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Scottish Baronial Architecture: Balmoral Castle, Abbotsford House, Fettes College, Hospitalfield House, Corbel, Dunrobin Castle, Overtoun House

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Balmoral Castle, Abbotsford House, Fettes College, Hospitalfield House, Corbel, Dunrobin Castle, Overtoun House, Ayton, Scottish Borders, John Burnet, Edinburgh Central Mosque, Skibo Castle, Drummond Castle, Balmoral Hotel, Castle Leslie, Scots Baronial Style architecture, Larnach Castle, Glenveagh Castle, Blarney Castle, Castle Oliver, Torosay Castle, Wilson Castle, William Burn, Belfast Castle, Helen's Bay railway station, Erchless Castle. Excerpt: Fettes College is an independent school for boarding and day pupils in Edinburgh, Scotland with over two thirds of its pupils in residence on campus. It is sometimes referred to as a public school, although strictly speaking this only applies to the English schools covered by the Public Schools Acts. To perpetuate the memory of his only son William, who had predeceased him in 1815, Sir William Fettes (1750-1836), a former Lord Provost of Edinburgh and wealthy city merchant, bequeathed the then very large sum of 166,000 to be set aside for the education of poor children and orphans. After his death the bequest was effected and invested and the accumulated sum was then used to acquire the land, to build the main building and found the school in 1870. Fettes College thus opened with 53 pupils (40 were Foundation Scholars with 11 others boarding & 2 day pupils). The Headmaster who provoked most controversy was Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1971-79), formerly of Eton. The investigative journalist Paul Foot wrote an expose in Private Eye detailing his excessive use of corporal punishment while he was a Housemaster at Shrewsbury School. Tim Card, a former Vice-provost of Eton College, said Chenevix-Trench's resignation from that school was caused by his heavy drinking and his overuse of the cane. An all-boys school until 1970, when female pupils were first admitted for the final y...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156598917
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 30
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 73 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1156598915
  • Publisher Date: 09 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Balmoral Castle, Abbotsford House, Fettes College, Hospitalfield House, Corbel, Dunrobin Castle, Overtoun House
  • Width: 189 mm


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