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The High School of Glasgow is an
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in
Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ...
, Scotland. The original High School of Glasgow was founded as the
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of
Glasgow Cathedral Glasgow Cathedral ( gd, Cathair-eaglais Ghlaschu) is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland and the oldest building in Glasgow. The cathedral was the seat of the Archbisho ...
in around 1124, and is the oldest school in Scotland, and the twelfth oldest in the United Kingdom. On its closure as a selective grammar school by Glasgow City Corporation in 1976, it immediately continued as a co-educational independent school as a result of fundraising activity by its Former Pupil Club and via a merge by the Club with Drewsteignton School. The school maintains a relationship with the Cathedral, where it holds an annual service of commemoration and thanksgiving in September. It counts two
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, two Lords President and the founder of the
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among its alumni. It is a
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, meaning prospective pupils must sit an entrance test to gain admission. In 2009 and 2017, ''
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'' placed it as the top independent school in Scotland for SQA results. The
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of the school is John O'Neill.


History

The original school was founded as the
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of
Glasgow Cathedral Glasgow Cathedral ( gd, Cathair-eaglais Ghlaschu) is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in Glasgow, Scotland. It is the oldest cathedral in mainland Scotland and the oldest building in Glasgow. The cathedral was the seat of the Archbisho ...
in around 1124, and later became known as Glasgow Grammar School. It was housed in Greyfriar's Wynd until 1782, when it moved to new purpose-built accommodation in George Street, but it moved again in 1821 to new premises between John Street and Montrose Street. The name was changed in 1834 to The High School of Glasgow, and in 1872 it was transferred to the management of the Glasgow School Board. In 1878, the school moved into the former premises of the
Glasgow Academy The Glasgow Academy is a coeducational independent day school for pupils aged 3–18 in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2016, it had the third-best Higher level exam results in Scotland. Founded in 1845, it is the oldest continuously fully independent ...
on Elmbank Street, when the latter moved to its new home in
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in the West End of the city. The Glasgow High School for Girls was founded in 1894 and housed variously in Garnethill and
Kelvindale Kelvindale ( gd, Dail Chealbhainn) is a district in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Kelvindale shares the G12 postcode with the neighbouring residential districts of Kelvinside, Hillhead, Hyndland, Dowanhill, as well as Gartnave ...
.Kelvindale history and schooling
In 1976, the regional council closed the Boy's High School, while the Girls' High School began admitting boys and was renamed as Cleveden Secondary School. The proposed closure was met with anger from former pupils and, the day after the closure of the Boys' High School, the new, independent, co-educational high school was created, following a merger involving the former pupils' association, the Glasgow High School Club, and Drewsteignton School in
Bearsden Bearsden () is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow. Approximately from Glasgow City Centre, the town is effectively a suburb, and its housing development coincided with the 1863 introducti ...
, which effectively became the new high school. In 1983 an arts and science extension was opened.


Today

The new, purpose-built senior school (Transitus to S6) is in Old Anniesland, owned by the Glasgow High School Club (''
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''). There have been multiple extensions to these buildings, including the two-storey science block. The junior school (kindergarten to P6) occupies the site of the former Drewsteignton School, on Ledcameroch Road in Old
Bearsden Bearsden () is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow. Approximately from Glasgow City Centre, the town is effectively a suburb, and its housing development coincided with the 1863 introducti ...
. The headmistress of the junior school is Heather Fuller.


Houses

Pupils at the school are divided into the following
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: *Bannerman, for
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. (Red) *Clyde, for Lord Clyde. (Blue) *Law, for
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. (Green) *Moore, for Sir John Moore. (Yellow) The school operates a house competition, and pupils may earn points for their house through excellence in areas such as sports, music, academia. The current holder of the overall house championship is Bannerman House. The Junior School Houses take their names from British lifeboat stations: Broughtyferry (red), Campbelltown (blue),
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(green) and Longhope (yellow).


