- Royal Naval School
The Royal Naval School was an English
school that was established inCamberwell ,London , in1833 and then formally constituted by the Royal Naval College Act 1840. [ [http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/docs/armed_forces.pdf "Armed Forces Repeal Proposals"] , Lawcom.gov] It was a charitable institution, established as a boarding school for the sons of officers in theRoyal Navy andRoyal Marines . Many of its pupils achieved prominence in military and diplomatic service. The school closed in 1910.A purpose-built school building was designed by the
architect John Shaw Jr , and opened in about 1844 atNew Cross in south-east London (close toDeptford and Greenwich, both areas with strong naval connections). However, the school soon outgrew this building and relocated toMottingham in 1889. (The building remained in educational use, being sold to theWorshipful Company of Goldsmiths for £25,000, and being re-opened by the Prince of Wales in July 1891 as the "Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute" – more commonly known simply as the "Goldsmiths' Institute". [ [http://www.aim25.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search2?coll_id=5499&inst_id=29 "Goldsmiths' College archives"] , Goldsmiths College, University of London] In 1904, it became the main building of Goldsmiths College.)The Royal Naval School remained at Mottingham (in a building today occupied by
Eltham College ) until it closed in 1910.Author Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler was wife to one of the teachers at the Royal Naval School before it closed. [ [http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/leisure/women/ellen_thorneycroft_fowler "Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler"] , The History Of Wolverhampton]Notable alumni
*Maj Gen Sir
William Throsby Bridges (1861–1915)
*Admiral SirGeorge Nares , British naval officer andArctic explorer (1831–1915)
*GenRichard John Meade (1821–1894)
*Sir Charles Mitchell, governor ofFiji and theStraits Settlements (1836–1899)
*Admiral Stuart Nicholson (1865–1936)
*Kivas Tully , architect (1820–1905)
*William Hoste Webb ,Quebec politician (1820–1890)References
ee also
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List of Victoria Crosses by School
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