The OldWinburnians

Events

At the time of the first inspection by the new Education board there were 27 boarders and 37 dayboys.
Program for July 31st Concert.

Alex Dean Hugh Allan M.A., Oriel College, Oxford. “Bunney” Blount, who attended the school before memory of the present register, presides over a smoking concert. This gentleman was Headmaster of the Choristers of the Chapel Royal at the time. “Rusty”, see above, is reported as growing rubber in Penang. His real identity is R D Greenhill. There were several of his family at the school.
Picture of the Soccer Team.

General Sir John Fryer, who attended 50 years before, presents the painting of Queen Elizabeth which now decorates the school hall. It was subsequently cleaned and turned out to be of a type which was current at the end of the 16th Century to celebrate the defeat of the Spanish Armada. There is a plaque of the Fryer family in the Minster. A William Fryer was a Governor in 1797, a John in 1782, another John in 1836, could have been pupils.
The Winburnian reports: new desks arrived. The tops of the old desks, with their interesting heiroglyphics extending over a period of 60 years, are being carefully preserved. There is no trace of them now unfortunately.
In the summer term, numbers were increased by 20 new boys, to 60. Mr Wilshire organises a violin class. This gentleman doubled as the organist of the Minster and music master at the School. He composed the music to the School song, and Charles Fowler contributed the words, we assume sometime before 1905.
On Speech Day, General Fryer distributed the prizes. It was attended by Sir John Hanham who had left 40 years earlier. There will be 14 new boys next term. H O Chislett proposing the toast to the Chairman, refers to the family history of the Fryers, the Hanhams, the Garlands and the Castlemans, all Governors and often pupils of the school.

1909 65 boys at the school. Congratulations to the future Admiral M M Denny, on gaining entrance to Royal Naval College, Osborne, IOW. In Mr Wilshire's violin class were: J C Paget, M M Denny, L W Ross, A Stride, N P Spooner, F A Kerridge, M T Paget, R G Butt, K M Kerridge, J C F Buxton.

Obituary of the Master of Christ's College, Mr A E Shipley, who last year presented the picture of Lady Margaret which still adorns the walls of the present QE School. Christ's was, of course, also founded as a College by Lady Margaret, but Mr Shipley seems not to have been otherwise connected with the Grammar School. The stable for the pony was built with wood recovered from “Paradise” dormitory when it was brought to its present condition. Sir Richard Glyn, bart., gave a scholarship of £1,000 for Agricultural studies. The Glyn banking family had recently moved into Gaunt's House.

A Clavell Salter elected MP for Basingstoke. Hugh O'Sullivan l.1892 made Governor of Upper Nile Province. Rev'd. Bernard remembers exactly where he was standing when he heard the news of the victory of the Battle of the Alma.
Obit. Sir John Hanham, who studied under Fletcher, went on to Wellington and Magdalen College, Governor since 1905.
Obit. Capt. R A Edwin at Wellington NZ, who was injured at the Battle of Sebastopol in 1854, served in the Canton & Maori Wars, joined NZ Civil Service in 1881. Rev F H Beavan (at school under Fletcher) made Bishopof Mashonaland (Rhodesia). Lt Gen A H Paget becomes C-in-C troops in Ireland.
Exceptional rainfall: the gauge in the playground as follows: May 1.27 in., Jun 2.02 in., July 0.19 in., Aug 0.80 in., Sept 0.84 in., December 9.04 in.!

Rev. F H Beaven, Bishop of Mashonaland, chairs the OW reunion. C H Cave married a Miss E M Blake, who was herself the sister of 5 other OWs. J C Paget l. 1903, admitted to Sandhurst. M L Haydon l.1893, and W T L Haydon l.1895, both appointed Surgeons to the Fleet. Charles Jackson of Wellington NZ recalls: Bernard, Wakefield, Onslow, Fryer and Frampton: also that he was confirmed in the Minster with Bainbridge, Fletcher, Irving, Jessop, Good and Cookesley, presumably in the 1850's.

On the occasion of the OWA reunion, July 30 , Gen W L H Paget sends apologies, has to return to Ireland because of unrest. His cousin Arthur ditto to re-organise the troops there. This was the beginning of the Troubles. The Paget family had established itself in Colehill in the 1820's. Charles Good aged 85 presents portraits of his father Henry, Vicar at the Minster for 57 years, and his grandfather Henry, also Vicar for the 35 years before that. The Good family is well remembered in the Minster, you walk over a memorial stone to them in the porch, certainly they served as Governors, some of them also attended the school. One wonders what happened to the portraits. Obit. Surgeon Major-General Robert Lewer dies age 80, at school in the 1840's. He had met Sir John Fryer in Afghanistan during the war of 1878-80. Obit Walter Fletcher, b. 1842, FRIBA, son of the headmaster, who lived in the Chantry most of his life. He was a Governor, designed the present Church House, many vicarages, schools and a few Churches.

Obit. Capt. Rogers, who started school on the day of Queen Victoria's accession, died in Natal aged 92. Obit. Thomas Lodder, who attended in the 1860's. He was secretary to the Governors for many years, also served as Secretary to the Kingston Lacey Estate.

Roll of Honour

2 deaths at school due to meningitis. A E Wilshire leaves, to join the Bank of England, and is replaced as Minster organist and School music master by G C E Eyers.

Obit. J W Best, who was Judge at the Madras High Court, dies aged 76.

At Commemoration Service, the Chairman of Governors and Vicar, Rev. Styles, refers to the heavy responsibilities the new Education Act puts upon school Governors. Prizes given by Lady Shaftesbury.