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2 unusual facts about Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley


David Jenkinson

Jenkinson was born in Leeds and educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley, which in 1951 took him to a field trip to the Settle-Carlisle Railway line (S&C), which would start a lengthy relationship with that line.

Lizzie Armitstead

Armitstead was born in the market town of Otley in West Yorkshire, where she attended Prince Henry's Grammar School, a state comprehensive school.


Alan Kernaghan

Born in Otley, West Yorkshire, England, at the age of four, he moved with his family to Bangor, County Down.

Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn

Anne Horton (née Anne Luttrell, later the Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn) (24 January 1743 – 28 December 1808) was a member of the British Royal Family, the wife of Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn.

Arthur Hinsley

He took up pastoral ministry in Westminster in 1898, and served as headmaster of St. Bede's Grammar School (which he also founded) from 1900 to 1904.

Carre's Grammar School

Paul Holland (1984–1991) Professional footballer who made over 300 appearances in the Football League for Mansfield Town, Sheffield United, Chesterfield and Bristol City and was capped four times for the England U21s

Chapel Street, Melbourne

St Michael's Grammar School now incorporates many of the area's old buildings.

Culture of Leeds

There are also local museums in Horsforth and Otley displaying exhibits of local historical interest.

Eddie McGrady

Born in Downpatrick, County Down, Northern Ireland, one of eleven children, McGrady was educated at St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick and at Belfast Technical College, where he trained as a chartered accountant, subsequently entering his family's accountancy firm.

Farnley

Farnley, North Yorkshire, a village and civil parish in the Harrogate district of North Yorkshire, England, near Otley, West Yorkshire

Frank Whitcombe Jr

Frank captained Bradford for a season and played in their Yorkshire Cup winning side of 1966 against Harrogate at Cross Green, Otley in 1966 under the captaincy of Mike Dixon.

Graham Ibbeson

He has created bronze sculptures in towns and cities across Britain including Leeds, Cardiff, Dover, Barnsley, Doncaster, Northampton, Chesterfield, Middlesbrough, Perth, Otley and Rugby.

Henry Mainwaring

His brothers were Sir Arthur Mainwaring, Carver to Prince Henry, George Mainwaring, the defender of Tong Castle, and Sir Thomas Mainwaring, the Recorder of Reading.

Independence Memorial Hall

The monument was built at the location where the formal ceremony marking the start of self-rule, with the opening of the first parliament by the HRH Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester occurred at a special podium February 4, 1948.

Keighley RUFC

Many outstanding players and impressive sides have been produced over the years but the pinnacle of the club’s achievements was in the 1947/8 season when it won both the Yorkshire Shield and Yorkshire Cup competitions, beating Sheffield by 17 points to 0 in the Shield final at Otley and Otley by 14 points to 6 in the Cup final at Skipton.

Kenji Takaki

He also appeared in The Thief of Baghdad (1969), The Last Grenade (1968), Otley (1965), A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), The Cool Mikado (1962), The Camp on Blood Island (1958).

Leslie Haden-Guest, 1st Baron Haden-Guest

He was educated first at William Hulme's Grammar School, then studied medicine at Owens College, Manchester, and the London Hospital.

Lewis Leigh Fermor

He was educated at Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell and studied metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines, with scholarships at each, and winning the Murchison medal for geology at the latter.

Link Ethiopia

Link Ethiopia was started as GondarLink in 1996, and was originally a single link between Dr Challoner's Grammar School in Amersham, UK and Fasiledes Comprehensive Secondary School in Gondar, Ethiopia.

Luttrellstown Castle

His sister Anne Luttrell (1742-1808), one of the great beauties of the age, married as her second husband Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland, one of the brothers of King George III.

Management control system

The term ‘management control’ was given of its current connotations by Robert N. Anthony (Otley, 1994).

Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn

There reportedly was one child, Olivia Wilmot (1772–1834) from this relationship, though the duke's paternity was never proven, and Olivia Wilmot was accused of forging the evidence.

HRH Prince Henry was born on 7 November 1745 at Leicester House, London to Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II and Caroline of Ansbach, and his wife The Princess of Wales.

