Preparatory and pre-preparatory school in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
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]
History
Lockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper,[ 3] Rugby School .[ 4] 2 ) of the parkland which surrounds a Georgian country house called Lockers or The Lockers,[ 5] 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]
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] Ronnie Aird first-class cricketer and President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) [ 8] Prince Alemayehu , (1861–1879) son of the emperor of Ethiopia[ 9] Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), actor[ 10] Prince Maurice of Battenberg , a member of the Hesse aristocracy[ 11] Roy Beddington , artist[ 12] Anthony Berry British Conservative politician.[ 8] Richard Budgett Olympic Gold Medalist[ 8] Guy Burgess (1911–1963) MI6 agent and Soviet spy[ 13] John Dermot Campbell (1898–1945), Ulster Unionist politician[ 14] Kenneth Carlisle Conservative politician and former Lord Commissioner of the Treasury[ 8] Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter Anglo-Canadian peer[ 15] Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), Conservative politician[ 16] Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), queen Elizabeth II 's private secretary, provost Of Eton College.[ 8] James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), architect[ 17] William Ehrman British diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee .[ 8] Stuart Hampshire philosopher [ 18] Basil Henriques (1890–1961), philanthropist[ 19] Robert Henriques (1905–1967), writer and broadcaster[ 20] Stanley Jackson , cricket captain of England, politician[ 8] Edward James (1907–1984), poet[ 21] Keith Joseph , Conservative politician[ 22] Clive Loehnis , Director of GCHQ[ 23] Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi , captain of the Indian cricket team[ 24] Saif Ali Khan , Indian film actor and titular Nawab of Pataudi[ 25] Robert Laycock , major-general, commando general during the Second World War[ 20] Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst , British barrister , hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords .[ 8] Edwin Mayfield , British Lions rugby union forward[ 26] Nathaniel Micklem , British Liberal Party politician and lawyer[ 27] James Lees-Milne , architectural historian[ 21] Tom Mitford , brother of the Mitford Sisters[ 21] Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma , last Viceroy of India [ 28] Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009), banker and horticulturalist[ 29] Leopold David de Rothschild (1927–2012), banker, musician and philanthropist[ 30] James Stevenson-Hamilton , first warden of Kruger National Park [ 31] Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909–1945), Conservative politician[ 21] Bryan Valentine , cricket captain of Kent[ 8] Arthur Waley , orientalist and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour[ 8] Peter Watson (1908–1956), patron of the arts[ 21] Hugo Williams , poet, journalist and travel writer[ 32]
Notes
^ a b c "EduBase - Lockers Park School" . Department for Education 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
^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park" .^ Hall, David (2000). "The Extraordinary Story of Prince Alamayou". Far Headingley, Weetwood and West Park . FHVS. pp. 117– 122. ISBN 0-9539312-0-X ^ Obituary: Timothy Bateson , The Guardian ^ "Artist celebrates old boys with exhibition" . Hemel Today. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017 .^ Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104 ), p.111
^ Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1849549133 ), p.5
^ "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons" . Archived from the original on 20 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017 .^ Christopher Foster, One Heart, One Way (Foundation House, 1989, ISBN 0921790007 ), p.40
^ Obituary: Paul Channon , The Guardian ^ Obituary: James Dunbar-Nasmith , The Times ^ Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1849549133 ), p.6
^ "Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques" . Sfarad.es. Retrieved 15 December 2023 .^ a b Richard B Mead, Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO (Pen and Sword, 2016, ISBN 978-1473854079 )
^ a b c d e Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne: The Life (John Murray, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7195-6034-7 ), p. 17
^ Denham&Garnett (2001). Keith Joseph ISBN 9781902683034 ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1808
^ "Mansur Ali Khan "Tiger" Pataudi: The enigmatic Nawab" . CricketCountry.com . 6 January 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2023 .^ Bhattacharya, Roshmila (21 April 2013). " . The Telegraph . Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016 . ^ "Mayfield, Edwin (MFLT888E)" . A Cambridge Alumni Database . University of Cambridge.^ Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104 ), p.110
^ "Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/31480 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ Obituary: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild , The Independent ^ Obituary: Leopold David de Rothschild , The Times ^ Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104 ), p.107
^ Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104 ), p.117
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
Independent (preparatory)
