Stonyhurst College
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| Stonyhurst College Collegium Saxysilvanum |
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Quant Je Puis
(French: "As much as I can") |
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| Clitheroe, Lancashire, England | |
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| Headmaster | Mr. Andrew Johnson |
| Type | Independent, Catholic (Jesuit) |
| School Colour(s) | green and white |
| Established | 1593 (Spanish Netherlands); 1794 (England) |
| Preparatory School | Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall |
| Patron Saint | Aloysius Gonzaga SJ |
| Sister Schools | St Peter’s Kubatana, Zimbabwe; FAITH School, Liverpool |
| Homepage | www.stonyhurst.ac.uk |
Stonyhurst College is an independent, Roman Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. It is located on the Stonyhurst Estate near Clitheroe in rural Lancashire, and occupies a Grade I listed building. [1]
The school was founded in 1593 by Father Robert Persons S.J. at St Omer in Flanders, at a time when penal laws prohibited Catholic education in England. It relocated to Stonyhurst Hall in 1794, having moved already to Bruges in 1762 and Liege in 1773.[2] Today the school provides boarding and day education to approximately four hundred and fifty boys and girls aged 13-18, whilst on an adjacent site, St. Mary's Hall, provides education for boys and girls aged 3-13.[3]
Under the motto "Quant Je Puis", As Much As I can, the school combines academic development with a range of extra-curricular activities. The spiritual plays an important role in College life, with emphasis on both prayer and service, according to the Jesuit philosophy of creating Men and Women for Others.[4]
Its alumni/ae include three Saints,[5] twelve Beati,[6] twenty-two martyrs,[7] seven archbishops, seven Victoria Cross winners and a number of renowned writers, sportsmen, politicians, and European royals.[8]
[edit] History
[edit] Stonyhurst Hall
The earliest Deed concerning the "Stanihurst" dates from 1200 A.D. and can now be found in the Arundell Library in the College, whilst the earliest evidence of a building on the site is from 1372 when John de Bayley was licensed to have an oratory there.[9] The oldest portion of the extant buildings was completed by Bayley's descendents, the Shireburn family.[10] Richard Shireburn began building the Hall, whilst his grandson Nicholas extended it, constructing the ponds, avenue and gardens. Upon his death, the estate passed to his wife and then to their sole heir, Mary, the Duchess of Norfolk. In 1754, it was inherited by her cousin Thomas Weld of Lulworth. An old boy of the school when it was at Liege, he donated the buildings, with thirty acres of land, in 1794 to the Society of Jesus.[11]
See also: Stonyhurst Estate
[edit] The College
The story of the school starts at St Omer in what was then the Spanish Low Countries in 1593, where a college was founded by Father Robert Parsons for English boys, unable to receive a Catholic education in Elizabethan England. As such it was one of a number of expatriate English schools operating on the European mainland. In 1762, the Jesuits were forced to flee and re-settled at Bruges. In 1773, the school moved again to Liege, before making its final move to Stonyhurst in 1794.
During the nineteenth century, the College flourished as the headquarters of the English Jesuits, a school, and meteorological station. The most significant changes to the buildings were made in the 1880s when the Old Playground Front was demolished and replaced with the West Front. The twentieth century saw a decline in the number of Jesuits, the closure of the seminary at Saint Mary's Hall and the demise of the philosopher gentlemen. Physical development continued, with the completion of a new wing in the 1960s, new science buildings in the 1950s and 1960s, a new swimming pool in the 1980s and the refurbishment of existing areas throughout the 1990s to the present. The school became fully co-educational in 1999.[12]
- See also: College of St Omer
[edit] Hodder Place, St Mary's Hall & Hodder House
The original preparatory school to Stonyhurst, Hodder Place, came into the hands of the Jesuits as part of the estate donated by alumnus Thomas Weld. When the Jesuit order was re-established at Stonyhurst in 1803 it was used as a novitiate. Four years later it became the preparatory school to the College.
