Tag: Harrow Observer

Harrow Observer: Friday 6th August 1897

Lower School of John Lyon: Annual Prize Distribution: The annual gathering of the scholars, parents of scholars and friends of the Lower School of John Lyon, for the purpose of distributing the prizes to successful scholars in the past term was held in the Public Hall on Thursday of last Week. Among those present in the hall were Sir John Fitch, LL.D., late H.M. Chief Inspector of training colleges who had kindly consented to distribute the awards, the Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, headmaster of Harrow School, Messrs. J. E. Lilley, J.P., R. Somerville, Cook, the Eve. Watson Dyson, Lady Pinsent, Mrs. F. E. Marshall, Mr. Williams (headmaster) and very many others … (long discussion of the event and the school’s relationship to Harrow School) …

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Referenced

GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922

Harrow Observer: Friday 3rd July 1896

Speech Day at Harrow School: Having been honoured for two previous successive years with the presence of royalty at the annual “speeches,” the proceedings at Harrow on Wednesday were by comparison quiet, and lacking in sufficient interest to draw an outside crowd … continues … The company, however, that assembled in the Speech Room at 12 0’clock was both numerous and distinguished, including as it did, such names as … (list includes) … Lady Pinsent … the Headmaster, the Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, presented the prizes, and in doing so used the opportunity for some pith remark upon the prize, the donor, the subject, or the winner. …

Transcribed in whole or part from scanned originals: Presented with or without modified text and punctuation. For absolute accuracy refer to the original newspapers. Source: The British Newspaper Archive.

Referenced

GRO0254 Hennock: Emily Hetty Sabine Homfray: 1845 – 1922