West Buckland School is a private co-educational day and boarding school in West Buckland, Devon in the English public school tradition. It comprises...
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Hugh Fortescue, 2nd Earl Fortescue (category Founders of English schools and colleges)
of West Buckland, Fortescue founded the Devon County School (now called West Buckland School), on land he donated between West and East Buckland, previously...
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Tim Wonnacott (category People educated at West Buckland School)
since it began in 2010. Wonnacott was educated at the independent West Buckland School in Devon; after qualifying as a chartered auctioneer and chartered...
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R. F. Delderfield (category People educated at West Buckland School)
co-educational grammar school and, finally, West Buckland School. In his autobiography For My Own Amusement, Delderfield joked that West Buckland could be likened...
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West Buckland is a small village and former manor, now in the parish of East and West Buckland, in the North Devon district, in the county of Devon, England...
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Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper) (category People educated at West Buckland School)
received the school's top award for sporting and academic excellence, the Fortescue Medal. Contemporaries with Edwards at West Buckland School included Victor...
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Buckland is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,816 at the 2020 census. The town shares the village of Shelburne...
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Bucklands Beach is a suburb 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) east of Auckland's CBD in New Zealand. The suburb is in the Howick ward, one of the thirteen administrative...
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Harold Hilton (category People educated at West Buckland School)
the U.S. Amateur Championship once. Hilton was born in West Kirby and attended West Buckland School in Devon. In 1892, he won The Open Championship at Muirfield...
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To Serve Them All My Days (category Novels set in schools)
"Bamfylde", the fictional independent school in North Devon, was influenced by West Buckland School, the school that R.F. Delderfield himself attended...
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Kira Buckland (born July 16, 1987) is an American voice actress who has provided voices for English dubbed Japanese anime, cartoons, and video games. Some...
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Brian Aldiss (category People educated at West Buckland School)
Framlingham College, but moved to Devon and was sent to board at West Buckland School in 1939 after the outbreak of World War II. As a child, he discovered...
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Victor Ubogu (category People educated at West Buckland School)
Nigeria, he attended West Buckland School in Devon. He received the school's top award, the Fortescue Medal. While at the school, he played for England...
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next to the village of West Buckland. The village has an Anglican church which is frequented by the nearby West Buckland School. In 1961 the parish had...
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John Rae (headmaster) (category People educated at West Buckland School)
and novelist. He was headmaster of Taunton School (1966–1970) and then Head Master of Westminster School (1970–1986). In 1986 he became head of the Laura...
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Kingsley. Alongside Shebbear College and West Buckland School, Kingsley is one of the three main independent schools in North Devon. It currently enrols 402...
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Harold Gimblett (category People educated at West Buckland School)
fee-paying West Buckland School just over the border in Devon. He played cricket successfully at school and for Watchet Cricket Club. In 1931, he left school; in...
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Totnes Trinity School, Teignmouth West Buckland School, West Buckland Acorn School, Winkleigh Belong School Devon, Exeter Cambian Devon School, Paignton Chances...
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Richard Grenville (category People from Buckland Monachorum)
after his family at West Buckland School. Grenville College, the private school in Bideford, was named after Grenville. The school has since been combined...
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Anthony Tippet (category People educated at West Buckland School)
officer who ended his career as Chief of Fleet Support. Educated at West Buckland School in Devon, Tippet joined the Royal Navy in 1946. He was subsequently...
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October 2022. Robert Buckland was born on 22 September 1968 in Llanelli, Wales. He was educated at Old Road County Primary School (Welsh: Ysgol yr Hen...
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John Ashworth (biologist) (category People educated at West Buckland School)
a British scientist and educationalist. Ashworth was educated at West Buckland School and Exeter College, Oxford. He obtained a PhD degree in biochemistry...
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Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (category Private school organisations in England)
Wellington School — Eugene A. du Toit Wells Cathedral School — Alastair Tighe West Buckland School — Phillip Stapleton Westminster School — Gary Savage...
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Colin Callander (category People educated at West Buckland School)
13 March 1897, Callander was educated at Ilminster Grammar School, and West Buckland School. Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War in August...
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John Clarke (dean of Wells) (category People educated at West Buckland School)
Clarke was born on 20 February 1952 and educated at West Buckland School, a private school in West Buckland, Devon. In 1973, he entered Edinburgh Theological...
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Century. Minhaz Merchant studied in Cathedral and John Connon School, Mumbai, West Buckland School, Devon, England, and St. Xaviers College, Bombay University...
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village lies within the Buckland Newton Hundred. Amenities in the village include a pub (The Gaggle of Geese), shop, primary school and village hall. Approximately...
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House School Wellingborough School Wellington College Wellington School, Somerset Wells Cathedral School West Buckland School West Hill Park School Westbourne...
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Charles Luxton (category People educated at West Buckland School)
died at St Pancras, London. Luxton was educated at Devon County School, West Buckland and at Peterhouse, Cambridge. In his two first-class cricket games...
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Buckland Monachorum is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district of Devon, England, situated on the River Tavy, about 10 miles north of Plymouth...
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