Wilson's School
Motto	Non sibi sed omnibus (Latin: "Not for oneself but for all")
Established	1615
School type	Grammar School
Headmaster	D.M. Charnock
Location	Wallington, Sutton, Greater London, England
Original Location	Camberwell, London, England
Enrolment	700 Years 7-11; 300 Sixth Form
Founder	Edward Wilson
Colours	Black, White and Golden Yellow
Homepage	www.wilsonsschool.sutton.sch.uk

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It was founded as Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell in 1615, moving to its present location on part of the site of the former Croydon Airport in 1975, changing its name in the process. The move was due to concerns over the size of the facilities, government policy being against grammar schools at the time, and the wish of Sutton Council to have an additional grammar school. The control tower of Croydon Airport in 1939, with the BOAC de Havilland DH 91 Albatross Fortuna alongside Croydon Airport was an airport in South London which straddled the boundary of what are now the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Sutton. ...

Wilson's became Voluntary Aided in 1997. It was designated as a specialist school in Mathematics and Computing in 2002 and in April 2007 added a second specialism in the Arts. Its academic performance places it among the best schools in the United Kingdom.^[1] Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 1995 as part of the Governments Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. ... Arts Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. ...

The school operates five houses: Brecon, Camberwell, Greencoat, Hayes and Southwark.

The main sport is Association Football, although others such as athletics and cricket are also played. Swimming and Water Polo were of importance before the conversion of the swimming pool into an additional exercise hall. The status of Badminton Academy was conferred on it in 2006.

Wilson's hosts a Combined Cadet Force and is seeking Eco-Schools status. Eco-Schools is an international program of environmental and sustainable developmental education for schools. ...

While information on pupils taught at the school before 1843 has been lost, Wilson's has a long list of noted Old Boys across the fields of entertainment, science, the military and the church.

"A Short History of Wilson's School"^[2], from which much of the information below was taken from, was first published in 1951; its most recent edition was in 1987.

Academic Performance

According to information supplied by the Department for Education and Skills in January 2007, Wilson's had the 18th best GCSE results^[3] and 19th best A-Level results ^[4] of all UK schools, including independents.

The school was subject to an OFSTED report^[1]in March 2003, which stated: The Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) is a non-ministerial United Kingdom government department, established on 1st September 1992. ...

"This is an outstandingly effective school. Leadership and management are very strong. The considerable contribution made by staff creates a purposeful atmosphere in which all pupils are encouraged to achieve the highest possible standards. It is a very inclusive school. Pupils achieve excellent standards. An effective teaching and learning partnership is established. Pupils' attitudes to learning are a significant contributory factor to the standards achieved. Behaviour, personal development and relationships are all very good. Enrichment and extra-curricular activities are excellent."

History

Foundation

The Old Buildings, showing the West House, as it was rebuilt in 1687, viewed from the south

The school was founded by Edward Wilson in 1615 and was located in Camberwell, now part of Greater London but at that time a small village of cottages, homesteads, inns and larger buildings grouped around a village green. Wilson was born around 1550 in Cartmel, Lancashire, which had its own grammar school, from where he passed on to Cambridge University. No record remains of him taking a degree, although it is known that he went into the Church, being appointed Deacon at Ely in Norfolk in 1576. He subsequently became Vicar of the Parish of Camberwell, which was presented to him by the Queen in person. This would indicate that he favoured the settlement of the Church of England which Elizabeth I was resolved to make. His nephew Peter Danson became a governor of the new school at its founding. Danson was also vicar of Carshalton in Surrey, ironically only one mile from the present site of the school. A further member of the Wilson family, a namesake of Edward Wilson, is named in the Charter of the School as the Master. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 528 pixels Full resolution (898 × 593 pixel, file size: 52 KB, MIME type: image/png) The building depicted, the West Wing of Wilsons Grammar School, Camberwell, London, UK, was demolished in 1845. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 528 pixels Full resolution (898 × 593 pixel, file size: 52 KB, MIME type: image/png) The building depicted, the West Wing of Wilsons Grammar School, Camberwell, London, UK, was demolished in 1845. ... Camberwell is a district of London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark. ... Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ... Deacon is a role in the Christian Church which is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. ... Elizabeth I redirects here. ... Carshalton is a suburb of London, part of the London Borough of Sutton, located 10 miles (16. ... If a person, place, or thing is named after a different person, place, or thing, then one is said to be the namesake of the other. ...