St Mary's Hall, on an adjoining site to Stonyhurst, was built as a Jesuit Seminary in 1828 (extended in the 1850s). The poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, and John Tolkien, son of J. R. R. Tolkien, trained as priests there. It ceased to be a seminary in 1926, when the seminarians moved to Heythrop Hall.[13] During the War, the English College occupied the Hall. After their return to Rome, St Mary's Hall opened as a middle school in 1946. At the same time, Hodder Place continued to educate those aged eight to eleven, until its closure and conversion into flats in 1970. Hodder Place pupils then moved up to St Mary's Hall to form Hodder Playroom. As successor to Hodder Place, St Mary's Hall has a claim to be the oldest surviving preparatory school in Britain.[14]
In 2004, the old gymnasium at St Mary's Hall was converted into new nursery and infant facilities named Hodder House, for those aged three to seven, making it now possible for a pupil to spend fifteen years in education at Stonyhurst.
[edit] Religious life
The school is Roman Catholic and has had a significant place in English Catholic history for many centuries (including more chequered moments such as the Popish Plot and Gunpowder Plot conspiracies). In 1803 the Society of Jesus was re-established in Britain at Stonyhurst and the school became the headquarters of the English Province. Until the 1920s Jesuit priests were trained on site in what is today the preparatory school. The school continues to place Catholicism and Jesuit philosophy at its core.
[edit] The Jesuit tradition
In 1803, the Society of Jesus was re-established in the United Kingdom at Stonyhurst. Throughout the nineteenth century the College was the headquarters of the English Province. A decline in the number of Jesuits during the twentieth century has seen the transition from a Jesuit staff to an almost entirely lay make-up, with a small community of Jesuits now living in what was the Old Infirmary. Nevertheless, the Jesuit ethos pervades every aspect of school life.[15] The school's patron saint is Aloysius Gonzaga.
[edit] Jesuit ethos
The Jesuit ethos consists of three principal strands:
- Creating men and women for others
- Ignatian spirituality
- Development of Reasoning Skills
Under the first, pupils are encouraged to play an active role in charity and voluntary work: students run their own charity, "Learning to Care", and organise a holiday week for the care of disabled and disadvantaged children during the summer. Under the second, the school strives to advance the spiritual well-being of its pupils with annual retreats, daily prayer and meditations. Under the third, the school seeks to educate principled individuals of good judgement, who put their faith at the forefront of their actions.
- See also: Charities of Stonyhurst College
[edit] Chapels
The school has one main church, St Peter's, and five chapels: The Boys' (College Chapel), Angels, the St Aloysius Chapel and the St Ignatius Chapel, both within the towers of St Peter's Church, and the Sodality. The latter is the home of the remains of third century Roman convert Saint Gordianus. His bones have rested beneath the altar since 1859, having travelled with the Jesuits from the College of St Omer. He was temporarily removed again in 2006 whilst the chapel underwent restoration, but has since been returned.[16] [17] The Chapel is once again used by the re-established Sodality.
[edit] Traditions
It is a long-standing practice that pupils write A.M.D.G. in the top left hand corner of any piece of work they do. It stands for the Latin phrase Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam which means For the Greater Glory of God. At the end of a piece of work they write L.D.S. in the centre of the page. It stands for Laus Deo Semper which means Praise to God Always. These are both traditional Jesuit mottoes.
A distinguishing feature of Stonyhurst is the singing of the Pater Noster, the "Lord's Prayer" in Latin. It is sung at mass, and has been adopted as an anthem by the school's sports teams.
