Blundell's School
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| Motto | Pro Patria Populoque (For the country and the people") |
| Established | 1604 |
| Type | Public school |
| Head Master | Ian Davenport BA |
| Chairman of the Governors | E.D. Fursdon DL MA (Oxon) FRICS |
| Founder | Peter Blundell |
| Location | Blundells Road Tiverton Devon EX16 4DN England |
| Staff | 66 |
| Students | 550 (senior school approx.) 400 (preparatory school approx.) |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 2½ to 18 |
| Houses | 8 |
| School colours | Red & White |
| Former pupils | Old Blundellians |
| Website | www.blundells.org |
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Blundell's School is a British public school, often seen as the Eton of the southwest, it is located in Tiverton in the county of Devon. It was founded by the will of Peter Blundell in 1604, one of the richest men in England at the time, and relocated to its present location on the outskirts of town in 1882. Annual Boarding fees: £23,875 per year, however the school also offers flexi-boarding. TOTAL PUPILS 2008: 350 boys and 225 girls, including 107 boys and 65 girls in the 6th form. The Old Blundell's School is now in the care of the National Trust, and its forecourt is usually open to visitors. One ex-Blundell's boy was the writer R. D. Blackmore — in Lorna Doone he used the Blundell's triangular lawn as the stage for a fight between John Ridd and Robin Snell. [1]B
[edit] Blundell's Alumni
- R. D. Blackmore, author of Lorna Doone
- George Bull, theologian and bishop
- Bampfylde Moore Carew, rogue and imposter
- Charles Cornwallis Chesney, soldier and military writer
- Francis Fulford, Anglo-Catholic bishop of Montreal
- Thomas Hayter, bishop of Norwich 1749-61, bishop of London 1761-2
- Abraham Hayward, man of letters
- James Amiraux Jeremie, academic and churchman
- Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, English civil servant, governor of Madras
[edit] Southern Railway School's Class
The School lent its name to the thirtythird steam locomotive (Engine 932) in the Southern Railway's Class V of which there were 40. This Class was also known as the Schools Class because all 40 of the class were named after prominent English public schools. 'Blundells', as it was called, was built in 1934.The locomotive bearing the School's name was withdrawn in the early 1960s.
[edit] External links
- Blundell's School website
- 2001 UK:Independent Schools Inspectorate Report
- Current Information from UK:Independent Schools Council
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