Lockers Park Schoolis a day and boardingpreparatoryand pre-preparatory school for boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside inBoxmoor,Hertfordshire.Its headmaster is Gavin Taylor.[2]
| Lockers Park School | |
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Lockers Park Lane ,, HP1 1TL | |
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| Type | Preparatory and Pre-Preparatory |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Church of England[1] |
| Established | 1874 |
| Founder | Henry Montagu Draper |
| Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| Trust | Lockers Park School Trust Ltd |
| Department for EducationURN | 117611Tables |
| Chair of governors | Chris Lister |
| Headmaster | Gavin Taylor |
| Gender | Boys only prep and pre-prep |
| Age | 4 to 13[1] |
| Enrolment | 170[1] |
| Website | http:// lockerspark.co.uk |
History
editLockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper,[3]an old boy ofRugby School.[4]It moved to purpose-built buildings and sports fields in 1874 in 23 acres (93,000 m2) of the parkland which surrounds a Georgiancountry housecalled Lockers or The Lockers,[5]which was once the home ofEbenezer John Collett.The new school was designed by Sidney Scott and has its own chapel which dates from the same era.[6]
In the 1940s and 1950s, the veteran England all-round cricketerFrank Woolley(1887–1978) was the school's cricket coach.[7]
Former pupils
editThe list of distinguished (or well-known) old boys of Lockers Park includes the following:
- Alastair Aird(1931–2009),Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's private secretary[8]
- Ronnie Airdfirst-class cricketer and President of theMarylebone Cricket Club(MCC)[8]
- Prince Alemayehu,(1861–1879) son of the emperor of Ethiopia[9]
- Timothy Bateson(1926–2009), actor[10]
- Prince Maurice of Battenberg,a member of theHessearistocracy[11]
- Roy Beddington,artist[12]
- Anthony BerryBritishConservativepolitician.[8]
- Richard BudgettOlympic Gold Medalist[8]
- Guy Burgess(1911–1963) MI6 agent and Soviet spy[13]
- John Dermot Campbell(1898–1945), Ulster Unionist politician[14]
- Kenneth CarlisleConservative politician and former Lord Commissioner of the Treasury[8]
- Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of ExeterAnglo-Canadian peer[15]
- Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon(1935–2007), Conservative politician[16]
- Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield(1913–1999), queenElizabeth II's private secretary, provost Of Eton College.[8]
- James Dunbar-Nasmith(1927–2023), architect[17]
- William EhrmanBritish diplomat and former chairman of theJoint Intelligence Committee.[8]
- Stuart Hampshirephilosopher[18]
- Basil Henriques(1890–1961), philanthropist[19]
- Robert Henriques(1905–1967), writer and broadcaster[20]
- Stanley Jackson,cricket captain of England, politician[8]
- Edward James(1907–1984), poet[21]
- Keith Joseph,Conservative politician[22]
- Clive Loehnis,Director of GCHQ[23]
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi,captain of the Indian cricket team[24]
- Saif Ali Khan,Indian film actor and titular Nawab of Pataudi[25]
- Robert Laycock,major-general, commando general during the Second World War[20]
- Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst,Britishbarrister,hereditary peerandConservativemember of theHouse of Lords.[8]
- Edwin Mayfield,British Lions rugby union forward[26]
- Nathaniel Micklem,British Liberal Party politician and lawyer[27]
- James Lees-Milne,architectural historian[21]
- Tom Mitford,brother of the Mitford Sisters[21]
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma,lastViceroy of India[28]
- Edmund Leopold de Rothschild(1916–2009), banker and horticulturalist[29]
- Leopold David de Rothschild(1927–2012), banker, musician and philanthropist[30]
- James Stevenson-Hamilton,first warden ofKruger National Park[31]
- Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava(1909–1945), Conservative politician[21]
- Bryan Valentine,cricket captain of Kent[8]
- Arthur Waley,orientalist and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour[8]
- Peter Watson(1908–1956), patron of the arts[21]
- Hugo Williams,poet, journalist and travel writer[32]
Notes
edit- ^abc"EduBase - Lockers Park School".Department for Education.Archived fromthe originalon 30 July 2017.Retrieved30 July2017.
- ^"Lockers Park School - GOV.UK".get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
- ^"Lockers Park School"(PDF).Ofsted.Retrieved30 July2017.
- ^"Rugby School Register May 1874 to May 1904".Retrieved30 July2017.
- ^"Lockers".British Listed Buildings.Archivedfrom the original on 26 September 2018.Retrieved26 September2018.
- ^"Chapel, Lockers School, Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead".Hertfordshire Churches. 27 March 2017.Archivedfrom the original on 30 July 2017.Retrieved30 July2017.
- ^Suresh Menon,The Shorter Wisden India Almanack 2013(2013,ISBN9382951016), p. lxii
- ^abcdefghijk"Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park".
- ^Hall, David (2000). "The Extraordinary Story of Prince Alamayou".Far Headingley, Weetwood and West Park.FHVS. pp.117–122.ISBN0-9539312-0-X.
- ^Obituary: Timothy Bateson,The Guardian,8 November 2009
- ^"Artist celebrates old boys with exhibition".Hemel Today. Archived fromthe originalon 30 July 2017.Retrieved30 July2017.
- ^Ruth Barden,A History of Lockers Park School(Sacombe Press, 2000,ISBN0953745104), p.111
- ^Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert,Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone(Biteback Publishing, 2016,ISBN1849549133), p.5
- ^"Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons".Archivedfrom the original on 20 July 2017.Retrieved30 July2017.
- ^Christopher Foster,One Heart, One Way(Foundation House, 1989,ISBN0921790007), p.40
- ^Obituary: Paul Channon,The Guardian,31 January 2007.
- ^Obituary: James Dunbar-Nasmith,The Times,15 April 2023
- ^Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert,Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone(Biteback Publishing, 2016,ISBN1849549133), p.6
- ^"Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques".Sfarad.es.Retrieved15 December2023.
- ^abRichard B Mead,Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO(Pen and Sword, 2016,ISBN978-1473854079)
- ^abcdeMichael Bloch,James Lees-Milne: The Life(John Murray, 2009,ISBN978-0-7195-6034-7), p. 17
- ^Denham&Garnett (2001).Keith Joseph.Great Britain: Acumen.ISBN9781902683034.
- ^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1808
- ^"Mansur Ali Khan" Tiger "Pataudi: The Enigma tic Nawab".CricketCountry.6 January 2015.Retrieved15 December2023.
- ^Bhattacharya, Roshmila (21 April 2013)."'I've inherited his legacy of goodwill, but... he is a difficult role model to follow'".The Telegraph.Archived fromthe originalon 18 August 2016.Retrieved28 July2016.
- ^"Mayfield, Edwin (MFLT888E)".A Cambridge Alumni Database.University of Cambridge.
- ^Ruth Barden,A History of Lockers Park School(Sacombe Press, 2000,ISBN0953745104), p.110
- ^"Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31480.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Obituary: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild,The Independent,7 February 2009.
- ^Obituary: Leopold David de Rothschild,The Times,26 May 2012.
- ^Ruth Barden,A History of Lockers Park School(Sacombe Press, 2000,ISBN0953745104), p.107
- ^Ruth Barden,A History of Lockers Park School(Sacombe Press, 2000,ISBN0953745104), p.117
Further reading
edit- Barden, Ruth J.D. (2000).A history of Lockers Park: Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead, 1874-1999.[Truro]: R.J.D. Barden.ISBN0953745104.