Croftinloan School

Croftinloan School
Address
Croftinloan Pitlochry , Perthshire , PH16 5JS Scotland
Information
Type	Preparatory school
Established	1936 (1936)
Founder	Hugo Brown
Closed	2000 (2000)
Gender	Co-educational
Age	5to 13

Croftinloan Preparatory School was a co-educational private preparatory school near Pitlochry, Scotland.

History

Croftinloan School was established in 1936 as a boys' prep school by Hugo Brown, a former pupil at Monkton Combe School and graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge. ^[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 close in June.^{[ citation needed ]}

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

1. "A stately pile straight out of the old school". The Sunday Times . 23 July 2000. p. 10. ProQuest   320732027. Hugo Brown, the founding headmaster bought the property and started the school in 1936
2. "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman . 27 June 1935. p. 7. 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
3. "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman. 27 June 1935. p. 7. 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
4. "Wrecking Ball Blues". Highland Perthshire News. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
5. "Hodge, Rt Hon. Lord, Patrick Sewart Hodge" . Who's Who . Vol. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 March 2016.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
6. "Birmingham, Bishop of, David Andrew Urquhart" . Who's Who . Vol. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 March 2016.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)