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+ | '''Harrow School''' is an independent school for boys in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], London, England. The school has an enrolment of 829 boys, all of whom [[boarding school|board]] full-time, in twelve boarding houses.<ref name=Houses>https://web.archive.org/web/20100213101912/http://www.harrowschool.org.uk/default.aspx?id=67</ref> It remains one of four all-boys, full-boarding schools in Britain, the others being [[Eton College|Eton]], [[Radley College|Radley]] and [[Winchester College|Winchester]]<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/oct/31/schools.alevels </ref>. | ||
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+ | It is one of the key institutions for the propagation of British establishment culture and cohesion, and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Old_Harrovians full list of notable Old Harrovians on Wikipedia] is impressive. | ||
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+ | ==History== | ||
+ | The school was founded in 1572 by [[John Lyon (school founder)|John Lyon]] under a [[Royal Charter]] of Queen [[Elizabeth I]]. Harrow is the fifth most expensive boarding school in the [[Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference]].<ref>http://www.privateschoolfees.co.uk/uploads/1/1/2/4/11247026/boarding_fees_2015_2016.pdf</ref> Harrow's history, wealth and influence have made it one of the most prestigious schools in the world.<ref>https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/careersandeducation/the-worlds-most-elite-boarding-schools/ss-BBozy2a?li=BBoPMmp#image=26</ref><ref>https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/0/worlds-exclusive-boarding-schools/</ref><ref>https://world-schools.com/the-best-boarding-schools-in-the-world/</ref><ref>https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/10-outstanding-british-public-schools</ref> | ||
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+ | Harrow's uniform includes morning suits, straw boater hats, top hats and walking sticks. Its [[alumni]] include eight former [[Prime Minister#History|British or Indian Prime Ministers]] (including [[Robert Peel|Peel]], [[Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston|Palmerston]], [[Stanley Baldwin|Baldwin]], [[Winston Churchill|Churchill]] and [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]]), foreign politicians, former and current members of both houses of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]], five kings and several other members of various [[Royal family|royal families]], three Nobel Prize winners, twenty [[Victoria Cross]] and one [[George Cross]] holders, [[Academy-Award]] and [[BAFTA]] winners and many prominent figures in the arts and [[sciences]]. | ||
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+ | ==Fagging== | ||
+ | The system of [[fagging]] had long been a part of Harrow School life, and remained embedded in its culture up until the 1990s. | ||
+ | In his detailed history of the school, Tyerman recorded that in 1796 fagging was compulsory for boys up to the fourth form, and that 50 out of 139 boys were then fags.<ref name = Tyerman>Tyerman, Christopher (2000). A History of Harrow School. Oxford University Press</ref> He observed that in some situations fagging could either encourage or conceal sexual activity between boys, and that fagging began to decline at around the same time as [[homosexuality]] was eradicated as an acceptable part of the school environment.<ref name = Tyerman/> | ||
+ | In 1928, Harrow master, C.H.P.Mayo, said of fagging: "Those who hope to rule must first learn to obey...to learn to obey as a fag is part of the routine that is the essence of the English Public School system...the wonder of other countries".<ref name = Tyerman/> | ||
+ | The actor, [[Simon Williams (actor)|Simon Williams]] described how, as a new pupil in 1959, he was required to fag for prefects who were four years his senior, involving such duties as spit and polishing his shoes, making his bed, serving tea, and even pre-warming the toilet seat for him.<ref name="Fagging">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/archers-simon-williams-public-school-fagging/</ref> | ||
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Formation | 1572 |
Founder | John Lyon of Preston |
Type | • Private school • Boarding school |
Staff | (full-time) |
One of the four boy's schools where the old British elite is raised. |
Harrow School is an independent school for boys in Harrow, London, England. The school has an enrolment of 829 boys, all of whom board full-time, in twelve boarding houses.[1] It remains one of four all-boys, full-boarding schools in Britain, the others being Eton, Radley and Winchester[2].
