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The English school system differs from the American one in that there is no graduation from school - that's reserved for people attaining their degrees at university. In the Regency era there was no minimum age to leave school; it was possible for a young man in his teens to hold a commission in the Army or to be at sea with the Royal Navy, and of course that meant that they would not be at school in full time education. Most, if not all, public schools (schools that were paid for by members of the public) were exclusively boarding schools - some, such as Winchester, still are to this day. | The English school system differs from the American one in that there is no graduation from school - that's reserved for people attaining their degrees at university. In the Regency era there was no minimum age to leave school; it was possible for a young man in his teens to hold a commission in the Army or to be at sea with the Royal Navy, and of course that meant that they would not be at school in full time education. Most, if not all, public schools (schools that were paid for by members of the public) were exclusively boarding schools - some, such as Winchester, still are to this day. | ||
==Eton== | There were also grammar schools which did not have the same cachet as the more expensive public schools, so would be more affordable for those characters of the gentry and middling sort. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_oldest_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom] for a list of schools that were around in 1811. | ||
Ladies would be privately educated at home under a governess, and might be sent to a ladies' seminary later on. They would not learn the same sort of things as the boys would, but would learn basic mathematics, French, dancing, deportment... some ladies' schools even trained their students how to get in and out of a carriage gracefully. | |||
==Public Schools== | |||
===Charterhouse=== | |||
===Eton=== | |||
*[[Jean-Laurent d'Aubin]] | *[[Jean-Laurent d'Aubin]] | ||
**(1798-1803) | **(1798-1803) | ||
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**(1798-1803) | **(1798-1803) | ||
==Harrow== | ===Harrow=== | ||
==Rugby== | ===Rugby=== | ||
*[[Nathaniel Scarborough]] | *[[Nathaniel Scarborough]] | ||
==Shrewsbury== | ===Shrewsbury=== | ||
== | ===Westminster=== | ||
==Winchester== | ===Winchester=== | ||
*[[Henry Layton]] | *[[Henry Layton]] | ||
*[[Robert Vickery]] | *[[Robert Vickery]] | ||
*[[John Vickery]] | *[[John Vickery]] | ||
==Grammar Schools== | |||
===Sherborne=== | |||
*[[Edmund Mayoh]] | |||
*[[Albert Mayoh]] | |||
===Tonbridge School=== | |||
Revision as of 16:35, 20 April 2016
The English school system differs from the American one in that there is no graduation from school - that's reserved for people attaining their degrees at university. In the Regency era there was no minimum age to leave school; it was possible for a young man in his teens to hold a commission in the Army or to be at sea with the Royal Navy, and of course that meant that they would not be at school in full time education. Most, if not all, public schools (schools that were paid for by members of the public) were exclusively boarding schools - some, such as Winchester, still are to this day.
There were also grammar schools which did not have the same cachet as the more expensive public schools, so would be more affordable for those characters of the gentry and middling sort. See List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom for a list of schools that were around in 1811.
Ladies would be privately educated at home under a governess, and might be sent to a ladies' seminary later on. They would not learn the same sort of things as the boys would, but would learn basic mathematics, French, dancing, deportment... some ladies' schools even trained their students how to get in and out of a carriage gracefully.
Public Schools
Charterhouse
Eton
- Jean-Laurent d'Aubin
- (1798-1803)
- Charlie Devenish
- Nicholas Gosling
- William Gosling
- Robert Fitzgerald
- George Hackett
- Rawdon Montgomery
- (1798-1803)