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The headmaster, Mr Thomas Garnier, served in the [[Royal Navy]] before switching to a career in teaching. He has taught physics and was a housemaster before becoming headmaster, after Dr Kenneth Greig in 2005. |
The headmaster, Mr Thomas Garnier, served in the [[Royal Navy]] before switching to a career in teaching. He has taught physics and was a housemaster before becoming headmaster, after Dr Kenneth Greig in 2005. |
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The headmaster has been publicly criticized for the quality of the lunches. The children constantly have to eat leftovers and are frequently ill. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Pangbourne College is a coeducational independent day and boarding school located in the civil parish of Pangbourne, just south-west of the village, in the English county of Berkshire.
The headmaster, Mr Thomas Garnier, served in the Royal Navy before switching to a career in teaching. He has taught physics and was a housemaster before becoming headmaster, after Dr Kenneth Greig in 2005.
The headmaster has been publicly criticized for the quality of the lunches. The children constantly have to eat leftovers and are frequently ill.
History
The college was originally founded by Thomas Lane Devitt in 1917 as The Nautical College, Pangbourne with the purpose of preparing boys to be Officers in the Merchant Navy through the shipping company, 'Devitt and Moore'. In 1969 the College became "Pangbourne College" in a move that saw a shift in focus to the provision of a traditional academic programme. Many of the founding traditions of the College continue to reinforce the values that lie at the core of the College today.
Extracurricular Activities
The school has won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup four times at the Henley Royal Regatta, a record exceeded only by Eton. Despite the size of the college, the performance of its rowing crews towards the upper years is exceptional. The College held the record for the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup from 1992 to 2011, when the record was beaten by Abingdon College.
Divisions
The boarding houses at Pangbourne are known as Divisions. They are: Harbinger, Port Jackson, Macquarie, Hesperus, Illawarra, St. George and Dunbar. All of the divisions are named after ships operated at various times by the Devitt and Moore Line.
Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel
The Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in March 2000. It was built to commemorate the lives and sacrifice of all those who died during the Falklands War of 1982, and the courage of those who served with them to protect the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
The shape of the building was designed to resemble that of a ship, reflecting the college's naval history. It was due to this history that the college was chosen as the site for the Chapel. The Queen returned to the college in 2007.
Notable Old Pangbournians
- Jeffrey Bernard, journalist
- Beverley Cross, playwright
- Hon Jeffrey Evans, Past Prime Warden Shipwrights' Company
- Sir Robin Gillett, 2nd Baronet, Lord Mayor of London
- Jefferson Hack, journalist and magazine editor, co-founder of Dazed & Confused
- Sir William Garth Morrison - former Chief Scout
- Mike Hailwood, motorcycle racer
- Rodney Pattisson, yachtsman and Olympic Gold medallist
- John Ridgway, yachtsman and rower
- Ken Russell, director
- Andrew Simpson, sailor and Olympic Gold medallist
- David Smiley, Army officer, SOE and MI6 Agent
- James Sorel-Cameron, English teacher and novelist
- Frederick Treves, actor
- Very Rev Richard Shuttleworth Wingfield-Digby, Dean of Peterborough
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