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Bromsgrove School

Bromsgrove School
Established 1693
Type Public School
Head Master Chris Edwards M.A. (Oxon)
Founder Sir Thomas Cookes Bart.
Location Worcester Road
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
B61 7DU
EnglandFlag of England
Staff c.440
Students c.1,450
Gender Mixed
Ages 2 to 18
Houses 11 (Senior School) 6 (Preparatory School) 3 (Pre-Preparatory)
School colours Maroon

     
Former pupils Old Bromsgrovians
Website www.bromsgrove-school.co.uk

Bromsgrove School was founded in 1553 and is located in the small Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, UK. First known as a chantry school in the Middle Ages with the earliest recorded date of 1476, it was re-established as a Tudor Grammar School between 1548 and 1553. The endowment of Sir Thomas Cookes in 1693 produced the first buildings on the present site and also the historic link with Worcester College, Oxford. Bromsgrove School and Worcester College both share the same coat of arms and motto which is based on the arms of Sir Thomas Cookes of Norgrove Baronet.

At the foundation of the Headmasters' Conference in 1869, Bromsgrove was one of the original 14 schools. During the Second World War the School moved to Wales while the buildings were used by British Government Departments.

In 2002 the school established Bromsgrove International School Thailand (BIST), based in Thailand.

In 2007, the school was granted freedom of the town of Llanwrtyd Wells where the school had been moved to during the Second World War.[1]

