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History

Donald Leinster-Mackay, an academic researcher into the history of education, has said that "No school had stronger ties with the Royal Navy in the nineteenth century than Stubbington House."[3] The school was founded in 1841[3] by the Reverend William Foster, who had been born around 1802 and was an alumnus of Trinity College, Cambridge.[4] He had married Laura, a daughter of Rear-Admiral John Hayes, and it is probable that this accounts for the connection with the navy that the school developed.[3] Another factor affecting its primary purpose was the introduction in 1838 of an entrance examination for the Royal Navy: although initially an undemanding test for most, this decision encouraged the development of specialised educational establishments, of which Stubbington House was a very early example.[5] In addition, Hampshire has a historically close connection to the navy, and the closure of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth in 1837, together with the deployment of HMS Britannia as a cadet training ship proved to be timely.[3]

The original building was "a square Queen Anne house with a mid Georgian façade of 5 bays and 3 storeys in grey brick with red dressing and an open pedimented porch". It was situated in around Script error: No such module "convert". of parkland, of which half was used by the school.[6] The building had been constructed around 1715, supposedly with proceeds from contracts to supply the army and navy.[7] In due course, it was extended to meet the demands of the school as the number of pupils increased. The site eventually included two separate sanatoria facilities,Template:Efn as well as a gymnasium and various other structures.[2][6]

Beginning with 10 pupils,[6] the school had around 40 a few years later,[7] and 21 in 1871.[6] William Foster died while away from home at Leamington in 1866.[8] He was succeeded by one of his sons, Montagu Henry Foster,Template:EfnTemplate:Efn and by 1883 the school roll had increased to around 130 pupils.[9] This increase is in part attributable to the efforts of Montagu's brother, the Reverend Courtenay Foster, who opened a department to train boys for entry to the army via Woolwich and Sandhurst, for which aim the boys stayed at the school for a longer time.[3][10] Charlotte Mitchell, a senior lecturer in English Literature, has analysed surviving bank statements of Charlotte Mary Yonge, the writer. Mitchell has speculated that payments made by Yonge to a Mr Foster may relate to school fees for one of her nephews, Maurice Yonge, who was at Stubbington House when the 1881 census was taken. There were payments in 1880 of £59 12s. 8d. and £59 11s. 9d., followed in 1881 by payments of £61 13s. 5d. and £60 2s. 1d. Finally, in 1882, there was a payment of £66 0s. 2d.[11]

Montagu Foster was involved in legal action on at least two occasions during his headmastership. In 1883 he lost an action brought by a former master that related to constructive dismissal, during the proceedings of which several witnesses commented on the lack of discipline at the school.[9] Subsequently, in 1897, The British Medical Journal reported that he had successfully sued a parent in relation to monies owing for out-of-term care of a pupil who had fallen ill.[12] He also found his school among a handful that were subjected to criticism by the Association of Preparatory School Headmasters, who, in 1901, were successful in persuading the Admiralty that the official recognition of this small number as naval entrance examination centres gave an unfair advantage.[3]

The school uniform around this period was "... an Eton type jacket with long sleeves and a waistcoat. [The] trousers were black and grey striped—long or short according to age. Caps bearing the MHF (Montagu Henry Foster) school badge were worn. In winter bowlers were worn for church with boaters in the summer."[6]

Montagu died in April 1913,[13] leaving an estate that was valued at £163,140.[14] According to Alumni Cantabrigienses, his son, Montagu Richard William Foster (1870–1935), had taken over as headmaster in 1903 and continued in that role until 1928, the same year that he received a knighthood. However, Leinster-Mackay says that the change of office took place at the time of Montagu's death in 1913.[3]Template:Efn

Montagu junior had been born and educated at the school, and subsequently he had taken his degree at Trinity College, Cambridge.[15] He had taken over running the army department upon the early death of his uncle, Courtenay, but closed it in 1913 and thus reduced the school roll by around 50 pupils. Changes in government policy, which came about primarily because of the escalating naval rivalry between Britain and Germany, also affected the school population. A reduction in numbers came with the closure of the Britannia cadet training facility, causing pupils to leave at an earlier age for the Royal Naval College at Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. The outcome of these changes was that there were 77 pupils in 1913.[3]

The Foster family line of ownership and headmastership continued with Hugh Richard Montagu Foster, who took over from his father in 1928. In 1930, the school was advertising that it had 130 pupils,[16] and Hugh continued in charge until near to his own death in July 1959.[17] Hugh's obituarist in The Times noted that this was the end of the male line, although there were plans to continue the school, and that Template:Quote

The arrangement of the business was adjusted in 1958 with the creation of a charitable trust but the Foster family remained as owners until 1963, paying a headmaster to run the school.[18] A combination of death duties demanded from the family and also the high cost of maintaining the buildings caused the school to move to Ascot in 1962.[2] There it merged[19] with the long-established Earleywood School[20][21] before subsequently closing on 7 July 1997.[22] A limited company, Stubbington House Earleywood Limited, had been formed in 1963.[23]

A few of the school buildings still remain in Stubbington, although most became derelict within a year of them being sold to Fareham Council, for £97,000, in 1962.[24] The main school house was demolished in 1967. The site and the surviving buildings are now a community centre.[2] There is a memorial to the family in the 12th-century Rowner Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, PO13 9SU.

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See also

References

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