Winchester College
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| type of school | Public school |
| founding | 1382 |
| address |
College Street |
| place | Winchester |
| county | Hampshire |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 3 '29 " N , 1 ° 18' 43" W |
| student | about 670 |
| Teachers | about 100 |
| management | Timothy Hands |
| Website | www.winchestercollege.co.uk |
The Winchester College is a school for 700 boys between the ages of 13 and 18 in Winchester in the south west of England . The school is financed through school fees and donations . School fees are among the highest in England at £ 38,100 a year.
The school was founded in 1382 and is one of the most renowned schools in the world. Winchester College was originally founded by William von Wykeham , then Bishop of Winchester, and served the purpose of providing poor scholars with an education . Such scholarship holders still exist today, but they are usually so wealthy that they have to pay half of the school fees from their own resources.
In addition to the so-called notions, a kind of language used by the students, Winchester College is known for its own school sport, Winchester College Football .
The school is almost exclusively a boarding school . The students live in eleven houses with around 70 students each. Scholars (scholars) live in their own house.
For many years the school has held top positions in A-Level rankings compiled by British newspapers and therefore enjoys an excellent academic reputation internationally. Around 40% of students in each grade go on to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge or the Ivy League . Because of this, applicants have to go through demanding selection processes.
The school motto is: "Manners makyth man" ("Manners make a man").
Student (selection)
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth , Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Antony Beevor , historian
- Charles Vyner Brooke , the last White Raja of Borneo
- Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough , Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
- Thomas Burgess , writer
- Nick Carter , Chief of Defense Staff and Military Commander of the United Kingdom Armed Forces
- Korn Chatikavanij , Minister of Finance of Thailand
- Apsley Cherry-Garrard , polar explorer
- Kenneth Clark , art historian, director of the National Gallery , London
- John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton , Field Marshal and Colonial Administrator
- Hugh Courtenay, 18th Earl of Devon , politician
- Hugh Dancy , actor
- Alfred Douglas , poet and companion / lover of Oscar Wilde
- Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding , Battle of Britain - commander
- Freeman Dyson , mathematician and physicist, recipient of the Max Planck Medal
- David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles , politician
- Francis Festing , Field Marshal and Chief of the Imperial General Staff
- Michael Foot , historian
- Hugh Gaitskell , opposition leader in the British Parliament
- Edward Gray, 1st Viscount Gray of Fallodon , United Kingdom Secretary of State
- Michael Howard, 21st Earl of Suffolk , politician
- Geoffrey Howe , Secretary of State and Vice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- William Howley , Archbishop of Canterbury
- Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme , British Ambassador to France and Head of the External Action Service
- Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke , United Kingdom Secretary of the Treasury
- George Mallory , climber
- George Nash , Olympic and World Championship winner in rowing
- Robert Nichols , poet
- William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne , politician
- Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne , Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
- Geoffrey Rowell , Bishop of the Anglican Diocese in Europe
- Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers , politician
- John Alexander Sinclair , Chief of MI6
- Sir Herbert Stewart , General of the Colonial Wars
- Tom Sturridge , actor
- Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford , Governor General and Viceroy of India
- David J. Thouless , Nobel Laureate in Physics
- Anthony Trollope , writer
- William Warham , Archbishop of Canterbury
- Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell , Field Marshal and Governor General and Viceroy of India
- Joss Whedon , film director
- William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw , Home Secretary and Vice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- John Whittingdale , United Kingdom Secretary of Culture
- William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley , Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
- Maxwell Woosnam , Olympic and Wimbledon tennis champion and captain of the English national football team
- Rupert Wyatt , film director
- Shaun Wylie , mathematician and code breaker in World War II
- George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie , politician
- James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie , politician
In addition, seven students have received the Victoria Cross or George Cross , the highest honors for valor in the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth :
- Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Burges VC
- First Lieutenant Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson VC
- Oberleutnant zur See Peter Danckwerts GC
- Lt. Col. Charles Doughty-Wylie VC CB CMG
- Captain Alfred Spencer Heathcote VC
- Lieutenant Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt VC
- Captain Arthur Forbes Gordon Kilby VC MC