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Sherborne School
Motto	Dieu et mon droit (God and my right)
Established	1550
Type	Independent
Religious affiliation	Christian
Headmaster	Simon Eliot
Chairman of the Governors	Sir John Weston
Founder	St Aldhelm
Location	Sherborne Dorset DT9 3AP England
Students	570 (approx.)
Gender	Boys
Ages	13 to 18
Houses	8
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Former pupils	Old Shirburnians
Website	www.sherborne.org

Sherborne School is an English public school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Houses

Sherborne School is composed of 8 houses, where the pupils (invariably referred to as 'boys') live and work when not in lessons. The names of the houses, and their distinctive letter, used in certain circumstances as an abbreviation: The House System is a traditional feature of British schools, similar to the collegiate system of a university. ...

• School House (a)
• Abbey House (b)
• The Green (c)
• Harper House (d)
• Wallace House (e) (formerly Elmdene)
• Abbeylands (f)
• Lyon House (g)
• The Digby (m) (formerly the Digby Hotel)

Until 1999 there was another house, Westcott (h).

These houses also compete against each other in various sporting, educational and musical competitions.

Housemasters play a significant role in the lives of the 'boys' within the school, and it is often considered important for the sake of the happiness of a 'boy', to be supported by an appropriate housemaster.

School song ("Carmen Saeculare")

Olim fuit monachorum
Schola nostra sedes;
Puer regius illorum
Fecit nos heredes;
Hoc in posteros amoris
Grande dedit signum;
Sonet ergo Fundatoris
Nomen laude dignum;
Vivat Rex Eduardus Sextus!
Vivat!

Ergo dum verenda mole
Cana perstat aedes,
Dum recenti gaudet prole
Monachorum sedes,
Stimulet certamen ludi,
Suadeat laboris,
In sigillo sculptum rudi
Nomen Fundatoris.
Vivat Rex Eduardus Sextus!
Vivat!

The song was of five verses, but these are the two printed each term in the School's 'Blue Book' diary and are nowadays sung at the end of whole school assemblies at the end of term (known as "lists") where prize-winners will receive prizes and various announcements will be made.

Famous alumni

See also Category:Old Shirburnians

• James Adams, cricketer
• Hugh Bonneville, actor
• Tom Bradby, TV journalist and author
• Sir Alan Campbell, diplomat
• Rt Hon Sir Christopher Chataway, athlete and politician
• Charles Collingwood, actor
• David Cornwell, (a.k.a. John le Carré), writer
• Charlie Cox, actor
• Ronald Cunningham, (a.k.a. The Great Omani), escapologist
• Cecil Day-Lewis, poet
• Nigel Dempster, journalist
• Jimmy Edwards, comedian
• Sir Richard Eyre, film and theatre director, artistic director of the National Theatre 1988-97
• Sir Michael Hopkins, architect
• Jeremy Irons, actor
• Stanley Johnson, politician
• Robert Kitson, Rugby Union Correspondent, The Guardian
• Anthony Lane, film critic
• John Le Mesurier, actor
• Colin Lucas, Master of Balliol and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University until 2001.
• Oliver Madley, mathematician
• Chris Martin, lead singer of rock band Coldplay
• Michael McCrum, academic
• Ian Messiter, creator of Just a Minute
• King Mswati III, king of Swaziland
• Keith Muspratt, World War One Flying Ace
• George Miller, lawyer
• Julius Neave, insurance executive
• Alfred North Whitehead, mathematician and philosopher
• Peter Oborne, journalist, author and political commentator
• Charles Palmer, engineer and survivor of the siege of Lucknow
• Lance Percival, actor
• Jon Pertwee, actor
• Sir Alastair Pilkington, director of the Bank of England
• James Purefoy, actor
• Rt Rev Lord Sheppard of Liverpool, former England cricketer and Bishop of Liverpool
• Sir David Spedding, head of the SIS
• Alan Turing, mathematician
• Alec Waugh, novelist
• John Weston, diplomat

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Victoria Cross holders

Five Old Shirburnians have been awarded the Victoria Cross, to whom a memorial plaque was commissioned, the unveiling of which took place in the School Chapel on 19th September 2004.^[1] For other uses, see Victoria Cross (disambiguation). ...

• Rear Admiral Henry James Raby VC; (VC won in the Crimean War, when he was a Lieutenant in the Naval Brigade)
• Colonel Sir Arthur George Hammond VC, KCB, DSO; (VC won in the Second Afghan War, when he was a Captain in the Bengal Staff Corps, Indian Army)
• Brigadier Charles Edward Hudson VC, CB, DSO & Bar, Military Cross; (VC won in the First World War, when he was a Temporary Lieutenant Colonel in the Sherwood Foresters)
• Major Edward Bamford VC DSO; (VC won in the First World War, when he was a Captain in the Royal Marine Light Infantry)
• Captain John Hollington Grayburn VC; (VC won in the Second World War, when he was a Lieutenant in the Parachute Regiment)

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References

See also

• Sherborne School For Girls
• List of Victoria Crosses by School

The Sherborne School For Girls is an independent day and boarding school for girls located in Sherborne northwest of Dorset. ... The schools of Britain, the British Empire, and later the Commonwealth, have contributed greatly to their armed forces, with some schools having lost hundreds of former pupils, especially in the First and Second World Wars. ...

External links

• Sherborne School
• Old Shirburnian Society website