Notable Old Bromsgrovians

  • Revd Charles Wilmott MA (Oxon), Cookes Scholar, Worcester College, Oxford, Headmaster of Bromsgrove School, (1735–1756)
  • William Sheffield DD (1778) Fellow (1758), Provost of Worcester College, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum (1772–1795)
  • Robert Bourne MD (1761–1829), physician and chemist, first Aldrichian Professor of Physic, University of Oxford, 1803–1824
  • Revd Robert Eyres Landor (1781–1869), poet, novelist and dramatist, Chaplain to the Prince Regent
  • Francis Orpen Morris (1810–1893), theologian, naturalist and letter writer
  • General Edwin Venour (1837–1894) General 5th Brigade, Bengal Light Infantry
  • John Rose Holden (1810–1860) soldier, settler, politician and banker, member of Senate (1835) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
  • Colonel Walter Unett CB (1814–1860), Colonel of 3rd Light Dragoons, fought at the Kyber Pass and Tazeen Valley, Afghanistan, he died aged 46 due to his war injuries
  • John Collis Browne (1819–1884), physician and inventor of chlorodyne
  • Very Revd George Vernon Housman (1820–1887), Dean of Quebec, Canada (1859–1887)
  • Revd James Hannay (born 1820), Vice-Provost of Worcester College, Oxford, from 1855, Fellow of Worcester College (1837–1844), Dean (1840), Bursar (1841) and Senior Proctor (1847),
  • Rt Revd Richard Lewis DD (1821–1905), Bishop of Llandaff, 1883–1905
  • James Brodie Pattullo CB (1823–1855), the youngest Colonel in the British Army during Queen Victoria's reign, wounded 7th September 1855 in the attack on the Redan and died next day
  • George Woodyatt Hastings MP (1825–1917), MP for East Worcestershire, Chairman Quarter Sessions and the bench, a social reformer and politician, he assisted in the foundation of Girton College, Cambridge
  • Major-General Henry Charles Cookes (1825–1890),RA Bengal Indian Mutiny 1857 retired 1878
  • Maurice O'Connor Morris (1827–1900), Postmaster General of Jamaica and member of Jamaican Council, author and contributor to 'The Field' for thirty years under the penname Triviator
  • Major-General Francis William Collis (1829–1905), Hon Colonel 21st Punjabis Indian Staff Corps
  • Sir James Richey (1834–1902), administrator, Indian Civil Service
  • Thomas Pakenham Law KC (1834–1905), Crown Prosecutor for County Meath and Queen's County, Ireland (now co Laois)
  • Edward Moore (1835–1916), literary scholar and President of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1864–1913
  • Captain Sir Henry Morland (1837–1891), Indian Marine officer, Chairman of the Corporation of Bombay (1866)
  • William Henry Poyntz (1838–1914), Major Royal Marines Light Infantry, Chief Constable of Essex
  • John White (1839–1912), CB Assistant Principal Secretary of Education (1900–1905)
  • Charles Henry Waller (1840–1910), Principal of the London College of Divinity, 1884–1899
  • Revd Robert James Roe (1840–1921),Hon Canon Truro Cathedral, acting Chaplain 2nd Volunteer Brigade, Devon and Cornwall Light Infantry, present at Balaclava charge, and Inkerman 1854
  • Rear-Admiral William John Grogan (born 1840) Royal Navy
  • His Honour James Orr KC (1841–1920), Chairman of Quarter Sessions and County Court Judge of Down since 1897, formerly County Court Judge of Monaghan and Fermanagh (1891–1897)
  • Major-General Shakespeare (1842–1926), Indian Army
  • Colonel Sir Owen Lanyon (1842–1887), KCMG CB (1842–1887), Administrator of the Transvaal, 1879–1881
  • Frederic Boase (1843–1873), biographer
  • Charles Colmore Grant (1844–1898), 7th Baron de Longueuil (created 1700)
  • Sir Frederick William Richards Fryer (1845–1922), Lieutenant Governor of Burma (1897–1903)
  • John Amphlett (1845–1918), historian and diarist
  • His Honour Mr Justice Udal (1845–1914), John Symonds Udal, Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands from 1904
  • Sir Stanley Ismay (1848–1914), Inspector-General of Police Mysore, Chief Commissioner of Mysore and Judge of Mysore, India, (1908–1912) Father of General Lord Ismay (1st Baron Ismay)
  • Sir Frederick Montague Style, Bt. (1857–1930), 10th Baronet of Wateringbury, landowner of 20,000 acres (80 km²) in England (created 1627)
  • Sir Bickham Sweet-Escott KCMG (1857–1941), Governor-General of Fiji and High Commissioner of Seychelles, British Honduras
  • Brigadier-General Ternan CB CBE DSO (1860–1949), Commissioner and Consul-General Uganda Protectorate (1897–1899)
