Cothill House
| Motto | Dum Spiro Spero ("While I breathe, I hope") |
|---|---|
| Established | 1860 (moved to present location in 1870) |
| Type |
Independent boarding school Preparatory School |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Head Master | Duncan Bailey |
| Chair | Sir Henry Aubrey-Fletcher, 8th Baronet |
| Location |
Oxfordshire OX13 6JL England |
| Gender | Boys |
| Ages | 8–13 |
| Publication | The Cothill Magazine |
| Former pupils | Old Cothillians |
| Website |
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Cothill House is a boarding boys' independent school for preparatory pupils in Cothill, Oxfordshire, which houses around 220 boys from the ages 8–13.
General information
The school is junior and full boarding, with around 220 pupils. A range of music scholarships and bursaries are provided in term time. Facilities include a CDT Centre, Golf Course, Swimming Pool (covered), a theatre, six hard tennis courts, 16 music practice rooms, 2 drum rooms, a squash court, games room, a library, a computer room and a teaching block.
The school is operated by the Cothill Educational Trust, a charity registered in England,[1] which also runs Chandlings School (a co-educational preparatory day school serving ages 2–11), the Château de Sauveterre, Ashdown House, Kitebrook House, the Old Malthouse, Mowden Hall in Northumberland, and St. Aubyns School in Rottingdean, East Sussex. Trustees include Ralph Townsend, head of Winchester College.
Boarding
Cothill is a full boarding school, meaning all of the 220 pupils there board full-time, and the only times they are allowed home are on organised weekends, exeats, half-terms and end-of-terms. Prince William and his brother Prince Harry were registered to attend Cothill, which was the choice of their father Charles, Prince of Wales,[2] but in the end they both attended a rival establishment, Ludgrove, instead.
Future schools
The majority of Cothillians go on to major British boys public schools such as Eton, Harrow and Radley. Some go to other public schools such as Marlborough, Wellington, Stowe, Rugby and many other establishments.[3]
Notable Old Cothillians
- Maharaja Gaj Singh of Jodhpore, diplomat and politician[4]
- John Bradbury, 2nd Baron Bradbury[5]
- General Sir Hugh Stockwell, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe[6]
- James Charles Macnab of Macnab, Chief of Clan Macnab[7]
- Rupert Thorneloe, soldier
- Alexander Gordon, 7th Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair[8]
- Thomas FitzGerald, Earl of Offaly
- Richard Dinnick. writer
- Jeremy Thorpe, British politician, leader of the Liberal Party 1966–76
References
- ↑ Cothill Educational Trust, Registered Charity no. 309639 at the Charity Commission
- ↑ The Ladies' Home Journal, vol. 106 (1989), p. 171
- ↑ http://cothill.net/Info%20for%20Parents/leaversschools.html
- ↑ Dhananajaya Singh, The House of Marwar (Lotus Collection, Roli Books, 1994), p. 204
- ↑ George Edward Cokayne, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom: extant, extinct, or dormant, vol. 13 (The St Catherine Press Ltd, 1940), p. 408
- ↑ 'General Sir Hugh Stockwell' in Patricia Burgess & Trish Burgess, eds., The Annual Obituary 1986 (Chicago & London: St James Press, 1989), p. 677
- ↑ 'MACNAB of Macnab, James Charles', in Who's Who 2012(London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
- ↑ 'Aberdeen and Temair, 7th Marquess of' in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2011
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Coordinates: 51°41′35″N 1°19′52″W / 51.693°N 1.331°W