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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 .
Howe was educated first at Harrow School, where he gave early signs of what was to be a lifelong interest in the stage and the turf. He matriculated at The Queen's College, Oxford , on 29 October 1772, but left without a degree after three years' residence, and took up residence at his mother's house at Ipswich.
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]
The Shakespeare productions became an annual tradition at Harrow, and between 1941 and 1964, [3] Watkins staged 21 plays. One of those whose performances he directed was Robin Butler , who after playing the Duke of Kent in a schoolboy production of King Lear in 1956, went on to achieve wider fame as the United Kingdom's top civil servant.
Hampton School founded by Robert Hammond. 1558 – 25 May: Enfield Grammar School is founded, incorporating an earlier endowment. 1559 15 January: Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. [50] New Custom House is built. [67] The predecessor of the private banking house of Child & Co., which will still exist in the 21st century ...
Burford School is established in Oxfordshire. 1572. 13 February – Harrow School is founded by local landowner John Lyon under royal charter. [9] May – Hexhamshire is annexed to Northumberland. 2 June – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, is executed for treason for his part in the Ridolfi plot to restore Catholicism in England. [10]
He was born in the parish of St Andrew Holborn, London, in 1657. [1] He was educated at Harrow School and Caius College, Cambridge, where he took his B.A. degree in 1679. [2]
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