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St Peter's School
St Peter's School
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	Sussex, BN25; England
Coordinates	50°46′24″N 0°06′04″E / 50.773456°N 0.101104°E
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Established	1903
Closed	1982
Website	http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/

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St Peter's School, Seaford was an independent boys' preparatory school in Seaford, East Sussex, England, that ran from 1903 until 1982.

History

Before and during World War One

Seaford House played host to St Peter's School in 1903, as an Edwardian prep school when it was founded by Maude Taylor in Crouch Lane.^[1] Taylor, who brought a small number of boys with her from an earlier school in Broadstairs, is recorded in the school history as having been a granddaughter of Thomas Arnold of Rugby School.^[2]

In 1907 it moved to a purpose built house designed and built by a Mr Morling^[who?] and there it remained until 1982 when the school closed. On moving into the purpose-built school, Taylor brought in two masters from St Peter's Broadstairs, Geoffrey Hellard and Oswald Wright, and became matron instead. Taylor left in 1912 when Hellard married.

In 1914 Rolf Henderson became the headmaster and his portrait painted by his brother, Keith, a Scottish artist, hung in the school dining room. In many ways Rolf was the first true headmaster of St Peter's. On 20 July 1915 the school playing fields were used to host a review of troops by Lord Kitchener. Kitchener mounted his horse in front of the school, and the boys gave such a loud cheer that the horse reared up, and almost dismounted its rider.^[3]

Before and during World War Two

In 1934 Pat Knox-Shaw, who had joined the school in 1919 as second master, took over the reins as headmaster on Rolf Henderson's retirement. With the support of Marjorie, his wife, Knox-Shaw steered St Peter's through until 1955.

In 1940, during the Second World War, St Peter's evacuated to The Nare Hotel in Veryan near Falmouth, Cornwall. It soon moved to Castle Hill, home of Lord and Lady Fortescue at Filleigh in North Devon until the end of the war, when in 1945 St Peter's moved back to its old home in Seaford, now vacated by the Army, and resumed normal service.

After World War Two

In 1955 Pat and Marjorie Knox-Shaw retired and Basil Talbot, an assistant headmaster, a member of the team from the 1930s briefly took over but he retired through ill health.

Michael Farebrother, another assistant headmaster, took the helm and shortly after was joined by an old boy, Harry Browell who together with Serena his wife, ran St Peters until 1967 when they retired to Australia. The gap was filled by Farebrother's brother and sister-in-law, John and Margaret Farebrother who moved down from Malvern College where John was a senior housemaster. As times changed, and boarders began to be fewer, the age of the traditional prep school's days were numbered and that coupled with the age of the Farebrothers left no alternative but to close St Peters in the summer of 1982.^[4]

The school was well-equipped, with facilities for rugby (called rugger), football (called soccer until the late 1970s), tennis, cricket, hockey, squash, shooting, Eton fives, archery, climbing and swimming. A chapel, with windows by Goddard & Gibbs, was built from 1938 to 1940, and opened just before the school was requisitioned for the War. It has all been swept away.

There was an auction and many of the contents were purchased by friends of the school. The war memorial in the Chapel is now in Seaford Museum, located in the Martello tower in the town.^[5] The buildings and grounds disappeared under a housing estate. What remains of the school are the large number of old boys many of whom meet at reunions in London held since 1990. They are members of The St Peter's Old Boys Association which has a website at St Peter’s, Seaford.

Mike Farebrother died in 1987, John Farebrother died in 1996 and his widow, Margaret Farebrother, died in 2006.

In 2013 a retired teacher at the school, Christopher Jarvis, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys at St Peter's in the 1970s. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Jarvis taught at St Peters from 1962 to 1980, and at Bede's prep school in Eastbourne from 1982 to 2012.^[6] In 2015 he was convicted of further cases of sexually assaulting boys at St Peter's from 1962 onwards.