[edit] Charitable status
As a registered charity, Stonyhurst is obliged to provide benefits to the wider community. As such, the College is home to the local parish Church, which receives worshippers from Hurst Green on a daily basis.[18] Its sports facilities, including the swimming pool and all-weather pitch are available for public use; the latter will be used for competitors training for the London 2012 Olympic Games.[19] Much of the estate has public access; in particular the gardens welcome visitors during the summer months, with refreshments served from the tea house, whilst the College plays host to tours, antiques fairs, food festivals, music concerts, conferences and weddings.[20] The school has a relationship with a number of state schools, arranging shared activities with its pupils, in particular those serving special needs children.[21] In addition, the school makes available a number of places to pupils offered on scholarship, bursaries or free of charge; almost a third of current pupils receive financial support for their places at the school.[22]
- See also: Charities of Stonyhurst College
[edit] Motto
Quant Je Puis — As Much as I Can The French motto is central to the ethos of the school, which focusses upon the all-round development of the individual.[23] It is inherited from the Shireburn family who once owned the original mansion on the site; the family emblem is emblazoned, in stone, with the motto, above the fireplace in the Top Refectory.[24] At the far end of the same room, once the dining room of the Shireburns, the motto can be seen again, carved into the minstrel's gallery: Quant Je Puis. Hugo Sherburn armig. me fieri fecit. Anno Domini 1523. Et sicut fuit sic fiat. [25]
[edit] Academic
Academic standards are high at Stonyhurst College. The school prides itself on a dedicated and able teaching staff and benefits from small classes, sometimes with as few as three or four pupils. Current headmaster, Andrew Johnson, has made academic improvements central to his ambitions for the school. Each pupil has weekly meetings with a personal tutor who oversees their academic performance. Most leavers go on to attain places at reputable universities, with a small proportion admitted to Oxford and Cambridge (10% in recent years). In some years the school, on a point of principle, has declined to publish its examination results, although this policy has since been revoked.[26]
Ten GCSEs are usually taken by each pupil, consisting of five compulsory subjects (Religious Studies, Mathematics, English Language and Literature, and French) plus Information Technology and Personal, Social Education, with five other options from humanities, sciences, or arts subjects. In Poetry (lower sixth), four or five AS-Levels are taken from a choice of 25 subjects, with a weekly Theology class. One of these may be dropped and the remainder, or all, taken on to A-Level. Six A* - C grades are the requirement for Sixth Form entry.[27] Each academic department has dedicated teaching rooms around the school, in addition to the general classrooms and playroom study centres.
[edit] Libraries and collections
[edit] Libraries
Stonyhurst College has four main libraries: the Arundell, the Bay, the Square and the More (dedicated to Saint Thomas More).
The More Library is the main library for students whilst the 'House Libraries' (the Arundell, the Bay, and the Square) contain many artefacts from the Society of Jesus and English Catholicism. The Arundell Library, presented in 1837 by Everard, 11th Baron Arundell of Wardour, is the most significant. It is not only a country-house library from Wardour Castle but also has a notable collection of incunabula, medieval manuscripts and volumes of Jacobite interest. Signal among its books associated with historical figures is Queen Mary's Book of Hours which belonged to Mary Tudor and is thought to have been given by Mary Queen of Scots to her chaplain on the scaffold. The M.S. Le Livre de Seyntz Medicines was written in 1354 by Henry, Duke of Lancaster. To these were added the archives of the English Province of the Society of Jesus. These included 16th-century manuscript verses by St Robert Southwell, the letters of St Edmund Campion (1540-81) and holographs of the 19th-century poet Gerard Manley Hopkins. The Arundell Library held the seventh century Stonyhurst Gospel of St John, before it was loaned to the British Library. There is also a first folio of Shakespeare.
[edit] Collections
Among those collections kept away from public view are the numerous blood-soaked garments from Jesuits martyred in Japan, the ropes used to quarter Saint Edmund Campion, and a thorn said to be from the crown of thorns placed upon Jesus' head at the crucifixion.
The school has a number of fine paintings, including a portrait of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and another of the Jesuit Henry Garnet. In the Stuart Parlour are portraits of a number of Jacobites including James Francis Edward Stuart, and his sons Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict Stuart. There are also several original engravings by Rembrandt and Dürer.
The Stonyhurst Chronicles of Jean Froissart, captured at the Battle of Agincourt in 1415 are currently on loan to the Royal Armouries in Leeds, where they are the centre-piece of a new exhibition.[28]
[edit] The Observatory
The school has a functioning observatory, built in 1866 and supervised at present by Classics and Astronomy teacher, Fintan O' Reilly. Some students can take GCSE Astronomy, but access is occasionally permissible for others. The original observatory, built as a meteorological station in 1838, is now the tea house in the gardens. It was one of seven important stations in the country when the Meteorological Office came under the auspices of the Royal Society. It was maintained by the astronomer priests, Frs Weld, Perry and Sidgreaves whose research included astronomy, geomagnetrometry and seismology. Sir Edward Sabine chose the observatory as one of his main stations when conducting a magnetic survey of Britain in 1858. Five years later Fr Sidgreaves began the first series of monthly geometric observations, which continued until May 1919.[29] During the course of the twentieth century, the observatory fell out of use and its telescope, parts of which dated to the 1860s, was sold after the Second World War. When its private owner came to sell it, the College was able to buy it back and restore it to its original home.[30]
[edit] The arts
[edit] Music, Drama, Art
Music plays a prominent role in school life. All those entering the school in Lower Grammar (year nine) are obliged to learn to play an orchestral instrument.[31] There are two choirs, the College Choir, which sings regularly as mass, the other, the Schola Cantorum is comprised of teachers and pupils and sings at concerts and public events, notably the May celebration in the College amphitheatre, which is mirrored on the May Day dawn chorus at Magdalen College, Oxford.[32] Pupils participate in the school orchestra and various bands, whilst the staff band is a notable feature of the Poetry Banquet and Rhetoric Ball.
