Lincoln Christ's Hospital School
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Lincoln Christ's Hospital School is a state comprehensive school
for 11-18 year olds located on Wragby Road in Lincoln
, Lincolnshire
, England.
s.
The school has had Language College
status since 2001, and offers teaching in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin Chinese and Russian. The headteacher of the school is Dr Andy Wright, who has a PhD and has been in place since September 2005.
s or Blue Coat schools. LCHS dates from the 11th century, but the charity school dates from the 17th century.
s with some pupils that boarded. The boys' school was called Lincoln School (dating back to 1090 and also known as Lincoln Grammar School) and using the site on Wragby Road since 1906, and the girls' school was Christ's Hospital Girls' High School (founded in 1893) based on Greestone Place on Lindum Hill. Before 1944, fees were charged.
In 1914, the buildings of Lincoln School were commandeered as a hospital. Lincoln School had many traditions of a public school. The choristers of Lincoln Cathedral
were educated at the school until 1944, when it became a state school. Around 1960 a new independent school for the cathedral's choristers was set up in the Deanery House, the Cathedral School for Boys. This would become Lincoln Minster School
in 1996, and has since replaced the role that Lincoln School had before 1944.
On 22 July 1941, an RAF
Handley Page Hampden
crashed into the boarding house of the Girls' High School on Greestone Stairs, killing Miss Edith Catherine Fowle, a French teacher, as well as the occupants of the aircraft. She had taught at the school for twenty one years. By the 1960s the girls' school, a voluntary aided school
, had around 550 girls, with 30 in a boarding house.
There is another former Bluecoat School on Christ's Hospital Terrace which opened in 1612 and closed in 1883.
s, St Giles Secondary Modern School for Boys (now a temporary Primary school on Swift Gardens) and Myle Cross Secondary Modern School for Girls (now Chad Varah Primary school on Addison Drive), both formed in 1933.
The Garton Archive, established by Professor Garton, an Old Lincolnian, houses many documents, records, photographs and books which reveal the history of the school.
It gained Language College status in 2001.
.
Several secondary modern school
s in Lincolnshire get better or equivalent GCSE results.
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
for 11-18 year olds located on Wragby Road in Lincoln
Lincoln, Lincolnshire
Lincoln is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England.The non-metropolitan district of Lincoln has a population of 85,595; the 2001 census gave the entire area of Lincoln a population of 120,779....
, Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire is a county in the east of England. It borders Norfolk to the south east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south west, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire to the west, South Yorkshire to the north west, and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north. It also borders...
, England.
Admissions
Its student population is just under 1400, including over 300 in the sixth form. 15% of school pupils receive free school mealFree school meal
A Free School Meal, provided to a child or young person during a school break, is paid for by Government. For a child to qualify for a Free School Meal, their parent or carer must be receiving particular qualifying benefits as stated by Government...
s.
The school has had Language College
Language College
Language Colleges were introduced in 1995 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, modern foreign languages...
status since 2001, and offers teaching in French, Spanish, German, Mandarin Chinese and Russian. The headteacher of the school is Dr Andy Wright, who has a PhD and has been in place since September 2005.
Subjects
Academic subjects studied include English, Maths, Double and Triple Award Sciences, Modern Languages, History, Geography, RE, Psychology*, Sociology*, Philosophy and Ethics*, and Citizenship. Vocational subjects studied include Music, D & T, Law*, ICT & Business Studies, Photography, and Engineering*. (*) 6th form only subject.History
Hospital schools date from the 13th century as boys' schools for parents who could not afford to pay school fees. They were also known as charity schoolCharity school
A charity school, also called Blue Coat School, was significant in the History of education in England. They were erected and maintained in various parishes, by the voluntary contributions of the inhabitants, for teaching poor children to read, write, and other necessary parts of education...
s or Blue Coat schools. LCHS dates from the 11th century, but the charity school dates from the 17th century.
