in 1879 and converted it into a school chapel by enlarging the east end into an arse. In time, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners made over the whole property to the College Trustees. The refectory was restored, revealing an important but damaged fresco, as (in 1881, to mark a charitable act by Sir Richard Dickenson the then mayor of Dover) was the gatehouse. The Gatehouse is currently used as a studio for drama. is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1871 (MDCCCLXXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS, in England, a body corporate, whose full title is Ecclesiastical and Church Estates Commissioners for England, invested with very important powers, under the operation of which extensive changes have been made in the distribution of the revenues of the Established Church. ...

20th century

In August 1917, part of the school was damaged during an air raid and the decision was finally taken to evacuate the college from Dover to Leamington Spa in the Midlands, returning to Dover in 1919 with only 150 pupils. (During World War I, in common with many other schools, Old Dovorians became officers in the British Armed Forces and as a result suffered high casualty rates due to sniping — 177 former pupils died; one, Naval officer Arthur Leyland Harrison posthumously received the Victoria Cross for the Zeebrugge raid; another old boy, Gen Sir Reginald Dallas Brooks, was also on that raid and won a DSO before going on to become Governor of Victoria.) Strategic bombing is a military strategem used in a total war style campaign that attempts to destroy the economic ability of a nation-state to wage war. ... , Leamington Spa, properly Royal Leamington Spa but commonly just Leamington, (pronounced Lemmington — IPA: ) is a spa town in central Warwickshire, England. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... The armed forces of the United Kingdom are known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majestys Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Crown. ... This article is about the military occupation. ... Arthur Leyland Harrison (died 23 April 1918) 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. ... General Sir Reginald Alexander Dallas Brooks KCB KCMG KCVO DSO was the 19th Governor of Victoria. ... List of Governors of Victoria See Governors of the Australian states for a description and history of the office of Governor. ...

In 1922 a trust set up by the old boys took ownership of the college and in 1923 it was reconstituted with a Royal Charter, which defined its aims: Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...

The object of the Corporation of Dover College shall be the conduct of a College for boys … in which they may receive a sound religious, classical, mathematical, scientific and general education and the doing of such things as are conducive to the attainment of this objective.

During the Second World War, Dover was on the front line, with only the Straits of Dover separating the town from Nazi-occupied France, and one of the most likely areas for a German invasion. As a result, the school was again evacuated, initially for a term to Blundell's School in Devon with which Dover College had a lomg standing frindeship, and thence to Poltimore House, also in Devon. It returned to Dover in 1945 with 168 boys. During the war 102 former pupils died; Col Terence Otway won a famous DSO for his action in capturing the Merville battery on D-Day. Religious is a term with both a technical definition and folk use. ... Classics, particularly within the Western University tradition, when used as a singular noun, means the study of the language, literature, history, art, and other aspects of Greek and Roman culture during the time frame known as classical antiquity. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... , Dover is a major channel port in the English county of Kent. ... A front line is a line of confrontation in an armed conflict, most often a war. ... The Strait of Dover (Fr. ... National Socialism redirects here. ... Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II began prior to the Battle of Britain and The Blitz. ... Blundells School is a British public school. ... “Devonshire” redirects here. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

In 1974, Dover College was one of the first English public schools to become co-educational, and in September 2001 it opened a junior department for pupils aged 4-11. Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Coeducation is the integrated education of men and women. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...

Old Dovorians

Notable alumni, in chronological order, include: An alumn (with a silent n), alum, alumnus, or alumna is a former student of a college, university, or school. ...

• Richard Arthur (1865–1932), Australian politician
• Frederic Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham (1866–1958); Lord Chancellor
• Tyrone Power, Sr. (1869–1931), Anglo-American actor
• Francis Newton Parsons (1875–1900); Victoria Cross recipient (Second Boer War)
• Robert John Tillyard (1881–1937), entomologist and geologist
• Hewitt Pearson Montague Beames (1875–1948); engineer
• Adrian Stoop (1883–1957); Rugby player after whom the Stoop Memorial ground is named
• Arthur Leyland Harrison (1886–1918); Victoria Cross recipient (Zeebrugge Raid.)
• Richard Aldington (1892–1962); writer and poet
• Wilfred Neville (1894–1916); led the East Surrey’s “Football Charge” at the Somme
• General Sir Dallas Brooks (1896–1966); DSO - Zeebrugge Raid; Governor of Victoria - 1949-1963
• Air Marshal Sir Hugh Walmsley KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC, DFC (1898-1985); Chief of the Air Staff (India)
• Sir Frederick Ashton (1904–1988); (CH 1970); choreographer of the Royal Ballet
• Edgar Christian (1908–1927); see Cold Burial published in 2002
• Col Terence Otway (1914–2006); CO of 9 Para on D-Day (Merville Battery)
• J. Lee Thompson (1914–2002); film director
• Sir Derek Palmar (1919–2006); Chairman of Bass
• Michael Welsh (b. 1942), Conservative politician
• George Lam (b. 1947); Hong Kong film star and singer
• Sir Peter Torry (b. 1948); British Ambassador to Germany
• Guy East (b. 1951); Film Producer
• Simon Cowell (b.1959); TV personality

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Notable Teaching Staff

• Jeffrey Archer- a convicted perjuror- taught at the school in the 1960s

Southern Railway Schools' Class

The School lent its name to the twelfth steam locomotive (Engine 911) 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. 'Dover', as it was called, was built in 1933.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. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...

External links

• Dover College