Croftinloan School
Croftinloan Preparatory School was a co-educational independent preparatory school near Pitlochry, Scotland.
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Type | Preparatory school |
Established | 1936 |
Founder | Hugo Brown |
Closed | 2000 |
Gender | Co-educational |
Age | 5 to 13 |
History
Croftinloan School was established in 1936 by Hugo Brown as a boys prep school.[1] Hugo Brown bought the residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan in 1935 from Mr J Paterson Brown, who used Croftinloan House as a shooting lodge.[2] The estate was originally owned by members of the Atholl-Fergusson family.[3]
In April 2000, the Governors announced that the school would be closing in June.
In 2013, Croftinloan House was demolished to make way for a housing development.[4]
Notable alumni
- Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge (born 1953), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.[5]
- David Urquhart (born 1952), Bishop of Birmingham.[6]
References
- "A stately pile straight out of the old school". The Sunday Times: 10. 23 July 2000. ProQuest 320732027.
Hugo Brown, the founding headmaster bought the property and started the school in 1936
- "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman: 7. 27 June 1935. ProQuest 489864944.
The residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan, near Pitlochry, which was acquired by Mr J Paterson Brown from the former proprietor, Mrs (Mary Stewart Mitchell) Gwyer, eight years ago, has been disposed of by private treaty to Messers Robertson & Brown, C A, Glasgow, on behalf of clients, and it is understood that the mansion-house is to be used as a private school for boys
- "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman: 7. 27 June 1935. ProQuest 489864944.
The estate, which was originally owned by a branch of the Atholl-Fergusson family, who also for a time held the neighbouring property of Middlehaugh, was subsequently for over 50 years in the hands of the late Admiral Jack Murray, whose wife was a daughter of Sir Neil Menzies of Weem
- "Wrecking Ball Blues". Highland Perthshire News. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
- "Hodge, Rt Hon. Lord, Patrick Sewart Hodge". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- "Birmingham, Bishop of, David Andrew Urquhart". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
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