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Haileybury College

'Haileybury College' is a famous British independent school, sometimes referred to as a public school, founded in 1862. It is a co-educational boarding school enrolling pupils at 11+, 13+ and 16+. Over 750 pupils go to Haileybury, of which 452 live at Haileybury for either week nights or for an entire half term. The pupils who are aged 11-13, numbering around 100, study in a separate building with a boarding house just for the boys that reside at the school; the girls aged 11-13 who wish to board stay in one of the main school houses (Albans). The day girls in the main school (13+) go into Hailey House.

Contents
History
Present day
Southern Railway School's Class
Notable alumni
Arts
Armed Forces
Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders
Staff
Business
The Church
The Law
Learning
Politics
Civil service
Sports
Miscellaneous
References
External links

History


The school is located at Hertford Heath, near Hertford, 20 miles from central London in rural countryside on a site occupied until 1858 by the East India Company College. Its architect, William Wilkins, later designed the National Gallery in London, and Downing College, Cambridge, which bear some similarities. The school is built around four ranges which enclose an area known as ''Quad'', which is the largest academic quadrangle in the UK and one of the largest in the world.
The buildings reopened as ''Haileybury'' in 1862. The large dome which dominates the skyline was added as part of Arthur Blomfield's Chapel, completed in 1877. The dome was badly damaged by fire when only a year old and had to be extensively repaired. On 7 July 1932. Later Victorian buildings are by John William Simpson. The ''Memorial Dining Hall'' was opened by the future King George VI & Queen Elizabeth as a monument to former pupils who had died in the Great War. In the past 20 years it has been used to commemorate deaths in all conflict countries, typically the wreaths for these countries are placed by pupils from those countries. For a number of years this building was one of the largest unsupported domes in Europe and it has very interesting acoustics. Until the 1990s the entire school of over 700 pupils dined within this building at a single sitting for breakfast, lunch and supper all brought to a silence for the grace before and after each meal by a massive brass howitzer shell, captured from a German gun emplacement during World War I which had been converted into a gong. A gilded plaster boss in the centre of this dome represents an oak tree being struck by lightning. Known as ''Little Lightning Oak'' this decoration is a representation of ''Lightning Oak'', the massive oak tree which stands on ''Terrace'', the area of grass in front of the School and visible in this photograph. This tree was struck by lightning and all but destroyed but, miraculously, re-sprouted. The tree was seen as a metaphor for the school, decimated by war but growing back stronger. In 1942, Haileybury absorbed the Imperial Service College, which had already absorbed the United Services College.
As well as the Memorial Dining Hall, there are other impressive memorials to 1,436 alumni who perished in wars. The War Memorial on Terrace which originally commemorated those lost in World War I was unveiled by General Sir Alexander Godley, KCB, KCMG on 7 July 1923. This was designed by former pupil Sir Reginald Blomfield. Known as The ''Cross of Sacrifice'' this simple stone cross with a bronze sword applied was the prototype for a memorial that can now be found in every Commonwealth War Cemetery and has been used for many other war memorials around the world.
Seventeen former pupils of Haileybury and its antecedents have received the Victoria Cross, and three the George Cross.
In the late twentieth century, reforming headmaster David Jewell took charge of Haileybury. The current headmaster is Stewart Wesley and is responsible for making the school fully co-educational.[1]

Present day


Today Haileybury is a co-educational school for 11-19 year-olds, with recent girls' boarding houses, (Colvin, Melvill, Allenby, Albans, and Hailey) and many facilities. There are still 7 boys boarding houses in the school, (Edmonstone, Lawrence, Bartle Frere, Kipling, Batten, Thomason and Trevelyan) and a house for day pupils, Russell Dore. The Ayckbourn Theatre is a fully functional modern theatre. The college chapel organ was built by Klais in 1997, with two manuals and thirty stops. There is a modern sports centre and a synthetic running track. Haileybury has a rackets court, built in 1908, which is unusual in having a double gallery. During World War II, it was damaged by the blast from a V-2 Rakete ''(sic)'' and was not restored until 1952 due to the school being evacuated from bombing risks. The school supports a professional coach (Mr Cawdron) making it one of the 12 schools in England to have a racket court and coach.
Groups originating from Haileybury support a number of charities such as The Children's Trust in Tadworth, the Home Farm Trust and the Boys' Club in Stepney once managed by Old Haileyburian Clement Attlee and Changing faces - a charity designed to help tortured and disfigured victims come to terms with their affliction. Attlee was noted for his promotion of fellow Old Haileyburians.
The school was featured in the TV drama "A Class apart".
Haileybury is attached to a junior school, Lambrook Haileybury, at Winkfield Row, near Bracknell, where it moved in 1998 from Windsor.
Recently (2006/2007) Haileybury has been advising the building of a Haileybury in Almaty, Kazakhstan where all English GCSE's will be taught and the cirriculum will be taught similarly under the guidance of Haileybury, which is to be known as Haileybury Almaty. The students will be made up mostly of Kazakhstan Citizens and sons of embassy workers. They will all be required to speak English. [1]
Haileybury also hosts the annual "Haileybury Model United Nations" Conference, in which many schools, such as Bancroft's School, plus schools from many countries including Greece, Sweden, participate

Southern Railway School's Class


The School lent its name to the twentyfifth steam locomotive (Engine 924) 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. 'Haileybury', as it was called, was built in 1934.The locomotive bearing the School's name was withdrawn in the early 1960s.

