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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 who continue to act as trustees 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. | ||
| ==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 who continue to act as trustees 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.
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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