Drama is equally important, with plays staged throughout the school year, the main performance being at Great Academies, whilst some students take Theatre Studies as an additional AS Level subject.[33] The College has a traditional theatre, the Academy Room, and a high-tech theatre built at Saint Mary's Hall as part of the Centenaries Appeal in 1993. The latter plays host to the annual Ribble Valley International Piano Week.[34] A number of former pupils have gone on to achieve success upon the stage, including OSCAR-winning actor and director Charles Laughton and BAFTA-winning director and producer Peter Glenville.
Art is an important part of the curriculum, and is compulsory for those in Lower Grammar (year nine). There is a dedicated art studio in addition to a separate design and technology centre. Student artwork is displayed on the walls of the Lower Gallery, including a portrait of the Queen painted by Isobel Bidwell during the Golden Jubilee year; upon receipt of a copy, the Queen's lady-in-waiting said that "The Queen was delighted to see the painting and know that it is on display in the school".[35]
[edit] Literary tradition
Stonyhurst has a long-standing literary tradition. The school's setting has provided inspiration for a string of poets and authors including former teacher Gerard Manley Hopkins, whose poems feature details of the local countryside and former pupil Sir Arthur Conan Doyle whose "Baskerville Hall" was modelled on Stonyhurst Hall, and who named Sherlock Holmes' nemesis, Moriarty, after a fellow pupil.[36] J.R.R. Tolkien wrote part of the Lord of the Rings in a classroom on the Upper Gallery during his stay at the College where his son taught Classics; his "Middle Earth" is said to resemble the local area, whilst there are specific resonances in names such as "Shire Lane", (the name of a road in Hurst Green) and the "River Shirebourn" (the Shireburns built Stonyhurst).[37] Poet Laureate Alfred Austin, and the poet Oliver St John Gogarty ("Stately plump Buck Mulligan" in James Joyce's Ulysses) were educated at the school, (as were the sons of Oscar Wilde and Evelyn Waugh).
The School runs its own publication company, St Omers Press, which publishes religious literature, and first began when the College was located at St Omer in Flanders.[38]
 Charles Laughton photographed by Carl Van Vechten |
 J.R.R. Tolkien in 1916 |
[edit] Sport
Pupils are required to participate in games on a regular basis. The school is most noted for rugby union but an array of sporting activities are on offer, and since turning fully co-educational, hockey and rounders have widened the sports programme.[39]
[edit] Stonyhurst R.U.F.C.
