Lancing College

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Lancing College (formerly College of St Mary and St Nicolas)
Motto	'Beati Mundo Corde' (Blessed are the pure in heart)
Established	1848
Type	Public School
Religion	Church of England
Head Master	Jonathan W J Gillespie MA
Chairman	Dr. Harry Brünjes
Founder	Canon Nathaniel Woodard
Location	Lancing West Sussex BN15 0RW United Kingdom
Students	c.500
Gender	Mixed
Ages	13 to 18
Houses	9
Colours	Blue and White
Publication	The Quad.
Former pupils	Old Lancing
Affiliation	Woodard Corporation
Website	www.lancingcollege.co.uk

Lancing College is a co-educational English independent school, founded in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard, whose aim was to provide education based on sound principle and sound knowledge, firmly grounded in the Christian faith. Lancing was to be the first of a family of over 30 schools founded by Woodard (others include Hurstpierpoint College, Ardingly College and Worksop College).

Typical of public schools, the college places emphasis on what might be described as traditional strengths - Anglican Christianity (chapel attendance is compulsory for all pupils, regardless of their religious beliefs) and sporting prowess (notably football, Eton fives, squash, tennis, hockey and cricket).

The college is based in 550 acres (2.2 km²) of countryside in West Sussex near the village of Lancing, west of the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. The college is situated on a hill which is part of the South Downs and the campus dominates the local landscape. The college overlooks the River Adur and the Ladywell Stream, a holy well or sacred stream within the College grounds has pre-Christian significance.^[1]

The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference. Girls were first admitted in 1971. The school is dominated by a Gothic revival chapel, and follows a high church Anglican tradition. The College of St Mary and St Nicolas (as it was originally known) was intended for the sons of upper middle classes and professional men; in time this became Lancing College, moving to its present site in 1857.

The school's buildings of the 1850s were designed by the architect Richard Cromwell Carpenter, with later ones by John William Simpson.

Lancing College boards boys and girls between the ages of 13 and 18 at a cost of about £26,000 a year. A small number of the students attend Lancing on academic and musical scholarships provided by the school; of the other pupils, some may receive some kind of bursary. Former pupils are referred to as OLs.

In 2005 Lancing College was one of fifty of the country's leading private schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents.^[2] Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.^[3]

Contents 1 School life 2 Chapel 3 Campus 4 Developments 5 Notable alumni 5.1 Arts 5.2 Literature 5.3 Broadcasting, theatre and film 5.4 Politics and law 5.5 Diplomatic service 5.6 Sciences and engineering 5.7 The Church 5.8 Armed forces 5.9 Business 5.10 Sport 5.11 Academia 5.12 Miscellaneous 6 Notable former staff members 7 Hoe Court 8 Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden 9 Headmasters of Lancing College 10 References 11 External links

School life

The school day begins with 'Roll Call' early in the morning, ending around 6pm with sports during the afternoons of alternate days. At 7pm there are two hours of 'evening school' where pupils are expected to remain in their studies and complete any prep that may have been set during the academic day. Pupils are also expected to attend lessons on Saturday mornings.

The college is divided up into houses, each house resident to between 30 and 80 pupils.

House	Colours	Number	Gender	Type	Housemaster/mistress	Named after
Head's	Red/Rose	1	M	Day	Mr Chappell	formerly The Head Master's House
Second's	Silver/Maroon	2	M	Boarding	Mr D Connolly	formerly The Second Master's House
School	Purple/Silver	3	M	Boarding	Dr A Betts	consists of the former Olds [sic] and Sanderson (New) Houses
Field's	Rose/White	4	F	Boarding	Mrs M Creer	The Rev. Edmund Field
Gibbs'	Silver/Purple	5	M	Boarding	Mr M Smith	Henry Martin Gibbs
Sankey's	Green	6	F	Day	Miss N Dragonetti	John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey
Teme	Green/blue	7	M	Boarding	Dr S Norris	The River Teme
Manor	Yellow	8	F	Boarding	Mrs A Stone	Manor house, a house of the school in the first half of the 20th century
Handford	Blue	9	F	Boarding	Mrs C Palmer	Basil Handford

Each house has a distinctive set of 'colours' which are awarded to students for merit and/or commitment for representing the house. The award allows male students to wear a house tie.