Notable alumni


Past pupils are known as Old Haileyburians.
Arts


Michael Aitkens

Alan Ayckbourn

John Blofeld, Taoist and Buddhist author

Reginald Blomfield

Bruce Bairnsfather (attended United Services College)

Dom Joly

Rudyard Kipling (attended United Services College)

Quentin Letts

Chris Lowe (BBC journalist & news presenter)

Simon MacCorkindale

Stephen Mangan

John McCarthy (journalist)

Chris Nolan

Hoyt Richards Model and Actor

Joe Saward, sports journalist and author

Arthur Thomas

Herbert Trench

Rex Whistler - Reginald John 'Rex' Whistler
Armed Forces


Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby

★ Sir Jonathon Band

★ Sir Robert Brooke-Popham

★ Sir Thompson Capper

★ Sir John Chapple

Lionel Dunsterville (attended United Services College)

Hubert Hamilton

★ Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Hurdis Ravenshaw

★ Sir Rupert Smith

Peter Townsend (Group Captain)

★ Sir Richard Vickers
Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders

Seventeen former pupils of Haileybury and its antecedents have received the Victoria Cross, and three the George Cross. One master also received the Victoria Cross.[2]

Victoria Cross


Indian Mutiny 1857



General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, VC, GCB (''attended East India College Haileybury'')[3]2



Ross Lowis Mangles, VC (''attended East India College Haileybury'') - A Civilian recipient.[4]2



William Fraser McDonell, VC (''attended East India College Haileybury'') - A Civilian recipient.[5]2


Persian War 1857



Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Moore VC (''attended East India College Haileybury'') He later achieved the rank of major general and was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB).[6]2


Zulu War 1879



Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill VC (''attended Haileybury College, Trevelyan House from 1865 - 1869'')[7]2


Sudan Campaign 1898



Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, PC, Croix de Guerre (France and Belgium) . Earl of Gowrie & Viscount Ruthven of Canberra. (''attended United Services College 1882.2''). He was a Captain when he earned his VC.2


Second Boer War 1899 - 1902



Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, VC , CB (''attended United Services College Day Boy 1875''). He was a Major when he earned his VC.2



Brigadier General Francis Aylmer Maxwell, VC, CSI, DSO & Bar, (''attended United Services College 1883 - 1890'') [8]2



Captain Conwyn Mansel-Jones, VC CMG DSO, (''attended Haileybury College, Batten House 1885-1888'')2


Third Somaliland Expedition 1903



Major General William George Walker, VC CB (''attended Haileybury College, Colvin House, 1876 - 1881'')2


First World War



Captain Anketell Moutray Read, VC, (''attended United Services College 1898 - 1902'')2



Second Lieutenant Rupert Price Hallowes, VC, MC (''attended Haileybury College, Le Bas House 1894 - 1897'')2



Major General Clifford Coffin, VC, CB, DSO & Bar (''attended Haileybury College, Lawrence House, 1884 - 1886'')2



Captain Clement Robertson, VC (''attended Haileybury College, Colvin House 1904 - 1906'')2



Captain Cyril Hubert Frisby, VC (''attended Haileybury College, Hailey House, 1899 - 1903'')2



Brigadier General George William St. George Grogan, VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar (''attended United Services College, 1890 - 1893'')2


Korean War 1951



Colonel (UK) James Power Carne, VC, DSO (''attended Imperial Service College, (Alexander House), 1920 - 1923'')2
Staff



First World War



Major Richard Raymond Willis, VC (''staff at Haileybury College, 1921 - 1921'')2

George Cross 2


First World War 1919



Wing Commander Harry "Wings" Day (''Harry Melville Arbuthnot Day''), GC (''formerly AM'')


1934



Captain Richard Deedes, GC (''formerly EGM'')


Second World War



Wing Commander Laurence Frank Sinclair GC
Business


Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Drury Lane

★ Sir Clive Martin
The Church


John Jamieson Willis - Bishop of Uganda

Gerald Edgcumbe Hadow - Missionary to Tanzania
The Law


Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey

★ Sir Richard May

Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Baron Radcliffe
Learning


Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot

Frank Bell

Bonamy Dobrée

W. H. C. Frend

Peter Ladefoged, prominent linguist and phonetician

Robert Liddell

William Muir

Humphry Osmond

Frank Podmore

George Speaight
Politics


Clement Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee

Hugh Bayley

★ Sir Geoffrey de Freitas

Barry Gardiner

Nick Herbert

Christopher Mayhew, Baron Mayhew

David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne

★ Sir Edward Wakefield
Civil service


★ Sir Andrew Green

Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
Sports


Tom Askwith

★ Sir Stirling Moss

Maharajkumar of Vizianagram - Indian cricketer
Miscellaneous


Lionel Curtis

Robert Erskine Childers

References


1. ''The Times'', Obituaries, July 2006
2. Haileybury College Archives - Roll of Honour
3. Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), ''Memorials of Old Haileybury College'', page 455, (A. Constable and Company)
4. Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), ''Memorials of Old Haileybury College'', page 453, (A. Constable and Company)
5. Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), ''Memorials of Old Haileybury College'', page 607, (A. Constable and Company)
6. Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), ''Memorials of Old Haileybury College'', page 448, (A. Constable and Company)
7. Sir David Hughes Parry, (2005), ''The V. C. Its Heroes And Their Valor'', page 251, (Kessinger Publishing)
8. Francis Aylmer Maxwell, (1921), ''Frank Maxwell: A Memoir and Some Letters'', page 9, (J. Murray)

External links



Official site

Kipling House — One of the 7 boys' houses in the school.

Melvill House — One of the 5 girls' houses in the school.

Haileybury Images — Images of Haileybury.

Edmonstone House — One of the 7 boys' houses in the school.

photo — The central turquoise circle is the Chapel dome on the south range of the 'Quad'. The larger turquoise circle is the copper covered dome of the Memorial Dining Hall.

The Haileybury Society

Junior school

Imperial Service College

Rackets

Running track

Haileybury College, Melbourne, Australia

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