Stubbington House School

Stubbington House School was founded as a boys' preparatory school, originally located in the Hampshire village of Stubbington, now part of the borough of Fareham.

The school was founded, in 1841, by Reverend William Foster, as "Foster's Naval Academy"^[1]. The school gained a reputation, in the late 19th century, as "the recognized place for coaching towards a naval cadetship".

In 1961, the school moved to Ascot and subsequently closed on 7 July 1997^[2]. The former school site in Stubbington has been redeveloped as a community centre.

Although the school closed in 1996 the school's name has been preserved and re-registered as a Limited Company by one of the school's former assistant masters in the expectation of it one day being re-established as a traditional boys' prep school.

Notable alumni

• Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, First Sea Lord
• John H. D. Cunningham, First Sea Lord
• Lionel Halsey, naval officer and courtier
• Lt. Col. Angus Falconer Douglas-Hamilton VC, army officer and posthumous winner of the Victoria Cross
• David Renton, Baron Renton, British Conservative politician and government minister
• Robert Falcon Scott, naval officer and Antarctic explorer
• John Ellis Talbot, British Conservative politician
• Henry Bradwardine Jackson, First Sea Lord
• John Sandy Woodward, naval officer and Falklands Task Force Commander
• Lord Charles Beresford, naval officer and member of parliament
• Anthony Cecil Capel Miers, submariner and Victoria Cross winner
• Bernard Acworth, pioneer of sonar, journalist and creationist

References

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