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Charterhouse is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Godalming, Surrey, England. Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square , Smithfield , London, it educates over 1000 pupils, aged 13 to 18 years.
The school, Charterhouse School, developed beyond the original intentions of its founder, to become a well-regarded public school. In 1872, under the headmastership of Rev. William Haig Brown , the school moved to new buildings in the parish of Godalming in Surrey, opening on 18 June.
Former pupils of Charterhouse, now at Godalming in Surrey, England, are called Old Carthusians because the school's original site was that of an old Carthusian monastery, London Charterhouse Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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Five of the Rugby Group, Charterhouse School, Harrow School, Winchester College, Rugby School and Shrewsbury School, were part of the group of nine schools investigated by the Clarendon Commission of 1864 and were subsequently reformed by the Public Schools Act 1868 (together with Eton College and Westminster School).
Berdmore was elected master of Charterhouse School in 1769, succeeding Lewis Crusius, and being the first Charterhouse scholarship boy to rise to the position. [1] Under the school's system his title was Schoolmaster, the Master being separately appointed: on a vacancy in 1778, William Ramsden was brought in as Master over Berdmore's head. [8]
Sir Robert Birley KCMG (14 July 1903 – 22 July 1982) was an English educationalist who was head master of Charterhouse School, then Eton College, and an anti-apartheid campaigner. He acquired the nickname "Red Robert", as even his moderate liberal politics caused concern for the conservative members of the college's governing body, the ...
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