St Paul's School (UK)

This is about the St. Paul's in the United Kingdom. There is also a St. Paul's School (U.S.).

St Paul's School is a British public school, located in Barnes, in London.

History

St Paul's School was founded in 1509 by John Colet on a plot of land to the North of St Paul's Cathedral. The original building was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The school was twice rebuilt, in 1670, and again in 1824; but towards the end of the 19th Century, it was decided that the school should move out of the City of London, and new buildings, designed by the architect Alfred Waterhouse, were built in Hammersmith, where the school remained between 1884 and 1968, when it moved to its present site in Barnes.

In 1942, during World War II, former pupil Bernard Montgomery used the school as a headquarters from which to plan the invasion of Europe, including the D-Day landings.

Old Paulines

Recent former pupils, known as Old Paulines, include

• Aurobindo
• Isaiah Berlin
• Laurence Binyon
• G. K. Chesterton
• Clement Freud
• Compton Mackenzie
• Jonathan Miller
• Bernard Montgomery
• Eric Newby
• Nicholas Parsons
• Leonard Woolf

Other famous Old Paulines include

• John Milton (1608–1674)
• Samuel Pepys (1633–1703)

Former pupils keep in touch with other through the Old Pauline Club. Various sporting clubs are affiliated to the Old Pauline Club, including the Old Pauline Football Club (OPFC) for those who enjoy playing rugby football.