It is one of the key institutions for the propagation of British establishment culture and cohesion, and the full list of notable Old Harrovians on Wikipedia is impressive.
History
The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon under a Royal Charter of Queen Elizabeth I. Harrow is the fifth most expensive boarding school in the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.[3] Harrow's history, wealth and influence have made it one of the most prestigious schools in the world.[4][5][6][7]
Harrow's uniform includes morning suits, straw boater hats, top hats and walking sticks. Its alumni include eight former British or Indian Prime Ministers (including Peel, Palmerston, Baldwin, Churchill and Nehru), foreign politicians, former and current members of both houses of the UK Parliament, five kings and several other members of various royal families, three Nobel Prize winners, twenty Victoria Cross and one George Cross holders, Academy-Award and BAFTA winners and many prominent figures in the arts and sciences.
Fagging
The system of fagging had long been a part of Harrow School life, and remained embedded in its culture up until the 1990s. In his detailed history of the school, Tyerman recorded that in 1796 fagging was compulsory for boys up to the fourth form, and that 50 out of 139 boys were then fags.[8] He observed that in some situations fagging could either encourage or conceal sexual activity between boys, and that fagging began to decline at around the same time as homosexuality was eradicated as an acceptable part of the school environment.[8] In 1928, Harrow master, C.H.P.Mayo, said of fagging: "Those who hope to rule must first learn to obey...to learn to obey as a fag is part of the routine that is the essence of the English Public School system...the wonder of other countries".[8] The actor, Simon Williams described how, as a new pupil in 1959, he was required to fag for prefects who were four years his senior, involving such duties as spit and polishing his shoes, making his bed, serving tea, and even pre-warming the toilet seat for him.[9]
Alumni on Wikispooks
Person | Born | Died | Nationality | Summary | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Allan Adair | 3 November 1897 | 4 August 1988 | Soldier | ||
Alex Allan | 9 February 1951 | UK | Civil servant | ||
Leo Amery | 22 November 1873 | 16 September 1955 | UK | Politician Deep state actor | UK historian and deep state actor, chief lieutenant of Alfred Milner |
Stanley Baldwin | 3 August 1867 | 14 December 1947 | UK | Politician | |
Peter de la Billière | 29 April 1934 | Soldier | |||
George Blake | 11 November 1922 | UK | Spook | A UK spy who passed a lot of documents to the USSR. | |
Robin Butler | 3 January 1938 | UK | |||
Henry Chaplin | 22 December 1840 | 29 May 1923 | Politician | ||
Winston Churchill | 30 November 1874 | 24 January 1965 | UK | Author Soldier Journalist Politician Historian Artist | |
Walter Cunliffe | 3 December 1855 | 6 January 1920 | UK | Central banker | |
Archibald Gordon | 9 July 1913 | 7 September 1984 | UK | Author Broadcaster | One time Bilderberger, Scottish peer. |
Charles Gore | 22 January 1853 | 17 January 1932 | UK | Clergy | Bishop of Oxford, a friend of Herbert Asquith |
Jeremy Greenstock | Diplomat Deep state operative | UK diplomat who held a number of influential posts such as UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Chairman of the UNSC's Counter-Terrorism Committee, Brussels Forum | |||
Charles Guthrie | 17 November 1938 | Soldier | UK Army's Chief of the General Staff 1994-1997 | ||
Charles Jocelyn Hambro | 3 October 1897 | 1963 | Spook Banker | spooky UK banker. SOE head | |
George Hamilton-Gordon | 28 January 1784 | 14 December 1860 | Politician | UK PM | |
Samuel Hoare | 24 February 1880 | 7 May 1959 | UK | Diplomat Spook Politician | |
Eric Holt-Wilson | 26 August 1875 | 26 March 1950 | UK | Spook Soldier | Draft The Defence of the Realm Act in 1914, later head of MI5 |
