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Headmaster | John Browne |
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Students | 461 |
Location | , BB7 9PZ , England |
Former pupils | Old Stonyhursts |
Patron saint | Aloysius Gonzaga |
Colours | Green and White |
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Stonyhurst College is a
A precursor institution of the college was founded in 1593 by
History
Stonyhurst Hall
The earliest deed concerning the Stanihurst is held in the college's Arundell Library; it dates from approximately 1200. In 1372, a licence was granted to John de Bayley for an oratory on the site.[9]: 11–12 His descendants, the Shireburn family, completed the oldest portion of the extant buildings.[9]: 46 Richard Shireburn began building the hall, which was enlarged by his grandson Nicholas who also constructed the ponds, avenue and gardens.[9]: 36 Following his death, the estate passed to his wife and then to sole heir, their daughter, Mary, the Duchess of Norfolk.
Great benefactor emerges
In 1754, it was inherited by her cousin,
The college
The story of the school may be traced back to establishments in
The college flourished during the 19th century: the Society of Jesus was re-established in Britain at Stonyhurst in 1803,[9]: 36 and over the century, student numbers rose from the original twelve migrants from Liège.[9]: 20 By the turn of the following century, it had become England's largest Roman Catholic college.[12] Stonyhurst Hall underwent extensive alterations and additions to accommodate these numbers; the Old South Front was constructed in 1810, only to be demolished and replaced with much grander buildings in the 1880s.[13]: 195 A seminary was constructed on the estate, and an observatory and meteorological station erected in the gardens.[9]: 36 The 20th century saw the gradual hiring of a mostly lay staff, as the number of Jesuits declined.[13]: 164 The seminary at St Mary's Hall was closed, and the school discontinued its education of university-aged philosophers. With the closure of Beaumont College in 1967 and the transfer away from the Society of Jesus of Mount St Mary's College, Spinkhill, Derbyshire, in 2006, Stonyhurst became the sole Jesuit public school in England.
Since the
Hodder Place, St Mary's Hall and Hodder House
The original preparatory school to Stonyhurst,
In 2004, the old gymnasium at St Mary's Hall was converted into new nursery and infant facilities named
Religious life
The college is
Finally, the school settled in England in 1794 and the
Chapels
The school has one main church,
St Peter's Church underwent extensive repair and refurbishment in 2010–11. Most of the Victorian stencilling was not restored, although the whitewash was removed from the stencilling above the altar.[21]
Traditions
It is a long-standing practice, as with many Jesuit schools around the world, that pupils write
Charitable status
As a registered charity,
Motto
The French motto Quant je puis, 'As much as I can' is central to the ethos of the school, which focuses upon the all-round development of the individual.[28] It is inherited from the Shireburn family who once owned the original mansion on the site; the family emblem is emblazoned, in stone, with the motto, above the fireplace in the Top Refectory.[11][page needed]
Academic
Academic standards are high: 93% of
Ten GCSEs are usually taken by each pupil, consisting of five compulsory subjects (Religious Studies,
Education during the college's early history was based on
Until Roman Catholics were admitted to Oxbridge in 1854, Stonyhurst was also home to "philosopher gentlemen" studying BA courses under the London Matriculation Examination system. Their numbers began to fall after 1894 and the department was closed in 1916.[31]
Libraries and collections
Stonyhurst College has four main libraries: the Arundell, the Bay, the Square and the More (dedicated to
The More Library is the main library for students while the 'House Libraries' (the Arundell, the Bay, and the Square) contain many artefacts from the
Among those collections kept away from public view are numerous blood-soaked garments from Jesuits martyred in Japan, the skull of
The school owns paintings, including a portrait of Tsar
Observatory
The school has a functioning observatory which was built in 1866.
"The observatory has been made famous by many astronomers of wide reputation," says Britannica.
Arts
Music, drama and art
Music plays a prominent rôle in school life. All those entering the school in Lower Grammar (year nine) are obliged to learn to play an orchestral instrument.[40] There are two choirs: the Chapel Choir, which sings regularly at mass, and the Schola Cantorum, composed of teachers and pupils, which sings at concerts and public events such as the May celebration in the college amphitheatre.[41] Pupils participate in the school orchestra and various bands, whilst the staff band is a feature of the Poetry Banquet and Rhetoric Ball.[40]
Drama is equally important, with plays staged throughout the school year, the main performance being at
Art is an important part of the curriculum, and is compulsory for those in Lower Grammar (year nine).
