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However, at Eton College and schools of similar standing, the recipient was made to kneel on a special wooden block. Another device used to immobilise offenders was a birching table, used in Scotland, with two holes in it through which the offender's arms were inserted but otherwise left free and untied. The offender's feet were tied into ...
John Keate, silhouette. John Keate (30 March 1773 – 5 March 1852) was an English schoolmaster, and Head Master of Eton College. [1]He was born at Wells, Somerset, the son of Prebendary William Keate, rector of Laverton, Somerset, and brother of Robert Keate FRCS (1777–1857), Serjeant-Surgeon to King William IV and Queen Victoria.
Eton College (/ ˈ iː t ən / ⓘ EE-tən) [3] is a public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys aged 13–18, in Eton, Berkshire, England.It has educated prime ministers, world leaders, Nobel laureates, Academy Award and BAFTA award-winning actors, and generations of the aristocracy, and has been referred to as "the nurse of England's statesmen". [4]
This is a list of Old Etonians (former pupils of Eton College) who are notable because of their time in any of the armed services, whether those of the United Kingdom and its predecessor states (England, Scotland, Ireland and Great Britain), or of other countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth such as Australia, New Zealand, and British India, or of foreign countries.
The Museum of Eton Life features artifacts and memorabilia about the history and traditions of Eton College and its students since the school's founding in 1440. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Displays include famous Etonians, studies, games including the Eton Wall Game , punishment, uniforms and other customs.
Joynes taught at Eton College from 1849 to 1887, becoming Lower Master in 1878. [3] Among his pupils were A. C. Swinburne, [5] Sidney Herbert, Lord Kinnaird, and the Duke of Argyll. [6] His pupils used the nicknames "Jimmy" [7] or "old Jimmy" to affectionately refer to him. [8] He was notorious for his use of flogging and birching to discipline ...
Toggle the table of contents. ... The following notable old boys of Eton College were born in the 15th, ... (1648–1733), Provost of Eton, 1695–1707, 1726–1733, ...
Anthony Chenevix-Trench (10 May 1919 – 21 June 1979) was a British schoolteacher, classics scholar and alleged child sexual abuser. [1] He was born in British India, educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford, and served in the Second World War as an artillery officer with British Indian units in Malaya.