Floreat Etona: Anecdotes and Memories of Eton College

by Ralph Nevill

Still the memories held aloft as lamps for hope’s young fire to fill,

Shine, and while the light of England lives shall shine for England still.

It is to be hoped that these lines, written by the last great Etonian poet to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the foundation, will be as applicable to the school five hundred years hence as they are to-day. May those yet to come continue to bear the torch of Eton, handed down from distant generations, bravely aloft, whilst never ceasing to keep before their eyes the duty of delivering it to their successors, its flame bright and brilliant as of old.

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INDEX

• Abingdon, Lord, [77]
• Absence, [77], [259], [261], [283]
• Adventurer, the, [246]
• Agar’s Plough, [280], [281]
• Ainger, the Rev. A. C., [121], [127]
• Ainslie, Mr. Douglas, viii, [305]
• Albert, Prince, [148]
• Alford, Lord, [88]
• Allen, Anthony, [136]
• Allestree, Provost, [14]
• Angelo, Miss, [64]
• Ante-Chapel, [5], [187]
• Army class, [231]
• Athletics, modern admiration for, [241], [242]
• Atholl, Duke of, [41]
• Austen Leigh, Mr. R. A., [191]
• Austen Leigh, William, [225]
• “Bacchus verses,” [163], [164]
• Badge-giving, [38-40]
• Balston, Dr., [189], [290-292]
• Barnard, Dr., [21], [22], [218], [264]
• Barnes Pool Bridge, [52], [205], [293]
• Bayley, Emilius, [275]
• Beagles, the, [283-285], [296]
• “Beaks,” [298]
• Bear, Johnny, [217]
• Benson, Mr. A. C., [166], [270]
• Benthall, E. C., K.S. (Keeper of the Wall, 1911), [266]
• Bethell, Mr., [150], [207]
• Betting, [323]
• “Bever,” [166]
• Bircham, Mr. F. T., [90]
• “Bishop,” [114]
• Blake-Humfrey, Mr. R. H., [261]
• Blandford, Lord, [41]
• Bligh, the Hon. Arthur, [219]
• Block, the, anecdotes concerning, [89], [90], [92]
• Blomfield, Sir Arthur, [190]
• Boating song, the Eton, its history, [121], [122]
• Bogle Smith, [219]
• Boland, Billy, [274]
• Bott, College constable, [206]
• Boudier, G. J., [280]
• Bourchier, Mr. Arthur, organises theatricals at Eton, anecdotes, [219-221]
• Brinsley Richards, Mr., [24], [85]
• Brocas, [104], [262], [284], [327]
• Brown, Tom, Eton tailor, [206]
• Brown’s, little, [312]
• Browning, Mr. Oscar, [291]
• Brownlow North, Mr., [97]
• “Brozier,” [62], [63]
• Bryant, Jacob, [264]
• Bryant or Brion (sock cad), [109]
• Bulkeley-Johnson, Mr. Vivian, viii
• Bullying, anecdote of, [59]
• “Burry,” [62]
• Butler, Dr., [277]
• Byron, [75]

