Cheam School
Cheam School is a mixed preparatory school located in Headley, in the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley in the English county of Hampshire. It was founded in 1645 by George Aldrich.
| Cheam School | |
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| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 51.35364°N 1.25764°W |
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| Type | Independent preparatory school |
| Motto | omnia caraitate |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Anglican |
| Established | 1645 |
| Founder | George Aldrich |
| Department for Education URN | 116520 Tables |
| Headmaster | Martin Harris |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Age | 2 to 13 |
| Enrolment | 428 as of February 2016 |
| Houses | Aldrich, Beck, Gilpin, Tabor |
| Colour(s) | Red and Blue |
| Website | www |
History
The school started in Cheam, Surrey, and moved to the present site (previously a country house known as Beenham Court) on the borders of Hampshire and Berkshire, in 1934, when the Surrey area was developing from a quiet leafy village to a busy suburb. The school has occupied its present home with nearly 100 acres (40 ha) of grounds, since then. Just before the move, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was a pupil there. His son, Charles, Prince of Wales, was later a pupil at the school.
Present day
There are four houses (known as divisions): Aldrich (yellow), Beck (green), Gilpin (red), and Tabor (blue). The school colours are red and blue.
The headmaster Martin Harris, was placed in post in 2016. Cheam educates both boys and girls between the ages of three and thirteen and takes day-pupils as well as boarders.
Headmasters
- 1645-1685: George Aldrich
- 1685-1701: Henry Day
- 1701-1711: Robert LLoyd
- 1711-1739: Daniel Sanxay
- 1739-1752 James Sanxay
- 1752-1777: William Gilpin [1]
- 1777-1805: James Wilding
- 1805- ?: Joseph Wilson
- 1826-1846: Charles Mayo
- 1856-1890: Robert Tabor
- 1891-1920: Arthur Tabor
- 1921-1947: Harold Taylor
- 1947–1963: Peter Beck[2]
- 1963-1971: Michael Stannard
- 1972-1985: Michael Wheeler
- 1985-1998: Christopher Evers
- 1998–2016: Mark Johnson
- 2016–Present: Martin Harris
Notable alumni
- Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, footballer and banker
- Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
- Charles, Prince of Wales, heir apparent of Elizabeth II
- Clements Robert Markham, explorer and Royal Geographical Society president
- Digby Mackworth Dolben, poet
- Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham, Lord Chancellor
- Aubrey Hopwood, lyricist and novelist
- Ronald Hopwood, British naval officer and poet
- Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, writer
- Harry Prendergast, Victoria Cross recipient
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Prime Minister, 1801–1804
- Hugh Childers, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1882–1885
- Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley, England's first Ashes winning captain
- Jake Meyer, Seven Summits mountaineer
- John Michell, writer and esotericist[3]
- Leonora MacKinnon, fencer for team Canada in the 2012 London Olympics
- Lord Berners, painter and composer
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Elizabeth II
- Randolph Churchill, minister and father of Winston Churchill
- Reginald Drax, admiral
- Robert S. de Ropp researcher and writer
- Sukhumbhand Paribatra, 15th Governor of Bangkok
- William Fletcher rower
- William Gilpin (priest), headmaster, 1752–1777
- Yeshwantrao Holkar II, the last Maharaja of Indore, 1926-1947.
Notes
- "William Gilpin 1724-1804". Hantsweb. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- "PETER BECK Headmaster who caned Prince Charles — twice" (obituary) in The Times dated 4 June 2002, p. 27, from The Times Digital Archive, accessed 16 September 2013
- Screeton, Paul (2010). John Michell: From Atlantis To Avalon. Avebury: Heart of Albion Press. p. 2. ISBN 1-905646-16-X.
