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Independent school
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,
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Stowe
Stowe may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Stowe, Buckinghamshire, a civil parish and former village
**Stowe House
**Stowe School
* Stowe, Cornwall, in Kilkhampton parish
* Stowe, Herefordshire, in the List of places in Herefordshire
* Stowe, Linc ...
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, country = England
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Buckinghamshire
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Co-educational
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Stowe School is a
public school
Public school may refer to:
* State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government
* Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...
(English
independent
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day and
boarding school
A boarding school is a school where pupils live within premises while being given formal instruction. The word "boarding" is used in the sense of "room and board", i.e. lodging and meals. As they have existed for many centuries, and now exten ...
for pupils aged 13–18) in
Stowe
Stowe may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
*Stowe, Buckinghamshire, a civil parish and former village
**Stowe House
**Stowe School
* Stowe, Cornwall, in Kilkhampton parish
* Stowe, Herefordshire, in the List of places in Herefordshire
* Stowe, Linc ...
,
England
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. It opened on 11 May 1923, initially with 99 schoolboys, and with
J. F. Roxburgh as the first headmaster. The school is a member of the 18 member
Rugby Group
The Rugby Group is a group of 18 British public schools.
The group was formed in the 1960s as an association of major boarding schools within the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference.
As with the Eton Group, which was formed a few years ...
, the
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
The Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC) is an association of the head teachers of 361 independent schools (both boarding schools and day schools), some traditionally described as public schools. 298 Members are based in the United ...
, and the
G30 Schools' Group. Originally for boys only, the school is now coeducational, with some ~550 boys and ~300 girls, with 837 students enrolled in the school as of September 2021.
Stowe charges up to £38,853 a year, (£12,951 per term, three terms per academic year for 2022). However the school provides bursaries and other means of financial assistance to admitted students. A typical Scholarship at Stowe is worth 5% of the School Fee.
The school has been based since its beginnings at
Stowe House, formerly the country seat of the
Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos
Duke of Buckingham held with Duke of Chandos, referring to Buckingham, is a title that has been created several times in the peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. There have also been earls and marquesses of Buckingham.
...
. Along with many of the other buildings on the school's estate, the main house is now a
Grade I Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
and is maintained by the Stowe House Preservation Trust.
History
Stowe School opened in 1923. Funding for the school came through the Rev.
Percy Warrington
The Reverend Percy Ewart Warrington (1889–1961) was an educationist and evangelical Church of England clergyman. He was vicar of Monkton Combe for forty-three years from 1918 to 1961 and the founder of an educational trust, Allied Schools, in ...
and the Martyrs Memorial Trust. The school's first architect was
Clough Williams-Ellis
Sir Bertram Clough Williams-Ellis, CBE, MC (28 May 1883 – 9 April 1978) was a Welsh architect known chiefly as the creator of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales. He became a major figure in the development of Welsh architec ...
.
![Stowe School - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Stowe_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_582994.jpg)
The first Headmaster was
J. F. Roxburgh. He aimed to focus on the individual child and introduce them to beauty and learning; he wanted a civilised school founded on Christian values.
Today
The school's
cricket ground
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
is used as a
first class ground by
Northamptonshire CCC
Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Nor ...
.
The Stowe Corner of
Silverstone Circuit is named after the school.
A
Southern Railway "
Schools Class"
steam locomotive
A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled by burning combustible material (usually coal, oil or, rarely, wood) to heat water in the locomot ...
, No. 928, which was built in 1934 was named after the school, and is preserved at the
Bluebell Railway
The Bluebell Railway is an heritage line almost entirely in West Sussex in England, except for Sheffield Park which is in East Sussex. It is managed by the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. It uses steam trains which operate between an ...
in East Sussex.
In 2016, a ''Daily Telegraph'' investigator posing as a parent of a Russian pupil was told by the then school registrar that while pupils would always be expected to pass the entrance exam, it would help secure a place if a borderline child's parents were able to donate "about £100,000 or something like that."
Boarding houses
There are 13 boarding houses: 8 boys' houses, 4 girls' houses and 1 mixed Sixth Form house. These boarding houses are mostly named after members of the family of
Duke of Buckingham
Duke of Buckingham held with Duke of Chandos, referring to Buckingham, is a title that has been created several times in the peerages of England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. There have also been earls and marquesses of Buckingham.
...
and Chandos. Each house has a number or letter assigned to it.