Former pupils

Sir Valentine Abdy Bt (1937-2012),^[7] European Representative at the Smithsonian Institution.
Peter Blake (1927-2011),^[8] cricketer.
Anthony Blunt (1907-1983),^[9] art historian and Soviet spy.
Ronald Bowlby (1926-2019),^[10] bishop.
Ailwyn Broughton, 3rd Baron Fairhaven (born 1936),^[11] army officer & Conservative peer.
Sir Nicholas Browne (1947-2014),^[12] diplomat.
Sir Donald Campbell (1921–1967), land and water speed record breaker^[13] When Campbell created a new water speed record in 1955, he cabled the school and asked for it to hold a half-day holiday.^[14]
Sir Leycester Coltman (1938-2003), diplomat.
Brian Cook (1910-1991),^[15] illustrator of Batsford Books, later Sir Brian Batsford, MP.
Piers Courage (1942-1970),^[16] motor racing driver.
Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (born 1944),^[17] crossbench peer.
Sir Mordaunt Currie Bt (1894-1978),^[18] poet.
Nigel Davenport (1928-2013), actor.
Sir Trevor Dawson, Bt^[19] (1931-1983), the 3rd Baronet Dawson, who was a merchant banker and committed suicide following an insider trading scandal.
Roger Ellis (born 1929), headmaster^[20]
Nic Fiddian-Green (born 1963),^[21] sculptor.
Sir Charles Fletcher-Cooke (1914-2001),^[22] MP.
Sir John Fletcher-Cooke (1911-1989),^[23] MP.
Sir Robert Fulton (born 1948),^[24] naval officer and Governor.
Michael Gilbert (1912-2006), crime fiction writer.
Wallis Hunt (1922-2001),^[25] father of the racing driver James Hunt.
Herbert Jones (1940-1982).
Rupert Jones (born 1969), army officer.
David Marsden (1938-1998),^[26] neurologist.
Bill McCowen (born 1937),^[27] bobsledder.
Patrick Mollison (1914-2011),^[28] haematologist.
J. H. C. Morris (1910-1984),^[29] legal academic.
Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny (born 1955).^[30]
John Pollock (1924-2012),^[31]^[32] biographer of the Rev Billy Graham.
Tony Priday (1922-2014),^[33] bridge player.
Mike Randall (1919–1999), journalist and newspaper editor^[34]
Anthony Russell-Roberts (born 1944),^[35] opera manager.
Gerry Spring Rice, Lord Monteagle (1926-2013),^[36] army officer & Conservative peer.
Nick St Aubyn (born 1955),^[37] MP.
George Steer (1909-1944),^[38] journalist and war correspondent.
Jan Thesiger, 3rd Viscount Chelmsford (1903-1970),^[39] peer.
Justin Welby (born 1956), 105th Archbishop of Canterbury^[40]
Chris West (born 1954), historian.
Billy Winlaw (1914-1988),^[41] cricketer and headmaster.
Roger Winlaw (1912-1942),^[42] cricketer and Air Force officer.

References

^ Not to be confused with Seaford House in London, although both were owned by Lord Howard de Walden at the time.
^ "Michael Gilbert, St Peter's Seaford: The Early Years, Part One" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020. Her mother was Arnold’s daughter Frances; her father Samuel Barnard Taylor.
^ "Michael Gilbert, St Peter's Seaford: The Early Years, Part One" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ The letter from the Farebrothers in May 1982 to old boys notifying them of the impending closure is on the Old Boys Association website."St Peter's Seaford Memorabilia". www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "St Peter's Seaford Memorabilia". www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Sussex teacher who abused boys at private school jailed for eight years".
^ "The School Magazine, no 88, 1951, p 31" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 37" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "Seaford Museum: Seafordians". www.seafordmuseum.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 37" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 87, 1950, p 38" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 108, 1971, p 51" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ David Tremayne, Donald Campbell: The Man Behind the Mask (2011), p. 58
^ "The School Magazine, no 112, 1975, p 40" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 8" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 107, 1970, p 7" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 100, 1963, p 33" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 110, 1973, p 61" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 36" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "Ellis, Roger Wykeham (born 3 Oct. 1929), Master of Marlborough College, 1972–86" in Who's Who (London: A. & C. Black, 2003), p. 658
^ "The School Magazine, no 118, 1981, p 19" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 88, 1951, p 36" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 88, 1951, p 36" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "St Peter's Seaford Old Boys Reunion 2018". www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 72, 1938, p 33" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 102, 1965, p 40" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 100, 1963, p 33" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 102, 1965, p 40" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ St Peter’s Seaford, The School Magazine, no 40, 1927, p 33.
^ "The School Magazine, no 110, 1973, p 61" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "Church Times Obituary 7 March 2012". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 85, 1948, p 28" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 72, 1938, p 32" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ 'Randall, Michael Bennett', in The International Who's Who 1991-92 (Europa Publishing, 1991), p. 1,333
^ "The School Magazine, no 97, 1960, p 25" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 85, 1948, p 29" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 110, 1973, p 58" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 4" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "The School Magazine, no 86, 1949, p 37" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ Justin Welby to be enthroned as next Archbishop of Canterbury at premier.org.uk/news dated 21 March 2013, accessed 24 February 2014
^ "The School Magazine, no 91, 1954, p 34" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ "St Peter's School War Memorial". www.seamig.org.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

