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For the modern high school see Craigmount High School.
Craigmount School was a private school originally for boys, but for most of its history for girls, in Edinburgh. It opened in 1874 and closed in 1966. In its short history, it produced a number of notable alumni.
History
Craigmount was founded in Edinburgh in 1874 as a school for boys. In 1884 it was re-opened as a boarding school for girls. During the Second World War and the immediate post-war years (from 1939-52), the school was at Scone Palace, Perthshire. At the end of the summer term, 1952, it moved to Minto, leasing Minto House. In 1962, Minto House was purchased for £20,000.[1] In 1966, the school was closed.[2]
Notable alumni
- Thomas Maule Guthrie, (died 30 March 1943) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.[3]
- Henry Springmann, rugby union international for England[4]
- Mason Scott, rugby union international for England[5]
- William Martin Scott, rugby union international for England[6]
- Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres, Scottish businessman and politician[7]
References
- ^ "The Minto House Debacle". Context (Institute of Historic Building Conservation) (36). December 1992. http://www.ihbc.org.uk/context_archive/36/minto.htm. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
- ^ National Library of Scotland Inventory Acc.12271 Craigmount School
- ^ The Liberal year book, Volume 18, Page 62, 1922 (Liberal Publication Dept:Great Britain)
- ^ Marshall, Francis, Football; the Rugby union game, p404-405, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited)
- ^ Marshall, Francis, Football; the Rugby union game, p321, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited)
- ^ Marshall, Francis, Football; the Rugby union game, p321, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited)
- ^ George Edward Cokayne, Vicary Gibbs, The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant, Volume 13, page 375 Editors: Vicary Gibbs, Baron Thomas Evelyn Scott-Ellis Howard de Walden; (The St. Catherine press, ltd.) 1940
Coordinates: 55°28′40″N 2°40′40.46″W / 55.47778°N 2.6779056°W
Categories:- Secondary schools in Edinburgh
- Schools in the Scottish Borders
- Educational institutions established in 1874
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