Rugby has played a big part in the life of the school, despite only supplanting football as the school's primary sport in 1921.[40] All boys are encouraged to play when they enter Lower Grammar but are not required to play throughout their time at the school. Stonyhurst has a successful rugby season, with games well supported by pupils, staff and parents. Sporting rivalry is particularly prominent against Ampleforth College and Sedbergh School. The Stonyhurst Sevens - the largest school sevens event in Britain - take place annually, attracting large crowds and numerous teams from all over the country.[41]
The school has produced fourteen international rugby players (England (5), Ireland (6), Italy (1), the USA (1) and the Bahamas (1)) as well as players for the Barbarians and the British and Irish Lions. Most recently they include Iain Balshaw and Kyran Bracken, who both played for England when they won the 2003 Rugby World Cup, whilst another member of that team, Will Greenwood, went to Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, where his mother taught mathematics until 2007.[42] Current pupils of the school have won places to represent Spain, the Irish Exiles, and the Welsh Exiles (under 19s).[43] A number of old boys have also played at varsity level and have won a blue for Oxford or Cambridge.[44][45]
Stonyhurst has had well known coaches, including former England coaches Dick Greenwood, and Brian Ashton who coached the first XV.[46]
[edit] Stonyhurst Football
Stonyhurst Football, inherited from the College of St Omer (along with Stonyhurst Cricket), was played between the handball walls on the Playground.[47] The game was discontinued with the advent of Association Football but was re-established in 1988 when a "Grand Match" was played at Great Academies. Traditionally a "Grand Match" was played on Shrove Tuesday and was the primary Stonyhurst Football match of the season. The teams were England vs France (although during the Crimean War England vs Russia was played and more recently England vs Ireland was played in the 1980's). The last game took place in 1995. [2]
[edit] Sporting facilities
- all-weather astro-turf sports pitch
- 9 hole golf course
- shooting range
- 2 ponds used for canoeing and fishing
- 25m swimming pool
- 2 squash courts
- 9 tennis courts
- 4 cricket pitches
- 8 rugby pitches
- 2 football pitches
- weight-training gymnasium
- 2 indoor sports halls (one at SMH)
- large estate used for cross-country, orienteering, clay-pigeon shooting and rambling
[edit] Rhetoric vs. Hodder cricket and rounders
Towards the end of the Summer Term each year, Rhetoric boys issue a challenge, written in Latin, to the boys in preparatory at Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, inviting them to compete in a cricket match. Preparatory respond in turn, also in Latin. The Rhetoricians take part wearing fancy dress, and are defeated by preparatory every year.[48] In 2003, the tradition was adopted by the girls who issued a Latin challenge to preparatory girls inviting them to compete at rounders. The Rhetoric girls are also defeated each year.
[edit] Military
[edit] OTC
The Stonyhurst Officer Training Corps assembled for the first time on Tuesday 16th October 1900, in the Ambulacrum, overseen by The First Volunteer Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment who gave instruction in drill and musketry. The original uniform was scarlet with a white piping and slouch hat, which was changed to khaki before the Great War. The Corps was granted the honour of representation at the Coronation of 1910 and sent members to the Royal Review at Windsor in 1911. It also appeared on parade annually for the spectacle of the Corpus Christi celebrations until the practice became obsolete after Vatican II.[49]
[edit] CCF
After the Second World War, school OTCs were succeeded by the Combined Cadet Force. Stonyhurst's is run from the College Armoury adjoining the Ambulacrum and Shooting Range, led by a team of officers under a Major assigned to the school. It meets weekly on a Thursday afternoon and comprises the following platoons named after Stonyhurst's seven Victoria Cross winners:
[edit] Junior company
- Costello Platoon (Lieutenant Edmund William COSTELLO V.C., Matakand, India 1897)
- Coury Platoon (Second Lieutenant George Gabriel COURY V.C., Guillemont, Somme 1916)
- Liddell Platoon (Captain John Aiden LIDDELL V.C, Ostend, Belgium 1915)
- Kenna Platoon (Captain Paul Aloysius KENNA V.C., Khartoum, Sudan 1898)
[edit] Senior company
- Dease Platoon (Lieutenant Maurice James DEASE V.C., Mons, Belgium 1914)
- Jackman Platoon (Captain James Joseph Bernard JACKMAN V.C., Ed Duda,Tobruk,1941)
- Andrews Platoon (Captain Harold Marcus ERVINE-ANDREWS V.C., Dunkirk 1940)
- Support Platoon
Those in Grammar Playroom (year ten) are automatically enrolled in the CCF and are given the option of continuing at the end of the year, following a summer camp which takes place at a local barracks. Training involves a range of activities such as drill (marching and related manoeuvres), shooting, learning how to assemble and clean weapons, tactical planning and team work. The school supplies pupils with uniform, the orderliness of which is rigorously enforced and inspected each week. Each platoon is lead by a Junior Under Officer, his sergeant and corporals who are sixth form students.
[edit] Military careers
In recent years, a number of pupils have distinguished themselves as members of the CCF and gone on to receive places at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[50][51][52] This follows a long tradition of service from Stonyhurst pupils. Many old boys were killed in the two World Wars and are commemorated on the war memorial at the end of the Upper Gallery. The Stonyhurst War Records were published in their honour. A memorial at the top of the main staircase records the names of the six O.S. killed in the Boer War.
