Cheam School
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| Cheam School | |
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| Location | |
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, RG19 8LD England | |
| Coordinates | 51°21′13″N 1°15′28″W / 51.35364°N 1.25764°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent preparatory school |
| Motto | omnia caritate |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican |
| Established | 1645 |
| Founder | George Aldrich |
| Department for Education URN | 116520 Tables |
| Headmaster | William Phelps |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 2 to 13 |
| Enrolment | 428 as of February 2016[update] |
| Houses | Aldrich, Beck, Gilpin, Tabor |
| Colour(s) | Red and Blue |
| Website | www |
Cheam School is a mixed preparatory school located in Headley, in the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley in Hampshire. Orginally a boys school, Cheam was founded in 1645 by George Aldrich.
History
The school started in Cheam, Surrey, and moved to the present site (previously a country house known as Beenham Court) on the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire, in 1934, when the Surrey area was developing from a quiet village to a busy suburb. The school has occupied its present home with nearly 100 acres (40 ha) of grounds, since then. Just before the move, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was a pupil there. His son, King Charles III, was later a pupil at the school.
Present day
There are four houses (known as divisions): Aldrich (yellow), Beck (green), Gilpin (red), and Tabor (blue). The school colours are red and blue.
The headmaster, Martin Harris, was placed in post in 2016. Cheam educates both boys and girls between the ages of three and thirteen and takes day-pupils as well as boarders.
Headmasters
- 1645–1685: George Aldrich
- 1685–1701: Henry Day
- 1701–1711: Robert LLoyd
- 1711–1739: Daniel Sanxay
- 1739–1752 James Sanxay
- 1752–1777: William Gilpin[1]
- 1777–1805: James Wilding
- 1805– ?: Joseph Wilson
- 1826–1846: Charles Mayo
- 1856–1890: Robert Tabor
- 1891–1920: Arthur Tabor
- 1921–1947: Harold Taylor
- 1947–1963: Peter Beck[2]
- 1963–1971: Michael Stannard
- 1972–1985: Michael Wheeler
- 1985–1998: Christopher Evers
- 1998–2016: Mark Johnson
- 2021-2022: Tom Haigh
- 2022- present: William Phelps
Notable alumni
- Charles III, King of the United Kingdom
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister, 1801–1804
- Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
- Lord Berners, painter and composer
- Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley, England's first Ashes winning captain
- Hugh Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1882–1885
- Randolph Churchill, minister and father of Winston Churchill
- Robert S. de Ropp researcher and writer
- Digby Mackworth Dolben, poet
- Reginald Drax, admiral
- Henry Carey Druce, British army officer, SAS[3]
- William Fletcher rower
- William Gilpin (priest), headmaster, 1752–1777
- Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, Lord Chancellor
- Yeshwantrao Holkar II, the last Maharaja of Indore, 1926-1947
- Aubrey Hopwood, lyricist and novelist
- Ronald Hopwood, British naval officer and poet
- Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, footballer and banker
- Leonora MacKinnon, fencer for team Canada in the 2012 London Olympics
- Clements Robert Markham, explorer and Royal Geographical Society president
- Jake Meyer, Seven Summits mountaineer
- John Michell, writer and esotericist[4]
- Sukhumbhand Paribatra, 15th Governor of Bangkok
- Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer
- Harry Prendergast, Victoria Cross recipient
- Charles Younger, Scottish cricketer[5]
See also
Notes
- ^ "William Gilpin 1724-1804". Hantsweb. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "PETER BECK Headmaster who caned Prince Charles — twice" (obituary) in The Times dated 4 June 2002, p. 27, from The Times Digital Archive, accessed 16 September 2013
- ^ "Obituary for Henry Carey Druce, Old Shirburnian Society website". 13 November 2008. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ Screeton, Paul (2010). John Michell: From Atlantis To Avalon. Avebury: Heart of Albion Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-905646-16-6.
- ^ "Younger, Charles Frearson". www.winchestercollegeatwar.com. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
