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The Royal Hospital School, (usually shortened as "RHS" and historically nicknamed "The Cradle of the Navy"), is a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

co-educational independent

Independent school (UK)

An independent school is a school that is not financed through the taxation system by local or national government and is instead funded by private sources, predominantly in the form of tuition charges, gifts and long-term charitable endowments, and so is not subject to the conditions imposed by...

boarding school

Boarding school

A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...

with naval traditions. It admits pupils from age 11 to 18 (years 7 to 13) through Common Entrance

Common Entrance

Common Entrance Examinations are taken by some children in the UK as part of the admissions process for academically selective secondary schools at age 13 or 11. Most of the secondary schools that use Common Entrance for admission are public schools; most of the schools that routinely prepare...

or the school's own exam. The school is regulated by Acts of Parliament

Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom

An Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is a type of legislation called primary legislation. These Acts are passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster, or by the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh....

.

It is located in the village of Holbrook

Holbrook, Suffolk

Holbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the Stour estuary in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley peninsula in Babergh district, around 8⅓ km south of Ipswich....

, near Ipswich

Ipswich

Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...

, Suffolk

Suffolk

Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...

, England, United Kingdom. The school's campus is of Queen Anne style

Queen Anne Style architecture

The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...

and set in 200 acre (0.809372 km²) of countryside, overlooking out the River Stour

River Stour, Suffolk

The River Stour is a river in East Anglia, England. It is 76 km long and forms most of the county boundary between Suffolk to the north, and Essex to the south. It rises in eastern Cambridgeshire, passes to the east of Haverhill, through Cavendish, Sudbury and the Dedham Vale, and joins the...

on the Shotley Peninsula

Shotley, Suffolk

Shotley is the parish giving its name to the peninsula between the River Orwell and the River Stour in Suffolk. The village of the same name is located about a mile northwest from the tip of the peninsula where the larger Shotley Gate village is...

in an area known as Constable Country

John Constable

John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection...

.

The Royal Hospital School was established by a Royal Charter

Royal Charter

A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...

in 1712. It was originally located at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich

Greenwich

Greenwich is a district of south London, England, located in the London Borough of Greenwich.Greenwich is best known for its maritime history and for giving its name to the Greenwich Meridian and Greenwich Mean Time...

. The school moved in 1933 to East Anglia

East Anglia

East Anglia is a traditional name for a region of eastern England, named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom, the Kingdom of the East Angles. The Angles took their name from their homeland Angeln, in northern Germany. East Anglia initially consisted of Norfolk and Suffolk, but upon the marriage of...

.

The Royal Hospital School is the only independent boarding school in the United Kingdom to have ever been continuously granted The Queen's Banner and flies its own Admiralty approved Royal Hospital School Blue Ensign

Blue Ensign

The Blue Ensign is a flag, one of several British ensigns, used by certain organisations or territories associated with the United Kingdom. It is used either plain, or defaced with a badge or other emblem....

, as well as being the only school in the United Kingdom to have the privilege of wearing Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

uniforms.

The school is affiliated to the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference

The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference is an association of the headmasters or headmistressess of 243 leading day and boarding independent schools in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and the Republic of Ireland...

or HMC.

Bernard de Neumann

Bernard de Neumann

Frederick Bernard de Neumann is a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. In Austria and Germany he is known as Bernhard von Neumann....

notes the school's significance and impact in British history: "Just as, according to the Duke of Wellington

Duke of Wellington

The Dukedom of Wellington, derived from Wellington in Somerset, is a hereditary title in the senior rank of the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first holder of the title was Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington , the noted Irish-born career British Army officer and statesman, and...

, the Battle of Waterloo

Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...

was won on the playing fields of Eton

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

, it may justifiably be claimed, that the establishment of... the British Empire

British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...

, was charted and plotted in the classroom of... the Royal Hospital School."

Overview

Seafaring traditions are important and integral elements of school life and Royal Navy uniforms (sailor suit

Sailor suit

A sailor suit is a uniform traditionally worn by enlisted seamen in the navy, and other government funded sea services. It later developed in to a popular clothing style for children....

s) are issued to all pupils and used for ceremonial and formal events. The School is owned by the Crown naval charity, Greenwich Hospital and as a result provides a number of means-tested bursaries for families with a seafaring background.

