| Lockers Park School | |
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Lockers Park Lane , , HP1 1TL | |
| Information | |
| Type | Preparatory and Pre-Preparatory |
Religious affiliation | Church of England[1] |
| Established | 1874 |
| Founder | Henry Montagu Draper |
Local authority | Hertfordshire |
| Trust | Lockers Park School Trust Ltd |
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Chair of governors | Chris Lister |
Headmaster | Gavin Taylor |
| Gender | Boys only prep and pre-prep |
| Age | 4 to 13[1] |
| Enrolment | 170[1] |
| Website | https://www.lockerspark.co.uk |
Lockers Park School is a day and boarding preparatory and pre-preparatory school for boys, situated in 23 acres of countryside in Boxmoor, Hertfordshire. Its headmaster is Gavin Taylor.[2]
History
Lockers Park was founded in 1872 by Henry Montagu Draper,[3] an old boy of Rugby School.[4] It moved to purpose-built buildings and sports fields in 1874 in 23 acres (93,000 m2) of the parkland which surrounds a Georgian country house called Lockers or The Lockers,[5] which was once the home of Ebenezer John Collett. The new school was designed by Sidney Scott and has its own chapel which dates from the same era.[6]
In the 1940s and 1950s, the veteran England all-round cricketer Frank Woolley (1887–1978) was the school's cricket coach.[7]
In January 2026, it was announced that Lockers Park School had agreed to enter into a partnership with Harrow School where each school will maintain their separate and distinctive identities, building on the strengths, traditions and heritage of each school.[8]
Former pupils
The list of distinguished (or well-known) old boys of Lockers Park includes the following:
- Alastair Aird (1931–2009), Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother's private secretary[9]
- Ronnie Aird first-class cricketer and President of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)[9]
- Prince Alemayehu (1861–1879), son of the emperor of Ethiopia[10]
- Timothy Bateson (1926–2009), actor[11]
- Prince Maurice of Battenberg, member of the Hesse aristocracy[12]
- Roy Beddington, artist[13]
- Anthony Berry, British Conservative politician[9]
- Richard Budgett, Olympic Gold Medalist[9]
- Guy Burgess (1911–1963), MI6 agent and Soviet spy[14]
- John Dermot Campbell (1898–1945), Ulster Unionist politician[15]
- Kenneth Carlisle, Conservative politician and former Lord Commissioner of the Treasury[9]
- Martin Cecil, 7th Marquess of Exeter, Anglo-Canadian peer[16]
- Paul Channon, Baron Kelvedon (1935–2007), Conservative politician[17]
- Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), Queen Elizabeth II's private secretary, Provost of Eton College[9]
- James Dunbar-Nasmith (1927–2023), architect[18]
- William Ehrman, British diplomat and former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee[9]
- Stuart Hampshire, philosopher[19]
- Basil Henriques (1890–1961), philanthropist[20]
- Robert Henriques (1905–1967), writer and broadcaster[21]
- Stanley Jackson, cricket captain of England, politician[9]
- Edward James (1907–1984), poet[22]
- Keith Joseph, Conservative politician[23]
- Clive Loehnis, Director of GCHQ[24]
- Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, captain of the Indian cricket team[25]
- Saif Ali Khan, Indian film actor and titular Nawab of Pataudi[26]
- Robert Laycock, major-general, commando general during the Second World War[21]
- Guy Mansfield, 6th Baron Sandhurst, British barrister, hereditary peer and Conservative member of the House of Lords[9]
- Edwin Mayfield, British Lions rugby union forward[27]
- Nathaniel Micklem, British Liberal Party politician and lawyer[28]
- James Lees-Milne, architectural historian[22]
- Tom Mitford, brother of the Mitford Sisters[22]
- Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, last Viceroy of India[29]
- Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009), banker and horticulturalist[30]
- Leopold David de Rothschild (1927–2012), banker, musician and philanthropist[31]
- James Stevenson-Hamilton, first warden of Kruger National Park[32]
- Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1909–1945), Conservative politician[22]
- Bryan Valentine, cricket captain of Kent[9]
- Arthur Waley, orientalist and Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour[9]
- Peter Watson, (1908–1956), patron of the arts[22]
- Hugo Williams, poet, journalist and travel writer[33]
Notes
- "EduBase - Lockers Park School". Department for Education. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "Lockers Park School - GOV.UK". get-information-schools.service.gov.uk.
- "Lockers Park School" (PDF). Ofsted. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "Rugby School Register May 1874 to May 1904". Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- "Lockers". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
- "Chapel, Lockers School, Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead". Hertfordshire Churches. 27 March 2017. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- Suresh Menon, The Shorter Wisden India Almanack 2013 (2013, ISBN 9382951016), p. lxii
- Harrow School and Lockers Park School enter into a new partnership, Harrow School website
- "Distinguished Old Boys Lockers Park".
- Hall, David (2000). "The Extraordinary Story of Prince Alamayou". Far Headingley, Weetwood and West Park. FHVS. pp. 117–122. ISBN 0-9539312-0-X.
- Obituary: Timothy Bateson, The Guardian, 8 November 2009
- "Artist celebrates old boys with exhibition". Hemel Today. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2017.
- Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104), p.111
- Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1849549133), p.5
- "Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons". Retrieved 30 July 2017.
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- Obituary: Paul Channon, The Guardian, 31 January 2007.
- Obituary: James Dunbar-Nasmith, The Times, 15 April 2023
- Stewart Purvia, Jeff Hulbert, Guy Burgess: The Spy Who Knew Everyone (Biteback Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1849549133), p.6
- "Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques". Sfarad.es. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- Richard B Mead, Commando General: The Life of Major General Sir Robert Laycock KCMG CB DSO (Pen and Sword, 2016, ISBN 978-1473854079)
- Michael Bloch, James Lees-Milne: The Life (John Murray, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7195-6034-7), p. 17
- Denham&Garnett (2001). Keith Joseph. Great Britain: Acumen. ISBN 9781902683034.
- Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 2, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 1808
- "Mansur Ali Khan "Tiger" Pataudi: The enigmatic Nawab". CricketCountry.com. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- Bhattacharya, Roshmila (21 April 2013). "'I've inherited his legacy of goodwill, but... he is a difficult role model to follow'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- "Mayfield, Edwin (MFLT888E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104), p.110
- "Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31480. (Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
- Obituary: Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, The Independent, 7 February 2009.
- Obituary: Leopold David de Rothschild, The Times, 26 May 2012.
- Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104), p.107
- Ruth Barden, A History of Lockers Park School (Sacombe Press, 2000, ISBN 0953745104), p.117
Further reading
- Barden, Ruth J.D. (2000). A history of Lockers Park : Lockers Park School, Hemel Hempstead, 1874-1999. [Truro]: R.J.D. Barden. ISBN 0953745104.