  • A. E. Housman (1859–1936), poet
  • Sir Arthur Vicars KCVO FSA (1862–1921), Ulster King of Arms, 1893–1908, Knight Attendant on Order of St Patrick, (1893–1907) he was assassinated by the IRA in 1925
  • Sir Geoffrey Millais, Bt. (1863–1941) 4th Baronet, traveller and explorer (created 1885), the younger son of Sir John Everett Millais Bt, PRA, (1829–1896)
  • Clarence Charles Hughes-Hallett (1864–1939), Inspector-General of Police, India
  • Laurence Housman (1865–1959), writer and artist
  • Rear-Admiral Frank Ryan CBE (1865–1945), Rear-Admiral and Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral 2nd Fleet, 1914, Commodore at Portland Command No 13 Area
  • Colonel Arthur Law Woodland CB, (1865– ), Colonel commanding 5th/68th Regimental District Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1901–1905),
  • Eng-Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Skelton KCB CBE DSO (1872–1956), Engineer Vice-Admiral, Naval Architect designer of H M S Discovery, travelled with Scott to the Antarctic.
  • Revd Walter Fletcher Burnside (1874–1949), Headmaster and Chaplain St Edmund's Canterbury (1908–1932) Hon Chaplin Canterbury Cathedral
  • Lieut-Colonel Richard Trevithick Gilbertstone Tangye OBE JP DL(1875–1944) Chairman of Tangyes Ltd. (1930–34), Engineers, Cornwall works, Soho, Birmingham; Chairman Cornwall Quarter Sessions from 1941
  • Percy Maude Roxby (1880–1947), FRGS, Chief Representative in China of the British Council since 1945; Professor of Geography, Liverpool University (1917–1944)
  • Sir Lancelot Barrington-Ward KCVO FRCS (1884–1953), personal physician to HM King George VI, England Rugby International
  • Humphrey Francis Humphreys CBE (1885–1977) Physicist, Professor, and Vice-Chancellor of Birmingham University (1952–1953)
  • Colonel Edlmann DSO OBE (1885–1950), Chairman and managing-director of Brown, Shipley & Co., Merchant Bankers
  • Herbert Whitley FRHS FZS (1886–1959), Philanthropist and Founder of Paignton Zoo and the Herbert Whitley Educational Trust
  • Frederic Gordon-Smith QC (1886–1967),Chairman Public Services Commission (1950–1952), Chief Justice of Palestine, (1941–1943), Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements, (1935–1941), acting Judge of Appeal for Malaya, 1939 and again 1940. Attorney-General Trinidad, (1932–35)
  • Arthur Harold Dickinson CMG OBE (1892–1978), Inspector-General of Police, Straits Settlements,1912- and from 1939 Civil Security Officer, Malaya
  • Rt Revd Ronald Owen Hall DD CMG MC (1895–1975), Bishop of Hong Kong, 1932–1966
  • Sir Lionel Whitby (1895–1956), CVO TD Master of Downing College, Regius Professor of Physic, Cambridge University, Commander American Legion of Merit, Chevalier Legion d'Honneur, Consultant in Haematology to the Army and Ministry of Supply
  • Oliver Campbell Bryson GC (1896–1977), Captain, pioneer airman of Royal Flying Corps, holder of George Cross
  • Miles Thomas, Baron Thomas DFC (1897–1980), Managing Director of Morris Motor Company, 1940–1947, and Chairman of British Overseas Airways Corporation, 1949–1956
  • Sir Noel Hall (1902–1983), Academic, Principal Brasenose College, Oxford (1960–1973)
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Basil Embry GCB KCB DSO DFC (1902–1977), Air Officer Commanding No.2 Bomber Group, 1943–1945, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Fighter Command, 1949–1953, and Commander, Allied Air Forces, Central Europe, 1953–1956
  • Hon. Winston Field CMG OBE (1904–1969), Winston Joseph Field, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (1962–1964), Farmer and Politician
  • Very Revd. George William Outram Addleshaw (1906–1982), Dean of Chester,(1963–1977); Chaplain to HM The Queen, (1957–1963), Treasurer and Canon Residentiary of York Minster and Prebrendary of Tockerington (1946–63), Vice-Principal and Fellow of St Chad's College, Durham (1939–46)
  • Sir Christopher Winwood Smith, Bt. (1906–1957), 5th Baronet of Eardiston, landowner and farmer, New South Wales, Australia (created 1809)
  • Sir Kenneth Maddocks KCVO KCMG (1907–2001), Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji from 1958 until 1963.
  • Harry Reginald Hornsby MBE (1907–1983), Chairman of Independent School's Association of New Zealand, (1960–1963); Headmaster Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand, (1951–1963), St Paul's School, Hamilton, New Zealand (1963–1969)
