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==Notable former pupils==
==Notable former pupils==
One former pupil of the school was Brigadier Sir Arthur Maxwell "Max" Ramsden, C.B., O.B.E., C.D., D.L.,{{Refn|Arthur Maxwell Ramsden (2 December 1894 – [[Headingley]] 7 November 1957). GRO index: Deaths Dec 1957 Ramsden Arthur M. 62 Leeds 2c 182. |group=nb}} who was knighted in 1954 for "political and public services to Yorkshire".<ref>{{cite news |title=Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40053/supplement/2/data.pdf |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=Supplement to the London Gazette |agency=|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |date=1 January 1954 |page=2 col.2}}</ref> Following Clifton House, he attended [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield|Wakefield Grammar School]], had a "distinguished military career",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ammentorp |first1=Steen |title=Ramsden, Arthur Maxwell |url=https://generals.dk/general/Ramsden/Arthur_Maxwell/Great_Britain.html |website=generals.dk |publisher=generals.dk |access-date=22 October 2024 |date=2000}}</ref> and was a partner in the solicitors' firm Ramsden, Sykes and Ramsden, [[Huddersfield]]. In 1946 he was president of the City of Leeds Junior Conservative Association, and in 1951 president of Leeds Federation of Young Conservative Associations, later becoming a director of the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper company. He also served amateur football clubs, boys' clubs and the [[YMCA]]. He received his [[Order of the British Empire|O.B.E.]] in 1948, and his [[Order of the Bath]] in 1945, becoming [[aide-de-camp]] to [[George VI]] in 1940. He served on the council of [[University of Leeds|Leeds University]], and in 1949 was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Yorkshire knighthoods new year honours list |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19540101/069/0003 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |agency=|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |date=1 January 1954 |page=2 cols 2,3}}</ref> In 1957, at the age of 62, he fatally shot himself following a period of illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir A.M. Ramsden found shot dead |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19571108/327/0013 |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=Birmingham Daily Post |agency=|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |date=8 November 1957 |page=13, cols 5,6}}</ref>
One former pupil of the school was Brigadier Sir Arthur Maxwell "Max" Ramsden, C.B., O.B.E., C.D., D.L.,{{Refn|Arthur Maxwell Ramsden (2 December 1894 – [[Headingley]] 7 November 1957). GRO index: Deaths Dec 1957 Ramsden Arthur M. 62 Leeds 2c 182. |group=nb}} who was knighted in 1954 for "political and public services to Yorkshire".<ref>{{cite news |title=Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40053/supplement/2/data.pdf |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=Supplement to the London Gazette |agency=|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |date=1 January 1954 |page=2 col.2}}</ref> Following Clifton House, he attended [[Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield|Wakefield Grammar School]], had a "distinguished military career",<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ammentorp |first1=Steen |title=Ramsden, Arthur Maxwell |url=https://generals.dk/general/Ramsden/Arthur_Maxwell/Great_Britain.html |website=generals.dk |publisher=generals.dk |access-date=22 October 2024 |date=2000}}</ref> and was a partner in the solicitors' firm Ramsden, Sykes and Ramsden, [[Huddersfield]]. In 1946 he was president of the City of Leeds Junior Conservative Association, and in 1951 president of Leeds Federation of Young Conservative Associations, later becoming a director of the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper company. He also served amateur football clubs, boys' clubs and the [[YMCA]]. He received his [[Order of the British Empire|O.B.E.]] in 1948, and his [[Order of the Bath]] in 1945, becoming [[aide-de-camp]] to [[George VI]] in 1940. He served on the council of [[University of Leeds|Leeds University]], and in 1949 was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the [[West Riding of Yorkshire]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Yorkshire knighthoods new year honours list |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19540101/069/0003 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |agency=|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |date=1 January 1954 |page=2 cols 2,3}}</ref> In 1957, at the age of 62, he fatally shot himself following a period of illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sir A.M. Ramsden found shot dead |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002134/19571108/327/0013 |access-date=22 October 2024 |work=Birmingham Daily Post |agency=|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |date=8 November 1957 |page=13, cols 5,6}}</ref>

