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| '''Bancroft's School''' is a co-educational independent school in ], ], with about 900 pupils aged between 7 and 19. It was founded in 1737, following the death of its founder, Francis Bancroft, who left a sizeable sum of money to the Drapers' Company |
'''Bancroft's School''' is a co-educational independent school in ], ], with about 900 pupils aged between 7 and 19. It was founded in 1737, following the death of its founder, Francis Bancroft, who left a sizeable sum of money to the Drapers' Company, which continues to act as trustee for the school. Bancroft's began as a small charitable day school for boys in the ], with an attached almshouse for 24 elderly gentlemen, and over the next 250 years it evolved steadily to its present form; it is now one of the country's leading coeducational schools. | ||
| The foundation was originally known as Bancroft's Hospital, and acted as home for the almsmen until the late 19th century. Then the school moved to a new site in Woodford Green, and the original buildings were demolished; the site is now occupied by Queeen Mary College, one of the colleges of London University. | |||
| ==Notable Old Bancroftians== | ==Notable Old Bancroftians== | ||
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Bancroft's School is a co-educational independent school in Woodford Green, London, with about 900 pupils aged between 7 and 19. It was founded in 1737, following the death of its founder, Francis Bancroft, who left a sizeable sum of money to the Drapers' Company, which continues to act as trustee for the school. Bancroft's began as a small charitable day school for boys in the Mile End Road, with an attached almshouse for 24 elderly gentlemen, and over the next 250 years it evolved steadily to its present form; it is now one of the country's leading coeducational schools.
The foundation was originally known as Bancroft's Hospital, and acted as home for the almsmen until the late 19th century. Then the school moved to a new site in Woodford Green, and the original buildings were demolished; the site is now occupied by Queeen Mary College, one of the colleges of London University.
Notable Old Bancroftians
- Connop Thirlwall (1797–1875), Bishop of Saint David's, 1840–1874, and historian
- Sir Allan Powell (1876–1948), Chairman of Governors of the BBC, 1939–1946
- Henry Mess (1884–1944), social worker and sociologist
- Sir Reader Bullard (1885–1976), Ambassador to Iran, 1943–1945
- Sir Leslie Peppiatt (1891–1968), solicitor
- Sir Wilfrid Sheldon (1901–1983), paediatrician
- Sir Frederick Warner (born 1910), chemical engineer
- Denis Quilley (1927–2003), actor
- John Bromley (1934–2002), sports broadcasting executive
- Sir Neil Macfarlane (born 1936), politician
- David Pannick, barrister
- Alan Davies (born 1966), comedian and actor
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