At the time, the establishment of a grammar school in England required the assent of the crown. This was obtained after the first school buildings were constructed. The original Charter bearing this assent has since been lost, although in 1929 the governors of the school obtained a certified extract from the Patent Rolls. This requirement for the agreement of the Crown explains the legend "Founded in 1615 by Royal Charter" that appears in various places beneath the school name. The Charter was granted by King James I, who had succeeded his cousin Elizabeth by this time. The Patent Rolls (Calendarium Rotulorum Patentium, Rotuli litterarum patentium) are primary sources for English history, a record of the King of Englands correspondence, starting in 1202. ...

The charter names the school as "The Free Grammar School of Edward Wilson, clerk, in Camberwell, otherwise Camerwell, in the County of Surrey."^[2]

Reconstitution

Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell

In 1845 the school was forced to close as a result of a financial scandal. Following an Order in Council of Queen Victoria in 1880, which superseded the previous Royal Charter, the school was rebuilt on a different site in Camberwell, opening in 1883. It again catered to the need for schooling of boys in Camberwell, which by this time had grown considerably from its rustic origins. Its working population largely consisted of men working in the professions, clerks, journalists, tradesmen and labourers.^[2] Naturally, a grammar school provided an asset to the neighbourhood, with the prospect for boys to go on to University education. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... An Order-in-Council is a type of legislation in the United Kingdom and in the Commonwealth of Nations which is formally made in the name of the Queen by the Privy Council (Queen-in-Council), or the Governor-General in a Commonwealth realm or Governor by the Executive Council... Victoria Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria) (24 May 1819–22 January 1901) was a Queen of the United Kingdom, reigning from 20 June 1837 until her death. ...

For five and a half years during the Second World War, Wilson's was evacuated to the Camp School at Barns Green near Horsham, Sussex, and for the only period in its history became a boarding school. The Head Master of Christ's Hospital was kind enough to allow Wilson's the use of the school's cricket pitches, swimming bath and other faciltiies, including the Great Hall for Speech Day.^[2] Bluecoat School directs here. ...

In 1958, an elementary school in Camberwell known as the Greencoat School was closed after a 250-year history and part of its assets passed to Wilson's Grammar School. The funds were used to provide a new science facility, the Greencoat Building,^[5] whch was constructed opposite the main school site in Wilson Road. Two carved figures of a boy and a girl which are believed to have stood over the boys' and girls' entrances to the school were installed first in the Greencoat Building, and later in the Greencoat Courtyard in the new school at Wallington.

Relocation

The new building was used until 1975, when the school moved some eight miles south to Wallington to a site that formerly belonged to Croydon Airport. This was motivated by growing dissatisfaction with the school's buildings (the Great Hall could only accommodate half the school), the threat posed by the policy of the Inner London Education Authority to enforce comprehensive education, and the fact that the London Borough of Sutton was seeking to introduce another grammar school. However, Sutton only provided about 45 boys who had passed the 11+; the remaining 75 were made up by non-selective boys who gained a place by interview, and 'Foundation Places' awarded to applicants from outside the borough. It was for this reason that 'Wilson's Grammar School' was renamed 'Wilson's School'.^[2] Since then, the vicissitudes of government policy have led to Wilson's being once again a grammar school in all but name, with all places awarded on the basis of success in the fiercely competitive entrance examination (1,200 or more applicants for approximately 150 places). In 2002 the school proved so popular that when letters of acceptance were sent out to 150 applicants for the 120 available places (on the assumption that as in previous years around 30 people would decline the place offered), all 150 places were accepted, leading to the creation of a fifth form of entry.^[6] The control tower of Croydon Airport in 1939, with the BOAC de Havilland DH 91 Albatross Fortuna alongside Croydon Airport was an airport in South London which straddled the boundary of what are now the London Borough of Croydon and the London Borough of Sutton. ... A Comprehensive school is a type of school providing secondary level education in England or Wales. ...

The entrance of Wilson's School, with Assembly Hall to left with school sign, captioned "Founded in 1615 by Royal Charter".