See also: Stonyhurst military awards
[edit] School organisation
[edit] The playroom system
Unlike most English public schools, Stonyhurst is organised horizontally by year groups (known as playrooms) rather than vertically by houses, although the girls are also split into junior and senior houses. Each playroom has an assigned playroom master, with each cohort moving through the playrooms, having a sequence of playroom masters (rather than a single housemaster).
Currently, the College has the following playrooms, following the Roman order of learning:
- Lower Grammar Playroom ('LG' 13-14)
- Grammar Playroom (14-15)
- Syntax Playroom (15-16, GCSE Year)
- Poetry Playroom (16-17)
- Rhetoric Playroom (17-18)
See also: Playrooms at Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall
[edit] Lines
In addition to the horizontal division of the school into playrooms, there is also a vertical grouping which cuts through the year groups: the "lines". This system is used mostly for competitive purposes in sport and music. The Lines and colours are as follows:
- Campion (Red) (after St Edmund Campion)
- St Omers (Yellow, though Brown for sporting attire) (after St Omer, the town the school was founded in)
- Shireburn (Green) (after the Shireburn family which built Stonyhurst)
- Weld (Blue) (after Thomas Weld who donated Stonyhurst to the Jesuits)
[edit] Notable events in the school year
The Ascensio Scholarum is inherited from the College of St Omer. In its present form, it is the opening address of the headmaster at the beginning of the year to the entire school gathered in the Academy Room. Previously, it was a formal transition for pupils from one playroom to the next at the beginning of the year. It involved a pupil from each year announcing to the playroom of the year below them that the next playroom had been vacated by the senior pupils. The students and their belongings would then move up to their next playroom. This is how it acquired the name, "the ascension of the school".
Great Academies takes place annually at the end of the first half of the Summer Term. Although different in its present form, is a continuation of a tradition begun at St Omers, with the first taking place at Stonyhurst on 6th August 1795.[53] Today, it is an occasion when the school is on display - there are exhibitions, musical performances, the school play, sporting events, as well as prize-giving and the headmaster's speech. It culminates with the Rhetoric ball and Rhetoric mass the following morning.
See also: Events in the school year at Stonyhurst
[edit] Stonyhurst Association
After less formal arrangements had been made for many years, the Association was formed in 1879. Its primary objective is to foster a strong spirit of union amongst past pupils and friends of Stonyhurst, which has been achieved in a variety of ways reflecting the spirit of succeeding generations. Recently, there has been a strong charitable emphasis, embedded with similar developments at the College. This was formalised in 1985, when the Association was granted charitable status by the Charity Commission. It also supports a number of charities connected to the school including Eagle Aid.
- See also: Charities of Stonyhurst College
[edit] Alumni/ae
Stonyhurst has educated prominent individuals in every area, from statesmen to sportsmen, and actors to archbishops. No fewer than seven alumni have been awarded the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry. Their paintings today adorn the walls of the Top Refectory in the school.