External links

http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/
http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/history/history.htm where licence documentation is referred to.

[1] Not to be confused with Seaford House in London, although both were owned by Lord Howard de Walden at the time.

[2] "Michael Gilbert, St Peter's Seaford: The Early Years, Part One" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020. Her mother was Arnold’s daughter Frances; her father Samuel Barnard Taylor.

[3] "Michael Gilbert, St Peter's Seaford: The Early Years, Part One" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[4] The letter from the Farebrothers in May 1982 to old boys notifying them of the impending closure is on the Old Boys Association website."St Peter's Seaford Memorabilia". www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[5] "St Peter's Seaford Memorabilia". www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[6] "Sussex teacher who abused boys at private school jailed for eight years".

[7] "The School Magazine, no 88, 1951, p 31" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[8] "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 37" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[9] "Seaford Museum: Seafordians". www.seafordmuseum.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[10] "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 37" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[11] "The School Magazine, no 87, 1950, p 38" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[12] "The School Magazine, no 108, 1971, p 51" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[13] David Tremayne, Donald Campbell: The Man Behind the Mask (2011), p. 58

[14] "The School Magazine, no 112, 1975, p 40" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[15] "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 8" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[16] "The School Magazine, no 107, 1970, p 7" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[17] "The School Magazine, no 100, 1963, p 33" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[18] "The School Magazine, no 110, 1973, p 61" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[19] "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 36" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[20] "Ellis, Roger Wykeham (born 3 Oct. 1929), Master of Marlborough College, 1972–86" in Who's Who (London: A. & C. Black, 2003), p. 658

[21] "The School Magazine, no 118, 1981, p 19" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[22] "The School Magazine, no 88, 1951, p 36" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[23] "The School Magazine, no 88, 1951, p 36" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[24] "St Peter's Seaford Old Boys Reunion 2018". www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

[25] "The School Magazine, no 72, 1938, p 33" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[26] "The School Magazine, no 102, 1965, p 40" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[27] "The School Magazine, no 100, 1963, p 33" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[28] "The School Magazine, no 102, 1965, p 40" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[29] St Peter’s Seaford, The School Magazine, no 40, 1927, p 33.

[30] "The School Magazine, no 110, 1973, p 61" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[31] "Church Times Obituary 7 March 2012". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[32] "The School Magazine, no 85, 1948, p 28" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[33] "The School Magazine, no 72, 1938, p 32" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[34] 'Randall, Michael Bennett', in The International Who's Who 1991-92 (Europa Publishing, 1991), p. 1,333

[35] "The School Magazine, no 97, 1960, p 25" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[36] "The School Magazine, no 85, 1948, p 29" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[37] "The School Magazine, no 110, 1973, p 58" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

[38] "The School Magazine, no 81, 1944, p 4" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[39] "The School Magazine, no 86, 1949, p 37" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[40] Justin Welby to be enthroned as next Archbishop of Canterbury at premier.org.uk/news dated 21 March 2013, accessed 24 February 2014

[41] "The School Magazine, no 91, 1954, p 34" (PDF). www.stpetersseaford.org.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