The original 1975 building in Wallington was phase I of what was intended to be a larger school built in three phases (and in fact the architects reversed the original plan north to south before building commenced), but the plans for the second and third phases were never put into practice. Instead there have been various additions made when funding has allowed. The Mary Datchelor wing for Music was built using funds from the Mary Datchelor's Girls' School in Camberwell, which suffered closure in the late 1970s rather than submit to the comprehensive schools plan of the Inner London Education Authority. As with the Greencoat School, Wilson's took on some of the assets of the Mary Datchelor foundation^[7], the most bizarre of which is a monumental nineteenth-century painting entitled "Scholarship Crowning Endeavour", an allegorical portrait of some highly decorous Victorian young ladies, which now resides (though mostly covered up) at the back of the main school stage. Other later additions include the Art and DT block, the Sixth Form Centre and the Foundation Building, which houses the Mathematics, I.T. and Media Studies departments. The original swimming pool has been converted into a multi-purpose sports hall to supplement the gymnasium^[8]. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Wilson's School was one of the first British state schools to be designated a specialist in Mathematics and Computing in 2002 and in April 2007 added a second specialism in the Arts.^[9] Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 1995 as part of the Governments Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. ... Arts Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. ...

Wilson's currently has approximately 700 students in years 7-11 and about 300 in the sixth form.

School Coat of Arms and Badge

From 1883 the school was accustomed to use as a coat of arms the version of the Wilson shield used by Edward Wilson, probably without authority. In 1985 the then Chairman of Governors, Lt. Col. W. R. Bowden, obtained a Grant of Arms from the College of Arms. This defined the Arms thus, in the language of heraldry: "Sable a Wolf Salient Or and a Barrulet enhanced Argent in chief a Fleur de Lys also Argent between two Bezants all within a Bordure Gold And for the Crest upon a Helm with a Wreath Or and Sable a demi Wolf Salient Sable holding between its paws an Ogress charged with a Fleur de Lys Argent Mantled Sable doubled Or." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ...

The Grant of Arms also gives the rights to a badge, defined as, "Within a voided Hexagon Sable charged with three Fleur de Lys Argent and three Bezants a Wolf salient Sable armed and langued Gules."^[2]. This means a black hexagon, with a white hexagonal centre, in which is contained a wolf standing on two legs facing left, with each corner of the hexagon containing a gold circle or silver fleur de lys, in alternation.

The new officially authorised Arms introduced to the previous form a the silver bar (barrulet enhanced argent) between the wolf below and the fleur de lys and gold circles (bezants), together with a gold border. Additionally, a crest is added above the helm in the form of a black wolf holding a silver fleur-de-lys in his paws with a black and gold mantle.^[2]

Houses

Each pupil is allocated to one of the houses upon entry to the school. Having once faded almost to complete insignificance in the life of the school, there is now renewed interest in putting the houses back at the heart of school life. More emphasis is being placed on house points awarded for academic, sporting and extra-curricular success; for the first time since 1981 when the new houses replaced the previous six<^[2] (Jephson, Kelly, McDowell, Nairne, Whiteley, Wilson), staff are being appointed as Head of House, assisted by prefects as House Captains; all members of the staff (including all ancillary staff, though not senior management) are being allocated to Houses; from September 2007 all boys will wear an identifying lapel badge of the house shield.

There are currently five houses in the school^[10], corresponding to the five forms of entry. They are:

	BRECON takes its name from the Brecon Beacons, home of the school's Field Study Centre in Talybont-on-Usk, South Wales. House colour: red
	CAMBERWELL This house is named after the school's original location in south-east London. House colour: blue Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Talybont-on-Usk is a village in Powys, Wales. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
	GREENCOAT named after the Greencoat School. The Greencoat Courtyard in the present school contains the sculpted figures of two schoolchildren from Greencoat School. House colour: green
	HAYES takes its name from the school's alumni sports club, the Old Wilsonians' Association, located in Hayes, Kent. House colour: yellow
	SOUTHWARK refers to the Church of England's Diocese of Southwark, with which the school has historical links and which has representatives on the school's Board of Governors. House colour: purple

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Uniform

Art and Design Technology buildings, with Foundation Building to right

The School Uniform consists of a white shirt, black trousers and black blazer emblazoned with the school badge on the left chest pocket^[11]. The tie is black with alternating thin white and yellow stripes. In exceptionally hot weather, with the permission of the Head, the blazer and tie may be removed and shirt sleeves rolled up. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

In the Sixth Form, students wear a lounge suit or dark jacket, collar and tie.

