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School in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hamilton Academy. History and building 1588–1714 1848–1900 1910–1972 Intake and education Intake Education Academic Extracurricular Sports and the Laigh Bent Playing Fields Clubs and societies Music Applied and fine arts Drama Literature Staff and pupils Staff Pupils and school houses Motto and school song ...
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Hamilton Academy was a school in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. Introduction Hamilton Academy; History and building 1588–1714 1848–1900 1910–1972;
May 10, 2015 · Former pupils of Hamilton Academy held a special diamond jubilee reunion to celebrate 60 years since leaving school, writes Andrew Young. The class of 1955 gathered on Saturday, May 25, at the ...
Lord Robert Gibson MP, Senator of the College of Justice, Scotland, and as Chairman of the Scottish Land Court succeeding another Hamilton Academy former pupil, Lord Murray [3] Professor Douglas Alston Gilchrist , agriculturalist and academic; Fellow, the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900) [115]
- History and Building
- Intake and Education
- Staff and Pupils
- Former Pupils
- Hamilton Academy and Rugby and Football Clubs
- Notes and References
1588–1714
No longer existing as an independent institution, Hamilton Academy had a history going back to 1588 when it was endowed by The 1st Marquess of Hamilton (c.1535-1604), an extremely powerful Scottish nobleman. The school, then known as the Old Grammar School of Hamilton (not to be confused with the present Hamilton Grammar School), stood near the churchyard adjoining Hamilton Palace until, in 1714, Anne, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton, great-granddaughter of the Founder, re-located the school to a new...
1848–1900
The Town Council were sole managers of the school until, in 1848, the school (having been renamed The 'Hamilton Academy') re-located again, to larger premises on the town's Hope Street, with Rector's residence and accommodation for boarders, built by the Heritors of the Parish of Hamilton, the Town Council and Subscribers, the school then coming under the management of a Directorate chosen of these three parties. The Report on Schools in Scotland, 1868,notes that Hamilton Academy was unusual...
1910–1972
At a cost of around £40,000 (£53,000 including equipment), construction of the new building began in 1910 (completed 1913) to competition winning designs by Cullen, Lochhead and Brown (the former's son, Alexander Cullen Jnr., also an architect, attending Hamilton Academy and the latter, William Brown, attending Hamilton Academy 1889–1894) the competition entries being assessed by George Bell, president of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Institute of Architects. In 1911 Hamilton Academy's 'pr...
Intake
Hamilton Academy was a senior and junior fee-paying day and boarding school. The Statistical Account of Scotland, 1792, states that the school "has had, for a long time past, a good reputation, and, besides the youth of the place, a great many boarders at a distance have been educated at it," and the Statistical Account of Lanarkshire, 1835, mentions that "many of (the school's scholars) are from foreign climes, and from all parts of Britain." The 1871 Census and the school's registers 1848–1...
Staff
Hamilton Academy was headed by the Rector and with such a history, a long list of educationalists served as Rector of the school. Compiled by William Munk, the Munk's Roll of former Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians, London, identifies a "Mr. Whale" as being master of the school when Matthew Baillie was a pupil (leaving the school for the University of Glasgow in 1774) and the Statistical Account of Lanarkshire of 1835 again mentions Whale, between mention of "Pillans" (or Pillance,...
Pupils and school houses
Hamilton Academy had four 'houses' named after Lanarkshire rivers or tributaries and, given the selective nature of the intake of pupils from across the whole County of Lanarkshire, every student was allocated to one of these depending on their town or area of origin. The names of the 'houses' were Cadzow, Calder, Clutha (Scots Gaelic for Clyde) and Kilbryde (in the last two school sessions only of Hamilton Academy re-named Avon, Brandon, Clyde and Douglas (under a new 'house' system introduc...
Motto and school song
Hamilton Academy's motto was Sola Nobilitat Virtus ('Virtue alone ennobles') another credo being Labor Omnia Vincit('Work conquers all'.) Composed by Thomas Smith, and set to music by T. S. Drummond, listed as masters at Hamilton Academy when the 'new' Academy building opened in 1913, the school song of Hamilton Academy had as its last verse: "Vivat Academia!" join the chorus, let it ring, "Vivat Academia!" young and old we sing, If they ask us whence thy glory, This the secret, this the stor...
Those educated at the former Hamilton Academy have made and still make contributions to many spheres of endeavour in the public, business, and cultural life in Scotland and beyond. Half of the 2010 membership of the Rotary Club of Hamilton, including past presidents, were educated at the former Hamilton Academy. A contender for the oldest surviving...
Hamilton Academy FP (former pupil) Rugby Club was founded in 1927 (closed for the duration of World War II, 1939–45) and continues as Hamilton Rugby Football Club (Hamilton RFC.) From 1946 to 1955 the 14th Duke of Hamilton, whose ancestors had endowed the school, was President of the club and in later years James Morris, Head of 'Classics' at Hamil...
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine, February 1950, feature on Hamilton Academy in the article series Famous Scottish SchoolsWeb site: Archived copy . 2010-08-09 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100810055527/http://www.albionroad.com/club-profiles/1582-hamilton-academical . 10 August 2010 . dmy-all . Albion Rovers –...Hamilton Academical Football Club, often known as Hamilton Accies, or The Accies, is a Scottish football club from Hamilton, South Lanarkshire who currently compete in the Scottish Championship. They were established in 1874 from the school football team at Hamilton Academy and remain the only professional club in British football to have ...
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About: Hamilton Academy. Hamilton Academy was a school in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The school was described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, and was featured in a 1950 Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association magazine article series on Famous Scottish Schools.
