Lockers Park School
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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| Address | |
Lockers Park Lane , , HP1 1TL | |
| Information | |
| 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
Lockers Park was founded in 1874 by Henry Montagu Draper,[3] an old boy of Rugby School.[4] Its buildings and sports fields stand in 23 acres (93,000 m2) of the parkland which surrounds a Georgian country house called 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
- See also Category: People educated at Lockers Park School
The 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, son of the Emperor of Ethiopia[9]
- Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), actor[10]
- Prince Maurice of Battenberg, a member of the Hesse aristocracy[11]
- Guy Burgess, spy[12]
- John Dermot Campbell (1898–1945), Ulster Unionist politician[13]
- Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), Conservative politician[14]
- Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), The Queen’s Private Secretary, Provost Of Eton College.[8]
- James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), architect[15]
- Robert Henriques (1905-1967), writer and broadcaster[16]
- Edward James (1907–1984), poet[12]
- Sir Keith Joseph, Conservative politician[11]
- Mansoor Ali Khan, Nawab of Pataudi, captain of the Indian cricket team[7]
- Saif Ali Khan, Indian film actor and titular Nawab of Pataudi[17]
- Major-General Sir Robert Laycock, Commando general during the Second World War[16]
- James Lees-Milne, architectural historian[12]
- Tom Mitford, brother of the Mitford Sisters[18]
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, last Viceroy of India[19]
- Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009), banker and horticulturalist[20]
- Leopold David de Rothschild (1927–2012), banker, musician and philanthropist[21]
- Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909 –1945), Conservative politician[12]
- Peter Watson (1908–1956), patron of the arts[12]
Notes
- "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
- "Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park".
- "Dr Sandy Holt-Wilson - obituary". The Telegraph. 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- 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.
- Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne: The Life (John Murray, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7195-6034-7), p. 17
- "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons". Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- Obituary: Paul Channon, The Guardian, 31 January 2007.
- Obituary: James Dunbar-Nasmith, The Times, 15 April 2023
- Mead, Richard B (2016). Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1473854079. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- 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.
- Purvis, Stewart; Hulbert, Jeff (2016). Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone. Biteback. ISBN 978-1849549134. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "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.
Further reading
- Barden, Ruth J.D. (2000). A history of Lockers Park : Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead, 1874-1999. [Truro]: R.J.D. Barden. ISBN 0953745104.
External links
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