King's-Edgehill School | |
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33 King's-Edgehill Lane Windsor , Nova Scotia , B0N 2T0 Canada | |
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Type | Independent Co-educational Secondary |
Motto | Be More! |
Established | 1788 |
Headmaster | Joseph F. Seagram |
Grades | 6–12 |
Number of students | 340-350(Approx. 220 Boarders, 130 Day Students) |
Color(s) | Red and Blue |
Website | www |
Official name | King's College National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | 1923 |
King's-Edgehill School is a Canadian private university-preparatory boarding and day school located in the town of Windsor, Nova Scotia. It is the oldest English independent school in the Commonwealth outside the United Kingdom, founded by United Empire Loyalists as King's Collegiate School in 1788, and granted Royal Charter by King George III in 1802.
The agricultural town of Windsor was chosen by Charles Inglis, first overseas Bishop of the Anglican Church, for the founding of the school over the larger military centre and colonial capital of Halifax, some 60 km (40 mi) to the southeast), so "...that it be well away from taverns and houses of ill fame".[ citation needed ]
In April 1789, King George III gave Royal Assent to the establishment of King's Collegiate School, as well as to the establishment of the University of King's College - the first such honour to be bestowed upon any school in the British Empire. It is also claimed that Prince Edward, Duke of Kent took an interest in King's Collegiate School and University of King's College while stationed in Halifax as Commander-in-Chief, British North America.
The Academy at Windsor, known as the "Collegiate School", and the "King's Collegiate School" was opened on 1 November 1788, under the charge of Mr. Archibald Payne Inglis. Seventeen pupils were in attendance, among whom was John Inglis, subsequently the Right Rev. John Inglis, D. D. third Bishop of Nova Scotia.
In June 1890, the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia decided to establish a girls' school in Windsor to complement King's Collegiate School. Edgehill School opened in January 1891 and construction of a new building to house the new girls began in the following June.
In 1920, a disastrous fire swept through the campus causing irreparable damage to the main university buildings. With the encouragement of the Carnegie Foundation, which was promoting the consolidation of all Nova Scotian post-secondary institutions to Halifax around a nucleus formed by Dalhousie University, the University of King's College received funds to move into a newly built campus in Halifax. King's College remains an independent university, although its students enjoy affiliation privileges with Dalhousie. Its campus is located at the corner of Oxford Street and Coburg Road, occupying the northwest corner of Dalhousie's Studley Campus.
In 1923, the former King's College campus in Windsor was designated a National Historic Site, as it was the original site of the oldest university in the colonies which became Canada. [1]
The initiatory step in the establishment of the Edgehill School for Girls was taken by the Alumni of King's College on June 25, 1890. The project was brought under the notice of the Synod of the Diocese of Nova Scotia in the address of the Bishop on June 27, 1890. The foundation of the new building was commenced on May 18, 1891. The corner-stone of the New Building was laid on June 23, 1891, by the Hon, Dir John C. Allen, D. C. L, Chief Justice of New Brunswick, assisted by the Very Rev. Dean Gilpin, D. D. , Commissary of the Bishop of Nova Scotia.
During the Second World War, the Edgehill School was host to a group of approximately 30 female students from the Roedean School in East Sussex, England who had been evacuated. They travelled to Nova Scotia on the SS Duchess of Atholl.
On September 1, 2016, the former Edgehill School for Girls was struck by lightning. Despite the best efforts of fire crew, the ensuing fire destroyed the building.[ citation needed ]
In 1976 the governing bodies of both schools decided to amalgamate, and King's-Edgehill School was born.
Both King's Collegiate School and the newer Edgehill School remained on the Windsor campus and eventually expanded to include much of the 65-acre (260,000 m2) site, therefore better hosting the athletic tournaments which take place every year.
Since 2005, there have been major renovations of the school, ranging from the addition of a floor to the girls dormitory to the construction of the Ted Canavan Athletic Centre, complete with a pool, double gym and well-equipped exercise facilities, the opening of The Fountain Performing Arts Centre to host musical performances, concerts and dance productions and the most recent addition to the campus, the all weather artificial turf field and running track.
