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Old Elizabethans Association

  • Corporate body
  • 1886 - present

The Old Elizabethans Association was formed in 1886 as an informal dining club. It took on its present form in the 1920s.

The aims of the Association are to further the interests of Queen Elizabeth's School and of its past and present members, and to promote social and sporting activities among those members.

Fleet Air Arm

  • Corporate body

The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy and is responsible for the delivery of naval air power both from land and at sea.

Harrison, G W N

  • Person

Harrisons' house named after him and a later teacher of the same surname, E W Harrison.

Shearly, Eric N H

  • Person
  • 1920 - 2005

Former pupil and master/teacher who spent 76 years at Queen Elizabeth's.
Vice-Captain of school cricket team 1938. Captain of school cricket team 1939.

Langham, Sir John

  • Person
  • 20 April 1584 – 16 May 1671

Governor of the school, 1637 - 1671. John Langham began his career as an apprentice to Sir Richard Napier, a merchant who traded in Turkey. Langham later used this experience of trading in the Mediterranean to get jobs with the Levant Company and East India Company. Langham became prominent and wealthy working for these companies. In 1639 he bought Cotsbrooke Manor in Northamptonshire. Following the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642, Langham was imprisoned in the Tower of London for expressing opposition to the New Model Army. During the Commonwealth, he raised funds for a Royalist conspiracy. After Cromwell's death, Langham helped pave the way for Charles II's restoration to the throne: Langham was among the group who negotiated the King's return to power, which was set out in the Declaration of Breda. Of the £50,000 presented to Charles II at the end of his exile, Langham contributed £5,310. Langham then raised a further £10,000 to pay off the Navy. He was knighted on 16 May 1660 by Charles II in the Hague, just before the Charles' return to England. Later in 1660 Langham was elected the member of parliament for Southwark. He died at the age of 87, exactly eleven years to the day after he was knighted.

Nelms, Dennis

  • Person

Attended Queen Elizabeth's School 1934 - 1941

Hammond, Susan 'Sue'

Worked at the school in the catering department 1989 - 2021.

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