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[edit] Aberlour House
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Main article: Aberlour House
Aberlour House, the preparatory school for Gordonstoun, was relocated to Gordonstoun's grounds from Aberlour in 2004. It is made up of dormitories, classrooms and communal areas in one building. Other lessons, like art and design technology for example, are done in the main Gordonstoun classroom area. Construction of the building was completed in 2004 and in 2006, large extensions were added to the existing building, incorporating additional classrooms and dormitaries. At the moment around 100 children aged between 8 and 13 years of age attend, but this is expected to rise with the coming extension. [3]
[edit] Alumni
Alumni of Gordonstoun are called "Old Gordonstounians" or "OGs":
- British Royal Family members
- George Oliver,
- Hugo Trower,
- Sarah Rachel Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood and Dirleton, Lady of Morpeth Castle
- Elio Gabriel Samuel Agasim-Pereira of Fulwood and Dirleton, younger of Fulwood
- Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon
- Nick Bateman, Big Brother contestant
- Tessa Blake, filmmaker[citation needed]
- Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley
- Ross Benson, gossip columnist[citation needed]
- David Michael Douglas Boyle, Viscount of Kelburn and heir to the 10th Earl of Glasgow
- William Boyd, novelist and screenwriter, winner of the Whitbread Book Award and nominated for the Booker Prize.
- James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
- Christian Castle, leading music and technology attorney, legal author and Fellow of the World Technology Network
- Oona Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin[4]
- Jason Connery, actor and son of Sir Sean Connery.[5]
- Barry Cooper, musicologist and Beethoven scholar
- Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Marquess of Douglas and Clydesdale
- Lisa Kendal
- Jasper Duncombe, pornographic film director
- Charles Finch, filmmaker (Head of William Morris, Europe) and son of actor Peter Finch[citation needed]
- Michael Forwell. International marijuana smuggler arrested when his ship, The Encounter Bay was seized in the process of transporting 72 tons of Thai weed into America in 1988.
- Balthazar Getty, great-grandson of billionaire John-Paul Getty[citation needed]
- Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere chairman of Associated Newspapers.[citation needed]
- Dick Heckstall-Smith, a legendary British jazz and blues musician.[citation needed]
- India Hicks, model and granddaughter of Earl of Mountbatten[citation needed]
- Joe "Zowie Bowie" Jones, son of David Bowie[citation needed]
- Aleksandar Karadordevic, Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia and Crown Prince of Serbia.
- Stephen Dunn, Stunt Pilot, Aerial Fire Fighter, Federal Inspector[citation needed]
- Charles Kennedy (economist)[citation needed]
- Luca Prodan, Italian-Argentinian singer, leader of Sumo[citation needed]
- James Orr, police officer and Private Secretary to HRH The Duke of Edinburgh 1957-1970.
- Christina Rau, political scientist and wife of the former President of Germany, Johannes Rau[citation needed]
- Leila Margaret Rendel (1882-1969)
Gordonstoun School’s illustrious history would not be complete without reference to Leila Margaret Rendel OBE as a Gordonstoun School founder and longstanding governor. Leila M. Rendel ran her own school The Caldecott Community first as a London nursery founded 1911; later as a changeable establishment; whether; for children from poor families, as a borstal or experimental, pioneering therapeutic community from which a small trail of Leila’s talented; if nondescript; boy Caldecott’s went on to complete ‘their education’ at Gordonstoun School. It is understood the Gordonstoun School archive references L.M.R. re Gordonstoun as well as in relation to national educational pertinences to which Leila Magaret Rendel had been invited to contribute. Latterly c.2000 'The Caldecott Community' titled comfortably through decades is now re-titled 'The Caldecott Foundation'.
The fictional Lara Croft is also claimed to have attended the school.[6] This may have been inspired by James Bond's "attendance" of Fettes College.
[edit] See also
- Broneirion, Gordonstoun's home during World War II
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- , BBC News | Scotland | Royal school's exam results questioned
- , Pastoral Care at Gordonstoun naming the dorms. URL accessed 2006-06-30.
- , Aberlour House homepage at Gordonstound Schools' website
- , "Chaplin's granddaughter acts up", BBC News, 2003-07-23. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
- , IMDB biography of Jason Connery. imdb.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-22.
- , "Lara's school days on big screen", BBC News, 2001-07-02. Retrieved on 2007-07-02.
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