Queen Elizabeth Grammar School (QEGS) is an independent,

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for boys in

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, England. The school was founded by Royal Charter of

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in 1591 at the request of leading citizens in

(headed by Thomas Savile and his two sons) 75 in total and some of whom formed the first governing body. The school is part of a foundation, with both QEGS Senior and Junior schools joined together, along with the nearby Wakefield Girls' High School and its Junior School, and Mulberry House, which is a nursery and pre-prep department. As of September 2021, the headmaster of the school is Dr Richard Brookes, who was previously senior deputy head at City of London School. QEGS is a member of the

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. Some notable former pupils include the 17th century English physician, John Radcliffe,

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to King Charles II, Richard Henry Lee, signer of the

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Sir Francis Molyneux, 7th Baronet Sir Francis Molyneux, 7th Baronet (1738–1812) was a courtier who became Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod. Career Born the son of Sir William Molyneux, 6th Baronet and educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, Francis Molyneux was a ...

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, Mike Harrison, former captain

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History

Founding

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School dates back to 19 November 1591 when a charter was granted to fourteen men to act as governors of the new school. The charter read: Elizabethan Gallery, Brook Street - geograph

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Five of the fourteen men designated to be governors bore the name Saville. Generations of the Saville family have played important roles in the school's history and hence the reason why the Old Boys' Association is called the Old Savilians' Club.QEGS History
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Coat of arms

The school arms came into existence soon after the school was founded and features a lion, an owl and a Bible. The golden lion on a red field refers to the royal foundation; the silver owl on black is taken from the arms of the Savile family (one of the founding families) and the Bible indicates the religious side of education. The school motto – ''Turpe Nescire'' – means "It is a disgrace to be ignorant".

School song

Around 1900, H. G. Abel, then the senior classics master, composed "Floreas, Wakefieldia" and Matthew Peacock, headmaster and honorary choirmaster at the cathedral, set the words to music. It was seen as fitting that the song should be written in Latin, thereby evoking echoes of traditional scholasticism. The song is still sung today – at Founders' Day, Speech Day and at all Old Savilian Club dinners.

Facilities

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In 1854 QEGS moved to its present site in Northgate,

, into premises designed by the architect Richard Lane and formerly occupied by the West Riding Proprietary School. The attached Junior school for boys aged 7 to 11 was founded in 1910. A new building (Savile Building) was opened in 2005 by

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, the famous educationalist, who taught at the school in the early 1960s. The new building provides a new 6th form centre, English department, state-of-the-art theatre and Learning Resources Centre for the pupils of QEGS.

Sport

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The school is often noted for its sporting ability, having achieved frequent success in a number of sports. Over 83% of the school's boys represent QEGS in one sporting event or another. The most popular

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, followed by hockey,

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, and

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. Hockey in particular has experienced substantial growth in the school throughout the last decade, and is now close to matching rugby union's dominance internally. In 2006, 2013, 2014 and 2015 the under-15s Rugby side reached the '' Daily Mail Cup'' final, winning the 2015 competition in a tight 15-6 win over three time final rivals

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. In 2009 every age group won the hockey 'Yorkshire Cup' for the first time in the school's history with the under 16s going on to reach the national semi-finals, only to lose to Whitgift School. As well as plenty of sporting opportunities, the school also gives pupils the opportunity to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme.

In popular culture

* David Storey's

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winning novel ''Saville'' (1976) includes an account of the experiences of a working class boy at a Yorkshire grammar school in the 1940s. Storey, like the protagonist of ''Saville'' a miner's son, is an old boy of QEGS. *The school is mentioned in the novel ''Nineteen Seventy-Four'' by

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Headmasters

Headmasters of Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield from 1591 to the present time. * 1591-1598 Rev Edward Mawde MA,

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* 1600-1607 Rev John Beaumont MA * 1607-1607 Rev Jeremy Gibson MA * 1607-1607 Rev Robert Saunders MA, Fellow of

King's College, Cambridge King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...