  • Richard Raymond Bomford CBE, DM (Ox), FRCP (Lond), (1907–1981), Hon.Colonel 14th Army, Treasurer Royal College of Physicians, (1957–1970), Physician to London Hospital and Poplar Hospital
  • Brigadier Alan Ward Brown CBE, DSO, MC, (1909–1971), commissioned Royal Tank Regiment 1920, Commanded 25 Armoured Brigade (1953–1956), Croix de Guerre, Chevalier of the Order of Leopold (Belgium)
  • Colonel Sir Eric St Johnston CBE KStJ QPM (1911–1986), H.M. Chief Inspector of Constabulary and former Chief Constable of Lancashire
  • Laurence Pilkington CBE (1911–2000), Director of Pilkington Brothers Ltd (1943–1981),Chairman of Glass Industry Research Association (1954–1958), President Society of Glass Technology (1960–1964)
  • Revd Austen Williams CVO (1912–2001), Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields from 1956 to 1984, and Chaplain to the Queen's Household from 1961-82
  • John Kenneth Sinclair St Joseph CBE (1912–1994), Professor of Aerial Photographic Studies, University of Cambridge, (1973–1980), Professor Emeritus and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge from 1993
  • Richard Wattis (1912–1975), Actor
  • Peter Duncan Scott (1914–1977), CBE FRCP FRCPsych DPM pioneer forensic psychiatrist
  • Phil Drabble OBE Philip Percy Cooper Drabble (1914–2007), Author, Countryman, Naturalist and Presenter of every programme and series of One Man and His Dog (1976–1993), Midlander of the Year in 1992, wrote for The Field for over forty years
  • Sir Richard Young (born 1914), Chairman Boosey & Hawkes Ltd (1979–1984), Chairman Parkgate Iron and Steel Company (1951–1954), Council of Warwick University (1966–1989)
  • Sir Peter Stallard (1915–1995), Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Federation of Nigeria (1958–1961), Governor of the Isle of Man.
  • Sir Jake Saunders CBE DSO MC (1917–2002), Chief Manager, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), 1962–1969, and Executive Chairman, 1969–1972
  • Sir Ronald Swayne MC (1918–1991), President of the British Shipping Federation from 1967, Partner and Director of Alfred Holt & Co from 1955, Member of Monopolies and Mergers Commission
  • Tom Boardman, Baron Boardman MC TD (1919–2003), Minister for Industry, 1972–1974, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1974, and Chairman of the National Westminster Bank, 1983–1989
  • Ian Carmichael OBE (born 1920), Actor
  • Frederick T. Graves DSc (1920–2005), Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons, founder member of the European Intrarenal Society and member of the British Association of Urological Surgeons
  • Rear-Admiral Sir David Haslam, KBE CB FRGS FRIN FRICS (born 1923), President Directing Committee International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco,(1987–1992),hydrographer, Vice-President Bromsgrove School 1977-, President:English Schools Basketball Association (1973–1996), Derbyshire County Cricket Club (1991–1992)
  • Very Revd Daniel John Rowlands (1924–2004), Dean of Gibraltar, Holy Trinity Cathedral, later Rural Dean in Glyn Aeron, Wales, 1987–1995
  • Sir Michael Drury, OBE FRCP FRCGP FRACGP (born 1926), Professor of General Practice, University of Birmingham 1980–1991, Vice-President Age Concern England since 1995, Chairman (1992–1995)
  • Major-General Harrod OBE (1924–1995), Assistant Chief of Staff to General Haig (US Army)SHAPE, Colonel of The Royal Regiment of Wales (1977–1982)
  • Peter Brian Charles Pepper, QC, (1924–2002), Brian Pepper, Head of the Canadian Bar, President of the Advocates Society of Canada, Bencher of Middle Temple
  • Sir Iain Glidewell PC QC (born 1925), President of the Court of Appeal of Gibraltar, former Lord Justice of Appeal
  • Keith Kyle (1925–2007), writer, broadcaster and historian
  • Christopher Trevor-Roberts LVO (1928–2005), founder of the Trevor-Roberts School in Hampstead
  • Hugh Rees (1928–2003), Conservative MP and Assistant Government Whip 1962, and Director of Abbey National 1976–1991, member Welsh Development Agency, Council Member of the National Museum of Wales and of the Council of the University of Wales
  • John Knighton Chadwick-Jones (born 1928), Research Professor University of Fribourg, Switzerland, (1993–2000)
  • Ronald Eyre (1929–1992), theatre and television director
  • His Honour David Hallchurch (born 1929), Chief Justice, Turks and Caico Islands, West Indies, (1996–1998)
