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Dr. William Burney established the school as '''Dr. Burney's Academy''' in 1791.  His sons, a grandson, and a Reverend F. G. Johnson served as headmaster of the school in succession until it closed in 1904.
 
Dr. William Burney established the school as '''Dr. Burney's Academy''' in 1791.  His sons, a grandson, and a Reverend F. G. Johnson served as headmaster of the school in succession until it closed in 1904.
  
==Further Alumni==
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The school claimed that over 700 cadetships had been awarded to its students between 1857 and 1890, with first place being taken 75 times. That last figure seems misstated, but may refer to placement in various sub-areas, such as mathematics.{{HTNC|3 May 1890, p. 4}}
These men should be added to the category if and when they have articles created:
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* [[Cornwallis Jasper Trower]]
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* C. R. Roundell (May, 1868 entrant to {{UK-1Britannia}})
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* [[Herbert George Paris]]
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* [[James Ellard]]
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* [[Blair Onslow Cochrane]]
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* [[Rudolph Edward de Lisle]]
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* [[Hubert Gould William Thoreid]]
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* [[Herbert Moultrie Heathcote]]
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* [[Henry Pearson]]
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* [[Denis Donough Charles MacGillycuddy]]
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* [[George William Tyler]]
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* [[Edward O'Hara Tobin]]
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* [[Lionel Barrington Simeon]]
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* [[Waties Corbett]]
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* [[Francis Edgar Rowlatt Fielding]]
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* [[Uvedale B. Corbett]]
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* [[Henry Parker German]]
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* [[Clement William Swetenham]]
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* C. B. Boileau ({{UK-1Britannia}} entrant of September, 1866)
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* J. G. Boucher (ditto)
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* Arthur E. Edridge (ditto)
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* [[Robert Palmer]]
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* [[Arthur Charles Middlemass]]
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* [[John Lionel Eagles]]
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* [[Arthur Barrow Codrington Forsyth]]
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* [[Henry Arthur Knox]]
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* H. E. Urmston (September, 1869)
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* [[Standert Edward Staunton]]
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* [[James Grey Duberly]]
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* [[Oliver Young]]
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* [[John Samuel de Beauvoir Yelloby]] (Yelloly?)
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* [[Edward Montaga Stopford]]
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* [[:Category:Royal Navy Preparatory Schools|List of other "crammers"]]
 
* [[:Category:Royal Navy Preparatory Schools|List of other "crammers"]]
 
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[[Category:Royal Navy Preparatory Schools]]
 
[[Category:Royal Navy Preparatory Schools]]

Latest revision as of 10:02, 28 August 2019

This category groups those men who attended Burney's Royal Naval Academy – a private preparatory school in Gosport for boys wishing to apply for entrance to the Royal Navy through competitive examinations for the training ship H.M.S. Britannia.

History

Dr. William Burney established the school as Dr. Burney's Academy in 1791. His sons, a grandson, and a Reverend F. G. Johnson served as headmaster of the school in succession until it closed in 1904.

The school claimed that over 700 cadetships had been awarded to its students between 1857 and 1890, with first place being taken 75 times. That last figure seems misstated, but may refer to placement in various sub-areas, such as mathematics.[1]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle (Portsmouth, England), 3 May 1890, p. 4.