Grammar schools
LCHS used to be two grammar schoolGrammar school
A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and some other English-speaking countries, originally a school teaching classical languages but more recently an academically-oriented secondary school.The original purpose of mediaeval...
s with some pupils that boarded. The boys' school was called Lincoln School (dating back to 1090 and also known as Lincoln Grammar School) and using the site on Wragby Road since 1906, and the girls' school was Christ's Hospital Girls' High School (founded in 1893) based on Greestone Place on Lindum Hill. Before 1944, fees were charged.
In 1914, the buildings of Lincoln School were commandeered as a hospital. Lincoln School had many traditions of a public school. The choristers of Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral
Lincoln Cathedral is a historic Anglican cathedral in Lincoln in England and seat of the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. It was reputedly the tallest building in the world for 249 years . The central spire collapsed in 1549 and was not rebuilt...
were educated at the school until 1944, when it became a state school. Around 1960 a new independent school for the cathedral's choristers was set up in the Deanery House, the Cathedral School for Boys. This would become Lincoln Minster School
Lincoln Minster School
Lincoln Minster School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school in Lincolnshire, England. It houses scholars in music, sport and academics. It comprises three schools: the pre-preparatory, preparatory, senior school and sixth form...
in 1996, and has since replaced the role that Lincoln School had before 1944.
On 22 July 1941, an RAF
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
Handley Page Hampden
Handley Page Hampden
The Handley Page HP.52 Hampden was a British twin-engine medium bomber of the Royal Air Force serving in the Second World War. With the Whitley and Wellington, the Hampden bore the brunt of the early bombing war over Europe, taking part in the first night raid on Berlin and the first 1,000-plane...
crashed into the boarding house of the Girls' High School on Greestone Stairs, killing Miss Edith Catherine Fowle, a French teacher, as well as the occupants of the aircraft. She had taught at the school for twenty one years. By the 1960s the girls' school, a voluntary aided school
Voluntary aided school
A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school...
, had around 550 girls, with 30 in a boarding house.
There is another former Bluecoat School on Christ's Hospital Terrace which opened in 1612 and closed in 1883.
Comprehensive
These merged in September 1974 to become a comprehensive school (only the City of Lincoln, of all Lincolnshire district councils, decided to completely change the selection policy at the time). The strict school uniform policy was relaxed at the same time; however, since 2007, blazers and ties have been introduced. Also joining the school were pupils from two former secondary modern schoolSecondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
s, St Giles Secondary Modern School for Boys (now a temporary Primary school on Swift Gardens) and Myle Cross Secondary Modern School for Girls (now Chad Varah Primary school on Addison Drive), both formed in 1933.
The Garton Archive, established by Professor Garton, an Old Lincolnian, houses many documents, records, photographs and books which reveal the history of the school.
It gained Language College status in 2001.
Academy
It became an Academy in September 2011. However the Academy status is more a funding arrangement than an administration arrangement.Headmasters
- 1911-29 Reginald Moxon
- 1937-57 George Franklin
- 1958-62 Pat Martin (headmaster of Warwick School from 1962-77)
Academic performance
When a grammar school, LCHS would have been the best performing school in Lincoln. As a comprehensive, its results place it in the top five most improved language colleges nationally. It gets GCSE results slightly above average, but A level results below average. Its results are similar to the two comprehensives in North HykehamNorth Hykeham
North Hykeham is administratively a town immediately south of Lincoln, in the county of Lincolnshire, England. Geographically it is part of the greater Lincoln urban sprawl, and comprises 4,915 dwellings...
.
Several secondary modern school
Secondary modern school
A secondary modern school is a type of secondary school that existed in most of the United Kingdom from 1944 until the early 1970s, under the Tripartite System, and was designed for the majority of pupils - those who do not achieve scores in the top 25% of the eleven plus examination...
s in Lincolnshire get better or equivalent GCSE results.