  • Robert Layton (born 1930), Vice-President Ford Europe, General Commissioner of Economic Development for Berlin
  • Peter Collins (1931–1958) Gentleman racer, winner of three F1 Grand Prixs in 1950's, killed whilst racing at the Nurburging, Germany
  • Charles Brian Handy CBE (born 1932), Professor Charles Handy, Author of Management Books and Broadcaster
  • David Harry Stembridge QC (born 1932), Recorder of the Crown Court 1977–1997
  • Michael Heseltine PC (born 1933), Deputy Prime Minister. (Bromsgrove Prep School only)
  • Robert Cameron Hastie CBE RD (born 1933) Chairman Bernard Hastie & Co Ltd United Kingdom and Australia, Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan, Commodore Royal Navy Reserve
  • Geoffrey Richards John CBE (born 1934), Chairman Food for Britain (1993–1999), Chairman of Dairy Crest (1988–1994), Chairman and Chief Executive Allied Bakeries Ltd (1982–1987), Director of Cadbury Schweppes (1957–1974)
  • Charles Frederick Phelps (1934–2000), MA DPhil DSc Educational Consultant, Principal Chelsea College, London, Pro-Rector (International Affairs) Imperial College, (1984–1989), Consultant World Bank Educational Mission to China 1980 and to Korea 1982
  • Alan Brazier (born 1940) Founder and Inventor of VAX vacuum cleaners formerly Chairman of VAX UK Ltd.
  • Brigadier Simon Hill OBE (born1941), Colonel Commandant Royal Marines
  • John Taylor (born 1941), Conservative politician (former MP and MEP)Governor of Birmingham University (1977–81), Vice-President Association of Metropolitan Authorities (1979–86)
  • District Judge Myles Griffiths (born 1943)
  • Christopher Alexander Spence (born 1944), Chairman of Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund since 1999 and Trustee from 1998. Hon. President London Lighthouse,(1996–2000), Private Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Commons, (1970–1976)
  • Jonathan James-Moore (1946–2005), head of Light Entertainment, BBC Radio, 1991–1999
  • Sir David Arculus (born 1946), Chairman of O2 plc (2004–2006), and Severn Trent plc (1998–2004), IPC Group (1998–2001), Director Barclays plc and former Deputy President of the Confederation of British Industry
  • Tim Scott Bolton (born1947), Artist in medium of both oils and watercolours, Exhibitions at Tryon Gallery; Summerleaze Gallery; Malcolm Innes Gallery; Mathaf Gallery; works in Collections of National Trust, Sir Richard Branson, Sultan of Oman; Commissions include: HM The Queen, the late Duke of Devonshire and the Duke of Wellington. Artist-in-residence Garsington Opera 2004
  • John Illsley (born 1949), co-founding member of rock band Dire Straits
  • Nicholas Evans (born 1950), Novelist
  • Trevor Eve (born 1951), Actor
  • His Honour Mr Justice Foster (born 1954) Richard John Samuel Foster
  • Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham (born 1955), Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry, 2000–2006, and Minister of State, Department for Business and Enterprise, 2007–
  • His Excellency Quinton Quayle, HM Ambassador to Thailand appointed 2007
  • Nick Miles (born 1960), actor
  • Lieut-Colonel Jayne Kennedy (born 1965) Royal Army Dental Corps
  • Matt Neal (born 1966), winner of 2005 and 2006 British Touring Car Championship
  • Soweto Kinch (born 1978), Jazz musician Alto Saxophonist
  • Louise Hopkins (born 1978), England Ladies Ist XI Hockey player
  • Richard Neville (born 1979), boy band singer in 5ive
  • Fyfe Dangerfield (born c.1980), lead singer of Guillemots
  • Sally Wright (born 1980), Ist XI England Ladies Hockey Player
  • Lucilla Wright (born1980), England International, Ist XI Ladies Hockey team, first capped aged 17, whilst a pupil at Bromsgrove School, capped more than 20 times
  • Andy Goode (born 1980), England and Leicester Tigers rugby union player
  • Ben Foden (born 1985), England Sevens, England A, and Sale Sharks rugby union player

Military

Victoria Cross Holders

Five Old Bromsgrovians have won the Victoria Cross:[2]

References

  1. ^ http://www.bromsgroveadvertiser.co.uk/news/banewsroundup/display.var.1749580.0.unique_honour_for_town_school.php
  2. ^ Nicholas Lovell , (1996), V.C.s of Bromsgrove School : : the stories of five Victoria Crosses won by old Bromsgrovians , (ISBN-10: 0-9521362-3-6 / 0952136236)

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