Music and Drama

Music and drama play a vital role in the cultural life of the school^[12]. More than fifteen musical ensembles rehearse every week, including rock groups, wind bands, choirs, chamber groups and the main orchestra; there are concerts and performances throughout the year, both in school and in venues such as churches, theatres and the Royal Albert Hall.

Every summer the music and drama departments co-operate in the production of a junior musical in which all Year 7 boys are able to take part.^[13]

There is generally one senior drama production a year^[14], produced under the company name Shock Tactics. This goes back to 1997 when the then Headmaster bowed to pressure from a small number of parents who objected to the play ’Tis Pity She’s A Whore^[15] by John Ford being produced in school; the production team responded to the ban by taking the show out to a local theatre and performing not as Wilson’s School but as ‘Shock Tactics’. The following year at the same theatre they presented Ghetto^[16] by Joshua Sobol. Since then, productions have returned to the school, but the Shock Tactics moniker has remained, despite producing less controversial material. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... John Ford (baptized April 17, 1586 - c. ... Yehoshua Sobol (Born Israel, Tel Aviv, 1939) is an Israeli playwright, writer and director at theatres in Israel and abroad. ...

Every seven or so years the staff perform in a full-scale Christmas pantomime. The last one was Dick Whittington^[17] in 2003, after Aladdin^[18] in 1995. Dick Whittington is a character in British pantomime, very loosely based on the real-life Richard Whittington. ... Aladdin in the Magic Garden, an illustration by Max Liebert from Ludwig Fuldas Aladdin und die Wunderlampe Aladdin (a corruption of the Arabic name , Arabic: علاء الدين literally nobility of faith) is one of the tales with an Arab Syrian origin[1] in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights...

Talybont Field Studies Centre

The school owns a field studies centre in Talybont-on-Usk, Powys, South Wales, within the boundaries of the Brecon Beacons National Park. It was converted to its current use from a former church.^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Part of the Brecon Beacons, looking from the highest point Pen y Fan, 886 m (2907 feet), to Cribyn, 795 m (2608 feet) The Brecon Beacons (Welsh: Bannau Brycheiniog) are a mountain range located in the south-east of Wales. ...

Pupils first visit the centre in Year 7 in the summer term, where they conduct a number of fieldwork exercises. Year 11 Geography pupils also stay there as part of their GSCE coursework, as do AS Geography students in the Lower Sixth Form during the spring.^[19]

Sport

The original School statutes ^[2] state that "The scholars play to be Shooting in long bows; chess; running, wrestling and leaping, &c..." The longbow (or English longbow, or Welsh longbow, see below) was a type of bow about 6 feet long used in the Middle Ages both for hunting and as a weapon of war. ...

Football

In more modern times, the school's main sport is Football. Wilson's has six teams at Under 19 level and two teams for every age group from Under 12s to Under 16s. Football is compulsory in physical education throughout much of the season during a pupil’s early years at the school. In 2007 the 1st XI won the U19 Surrey Cup but lost to Millfield School in the semi-finals of the National Championship.^[2] The striker (wearing red jersey) has run past the defender (in white jersey) and is about to take a shot at the goal, while the goalkeeper positions himself to stop the ball. ... Millfield is a public school in Street, Somerset, England. ...

Cricket

The school has always has a good standard of cricket. There is a team for every year group up until year 11 when there is a first, second and often a third team. The school competes against local schools on Saturdays and there is first team tour every two years. ^[20]

Athletics

Alongside cricket, athletics is also popular. During the summer term, the school partakes in many track and field events; these include 100m to 1500m races, hurdles, javelin, shot put, long jump, high jump, triple jump and discus. ^[21]

Badminton

The school was designated an Academy School by Badminton England in February 2006. The six boys considered best in Badminton from years 8 to 12 receive specialist coaching and there is an after-school club for years 7 and 8 on Mondays and for years 9 and above on Fridays. The school is home for the Chadacre Badminton club, one of the top clubs in the county at senior level. ^[22] BADMINTON England is the governing body for Badminton in England. ...

Swimming and Water Polo

Swimming was first brought in as an organised activity in 1883, using private facilities in Peckham and then Kennington, as no public baths were available in Camberwell until 1892. Masters of this early era include Mr M. Holbein, a channel swimmer, and Mr Cavill, credited by many of being the first to bring the front crawl to Britain from Australia.^[2] Swimmer breathing during front crawl Front crawl is the fastest swimming style known. ...