[42] "St Peter's School War Memorial". www.seamig.org.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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-'''St Peter's School, Seaford''' was an independent boys' [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|Preparatory School]] in [[Seaford, East Sussex]], [[England]], that ran from 1903 until 1982.
+[[Image:StPeters frontage.jpg|thumb|450px|St Peter's School, Seaford frontage]]
+'''St Peter's School, Seaford''' was an independent boys' [[Preparatory school (United Kingdom)|preparatory school]] in [[Seaford, East Sussex]], [[England]], that ran from 1903 until 1982.
 ==History==
-===Pre and During World War One===
+===Before and during World War One===
-Seaford House played host to St Peter's School in 1903, as an Edwardian Prep school when it was founded by Miss Maude Taylor in Crouch Lane.<ref>Not to be confused with [[Seaford House]] in London, although both were owned by [[Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden|Lord Howard de Walden]] at the time.</ref> Miss Taylor, who brought a small number of boys with her from an earlier school in Broadstairs, is recorded in the school history as having been a granddaughter of [[Thomas Arnold|Dr Arnold]] of [[Rugby School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/the%20early%20years.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=Michael Gilbert, ''St Peter’s Seaford: The Early Years'', Part One|access-date=2020-07-14}} Her mother was Dr Arnold’s daughter Frances; her father the Rev Samuel Barnard Taylor.</ref>
+Seaford House played host to St Peter's School in 1903, as an Edwardian prep school when it was founded by Maude Taylor in Crouch Lane.<ref>Not to be confused with [[Seaford House]] in London, although both were owned by [[Thomas Scott-Ellis, 8th Baron Howard de Walden|Lord Howard de Walden]] at the time.</ref> Taylor, who brought a small number of boys with her from an earlier school in Broadstairs, is recorded in the school history as having been a granddaughter of [[Thomas Arnold]] of [[Rugby School]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/the%20early%20years.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=Michael Gilbert, ''St Peter's Seaford: The Early Years'', Part One|access-date=2020-07-14}} Her mother was Arnold’s daughter Frances; her father Samuel Barnard Taylor.</ref>
-In 1907 it moved to a purpose built house designed and built by a Mr Morling and there it remained until 1982 when the school closed. On moving into the purpose-built school, Miss Taylor brought in two masters from [[St Peter's Court|St Peter's Broadstairs]], Geoffrey Hellard and [[Oswald Wright]], and became matron instead. Miss Taylor left in 1912 when Hellard married.
+In 1907 it moved to a purpose built house designed and built by a Mr Morling{{who|date=July 2021}} and there it remained until 1982 when the school closed. On moving into the purpose-built school, Taylor brought in two masters from [[St Peter's Court|St Peter's Broadstairs]], Geoffrey Hellard and [[Oswald Wright]], and became matron instead. Taylor left in 1912 when Hellard married.
-In 1914 Rolf Henderson became the Headmaster and his portrait painted by his brother, [[Keith Henderson|Keith]], a Scottish artist, hung in the school dining room. In many ways Rolf was the first true Headmaster of St Peter's. On 20 July 1915 the school playing fields were used to host a review of troops by [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]]. Kitchener mounted his horse in front of the school, and the boys gave such a loud patriotic cheer that the horse reared up, and almost dismounted its rider. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/the%20early%20years.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=Michael Gilbert, ''St Peter’s Seaford: The Early Years'', Part One|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>
+In 1914 Rolf Henderson became the headmaster and his portrait painted by his brother, [[Keith Henderson (artist)|Keith]], a Scottish artist, hung in the school dining room. In many ways Rolf was the first true headmaster of St Peter's. On 20 July 1915 the school playing fields were used to host a review of troops by [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]]. Kitchener mounted his horse in front of the school, and the boys gave such a loud cheer that the horse reared up, and almost dismounted its rider.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/the%20early%20years.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=Michael Gilbert, ''St Peter's Seaford: The Early Years'', Part One|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>
-===Pre and During World War Two===
+===Before and during World War Two===
-In 1934 Pat Knox-Shaw, who had joined the school in 1919 as second master, took over the reins as Headmaster on Rolf Henderson's retirement, With the support of Marjorie, his wife, Pat steered St Peter's through until 1955.
+In 1934 Pat Knox-Shaw, who had joined the school in 1919 as second master, took over the reins as headmaster on Rolf Henderson's retirement. With the support of Marjorie, his wife, Knox-Shaw steered St Peter's through until 1955.