Literary associations
Stonyhurst has provided inspiration for poets and authors who include former classics teacher
The school runs its own publication company, St Omer's Press, which publishes religious literature, and first began when the college was located at St Omer in Flanders.[50]
Sport
Pupils are required to participate in games on a regular basis. The school plays rugby union and other sports. Since turning fully co-educational, hockey and rounders have widened the sports programme.[51]
Rugby
Stonyhurst College Rugby Union Football Club (SCRUFC) has played a big part in the life of the school, despite only supplanting football as the school's primary sport in 1921.[11][page needed] All boys are encouraged to play when they enter Lower Grammar but are not required to play throughout their time at the school. Stonyhurst has a successful rugby season, with games well supported by pupils, staff and parents. Sporting rivalry is particularly prominent against fellow Catholic independent schools Ampleforth College, Mount St Mary's College and Sedbergh School in Cumbria. The Stonyhurst Sevens take place annually, attracting large crowds and teams from all over the country.[52]
The school has produced sixteen international rugby players (England (5), Ireland (6), Scotland (1) Italy (1), the USA (1) Bermuda (1) and the Bahamas (1)), as well as players for the Barbarians and the British and Irish Lions.
Stonyhurst has had well-known coaches, including former England coaches
Stonyhurst Football
Stonyhurst Football, inherited from the
Rhetoric vs. Hodder cricket and rounders
Towards the end of the Summer Term each year, Rhetoric boys issue a challenge, written in Latin, to the boys in preparatory at Stonyhurst Saint Mary's Hall, inviting them to compete in a cricket match. Preparatory respond in turn, also in Latin. The Rhetoricians take part wearing fancy dress, and are traditionally defeated by preparatory.[59] In 2003, the tradition was adopted by the girls who issued a Latin challenge to preparatory girls inviting them to compete at rounders.
Military
Officer Training Corps (OTC)
The Stonyhurst
Combined Cadet Corps (CCF)
After the
Junior company
- Costello Platoon (Lieutenant Edmund William COSTELLO V.C., Malakand, India 1897)
- Coury Platoon (Second Lieutenant George Gabriel COURY V.C., Guillemont, Somme 1916)
- Liddell Platoon (Captain John Aiden LIDDELL V.C, Ostend, Belgium 1915)
- Kenna Platoon (Captain Paul Aloysius KENNA V.C., Khartoum, Sudan 1898)
Senior company
- Dease Platoon (Lieutenant Maurice James DEASE V.C., Mons, Belgium 1914)
- Jackman Platoon (Captain James Joseph Bernard JACKMAN V.C., Ed Duda, Tobruk, 1941)
- Andrews Platoon (Captain Harold Marcus ERVINE-ANDREWS V.C., Dunkirk 1940)
- Support Platoon
Those in Grammar Playroom (year ten) are automatically enrolled in the CCF and are given the option of continuing at the end of the year, following a summer camp which takes place at a local barracks.
Military careers
Some pupils have gone on to receive places at the
The Stonyhurst War Records were published in their honour. A memorial at the top of the main staircase records the names of the six
School organisation
Playroom system
Unlike most English public schools, Stonyhurst is organised horizontally by year groups (known as playrooms) rather than vertically by houses, although the girls are also split into junior and senior houses.[68] Each playroom has an assigned playroom master, with each cohort moving through the playrooms, having a sequence of playroom masters (rather than a single housemaster).[68]
Lines
In addition to the horizontal division of the school into playrooms, there is also a vertical grouping which cuts through the year groups, the "lines", and is used mostly for competitive purposes in sport and music.[69] The lines and colours are as follows:
- Campion (red) (named after St Edmund Campion)
- St Omers (yellow, though brown for sporting attire) (named after St Omer, the town the school was founded in)
- Shireburn (green) (named after the Shireburn family which built Stonyhurst)
- Weld (blue) (named after Thomas Weld who donated Stonyhurst to the Jesuits)
Notable events in the school year
The Ascensio Scholarum, inherited from the
"Great Academies" takes place annually at the end of the first half of the summer term. Although different in its present form, it is a continuation of a tradition begun at St Omers, with the first taking place at Stonyhurst on 6 August 1795.[11][page needed] Today, it is an occasion when the school is on display – there are exhibitions, musical performances, the school play, sporting events, as well as prize-giving and the headmaster's speech, culminating with the Rhetoric Ball and Rhetoric Mass the following morning.[71]
Stonyhurst Association
After less formal arrangements had been made for many years, the Association was formed in 1879.