However, it was not until the establishment of the new premises in Sutton, which included a half-Olympic sized swimming pool, that the school gained a national reputation for watersports. This was largely due to the keen involvement of the coach of a local club, who fed budding Wilson's water polo players through to develop their skills at Sutton and Cheam, a local club.^[23] By 1976, the school was competing internationally in swimming and provided half of Sutton's team for a gala in Berlin for that year and the next. Four boys were representing the country and the school came second in the 1977 English School Swimming Association Trials.^[2]

During this time, several water polo internationals were produced, including members of Welsh and English teams. More recently, the under 14 side came third in the National Schools Competition at Grantham in 1999. In 2000 the under-15 side won the London League. In 2001 Wilson's took a bronze medal at the under-14 national competition. Pupil Kieran Bayles has represented England Schools under-16s and toured with the English under-19s in Malta, despite being two years under age. He played in the European Championship Qualifiers in Portugal.^[24]

Water Polo continues to be played despite the conversion of the school swimming pool to a sports hall in 2005. The school now trains at Whitgift School in Croydon. Whitgift School is an independent day school educating 1,200 boys aged 10 to 18 in South Croydon, London in a 45-acre parkland site. ...

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Table Tennis

This is taught by Mr Henderson, an external table tennis coach, regarded as one of the top table tennis coaches in the south of England. He is the Chairman of the Surrey Schools and was county player himself.

The under-19s are ranked fourth nationally, having won the Surrey Cup, the National Schools Area Tournament and were runners up in the National Regional Tournament.^[26]

Rugby Union

Rugby was first introduced to the school in 1886, although it has not been continuously played since then. It was revived in 1921, in the 1960s, 1980s^[2] and has continued since a further revival in the mid-1990s. This reflects its status as a secondary game in the school; indeed, the existence of the 1st XV and other teams has not always been well known in the school.^[27]

Combined Cadet Force

The Foundation Building, with Sixth Form Centre to right

Wilson's School CCF was established in 1910 as an Army Officer Training Corps on the original Camberwell site by a teacher, Captain Edmonds. It continued to flourish after the school's move to Wallington under the leadership of Lt. Col. K. B. Daynes, and is now a Combined Cadet Force with Army and RAF sections, the latter introduced in 1964. The Officer team of the CCF is currently headed by Captain C. Burton. The corps is inspected every two years, goes on annual army and RAF camps, and is regularly appraised at a standard well above the average for school CCFs.^[28] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The Combined Cadet Force (CCF) is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. ...

Eco-School

Wilson's is seeking Eco-Schools status.^[29] and has established an Action Plan^[30] to do so. An action team has been established in Year 9 to discuss ideas and implement change. Eco-Schools is an international program of environmental and sustainable developmental education for schools. ...

The goal is for project to grow^[31] within the school and involve all students with representatives from every year group.

Old Boys

Class lists from 1615 to 1843 have been lost, making it impossible to record with absolute certainty those who rose to fame in that period. However, "A Short History"^[2] notes that James Tyrrell, grandson of Archbishop Usher and author of "A General History of England" and other works, is known to have been a pupil in the middle of the seventeenth century. James Ussher (also spelled Usher) ( January 4, 1581&#8211; March 21, 1656) was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland between 1625&#8211; 1656 and a prolific religious scholar who most famously published a chronology which dated creation from 4004 BC. Ussher was born in Dublin, Ireland into a...

Noted Old Boys include:

Entertainment and Sport

• Sir Michael Caine (Maurice Joseph Micklewhite), actor¹. Caine wrote of his dislike of his time at Wilson's, which was still in Camberwell during that period, in his autobiography "What's It All About?". However, he also states that his English teacher Eric Watson, "took the trouble to guide my rebellious mind into the area of literature."
• Simon Furman, writer
• Stephen Jenkins, stage name Stephen Beckett, actor with regular roles in Coronation Street and The Bill ^[32]
• Andrew Kazamia, actor with a regular role in London's Burning, playwright and film-maker^[33]
• Mick McManus, wrestler
• Simon Smith, Painter, Writer, Photographer, Singer / Songwriter

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• John Galliano, CBE, RDI, fashion designer
• Harry Golombek, OBE, Chess Grandmaster¹
• Roy Porter, historian
• Sir Norman Reid, former director of the Tate Gallery¹

