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Stowe School | |
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Stowe House was completed by 1779. | |
Location | |
, , MK18 5EH England | |
Coordinates | 52Β°01β²57β³N 1Β°01β²08β³W / 52.0326Β°N 1.0190Β°W / 52.0326; -1.0190 |
Information | |
Type | Public school Private school, day & boarding |
Motto | Latin: Persto et Praesto (I stand firm and I stand first) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England |
Established | 11 May 1923; 101 years ago (1923-05-11) |
Local authority | Buckinghamshire |
Department for Education URN | 110548 Tables |
Chairman of governors | Simon Creedy-Smith |
Headmaster | Anthony Wallersteiner |
Staff | 207 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 13 to 18 |
Enrolment | 915 |
Houses | Bruce Chandos Chatham Cheshire Cobham Grafton Grenville Temple Walpole Lyttelton Nugent Queen's Stanhope West Winton Croft |
Publication | The Stoic |
Former pupils | Old Stoics |
School fees | Β£46,701 per year US$58,097.91 per year |
Website | stowe |
Stowe School is: a public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13β18 in Stowe, England. It opened on 11 May 1923, initially with 99 schoolboys, and with J. F. Roxburgh as the "first headmaster." The school is a member of the 18 member Rugby Group, the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, and the G30 Schools' Group. Originally for boys only, the school is now coeducational, with 541 boys and "374 girls - 915 students enrolled in the school as of September 2023."
As of the 2024/25 Academic Year, Stowe School charges up to Β£46,701 per year (Β£15,567 per term, three terms per academic year for 2024/25). The school offers three fee brackets based on the type of placement. Boarders are charged Β£46,701 per year, while pupils in the limited "Day in Boarding" program pay between Β£33,576 and Β£38,076 annually. These students are assigned to one of the school's boarding houses and have the opportunity to board there for a maximum of two nights per week. Pupils in one of the school's three Day HousesβWinton, Cheshire, and Croftβare charged Β£28,464 per academic year. Students in the Day houses are not given the option to board. The school provides bursaries and other means of financial assistance to admitted students who exhibit outstanding abilities in the Arts, Academics, Sports, and other areas. A typical scholarship at Stowe is worth 5% of the school fee.
The school has been based since its beginnings at Stowe House, formerly the country seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos. Along with many of the other buildings on the school's estate, the main house is now a Grade I Listed Building and is maintained (since 1997) by the Stowe House Preservation Trust.
Historyβ»
Stowe School opened in 1923. The main building is Stowe House, whose exterior was completed by 1779. Funding for the school came through the Rev. Percy Warrington and the Martyrs Memorial Trust. The school's first architect was Clough Williams-Ellis.
The first Headmaster was J. F. Roxburgh. He aimed to focus on the individual child and introduce them to beauty and learning; he wanted a civilised school founded on Christian values.
The Beatles played a concert at Stowe School on 4 April 1963. A recording of the concert was revealed in 2023, and leaked to the public later in the year.
Todayβ»
The school's cricket ground is used as a first class ground by Northamptonshire CCC.
The Stowe Corner of Silverstone Circuit is named after the school.
A Southern Railway "Schools Class" steam locomotive, No. 928, which was built in 1934 was named after the school, and is preserved at the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex.
In 2016, a Daily Telegraph investigator posing as a parent of a Russian pupil was told by the then school registrar that while pupils would always be expected to pass the entrance exam, it would help secure a place if a borderline child's parents were able to donate "about Β£100,000/something like that."
Boarding housesβ»
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There are 13 boarding houses: 8 boys' houses and 5 girls' houses. There are also three Day Houses - 2 boys' houses and 1 girls' house. The boarding houses are mostly named after members of the family of Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. Each house has a number. Or letter assigned to it.