Alumni
- Marlon BeresfordMarlon BeresfordMarlon Beresford is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is now a Accountancy tutor and Sports commentator.-Career:...
- professional footballer with several league clubs, most notably Middlesbrough, Burnley and Luton Town 1982-86 - Paul Palmer (swimmer)Paul Palmer (swimmer)Paul Palmer is a former international freestyle swimmer for England and Great Britain.Coached by Ian Turner at the City of Lincoln Pentaqua Swimming Club, Palmer qualified for the 200 m, 400 m and 1500 m freestyle at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, finishing a respectable 9th position ...
- Olympic silver medal winning swimmer at the Atlanta Olympics c.1986
Lincoln School
- Sir Francis ThornhaghFrancis ThornhaghSir Francis Thornhagh or Thornhaugh was an English soldier, High Sheriff and MP.He was born the son of the East Retford MP and High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire Sir Francis Thornhagh of Fenton, Lincolnshire and educated at Lincoln school and Magdalen College, Cambridge, before entering the Inner...
c.1628-33 - John Disney (1677–1730) churchman, and great-grandfather of John DisneyJohn DisneyJohn Disney was an English barrister and archaeologist. Born at Flintham Hall, Flintham, Nottinghamshire, he was the eldest son of John Disney, a former Anglican clergyman who became one of the founders of the Episcopal Unitarian Church, and from a long line of English Dissenters going back to...
c.1689-94 - Thomas PownallThomas PownallThomas Pownall was a British politician and colonial official. He was governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay from 1758 to 1760, and afterward served in the British Parliament. He traveled widely in the North American colonies prior to the American Revolutionary War, and opposed...
- Governor of MassachusettsGovernor of MassachusettsThe Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. The current governor is Democrat Deval Patrick.-Constitutional role:...
from 1757-60 c.1733-8 - John SibthorpJohn SibthorpJohn Sibthorp was an English botanist.He was born in Oxford, the youngest son of Dr Humphry Sibthorp , who from 1747 to 1784 was Sherardian professor of botany at the University of Oxford....
- botanist c.1770-5 - Henry Digby BesteHenry Digby BesteHenry Digby Beste was an English writer and aristocratic convert to Catholicism, seen as a precursor to the Oxford Movement.-Life:...
- Christian scholar 1776-84 - Richard Watson - Methodist minister c.1792-7
- Evelyn AbbottEvelyn AbbottEvelyn Abbott was an English classical scholar, born at Epperstone, Nottinghamshire. He was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, where he excelled both academically and in sports, winning the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse in 1864, but after a fall in 1866 his legs became paralysed...
- Greek scholar c.1854-9 - George Carline RBARoyal Society of British ArtistsThe Royal Society of British Artists is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy.-History:...
- artist - 1866-73 - William Logsdail - artist 1870-5
- James Ward UsherThe Collection (Lincolnshire)The Collection is the county museum and gallery for Lincolnshire in England. It is an amalgamation of the Usher Gallery and the City and County Museum in such a way that they can work more effectively together than hitherto...
, art jeweller - Prof J.W. Hinchley - Professor of Chemical Engineering from 1926-31 at Imperial College LondonImperial College LondonImperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
1882-9 - Ralph Deakin - Foreign News Editor from 1922-52 of The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, 1900-5 - Prof Robert HumphreysRobert Arthur HumphreysRobert Arthur Humphreys OBE was the founder of Latin American studies in the United Kingdom. He was Director from 1965-74 of the Institute of Latin American Studies, and President from 1964-8 of the Royal Historical Society. He was awarded the OBE in 1946.-Life:He went to Lincoln Christ's...
OBE - Director from 1965-74 of the Institute of Latin American StudiesInstitute of Latin American StudiesThe Institute of Latin American Studies was set up in 1965 at the University of London, with the objective of providing postgraduate level teaching and a focus for research on the literature, history, politics and economics of Latin America and the Caribbean.In August 2004 the ILAS merged with the...
