Lancing College

Lancing College (formerly College of St. Mary and St. Nicholas ) is a company incorporated in 1848 by Nathaniel Woodard English private school in the county of West Sussex. Currently visit about 500 girls and boys boarding school. Lancing College was the first of more than 30 private schools founded Woodard.

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  • 4.2 Politicians and diplomats
  • 4.3 Scientists and Clergy
  • 4.4 Military

Location and campus

Lancing College is located on a 2.2 square kilometer site near the town of Lancing in West Sussex, west of the city of Brighton and Hove. The school is located on a hill and the South Downs associated with its Gothic chapel dominates the surrounding countryside. In addition to the large chapel 's historic school buildings as well as numerous houses for each 30 to 80 pupils or students dominate the school grounds.

In addition, the school has its own farm, direct river access, 28 tennis courts, various squash courts, a swimming pool, a gymnasium, a gym, two theaters, an extensive sports center and two libraries.

School life

The school day at Lancing College begins with a morning wake up call and ends after various sports activities at 18:00 clock in the evening. From 19:00 clock to 21:00 clock 's Evening School time. During this time of the 13 - to 18 - year-old students expected that they take care of homework and preparation.

In addition to school education Lancing College emphasizes a Christian and sporty basic education. So is the visit of Anglican worship for all pupils compulsory ( school motto: Beati Mundo Corde; German: Blessed are the pure in heart. ). In sports there are offers such as football, tennis, rugby, squash, badminton, lacrosse, basketball, hockey, running, gardening, horse riding, clay pigeon shooting and sailing. There are also debating groups and the Combined Cadet Force.

Financing

The annual tuition fee for each of the 500 students at Lancing College is approximately £ 24,000. In addition, the school receives regular donations from its numerous well-known graduates. For a small number of students there are musical and academic scholarships.

For some years a private preparatory school, Lancing College Preparatory School at Mowden is the Lancing College assigned. The students of this school are prepared for school at Lancing College and can use all the facilities of the college. For this purpose, specifically, a shuttle bus service has been established.

Chapel

The foundation stone of the chapel of Lancing College, the largest school chapel in the world, was established in 1868. It is about 50 meters high and has foundations, ranging 20 meters deep into the ground. A planned for the western end of 100 meter high tower was never completed. The existing sandstone chapel was built in the style of English Gothic of the 14th century and designed by Richard Cromwell Carpenter.

The interior is dominated by the largest rose window in England, which has a diameter of 9.75 meters. Furthermore, to see the tomb in the Cathedral of the school's founders, as well as two organs.

In 1911 the chapel of St. Mary and St. Nicholas was dedicated. Open to the general public it is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 bis 16:00 clock clock and on Sunday between 12:00 and 16:00 clock clock bis. The interior is currently being redeveloped.

Famous Alumni

Politicians and diplomats

  • Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ghana
  • Tom Driberg, British politician and journalist
  • Philip Adams, British Ambassador to Jordan and Egypt
  • Hugh Molson, Deputy State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Verkehrsminisiterum
  • David Lloyd, British Ambassador to Slovenia
  • Christopher Meyer, British Ambassador to Germany and the U.S.
  • Hugh Molson, Deputy State Secretary at the Ministry of Labour and Verkehrsminisiterum
  • John Richmond, British Ambassador to Kuwait and Sudan
  • John Sankey, Lord Justice of Appeal and Lord Chancellor (1929-1935)
  • Humphrey Trevelyan, British Ambassador in Iraq and Russia

Scientists and clergymen

  • Roy Calne, physician and university teacher in Cambridge, is considered a pioneer of liver transplantation
  • Michael Ball, Bishop of Truro
  • Trevor Huddleston, Bishop of Masasi (Tanzania ), Bishop of Stepney, Bishop of Mauritius, Archbishop of Mauritius and the Indian Ocean; Fighter against apartheid
  • James Leo Schuster, Bishop of St John (1956-1980), Military Bishop
  • Lieutenant General Louis Jean Bols, Chief Administrator of Palestine and Governor Bermuda
  • Lieutenant-General John Fullerton Evetts
  • General Neil Ritchie, commander in World War II
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