Eastbourne College
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| Motto | Ex Oriente Salus (Haven to the East, another name for a haven being a bourne... therefore a 19th century play on words.... Eastbourne) |
| Established | 1867 |
| Type | Public school |
| Headmaster | Simon P Davies MA |
| Chairman of the College Council | Admiral Sir Ian Forbes KCB CBE |
| Founders | Seventh Duke of Devonshire and other prominent Eastbourne citizens |
| Location | Old Wish Road Eastbourne East Sussex BN21 4JY England |
| LEA | East Sussex County Council |
| Ofsted number | SC050547 |
| Staff | 68 |
| Students | 609 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 13 to 18 |
| Houses | Day Houses: Blackwater; Craig; Powell; Reeves; Watt Boarding Houses: Wargrave; Pennell; Gonville; Nugent; School |
| Former pupils | Old Eastbournians |
| Website | www.eastbourne-college.co.uk |
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Eastbourne College is a British co-educational independent day/boarding school for children aged 13-18, situated on the south coast of England. The College's current headmaster is Simon Davies. The College was founded by the Duke of Devonshire and other prominent Eastbourne citizens in 1867 and has been growing ever since. While the College began as an all-boys' school it has in the last 20 years become co-educational.
The College is located in the Lower Meads area of Eastbourne, in a mainly residential area. Most of the school buildings are on a central campus area but many others are scattered in the immediate vicinity.
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[edit] Sports
As at many other independent schools, sports are taken very seriously at Eastbourne College and throughout the years it has produced many successful teams. Sports are played at the many facilities around the college (including College Field which has been used for training by teams such as South Africa upon arrival in the UK and some internationals) and at various locations around the town acquired by the college. Mark Lock plays rugby for Leeds Tykes having previously won the Premiership with Wasps, Hugo Southwell for Scotland. Will Green played for Wasps when he won the premiership along with Mark Lock before moving onto Ireland.
At the College, each term consists of one main sport.
| Term | Boys | Girls |
|---|---|---|
| Michaelmas | Rugby union | Field Hockey |
| Lent | Field Hockey | Netball |
| Summer | Cricket | Tennis |
However there are also alternative sports, such as cross country, swimming, golf, squash, rowing, sailing & rugby fives.
[edit] Eastbourne College Houses
- Day Houses
- Blackwater (Girls)
- Craig (Boys)
- Powell (Boys)
- Reeves (Boys)
- Watt (Girls)
- Boarding Houses
- Pennell (Boys)
- Gonville (Boys)
- Wargrave (Boys)
- Nugent (Girls)
- School (Girls)
[edit] Notable Old Eastbournians
- Olav Bjortomt, World Quiz Champion 2003, writes quizzes in The Times newspaper
- N R T Brown, Cricketer for Gnomes Cricket Club, Sydney Australia
- Sir Hugh Casson, architect
- Aleister Crowley, occultist and mystic
- Michael Fish, weather forecaster
- Ed Giddins, cricketer
- Will Green, rugby player
- Phil Hammond, doctor and comedian
- Charles Hedley, naturalist
- Bob Holness, presenter and musician
- David Howell, Chess Grandmaster
- Eddie Izzard, comedian
- Mark Lock, rugby player
- Ruari McLean, designer
- Ian Mortimer, historian and historical biographer
- Adam Mynott, BBC journalist[1]
- Michael Praed, actor
- Charles Rivett-Carnac Commissioner of Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- David Smith, historian and Fellow of Selwyn College, Cambridge
- Frederick Soddy, chemist and Nobel laureate
- Hugo Southwell, rugby player
- Edward Speleers, actor, played Eragon in the Inheritance trilogy, now starring in the ITV soap Echo Beach
- Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby, politician
- William Lloyd George, 3rd Viscount Tenby
- John Wells, satirist, co-author of the Dear Bill column in Private Eye
- Woodrow Wyatt, politician, journalist and diarist
- Royce Mills, actor
[edit] Military
- Major-General Hugh Prince
- General David Richards, commander of international forces in Afghanistan
[edit] Victoria Cross Holders
Two Old Eastbournians have won the Victoria Cross:[2]
- Victoria Cross
- Tirah Campaign, India
- Captain Henry Singleton Pennell VC. He was a Lieutenant when he performed the act for which he received the VC.
- First World War
- Group Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees VC OBE MC AFC RAF. He was a Major when he performed the act for which he received the VC.
- Tirah Campaign, India
[edit] Notable staff or former staff
[edit] The Link to Radley College
The Second World War saw the evacuation of Eastbourne College to Radley, and the plaque with its generous inscription commemorating this move and referring to "sympathy... and easy comradeship" has long been a significant feature of the Radley's Chapel Cloister. The Warden at the time, J C Vaughan Wilkes, was a son of the proprietors of St Cyprian's prep school with which Eastbourne College long had close connections. After the war, the College acquired St Cyprian's playing fields and the Memorial Gates were installed at the entrance.
At the turn of the millennium the Arnold Embellishers, a society of friends of Eastbourne College, decided that there should be a similar memorial in Eastbourne itself, and on Sunday 23rd June 2002, in a short ceremony introduced by Eastbourne's Headmaster, Charles Bush and Angus McPhail unveiled a plaque in their own Cloisters. The inscription reads "In memory of those who made it possible to survive the Second World War by taking us to Radley College and, when peace returned, bringing us safely home, under the leadership of the Headmaster Francis John Nugee MA". Many of the headmasters of Eastbourne College were Radley boys.
In celebration of the occasion the Radley Eastbourne cricket match was revived.
[edit] References
- ^ NewsWatch | Profiles | Adam Mynott
- ^ Webster F.A.M., (1937), Our Great Public Schools, (Butler & Tanner: London)