Leadership development is another distinctive feature of The Royal Hospital School derived from the naval background. Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines Combined Cadet Force

Combined Cadet Force

The Combined Cadet Force is a Ministry of Defence sponsored youth organisation in the United Kingdom. Its aim is to "provide a disciplined organisation in a school so that pupils may develop powers of leadership by means of training to promote the qualities of responsibility, self reliance,...

along with the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme are the most popular extracurricular activities at the Royal Hospital School. The Combined Cadet Force is unique as it also includes REME

Reme

Reme may refer to:*Rəmə, Azerbaijan*Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers...

Section, Pioneers, Her Majesty's Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard is the service of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with co-ordinating air-sea rescue.HM Coastguard is a section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible for the initiation and co-ordination of all civilian maritime Search and Rescue within the UK...

and St. John's Ambulance. HMS Illustrious

HMS Illustrious (R06)

HMS Illustrious is the second of three Invincible-class light aircraft carriers built for the Royal Navy in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name Illustrious, and is affectionately known as "Lusty" to her crew...

is affiliated with the Royal Navy CCF. The Army Section is affiliated with Army Air Corps.

The Royal Hospital School has a partnership with America's second-oldest

Colonial colleges

The Colonial Colleges are nine institutions of higher education chartered in the American Colonies before the United States of America became a sovereign nation after the American Revolution. These nine have long been considered together, notably in the survey of their origins in the 1907 The...

institution of higher education and "sister institution", The College of William and Mary, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, USA.

The Royal Hospital School has a full boarding school ethos and operates seven days a week.

Students

There are a little over 700 students. 140 are day students and 80% are boarders and is the largest boarding school in East Anglia.

International Students come from about 20 countries. The school has specialist staff for international students and an English as a Foreign Language course.

Academics

The academic experience at RHS uses the National Curriculum Key Stages 3, 4, and 5 and provides a large choice of subjects for study including English, French, Spanish, German, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Latin, Geography, History, Mathematics, Technology, Art, Music, IT, Physical Education, Media Studies, Business Studies, Psychology, Drama & Theatre, Art History, Government & Politics, Textiles, Law, Russian, Greek and Religious Studies.

History

The school was originally located at Greenwich Hospital and was based in what is now the National Maritime Museum

National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England is the leading maritime museum of the United Kingdom and may be the largest museum of its kind in the world. The historic buildings forming part of the Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site, it also incorporates the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,...

in Greenwich

Greenwich

, London. The Hospital was founded in 1694 and the school in 1712, both by Royal Charter

Royal Charter

. The original purpose of the school was to provide assistance and education to the orphans of seafarers in the Royal

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

and Merchant Navies and it was once the largest school for navigation and seamanship in the country.

The School has been at Holbrook since 1933. The land on which the school is now situated was bequeathed to the school by Gifford Sherman Reade, along with the sum of £1 million. The Holbrook campus was designed by the Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

based arts and crafts architect Herbert Tudor Buckland

Herbert Tudor Buckland

Herbert Tudor Buckland was a British architect, best known for his seminal Arts and Crafts houses , the Elan Valley model village, educational buildings such as the campus of the Royal Hospital School in Suffolk and St Hugh's College in Oxford.-Biography:Buckland was born in...

. Most of the buildings are now Grade II listed with the main range and chapel being Grade II*.

Until relatively recently, entry to the school was limited to the children or grandchildren of seafarers. Until the 1950s, boys of the school were also required to join the Royal or Merchant Navies and as such the education was very much maritime focused. Although this requirement has not been in force for some decades, the school has retained certain naval traditions such as Naval uniform

Royal Navy uniform

The uniforms of the Royal Navy have evolved gradually since the first uniform regulations for officers were issued in 1748. The predominant colours of Royal Navy uniforms are navy blue and white...

, divisions and an element of marching

Marching

See also: Loaded marchMarching refers to the organized, uniformed, steady and rhythmic walking forward, usually associated with military troops.Marching is often performed to march music, and often associated with military parades....

.

In 1991 the School became coeducational with the introduction of girls firstly into Hood house followed by Cornwallis, Howe then Blake in successive years. The uniform of the girls was the same a serving wrens of the day and has since changed to match the boys uniform and follow the changes in dress currently seen in the Royal Navy. The first female Head of School was appointed in 1992 (Hannah Curtis) to work along side the male head of School.

In 1994 the entire School was bussed to Greenwich Hospital to parade in front of Her Majesty The Queen in celebration of the tercentenary of the Hospital. The parade took place on the parade ground in front of the Queen's House

Queen's House

The Queen's House, Greenwich, is a former royal residence built between 1614-1617 in Greenwich, then a few miles downriver from London, and now a district of the city. Its architect was Inigo Jones, for whom it was a crucial early commission, for Anne of Denmark, the queen of King James I of England...