Besides academic study pupils are involved in activities that include football, rugby, tennis, squash, badminton, lacrosse, basketball, fives, hockey, running, debating, farming, riding, clay pigeon shooting, Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme, sailing, and the Combined Cadet Force.

Chapel

The foundation stone of the college chapel was laid in 1868, but the chapel itself was not finished in Woodard's lifetime. In fact, the chapel remains unfinished. It stands at about 50 metres (with foundations going down 20 metres into the ground), but the original plans called for a tower at the West end which would raise the height to 100 metres. One reason that the chapel ended up as high as it did was that Woodard insisted that it be built to its full height at one end first, so that even if he died before completion the height could not be cut down to save money. The chapel is built in the English gothic style of the 14th century, with 13th century French influences. It was designed by R. H. Carpenter and William Slater, and is built of Sussex sandstone from Scaynes Hill.

The chapel was dedicated to St Mary and St Nicolas in 1911, although the college worshiped in the finished crypt from 1875. Inside can be found, amongst other things, the tomb of the founder, two organs, and a rose window designed by Stephen Dykes Bower which is the largest rose window in England being 32 ft in diameter. The chapel itself is the largest school chapel in the world^[4].

The eastern organ is a two manual mechanical organ built by the Danish firm, Frobenius and was installed and voiced 'in situ' in 1986. That year marked the completion of the rebuild of the four manual Walker organ at the west end of the chapel - both of which were showcased in the opening concert by the American organ virtuoso, Carlo Curley.

A stained glass window was recently commissioned in memory of Trevor Huddleston OL, and was consecrated by Desmond Tutu on Tuesday 22 May, 2007.

The chapel is open to the public every day, Monday to Saturday from 10.00 until 16.00, and Sunday from 12.00 until 16.00. Full school services are held every Wednesday morning during term time at 08.35, and on certain Sundays throughout the year. There is also a eucharist every morning at 07.40, and benediction on a Friday evening followed by a lower school service on Saturday mornings at 8:25.

Campus

Most school buildings and boarding houses are positioned around the central quads with the chapel positioned adjacent to the college drive. The school has an operational farm, river access, squash courts, fives courts, swimming pool, a multigym, weightroom, two all weather astro-turfs, twenty-eight tennis courts, two theatres, two libraries and extensive classrooms.

The school is one of only a small number in the country to have Eton fives courts. The Upper Field's cricket square is most highly regarded.

During World War II, students were evacuated to Downton Castle in Herefordshire^[5].

Developments

Despite the principles of Victorian austerity on which the school was founded, Lancing has recently completed a number of developments that include a new design centre. A new art school is to be built, due for completion in 2008.

A development council is operating under the chairmanship of Sir Tim Rice. It acts in an advisory capacity on development and fundraising matters.

In 1856 Lancing College created its own code of football which (unlike other school codes) was regarded as a means of fostering teamwork^[6]

Notable alumni

Arts

• Tim Battersby, composer,musician and lyricist
• David Bedford, British composer and musician
• Geoffrey Bush (1920–1998), British composer, organist and scholar of 19th century English music
• Giles Cooper (1918–1966), radio dramatist, author of Unman, Wittering and Zigo
• Frederick Gore (1913-2009), artist, educator and author
• Brodrick Haldane (1912-1996), society portrait photographer, son of the 26th Laird of Gleneagles, Chief of Clan Haldane
• Henry Hardy, editor and composer
• Sir Peter Pears, tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten
• Sir Tim Rice, Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award winning lyricist
• Neil Richardson (composer), English composer

Literature

• Stuart Cloete (1897-1976), novelist
• Andrew Crofts (author) , ghostwriter
• Plantagenet Somerset Fry (1931-1996), historian, author
• Mark Mills (writer), novelist, screenplay writer
• Jan Morris, author, journalist and noted transgender
• Tom Sharpe, anti-apartheid satirical novelist
• Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), novelist, author of Brideshead Revisited
• Philip Womack (1981-), British Writer and journalist

Broadcasting, theatre and film

• George Baker (1931-), British film and television actor, Inspector Reg Wexford in the Ruth Rendell mysteries
• Christopher Hampton, BAFTA and Academy Award winning playwright
• Sir David Hare, BAFTA winning playwright
• Alex Horne, comedian
• Jeremy Sinden (1950-1996), actor
• Jamie Theakston, TV and radio presenter, actor
• John Williams (actor) (1903–1983), British Tony Award winning stage, film, and television actor

