Founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611, the year of his death. An ex-Carthusian priory near Smithfield was used for the school - thus pupils are known as Carthusians. Sutton was buried in the chapel.
The school sold its London site to Merchant Taylors' and moved near Godalming in 1872.
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Charterhouse School
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Charterhouse
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Emanuel School
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Royal Mathematical School
Initiated by Sir Robert Clayton who had read about the French schools of navigation. He persuaded King Charles II to support the UK equivalent as part of Christ's Hospital. "Samuel Pepys in the Adm...
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St Paul's School
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Royal Ballet School
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Camden Council
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Josiah Wedgwood
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Henry Fielding
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Alexander Pope
Poet. Born Lombard Street. A childhood illness left him only 4 and a half feet tall, hunchbacked, crippled and with chronic pain. Best known for his satirical poems. Also a wit: "And all who told...
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