.

In 2005 RHS was one of fifty of the country's leading private schools which were found guilty of running an illegal price-fixing cartel which had allowed them to drive up fees for thousands of parents. Each school was required to pay a nominal penalty of £10,000 and all agreed to make ex-gratia payments totalling three million pounds into a trust designed to benefit pupils who attended the schools during the period in respect of which fee information was shared.

Greenwich Hospital

The school was founded by Royal Charter and is maintained by Greenwich Hospital who support a number of pupils with bursaries who demonstrate sufficient charitable need. The school also awards academic, sports, music and sailing scholarships, as well as bursaries and discounts to the children of seafarers

Seafarers

Seafarers can refer to ethnic groups living by the sea in Southeast Asia, and also other sea-living ethnic groups in the world. The ethnic group name refers to a large distribution area, reaching from the islands of Indonesia to Burma...

in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...

, Royal Marines

Royal Marines

The Corps of Her Majesty's Royal Marines, commonly just referred to as the Royal Marines , are the marine corps and amphibious infantry of the United Kingdom and, along with the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, form the Naval Service...

or Merchant Navy

Merchant Navy

The Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom, and describes the seagoing commercial interests of UK-registered ships and their crews. Merchant Navy vessels fly the Red Ensign and are regulated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency...

Traditions

The school's close ties with Greenwich Hospital are highly respected and valued in school life. Many of the modern day Royal Hospital School traditions are associated with the Royal Navy or seafaring. For example key naval events are celebrated, the ceremonial marching band are frequently invited to attend prestigious events and the provision for sailing is unrivalled.

Naval uniforms

As well as standard school uniform, both boys and girls wear Naval uniforms for ceremonial occasions such as "Divisions".

All house POs (Petty Officers) wear a chevron on their left arm.

The School Chiefs (Chief Petty Officer)(approximately 20 Upper 6th Formers) wear chief petty officer ranks and uniform, including canes.

The Deputy Heads of School (one male and one female prefect) carry the rank of Warrant Officer (second class).

The Heads of School (one male and one female prefect) carry the rank of Warrant Officer (first class).

Music

The Royal Hospital School has a distinctive musical tradition, with all pupils required to attend weekly congregation practice. The £3.6 Million Reade Music School opened in 2008.

Band

The Royal Hospital School marching band

Marching band

Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...

is a perennial part of school life. The band is managed by a former member of the Royal Marines Band Service

Royal Marines Band Service

The Royal Marines Band Service is the musical wing of the Royal Navy. It currently consists of five Bands and its headquarters is the Royal Marines School of Music at HMS Nelson in Portsmouth dockyard.-History:...

. The band forms a separate division and is the largest division. The Royal Marines Band style is the format of the RHS Band. It has travelled abroad for tours. Heart of Oak

Heart of Oak

"Heart of Oak" is the official march of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It is also the official march of several Commonwealth navies including the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy....

, A Life on the Ocean Wave

A Life on the Ocean Wave

"A Life on the Ocean Wave" is a song by Henry Russell published in 1838. The song originated from the poet Epes Sargent. One day he and Russell were walking on The Battery in New York City watching the ships enter the harbour. This scene inspired Sargent to write a poem, which Russell then put to...

and "Holbrook March" are some of the marches played.

School songs

"Go Forth With God" by Martin Shaw
Martin Shaw (composer)
Martin Edward Fallas Shaw OBE, FRCM, DMus was an English composer, conductor and theatre producer...

to the tune of Toc H.
"Eternal Father, Strong to Save
Eternal Father, Strong to Save
"Eternal Father, Strong to Save" is a hymn often associated with the Royal Navy or the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. Accordingly, it is often known as the Royal Navy Hymn or the United States Navy Hymn , and sometimes by the last line of its first verse, "For Those in Peril on...

"
"Holbrook" composed for the school by life-long supporter, Benjamin Britten
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM CH was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He showed talent from an early age, and first came to public attention with the a cappella choral work A Boy Was Born in 1934. With the premiere of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, he leapt to...
"Jerusalem"

William and Mary Scholars

William and Mary Scholars is an intercultural exchange programme, celebrating the heritage of the founders. It is for upper sixth formers to study a semester at The College of William and Mary and for a William and Mary graduate to teach at The Royal Hospital School for a year.