Esmé Howard | 15 September 1863 | 1 August 1939 | Diplomat Deep state actor | An integral member of the small group of men who made and implemented British foreign policy (the Milner group?) | |
Adlai Stevenson III | 10 October 1930 | 6 September 2021 | US | Politician | Single Bilderberg son of Adlai Stevenson II. Mooted as President or Vice President in 1976. |
Keith Joseph | 17 January 1918 | 10 December 1994 | UK | Politician | Eminence grise of Thatcherism. Founded the Centre for Policy Studies |
Edward Knollys | 16 January 1895 | 3 December 1966 | UK | Businessperson | UK aristocrat. Governor of Bermuda from 1941 to 1943. After the war, he became a banker and businessman. He attended two Bilderbergs in the 1950s. |
Christopher Monckton | 14 February 1952 | UK | Politician | Journalist, Conservative political advisor, UKIP political candidate | |
Walter Monckton | 17 January 1891 | 9 January 1965 | UK/Minister of Defence 1955-56 | ||
Simon Sebag Montefiore | 27 June 1965 | UK | Historian | British well-connected historian specializing is perpetuating the black legend against Russia. | |
John Moore-Brabazon | 8 February 1884 | 17 May 1964 | UK | Politician Deep state operative | |
Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889 | 27 May 1964 | Author Politician Lawyer | ||
Jonathan Oppenheimer | 18 November 1969 | South Africa | Businessperson | Scion of the gold and diamond Oppenheimer family, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, WEF/GLT/2002, WEF/YGL/2005... | |
Nicky Oppenheimer | 8 June 1945 | Businessperson | |||
Charles Rothschild | 9 May 1877 | 12 October 1923 | UK | Academic Banker Entomologist | Entomologist Rothschild |
David de Rothschild | 25 August 1978 | UK | Environmentalist Billionaire | $10 billion Rothschild family fortune. High interest in the climate change agenda. | |
Edmund de Rothschild | 2 January 1916 | 17 January 2009 | UK | Financier | |
Evelyn de Rothschild | 29 August 1931 | 8 November 2022 | UK | Financier | UK financier who together with his wife attended the 1998 Bilderberg. Both names appear in Epstein's black book |
Victor Rothschild | 31 October 1910 | 20 March 1990 | Spook Banker Cricketer | "In so many aspects of spying that he seemed like a super-agent, sabotaging every Western intelligence initiative for 20 years after the war" | |
Bob Seely | 1 June 1966 | UK | Politician Propagandist | English politician who appears to be suffering from Russophobia | |
Henry John Temple | 20 October 1784 | 18 October 1865 | Politician | A British politician who served twice as Prime Minister in the mid-19th century. | |
Mark Thatcher | 15 August 1953 | UK | Criminal | ||
Henry Thynne | 26 January 1905 | 30 June 1992 | UK | British aristocrat | British aristocrat, landowner, and Conservative Party politician. Amassed what would become the largest collection of paintings by Adolf Hitler, |
Charles Wickham | 11 September 1879 | 20 July 1971 | UK | Soldier Police officer | British counter-insurgency expert organizing murder gangs and torture chambers in Northern Ireland, Greece and around the Empire. |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100213101912/http://www.harrowschool.org.uk/default.aspx?id=67
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2006/oct/31/schools.alevels
- ↑ http://www.privateschoolfees.co.uk/uploads/1/1/2/4/11247026/boarding_fees_2015_2016.pdf
- ↑ https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/careersandeducation/the-worlds-most-elite-boarding-schools/ss-BBozy2a?li=BBoPMmp#image=26
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education-and-careers/0/worlds-exclusive-boarding-schools/
- ↑ https://world-schools.com/the-best-boarding-schools-in-the-world/
- ↑ https://hk.asiatatler.com/life/10-outstanding-british-public-schools
- ↑ a b c Tyerman, Christopher (2000). A History of Harrow School. Oxford University Press
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/archers-simon-williams-public-school-fagging/