The current headmaster is Joseph F. Seagram. His predecessor is David Penaluna, KES headmaster from 1995-2008.
Title | First Name | Middle | Last Name | Start | End | Number | |
Rev. | Archibald | Paine | Inglis | 1788 | 1790 | 1 | |
Rev. | William | Cochran [2] | 1790 | 1802 | 2 | ||
Vacant | 1802 | 1803 | Vacant | ||||
Rev. | William | Twining | 1803 | 1804 | 3 | ||
Mr. | George | Ironside (Acting) | 1804 | 1806 | 4 | ||
Rev. | William | Cochran | 1806 | 1808 | 5 | ||
Rev. | William | Colsel | King | 1808 | 1815 | 6 | |
Rev. | John | Thomas | Twining | 1815 | 1817 | 7 | |
Rev. | William | Colsel | King | 1817 | 1818 | 8 | |
Rev. | Christopher | Milner | 1818 | 1819 | 9 | ||
Rev. | Dr. Charles | Porter (Acting) | 1819 | 1820 | 10 | ||
Mr. | H. | Nelson | Arnold (Acting) | 1820 | 1821 | 11 | |
Rev. | Francis | Salt | 1821 | 1832 | 12 | ||
Rev. | Josiah | H. | Clinch | 1832 | 1835 | 13 | |
School Closed December 1835 | 1835 | 1836 | Closed | ||||
Rev. | William | Burgess | King | 1836 | 1846 | 14 | |
Mr. | William | James | Irwin | 1846 | 1848 | 15 | |
Vacant Principalship July 1, 1847 – Oct 1, 1848 | 1847 | 1848 | Vacant | ||||
Rev. | John | G. | Mulholland | 1848 | 1853 | 16 | |
School Closed Dec 1853 - Aug 1854 | 1853 | 1854 | Closed | ||||
Rev. | David | W. | Pickett | 1854 | 1861 | 17 | |
Vacant Principalship June 1861 - Sept 1862 | 1861 | 1862 | Vacant | ||||
Rev. | John Thomas | Mark Willoughby | Blackman | 1863 | 1867 | 18 | |
Rev. | Geo. | Branson | Dodwell | 1867 | 1873 | 19 | |
School Closed June 1873 - Sept 1875 | 1873 | 1875 | Closed | ||||
Rev. | John | Butler | 1875 | 1876 | 20 | ||
Rev. | Charles | Edward | Willet | 1876 | 1888 | 21 | |
Rev. | Arnoldus | Miller | 1888 | 1892 | 22 | ||
Mr. | Henry | M. | Bradford | 1893 | 1897 | 23 | |
Mr. | Fred | T. | Handsombody | 1897 | 1914 | 24 | |
Rev. | Canon | W. W. | Judd | 1914 | 1927 | 25 | |
Mr. | Charles | Scott | 1927 | 1934 | 26 | ||
Rev. | Gerald | White | 1934 | 1943 | 27 | ||
Mr. | N | R. | Waddington | 1943 | 1947 | 28 | |
Mr. | J. | S. | Erskine (Acting) | 1947 | 1948 | 29 | |
Lt. Col | John | A. | Hebb | 1948 | 1952 | 30 | |
Rev. | J. | Franklin | Rudderham | 1952 | 1954 | 31 | |
Mr. | Lloyd | R | Gesner | 1954 | 1960 | 32 | |
Mr. | John | S. | Derrick | 1960 | 1973 | 33 | |
Dr. | Thomas | T. | Menzies | 1973 | 1988 | 34 | |
Mr. | Geoffrey | Read | Smith | 1988 | 1990 | 35 | |
Mr. | John | A. | Messenger | 1990 | 1995 | 36 | |
Mr. | David | R. | Penaluna | 1995 | 2008 | 37 | |
Mr. | Joseph | Frederick | Seagram | 2008 | Present | 38 |
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