Glasgow High School Club

The Glasgow High School Club is the former pupil club of the high school and its predecessor schools, the High School for Boys, the Girls' High School and Drewsteignton School. The club is a
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, run by a committee and a president, who is elected annually. The president is Craig Macdonald, and the past president is Ronnie Gourley. The honorary president is The Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, and the Rector of the School, John O'Neill, is an ''ex officio'' member. The rest of the committee comprises three honorary vice presidents, senior vice president, junior vice president, secretary, treasurer, house convenor, seven ordinary members, GHK Rugby president, triathlon representative, president of the ladies' section and president of ladies' hockey. The club owns Old Anniesland, the site on which the school now stands, and is based in the pavilion. The club runs all the facilities at Old Anniesland, including the Jimmie Ireland Stand but excluding the school. Use of the club's facilities is restricted to members. The club runs a number of sports teams, although the former Glasgow High Kelvinside (GHK) rugby club merged in 1997 with rivals Glasgow Academicals FC to form Glasgow Hawks. The name was intended as an acronym of High, Accies, West (of Scotland) and Kelvinside, however West of Scotland declined the invitation to merge into the new team and continue to play separately from their ground in Milngavie. The friendly rivalry with the Glasgow Accies, based at neighbouring New Anniesland, inspired the name of the Anniesland Trophy, an annual golf competition between the clubs. The club also has an active London branch, The London Club, which hosts a dinner every March at the
Caledonian Club The Caledonian Club is a private club founded in 1891. It is located at 9 Halkin Street SW1, near Belgrave Square, Belgravia, London. History Founded in 1892 as a proprietary club, the Caledonian Club as it is today was formed in 1917 under ...
and a lunch in early October for recent leavers moving to study in London. The London Club also runs a number of sports teams, particularly golf.


Notable alumni

Notable former pupils of the high school have included two
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, the founder of the
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, the current and most recent
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and numerous judges and law officers, including the current
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, as well as politicians, businessmen and academics.


Academia

* Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering,
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* Duncan Inglis Cameron, secretary of
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* Sir
Ian Heilbron Sir Ian Morris Heilbron DSO FRS (6 November 1886 – 14 September 1959) was a Scottish chemist, who pioneered organic chemistry developed for therapeutic and industrial use. Early life and education Heilbron was born in Glasgow on 6 November ...
, professor of organic chemistry at
Imperial College London Imperial College London (legally Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Its history began with Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, who developed his vision for a cu ...
* Sir
Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of ...
, botanist, president of the
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*
John Horne John Horne PRSE FRS FRSE FEGS LLD (1 January 1848 – 30 May 1928) was a Scottish geologist. He served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1915 to 1919. Life Horne was born on 1 January 1848, in Campsie, Stirlingshire, the ...
, geologist * Professor Sheila McLean, director, Institute of Law and Ethics in Medicine, University of Glasgow School of Law * Sir
Mungo William MacCallum Sir Mungo William MacCallum KCMG (26 February 1854 – 3 September 1942) was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted literary critic. Early life Mungo William MacCallum was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son ...
, vice-chancellor of the
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* Prof Sir Anton Muscatelli,
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,
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* Sir Muir Russell,
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* Professor Sir Thomas Smith, general editor, The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopædia * Bernard Wasserstein, historian


Arts

*
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, poet *
Norman Fulton (Robert) Norman Fulton (23 January 1909 - 5 August 1980) was an English-born composer, broadcaster and teacher of Scottish ancestry. Life and career Fulton was born in London but educated in Scotland at Glasgow High School. From 1929 until 1933 ...
, composer *
Graeme Kelling Graeme Hunter Kelling (4 April 1957 – 10 June 2004) was a Scottish musician and the original guitarist with the Scottish pop band Deacon Blue. Born in Paisley, Scotland, Kelling was brought up in Mount Vernon in the East End of Glasgow and e ...
, guitarist with
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* Edwin Morgan OBE,
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, The Scots Makar *
Eric Woolfson Eric Norman Woolfson (18 March 1945 – 2 December 2009) was a Scottish songwriter, lyricist, vocalist, executive producer, pianist, and co-creator of The Alan Parsons Project. Together with Parsons they sold over 50 million albums worldwide. ...
, songwriter and musician