 In 1940, during the [[World War II|Second World War]], St Peter's evacuated to The Nare Hotel in [[Veryan]] near [[Falmouth, Cornwall]]. It soon moved to [[Castle Hill, Filleigh|Castle Hill]], home of [[Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue|Lord and Lady Fortescue]] at [[Filleigh]] in North Devon until the end of the war, when in 1945 St Peter's moved back to its old home in Seaford, now vacated by the Army, and resumed normal service.
 ===After World War Two===
-In 1955 Pat and Marjorie retired and Basil Talbot, an assistant Headmaster, a member of the team from the 1930s briefly took over but he retired through ill health.
+In 1955 Pat and Marjorie Knox-Shaw retired and Basil Talbot, an assistant headmaster, a member of the team from the 1930s briefly took over but he retired through ill health.
-[[Michael Farebrother]], another assistant Headmaster, took the helm and shortly after was joined by an old boy, Harry Browell who together with Serena his wife, ran St Peters until 1967 when Harry and Serena retired to Australia. The gap was filled by Mike's brother and sister-in-law, John and Margaret Farebrother who moved down from [[Malvern College]] where John was a senior housemaster. As times changed, and boarders began to be fewer, the age of the traditional prep school's days were numbered and that coupled with the age of the Farebrothers left no alternative but to close St Peters in the summer of 1982.<ref>The letter from the Farebrothers in May 1982 to old boys notifying them of the impending closure is on the Old Boys Association website.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/memorabilia.htm|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=St Peter’s Seaford Memorabilia|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>
+[[Michael Farebrother]], another assistant headmaster, took the helm and shortly after was joined by an old boy, Harry Browell who together with Serena his wife, ran St Peters until 1967 when they retired to Australia. The gap was filled by Farebrother's brother and sister-in-law, John and Margaret Farebrother who moved down from [[Malvern College]] where John was a senior housemaster. As times changed, and boarders began to be fewer, the age of the traditional prep school's days were numbered and that coupled with the age of the Farebrothers left no alternative but to close St Peters in the summer of 1982.<ref>The letter from the Farebrothers in May 1982 to old boys notifying them of the impending closure is on the Old Boys Association website.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/memorabilia.htm|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=St Peter's Seaford Memorabilia|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>
-The school was well-equipped, with facilities for rugby (called rugger), football (called soccer until the late 1970s), tennis, cricket, hockey, squash, shooting, Eton fives, archery, climbing and swimming. A chapel, with windows by Goddard & Gibbs, was built from 1938 to 1940, and opened just before the school was requisitioned for the War. It has all been swept away.
+The school was well-equipped, with facilities for rugby (called rugger), football (called soccer until the late 1970s), tennis, cricket, hockey, squash, shooting, Eton fives, archery, climbing and swimming. A chapel, with windows by [[Goddard & Gibbs]], was built from 1938 to 1940, and opened just before the school was requisitioned for the War. It has all been swept away.
-There was an auction and many of the contents were purchased by friends of the school. The war memorial in the Chapel is now in [[Seaford Museum]], located in the [[Martello tower]] in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/memorabilia.htm|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=St Peter’s Seaford Memorabilia|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> The buildings and grounds disappeared under a housing estate. What remains of the school are the large number of old boys many of whom meet at reunions in London held since 1990. They are members of The St Peter's Old Boys Association which has a web-site at [http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk St Peter’s, Seaford ] - www.stpetersseaford.org.uk.
+There was an auction and many of the contents were purchased by friends of the school. The war memorial in the Chapel is now in [[Seaford Museum]], located in the [[Martello tower]] in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/memorabilia/memorabilia.htm|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=St Peter's Seaford Memorabilia|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> The buildings and grounds disappeared under a housing estate. What remains of the school are the large number of old boys many of whom meet at reunions in London held since 1990. They are members of The St Peter's Old Boys Association which has a website at [http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk St Peter’s, Seaford].
 Mike Farebrother died in 1987, John Farebrother died in 1996 and his widow, Margaret Farebrother, died in 2006.
