Alderman Newton's School
Alderman Newton's Boys School was a school in Leicester, England. It was a grammar school then it became a comprehensive school.
The original school was opened in 1784, thanks to money bequeathed by a former Mayor of Leicester, Gabriel Newton.[1] Land at Greyfriars acquired by the school in 1863 later proved to be the site of the Greyfriars friary church which contained the site of the grave of King Richard III. The school building has been converted to house the King Richard III Visitor Centre
Its pupils were known as Newtonians. They wore a uniform of green coats, which later became a Green Blazer with red piping around the cuffs and coat tails. The lower school, on the opposite side to the Cathedral and Greyfriars was where the 1st and 2nd year juniors were located. In the post war years well into the 1970s the lower school boys had to wear short grey trousers, the green school blazer and the green cap with red cords. All lower school boys had to wear the cap for fear of detention whilst walking between the lower and main school or the dinner block opposite the lower school. They also had to "Doff" their caps at any "Masters" who they met along the street. The teachers (called "Masters") mostly wore the black graduate gowns. On special occasions, such as the annual prize-giving which was held at the Cathedral, the Masters would also wear their University stoles or colours which denoted their university of graduation. Some of these entailed quite elaborate faux fur collars. The school was closed in 1999 when it was merged by the local authority with two other local schools to form a single school. The road where the new school is located is named Greencoat Road in acknowledgement of the green coats worn by Alderman Newton's School pupils.[2] There is an Old Newtonians Society for ex-pupils and an Old Newtonians Rugby Football club.
Notable former pupils
- Sir Greg Knight (born 1949), conservative politician
- Neil McKendrick (born 1935), historian
- Harry Morley (1881-1943), artist and illustrator
- Sir Edwin Nixon (1925–2008), IBM executive
- Theodore Plucknett (1897–1965), academic and historian
- Sir John Plumb (1911–2001), historian
- Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow (1905–1980), academic and novelist
- Philip Snow (1915-2012), cricketer and colonial administrator
- Trevor Storer (1930–2013), baker, founder of Pukka Pies
- Eric Trapp (1910–1993), Anglican Bishop of Zululand and later of Bermuda
- Sir Alan Walters (1926–2009), economist and advisor to Margaret Thatcher
Notes
See also https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/leics/vol4/pp328-335#h3-0005
- ^ I. A. W. Place. "The History of Alderman Newton's Boys' School, Leicester" (PDF). University of Leicester.
- ^ "Edubase: Alderman Newton's School". Department for Education.
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