Business

*
John Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan John MacDonald Bannerman, Baron Bannerman of Kildonan OBE (1 September 1901 – 10 May 1969; Scottish Gaelic: Iain mac Iain Mac-a'-Bhrataich) was a Scottish farmer, rugby union internationalist and Liberal politician. Family and education Bo ...
, farmer and Liberal Politician *
William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn William Beardmore, 1st Baron Invernairn DL (16 October 1856 – 9 April 1936), known as Sir William Beardmore, Bt, between 1914 and 1921, was a British industrialist, founding the eponymous William Beardmore and Company. Background and education ...
, industrialist * John Elder, shipbuilder *
Norman Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden Norman Somerville Macfarlane, Baron Macfarlane of Bearsden, (5 March 1926 – 5 November 2021) was a Scottish industrialist and member of the House of Lords who sat as a Conservative.
KT, industrialist and
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*
James Mavor James Mavor (December 8, 1854 – October 31, 1925) was a Scottish-Canadian economist. He served as a Professor of Political Economy of the University of Toronto from 1892 to 1923. His influence upon Canadian economic thought is traced to as la ...
, economist * William Smart, economist


Law

* Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, first female
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(retired) *
Charles Dickson, Lord Dickson Charles Scott Dickson FRSE LLD (13 September 1850, Glasgow – 5 August 1922) was a Scottish Unionist politician and judge. Life Charles was born in Glasgow the son of Dr John Robert Dickson. His elder brother was James Douglas Hamilton Dic ...
,
Lord Justice Clerk The Lord Justice Clerk is the second most senior judge in Scotland, after the Lord President of the Court of Session. Originally ''clericus justiciarie'' or Clerk to the Court of Justiciary, the counterpart in the criminal courts of the Lord ...
and
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*
George Emslie, Baron Emslie George Carlyle Emslie, Baron Emslie, (6 December 1919 – 21 November 2002) was a Scottish judge. Educated at the High School of Glasgow and the University of Glasgow, he was commissioned in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and served in ...
,
Lord President of the Court of Session The Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General is the most senior judge in Scotland, the head of the judiciary, and the presiding judge of the College of Justice, the Court of Session, and the High Court of Justiciary. The L ...
*
David Fleming, Lord Fleming David Pinkerton Fleming, Lord Fleming (11 February 1877 – 20 October 1944) was a Scottish politician and judge, rising to be Senator of the College of Justice. Life He was born in Rutherglen near Glasgow on 11 February 1877, the son of J ...
, senator of the College of Justice and Solicitor General * Arthur Campbell Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Lord President of the Court of Session *
Harald Leslie, Lord Birsay Harald Robert Leslie, Lord Birsay, KT, CBE, TD, QC, DL (8 May 1905 – 27 November 1982) was a Scottish lawyer and judge, and Chairman of the Scottish Land Court. Early life Leslie was born on 8 May 1905, the son of Robert Leslie, Master Ma ...
,
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*
Alexander Philip, Lord Philip The Rt. Hon. Alexander Morrison Philip, Lord Philip, (born 3 August 1942) is a Scottish lawyer and former Senator of the College of Justice. Early life The son of Alexander Philip, OBE and Isobel Thomson Morrison, Philip was educated at the ...
, senator of the College of Justice * Harold Sheppard, solicitor and public notary in Singapore *
Henry Wilson, Baron Wilson of Langside Henry Stephen Wilson, Baron Wilson of Langside, PC, QC (21 March 1916 – 23 November 1997) was a Scottish lawyer, Labour politician and life peer. The son of Margaret Young and James Wilson, a solicitor, he was educated at the High School of ...
, Lord Advocate * Roddy Dunlop, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates from 2020


Media

*
Muriel Gray Muriel Janet Gray FRSE (born 30 August 1958) is a Scottish author, broadcaster and journalist. She came to public notice as an interviewer on Channel 4's alternative pop-show ''The Tube'', and then appeared as a regular presenter on BBC radio ...
, journalist and broadcaster *
Fyfe Robertson James Fyfe Robertson (19 August 1902 – 4 February 1987) was a Scottish television journalist and broadcaster. Biography Robertson was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was one of six children of Jane Dunlop and James Robertson, a miner w ...
, Scottish television journalist *
Katharine Whitehorn Katharine Elizabeth Whitehorn (2 March 1928 – 8 January 2021) was a British journalist, columnist, author and radio presenter. She was the first woman to have a column in ''The Observer'', which ran from 1963 to 1996 and from 2011 to 2017. Sh ...
, journalist and feminist *
Susan Calman Susan Grace Calman (born 6 November 1974) is a Scottish comedian, television presenter, writer and panellist on a number of BBC Radio 4 shows including ''The News Quiz'' and ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''. She has written and starred in two se ...
, comedian and panellist


