Cheltenham College

Cheltenham College opened in July 1841, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Cheltenham College was the first major public school founded in Queen Victoria's reign (1837-1901). An Anglican foundation, it is known for its strong classical, military and sporting traditions. More than six hundred Old Cheltonians (former pupils) were killed in the service of their country in World War I, and more than 400 in World War II. (These statistics are recorded in the College chapel completed in the 1890s, which to a degree resembles King's College chapel in Cambridge and is one of the finest chapels of any English public school.) Most pupils are boarders, though there are also many day pupils. The school is now co-educational and maintains a formidable academic reputation, with the brightest pupils going on to Oxford and Cambridge universities. There is a also a prep school, Cheltenham College Junior School, most of whose pupils go on to the senior school.

References

• Cheltenham College: The First Hundred Years by Michael C. Morgan . A formal history, starting with the meeting on 9 November 1840 of Cheltenham residents (presided over by Major-General George Swiney) who decided to set up a 'Proprietary Grammar School' and appointed a committee to achieve this. ISBN unknown/unavailable.
• Then & Now: An Anniversary Celebration of Cheltenham College 1841-1991 by Tim Pearce, (Cheltonian Society, 1991). The author explains in the Preface that this is "more of a scrap book than a formal history, and like all scrap books it reflects the tastes and interests of its compilers and depends on what in the way of pictures and documents may be available to them". ISBN 085967875X
• Cheltenham College Who's Who, 5th edition ed. John Bowes, (Cheltonian Society, 2003) No ISBN on book.
• Floreat, A collection of photographs of College life from the 1960s and early 1970s compiled by the late M.F. Miller, a physics master at the school