Charterhouse Timeline

[For a history of Charterhouse, see Anthony Quick, Charterhouse: A History of the School, (James and James, 1990)]

  1. Thomas Sutton buys the Charterhouse in London from the Earl of Suffolk on 9th May for £13,000
  2. The Revd Nicholas Gray becomes the first Schoolmaster (Headmaster) (to 1624)
  3. The Great Fire at Charterhouse
  4. John Wesley becomes a pupil at Charterhouse (to 1720)
  5. William Blackstone becomes a pupil at Charterhouse (to 1738)
  6. William Makepeace Thackeray becomes a pupil at Charterhouse (to 1828)
  7. The setting up of the Public Schools (Clarendon) Commission
  8. The Revd William Haig Brown appointed Headmaster (to 1897)
  9. Report of the Clarendon Commission
  10. Site at Godalming acquired for the School
  11. RSS Baden-Powell becomes a pupil at Charterhouse (to 1876)
  12. The School arrives at Godalming on 18th June
  13. 'C Block' built
  14. Science Block built
  15. Hall built
  16. Mission in Southwark founded
  17. Ralph Vaughan Williams becomes a pupil at Charterhouse (to 1890)
  18. Museum Block and Lecture Theatre built
  19. William Beveridge becomes a pupil at Charterhouse (to 1897)
  20. Robert Graves becomes a pupil at Charterhouse (to 1914)
  21. Frank Fletcher appointed Headmaster (to 1935) Tercentenary Masque first performed
  22. Purchase of Northbrook Estate
  23. Consecration of War Memorial Chapel
  24. New Block opened
  25. Robert Birley appointed Headmaster (to 1947)
  26. Old Chapel converted to Founder's Chapel and Music School
  27. Studio opened
  28. Building of new Houses on Northbrook begins The first girl pupils admitted
  29. Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visit to lay Foundation stone of new boarding houses
  30. Daviesites and Robinites move to new Houses
  31. The remaining five new Houses occupied
  32. Foundation stone laid for RVW Music Centre (opened 1984)
  33. John Derry Technical Centre completed Ben Travers lays foundation stone of the theatre (opened 1984)
  34. Queen Elizabeth II visits to open the Queen's Sports Centre
  35. Chetwynd Hall opened
  36. Millennium Chapel consecrated
  37. Refurbishment of Library completed
  38. Opening of The Beveridge Centre for Social Sciences