* {{cite news |title=Sir George Robey: 200 honoured at palace |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000273/19540216/062/0004 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Yorkshire Evening Post |agency=|via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |date=16 February 1954 |page=4 col.3}}


==Further reading==
==Further reading==

Revision as of 18:03, 22 October 2024

History

Clifton House School, later Clifton House Preparatory School, was located ffrom the 1890s at Queen Parade, then from 1906 in Stray Road, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, when the headmaster was James Walter Nuttall. The school magazine was named, Aquila. The school closed in 1968.[1]

Cliftton House Old Boys War Memorial

The school had a war memorial plaque dedicated to fifteen or sixteen of its former pupils who had died in service as a result of the First World War. After the school closed, the plaque was renovated by the Rev. St John Turner, vicar of St Mark's Church, Harrogate, who acquired a faculty from the Ripon diocese to hang the plaque in the church. The plaque was re-dedicated there on 12 June 1988, and former pupils of the school were invited to the dedication service. As of 2024, the plaque was missing.[2]

Staff

One of the teachers at the school was Gordon William George "Charlie" Cass, who was employed there from 1923.[nb 1][1] A veteran of the First World War, he had served in the Royal Air Force or Royal Flying Corps.[3] Cass left Clifton School in 1936 to found and become headmaster of Norwood College.[1][4]

Notable former pupils

One former pupil of the school was Brigadier Sir Arthur Maxwell "Max" Ramsden, C.B., O.B.E., C.D., D.L.,[nb 2] who was knighted in 1954 for "political and public services to Yorkshire".[5] Following Clifton House, he attended Wakefield Grammar School, had a "distinguished military career",[6] and was a partner in the solicitors' firm Ramsden, Sykes and Ramsden, Huddersfield. In 1946 he was president of the City of Leeds Junior Conservative Association, and in 1951 president of Leeds Federation of Young Conservative Associations, later becoming a director of the Yorkshire Conservative Newspaper company. He also served amateur football clubs, boys' clubs and the YMCA. He received his O.B.E. in 1948, and his Order of the Bath in 1945, becoming aide-de-camp to George VI in 1940. He served on the council of Leeds University, and in 1949 was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire.[7] In 1957, at the age of 62, he fatally shot himself following a period of illness.[8]

Further reading

There are records of Clifton School, relating to 1944 and 1956–1960, at the National Archives at Kew, ED 109/7202 and ED 172/263/10.[9][10]

Notes

  1. ^ Gordon William George Cass (Scarborough 16 April 1898 – 13 October 1976).
  2. ^ Arthur Maxwell Ramsden (2 December 1894 – Headingley 7 November 1957). GRO index: Deaths Dec 1957 Ramsden Arthur M. 62 Leeds 2c 182.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Clifton House Preparatory School". Liquisearch. Liquisearch. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Plaque to be re-dedicated". Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald. 10 June 1988. p. 10 cols 10,11. Retrieved 18 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "George William George Cass". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Lives of the First World War. Imperial War Museum. 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Harrogate. Norwood College". archiveshop.northyorks.gov.uk. North Yorkshire Council. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood" (PDF). Supplement to the London Gazette. 1 January 1954. p. 2 col.2. Retrieved 22 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ Ammentorp, Steen (2000). "Ramsden, Arthur Maxwell". generals.dk. generals.dk. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Yorkshire knighthoods new year honours list". Yorkshire Evening Post. 1 January 1954. p. 2 cols 2,3. Retrieved 21 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Sir A.M. Ramsden found shot dead". Birmingham Daily Post. 8 November 1957. p. 13, cols 5,6. Retrieved 22 October 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Harrogate: Clifton House School: Full Inspection". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. National Archives. 1944. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Harrogate, Clifton House School". The National Archives: Discovery. The National Archives. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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