Sir William Harpur - Founder & Benefactor of Bedford School
William Harpur was born near Bedford in 1496, a few years after the young prince who would become Henry VIII (and who will come up again in this story). He went to school in what is now Mill Lane (just down the High Street on the left), a school which was funded by the church and run by monks from Newnham Priory.
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John (Gilbert) G Cook (1922-29)
As part of the Langham Pavilion Project in 2012 a paving stone was laid to recognise all OBs who had represented their country at sport at senior level. One such individual was John Gilbert Cook (22-29). Gilbert, along with his three younger brothers, attended Bedford School.
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Gordon Lindsay-White (1922-32)
Born in 1914, Gordon Lindsay-White was the third of four boys born at the Angrowelle Estate in the Hatton District of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), later moving to the Kirklees Estate, owned by their father. The boys and their mother moved to Foster Hill Road in Bedford in 1920 and he entered Bedford School in 1922.
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Prof John P C Roach (31-38)
John was born in London in 1920, the only child of what he described as ‘working-class’ parents, and moved to Bedford when he was nine years old. Aged 11, John passed the ‘scholarship’ examination for a free place at the Harpur Trust schools and was one of ten or so awarded ‘elementary exhibitions’ at Bedford School.
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Brian Saville (40-48)
Brian was born and brought up in Potton, Bedfordshire, While at the school, Brian took a keen interest in many sports, and although not reaching ‘dizzy heights’ in any of them, he was a fine team-player for his house and a prominent member of the CCF.
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Andrew Dell (72-79) - The Andrew Dell Exhibition
Andrew loved his time at Bedford School and loved his friends and kept it in touch with many over the years. After School, he graduated with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering and was snapped up by British Aerospace, with whom he enjoyed an amazing career, travelling all over the World.
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