Notable alumni/ae include:
- George Herbert Walker, grandfather of the U.S. president George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of George W. Bush
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, last surviving and only Catholic signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes
- St Thomas Garnet SJ, canonized saint and protomartyr of St Omers, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
- Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish signatory of the Irish Proclamation of Independence who played a leading part in the Easter Rising, for which he was executed
- Sir Frederick Weld, former Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Eduardo Lopez de Romaña, former President of Peru
Alumni currently in the public eye include:
- Iain Balshaw, English Rugby International, British and Irish Lion and World Cup Winner
- Kyran Bracken, English Rugby International, British and Irish Lion and World Cup Winner
- Bill Cash, Member of Parliament; Shadow Attorney General
- Crispian Hollis, Bishop of Portsmouth
- Paul Johnson, journalist, editor of the New Statesman; awarded the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom[54]
- Mark Thompson, Current Director General of the BBC
[edit] Teachers
A few of Stonyhurst's teachers have achieved renown. They include the astrophysicist Pietro Angelo Secchi who taught astronomy,[55] Gerard Manley Hopkins who taught Classics,[56] and the Roman Catholic Modernist George Tyrrell who taught philosophy.[57] More recently Brian Ashton taught history and coached rugby,[58] whilst the novelist Stephen Oliver taught Classics.[59] The son of J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael also taught Classics at the College in the 1960s and '70s.[60]
[edit] Headmasters
Since the College's foundation in Flanders in 1593, there have been seventy-eight headmasters, invariably known as rectors, superiors or directors. Until the appointment of Giles Mercer in 1985, the head had been a member of the Jesuit order. To date, there have only been three lay heads.[61]
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Visits & Contacts
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, third edition, 1963
- ^ Welcome to Stonyhurst
- ^ Welcome to Stonyhurst
- ^ T. E. Muir, Stonyhurst, p. 188
- ^ T.E. Muir, Stonyhurst, p.188
- ^ T.E. Muir, Stonyhurst, p.188
- ^ The College
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, third edition, 1963
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, third edition, 1963, p. 46
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, third edition, 1963
- ^ T.E. Muir, Stonyhurst College
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, third edition 1963
- ^ Bicentenary Celebrations begin with Mass at the River Hodder
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/spiritual.shtml
- ^ General News
- ^ General News
- ^ Parish details (Mass times and Websites)
- ^ General News
- ^ Open to the Public
- ^ General News
- ^ Bursaries
- ^ As Much as I Can"
- ^ Hewitson, Stonyhurst College, Present and Past, pp25-6
- ^ Hewitson, Stonyhurst College, Present and Past, 1878, pp. 25-26
- ^ Academic
- ^ Academic
- ^ General News
- ^ Fr. Walter Sidgreaves (1837-1919)
- ^ Telescope Making
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_15.shtml
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_1124.shtml
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_14.shtml
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://archive.thisislancashire.co.uk/2003/2/10/567916.html
- ^ General News
- ^ Stonyhurst College and J.R.R. Tolkien
- ^ St Omers Press, Stonyhurst: books on college and Jesuit history
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_20.shtml
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, third edition, 1963
- ^ http://archive.theboltonnews.co.uk/2003/3/12/562120.html
- ^ General News
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_1056.shtml
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_447.shtml
- ^ http://ourfc.org/news/index.asp?ID=541&Status=Display
- ^ General News
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, 3rd edition, 1963
- ^ http://www.saintmaryshall.com/article_173.shtml
- ^ Sports and Activities
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/article3728952.ece
- ^ http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/the_hitch/article402793.ece
- ^ http://www.gordonpoole.com/?artistID=1261
- ^ A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, third edition, 1963
- ^ http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/12/20061215-1.html
- ^ http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069820/Stonyhurst-College
- ^ http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069820/Stonyhurst-College
- ^ http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069820/Stonyhurst-College
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_771.shtml
- ^ http://www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/article_1031.shtml
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/lifestyle/2003/12/12/tolkien.shtml
- ^ Maurice Whitehead (16 January 2006). Rectors, presidents and headmasters of the English Jesuit college of St Omers, Bruges, Liège and Stonyhurst since 1593. Retrieved on 2006-03-11.
[edit] Sources
- Chadwick, Hubert, S.J. (1962). St Omers to Stonyhurst, Burns & Oats. No ISBN
- Walsh, R.R. (1989) Stonyhurst War Record
- Muir, T.E. (1992). Stonyhurst College 1593-1993, James & James (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 0-907383-32-7
- Kirby, Henry L. and Walsh, R.Raymond (1987). The Seven V.C.s of Stonyhurst College, T.H.C.L. Books. ISBN 0-948494-04-2
- The Authorities of Stonyhurst College (1963), A Stonyhurst Handbook for Visitors and Others, Third edition
- Hewitson, A. (Preston, 1878), Stonyhurst College, Present and Past: Its History, Discipline, Treasures and Curiosities, Second edition
- Stonyhurst College website
- Britannica.com
- bbc.co.uk/lancashire
[edit] External links
- Stonyhurst College website
- St Mary's Hall website (Stonyhurst Prep School)
- St John's Beaumont website (a significant feeder school to the College)
- Unofficial Bulletin Board for Alumni
- Stonyhurst's entry in the 1912 Catholic Encyclopaedia
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- Stonyhurst was featured in the film Three Men and a Little Lady
