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 Wellington College (berkshire)
Wellington College, the national monument to the Duke of Wellington, is an English public school, located in the Berkshire town of Crowthorne, which was granted its royal charter in 1853.
Wellington College was one of the 22 founding members of the Rugby Football Union, and historically, pupils at the school have excelled at Rugby Football, Field Hockey and Cricket.
Wellington is also now advertising in newspapers and other publications its move to co-education under the 13th Master of the College, Dr.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Wellington_College_(Berkshire)   (911 words)

  
 Wellington College, Berkshire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wellington is a co-educational public school, and has approximately 800 pupils aged between 13 and 18.
Wellington college could be considered a specialist at Rugby Sevens, winning Rosslyn park (National Schools Sevens festival) 5 times in the last 9 years including a 4 year unbeaten run in the tounament between 1999-2002, missing out on an unprecedented 5 in a row losing narrowly to Cheltenham in the 2003 final.
The Commanding Officer of the Wellington College CCF is Lieutenant Colonel Eddy Heddon (REME).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wellington_College,_Berkshire   (1087 words)

  
 Team of the Month
Wellington College, Berkshire are our Team of the Year for 2000-2001, fending off strong challenges from Bryanston and Kirkham GS.
Wellington had one setback early on, when they lost spiritedly to Auckland GS 36-13.
To round the season off, Wellington won the Rosslyn Park Festival for the third successive year and for the sixth time in 11 years.
www.schoolsrugby.co.uk /Schools/TeamofTheMonth.asp?id=13   (172 words)

  
 Wellington College
The school was founded in 1859 by the Duke of Wellington for the purpose of providing education for the sons of army officers, and a trust was set up to pay the costs of the education of sons of soldiers killed in battle.
Historically, Wellington College acted as a feeder school for Sandhurst, and certainly in my day, the "CCF" (Combined Cadet Force) was regarded as an important part of the school's curriculum (in which I was a singular failure!).
College was divided into Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools; the Middle and Upper split between the Classical and Mathematical sides, the latter heavily predominant.
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 Governors - Wellington College Website
Wellington's Governors come from a wide range of backgrounds, including business, education, the forces and the professions, and all are deeply committed to the school's continuing success.
Retired in 1990 to assume the appointment of Bursar at Bradfield College (1990 - 2001).
Brought up at Wellington College, the daughter of R E Storrar, head of Modern Languages and tutor of the Murray.
www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk /page.aspx?id=8   (1671 words)

  
 Mandarin for starters | News crumb | EducationGuardian.co.uk
Brighton College, where the fees are £20,466 a year, has one thing in common with Kingsford community school in the East End of London, where over 50% of students qualify for free school meals.
Along with the British Council, HSBC is sponsoring next month's conference at Wellington College and last year it ran a competition for schools where Mandarin is taught.
His predecessor at Brighton is Dr Anthony Seldon, who has since moved to Wellington College, where he intends to offer Mandarin as an option for prep school children as young as eight.
education.guardian.co.uk /schools/story/0,,1698255,00.html   (1154 words)

  
 Wellington College - Welcome
Wellington College is a school with a proud tradition dating back to 1867.
Wellington College is a school with an unequivocal emphasis on excellence, whether it be academic, sporting or cultural.
Consequently, each year, Wellington College students organise a Run-a-thon to raise large amounts of money for World Vision.
www.wellington-college.school.nz   (361 words)

  
 DNZB / BIOGRAPHY
George William Edward Ernest von Zedlitz, first professor of modern languages at Victoria College, Wellington, New Zealand, was born near Neukirch, Germany, on 10 March 1871, the only child of an Englishwoman, Mary Bethia Wolff, and her husband, Baron Sigismund von Zedlitz und Neukirch, a soldier and head of an old Silesian family.
On 22 March 1902 he arrived in Wellington to join the four foundation professors and in the first year had nearly 40 pupils in French and German.
Widely known in Wellington as 'Von' or 'Old Von', he was called upon for a variety of services: to translate an obscure language, to speak to a student club, to judge a literary competition.
www.dnzb.govt.nz /dnzb/Essay_Body.asp?PersonEssay=3Z1   (1175 words)

