Twyford School is a co-educational,

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, preparatory boarding and day school, located in the village of Twyford,

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History

Twyford states itself to be the oldest preparatory school in the United Kingdom. It moved to its present site in 1809, but there has been a school for boys in Twyford since the seventeenth century. During the nineteenth century buildings were added, including a large schoolroom built during the 1820s, and a mid-Victorian chapel. Original buildings are still used and form part of today's campus. In 1859, while George Kitchin was master of the school, his friend

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took a photograph of Kitchin and his class of nine boys.

Current status

A series of developments coincided with the admission of girls to the school, and have continued in recent years. Building works and improvements have been undertaken, although historic fabric has generally been retained. In addition the sports grounds and other outdoor facilities have been upgraded. Twyford is a private school, and a registered charity. It accepts both day pupils and boarders, and has a pre-preparatory school on the same campus for children below the age of five. It has capacity for around 400 pupils between the ages of 3 and 13, with boarders being accepted from the age of 8. It is a

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school.

Headmasters

*To 1692: Rev. Thomas Brown, alias WeatherbyJohn Dudley Browning, ''Education in the 18th Century'' (1979), p. 105: "In 1692 the Reverend William Husband, alias Bernard, succeeded the Reverend Thomas Brown, alias Weatherby, as headmaster at Twyford." *From 1692: Rev. William Husband, alias Bernard *1855 to 1861: Rev. George Kitchin, later Dean of Winchester in 1883, then Dean of Durham from 1894 to 1912, and from 1908 to 1912, Chancellor of the

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*1862 to 1887: Reverend Lathom Wickham''The Diaries of Lewis Carroll'' Volume 2 (1954), p. 387: "Lathom Wickham ometime of Christ Church, Headmaster of Twyford School 1862-87brought a son to matriculate here harles Townshend Wickham, became Headmaster of Twyford on his father's retirement *1887: Reverend Charles Townshend Wickham *1939 to 1963: Reverend Robert ("Bob") G. Wickham *1963 to 1983: David. T. Wickham MA (Oxon) *1983 to 1996: Peter Richard Douglas Gould *1996 to 2003: Philip Fawkes *2003 to 2009: Dr David Livingstone *2009 to 2020: Dr Steve Bailey, previously a master at

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*2020 Andrew Harvey In 1984, Donald Leinster-Mackay noted that "The Wickham family have provided headmasters for Twyford School since 1834.

Notable old boys

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(1822–1896), lawyer and author *

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(1826–1904) *

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(1829–1913), lawyer and zoologist * Sir Robert Biddulph (1835–1918), soldier *

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(1837–1907) designer of stained glass * Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), poet *

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(1841–1898), clergyman and cricketer * Robert Moberly (1845–1915), priest *

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(1846–1918), clergyman and missionary, brother of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) * Sir Henry Hallam Parr (1847–1914), soldier *

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(1848–1918), composer *

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(1851–1912), classical scholar * George Kemball (1858–1941), soldier *

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(1858–1934), footballer and tea-trader * John Rawlinson (1860–1926), lawyer and politician * Walter Congreve (1862–1927), soldier *

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(1865–1945), Royal Navy officer * John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington (1866–1936), Governor General of New Zealand *

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(1868–1960), New Zealand soldier * Walter Roch (1880–1965), landowner and politician *

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(1881–1948), soldier and Lieutenant Governor of GuernseyNotable OTs by Twyford Society
at twyfordschool.com, archived by archive.org, accessed February 2019 *

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(1882–1956), bishop * Clarence Napier Bruce (1885–1957), sportsman * Sir George Gater (1886–1963), soldier and civil servant * Roland Philipps (1890–1916), soldier, killed in action * Alban Arnold (1892–1916), cricketer * Ernest Fraser Jacob (1894–1971), scholar * Gerald Vernon (1899–1963), bishop * William Andrewes (1899–1974), Royal Navy officer * Ralph George Scott Bankes (1900–1948), barrister * Sir Michael Perrin (1905–1988), nuclear physicist * Richard Crossman (1907–1974), politician *

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(1909–1984), radio engineer * Claude Sclater (1910-1986), naval officer *

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(1913–1971), naval officer and politician * George Rudolf Hanbury Fielding (1915–2005), soldier *

Terence Edward Armstrong Terence Edward Armstrong (7 April 1920 – 21 February 1996) was a British polar geographer, sea ice specialist, writer, and expert on the Russian Arctic. Career Terence Edward Armstrong was educated at Twyford School,Desmond Norman (1929–2002), aircraft designer * Jock Bruce-Gardyne, (1930–1990), politician * Douglas Hurd (born 1930), politicianDouglas Hurd, ''Memoirs'' (2003), p. 52 * Mark Tully (born 1935), BBC overseas correspondent * Humphrey Taylor (born 1938), bishop * Christopher Orlebar (1945–2018), Concorde pilot *

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(born 1951), publisher and politician * Andrew Longmore (1953–2019), cricketer and journalist

References

External links

School WebsiteProfile
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