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Wellington College is a private (English fee-charging) boarding and day school in the village of Crowthorne, Berkshire, England. Wellington is a registered charity [ 1 ] and currently educates roughly 1,100 pupils aged between 13 and 18. [ 2 ]
This is a category of alumni of Wellington College, Berkshire, England, known as "Old Wellingtonians". The abbreviation OW is sometimes used to indicate this.
Crowthorne is a village and civil parish in the Bracknell Forest district of southeastern Berkshire, England. [3] It had a population of 7,806 at the 2021 census. [1]Crowthorne is the location of Wellington College, a large co-educational boarding and day independent school, which opened in 1859, and of Broadmoor Hospital, one of England's three maximum-security psychiatric hospitals, which ...
The road leads from the ridges in the west toward Wellington College in Crowthorne to the east. [4] The road's construction was initiated by John Walter from Bearwood House , [ 3 ] some 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) to the north-west.
Wellington College, a fictional liberal arts college, setting of the 2005 novel On Beauty by Zadie Smith Wellington College, Berkshire , an independent school in Crowthorne, Berkshire, England Wellington College International Shanghai
Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Loch, Director of Anti-Aircraft and Coastal Defence (1939–1941), Master-General of Ordnance, India (1944–1947), and head of the board of governors at Wellington Major-General George Erroll Prior-Palmer , General Officer Commanding, 6th Armoured Division [ 8 ]
The college also contributed £500 towards the cost of building the station, which was originally named "Wellington College for Crowthorne". This name remained until 17 June 1928, when it was renamed "Crowthorne". The old name board remained until World War II, though, when it was removed to prevent invading parachutists knowing where they were.
He was educated at Wellington College, a private school in Crowthorne, Berkshire. [3] He attended New College, Oxford , where he studied classics, ancient history and philosophy. [ 4 ]