  
 Old Wellingtonian Lodge 3404
The President of Wellington College, His Royal Highness, the Duke of Kent, KG, GCMG, GCVO, ADC and Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England has graciously accepted honorary membership of the Old Wellingtonian Lodge No. 3404.
In 1909 the great, great uncle of the present Grand Master, HRH the Duke of Connaught KG, became the Worshipful Master of the Heroum Filii Lodge at its consecration, later to be renamed the Old Wellingtonian Lodge.
Looking ahead to the May meeting, held annually at Wellington College, the members welcomed the acceptance by the Master of the College, Hugh Monro to be guest of honour at a white table dinner to honour his achievements during the five years of his mastership.
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 BBC NEWS | England | Berkshire | School takes bullying 'seriously'
Police are looking into a number of allegations of pupils bullying each other at Wellington College, Berkshire.
The school's statement said: "As in any school, whether an independent boarding school or maintained sector day school, there will from time to time be allegations of bullying between pupils.
Sitting in 400 acres of woodland in Crowthorne, Wellington is predominantly a boys' school but has about 50 girls in the sixth form.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/berkshire/4430145.stm   (229 words)

  
 Dyson biography
Winchester College was important for freeman for it gave him an outstanding mathematical education.
Not only did he have one of the finest mathematics teachers in the country, namely C V Durell, but he was in the same class as James Lighthill and the two studied advanced mathematics together such as Jordan's Cours d'Analyse.
He returned to Trinity College in 1946 as a fellow having written a dissertation from which he published three papers; A theorem on the densities of sets of integers (1945), A theorem in algebraic topology (1948), and On the product of four non-homogeneous linear forms (1948).
www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Biographies/Dyson.html   (2596 words)

  
 Wellington Home Page - Wellington College Website
Wellington College was founded by Queen Victoria and Prime Minister The Earl of Derby in 1859 as the national monument to Britain's greatest military figure, the Duke of Wellington, who also served the country with distinction twice as Prime Minister.
Wellington College is a vibrant and popular co-educational boarding and day school where girls and boys learn to be leaders for life.
We aim to provide a unique opportunity in the breadth and depth of education we offer, which goes beyond academic success into every sphere of life.
www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk   (182 words)

  
 Wellington College, Sandhurst by John Shaw, Jnr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Mordaunt Crook credits the younger Shaw with being one of the first to turn back to the work of Sir Christopher Wren: "Back in the 1850s Wren had already been revived at John Shaw's Wellington College, Berkshire (1856-59).
Henry Russell Hitchcock comments that at about the same time that the novelist Thackeray designed for himself a house that echoed the "modest red-brick manor houses of the time of Queen Anne.
.Wellington College by John Shaw (1803-70), which was begun in 1856, was reaching completion in a much richer, almost Second Empire, version of the Wren style of 1700" (Architecture, 208).
www.victorianweb.org /art/architecture/shaw/4.html   (133 words)

  
 Berkshire England United Kingdom Europe Regional   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wilbur?s world view grounded but hardly complacentChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 10 hours agoPoetry is not literally in the air as you drive through the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, but as the temperature cools and your cellphone loses its...
Jeremy Bowen: I love England losingic Wales, UK - 8 hours agoThe last game I played was for the Berkshire Press, a team run by journalists who had moved on from Reading to the BBC.
Isn't it romantic?Indianapolis Star, IN - 11 hours agoThe ancestral estate of the earls of Abingdon and Berkshire, with portions of the building dating to the 14th and 16th centuries.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/England/Berkshire   (279 words)

  
 LHCMA Hamilton catalogue: 16/1-656 Speeches, articles, prefaces, and letters to the press by Hamilton, 1918-1947
Text of speech by Hamilton at Wellington College Mission, Walworth, London, on the contribution of public school education to funding the mission and strengthening the British Empire.
Text of speech by Hamilton to the Newbury British Legion, Berkshire, on the growth and vitality of the Legion in contrast to the declining population of ex-servicemen; account of his meeting an ex-servicemen wearing a Legion suit on the train to Broadstairs, Kent.
Text of lecture by Hamilton to Eton College, entitled 'A mugwump on politics', referring to the role of women in politics; Hamilton's hesitation in accepting appointment as Adjutant General of the Forces from Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane MP, Secretary of State for War; Haldane's relationship with the Liberal Party.
www.kcl.ac.uk /lhcma/cats/hamilton/h0-16.htm   (12820 words)

  
 Examiners unveil alternative to 'easy' A-Levels Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
The new exam will be unveiled at a conference on alternatives to the GCSE and A-levels at Wellington College, Berkshire, next Tuesday.
At the conference, Dr Anthony Seldon, the master of the college, will call for a Royal Commission to look at the future of examinations.
The new exam has the potential to drive a wedge between the state sector and private schools as, despite the interest of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in the venture, it would be difficult for state schools to enter pupils for the exam.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20060624/ai_n16507002   (470 words)

