The school was founded in 1869 by the Reverend John Hawtrey. He had been a boy at Eton, from the age of eight. In later life he became a master at Eton and was offered his own house of boys. He decided to remove all of the younger boys from the school. With the permission of Eton College, he took the lowest two forms out to a separate school in Slough and housed them in what is now St Bernard's Catholic Grammar School, Slough. This was known as St Michael's School, and was opened on 29 September 1869 (St Michael's day).
John Hawtrey's son, Edward, removed the school to Westgate-on-Sea early in 1883.[1] When Edward Hawtrey died, the name of the school was changed to Hawtreys.
The school buildings were requisitioned during the Second World War and the school moved to Oswestry in Shropshire, to the home of Sir William Wynn-Williams. In 1946 it moved to Tottenham House, a large Palladian country house near the village of Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire, in the heart of the Savernake Forest. Throughout the history of the school, a close connection was maintained with Eton College to which many boys moved at the age of thirteen.
In 1994, the school merged, amidst some controversy, with Cheam School, near Newbury, Berkshire, which is formally called Cheam Hawtreys, but generally known simply as Cheam.[2]
The staff and pupils were listed in the credits of A Feast at Midnight, a 1995 British comedy family film.
Mark Stone, journalist and Sky News Foreign Correspondent
Notesedit
^p 94, The History of Slough, Maxwell Fraser, Slough Corporation, 1973
^The Independent website 10 July 1994 (accessed on 15 October 2011)
^ANSTRUTHER-GOUGH-CALTHORPE, Sir Euan (Hamilton), 3rd Bt cr 1929[permanent dead link] in Who's Who online at xreferplus.com (accessed 28 November 2007)
^MILBURN, Sir Anthony (Rupert), 5th Bt cr 1905[permanent dead link] in Who's Who online at xreferplus.com (accessed 28 November 2007)
^ abThe Independent, 10 July 1994, Transfer fees wheeze cuts old school ties (accessed 7 May 2010)
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hawtreys, preparatory, school, private, boys, preparatory, school, england, first, established, slough, later, moved, westgate, then, oswestry, finally, country, house, near, great, bedwyn, wiltshire, early, years, known, michael, school, schoollocationslough,. Hawtreys Preparatory School was a private boys preparatory school in England first established in Slough later moved to Westgate on Sea then to Oswestry and finally to a country house near Great Bedwyn Wiltshire In its early years it was known as St Michael s School Hawtreys SchoolLocationSlough later Westgate on Sea then Oswestry and lastly Savernake Forest WiltshireEnglandCoordinates51 22 37 N 1 38 38 W 51 377 N 1 644 W 51 377 1 644InformationTypePrivate preparatory schoolEstablished1869FounderReverend John HawtreyClosed1990sAge7 to 13Merged withCheam SchoolAlumniOld HawtreyansWebsitewww wbr cheamschool wbr com In 1994 the school merged into Cheam School near Newbury Berkshire Contents 1 History 2 Old Hawtreyans 3 Notes 4 External linksHistory editThe school was founded in 1869 by the Reverend John Hawtrey He had been a boy at Eton from the age of eight In later life he became a master at Eton and was offered his own house of boys He decided to remove all of the younger boys from the school With the permission of Eton College he took the lowest two forms out to a separate school in Slough and housed them in what is now St Bernard s Catholic Grammar School Slough This was known as St Michael s School and was opened on 29 September 1869 St Michael s day John Hawtrey s son Edward removed the school to Westgate on Sea early in 1883 1 When Edward Hawtrey died the name of the school was changed to Hawtreys The school buildings were requisitioned during the Second World War and the school moved to Oswestry in Shropshire to the home of Sir William Wynn Williams In 1946 it moved to Tottenham House a large Palladian country house near the village of Great Bedwyn Wiltshire in the heart of the Savernake Forest Throughout the history of the school a close connection was maintained with Eton College to which many boys moved at the age of thirteen In 1994 the school merged amidst some controversy with Cheam School near Newbury Berkshire which is formally called Cheam Hawtreys but generally known simply as Cheam 2 The staff and pupils were listed in the credits of A Feast at Midnight a 1995 British comedy family film Old Hawtreyans editAnd see Category People educated at Hawtreys nbsp Tottenham House Wiltshire final home of Hawtreys Field Marshal Lord Alexander 1891 1969 Sir Euan Anstruther Gough Calthorpe 3rd Baronet born 1966 property manager 3 Stanley Baldwin 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley KG 1867 1947 British prime minister George Barclay Battle of Britain pilot Johnnie Boden shirt manufacturer David Brudenell Bruce Earl of Cardigan born 1952 Detmar Blow 1867 1939 architect Henry Cookson Guinness Book of Records as member of first team to reach the Antarctic Pole of inaccessibility in 2007 Robert St Leger Fowler 1891 1925 cricketer Zac Goldsmith born 1975 Conservative politician environmentalist and editor of The Ecologist George Peabody Gooch 1873 1968 historian social and political activist Simon Hart born 1963 Conservative politician and Secretary of State for Wales Thomas Lange hotelier philanthropist amp author Dai Llewellyn 4th Baronet 1946 2009 socialite Sir Roderic Victor Llewellyn 5th Baronet born 1947 partner of Princess Margaret and horticulturalist Oliver Messel 1904 1978 artist and stage designer Jake Meyer Mountaineer Sir Anthony Rupert Milburn 5th Baronet born 1947 landowner 4 Edward Moss 1911 1944 first class cricketer and Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve officer Sir Peter O Sullevan 1918 2015 BBC racing commentator John Seymour 19th Duke of Somerset born 1952 5 Henry Somerset 12th Duke of Beaufort born 1952 5 Mark Stone journalist and Sky News Foreign CorrespondentNotes edit p 94 The History of Slough Maxwell Fraser Slough Corporation 1973 The Independent website 10 July 1994 accessed on 15 October 2011 ANSTRUTHER GOUGH CALTHORPE Sir Euan Hamilton 3rd Bt cr 1929 permanent dead link in Who s Who online at xreferplus com accessed 28 November 2007 MILBURN Sir Anthony Rupert 5th Bt cr 1905 permanent dead link in Who s Who online at xreferplus com accessed 28 November 2007 a b The Independent 10 July 1994 Transfer fees wheeze cuts old school ties accessed 7 May 2010 External links editCheam School Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hawtreys amp oldid 1188940596, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