Events

Burns Night
House Shout
Drama Festival
School Plays and Musicals
Music Recitals and Concerts
Christmas Dinner
Alumni Reunion including Sporting Events
Trafalgar Night
Speech Day
Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Sunday
In the United Kingdom, 'Remembrance Sunday' is held on the second Sunday in November, which is the Sunday nearest to 11 November Armistice Day. It is the anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War at 11 a.m...
Snow Ball

Royal Foundation

The Royal Hospital School has some connection with the British Royal Family

House of Windsor

The House of Windsor is the royal house of the Commonwealth realms. It was founded by King George V by royal proclamation on the 17 July 1917, when he changed the name of his family from the German Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the English Windsor, due to the anti-German sentiment in the United Kingdom...

. The royal connections are principally The Royal Charter, School Visitor, and King's & Queen's Banners. The school's political breadth is shown by both its acknowledgement of its royal connections and its honouring the great republican hero, Admiral Blake, after whom a House is named.

Many members of the Royal Family have involved themselves with the development of the school. Mary II

Mary II of England

Mary II was joint Sovereign of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband and first cousin, William III and II, from 1689 until her death. William and Mary, both Protestants, became king and queen regnant, respectively, following the Glorious Revolution, which resulted in the deposition of...

's involvement with the Royal Hospital School is noted as "the darling object of her life".

William and Mary
William and Mary
The phrase William and Mary usually refers to the coregency over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, of King William III & II and Queen Mary II...

- First Benefactors.
Queen Anne - Donated confiscated properties of Captain Kidd.
George II
George II of Great Britain
George II was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and Archtreasurer and Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 until his death.George was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. He was born and brought up in Northern Germany...

- presented assets from confiscated properties of the Earl of Derwentwater
Earl of Derwentwater
Earl of Derwentwater was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1688 for Sir Francis Radclyffe, 3rd Baronet. He was made Baron Tyndale, of Tyndale in the County of Northumberland, and Viscount Radclyffe and Langley at the same time, also in the Peerage of England. He was succeeded by...

.
George VI
George VI of the United Kingdom
George VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death...

- Laid the foundation stone at Holbrook on 26 October 1928 (as the Duke of York).
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother - presented the Royal Banner to the Royal Hospital School.
The Duke of York
Prince Andrew, Duke of York
Prince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...

- "School Visitor" since 1992.

Houses

All 11 Houses at the Royal Hospital School are named in honour of a famous seafarer.

The boarding houses and colours:

Boys

West Side

Raleigh - navy blue
St Vincent
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
Admiral of the Fleet John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent GCB, PC was an admiral in the Royal Navy and Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom...

- sky blue

East Side

Hawke
Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke
Admiral of the Fleet Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke KB, PC was an officer of the Royal Navy. He is best remembered for his service during the Seven Years' War, particularly his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain...

- white and navy
Anson
George Anson, 1st Baron Anson
Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson PC, FRS, RN was a British admiral and a wealthy aristocrat, noted for his circumnavigation of the globe and his role overseeing the Royal Navy during the Seven Years' War...

- light blue and navy
Collingwood
Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
Vice Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood was an admiral of the Royal Navy, notable as a partner with Lord Nelson in several of the British victories of the Napoleonic Wars, and frequently as Nelson's successor in commands.-Early years:Collingwood was born in Newcastle upon Tyne...

- green and navy

Junior House

Drake - Green

Girls

West Side

Howe
Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe KG was a British naval officer, notable in particular for his service during the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars. He was the brother of William Howe and George Howe.Howe joined the navy at the age of thirteen and served...

- yellow

East Side

Hood
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood was a British Admiral known particularly for his service in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars...

- yellow and navy
Cornwallis
Sir William Cornwallis
Sir William Cornwallis was an early English essayist.His Essayes are written, unusually for the time, in the tradition of Montaigne, rather than that of Francis Bacon...

- red and navy

Junior House

Blake
Robert Blake (admiral)
Robert Blake was one of the most important military commanders of the Commonwealth of England and one of the most famous English admirals of the 17th century. Blake is recognised as the chief founder of England's naval supremacy, a dominance subsequently inherited by the British Royal Navy into...

- red

Sports

RHS has inter house and inter school sporting opportunities. It is a highly competitive programme with many competing well beyond RHS and have even developed many professional athletes. Currently RHS fields Rugby, Riding, Swimming, Cross Country, Athletics, Netball, Rounders, Canoeing, Sailing, Soccer, Cricket, Golf, Tennis and Hockey.