-In 2013 a retired teacher at the school, Christopher Jarvis, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys at St Peters in the 1970s. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Jarvis taught at St Peters from 1962 to 1980, and at Bede's prep school in Eastbourne from 1982 to 2012.<ref>http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10881510.Sussex_teacher_who_abused_boys_at_private_school_jailed_for_eight_years/</ref>  In 2015 he was convicted of further cases of sexually assaulting boys at St Peters from 1962 onwards.
+In 2013 a retired teacher at the school, Christopher Jarvis, was convicted of sexually assaulting boys at St Peter's in the 1970s. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Jarvis taught at St Peters from 1962 to 1980, and at Bede's prep school in Eastbourne from 1982 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/10881510.Sussex_teacher_who_abused_boys_at_private_school_jailed_for_eight_years/|title = Sussex teacher who abused boys at private school jailed for eight years}}</ref>  In 2015 he was convicted of further cases of sexually assaulting boys at St Peter's from 1962 onwards.
 ==Former pupils==
 * [[Abdy baronets|Sir Valentine Abdy Bt]] (1937-2012),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/88-1951.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 88, 1951, p 31|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> European Representative at the [[Smithsonian Institution]].
-* The Rev Canon [[Peter Blake (cricketer)|Peter Blake]] (1927-2011), <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/81-1944.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 81, 1944, p 37|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> cricketer.
+* [[Peter Blake (cricketer)|Peter Blake]] (1927-2011),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/81-1944.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 81, 1944, p 37|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> cricketer.
 * [[Anthony Blunt]] (1907-1983),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seafordmuseum.co.uk/seafordians.php|website= www.seafordmuseum.co.uk|title=Seaford Museum: Seafordians|access-date=2020-07-16}}</ref> art historian and Soviet spy.
-* The Rt Rev [[Ronald Bowlby]] (1926-2019), <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/81-1944.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 81, 1944, p 37|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> bishop.
+* [[Ronald Bowlby]] (1926-2019),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/81-1944.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 81, 1944, p 37|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> bishop.
-* [[Ailwyn Broughton, 3rd Baron Fairhaven]] (born 1936), <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/87-1950.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 87, 1950, p 38|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> army officer & Conservative peer.
+* [[Ailwyn Broughton, 3rd Baron Fairhaven]] (born 1936),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/87-1950.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 87, 1950, p 38|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> army officer & Conservative peer.
 * Sir [[Nicholas Browne]] (1947-2014),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/108-1971.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 108, 1971, p 51|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>  diplomat.
 * Sir [[Donald Campbell]] (1921–1967), land and [[water speed record]] breaker<ref>David Tremayne, ''Donald Campbell: The Man Behind the Mask'' (2011), p. 58</ref> When Campbell created a new water speed record in 1955, he cabled the school and asked for it to hold a half-day holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/112-1975.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 112, 1975, p 40|access-date=2020-07-16}}</ref>
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 * [[Piers Courage]] (1942-1970),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/107-1970.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 107, 1970, p 7|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> motor racing driver.
 * [[Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon]] (born 1944),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/100-1963.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 100, 1963, p 33|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> crossbench peer.
-* [[Mordaunt Currie|Sir Mordaunt Currie Bt]] (1894-1978), <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/110-1973.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 110, 1973, p 61|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> poet.
+* [[Mordaunt Currie|Sir Mordaunt Currie Bt]] (1894-1978),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/110-1973.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 110, 1973, p 61|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> poet.
 * [[Nigel Davenport]] (1928-2013), actor.
