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8 unusual facts about Blundell's School


Aelred Carlyle

Born Benjamin Fearnley Carlyle, he was educated at Blundell's School.

Charles Incledon

Charles Benjamin Incledon (1763–11 February 1826, Worcester) was a Cornish singer, son of a doctor in St Keverne, Cornwall, and educated at Blundell's School and as a choirboy at Exeter, but then went into the navy.

George Bull

He was born, 25 March 1634, in the parish of St. Cuthbert, Wells, and educated in the grammar school at Wells, and then at Blundell's School in Tiverton under Samuel Butler.

Henry Bowyer Lane

Lane's education included time at Blundell's School in Tiverton and subsequent professional training in England before he emigrated to Canada in 1841, living first in Cobourg, Upper Canada, and then in Toronto.

Maurice Keen

He was an enthusiastic Governor of Blundell's School in Tiverton for many years, the school being linked to Balliol by a scholarship and fellowship foundation gift.

Robin Skynner

He was educated at St Austell County School and at Blundell's School, after which, at the age of 18, he volunteered for the Royal Air Force, and was selected as a prospective bomber pilot.

Samuel Badcock

While living at Barnstaple, Badcock became acquainted with the daughter of Samuel Wesley, the master of Blundell's School in Tiverton and elder brother of John Wesley.

Will Randall

Educated in London, he taught languages in the English west country for ten years, including 5 years at Blundell's School, before moving to live in the South Pacific islands.


Albert Hackett

Hackett was born to Maurice Hackett and actress Florence Hackett (née Hart) in New York City, New York where he attended Professional Children's School and started out as a child actor, appearing on stage and in films.

Albert Lacombe

For the remainder of his life, Lacombe played a major role in founding schools throughout the West, such as St Mary's School in what is now the Mission District of Calgary.

Alexander's School

It is built in an impressive Italianate style, with the heads of Homer, Aristotle, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and Milton carved high on the front wall by John Crawford.

An Awesome Wave

St Ronan's Chamber Choir – additional vocals ("Bloodflood", "Taro")

Angier Biddle Duke

After a misspent youth, which included an education at St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, he dropped out of Yale University in 1936.

Bishop Stopford's School

Several notable organists have given recitals on this instrument, including Carlo Curley, Peter Hurford, Stephen Darlington, Thomas Trotter, and John Scott.

Bob Evens

His career meant a number of moves for the Evens family, including a period in Exeter, where Robert attended Hele's School, and a later move to Ilfracombe.

Campbell, Australian Capital Territory

Many buildings built by Robert Campbell and his family are still standing around Canberra, including Blundell's Cottage, St John the Baptist Church, Reid, Duntroon House (now part of RMC Duntroon) and Yarralumla House (now Government House).

Canada Women's Australian Football League

In 2004, the Toronto-based Etobicoke Kangaroos held footy development clinics at two local girls’ schools; Bishop Strachan and St. Clement's School.

Church of the Holy Family, Singapore

The De La Salle Brothers also bought a plot of land in the area, and is now occupied by St. Patrick's School.

Colleen Corby

By the end of that first summer, she was steadily booking assignments and her parents enrolled her in Manhattan's Professional Children's School, which allows for the irregular schedules of actors and models.

David Bensusan-Butt

A nephew of the French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro, and the son of Dr Ruth Bensusan-Butt (1877–1957), the first woman doctor to work in Essex, Bensusan-Butt was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, and King's College, Cambridge, where he was a student of John Maynard Keynes and indexed Keynes's magnum opus, the General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money.

E. Clive Rouse

The son of Edward Foxwell Rouse (a furniture-maker in Acton, west London) and his wife Frances Sarah Sams (whose family had been dairymen to Buckingham Palace), Rouse was educated at St. Ronan's School, Worthing, then Gresham's School, Holt, and the St Martin's School of Art.

Emily Scarratt

Emily is also a PE assistant at King Edward's School Birmingham, following in the footsteps of fellow England rugby international Natasha Hunt.

Francis Slacke

Francis Alexander Slack (post Slacke) was born in the parish of Saint Saviour in Jersey and educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton, University College, Oxford and St John's College, Cambridge.

Gresham, Norfolk

The village is also the ancestral home of the famous Norfolk family of Gresham, whose members included Sir John Gresham, founder of Gresham's School, and Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of Gresham College and the Royal Exchange.

Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone

Educated at St Paul’s School, London, Janner was evacuated to Canada during the war and attended Bishop's College School, Lennoxville, Quebec.

Harold Iremonger

Harold Edward William Iremonger, eldest son of the Rev. E R Iremonger, vicar of Goodworth Clatford, Andover, was educated at Blundell's School in Tiverton and was gazetted to the Royal Marine Artillery in 1900.

