Kingswood College is a

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school in Makhanda (Grahamstown),

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, South Africa attended by boarding and day scholars, and a member of the Independent Schools Association of South Africa. The school leavers write the matriculation examinations set by the

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(IEB).

History

Kingswood College is one of the oldest Methodist boarding schools in the country. It derives its name and ideals from

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, the 18th century college established by

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near

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, England, in 1748. The Reverend William Shaw was a Methodist minister who came to Eastern Cape as a member of Sephton's party of

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, he founded the Salem Academy in

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in the Albany district in the 1830s. The Academy was subsequently moved to Grahamstown where it was renamed the Shaw College, and later the Wesleyan Collegiate School for Boys. In 1896 the Wesleyan Collegiate School for Boys was located on the site that is the present home of Kingswood College. Kingswood College was founded by Daniel Knight in 1894.

Sport

Kingswood College has been performing very well on sports during the year. The sports that are offered in the school are: *

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Notable alumni

Neil Aggett Neil Aggett (6 October 1953 – 5 February 1982) was a doctor and trade union organiser who was killed, while in detention, by the Security Branch of the Apartheid South African Police Service after being held for 70 days without trial. Life a ...

, medical doctor and political activist who died in police custody *

Chris Bennett (admiral) Rear Admiral Chris Bennett (8 December 1937 – 17 August 2021) was the author of a number of books. Naval career Bennett was born in KweKwe. He attended school at Kingswood College (South Africa), Kingswood College before joining the South ...

* Tiny Francis, rugby player *

Geoffrey de Jager Geoffrey De Jager (born 2 October 1950 Oudtshoorn, South Africa) is a retired entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is currently the owner of Anglo Suisse Investments Limited alongside various charitable positions at The Rhodes University UK Trust ...

, businessman and philanthropist * Fabian Juries, rugby player * Jeremy Mansfield, radio and TV personality * Sir

Allan Mossop Sir Allan George Mossop (30 July 1887 – 14 June 1965) was a British judge of South African origin who served in China. He was the Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China from 1933 to 1943. Early life Mossop was born in Fis ...

, Chief Judge of the

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Bennie Osler Benjamin Louwrens Osler (23 November 1901 – 28 April 1962) was a rugby union footballer who played internationally for South Africa. Osler played mainly at fly-half for both South Africa, and his provincial team of Western Province. Osler was b ...

, rugby player *

Meyrick Pringle Meyrick Wayne Pringle (born 22 June 1966) is a former South African cricketer who played in four Tests and seventeen One Day Internationals (ODIs) from 1992 to 1995. Career Pringle attended and played for Kingswood College at school level. A ...

, cricketer *

Brett Wilkinson Brett Wilkinson (born 29 November 1983) is a South African born rugby union coach and former player. He is currently scrum coach at Ealing Trailfinders. Previously, he was Head Coach for HKU Sandy Bay in the Hong Kong Premiership and scrum co ...

, rugby player *

David Denton David Kipling Denton (born 5 February 1990) is a retired Zimbabwean-born Scottish rugby union player. He played in the back row, but could also play in the second row, and represented Edinburgh in the Pro12, Bath, Worcester Warriors and Leices ...

, rugby player *

Grant Hattingh Grant Neil Hattingh (born 3 October 1990 in Johannesburg, South Africa) is a rugby union player who plays as a lock, flanker or eighthman for Japanese sides the in Super Rugby and Kobelco Steelers in the Top League. Career Hattingh played a ...

, rugby player *

Rosco Speckman Rosko Shane Specman (born 28 April 1989) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby, the in the Currie Cup and the in the Rugby Challenge (South Africa), Rugby Challenge. He played rugby sevens for the South Africa national ...

, rugby player and Olympic Bronze Medalist *

Brett Schultz Brett Schultz (born 26 August 1970) is a former South African cricketer who played in nine Test matches and one One Day International between 1992 and 1997. During the course of his career, he also played for Eastern Province, Western Province ...

, cricketer *

Jack Slater Jack Slater may also refer to: * Jack Slater (Last Action Hero), a character in the film ''Last Action Hero'' *Jack Slater (politician) (1927–1997), Australian politician *Jackie Slater Jackie Ray Slater (born May 27, 1954), nicknamed "Big Bad ...

, rugby Springbok *

Denys Hobson Denys Laurence Hobson (born 3 September 1951) is a former South African first-class cricketer. Hobson played as a right-handed batsman and legbreak bowler for Eastern Province and Western Province. His career lasted from 1970–71 to 1984–85 ...

, cricketer *

David Divine Arthur Durham (David) Divine, CBE, DSM, (1904–1987) was a prolific South African writer of books on a variety of subjects but will be chiefly remembered for two controversial books on defence issues, ''The Blunted Sword'' (1964) and ''The Broke ...

, novelist, Distinguished Service Medal (WW2), CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) *

Harvey Tyson Harvey Wood Tyson, (27 September 1928 – 30 November 2018), spent 70 years of his life writing for the print media. He began as a cadet newspaper reporter at the age of 18 before becoming a general and senior reporter; a political corresponden ...

, author and former editor of THE STAR newspaper *

Graham Beck Graham Beck (5 December 1929 – 28 July 2010) was a South African business magnate, wine maker, stud farmer and philanthropist. He is best known as the one of the richest men in South Africa and founder of Kangra Group as well as the non-profi ...

, internationally acclaimed business magnate, wine maker, stud farmer and philanthropist *

Percy Scholes Percy Alfred Scholes PhD OBE (24 July 1877 – 31 July 1958) (pronounced ''skolz'') was an English musician, journalist and prolific writer, whose best-known achievement was his compilation of the first edition of ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' ...

* Uyinene Mrwetyana, key figure in the movement against gender-based violence in South Africa.

Notes and references

External links

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Independent Schools Association of South Africa
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