Military

*
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Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde Field Marshal Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, (20 October 1792– 14 August 1863), was a British Army officer. After serving in the Peninsular War and the War of 1812, he commanded the 98th Regiment of Foot during the First Opium War and then ...
, senior British Army officer *
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Sir John Moore, senior British Army officer * Surgeon Vice Admiral
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, senior Royal Navy officer and Surgeon-General


Politics

*
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (né Campbell; 7 September 183622 April 1908) was a British statesman and Liberal politician. He served as the prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1905 to 1908 and leader of the Liberal Party from 1899 to 19 ...
,
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*
Bonar Law Andrew Bonar Law ( ; 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now ...
, prime minister * James Bryce,
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*
John Annan Bryce John Annan Bryce (1841 – 25 June 1923) was a British businessman and Liberal politician. Background and family He was the son of the politician and geologist James Bryce and his wife Margaret Young, daughter of James Young. His elder broth ...
, Liberal MP * Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet, MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities *
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, Labour MP *
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, Conservative MP * Iain MacCormick,
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MP * Professor Sir Neil MacCormick, jurist and SNP MEP *
Anna McCurley Anna Anderson McCurley ( Gemmell; 18 January 1943 – 31 October 2022) was a Scottish politician. Early life and education Anna Gemmell was born in Glasgow on 18 January 1943. Her parents ran a small business, and she was educated at the fee- ...
, Conservative MP * John Macdonald, Liberal MP * Sir Walter Menzies, Liberal MP *
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, ambassador to Russia * Steve Rodan,
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* Sir Teddy Taylor, Conservative MP * Charles Gray, HM Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco and latterly Marshall of the Diplomatic Corps


Religion

*
William Elphinstone William Elphinstone (143125 October 1514) was a Scottish statesman, Bishop of Aberdeen and founder of the University of Aberdeen. Biography He was born in Glasgow. His father, also William Elphinstone, later became the first Dean of the Fa ...
,
Bishop of Aberdeen The Bishop of Aberdeen (originally Bishop of Mortlach, in Latin Murthlacum) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Nec ...
and founder of the
University of Aberdeen , mottoeng = The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom , established = , type = Public research universityAncient university , endowment = £58.4 million (2021) , budget ...
* Robert Reid Kalley, physician and missionary to Portuguese-speaking territories * David Lacy,
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, 2005 *
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, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, 2008 * R Guy Ramsay, Baptist minister and president of the Baptist Union of Scotland, 1948–49 * Very Revd Dr John R Gray, minister of Dunblane Cathedral and Moderator of the General Assembly


Science

*
Halliday Sutherland Halliday Gibson Sutherland (1882–1960) was a Scottish medical doctor, writer, opponent of eugenics and the producer of Britain's first public health education cinema film in 1911. Private life Halliday Sutherland was born in Glasgow, Scotla ...
, physician and author *
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, Professor of Physiology


Sport

* John Christie, cricketer * Walter Coulter, amateur footballer * Frank Deighton, golfer *
Alison Sheppard Alison Sheppard, (born 5 November 1972) is a freestyle swimmer from Scotland. Swimming career She competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for Great Britain, starting in 1988. She is a seven times winner of the British Championship i ...
, Olympic and Commonwealth swimmer * Harold Sheppard, cricketer * Charlie Telfer, footballer In addition, 29 one-time pupils of the High School have represented Scotland at international level in rugby union. They include John Bannerman, Angus Cameron, Donald Cameron, Jimmy Docherty, John Dykes, George Frew, Jimmy Ireland, Hamish Kemp, Ian Shaw and Robert Wilson Shaw.


Other

*
Temple Moore Temple Lushington Moore (7 June 1856 – 30 June 1920) was an English architect who practised in London. He is famed for a series of fine Gothic Revival churches built between about 1890 and 1917 and also restored many churches and designed ch ...
, architect * Ian McDonald, civil servant, spokesman for the
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during the
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Notable staff

*
Donald MacCormick Donald MacCormick (16 April 1939 – 12 July 2009)Veteran BBC newsman dies aged 70
...
– journalist * Thomas Muir, mathematician * Peter Pinkerton
FRSE Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland's national academy of science and letters, judged to be "eminently distinguished in their subject". This soci ...
– rector from 1914 to 1930


Notes


External links


High School of Glasgow Website

The High School of Glasgow's page on Scottish Schools Online
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