, and President from 1964-8 of the Royal Historical SocietyRoyal Historical SocietyThe Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...
1908-15 - Kenneth Eldin-Taylor CVO, Chairman from 1967-74 of the Industrial Appeals TribunalNational Industrial Relations CourtThe National Industrial Relations Court was established on 1 December 1971 under Section 99 of the Industrial Relations Act 1971. The NIRC was created by the Conservative government of Ted Heath as a way to limit the power of trades union in the United Kingdom...
1914-21 - Prof Maurice Barley - Professor of Archaeology from 1971-4 at the University of NottinghamUniversity of NottinghamThe University of Nottingham is a public research university based in Nottingham, United Kingdom, with further campuses in Ningbo, China and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
and President from 1964-7 of the Council for British ArchaeologyCouncil for British ArchaeologyEstablished in 1944, the is an educational charity working throughout the UK to involve people in archaeology and to promote the appreciation and care of the historic environment for the benefit of present and future generations...
1920-7 - Frederick Roach OBE, winner of The Veitch Memorial MedalThe Veitch Memorial MedalThe Veitch Memorial Medal, is a prestigious international prize issued annually by the Royal Horticultural Society .-Goal:The prize is awarded to "persons of any nationality who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement and improvement of the science and practice of horticulture"...
and from 1962-72 the UK's first National Fruit Advisor 1921-6 - Alex HenshawAlex HenshawAlexander Adolphus Dumfries Henshaw MBE was a British air racer in the 1930s and a test pilot for Vickers Armstrong in the Second World War.-Early life:...
- SpitfireSupermarine SpitfireThe Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...
Chief test pilot 1922-7 - Flt LtFlight LieutenantFlight lieutenant is a junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many Commonwealth countries. It ranks above flying officer and immediately below squadron leader. The name of the rank is the complete phrase; it is never shortened to "lieutenant"...
Edward Johnson DFCDistinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force and other services, and formerly to officers of other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against...
- bomb aimerBombardier (air force)A bombardier , in the United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force, or a bomb aimer, in the Royal Air Force and other Commonwealth air forces, was the crewman of a bomber responsible for assisting the navigator in guiding the plane to a bombing target and releasing the aircraft's bomb...
of AJ-N LancasterAvro LancasterThe Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force . It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the RCAF, and squadrons from other...
of the DambusterOperation ChastiseOperation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters", using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Barnes Wallis...
617 SqnNo. 617 Squadron RAFNo. 617 Squadron is a Royal Air Force aircraft squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. It currently operates the Tornado GR4 in the ground attack and reconnaissance role...
sqn who destroyed the Eder DamEderseeThe Edersee Dam is a hydroelectric dam constructed between 1908 to 1914 across the Eder river, near the small town of Waldeck in northern Hesse, Germany, it lies at the northern edge of the Kellerwald...
- 1923-30 - Prof Harold Livermore, former Professor Spanish at the University of BathUniversity of BathThe University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966....
1926-33 - Rt Rev David CartwrightEdward David CartwrightThe Rt Rev David Cartwright was the tenth Suffragan Bishop of Southampton . He was born on 15 July 1920 and educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1944 he began his career with a curacy in Boston, Lincolnshire and was then Vicar of St Leonard’s, Redfield, Bristol...
- from 1984-9 the Bishop of SouthamptonBishop of SouthamptonThe Bishop of Southampton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the city of Southampton in Hampshire. The current bishop is The Rt Revd Jonathan Frost, who became bishop...
1931-8 - Prof Alexander Cullen - electrical engineer and President from 1987-90 of the International Union of Radio ScienceInternational Union of Radio ScienceThe International Union of Radio Science is one of 26 international scientific unions affiliated to the International Council for Science.- History and objectives :...
