Cumberland Lodge

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Cumberland Lodge, garden side view

Cumberland Lodge is an educational facility named after the building of the same name in Windsor Great Park, located 3.5 miles south of Windsor Castle .

history

The house was built around 1650 by an Army officer named John Byfield after Oliver Cromwell had parts of Windsor Great Park parceled out and sold. The house was later named New Lodge in 1670 Byfield House . But also known as Windsor Lodge or Ranger Lodge . After the restoration of royalty under Charles II , the house became the official residence of the Ranger of Windsor Great Park, one of the royal court officials.

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In 1936 a momentous meeting took place at Cumberland House between the private secretary of King Edward VIII and the Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin , which contributed to the abdication of Edward VIII . In 1947 King George VI handed over the the use of the building to the St. Katharine Foundation , later King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth Foundation St. Catherine , and now known as the Cumberland Lodge. This foundation was established by Amy Buller . From the presentation of their experiences in Germany, which they acquired between the two world wars, they led to the view that the rise of National Socialism was also due to the inability of the major German universities to provide their students with a platform for critical questioning and public discussion on topics of the time allow.

Todays use

Amy Buller's ideas served as the impetus for the idea of ​​a residential center in which students could live with their teachers and deal with the ethical and social issues that were important to them outside of normal study in a relaxed atmosphere. She gained the active support of the King and Queen who put the company into action by handing over Cumberland Lodge . In 1968 the foundation was given its new name, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Foundation of St. Catharine . Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother became Patron of the Foundation and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon became its Chairman of the Board. Today's patron is Queen Elizabeth II. The foundation is now named after its seat: Cumberland Lodge .

Seminars, academic workshops and short courses are held at Cumberland Lodge by groups of fellows who come here to examine, within the framework of philosophy, the fundamental assumptions on which political, economic and scientific activities are based. Cumberland Lodge receives several thousand applications every year. Every year, 6 scholarships are awarded to outstanding students studying medicine, psychology and the natural sciences. The building is not open to the public.

People who once lived at Cumberland Lodge (selection)

Web links

Commons : Cumberland Lodge  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernestine Amy Buller: Darkness over Germany . London, New York: Longmans, Green, 1943. German: Finsternis in Deutschland. A wake up call from history . Munich: Elisabeth Sandmann, 2016

Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 5 "  N , 0 ° 36 ′ 28.6"  W.