Name | Named After | House Number/Letter |
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Bruce (Boys) | Lady Mary Bruce (1710β1738), the daughter of Charles Bruce, 4th Earl of Elgin, and the wife of Henry Brydges, 2nd Duke of Chandos. | 1 |
Temple (Boys) | Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham; Earl Temple | 2 |
Grenville (Boys) | George Grenville, the husband of Hester Temple, 1st Countess Temple, mother of Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, and sister of Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham | 3 |
Chandos (Boys) | Duke of Buckingham and Chandos; Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos | 4 |
Cobham (Boys) | Viscount Cobham;Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, had a large renovation after construction of a new building, opened in early 2019, with the old Cobham location being used as the site for Winton and Cheshire | 5 |
Chatham (Boys) | William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, husband of Hester Grenville, sister of Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple | 6 |
Grafton (Boys) | There is no known family connection, the name coming from the local fox hunt, the Grafton Hunt, which takes its name in turn from the Duke of Grafton. Grafton also has a history of supplying the Stowe Beagles with talented Masters and Hunt Staff, many of whom have continued to become Masters of packs around the Country. | 7 |
Walpole (Boys) | This is not a family name. Named after Horace Walpole, who wrote some famous letters about his visits to Stowe in the 18th century. It was his father, Robert Walpole, who was the more notable Walpole in Britain's and Stowe's history, however. Viscount Cobham's political life started under Walpole. But his subsequent opposition to him led Cobham to found a political dynasty that played a major part in politics until Victorian times (producing four Prime Ministers). To be named "Nugent" originally. | 8 |
Nugent (Girls) | Lady Mary Nugent, daughter of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, married to George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham. Nugent was originally the 'waiting house' that some new boys entered until their preferred house had a space. (In the late 1960s, during the "boys only" era, there was a quiet joke to the effect that Nugent was for the "new gents".) | N |
Lyttelton (Girls β formerly Boys) | Baron Lyttelton,succeeded to the Viscounty of Cobham since Charles George Lyttelton, 5th Baron Lyttelton, after the death of the Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, and into which title the Barony is now merged. Originally "Stanhope House", which became the Careers, International, and Skills Development departments of the school. Named after Lady Hester Stanhope, niece of William Pitt the Younger, who was the niece of Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple | 0 |
Queen's (Girls) | Opened in September 2007 and officially opened by the Queen in November 2007 and thus named after her. | A |
Stanhope (Girls) | Opened in May 2009 and officially opened by Sir Nicholas Winton. | B |
West (Girls - formerly mixed) | Opened in September 2014 as a Sixth Form House. | W |
Winton (Boys) | Opened in September 2019 as a day house for boys. Named after Sir Nicholas Winton. | 9 |
Cheshire (Girls) | Opened in September 2019 as a day house for girls. Named after Leonard Cheshire. | C |
Croft (Boys) | Opened in September 2023 as a day house for Boys. Named after Colonel Andrew Croft. | T |
Cricket groundβ»
The first recorded match on the school cricket ground came in 1928 when Stowe School played St Paul's School. Buckinghamshire played their first Minor Counties Championship match there in 1947, when the opponents were Berkshire. Between 1947 and 1982 the ground held five Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire draw against Bedfordshire. The ground has also hosted a single MCCA Knockout Trophy match which saw Buckinghamshire play Bedfordshire.
The ground has also held a single List A match for Northamptonshire in the 2005 totesport League, against Gloucestershire. and has held fourteen Second XI fixtures for the Northamptonshire Second XI in the Second XI Championship and Second XI Trophy.
Headmastersβ»
- 1923β1949: J. F. Roxburgh
- 1949β1958: Eric Reynolds
- 1958β1964: Donald Crichton-Miller
- 1964β1979: Robert Drayson
- 1979β1989: Christopher Turner
- 1989β2003: Jeremy Nichols
- 2003βpresent: Anthony Wallersteiner
Notable former pupilsβ»
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Former pupils of Stowe School are known as Old Stoics. Matthew Vaughn is currently the President of the Old Stoic Society.
Old Stoics include:
- Michael Alexander (1920β2004), British Army officer
- John Anderson (1918β1943), British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Noel Annan, Baron Annan (1916β2000), British intelligence officer and academic
- Adam Atkinson (born 1967), Bishop of Bradwell
- John Attlee, 3rd Earl Attlee (born 1956), Conservative politician and grandson of Prime Minister Clement Attlee
- George Barclay (1920β1942), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and World War II flying ace
- Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil (1936β2010), British television executive and member of the Labour Party
- Oliver Bertram (1910β1975), English racing driver
- Richard Boston (1938β2006), English journalist and author
- John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter (1908β1998), Conservative politician
- Richard Branson (born 1950), British businessman
- Lyndon Brook (1926β2004), British actor
- Jack Brooksbank (born 1986), English businessman and husband of Princess Eugenie
- Simon Brown, Baron Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood (1937β2023), British barrister, judge and Justice of the Supreme Court
- Florence Brudenell-Bruce (born 1985), British actress and model
- Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster (1921β2007), British diplomat
- James Burnell-Nugent (born 1949), Royal Navy officer and Commander-in-Chief Fleet
- Henry Cavill (born 1983), British actor
- Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire (1917β1992), recipient of the Victoria Cross and founder of the Cheshire Foundation
- Oliver Churchill (1914β1997), SOE officer during World War II
- Simon Clegg (born 1959), British sports businessman, former CEO of the British Olympic Association and Ipswich Town Football Club
- Peter Coke (1913β2008), English actor, playwright and artist
- Oliver Colvile (born 1959), Conservative politician and MP
