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Harrow School (/ ˈ h ær oʊ /) [1] is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. [2] The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon , a local landowner and farmer, under a royal charter of Queen Elizabeth I .
The Grove (/ ð ə ˈ ɡ r ə ʊ v /), is a boarding house for Harrow School, in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. [1] The Grove was converted into a boarding house in 1820 and is a Grade II listed building. [2] It was constructed on the site of a rectory manor to St Mary's Church, Harrow on the Hill which was built around 1094. [3]
James Hare Walford (28 February 1838 – 16 August 1915) played in two cricket matches in 1860 that have since been recognised as having been first-class: one each for the Cambridge University Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). [1] [2] He was born at Dallinghoo, Suffolk and died at Wandsworth, London.
Butler succeeded Charles Vaughan (priest) as headmaster of Harrow School from 1860 to 1885, following in his father's footsteps. In this capacity he influenced many young people, including Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister), Lord Davidson (Archbishop of Canterbury), John Galsworthy of the Forsyte Saga, ten bishops including Bishop Gore, and many others who went on to become establishment figures.
This is a list of schools in the London Borough of Harrow, England. [1] State-funded schools. Primary schools ... Harrow High School; Hatch End High School; Nower ...
He was born in London on 27 February 1797. Educated at Harrow School, and sent abroad to learn languages, he became in 1816 attaché to the British legation at Stockholm, under Sir Edward Thornton. He was transferred to The Hague in 1818, and to Madrid in 1819.
His father was an enthusiastic amateur geologist, who sent in 1813 fossils from Shropshire to Arthur Aikin and the Geological Society of London via Thomas Dugard. Later he assisted Roderick Murchison with his research on the Silurian. [3] John Rocke was educated at Harrow School and next at Trinity College, Cambridge. [4]
Edward Monro (1815–1866) was an English priest, educator and religious writer. He was a defender of the Church of England and the founder of a Tractarian College. He was the incumbent of Harrow Weald from 1842 to 1860 and the Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Leeds, from 1860 to 1866.