* 1607–1623 Rev Philip Isack MA,

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* 1623-1663 Rev Robert Doughty MA * 1663-1665 Rev Samuel Garvey MA,

* 1665-1672 Rev Jeremiah Boulton MA,

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* 1672-1681 Rev John Baskervile BD,

* 1681-1693 Rev Edward Clarke MA,

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* 1693-1703 Rev Edmund Farrer MA,

* 1703-1720 Rev Thomas Clark MA,

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* 1720-1751 Rev Benjamin Wilson MA,

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* 1751-1758 Rev John Clarke MA, Fellow of

* 1758-1795 Rev Christopher Atkinson MA,

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* 1795-1814 Rev Thomas Rogers MA,

* 1814-1837 Rev Martin Joseph Naylor DD, Fellow of

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* 1837-1847 Rev John Carter DD,

* 1847-1875 Rev James Taylor DD,

* 1875-1883 Robert Leighton Leighton MA,

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* 1883-1910 Matthew Henry Peacock MA

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, Exeter College, Oxford * 1911-1916 Joseph E. Barton MA,

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* 1917- Alfred J. Spilsbury MA,

* 1939-1956 Wilfred A. Grace MA,

* 1956-1964 Ernest J. Baggaley

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* 1964-1975 J. K. Dudley MA,

* 1975-1985 James G. Parker MA * 1985-2001 Robert Mardling MA, St Edmund Hall, Oxford * 2001-2010 Michael Gibbons BA AKC,

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* 2010-2020 David Craig MA MEd * 2021-present Richard Brookes

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Notable Old Savilians

Academia

* T.D. Barnes, Professor of Classics in the University of Toronto 1976–2007 * John Barron, classicist and Master of St Peter's College, Oxford * Stuart Jones, British historian, Professor of Intellectual History at the University of Manchester * Professor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, British biochemist and master of Christ's College, Cambridge (1982–1995) * David May, Professor of Computer Science at the

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, former lead architect of the

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and Chief Technology Officer and founder of

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. *

, Mathematician and

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to King Charles II. *

Benjamin Pulleyne Benjamin Pulleyne, ''sometimes spelt'' Pullan (30 September 1785 – 20 October 1861), was a mathematician, Church of England clergyman, fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, and schoolmaster. For almost fifty years he was the Master of Gresham's Sch ...

(died 1861), mathematician, Fellow of

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, and headmaster of

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Charles Ross (historian) Charles Derek Ross (1924 – 1986) was an English historian of the Late Middle Ages. He was educated at Wakefield Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he completed a doctoral thesis on the baronage in Yorkshire in the early fi ...

(1924-1986), Professor of Medieval History,

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, and author *

Alan M. Taylor Alan M. Taylor (born 15 November 1964) is the C. Bryan Cameron Chair in International Economics and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Finance at the University of California, Davis. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau ...

, Professor of Economics and Finance,

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John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden John Frederick Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden, CBE (26 June 1906, Swindon, Wiltshire – 18 January 1985, Guildford, Surrey) was a British educationalist probably best remembered for chairing the Wolfenden Committee whose report, recommending the dec ...

, Vice Chancellor of the University of Reading, and chair of the Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution, which in 1957 published the Wolfenden Report that recommended the decriminalisation of homosexuality. *

Hector Munro Chadwick Hector Munro Chadwick (22 October 1870 – 2 January 1947) was an English philologist. Chadwick was the Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon and the founder and head of the Department for Anglo-Saxon and Kindred Studies at the Uni ...

, English philologist and historian, fellow of

and professor of Anglo-Saxon at the

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(1912–41) * John Hopkins, Cambridge University academic *

Roger Clifford Carrington Roger Clifford Carrington (1906–1971) was an English classical scholar, archaeologist and teacher. He was headmaster of St. Olave's and St. Saviour's Grammar School for Boys from 1937 to 1970. Early life R. C. Carrington was educated at Queen E ...

