Hawtreys Preparatory School was an
independent boys'
preparatory school in England, first established in
Slough
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, later moved to
Westgate-on-Sea
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, then to
Oswestry
Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.
The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...
, and finally to a
country house
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near
Great Bedwyn
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, Wiltshire. In its early years it was known as St Michael's School.
In 1994, the school merged into
Cheam School
Cheam School is a mixed preparatory school located in Headley, in the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley in Hampshire. Originally a boys school, Cheam was founded in 1645 by George Aldrich.
History
The school started in Cheam, Surrey. ...
, near
Newbury, Berkshire.
History
The school was founded in 1869 by the Reverend John Hawtrey. He had been a boy at
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, from the age of eight. In later life he became a master at Eton and was offered his own house of boys. He decided to remove all of the younger boys from the school. With the permission of Eton College, he took the lowest two forms out to a separate school in
Slough
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and housed them in what is now
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School
St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School (formerly St Bernard's Convent School) is an academically selective Roman Catholic state grammar school on Langley Road, Slough. It was previously designated as a Humanities College. The student body is div ...
,
Slough
Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4 ...
. This was known as St Michael's School, and was opened on 29 September 1869 (
St Michael's day
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).
John Hawtrey's son,
Edward
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History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sa ...
, removed the school to Westgate-on-Sea early in 1883. When Edward Hawtrey died, the name of the school was changed to Hawtreys.
The school buildings were requisitioned during the Second World War and the school moved to
Oswestry
Oswestry ( ; ) is a market town, civil parish and historic railway town in Shropshire, England, close to the Welsh border. It is at the junction of the A5, A483 and A495 roads.
The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...
in Shropshire, to the home of Sir William Wynn-Williams. In 1946 it moved to
Tottenham House
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, a large Palladian country house near the village of
Great Bedwyn
Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in east Wiltshire, England. The village is on the River Dun (River Kennet), River Dun about southwest of Hungerford, southeast of Swindon and southeast of Marlborough, Wilt ...
, Wiltshire, in the heart of the
Savernake Forest. Throughout the history of the school, a close connection was maintained with Eton College to which many boys moved at the age of thirteen.
In 1994, the school merged with
Cheam School
Cheam School is a mixed preparatory school located in Headley, in the civil parish of Ashford Hill with Headley in Hampshire. Originally a boys school, Cheam was founded in 1645 by George Aldrich.
History
The school started in Cheam, Surrey. ...
, near Newbury, Berkshire, which is formally called ''Cheam Hawtreys'', but generally known simply as ''Cheam''.
The staff and pupils were listed in the credits of ''
A Feast at Midnight'', a 1995 British comedy family film.
Old Hawtreyans
:And see
:People educated at Hawtreys
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Field Marshal Lord Alexander (1891–1969)
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Sir Euan Anstruther-Gough-Calthorpe, 3rd Baronet (born 1966), property manager
*
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
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KG (1867–1947),
British prime minister
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George Barclay, Battle of Britain pilot
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Johnnie Boden
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, shirt-manufacturer
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David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan (born 1952)
*
Detmar Blow (1867–1939),
architect
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Henry Cookson
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Guinness Book of Records as member of first team to reach the Antarctic
Pole of inaccessibility in 2007
*
Robert St Leger Fowler (1891–1925), cricketer
*
Zac Goldsmith (born 1975), Conservative politician, environmentalist and editor of ''
The Ecologist''
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George Peabody Gooch (1873–1968), historian, social and political activist
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Simon Hart (born 1963), Conservative politician and
Secretary of State for Wales
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Thomas Lange, hotelier, philanthropist, & author
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Dai Llewellyn, 4th Baronet (1946-2009), socialite
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Sir Roderic Victor Llewellyn, 5th Baronet (born 1947), partner of
Princess Margaret
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and
horticulturalist
*
Oliver Messel (1904–1978), artist and
stage designer
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Jake Meyer, Mountaineer
*
Sir Anthony Rupert Milburn, 5th Baronet (born 1947), landowner
MILBURN, Sir Anthony (Rupert), 5th Bt cr 1905
in Who's Who
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online at xreferplus.com (accessed 28 November 2007)
* Edward Moss (1911–1944), first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve officer
* Sir Peter O'Sullevan (1918–2015), BBC racing commentator
* John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset (born 1952)[The Independent, 10 July 1994]
''Transfer fees wheeze cuts old school ties''
(accessed 7 May 2010)
*Henry Somerset, 12th Duke of Beaufort
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(born 1952)
*Mark Stone
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, journalist and Sky News Foreign Correspondent
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