Haileybury and Imperial Service College: Difference between revisions

The previousHaileybury institutioncampus tooriginally occupybelonged theto, Haileybury siteand was occupied by, the [[East India Company College|East India College]] (EIC), the training establishment founded in 1806 for administrators of the [[East India Company]]. The EIC was initially based at [[Hertford Castle]], but substantial grounds in Hertford Heath were acquired for future development. [[William Wilkins (architect)|William Wilkins]], the architect of [[Downing College, Cambridge]], and the [[National Gallery, London|National Gallery]] in London, was appointed principal architect. The buildings compose four ranges which enclose an area known as Quad, the second-largest academic [[Quadrangle (architecture)|quadrangle]] in Britain after [[Christ Church, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=Country Life, Volume 203|year=2009|page=28}}</ref> In the wake of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], the East India Company was nationalised, and its College closed in January 1858.

In 1862, a public school opened on the site, with [[royal charter]] being received in 1864. It adopted many of the traditions and values of the EIC, naming its houses after EIC luminaries and training its pupils for military, colonial, and ecclesiastical service. Until World War 2, many Old Haileyburians lived and worked in India and the British Empire.