Headmasters
* 1923–1949:
J. F. Roxburgh
* 1949–1958: Eric Reynolds
* 1958–1964: Donald Crichton-Miller
* 1964–1979:
Robert Drayson
* 1979–1989: Christopher Turner
* 1989–2003: Jeremy Nichols
* 2003–present: Anthony Wallersteiner
Notable alumni
Former pupils of Stowe School are known as Old Stoics.
Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Allard de Vere Drummond (born Matthew Allard Robert Vaughn; 7 March 1971) is an English filmmaker. He has produced films including ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (1998) and '' Snatch'' (2000), and directed ''Layer Cake'' (2004 ...
is currently the President of the Old Stoic Society
Old Stoics include:
*
Michael Alexander (soldier), Michael Alexander (1920–2004),
prisoner of war
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Belligerents hold prisoners of wa ...
*
Major Jack Anderson (1918–1943), recipient of
Victoria Cross
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*
Lord Annan, (1916-2000), author and Provost of
King's College, Cambridge
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*
3rd Earl Attlee, (born 1956), grandson of
Clement Attlee
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*
George Barclay, (1920-1942), Battle of Britain pilot
*
Alexander Bernstein, Baron Bernstein of Craigweil
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Descending from Latvian Jewish immigrants and educated at Stowe School and S ...
, (1936-2010), television executive,
Labour Party member of the
House of Lords
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*
Oliver Bertram
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, (1910-1975), motor racing driver
*
Richard Boston
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, (1938-2006), English journalist and author
*
John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter
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Early life
He was the only son of Conservative politician Sir Archibald Boyd-Carpenter MP and his wife Annie Du ...
,
British Conservative Party
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(1908-1998), politician
*
Sir Richard Branson
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Branson expressed ...
, (born 1950), businessman
*
Lyndon Brook
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, (1926-2004), actor
*
Jack Brooksbank
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Brooksban ...
, (born 1986), husband of
Princess Eugenie
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*
Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, (born 1937),
law lord
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*
Florence Brudenell-Bruce
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, (born 1985), actress and model
*
Martin Buckmaster, 3rd Viscount Buckmaster
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(1921-2007)
*
James Burnell-Nugent
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Early life and education
Burnell-Nugent was educated at Stowe School, then an all-boys p ...
, (born 1949),
Admiral
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*
Henry Cavill
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, (born 1983), actor
*
Leonard Cheshire
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, VC (1917-1992),
airman
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In civilian aviation usage, t ...
and founder of the Cheshire Foundation
*
Oliver Churchill, (1914-1997), SOE officer during World War II
*
Simon Clegg
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, (born 1959), former CEO of the
British Olympic Association
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and former CEO of
Ipswich Town Football Club
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The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...
*
Peter Coke
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Early life
Peter John Coke was born in Southsea, Hampshire on 3 April 1913. , (1913-2008), playwright
*
Oliver Colvile, (born 1959), Conservative Member of Parliament
*
John C. Corlette, (1911-1977), architect and later teacher at
Gordonstoun
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, founder
Aiglon College
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, Switzerland, in 1949
*
John Cornford
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, (1915-1936), poet
*
Andrew Croft
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, (1906-1998), explorer and
SOE agent
*
Chelsy Davy, (born 1985), former girlfriend of
Prince Harry
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*
Michael Deeley
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, (born 1932), Academy Award-winning film producer
*
Simon Digby, (1932-2010), oriental scholar
*
Roly Drower
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Ben Duckett
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, (born 1994), English cricketer (
Northamptonshire
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and
Nottinghamshire
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).
*
John David Eaton
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, (1909-1973), Canadian merchant
*
Hugh Dundas (1920–1995), RAF Wing Commander
*
John Dundas (RAF officer)
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Born in West Yorkshire as the son of an aristocrat, Dundas was an able student a ...
