Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory and pre-preparatory school for boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Boxmoor, 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 Education URN | 117611 Tables |
| 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://www.lockerspark.co.uk |
History
editLockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper,[3] an old boy of Rugby 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 Georgian country house called Lockers or The Lockers,[5] which was once the home of Ebenezer 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 cricketer Frank 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]
- Prince Alemayehu, (1861–1879) son of the emperor of Ethiopia[9]
- Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), actor[10]
- Prince Maurice of Battenberg, a member of the Hesse aristocracy[11]
- Roy Beddington, artist[12]
- Anthony Berry British Conservative politician.[8]
- Guy Burgess, (1911–1963) MI6 agent and Soviet spy[13]
- John Dermot Campbell (1898–1945), Ulster Unionist politician[14]
- Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter Anglo-Canadian peer[15]
- Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), Conservative politician[16]
- Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), queen Elizabeth II's private secretary, provost Of Eton College.[8]
- James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), architect[17]
- William Ehrman British diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee.[8]
- Stuart Hampshire philosopher [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, British barrister, hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House 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, last Viceroy 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 of Kruger 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]
- Peter Watson (1908–1956), patron of the arts[21]
- Hugo Williams, poet, journalist and travel writer[32]
Notes
edit- ^ a b c "EduBase - Lockers Park School". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Lockers Park School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
- ^ "Lockers Park School" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Rugby School Register May 1874 to May 1904". Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Lockers". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- ^ "Chapel, Lockers School, Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead". Hertfordshire Churches. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Suresh Menon, The Shorter Wisden India Almanack 2013 (2013, ISBN 9382951016), p. lxii
- ^ a b c d e f g "Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park".
- ^ Hall, David (2000). "The Extraordinary Story of Prince Alamayou". Far Headingley, Weetwood and West Park. FHVS. pp. 117–122. ISBN 0-9539312-0-X.
- ^ Obituary: Timothy Bateson, The Guardian, 8 November 2009
- ^ "Artist celebrates old boys with exhibition". Hemel Today. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104), p.111
- ^ Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1849549133), p.5
- ^ "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons". Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- ^ Christopher Foster, One Heart, One Way (Foundation House, 1989, ISBN 0921790007), 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, ISBN 1849549133), p.6
- ^ "Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques". Sfarad.es. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ a b Richard B Mead, Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO (Pen and Sword, 2016, ISBN 978-1473854079)
- ^ a b c d e Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne: The Life (John Murray, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7195-6034-7), p. 17
- ^ Denham&Garnett (2001). Keith Joseph. Great Britain: Acumen. ISBN 9781902683034.
- ^ 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 enigmatic Nawab". CricketCountry.com. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ Bhattacharya, Roshmila (21 April 2013). "'I've inherited his legacy of goodwill, but... he is a difficult role model to follow'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ^ "Mayfield, Edwin (MFLT888E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104), 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 or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ 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, ISBN 0953745104), p.107
- ^ Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104), 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. ISBN 0953745104.