Framlingham College is a public school ( boarding and

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) in the town of Framlingham, near Woodbridge,

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. Together with its preparatory school and nursery at Brandeston Hall, it serves pupils from 3 to 18 years of age.

History

Framlingham College, originally the Albert Middle Class College in Suffolk, and known as the Albert Memorial College was founded in 1864 by public subscription as the Suffolk County Memorial to

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's husband,

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, and was incorporated by royal charter. The individuals most involved in setting up of the school were Sir Edward Kerrison, 2nd Baronet, Richard Garrett and the Earl of Stradbroke. The land on which the college was built was originally part of the Framlingham Castle estate, left by Sir Robert Hitcham in 1636 to Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. The architect was Fredrick Peck of Furnival's Inn, London. Built to accommodate 300 boys, the college opened its doors to pupils on 10 April 1865. In J. R. de S. Honey's book ''Tom Brown's Universe: Public School in the Nineteenth Century'', he reviewed the 64 leading public schools of the time and considered Framlingham as interacting less than it should with other leading schools. In 1940, because of Framlingham's position close to the Suffolk coast, considered a likely site for a possible German invasion, and as a result of the crisis unfolding at

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, pupils from the college were evacuated for a short time to Repton School in

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. The college's prep school at Brandeston Hall was opened by Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone in July 1949. The hall had been purchased and restored by the Society of Old Framlinghamians as a memorial to those of their number who died in the world wars.

The school

Pupils are accommodated in seven boarding and day houses: three for girls and four for boys. The facilities at Framlingham College include a theatre with tiered seating for 250, a design and technology centre, a music department including various studios and recording facilities, a library, a sixth-form centre which opened in 2014, a leisure centre that houses an indoor swimming pool, a fitness suite and weights room. The original library, which was given to the college by Charles H. Berners in 1899, was extended in 1998. The school has two campuses situated on approximately 135 acres. Between the college and Framlingham Castle lies the 34-acre Framlingham Mere, a nature reserve owned by the college and managed by Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The prep school campus at Brandeston Hall is a mock Tudorbethan hall set in its own grounds, facing the medieval All Saints' Church, Brandeston. Louise North became principal of Framlingham College and Head of the Senior School in September 2019. Before that she was a Deputy Head at Oakham School, Rutland. The school received an Outstanding

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report in February 2011 and an excellent Independent Schools Inspectorate Report in February 2015.

Sport

Framlingham College campus includes an indoor swimming pool, multi-gym, weights room and large playing fields. Other facilities include a modern sports hall; two floodlit artificial hockey pitches; an indoor rifle range; tennis, netball and squash courts; and a golf course. Home matches for golf are played at Aldeburgh Golf Club. The cricket square hosted an England XI in 2010. Framlingham College featured in '' The Cricketer'' magazine's Top 100 Cricketing Schools for 2016. The major sports are rugby, hockey, cricket, athletics and tennis for boys, and hockey, netball and tennis for girls. The girls also have a cricket team and have an annual fixture against the MCC. Pupils can also take part in golf, squash, football, badminton, athletics, basketball, swimming, archery, shooting, canoeing, table tennis, and equestrian. File:Framlingham College aerial (46128612781).jpg, Aerial view File:Framlingham College.jpg, File:Framlingham College as viewed from Framlingham Castle.JPG, upright=1.3, School seen from Framlingham Castle File:Brandeston Hall - geograph.org.uk - 339603.jpg, Brandeston Hall

List of Heads

* 1864–1871 A. C. Daymond * 1872–1881 W. W. Bird * 1881–1886 A. H. Scott-White * 1887–1913 O. D. Inskip * 1913–1929 F. W. Stocks * 1929–1940 W. H. A. Whitworth * 1941–1955 R. W. Kirkman * 1955–1971 W. S. Porter * 1971–1989 L. I. Rimmer * 1989–1994 J. F. X. Miller * 1994–2009 G. M. Randall * 2009–2019 P. B. Taylor * 2019– J. L. M. North.