Politics and law

• Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ghana (2003-2007), 2008 presidential candidate of Ghana's ruling New Patriotic Party
• Greg Barker, Conservative Member of Parliament for Bexhill and Battle, Shadow Minister of State at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (2005-)
• Nicholas Browne-Wilkinson, Baron Browne-Wilkinson PC, Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary (1995–2000), former Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court
• Tom Driberg, Baron Bradwell PC (1905-1976), Member of Parliament for Maldon (1942–1955), Member of Parliament for Barking (1959–1974), Chairman of the Labour Party (1957–1958)
• Sir Roger Fulford (1902-1983), journalist, author, biographer, politician, President of the Liberal Party (1964-1965)
• Walter Loveys (1920-1969), Member of Parliament for Chichester (1958–1969)
• The Rt Hon Sir Robert Megarry (1910-2006), Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division (1976–1981), Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court (1982–1985)
• Patrick Maitland, 17th Earl of Lauderdale (1911-2008), Chief of the Clan Maitland, Conservative Member of Parliament for Lanark (1951–1959)
• Hugh Molson, Baron Molson PC (1903-1991), Member of Parliament for Doncaster (1931–1935), Member of Parliament for High Peak (1939–1961), Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (1953–1957), Minister of Works (1957–1959)
• William Rhys Powell, barrister, Conservative Member of Parliament for Corby (1983–1997)
• John Sankey, 1st Viscount Sankey PC (1866-1948), former Lord Justice of Appeal and Lord Chancellor (1929–1935)
• William Thomas Wells (1908-1990), barrister, Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament for Walsall (1945–1955) and Walsall North (1955–1974)
• Rob Wilson, Conservative Member of Parliament for Reading East, Shadow Minister of State for Higher Education (2007-)

Diplomatic service

• Sir Philip Adams (1915-2001), career diplomat, British Chargé d'affaires to Sudan (1954–1956), British Ambassador to Jordan (1966–1970), British Ambassador to Egypt (1973–1975), former Director of the Ditchley Foundation
• David Andrew Lloyd OBE, British Ambassador to Slovenia (1997–2000)
• Sir Christopher Meyer, British Ambassador to Germany (1997), British Ambassador to the United States (1997–2003), Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission (2002-)
• Andrew Page, British Ambassador to Slovenia (2009-)
• Sir John Richmond (diplomat) (1909–1990), British diplomat and author, British Ambassador to Kuwait (1961–1963), Ambassador to Sudan (1965–1966)
• Humphrey Trevelyan, Baron Trevelyan (1905-1985), British diplomat, British Chargé d'affaires to China (1953–1955), British Ambassador to Egypt (1955–1956), British Ambassador to Iraq (1958–1961), British Ambassador to Russia (1962–1965), last High Commissioner of Aden (1967)
• Edward Twining, Baron Twining (1899-1967), soldier and diplomat, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, North Borneo (1946-1949); Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Tanganyika (1949-1958); Hon. Col. To 6th King's African Rifles (1955 - 1958)

Sciences and engineering

• Sir Roy Calne FRS, former Professor of Surgery at the University of Cambridge, pioneer of liver transplantation
• Basil William Sholto Mackenzie, 2nd Baron Amulree (1900-1983), physician and geriatrician, Fellow Royal College of Physicians

The Church

• Michael Ball, suffragan Bishop of Jarrow (1980–1990) and Bishop of Truro (1990–1997)
• Peter Ball, suffragan Bishop of Lewes (1977–1992) and Bishop of Gloucester (1992–1993)
• The Very Reverend Christopher Russell Campling, Dean of Ripon (1984-1995)
• Thomas William Cook (1866-1928), Bishop of Lewes (1926–1928)
• Anthony Charles Foottit, Bishop of Lynn (1999–2003)
• Sir Francis Heathcote, 9th Baronet (1868-1961), Bishop of New Westminster (1940-1951)
• Trevor Huddleston (1913-1998), Archbishop of Mauritius and the Indian Ocean, Bishop of Masasi (Tanzania), Bishop of Stepney, Bishop of Mauritius, President of the Anti-Apartheid Association, recipient of the Indira Gandhi Prize
• John Dudley Galtrey Kirkham, Anglican Bishop of Sherborne (1976–2001)
• Lewis Evan Meredith (1900-1968), Bishop of Dover (1957-1964)
• Cyril Jonathan Meyrick, Dean of Exeter
• Canon David Reindorp, vicar of Chelsea Old Church, Chaplain to the Honourable Artillery Company and to the Worshipful Company of Fan Makers
• Erik Routley, English Congregational minister, composer and musicologist
• James Leo Schuster (1912–2006), Bishop of St John's (1956–1980), Bishop to the Forces (1939–1945), Archdeacon of Riversdale
• Mark Napier Trollope (1862-1930), third Bishop in Korea (1911–1930)