, (1915-1945), RAF Officer
*
Alex Farquharson
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, Curator and Director of
Tate Britain
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*
Thomas Firbank, originator of
P company
*
Gareth Forwood
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(1945–2007), British stage, film and television actor, only child of actors
Glynis Johns
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and
Anthony Forwood
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*
David Foster
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, British Royal Navy pilot and business executive
*
Reg Gadney
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, (1941-2018), thriller-writer, painter and screenplay-writer
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Howard Goodall, (born 1958), musician
*
Michael Grade, Baron Grade of Yarmouth (born 1943), TV executive
*
Harry Gregson-Williams
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, (born 1961), composer and 1st music scholar 1975
*
George Haig, 2nd Earl Haig
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(1918-2009)
*
Edward Hardwicke
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, (1932-2011), actor
*
Peter Hayman, (1914-1992), British diplomat and paedophile
*
Sir Jack Hayward
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, (1923-2015), entrepreneur and former owner of
Wolverhampton Wanderers
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*
Robert Heber-Percy
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(1911–1987), eccentric
*
Sir Nicholas Henderson
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, (1919-2009), British diplomat
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Nigel Henderson
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Naval career
Henderson joined the Royal Navy in 1927. , (1917-1985), artist, asked to leave after burning a
Union Flag
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*
John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker, (1916-2004), British diplomat
*
Annabel Heseltine, (born 1963), journalist and broadcaster
*
Roger Hodgson
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, (born 1950), founding member and vocalist of
Supertramp
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*
Oscar Humphries
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He was editor of Press Holdings art magazine ''Apollo'' from 2010 until 2013.
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, (born 1981), journalist
*
Robert Kee
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He was educated at Stowe School, Buckingham, and read history ...
, (1919-2013), broadcaster, journalist and Ireland historian
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Danny Kinahan
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, (born 1958),
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Member of UK Parliament for
South Antrim
*
Adam King (born 1999), cricketer
*
Marc Koska, (born 1961), designer K1 auto-disable syringe and credited with saving in excess of one million lives
*
Laddie Lucas
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Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate, (1938-2010), former Solicitor-General and Attorney-General
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Gavin Maxwell
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, (1914-1969), author and naturalist
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Alistair McAlpine, Baron McAlpine
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(1942-2014), businessman, politician and author
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George Melly
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, (1926-2007), jazz singer and art historian
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Crispian Mills
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, (born 1973), musician
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Christopher Robin Milne
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George Monbiot
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(born 1963), journalist and political activist
*
Iain Moncreiffe (1919-1985),
herald
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Chandos Morgan (1920-1993), priest
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David Niven
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(1910-1983), actor and author
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Marilyn Okoro
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Dalton Philips
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(born 1968), chief executive of
Morrisons
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Anthony Quinton
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(1925-2010), philosopher
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Rainier III, Prince of Monaco
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Miranda Raison
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Graham Riddick (born 1955), Conservative Party politician
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Geoffrey Russell, 4th Baron Ampthill
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who deciphered
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Graeme White
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Theodore Acland, housemaster 1924–30, later headmaster of
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novels, ''
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'', first published together in 1958.
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, Composer in Residence 2012–13, Old Stoic and Hollywood composer.
Cricket ground
![Cricket pitch and Pavilion, Stowe School - geograph](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Cricket_pitch_and_Pavilion%2C_Stowe_School_-_geograph.org.uk_-_528059.jpg)
The first recorded match on the school
cricket
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ground came in 1928 when Stowe School played St Paul's School.
Buckinghamshire
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played their first
Minor Counties Championship
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match there in 1947, when the opponents were
Berkshire
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. Between 1947 and 1982 the ground held five Minor Counties Championship matches, the last of which saw Buckinghamshire draw against
Bedfordshire
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. The ground has also hosted a single
MCCA Knockout Trophy
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match which saw Buckinghamshire play Bedfordshire.
The ground has also held a single
List A match for
Northamptonshire
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two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
in the 2005
totesport League
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, against
Gloucestershire
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. and has held fourteen Second XI fixtures for the
Northamptonshire Second XI in the
Second XI Championship
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and Second XI Trophy.
Second XI Trophy Matches played on Stowe School Ground
. Cricketarchive.com.
See also
* List of schools in the South East of England
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* List of independent schools in the United Kingdom
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For more, see Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference for a list of 242 leading day and boarding independent boys' and coeducational schools in the United Kingdom, Crow ...
* List of boarding schools
* Aitchison College
Further reading
* Alasdair MacDonald, ''Stowe: House and School'', London: W. S. Cowell, 1951
References
External links
Stowe School Website
Old Stoic Society
Stowe House Preservation Trust
cricinfo
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The Allied Schools
Department for Education Performance Tables 2011
at CricketArchive
at Cricinfo
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Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference
Independent schools in Buckinghamshire
Cricket grounds in Buckinghamshire
Boarding schools in Buckinghamshire
Educational institutions established in 1923
Buckingham
1923 establishments in England