Harry Easterly

He was a graduate of St. Christopher's School in Richmond, Virginia, and Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia where he was the president of the Class of 1944.

Henry Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell

Henry Blundell-Hollinshead Blundell died on 28 September the same year, and was buried on 2 October at Halsall near Ormskirk.

Humber derby

The most recent derby took place on 9 November 2013 with a 0-0 draw in the F.A. Cup First Round between Grimsby Town and Scunthorpe United at Blundell Park, meaning a further meeting will take place in a replay at Glanford Park.

Jack Cotton

Jack Cotton was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, then at Cheltenham College.

Jaime Gleicher

She graduated from the Professional Children's School, where she graduated with honors and served as both Student Body President and Vice President.

John Macnish

Educated Austin Friars School, Carlisle then Sheffield University, degree in Prehistory & Archaeology.

John Ruston

In 1976 Ruston took up an appointment as Archdeacon of Bloemfontein and as an examining chaplain to the Bishop of Bloemfontein and warden and chaplain of St Michael’s School, Bloemfontein.

Louis Whitford Bond

After preparation at St. Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire, he took the Select course in the Sheffield Scientific School within Yale University.

Mark Talbott

The Talbott Squash Academy, a well-respected summer camp for juniors and adults, was established in 1991, and is currently held at St George's School in Newport, Rhode Island and at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

Mason Bates

Bates was raised in Richmond, Virginia, where he attended St. Christopher's School.

Matthew Garber

Born in Stepney, London to parents who had both performed on stage, he attended St Paul's Primary School in Winchmore Hill and Highgate School in Highgate, North London from September 1968 until July 1972.

McKim's School

The sides were derived from the north wing of the Propylaia on the Acropolis of Athens.

Michael Grace Phipps

Michael Phipps studied at St. Bernard's School and St. Paul's School before going on to Yale University.

Mountain Vista Governor's School

Top acceptances for the Class of 2011 have included Yale University, Johns Hopkins University, Washington University in St. Louis, Vanderbilt University, University of California, Berkeley, Tufts University, and Purdue University.

North Sydney Boys High School

The King's School, 2.Melbourne Grammar School, 3. Melbourne High School,

Richard Tomkins

Richard Tomkins attended King Edward's School in Birmingham.

Rugby Group

Five of the Rugby Group schools, Charterhouse School, Harrow School, Winchester College, Rugby School and Shrewsbury School are members of the original nine 'Clarendon' public schools defined under the Public Schools Act 1868, with the other Clarendon schools (Eton College, St Paul's School, Merchant Taylor's School and Westminster School) having other affiliations.

Spandau Ballet

Kemp and Norman were both attending Dame Alice Owen's School, Potters Bar, and were close friends, as they shared a similar interest in music and a common desire to form a band.

St Columba's School, Kilmacolm

Norah Neilson Gray taught here, where she was nicknamed "Purple Patch".

St Faith's School, Rusape

St Faith's School, Rusape is a mission school 17 km from Rusape, Manicaland, Zimbabwe.

St Paul's School, Rourkela

Mountbatten-RED

St. Mary's School, Pune

From 1866 to 1977, the school was run by the Sisters of the Community of St. Mary the Virgin, an Anglican order based in Wantage, England.

St. Xavier's School, Godavari

St. Xavier's consists of three schools in Nepal all operated by Jesuits.

Syafiq Siraj

He went to Saint Stephen's School and Singapore Sports School.

Tarah Donoghue

She graduated from Fay School and St. Mark's School, both of Southborough, Massachusetts in 2001, and also served as the 2009 Prize Day speaker there.

Teqüe Rugby Club

Teqüe also disputed international games facing Bordeaux Etudiants, Vascos de Baigorri and Stade Français (France), Birkenhead Park FC, Dauntsey's School (England), Garda (Ireland), University of Edinburg (Scotland), Walcha (Australia), Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Chile national team.

Tim Franks

He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and at Wadham College, Oxford University where he graduated with a 2:1 (B.A.Hons) in Oriental Studies (Chinese).

United States Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School

The U.S. Naval Reserves Midshipmen's School at Northwestern University was established in September 1940, and was in operation until 1945.

During December 1940, the second class to be commissioned in the midshipmen program graduated from Northwestern University as did the third and fourth classes in 1941.

William Blundell

Blundell painted works with the style of, among others, Australian artists Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Sidney Nolan, Lloyd Rees, Arthur Streeton, Elioth Gruner, Brett Whiteley and also Claude Monet.

William P. Greene, Jr.

During his career as a Judge Advocate, he completed his military education at the Basic, Advanced, and Military Judges' courses at The Judge Advocate General's School, Charlottesville, Virginia; the Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

William Valentine Mayneord

He was educated at Prince Henry's School, Evesham and gained a Bachelor of Science at the University of Birmingham


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