, English classical scholar, archaeologist and teacher (1906-1971) *

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, European Politics and Foreign Affairs,

Arts

Art *

Thomas Hartley Cromek Thomas Hartley Cromek (1809-1873) was an English artist. Life Cromek was born on 8 August 1809, the son of the engraver Robert Hartley Cromek. He was educated at Enoch Harrison's school in Wakefield; he then attended the Moravian School at Ful ...

, English artist (1809-1873) Literature *

Richard Bentley Richard Bentley FRS (; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellen ...

, theologian, classical scholar and critic (1662–1742) * David Storey, playwright and novelist, winner of the

in 1976 for Saville. * Thomas Armstrong, novelist (1899 – 1978) *

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, American playwright (1737-1783) * Dusty Hughes, English playwright and director Music * Andrew Cocup, ''aka'' Andy Cato from the band Groove Armada. *

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, composer of

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* Kenneth Leighton, classical and

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composer. *

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, choirmaster and organist. *

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, keyboardist with the band Maxïmo Park.

Miscellaneous

* George Allan, English antiquary and lawyer. Co-writer of ''History and Antiquities of the Country Palatine of Durham''. * Edmund Cartwright, Inventor of the Power Loom (1743–1823).". * Stephen Griffiths, a serial killer, from Dewsbury, known as the "Crossbow Cannibal". *

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in England in the 1940s, known as the "Acid Bath Murderer" *

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, journalist and magazine publisher *

Joseph Hirst Lupton Joseph Hirst Lupton (1836–1905) was an English schoolmaster, cleric and writer. Life Born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 15 January 1836, he was second son of Joseph Lupton, headmaster of the Greencoat School at Wakefield, by his wife Mary Hirst, ...

, English schoolmaster, cleric and writer (1836–1905) * Christopher Saxton, English cartographer (c.1540-c.1610) *

Francis Smith Francis Smith may refer to: Government and politics *Francis Smith (by 1516-1605), member of parliament (MP) for Truro and Stafford *Francis Smith, 2nd Viscount Carrington (c. 1621 – 1701), English peer *Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith (1806–1 ...

, Puisne judge (1847–1912) * Sidney Hayward, British barrister and legal writer * Charles Hoole, English cleric and educational writer (1610–1667) *

Thomas Zouch Thomas Zouch (12 September 1737, Sandal Magna near Wakefield – 17 December 1815, Sandal Magna), was an English clergyman and antiquary, best known as a student of the works and life of Izaak Walton. Life Thomas Zouch, who claimed to be related ...

, clergyman and antiquary (1737–1815) * Sir Frank Standish, 3rd Baronet (1746-1812) *

William Alfred Ismay William Alfred Ismay (10 April 1910 – 13 January 2001) was a librarian, writer and collector in Wakefield, West Yorkshire known for his significant collection of post-war studio pottery. The collection called the W.A. Ismay Collection was ...

, librarian, writer and collector (1910-2001)

Politics

Jonathan Baume Jonathan Edward Baume (born 13 July 1953 in Wakefield) was General Secretary of the FDA from 1997 until 2012 and a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2001 to 2012. He was appointed as a Civil Service Commissione ...

, trade unionist * Tony Greaves Liberal Democrat member of the

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, American-born politician and Free Trade activist * Richard Henry Lee, signer of the

and

(1765–1812) * Edward Thompson,

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for

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and later the Commissioner of the Admiralty *

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, senior British civil servant (1893–1984) * Frank Marshall, Baron Marshall of Leeds, British lawyer, politician, and member of the

(1915–1990) *

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, English antiquary and social reformer (c. 1725–1795) * Samuel Gledhill, lieutenant-governor of Placentia, Newfoundland from 1719-c.1730

Religion

Joseph Bingham Joseph Bingham (September 1668 – 17 August 1723) was an English scholar and divine, who wrote on ecclesiastical history. Life He was born at Wakefield in Yorkshire. He was educated at Wakefield Grammar School and University College, Oxf ...