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• Capt. Harold Auten, VC, DSC, RD, "Q-Ship" commander in the First World War¹, author of ""Q" Boat Adventures" and later executive Vice-President of the Rank Organisation¹
• Sir Alan Cobham, KBE, AFC, pioneer aviator (first flight from Britain to Australia in 1926 and pioneer of air-to-air refuelling)¹. Curiously, his flight to Australia was from Croydon Airport, the site of which is the present location of the School.^[34]
• H. E. Funnell, DSO, Merito de Guerra²
• H. Harbord, DSO²
• Major-General H. A. J. Sturge, CB, former Vice-Chairman of the Governors¹

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• Paul Deegan, mountaineer and environmentalist
• Sir Lewis Fermor, OBE DSc FRS^[35]
• Sir James Jeans, OM, MA, DSc, ScD, astronomer¹
• George Barker Jeffery, mathematician
• Dr George Druce Lander, FRS, chemist²
• R. H. J Swan, FRCS, eminent surgeon of Guy's and the Royal Cancer Hospital²

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• Trevor Hunter, QC and County Court Judge²
• Alexander Walker, Assessor of the City of Glasgow

Industry and Government Cherie Booth QC wearing her ceremonial robes (including full-bottomed wig) as Queens Counsel at the Bar of England and Wales. ...

• Lt. Col. W. R. Bowden, Founder Master of the Worshipful Company of Marketors²
• F .L. Brown, CMG, MC and bar, secretary to the Duke of Windsor during the Duke's period as Governor-General of the Bahamas.²
• Mr Deputy C. G. Dickson, former Sheriff of the City of London²
• Charles Samuel Garland, MP and industrialist²
• B. A. Glanvill, JP, former mayor of Bromley and High Sheriff of Kent²
• Ernest Partridge, MP and industrialist²

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• The Rt. Revd. Dr. Brian Colin Castle, Bishop of Tonbridge^[36][37] and Governor of Sevenoaks School ^[38]
• Dr W. R. Matthews, KCVO, DD, DLitt, former Dean of St Paul's Cathedral¹
• The Rt. Revd. H. A. Wilson, CBE, DD, former Bishop of Chelmsford¹

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2: "A Short History of Wilson's School" p 259.

Notable Governors

An exhaustive list is to be found in Appendix A of "A Short History of Wilson's School"^[2]. The following are particular highlights from this. Dates are of their governorships.

• Hugh Boulter, DD, 1708-1722, Chaplain to George I, Bishop of Bristol, Archbishop of Armagh (Church of Ireland).
• Sir Edmund Bowyer, 1615-1626, a friend of the founder, Edward Wilson. His son, Edmund Bowyer the younger, was also a governor 1634-1681.
• William Cooper, 1651-1662, Chaplain to Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia.
• Rev. Dr. George D'Oyly, 1820-1846, theologian, biographer and the main founder of King's College, London.
• Jonathan Dryden, 1650-1653, second cousin to the poet John Dryden.
• Edmund Gibson, DD, 1703-1717, Bishop of Lincoln and later of London.
• George Hooper, DD, 1675-1703, Bishop of St. Asaph, later of Bath and Wells. Chaplain to Charles II and Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University. He was executed with the Duke of Monmouth.
• Wilfred H. Hore, TD, DL, MA, BSc, 1978-1984, Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Surrey and former Headmaster of Guildford Royal Grammar School.
• William Dalrymple Maclagan, 1869-1875, Rector of Newington and later Archbishop of York, author of hymns.
• Richard Meggott, DD, 1672-1677, a Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II.
• Sir Perceval Nairne, 1880-1921. One of the houses of the reconstituted school in Camberwell was named after him.
• John Nicholls, 1960-1968, Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II.
• Beilby Porteous, DD, 1767-1777, Rector of Lambeth and later Bishop of Chester and then London.
• William Bramley Taylor, 1901-1902, surgeon, churchwarden of Camberwell and Master of the Apothercaries' Company.
• Richard van Spangen, 1729-1754, sculptor, carver of the font in Dulwich College Chapel.
• Christopher Wordsworth, DD, 1816-1820, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, younger brother of the poet William Wordsworth.

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External links

• Wilson's School
• Shock Tactics: Wilson's School Drama
• The Old Wilsonians' Association

References

• GCSE Results
• A-Level Results