1931-8 - Steve RaceSteve RaceStephen Russell Race OBE was a British composer, pianist and radio and television presenter.-Biography:Born in Lincoln, the son of a lawyer, Race learned the piano from the age of five...
- Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
presenter of My Music 1932-9 - Brig.Brigadier (United Kingdom)Brigadier is a senior rank in the British Army and the Royal Marines.Brigadier is the superior rank to Colonel, but subordinate to Major-General....
Malcolm Dennison - 1990-6 Lord Lieutenant of OrkneyLord Lieutenant of OrkneyThis is a list of people who have served as Lord-Lieutenant of Orkney.* Patrick Neale Sutherland Graeme 8 April 1948 – 26 September 1958* Robert Scarth 15 January 1959 – 18 May 1966...
- 1935-42 - Sir Neville Marriner - Conductor 1935-42
- Dennis TownhillDennis TownhillDennis William Townhill OBE was an English organist and composer.Born in Lincoln, he was educated at Lincoln School and studied under Dr Gordon Archbold Slater at Lincoln Cathedral....
OBE - organist 1936-43 - Rev Deryck Goodwin - laser physicist 1939-46
- Prof Philip Thody - Professor of French Literature from 1965-93 at the University of LeedsUniversity of LeedsThe University of Leeds is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England...
1939-46 - Keith FordyceKeith FordyceKeith Fordyce was an English disc jockey and former presenter on British radio and television. He is most famous as the first presenter of ITV's Ready Steady Go! in 1963, but was a stalwart of both BBC radio and Radio Luxembourg for many years.-Career:Born Keith Fordyce Marriott in Lincoln, he...
- Radio 2BBC Radio 2BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBC's national radio stations and the most popular station in the United Kingdom. Much of its daytime playlist-based programming is best described as Adult Contemporary or AOR, although the station is also noted for its specialist broadcasting of other musical genres...
disc jockey and first presenter in 1963 of Ready Steady Go!Ready Steady Go!Ready Steady Go! or simply RSG! was one of the UK's first rock/pop music TV programmes. It was conceived by Elkan Allan, head of Rediffusion TV. Allan was assisted by record producer/talent manager Vicki Wickham, who became the producer. It was broadcast from August 1963 until December 1966...
1940-7 - David RobinsonDavid Robinson (film critic and author)David Robinson is a British film critic and author. He started writing for Sight and Sound and the Monthly Film Bulletin in the 1950s, becoming Assistant Editor of Sight and Sound and Editor of the Monthly Film Bulletin in 1957-1958...
- arts journalist for The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
1941-8 - Prof Sir Colin Dollery - former Dean of the Royal Postgraduate Medical SchoolRoyal Postgraduate Medical SchoolThe Royal Postgraduate Medical School was an independent medical school, based primarily at Hammersmith Hospital in west London. In 1988, the school merged with the Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, and in 1997 became part of the Imperial College School of Medicine.-History:The medical school...
until 1996 at Hammersmith HospitalHammersmith HospitalHammersmith Hospital is a major teaching hospital in West London. It is part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and is associated with the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine...
and former President of the International Union of Pharmacology - 1942-9 - Michael MarshallMichael Marshall (bishop)Michael Eric Marshall was the eighth Bishop of Woolwich in the Church of England .Marshall was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge and was ordained in 1961. His first ministry position was as a curate at St Peter's Spring Hill, Birmingham after which he was temporarily a tutor at Ely...
- from 1975-84 the Bishop of WoolwichBishop of WoolwichThe Bishop of Woolwich is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England....
1947-54 - Very RevVery ReverendThe Very Reverend is a style given to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church, by custom, priests who hold positions of particular note: e.g...
Colin Semper - Head of Religious Programmes 1966-9 at BBC Radio 1949-57 - Prof Peter Baker, Halliburton Professor of Physiology from 1975-87 at King's College LondonKing's College LondonKing's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...
