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12 unusual facts about Westminster School


Casuals F.C.

The club was formed in 1883, and was originally made up of players exclusively of the old boys of Eton School, Westminster School and Charterhouse School but were quickly expanded to included players from all Universities and public schools.

Edmund Goodenough

At an early age he was sent to Westminster School, where in 1797, when only twelve years old, he was elected into college.

Henry Felton

His earliest education was at Chenies in Buckinghamshire; he moved to Westminster School under Richard Busby, and then to Charterhouse School, where he became a private pupil of Dr. Thomas Walker, the head-master.

Herbert Mackworth

He was the son of Sir Humphrey Mackworth of Gnoll, Glamorganshire, MP for Cardiganshire and was educated at Westminster School, Magdalen College, Oxford and the Inner Temple.

James Smith-Stanley, Lord Strange

He attended Westminster School where he was friends with the future soldier and politician John Burgoyne who later married his sister.

Lewis De Visme

Lewis was educated initially at Westminster School in London before entering Christ Church College, Oxford, where he graduated as Bachelor of Arts in 1743 and Master of Arts in 1746.

Marion railway station

The station is situated a short walk from the corner of Marion Road and Daws Road, next to Westminster School and between Farne and Minchinbury Terraces.

The underpass is proposed for the northern end of the station in order to avoid storm water infrastructure at the southern end of the station, placing it closer to Marion Road and further from nearby Westminster School.

Millicent Fawcett

The hall is currently owned by Westminster School and is the location of its drama department, incorporating a 150-seat studio theatre.

Patrick Ruthven, 3rd Lord Ruthven

However, as a strong Protestant and a supporter of the Lords of the Congregation, he signed the Treaty of Berwick in 1560, and sent his son Archibald as a hostage to England and Westminster School.

Philip Bouquett

Bouquett was from La Rochelle in France and sent as a refugee to be educated at Westminster School.

Toby Esterhase

At the time of Tinker, Tailor, Esterhase has a son at Westminster and a daughter at medical school.


Andrew Burnaby

The younger Burnaby attended Westminster School, and then Queens' College, Cambridge, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1754 and his Master's degree in 1757.

Busby

Possibly the name's original sense of a "busby wig" came from association with Dr Richard Busby, headmaster of Westminster School in the late seventeenth century; the later

Core Knowledge

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David Stancliffe

The son of the former Dean of Winchester, the Very Revd Michael Stancliffe, who was himself ordained at Salisbury Cathedral, Stancliffe was born in 1942 in Devizes, Wiltshire, where his father was curate of St James' Southbroom, later serving at Ramsbury and Cirencester before becoming Chaplain to Westminster School.

Henry James Johnson

Johnson was born 21 December 1924 then educated at Westminster School and was there at the same time as Tony Benn.

John Traill Christie

John Traill Christie (18 October 1899 – 8 September 1980) was headmaster of Repton School (1932–37) and Westminster School (1937–50), before becoming Principal of Jesus College, Oxford (1949–67).

Royal College

Although many institutions are formally Royal Colleges, such as the three royal public schools of Westminster, Winchester and Eton, the phrase "The Royal Colleges" is commonly applied to the medical institutions, such as the Royal College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Physicians, and the Royal College of Nursing and similar institutions in Australia, Canada, and elsewhere.

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.

Samuel Slade

Slade was educated at St Peter's College, Westminster and elected to Christ Church, Oxford University in 1789, where he received his Doctorate of Divinity.

Sir Archibald Macdonald, 1st Baronet

Archibald Macdonald was the posthumous son of Sir Alexander Macdonald, 7th Baronet, and younger brother of the 8th baronet (see Baron Macdonald), but was bought to England in the aftermath of Culloden to complete his education at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.

Sir Thomas Aylesbury, 1st Baronet

From Westminster School Aylesbury passed in 1598 to Christ Church, Oxford, where he took the degrees of B.A. and M.A. in 1602 and 1605 respectively.

Tom Hodgkinson

Hodgkinson was born in Newcastle, England, and educated at Westminster School and Jesus College, Cambridge, during which time he played the bass guitar in the Stupids-influenced thrash band Chopper.

Tom Utley

He went to Westminster School and to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University.

Victoria, London

Three notable schools are closest to the Victoria neighbourhood, Westminster City School for Boys and Grey Coat Hospital for Girls, as well the independent Westminster School at Deans Yard near Westminster Abbey.

Walpole Vidal

Vidal was born at Cornborough House, Abbotsham near Bideford, Devon, England, and educated at Westminster School, being Captain of School and of the School's football and cricket XIs when he left in 1872.