Category:Old Etonians

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Eton School
Motto Floreat Etona
Motto in English Let Eton flourish
Established 1440
Type Public school
Location Windsor, Berkshire
Colours Eton blue

Eton was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor".


A traditional form of punishment took the form of being made to copy, by hand, Latin hexameters. Miscreants were frequently set 100 hexameters by Library members (members of the senior year), or, for more serious offences, Georgics (more than 500 hexameters) by their House Masters or the Head Master. The giving of a Georgic is now extremely rare, but still occasionally occurs.[1]

Headmasters

In the period LL characters could/would have been at Eton, there were several headmasters:

  • John Foster (1765–1773)
  • Jonathan Davies (1773–1792)
  • George Heath (1792–1802)
  • Joseph Goodall (1802–1809)
  • John Keate (1809–1834)

(For a full list see List of Headmasters of Eton College, on Wikipedia.)

Old Etonians

The Old Boys of Eton School, both played characters and non-played characters, are listed below. See also Schools Attended by London Life Characters.

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