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Wikipedia / Cheam School

Cheam School is a mixed preparatory school located in Headley, in the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley in Hampshire. Originally a boys school, Cheam was founded in 1645 by George Aldrich.

History

The school started in Cheam, Surrey.

In the 19th century, the school was strictly for the sons of gentlemen only. One boy had to leave when his father was found to be a tradesman, with a shop in London selling cutlery.

In 1934 the school moved to its present site on the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire, previously a country house known as Beenham Court, when its part of Surrey was developing from a quiet village into a busy suburb. The school has occupied its present home, with nearly of grounds, since then.

Just before the move, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was a pupil there. His son, the future 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.

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

  • 1777–1805: William Gilpin (1757-1848)

  • 1805– ?: Joseph Wilson

  • 1826–1846: Charles Mayo

  • 1856–1890: Robert Tabor

  • 1891–1920: Arthur Tabor

  • 1921–1947: Harold Taylor

  • 1947–1963: Peter Beck

  • 1963–1971: Michael Stannard

  • 1972–1985: Michael Wheeler

  • 1985–1998: Christopher Evers

  • 1998–2016: Mark Johnson

  • 2016–2021: Martin Harris

  • 2021–2022: Tom Haigh (acting)

  • 2022–2024: William Phelps

  • 2024– : Nick Milbank

Notable alumni

  1. In alphabetical order:

  2. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister, 1801–1804

  3. Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe

  4. Lord Berners, painter and composer

  5. Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley, England's first Ashes winning captain

  6. Christopher Bulstrode, Orthopedic surgeon and author

  7. Charles III, King of the United Kingdom and head of the Commonwealth.

  8. Hugh Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1882–1885

  9. Randolph Churchill, minister and father of Winston Churchill

  10. Robert S. de Ropp researcher and writer

  11. Digby Mackworth Dolben, poet

  12. Reginald Drax, admiral

  13. Henry Carey Druce, British army officer, SAS

  14. William Fletcher rower

  15. William Gilpin (priest), headmaster, 1752–1777

  16. Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, Lord Chancellor

  17. Yeshwantrao Holkar II, the last Maharaja of Indore, 1926-1947

  18. Aubrey Hopwood, lyricist and novelist

  19. Ronald Hopwood, British naval officer and poet

  20. Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, footballer and banker

  21. Mark Lemon (1809–1870), founding editor of Punch and The Field

  22. Leonora MacKinnon, fencer for team Canada in the 2012 London Olympics

  23. Clements Robert Markham, explorer and Royal Geographical Society president

  24. Jake Meyer, Seven Summits mountaineer

  25. John Michell, writer and esotericist

  26. John MacLeod of MacLeod, 29th Chief of Clan MacLeod

  27. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II

  28. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, 15th Governor of Bangkok

  29. Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer

  30. Harry Prendergast, Victoria Cross recipient

  31. Charles Younger, Scottish cricketer

See also

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