Armed forces

• Lt-Gen Sir Louis Jean Bols (1867-1930), Chief of Staff to the Third Army (World War I), General Officer Commanding the 24th Division (1917), Chief Administrator of Palestine (1919–1920), Governor of Bermuda (1927–1930)
• Brig Sir Iltyd Nicholl Clayton (1886–1965) British soldier notable for his involvement in the formation of Arab League and formulation of post-war British policy in the Middle East
• Col. Andrew Croft (1906—1998), member of the Special Operations Executive and Military attaché to Sweden (World War II), explorer, 1st Commandant of Hendon Police College
• Lt-Gen Sir John Fullerton Evetts (1891-1988), General Officer Commanding 6th Infantry Division (1941), Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff (1942–1944), Master-General of the Ordnance (1944–1946)
• Sqn Ldr Prince Emanuel Galitzine (1918-2003), Spitfire pilot
• Galbraith Lowry-Corry, 7th Earl Belmore (1913-1960), soldier
• Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick Powell (1915-2008), long-serving officer at RAF College Cranwell
• Surgeon Rear Admiral P.D. Gordon Pugh, high ranking Royal Navy officer
• Sqn Ldr / Lt Cdr Jeffrey Quill (1913-1996), Spitfire test pilot
• Lt-Gen Sir Alan Reay KBE, director-general of the RAMC (1981–1985)
• Gen Sir Neil Ritchie (1897-1983), Second World War General, Commander-in Chief, Eighth Army, Commander-in-Chief, XII Corps, Commander-in-Chief of British forces in the Far East
• Maj-Gen David Rutherford-Jones (1960-), current Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (2007-).
• Air Vice-Marshal Sir Stanley Vincent (1897-1976) , Air Officer Commanding No. 13 Group (1944–1945), Air Officer Commanding No. 11 Group (1948–1950), only RAF pilot to shoot down the enemy in both world wars
• Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Woodard, former Commander of the Royal Yacht Britannia

Business

• Sir Edgar Beck (1911-2000), Chairman (1961-79) then President (1981-2000) of Mowlem
• Sinclair Beecham, co-founder of Pret a Manger
• Sir John Gilbert Newton Brown (1916-2003), Publisher of the Oxford University Press (1956-1980)
• Sir Michael Darrington, Managing Director of Greggs Bakeries
• Stephen Green, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc (2006-)
• Sir Derek Alun-Jones (1933-2004), Chairman of Ferranti (1982-1990)
• Raymond Kwok Ping Luen, vice-chairman and Managing Director of Sun Hung Kai Properties and Chairman of SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited

Sport

• Edward Cawston (1911-1998), Sussex cricketer
• Edgar Field (1854–1934), England footballer and winner of the FA Cup in 1880
• Andrew Frampton, footballer with Millwall FC
• Elphinstone Jackson (1868–1945), England footballer and co-founder of the Indian Football Association in 1893
• Richard Meade, British equestrian and Olympic gold medal winner

Academia

• Rajnarayan Chandavarkar (1953-2006), academic, historian and author
• Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, Nazi era scholar, author of The Occult Roots of Nazism
• Michael J. Kennedy, Dean of Faculty of Science and Professor of Geology, University of Dublin
• Sir Max Mallowan (1904-1978), archaeologist, Professor of Western Asiatic Archaeology at the University of London, Director of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, second husband of Agatha Christie
• Brian Manning (1927-2004), British Marxist historian
• Henry Nettleship (1839-1893), English classical scholar
• Peter Self (1919–1999), Emeritus Professor of Public Administration at the London School of Economics and Professor of Urban Research at the Australian National University
• John Dover Wilson (1881-1969), literary critic, Regius Professor of English literature at the University of Edinburgh