 * Sir Trevor Dawson, Bt<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/81-1944.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 81, 1944, p 36|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>  (1931-1983), the 3rd [[Dawson baronets|Baronet Dawson]], who was a merchant banker and committed suicide following an insider trading scandal.
+* [[Roger Ellis (schoolmaster)|Roger Ellis]]  (born 1929), headmaster<ref>"Ellis, Roger Wykeham (born 3 Oct. 1929), Master of Marlborough College, 1972–86" in ''[[Who's Who (UK)|Who's Who]]'' (London: A. & C. Black, 2003), p. 658</ref>
 * [[Nic Fiddian-Green]] (born 1963),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/118-1981.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 118, 1981, p 19|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> sculptor.
 * Sir [[Charles Fletcher-Cooke]] (1914-2001),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/88-1951.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 88, 1951, p 36|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> MP.
 * Sir [[John Fletcher-Cooke]] (1911-1989),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/88-1951.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 88, 1951, p 36|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> MP.
-* Lt Gen Sir [[Robert Fulton (Royal Marines officer)|Robert Fulton]] (born 1948),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/reunions/reunions.htm|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=St Peter’s Seaford Old Boys Reunion 2018| access-date=2020-07-16}}</ref> naval officer and Governor.
+* Sir [[Robert Fulton (Royal Marines officer)|Robert Fulton]] (born 1948),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/reunions/reunions.htm|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=St Peter's Seaford Old Boys Reunion 2018| access-date=2020-07-16}}</ref> naval officer and Governor.
 * [[Michael Gilbert]] (1912-2006), crime fiction writer.
 * Wallis Hunt (1922-2001),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/72-1938.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 72, 1938, p 33|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>  father of the racing driver [[James Hunt]].
-* Lieutenant Colonel [[H. Jones|Herbert Jones]] [[Victoria Cross|VC]] (1940-1982).
+* [[H. Jones|Herbert Jones]] (1940-1982).
-* Major-General [[Rupert Jones (British Army officer)|Rupert Jones]] (born 1969), army officer.
+* [[Rupert Jones (British Army officer)|Rupert Jones]] (born 1969), army officer.
 * [[C. David Marsden|David Marsden]] (1938-1998),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/102-1965.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 102, 1965, p 40|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> neurologist.
 * [[Bill McCowen]] (born 1937),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/100-1963.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 100, 1963, p 33|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> bobsledder.
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 * [[J. H. C. Morris]] (1910-1984),<ref>St Peter’s Seaford, ''The School Magazine'', no 40, 1927, p 33.</ref> legal academic.
 * [[Christopher Nevill, 6th Marquess of Abergavenny]] (born 1955).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/110-1973.pdf|website= www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 110, 1973, p 61|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>
-* The Rev [[John Pollock (author)|John Pollock]] (1924-2012),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/9-march/gazette/obituary-the-revd-john-pollock|website=www.churchtimes.co.uk|title=''Church Times'' Obituary 7 March 2012|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/85-1948.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 85, 1948, p 28|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>  biographer of the Rev [[Billy Graham]].
+* [[John Pollock (author)|John Pollock]] (1924-2012),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2012/9-march/gazette/obituary-the-revd-john-pollock|website=www.churchtimes.co.uk|title=''Church Times'' Obituary 7 March 2012|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/85-1948.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 85, 1948, p 28|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>  biographer of the Rev [[Billy Graham]].
 * [[Tony Priday]] (1922-2014),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/72-1938.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 72, 1938, p 32|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> bridge player.
 * [[Mike Randall (journalist)|Mike Randall]] (1919–1999), journalist and newspaper editor<ref>'Randall, Michael Bennett', in ''The International Who's Who 1991-92'' (Europa Publishing, 1991), p. 1,333</ref>
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 * [[Gerald Spring Rice, 6th Baron Monteagle of Brandon|Gerry Spring Rice, Lord Monteagle]] (1926-2013),<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/85-1948.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 85, 1948, p 29|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> army officer & Conservative peer.