Holbrook Coastguard

The Holbrook Coastguard, founded in 1996, has a fully operational watch station and CRV, affiliated with Her Majesty's Coastguard

Her Majesty's Coastguard

. The area the team covers stretches from the Dry Dock in Ipswich to Shotley and then from Shotley to the White Bridge at Manningtree, but often operate in the Wrabness area with the neighbouring team.

Holbrook Coastguard is unique since, in term-time, it is run entirely by students. While there is a student-operated coastguard in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

and Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, it is the only one of its kind in England. There is a student in charge elected every year but there are adult team members who are in control during the school holidays. The student team has members aged 14–18.

Royal Hospital School Association

The Royal Hospital School Association is an association of former students and staff of the school. Founded as the Greenwich Royal Hospital School Old Boys Association in 1925, it changed its name to the Royal Hospital School Association (RHSA) in 1992 in order to accommodate female ex-pupils. The Association publishes an irregular newsletter called Otia Tuta keeping members abreast of current events.

The Association holds an annual reunion at the school in June.

RHS Community Website

The school has established the RHS Community Website to allow it to pass on any news or events to former and current pupils, parents and staff.

Notable former pupils

Admiral Arthur Phillip
Arthur Phillip
Admiral Arthur Phillip RN was a British admiral and colonial administrator. Phillip was appointed Governor of New South Wales, the first European colony on the Australian continent, and was the founder of the settlement which is now the city of Sydney.-Early life and naval career:Arthur Phillip...

(1738–1814) - founder of Sydney, Australia and the Governor of the first European colony on the continent (NSW)
Admiral Sir Philip King Enright
Philip King Enright
Sir Philip King Enright was a British admiral of the Royal Navy, who served during World War II.-Biography:Enright was born in Liskeard, Cornwall, the son John and Bridget E...

, KBE, CB (1894–1960)
Major General Jasper Baker, CB, CBE (1877–1964) - Director of Ordnance Services and Commandant RAOC, 1932 - 1945.
Admiral Sir Henry Felix Woods
Henry Felix Woods
Sir Henry Felix Woods , KCVO, was an Admiral and a Pasha in the Imperial Ottoman Naval Service.A British naval officer, born in Jersey in 1843 and educated at the Upper School of Greenwich Hospital , which offered training for the Royal Navy. After finishing top of the year, he entered as a...

, Pasha, (1843–1929) - Admiral in the Turkish Navy
Vice-Admiral Sir Benjamin C.S. Martin, KBE, DSO (1891–1957) - The first man promoted from the lower deck to become a Rear-Admiral on the active list in modern times.
Air Vice-Marshal Hubert Desmond Hall, CB, CMG, CBE, AFC (1925-?)
Rear-Admiral Stanley McArdle
Stanley McArdle
Rear Admiral Stanley Lawrence McArdle CB, MVO, GM was born on 27 September 1922 at Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire, the son of a colour sergeant in the Royal Marines, and was educated at the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook.-Navy career:...

, GM (1922–2007)
Don Topley
Don Topley
Thomas Donald Topley known as Don Topley or Toppers is a former English cricketer. Employed with the ground staff at Lord's Cricket Ground in London in 1984, he was recruited as a substitute fielder for one Test match involving England, before a brief appearance for Norfolk and Surrey led to a...

(1964-)- Essex CCC and coach of Zimbabwe.
Peter Richards
Peter Richards (rugby player)
Peter Charles Richards is a former English rugby union player. A versatile player, he has played in three positions: scrum half , fly-half and centre. Richards retired in the summer of 2010 because of a back injury.-Early career:His began playing mini rugby at , before he went to the Royal...

(1978-) -Rugby, England, Gloucester and London Irish.
Captain Thomas Henry Tizard
Thomas Henry Tizard
Thomas Henry Tizard C.B, F.R.S, R.N , was an English oceanographer, hydrographic surveyor, and navigator.He was born at Weymouth, Dorset and educated at the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich, at that time noted for its advanced mathematical training...

(1839–1924) - Oceanographer, Hydrographic surveyor and Navigator
Henry Petrides (1991 -) - Artist and Filmmaker
Ernest Edward Mills Joyce
Ernest Joyce
Ernest Edward Mills Joyce AM was a Royal Naval seaman and explorer who participated in four Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, early in the early 20th century. He served under both Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton...

, AM (1875–1940) - Antarctic Explorer, hero of the Ross Sea Party of Shackleton's ill-fated Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition , also known as the Endurance Expedition, is considered the last major expedition of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Conceived by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition was an attempt to make the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent...