1950-7 - David Colvin CMG - UK Ambassador from 1996-2001 to Belgium 1952-9
- Sir David BlatherwickDavid Blatherwick (diplomat)Sir David Elliott Spiby Blatherwick, KCMG, OBE is a retired British diplomat.Educated at Lincoln School and Wadham College, Oxford, he joined the Foreign Office in 1964. His diplomatic postings were in Kuwait, New York City, the Republic of Ireland and Egypt. He served as ambassador to Ireland...
OBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
- UK Ambassador to Ireland from 1991-5 and from 1995-9 to Egypt 1952-9 - John HurtJohn HurtJohn Vincent Hurt, CBE is an English actor, known for his leading roles as John Merrick in The Elephant Man, Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mr. Braddock in The Hit, Stephen Ward in Scandal, Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and An Englishman in New York...
- actor 1953-7 - Michael Lynn - Chief Executive from 1995-6 of HMSOOffice of Public Sector InformationThe Office of Public Sector Information is the body responsible for the operation of Her Majesty's Stationery Office and of other public information services of the United Kingdom...
1953-8 - Derek FatchettDerek FatchettDerek John Fatchett PC, QC, FRS was a British politician. He became member of Parliament for Leeds Central in 1983 and was a member of the Labour Party.-Early life:...
- Labour MP from 1983-99 for Leeds CentralLeeds Central (UK Parliament constituency)Leeds Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
1956-63 - David Kappler - Chairman of Premier FoodsPremier FoodsPremier Foods plc is a British food manufacturer headquartered in St Albans, Hertfordshire. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:...
1958-65 - Peter Day - Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
presenter of In BusinessIn Business-Format:It is presented by the BBC's Business Correspondent Peter Day, and is broadcast at 8:30 p.m. on Thursdays and repeated at 9:30 p.m. on Sundays. It is the sister program of Global Business, which is also presented by Day and is broadcast on the BBC World Service.-History:It began as an...
1959-66 - Prof Christopher Thompson - Professor of Psychiatry from 1988-2003 at the University of SouthamptonUniversity of SouthamptonThe University of Southampton is a British public university located in the city of Southampton, England, a member of the Russell Group. The origins of the university can be dated back to the founding of the Hartley Institution in 1862 by Henry Robertson Hartley. In 1902, the Institution developed...
and President from 2000-6 of the International Society for Affective Disorders - Stephen Hughes - Chief Executive of Birmingham City CouncilGovernment of BirminghamBirminghamshown within West MidlandsThis page is about the Government of Birmingham, England.-Civic history:Most of Birmingham was historically a part of Warwickshire, though the modern city also includes villages and towns historically in Staffordshire or Worcestershire.Until the 1760s, Birmingham...
1965-72 - Mark ByfordMark ByfordMark Byford was Deputy Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation and head of BBC Journalism from 2004-2011. He chaired the BBC Journalism Board and had overall responsibility for the world’s largest and most trusted news organisation, and all its radio, television and interactive...
- BBC deputy Director General 1969-76
Christ's Hospital Girls' High School
- Joyce Skinner CBE - Principal from 1964-74 of Bishop Grosseteste College 1932-9
- Marion Sindell - Chief Executive from 1979-85 of the Equal Opportunities CommissionEqual Opportunities CommissionThe Equal Opportunities Commission was an independent non-departmental public body, in the United Kingdom, which tackled sex discrimination and promoted gender equality...
1936-43 - Bridget Cracroft-EleyBridget Cracroft-EleyBridget Katharine Cracroft-Eley CVO, JP was a former British secretary, farmer and magistrate.Born in Lincolnshire, she was the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Weston Cracroft-Amcotts and his wife Rhona Clifton-Brown, daughter of Edward Clifton-Brown...
(née Clifton-Brown) - Lord Lieutenant of LincolnshireLord Lieutenant of LincolnshireThis is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire. Since 1660, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Lincolnshire.*Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln 1550/1552–?*Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland 1551–1563?...
from 1995–2008