Alumni
Stonyhurst has educated prominent individuals in every area, from statesmen to sportsmen, and actors to archbishops.
Notable alumni include:
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signatory of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
- Arthur Conan Doyle, author of Sherlock Holmes
- St Thomas Garnet SJ, canonised saint and protomartyr of St Omers, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales
- John Harbison, first State Pathologist of Ireland[76]
- Irish Proclamation of Independence leading activist in the Easter Rising, for which he was executed
- Attorney General for Ireland
- Governor of Maltaand Irish landownder.
- Sir Frederick Weld, New Zealand prime minister
- Eduardo Lopez de Romaña, president of Peru
- Lieutenant Maurice James Dease, was the first posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross during WWI, fought and died at the Battle of Mons
- Thomas Meagher, Irish poet, leader of the Young Ireland movement, American Civil War Brigadier General, and Acting Governor of the Montana Territory.
- United States Constitution.
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Contemporaries
- Joe Ansbro, Scottish rugby international
- Crispian Hollis, Bishop of Portsmouth
- Michael D. Hurley, Cambridge don engaged in literature, philosophy and theology
- Paul Johnson, writer, artist and popular historian
- Professor Gabriel Leung, GBS, JP, Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong
- Mark Thompson, former Director-General of the BBC
- Chris Morris, satirist, BAFTA winner
- Tom Morris, theatre director, producer and writer, and Tony Award winner
- Matt Greenhalgh, screenwriter, BAFTA winner
- Tim Hetherington, photographer, Oscar nominee
- Patrick Rock former government deputy director of policy for Prime Minister David Cameron and convicted sex offender*
- Bill Cash, MP for Stone, Staffordshire and prominent Brexiteer
- Patrick McGrath, novelist
Notable masters
- Brian Ashton, history master and England rugby coach.[58]
- Dick Greenwood, Assistant bursar and England rugby coach.[58]
- Christopher Hollis, assistant master, history master (1925–1935), author, politician and president of the Oxford Union.[77]
- Gerard Manley Hopkins, classics master and poet.[78]
- Stephen Joseph Perry, astronomy master.[36]
- Alfred Weld SJ, director of the Observatory, grandson of founder Thomas Weld (of Lulworth)
- Pietro Angelo Secchi, astronomy master, astrophysicist, and director of the Vatican Observatory.[5]
- George Tyrrell, philosophy master and Roman Catholic modernist.[5]
Headmasters
Since the college's foundation in Flanders in 1593, there have been 78 headmasters, (variably known as presidents, rectors, superiors and directors).[79] Until the appointment of Giles Mercer in 1985, the headmaster had always been a member of the Society of Jesus. There have been three lay headmasters.[80]
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Controversy
James Chaning-Pearce, a priest who taught at the school, was gaoled for sexually assaulting pupils between 1987 and 1995. The youngest victim was a boy of 12.[81] In 1999, the Lancashire Constabulary conducted "Operation Whiting", which looked into allegations of abuse at the school dating back to the 1970s. This resulted in two convictions, one of which was quashed on appeal. On 14 May 2002, a parliamentary committee member described the operation as "a scandal in itself" and an "expensive... fiasco".[82]
Another priest, Father Paul Symonds, at Stonyhurst between 1972 and 1979, was arrested in November 2009 for having allegedly abused a 13-year-old boy for three years.[83] The case was dropped by the CPS Lancashire, a year later and was revealed in March 2014.
In 2014, Stonyhurst was fined £100,000 and ordered to pay £31,547.78 in legal costs for the prosecution after pleading guilty to a breach of the
See also
- List of Jesuit sites in the United Kingdom
- List of Jesuit schools
- St Gordianus, interred in the school
- Listed buildings in Aighton, Bailey and Chaigley
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Further reading
- Chadwick, Hubert, S.J. (1962), St Omers to Stonyhurst, (Burns & Oats), No ISBN
- Walsh, R.R. (1989), Stonyhurst War Record 1935–45 (T.H.C.L. Blackburn), ISBN 0-948494-08-5
External links
- Official website
- Stonyhurst's entry in the 1912 New Advent Catholic Encyclopaedia
- Irwin, Francis Joseph (1912). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. .
- Stonyhurst Weather Station Met Office entry