.
John Deane (1800–1884) and Charles Deane
Charles Anthony Deane
Charles Anthony Deane was a pioneering diving engineer.Born in Deptford, Charles and his brother John and studied at the Greenwich Hospital School for Boys to become merchant seamen, going to sea at the age of 14 for a period of 7 years before returning to Deptford.Charles Deane then took up...

- inventors of the diving helmet, and discoverers of the wreck of the Mary Rose in 1839, whilst clearing the wreck of the Royal George.
Professor Bernard de Neumann
Bernard de Neumann
Frederick Bernard de Neumann is a British mathematician, computer scientist, inventor, and naval historian. In Austria and Germany he is known as Bernhard von Neumann....

(1943- ) – Mathematician
Commander Harry Pursey
Harry Pursey
Commander Harry Pursey was a British politician and naval officer, who began his career as a boy seaman and served as a Member of Parliament for twenty-five years....

MP (1891–1980) - Member of Parliament for Kingston upon Hull East 1945-70
Captain Oswald Tuck RN (1876–1950) – Naval Chaplain and Instructor
Malcolm Douglas Cooper
Malcolm Cooper
Malcolm Douglas Cooper, MBE, was a British sport shooter and founder of Accuracy International. , he is the only shooter to win defend the gold medal in the Olympic 50 metre rifle three positions event....

(1947–2001) - British marksman who won Olympic gold medals at Los Angeles and Seoul and beat or equalled 15 world records
Henry Davenport Sarratt (1828–1899)- Navigator, Royal Navy, Command of the Royal Yacht which brought Princess Alexandra
Alexandra of Denmark
Alexandra of Denmark was the wife of Edward VII of the United Kingdom...

(later Queen Alexandra) from Denmark to marry the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII
Edward VII of the United Kingdom
Edward VII was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910...

)
Zebedee Scaping (1833–1909) Esteemed headmaster of Hull Trinity House Navigation Schools (1854–1909).
Duncan Scott-Ford
Duncan Scott-Ford
Duncan Alexander Croall Scott-Ford was a British merchant seaman who was hanged for treachery after giving information to an enemy agent during World War II.-Family origins:...

(1921–1942) executed for treason.
Owen Herbert (2006-2011) Rugby, Llanelli Scarlets

Notable Staff

Edward Riddle, FRAS (1786–1854) Astronomer, mathematician, and teacher of navigation. Highly esteemed teacher; senior mathematics master in the Upper School (1821–1840); headmaster of the Upper School (1840–1841); and then of the Nautical School (1841–1851). Author of an authoritative and important book: "Treatise on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy", that was used throughout the world and ran to eight editions. [1st edition 1821].
Rev George Fisher
George Fisher (scientist)
The Reverend George Fisher FRS FRAS was a British Arctic scientist.-Early life:He was born in Sunbury, Middlesex, England, the son of surveyor James Fisher and his wife Henrietta. In 1808 he became a clerk in the Westminster Fire Insurance Company at the age of 14...

, MA, FRS, FRAS (1794–1873) Astronomer, Arctic explorer. Chaplain (1834–1863); Headmaster of the Upper School (1834–1840); Principal of the schools (1860–1863). Noted for his pioneering work in numerical educational attainment assessment.
John Riddle, FRAS (1816–1862) Astronomer, mathematician, and teacher of navigation. Only son of Edward Riddle, and his successor as headmaster of the Nautical School (1851–1862). Many of his pupils followed him into teaching and headed highly influential nautical schools throughout the United Kingdom, such as Hull, Glasgow, Leith, Dublin, Belfast.
T/Sub-Lieut.John Herbert Babington, GC, OBE. MA, BSc Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Awarded George Cross
George Cross
The George Cross is the highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom, and also holds, or has held, that status in many of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations...

for bomb disposal work 27 December 1940. Headmaster 1947-1955.

Literature

Desmond, Morris. "The Royal Hospital School Holbrook 1933-1993," United Kingdom.

McClean, David. "Education and Empire: Naval Tradition and England's Elite Society," British Academic Press, I. B. Tauris (January 15, 1999), ISBN 1860642950

Newell, Phillip. "Greenwhich Hospital: A Royal Foundation 1692-1983," United Kingdom.

Turner, H.D. The Cradle of the Navy: The Story of the Royal Hospital School at Greenwhich and at Holbrook, 1694–1988, William Sessions Limited of York, United Kingdom, 1990, ISBN 1-85072-077-0

Waldie, Paul. "Ghosts and Kippers: Schoolboy Memories, from the Royal Hospital School, Greenwich," United Kingdom.

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