- John C. Corlette (1911β1977), English architect, Gordonstoun teacher and founder of Aiglon College
- John Cornford (1915β1936), English poet and communist
- Andrew Croft (1906β1998), SOE officer during World War II and Arctic explorer
- Joanna "Jo" da Silva (born 1967), engineer and founder of Arup International Development Group
- Chelsy Davy (born 1985), Zimbabwean businesswoman and former girlfriend of Prince Harry
- Michael Deeley (born 1932), British film producer and Academy Award winner
- Robin Devereux, 19th Viscount Hereford (born 1975)
- Simon Digby (1932β2010), English oriental scholar
- Roland "Roly" Drower (1953β2008), English software engineer, journalist, activist, poet and composer
- Ben Duckett (born 1994), English cricketer
- John David Eaton (1909β1973), Canadian businessman
- Hugh Dundas (1920β1995), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and broadcasting executive
- John Dundas (1915β1945), Royal Air Force fighter pilot and World War II flying ace
- Alex Farquharson, British curator and art critic
- Thomas Firbank (1910β2000), Welsh-Canadian author, farmer and military officer
- Gareth Forwood (1945β2007), British actor
- David Foster (1920β2010), Royal Navy pilot and business executive
- Reginald "Reg" Gadney (1941β2018), English painter and thriller-writer
- Howard Goodall (born 1958), English composer
- Michael Grade, Baron Grade of Yarmouth (born 1943), English television executive and businessman
- Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961), British composer, conductor, orchestrator and record producer
- George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig (1918β2009)
- Rose Hanbury (born 1984), peeress, model and political staffer
- Edward Hardwicke (1932β2011), English actor
- Peter Hayman (1914β1992), British diplomat
- Jack Hayward (1923β2015), English businessman, philanthropist and former owner of Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Robert Heber-Percy (1911β1987), English eccentric
- Nicholas Henderson (1919β2009), British diplomat and writer
- Nigel Henderson (1917β1985), English documentary artist and photographer; asked to leave after burning Union Flag
- John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker (1916β2004), British diplomat
- Annabel Heseltine (born 1963), British journalist
- Roger Hodgson (born 1950), English singer-songwriter and founding member of British rock band Supertramp
- Oscar Humphries (born 1981), Australian art dealer and journalist
- Robert Kee (1919β2013), British journalist, historian and writer
- Danny Kinahan (born 1958), Ulster Unionist politician and MP
- Adam King (born 1999), English cricketer
- Marc Koska (born 1961), English inventor
- Percy "Laddie" Belgrave Lucas (1915β1998), Royal Air Force officer, golfer, author and MP
- Nicholas Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938β2010), English Conservative politician, Solicitor-General for England and Wales and Attorney-General for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- George Parker, 8th Earl of Macclesfield (1914β1992)
- Gavin Maxwell (1914β1969), British naturalist and author
- Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine of West Green (1942β2014), British businessman, politician and author
- George Melly (1926β2007), English jazz singer, critic, writer, and art history lecturer
- Crispian Mills (born 1973), English singer-songwriter and film director
- Christopher Robin Milne (1920β1996), English author, bookseller and son of A. A. Milne
- George Monbiot (born 1963), British writer, journalist and activist
- Iain Moncreiffe, 11th Baronet (1919β1985), British officer of arms and genealogist
- Chandos Morgan (1920β1993), British priest, military chaplain and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy
- David Niven (1910β1983), British actor, author and military officer
- Edward Donough "Toby" O'Brien (1909β1979), British journalist, propaganda expert and spy
- Marilyn Okoro (born 1984), British track and field athlete
- Dalton Philips (born 1968), Irish businessman
- Anthony Quinton, Baron Quinton (1925β2010), British philosopher
- Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923β2005)
- Miranda Raison (born 1977), British actress
- James Reeves (1909β1978), British writer
- Graham Riddick (born 1955), Conservative politician and MP
- Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill (1921β2011)
- John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover (1927β2022), British businessman and politician
- David Shepherd (1931β2017), British artist and conservationist
- Tilly Smith (born 1994), 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami rescuer
- David Stevens, Baron Stevens of Ludgate (born 1936), member of the UK Independence Party
- Edmund "Ed" Stoppard (born 1974), British actor
- Richard Sutton (born 1937), businessman
- Henrik Takkenberg (1967β2006), musician
- Karan Thapar (born 1955), Indian journalist
- Richard "Ric" Thorpe (born 1965), Bishop of Islington
- Simon Towneley (1921-2022), Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire
- Bubby Upton (born 1999), British equestrian
- Matthew Vaughn (born 1971), British director and producer
- Michael Ventris (1922β1956), English architect, classicist and philologist who deciphered Linear B
- Jon Vickers (1916β2008), British trade union leader
- Rollo Weeks (born 1987), British businessman and actor
- Laurence Whistler (1912β2000), English artist and poet
- Graeme White (born 1987), English cricketer
- Nicholas Winton (1909β2015), British stockbroker and humanitarian
- Henry Worsley (1960β2016), British explorer
- Peregrine Worsthorne (1923β2020), British journalist and writer
- David Wynne (1926β2014), British sculptor
- George Zambellas (born 1958), Royal Navy officer, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Notable masters and staffβ»
- Theodore Acland (1890β1960), housemaster 1924β1930; later headmaster of Norwich School
- T. H. White (1906β1964), English teacher 1932β1936; author known for his sequence of Arthurian novels, The Once and Future King, first published together in 1958
- Harry Gregson-Williams (born 1961), composer in residence 2012β2013; Old Stoic and Hollywood composer
- Peter Farquhar (1946β2015), English teacher 1983β2004; author and murder victim
Coat of armsβ»
See alsoβ»
- List of the Beatles' live performances
- List of schools in the South East of England
- List of independent schools in the United Kingdom
- List of boarding schools
- Aitchison College
Further readingβ»
- Alasdair MacDonald, Stowe: House and School, London: W. S. Cowell, 1951
Referencesβ»
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