  
 The Wellington College Sports Club - Gym, Swimming   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Wellington College Sports Club is situated within the grounds of Wellington College, one of the country’s leading independent schools.
Members of Wellington College Sports Club enjoy one to one assistance during their introduction to the Total Body Fitness Suite.
Personalised exercise programmes ensure members workouts are tailor made to their own unique requirements.
www.wellingtoncollegesportsclub.co.uk   (316 words)

  
 thePeerage.com - nil and others
     Lt.-Col. Henry Beaumont was educated in Wellington College, Berkshire, England.
     Captain Arthur Timothy Beaumont was educated in Wellington College, Berkshire, England.
He was educated in Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England.
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 Milton Keynes
Art, Design and Media staff member and award-winning sculptor, John Murray, has kindly lent the college one of his pieces of work for long-term display within the grounds of the Bletchley Campus.
John, who is the course leader for the ABC Foundation Art and Design course is originally from Manchester and has exhibited widely throughout the U.K. as well as Dublin, Brussels and New York.
In 2004, he was awarded professional associate membership of the Royal British Society of Sculptors and before joining the college last year, was artist in residence at Wellington College in Berkshire.
www.mkcollege.ac.uk /index_text.php?_id=1089   (206 words)

  
 Cypress Sale on berkshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
BERKSHIRE YEOMANRY - AGAIN IN EGYPT IN 1916.
ROYAL DOULTON BERKSHIRE RIMMED SOUP PLATES X 2.
Old Eton nr Windsor Berkshire Jotter G. Smith 1905.
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 4NCL - The Four Nations League - www.4ncl.co.uk
Participants wishing this information not to be included on the website should contact the webmaster to have it removed, but should be aware that in this event they will not be permitted to play in the league.
Wellington International - 30th Jan. - 1st Feb. and 7th - 8th Feb. Open FIDE rated event (5 rounds 1st weekend, 4 rounds 2nd weekend).
Venue: Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7PU (35 miles south west of London)
www.4ncl.co.uk /wellington.htm   (790 words)

  
 TRAILPLUS: The unique experience: Trail, Challenge, Adventure, Trail running, Trail biking, Adventure racing, Corporate ...
Granted its Royal Charter in 1853, the magnificent Wellington College with its fine buildings and splendid setting, is one of England’s great boarding schools.
The College stands in a beautiful 400 acre woodland estate in Crowthorne, near Bracknell in Berkshire.
One of the many attractions of Wellington College is that TrailPlus have been given use of their newest and best-appointed accommodation blocks.
www.trailplus.com /young_athletes.cfm   (584 words)

  
 well-being is welcome at wellington college - PsychologyUK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
From the new academic year, staff and pupils at Wellington College, Berkshire are to take part in a well-being programme of pilot workshops.
Wellington College which was opened in 1859, has enlisted the help of Cambridge University Psychologist Dr Nick Baylis to develop the pilot programme.
Dr Baylis who helped to create 'The Well-being Institute' at Cambridge University was asked by the new headteacher, Dr Anthony Seldon of Wellington College to help design a year-round programme of workshops.
www.psychologyuk.co.uk /story.php?article_id=195   (211 words)

  
 Alliance of Literary Societies, Gazetteer. Berkshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In 1945, John Wheeler, the landlord of Garrards Farm, decided he wanted the farm for his son and the Betjemans moved to the Old Rectory at Farnborough (Berkshire), a large house set on the downs near Wantage.
It is situated on a bend in the road opposite the parish church and completely hidden from view by a screen of tall bushes.
Anthony Powell (1905-2000) Educated: Eton College and Balliol College, Oxford.
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 Venue: Wellington College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
This map is actually from the Wellington College's own website.
The sports hall has 4x2 badminton courts with a curtain down the middle - although I wouldn't say there is an advantage from either side of the court.
But otherwise, hang a right out of Wellington College onto Duke's Ride (B3348) and head into Crowthorne.
www.silverfoxbc.ndo.co.uk /clubs/details/wellington_college.html   (155 words)

  
 Westminster Abbey - Events and Concerts - Annual Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lecture - Archives
Previously he was Dean at King's College, London (1945-55), Chaplain to King George VI and The Queen, and the warden of Keble College, Oxford.
That is why the lecture is repeated each year at Keble College.
Booklets of all the Eric Symes Abbott Memorial lectures can be obtained from the Dean's Office at King's College London.
www.westminster-abbey.org /event/lecture/annual_syme.htm   (227 words)

  
 The Scotsman - S2 - My schooldays   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Park House School, Dublin, till the age of seven; St Andrew’s School in Eastbourne, Sussex, until the age of 13; then Wellington College, Berkshire, from 1952 to 1956.
I went away to boarding school when I was seven and it was the unhappiest time of my life.
Within a week or two of writing and reporting news stories, I decided there was nothing else I wanted to do but that.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /s2.cfm?id=1054522004   (406 words)

  
 Wellington College - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are many schools known as Wellington College.
Wellington College, Belfast, a Grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland
This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wellington_College   (87 words)

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