His 1771 marriage to a commoner against the King's wishes prompted the Royal Marriages Act of 1772 .

Prince Henry's High School

Prof John Turner, Vice-Chancellor from 1982-4 of the University of Botswana, and Sarah Fielden Professor of Education from 1985-94 at the University of Manchester (taught from 1951-3)

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham

Much of the building material was removed by military engineers and transported by sea to France, where it was used to strengthen the fortifications of the towns in the Pale of Calais, which at the time was England's continental bridgehead.

Queen Mary's Grammar School

Prof Martin Ennals, Ariel F. Sallows Professor of Human Rights in 1991 at the University of Saskatchewan, Secretary-General from 1968-80 of Amnesty International, and younger brother of David

Rebellion Beer Company

It was founded in 1993 by two former students of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, and is now brewing around 125 barrels per week, serving over 200 pubs in a 30 mile radius of Marlow.

Robert Mark

He was educated at William Hulme's Grammar School, where he was undistinguished academically, but became captain of rugby and head prefect.

Roy Alon

Born in Otley, near Leeds, during his 36-year career he appeared in over 1,000 films including the James Bond and Superman films.

Samuel Lodge

The Rev. Samuel Lodge (11 February 1829 – 5 September 1897) was the author of Scrivelsby, the Home of the Champions He was a headmaster of Horncastle Grammar School, Lincolnshire, rector for 30 years of Scrivelsby in Lincolnshire, and a Canon of Lincoln Cathedral.

Skyrack

The Lower Division included the parishes of Aberford, Bardsey, Barwick-in-Elmet, Kippax, Thorner, Whitkirk and part of Harewood, while the Upper Division included the parishes of Adel, Bingley, Guiseley and parts of Harewood, Ilkley and Otley.

St Cyprian's Grammar School, Kimberley

In 2012 the St Cyprian's Grammar School Choir, accompanied by strings and continuo, gave performances, in the cathedral, of Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria.

St John's Grammar School

It operates from three campuses; the Junior School is adjacent to Belair National Park and the Belair railway station, the Early Learning Centre is opposite the Junior School, and the Secondary School, set up in 1998, occupies the site of the former Retreat House and St Barnabas Theological College.

St Mary's Grammar School

Student who excel in the various activities get to win prizes which are always linked to the Irish Language, such as Gael Linn or Foras na Gaeilge merchandise.

Jim Eastwood - one of the final four contestants in the 7th UK series of The Apprentice

St Patrick's Grammar School, Downpatrick

In the area of Performing Arts, the school has brought a number of productions to fruition over the years, the most recent being Philadelphia, Here I Come! and The Phantom of the Opera.

St Saviour's Grammar School

On May 16, 1562 the parishioners paid £42 for a thousand-year lease from Matthew Smith on a building associated with the Green Dragon Inn, which had previously been owned by Lady Cobham.

St. Bede's Grammar School

Mike Hellawell, footballer, played two international games for England in 1962

St. Patrick's Grammar School, Armagh

Furthermore, in 2005, the school was among the first in Northern Ireland to boast Class Room 2000 (C2K) technologies with every classroom containing an interactive Promethean whiteboard, a data projector (with television and DVD capabilities) and a networked computer with access to the Internet, e-mail and assorted educational software and resources.

Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir

Her many significant roles at the National include Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady by Lerner and Loewe and Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, also contributing to several stage productions of comedy and farce, such Ray Cooney’s Two for One and in Michael Frayn's Noises Off as the misfortunate actress Dotty Otley.

Tim Downie

He appeared as the Duke Of Gloucester in the 2010 83rd Academy Awards-winning film The King's Speech.

Tim Marshall

Marshall was educated at Prince Henry's Grammar School, a former state grammar school in the market town of Otley, in Leeds,West Yorkshire.

White City, Gloucester

The estate was formally opened by the Duke of Gloucester, in a tree-planting ceremony held on 14 July 1928.

William Mitchell Acworth

For eighteen months after his graduation he worked in Germany as English tutor to Prince Wilhelm and Prince Henry of Prussia, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II and his brother.

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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