 * [[Nick St Aubyn]] (born 1955),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/110-1973.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 110, 1973, p 58|access-date=2020-07-15}}</ref> MP.
-* Lt-Col [[George Steer]] (1909-1944),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/81-1944.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 81, 1944, p 4|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> journalist and war correspondent.
+* [[George Steer]] (1909-1944),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/81-1944.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 81, 1944, p 4|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> journalist and war correspondent.
-* Jan Thesiger, 3rd [[Viscount Chelmsford]] (1903-1970), <ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/86-1949.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=The School Magazine, no 86, 1949, p 37|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>  peer.
+* Jan Thesiger, 3rd [[Viscount Chelmsford]] (1903-1970),<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/86-1949.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=The School Magazine, no 86, 1949, p 37|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref>  peer.
-* The Most Rev [[Justin Welby]] (born 1956), 105th Archbishop of Canterbury<ref>[http://www.premier.org.uk/news/archive/2013/03/21/Justin%20Welby%20to%20be%20enthroned%20as%20next%20Archbishop%20of%20Canterbury.aspx Justin Welby to be enthroned as next Archbishop of Canterbury] at premier.org.uk/news dated 21 March 2013, accessed 24 February 2014</ref>
+* [[Justin Welby]] (born 1956), 105th Archbishop of Canterbury<ref>[http://www.premier.org.uk/news/archive/2013/03/21/Justin%20Welby%20to%20be%20enthroned%20as%20next%20Archbishop%20of%20Canterbury.aspx Justin Welby to be enthroned as next Archbishop of Canterbury] at premier.org.uk/news dated 21 March 2013, accessed 24 February 2014</ref>
 * [[Chris West]] (born 1954), historian.
-* [[Ashley Winlaw|Billy Winlaw]] (1914-1988), <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/91-1954.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 91, 1954, p 34|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> cricketer and headmaster.
+* [[Ashley Winlaw|Billy Winlaw]] (1914-1988),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stpetersseaford.org.uk/magazines/91-1954.pdf|website=www.stpetersseaford.org.uk|title=''The School Magazine'', no 91, 1954, p 34|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> cricketer and headmaster.
-* [[Roger Winlaw]] (1912-1942),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seamig.org.uk/otherwar.htm|website= www.seamig.org.uk|title=St Peter’s School War Memorial|access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref> cricketer and Air Force officer.
+* [[Roger Winlaw]] (1912-1942),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.seamig.org.uk/otherwar.htm|website= www.seamig.org.uk|title=St Peter's School War Memorial|access-date=2020-07-17}}</ref> cricketer and Air Force officer.
 ==References==
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 {{Schools in East Sussex}}
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v t e Schools in East Sussex (including Brighton and Hove)
Secondary	Ark Alexandra Academy Beacon Academy Bexhill High Academy Blatchington Mill School Brighton Aldridge Community Academy Cardinal Newman Catholic School Causeway School Cavendish School Chailey School Claverham Community College Dorothy Stringer School The Eastbourne Academy Gildredge House Free School Hailsham Community College Hastings Academy Heathfield Community College Hove Park School King's Academy Ringmer King's School Longhill High School Patcham High School Peacehaven Community School Portslade Aldridge Community Academy Priory School Ratton School Robertsbridge Community College Rye College St Catherine's College The St Leonards Academy St Richard's Catholic College Seaford Head School Seahaven Academy Uckfield College Uplands Academy Varndean School Willingdon Community School
Independent (preparatory)	Brighton College Preparatory School Deepdene School St Andrew's Prep Bede's Preparatory School Vinehall School
Independent (senior)	Battle Abbey School Brighton College Brighton Girls Buckswood School The Drive Prep School Eastbourne College Greenfields School Lewes Old Grammar School Mayfield School Michael Hall School Roedean School Bede's School
Special	Chailey Heritage School
FE & sixth form colleges	Bexhill Brighton Hove & Sussex (BHASVIC) Brighton MET College Plumpton Hastings, Lewes and Eastbourne (East Sussex College) Varndean
Defunct	Ark Helenswood Academy Ascham St Vincent's School Ashdown House Bellerbys College Bodiam Manor School Clovelly-Kepplestone The Dharma School Falmer High School Hill Brow Preparatory School Jameah Islameah School Ladycross School Mayfield College Moira House School Ovingdean Hall School Queenwood Ladies' College Rye Studio School St Aubyns School St Cyprian's School St Mary's Hall St Peter's School Southover Manor School Temple Grove School Uckfield School UTC@Harbourside