, English scholar and divine (1668–1723) *

Hugh Paulinus de Cressy Dom Serenus Cressy, O.S.B., (originally born Hugh Paulinus de Cressy), (ca. 1605 –10 August 1674) was an English convert to Catholicism and Benedictine monk, who became a noted scholar in Church history. Life Anglican chaplain Hugh Paulinus ...

, English Benedictine monk (c.1605–1674) * Rt Rev Jack Cunningham, inaugural Anglican Bishop of Central Zambia *

Robert Maynard Hardy Robert Maynard Hardy (5 October 19369 April 2021) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England. Early life Hardy was born on 5 October 1936. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield and Clare College, Cambridge. Career ...

, Anglican Bishop * The Rt Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Hope of Thornes, former

. * John Potter,

(1674–1747) * Rt Rev Arnold Lomas Wylde, Bishop of Bathurst during the mid 20th century * Barnabas Oley, English churchman and academic (1602–1686) * Daniel Cresswell, English divine and mathematician (1776–1844) *

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, Unitarian Minister (1746–1816) *

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, English Puritan clergyman (1599–1654) *

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, Anglican

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(1866–1964) * Thomas Doughty,

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(1636-1701) * The Ven. John Duncan,

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* James Bardsley, English cleric and honorary canon of

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(1805–1886)

Science and medicine

* John Radcliffe, British physician (1652–1714) * Robert Smith, Assistant Colonial Surgeon of Sierra Leone (1840–1885) *

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, British computer scientist * Herbert Haslegrave, British engineer (1902–1999) *

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, British surgeon, author and TV personality * William Sharp, English surgeon and physician (1805–1896)

Sport

* Reg Bolton, rugby union footballer who played in the 1930s for England, Yorkshire, Wakefield and Harlequins * William Guest, rugby union footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s for Yorkshire, South Elmsall and Wakefield * Mike Harrison, former captain

. *

Phillip Hodson Phillip Hodson (born April 1946 in Bedfordshire) is a British psychotherapist, broadcaster and author who popularised ‘phone-in’ therapy in his role as Britain's first 'agony uncle'. His afternoon and evening counselling programmes ran on LBC ...

, cricketer and former president of the

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* Alister MacKenzie, British golf course designer known for designing

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(1870–1934). *

Roger Pearman Roger Pearman (born ) is an English rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, and coached rugby league in the 1960s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,

, rugby union, and rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s for Sandal, Headingley, Loughborough University, Wakefield Trinity and Canterbury-Bankstown, and coached in the 1960s for Canterbury-Bankstown * Adam Pearson, current Hull City chairman, former commercial director of Leeds United football club and former chairman of Derby County * Ronald Rylance, World Cup winning

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footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, for England, Yorkshire, Wakefield Trinity, Dewsbury and Huddersfield * Mike Smith,

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and

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cricketer *

, Rugby Union World Cup winning

player, ex-England captain. * Greg Wood, former England U19 cricket captain *

Ben Woods Benjamin Woods (born 9 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers as an openside Flanker (rugby union), flanker. Woods started his professional career at Newcastle Falcons in 2003 but suff ...

, flanker for Newcastle Falcons and

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rugby union. *

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, rugby union player who currently plays for

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in the RFU Championship. * Gordon Bonner, British and Irish Lions rugby union footballer who toured New Zealand and Australia in 1930. * Martin Dyson, English cricketer and schoolmaster who played

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...

for

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from 1958 to 1960 *Ben Morris, Rugby Union player currently playing for

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, a product of Newcastle Falcons academy and

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RFC. *

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, cricketer

References

External links

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School website

The Schools Duke of Edinburghs Award Website
{{authority control Educational institutions established in the 1590s 1591 establishments in England Independent schools in the City of Wakefield Schools in Wakefield Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Schools with a royal charter Listed buildings in Wakefield

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School song

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Sport

In popular culture

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Notable Old Savilians

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See also

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