Miscellaneous

• Desmond Wyndham Otho FitzGerald (1901-1949), 28th Knight of Glin
• Prince George (Georgie Vladimirovich) Galitzine (1916-1992), soldier
• Mowbray Henry Gordon Howard, 6th Earl of Effingham (1905-1996)
• George Henry Wellington Loftus, 7th Marquess of Ely (1903-1969), soldier
• John Lowry-Corry, 8th Earl Belmore, art collector
• Charles Francis Massey Swynnerton (1877-1938), English naturalist
• Sir Elwin Palmer (1852-1906), colonial administrator
• Thomas Percy Henry Touchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley (1913-1963), soldier, playwright
• Sir Armigel Wade (1890-1966), colonial administrator
• Gino Watkins (1907–1932), a British Arctic explorer

Notable former staff members

• Sir William Gladstone KG Bt, former Head Master and Chief Scout of the United Kingdom, descendent of William Gladstone, 19th Century Prime Minister.
• G.O. Smith, sportsman rated the greatest footballer of the nineteenth century.
• John Inge, former chemistry teacher and Assistant Chaplain and current Bishop of Worcester
• Arthur Temple Lyttelton, Provost of St Mary and St Nicolas College (Lancing College), third Bishop of Southampton (1898–1903)
• Sheppard Frere, former House Master, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Provinces at the University of London (1961–1966), Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire at Oxford University

Hoe Court

The College owns a number of properties based along the College Drive and all the properties in Hoe Court, a road extending from the rear of the College towards the village of Lancing.

Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden

Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden is an independent nursery, pre-preparatory and preparatory School for approximately 175 children between the ages of 3 and 13. The headmaster is a member of the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools.

Mowden School, as it was originally known, was founded by B A Snell at Mowden Hall, in Essex, in 1896. In 1901, it moved to Lansdowne Place, Hove and in 1913 moved again to its present site. Edward Snell took over from his father in 1937 and, on his death in 1973, his son, Christopher, became headmaster.

In September 2002, the school passed into the care of Lancing College and the current headmaster, Alan Laurent, took over from the Snells. Although the house was purpose built for a preparatory school in 1913 by Christopher Snell¹s grandfather, there has been a continuing programme of modernisation and development.

In addition to a dedicated IT room, each classroom has its own computer and there is a well-equipped science laboratory, technology room and an attractive library and reading room. Spacious sports fields surround the school, which accommodate pitches for all the main games and sports, including an all-weather Astroturf area.

Traditionally the school was for boys only, but in September 2002, girls were accepted for the first time and the school became co-educational.

Mowden School became Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden (or Lancing Prep as it is known) in September 2005.

Headmasters of Lancing College

• Henry Jacobs (Aug–Dec 1848)
• Charles Edward Moberly (1849–1851)
• John Branthwaite (1851–1859)
• Henry Walford (1859–1861)
• Robert Edward Sanderson (1862–1889)
• Harry Ward McKenzie (1889–1894)
• Ambrose John Wilson (1895–1901)
• Bernard Henry Tower (1901–1909)
• Canon Henry Thomas Bowlby (1909–1925)
• Cuthbert Harold Blakiston (1925–1934)
• Frank Cecil Doherty (1935–1953)
• John Christopher Dancy (1953–1961)
• Sir Erskine William Gladstone KG Bt (1961–1969)
• Ian David Stafford Beer (1969–1981)
• James Stephen Woodhouse (1981–1993)
• Christopher John Saunders (1993–1998)
• Peter M. Tinniswood (1998–2005)
• Richard R. Biggs (acting, 2005–2006)
• Jonathan Gillespie (Sept 2006–present)

References

External links

• Lancing College school website
• The Woodard Corporation - A Group of Public Schools
• Old Lancing: OL's
• Lancing Old Boys Football Club
• Lancing Old Boys Tennis
• The Old Lancing Lodge (Freemasons)
• Lancing Prep school website
• "We Will Rock You!" | Lancing Prep - the official website for Lancing Prep's summer 2009 musical

Coordinates: 50°50′47″N 00°18′15″W / 50.84639°N 0.30417°W / 50.84639; -0.30417

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