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The college was founded in 1874 as a [[partnership]] between [[Henry Palin Gurney]] and [[Walter Wren]] and became known as the foremost institution of its day in preparing candidates for competitive examinations, its success measured by the number of its students within the army and the English and Indian civil services. Its activities were conducted in [[Powis Square, London]].<ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/67040229 Obituary of Walter Wren] The Enquirer and Commercial News, August 12 1898</ref> After the partnership was formally dissolved in 1894 on Gurney's departure, the business continued under the stewardship of Wren alone<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26538/pages/4498/page.pdf The London Gazette, 3 August 1894]</ref> until his death in 1898.
[[William Wyse]], the [[classical scholar]], was among those engaged as a tutor at the college.<ref>{{acad|id=WS878W|name=Wyse, William}}</ref>. Students included
* [[Ernest Gowers]]<ref>Scott, Ann (2009), ''Ernest Gowers – Plain Words and Forgotten Deeds'', Basingstoke and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN 0230580254, p. 14</ref> * [[Robert Norman Bland]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Army and Civil Service Examinations. — Messrs Wren and Gurney Prepare Resident and Daily Students for all competitive examinations. |url=http://www.newspapers.com/clip/2500775//|newspaper=The Times [London]|date=25 August 1888|page=13|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = 27 May 2015 }} {{Open access}}</ref>, a colonial administrator in the [[Straits Settlements]]
* [[William Duke|Sir William Duke]], colonial [[Governor of Assam]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard Stevenson|title=Bengal Tiger and British Lion: An Account of the Bengal Famine of 1943|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=OC3FjTWOS28C&pg=PA70|year=2005|publisher=iUniverse|isbn=978-0-595-36209-7|pages=70–}}</ref>
==References==
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