Bedford Modern School is a Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference independent school in Bedford, England. The school has its origins in The Harpur Trust, born from the endowments left by Sir William Harpur in the sixteenth century. BMS comprises a junior school and a senior school.
The Vinerian Scholarship is a scholarship given to the University of Oxford student who "gives the best performance in the examination for the degree of Bachelor of Civil Law". Currently, £2,500 is given to the winner of the scholarship, with an additional £950 awarded at the examiners' discretion to a proxime accessit (runner-up).
John Cameron, Lord Cameron, KT, DSC, PRSE, FBA was a Scottish judge and President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1973 to 1976.
Camden London Borough Council, also known as Camden Council, is the local authority for the London Borough of Camden in Greater London, England. It is a London borough council, one of 32 in London. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2010. The council meets at Camden Town Hall and has its main offices at 5 Pancras Square.
Sir Ernest Colville Collins Wilton was a British diplomat and President of the Commission for the Government of the Saar Basin between 1927 and 1932.
Sir Adolphe Abrahams was a British medical doctor, and he is considered to be the founder of British sports science.
Sir Bernard Rawdon Reilly (1882–1966) was a British diplomat and colonial official, active in the government of Aden between 1908 and 1940, and the first Governor of Aden between 1937 and 1940.
Vice-Admiral Sir Edwin John Horlick was a British Royal Navy officer who served as Director-General of British Ships from 1979 to 1983, and as Chief Naval Engineer Officer from 1981 to 1983.
Sir Clement Thornton Hallam was solicitor to the General Post Office.
Sir Laurence George Gale was a British civil servant who was controller of the Royal Ordnance Factories, War Office (1964–69).
Major-General Harold Percy Waller Barrow was Colonel Commandant, Royal Army Medical Corps (1941–46) and an Honorary Surgeon to King George V.
Lieutenant General Reginald Dawson Hopcraft Lough was a Royal Marines officer who served as the Commander of the Royal Marine Depot, Deal. He was made aide-de-camp to King George VI.
Rear Admiral Alfred Charles Ransom CBE (1871–1953) was a senior Royal Navy officer.
Brigadier-General Sir Arthur Long was Director of Supplies and Transport in the British Army responsible for Macedonia and the Black Sea (1916-1919).
Major-General Francis John Fowler was a British officer who served in the Indian Army from 1885 to 1921. He saw active service in a number of conflicts throughout the British Empire and was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Order and CB.
Lieutenant General Gerald Robert Poole, was a heavy artillery commander during the First World War with the Royal Marine Artillery and the Royal Garrison Artillery. He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marine Artillery between 1921 and 1922, and during this period also served as Marine aide-de-camp to King George V.
Major-General Herbert William Jackson CB CSI DSO was an officer of the British Indian Army.
The Charles and Julia Henry Fellowships were initiated in 1930. The fellowship funds four full-time post-graduate students every year at Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford. Two students from any British university are funded to study in the US, and two American students from Harvard and Yale are funded to study at Cambridge and Oxford.
