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The Frederick Gunn School is a private, coeducational, boarding and day prep school for students in grades 9–12 and postgraduate, located in rural Connecticut, United States. [3] The 220-acre (0.89 km 2 ) campus borders the village green of Washington , a small, historic town in Litchfield Hills .
Frederick William Gunn was born in Washington, Connecticut, on October 4, 1816. [8] The eighth and youngest son of a farmer and admired deputy sheriff, John Northrup (1772–1826), and his wife, Mary (Polly) Ford (1773–1827), Gunn was orphaned at age 10. His parents died "during the prevalence of an epidemic." [9]
Alumni of The Gunnery, a private, nonsectarian, coeducational, college preparatory boarding school in Washington, Connecticut of the New York metropolitan area. Pages in category "The Frederick Gunn School alumni"
Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes records that the tradition ended in 1868, by which time fourteen members of his family had received a free education. [5] At first only a small number of pupils other than scholars were admitted; by the 15th century the school had around 100 pupils in total, nominally the 70 scholars, 16 choirboys and the rest ...
The family are descendants of Thomas Wykeham, the great-nephew of William of Wykeham (c. 1320–1404) who left his fortune to his great-nephew. The inheritance included Broughton Castle which became the home of the Barons Saye and Sele, after Thomas Wykeham's granddaughter married William Fiennes, 2nd Baron Saye and Sele. [1]
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