In the media

Framlingham College was the subject of a

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documentary called Classmates in 2003. The buildings and interiors of Framlingham College were used in series 2 of the BBC comedy '' Detectorists'', first broadcast in November 2015.

Notable Old Framlinghamians

* Jack Abbot, Labour MP for Ipswich * Charles Alderton, American

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, and the creator of the carbonated soft drink Dr Pepper. * Brian Aldiss, science fiction author * Norman Borrett, Schoolmaster and accomplished sportsman. Described by the Times as "arguably Britain's most talented post-war all-round amateur sportsman". * David Bull, Chairman of Reform UK and television presenter * Alain de Cadenet, former racing driver and television presenter * Herbert St Maur Carter, Royal Army Medical Corps surgeon decorated by the British and Serbian governments *

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, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats and MP for St Albans * Ashley Cowan, former Essex County Cricket Club cricketer * Valentine Crittall, 1st Baron Braintree, MP *

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, biographer of Duke Ellington, record producer * George Sampson Elliston, Conservative MP for Blackburn, Member of the Corporation of London * Len Evans, 'Godfather of Australian Wine' * Andrew Freemantle, chief executive of RNLI * William Hale-White, Guy's physician; writer of ''Materia Medica'' (1895) * William Bate Hardy, renowned biologist and physiologist, Vice President of the Royal Society * Arthur Vere Harvey, Baron Harvey of Prestbury, MP * Mark Hedley, High Court Judge * Sao Hkun Hkio, The Sawbwa of Möng Mit, Burma * Patrick Howard-Dobson, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, President of the Royal British Legion * Tim Inskip, British Indian Army major-general and cricketer * Christina Johnston, soprano with the Prague State Opera *Prince

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, Romanian diplomat and

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* David Larter, Northamptonshire & England cricketer * Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden, Conservative historian and politician * Walter Miecznikowski, English football player * Alfred James Munnings, (1878–1959), artist * Rob Newton, Northamptonshire County Cricket Club cricketer * Keito Okamoto, Japanese singer and member of the group

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* James Paice, Conservative MP 1987–2015, Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2010–2012 * Colonel John Henry Patterson (author), Railway engineer, British Army officer, explorer, and author who became famous for his book, The Man-eaters of Tsavo, which recounts the harrowing events of the man-eating lions in Tsavo, Kenya, during the construction of the Uganda Railway. * Percy Charles Pickard,

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pilot and leader of Operation Jericho * Henry Pryce Jackman,

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* Barry Purves,

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-nominated animator, director and screenwriter * Stuart Rossiter, writer and postal historian * Charlie Simpson, musician, Busted and Fightstar * Imogen Slaughter, actress * Harry George Smart, Commander, British Forces in Iraq * Jeremy Sullivan,

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and Senior President of Tribunals * William Vale * William Robertson Warren, Prime Minister of Newfoundland * Laura Wright, singer and former member of All Angels * Ivor Noël Hume, archaeologist * Kenneth Mayhew,

veteran, decorated with the highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands * The Wizard of New Zealand (Ian Brackenbury Channel), New Zealand icon and educator

Victoria Cross and George Cross recipients

Three Old Framlinghamians have won the

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, and one the

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(converted from the Albert Medal).

Recipients of the Victoria Cross

* Gordon Muriel Flowerdew (1885–1918). Awarded for a cavalry charge in March 1918, in France in the

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, from which he died of his wounds the following day. This was the last British cavalry charge in military history. * William Henry Hewitt (1885–1966). Awarded for an attack on a pillbox in September 1917. * Augustus Willington Shelton Agar, RN (1890–1968). Awarded for an attack on the Russian Navy in June 1919 at Kronstadt, Russia, in the North Russia Campaign.

Recipients of the George Cross

* Henry De Beauvoir Tupper. Awarded the Albert Medal (later replaced by the George Cross) on 21 February 1919, for gallantry in saving lives at sea on 4 August 1918 while serving on during World War I.

References

External links

Framlingham College official website

Old Framlinghamian official website

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