• “Cally,” [325]
• Campbell, Lord Archibald, [41]
• Captain of the boats, [249], [250], [261], [263]
• Carnegie, Mr. Andrew, his opinions concerning Greek, [232]
• Carrington, Lady, [293]
• Carter, the Rev. W. A., [4], [39]
• Carter’s Chamber, [200], [203]
• Carvings, elaborate, upon old organ case of Eton Chapel, [178]
• Castle (inn), [142]
• Champeau, French swimming instructor, [263], [264]
• Chapel, [5];
• its architectural history, [173-175];
• so-called restoration, [181], [182];
• old woodwork and organ loft, [175], [176];
• new stalls, [182];
• present condition, [184-186]
• Chapel sock, [41], [42], [175]
• “Check nights,” [256], [257]
• Chitty, Right Hon. Lord Justice, [275]
• Christopher, the, [53], [57];
• anecdotes concerning, [110], [119], [257]
• Christopher yard, [213]
• Churton, Henry Norris, declines scholarship at King’s, [226]
• Cloister Pump, [162]
• Cloisters, [159], [161]
• Cobbold, Felix Thornley, last Eton scholar under old statutes, [225]
• College buildings, account of alterations and restorations in, [156-191]
• College, horse-play in, [208-210]
• College in past days, [196-218]
• Collegers, their food in old days, [203-205]
• Collet, [219]
• “Colours,” [282], [283]
• Colours of “boats” at present day, [263]
• Costume, old Eton, [34-36]
• Coventry, Lord, [258]
• Cradock, Zachary, [15]
• Craven, Lord, [40]
• Creasy (the historian), [125]
• Creasy, [269]
• Culliford, James (chief butler), [205];
• his son, [206]
• Cumberland, Duke of, [16], [18]
• Curfew tower, vulgarisation of, [193], [194]
• Curraghmore, [89]
• Curzon, Lord, [127], [249]
• Cust, family of, [182]
• Dalmeny, Lord, [170]
• Dalton, the Rev. T., favourable to theatricals, [219], [220]
• Daniel (captain of Harrow eleven), [276]
• “Deadman’s Hole,” [265]
• Deeson, architect and “restorer” of Chapel, [182], [183]
• De Foix, [12]
• De Quincey, [227]
• Douro, Lord, [76], [137]
• Drury’s, [247]
• Duleep Singh, the Maharajah, [323]
• Dupuis, the Rev. G., a Vice-Provost, [28], [29], [150]
• Durnford, the Rev. F. E. (Judy), [286]
• Durnford, Richard, first Eton scholar to go to King’s under new statutes, [226]
• Durnford, Mr. Walter, [309]
• East window, [185]
• Educational system at Eton, reflections upon, [227-242]
• Election Chamber, [159], [160], [223]
• Election Saturday, [84], [202], [222-224], [257], [258]
• Elizabeth, Queen, relics of her visit to Eton, [8], [167], [319]
• Elliot, Mr. Willie, [221]
• “Estaminet,” the, [116]
• Eton and Harrow match, [275-279];
• incident after, [278], [279]
• Eton Mission, [296]
• Evans, Miss, [64]
• Evans, Mr. William, [41]
• Fagging, [59], [309-311]
• Fight, a fatal, [96], [97]
• Fighting, anecdotes concerning, [92-98]
• Finlay, [269]
• Finmore (Dr. Hawtrey’s servant), [91]
• “Fire-place,” [216], [217]
• Fives, [244];
• first regular court, [245], [281], [282]
• Floods, [105]
• Flowers, Jimmy, [104]
• Font, new, [186];
• old, [187]
• Football, [244], [245]
• Foote, his remark at the Castle Inn, [142]
• Fourth of June, [222]
• Fox, Charles James, [22], [169]
• Frampton Court, viii, [175]
• Frescoes in Chapel, [179], [180], [181]
• “Furking,” [267]
• Games popular in 1770, [240]
• George the Third, [30-33]
• Giles, [320], [321]
• Gilmer, [219]
• Gladstone, [57], [127], [169], [170], [233], [247], [248];
• as an Eton boy at Montem, [137]
• Godolphin, Provost, [89], [173], [176]
• Goodall, Dr., [26-29], [68], [72], [95], [187]
• Goodford, Dr., [85], [86], [91], [117], [237], [256], [292]
• Gown, changes concerning, [210], [211], [215]
• Gray, [242]
• Green, “Polly,” [284]
• Grieve, an Eton boy burnt to death, [45]
• Groves, Barney, [104]
• Hale, the Rev. E., [293]
• Hall, Jack, [103]
• Hall, the College, [15], [140];
• remodelling of western end, architectural history, [162];
• drastic restoration in 1858, [163];
• present condition, [165]
• Harcourt, the Rt. Hon. Lewis, vii, [127], [128], [201]
• Harding, [80], [273]
• Harris, Mr., [234]
• Harrow, [240]
• Hatecliffe, William, first Eton scholar (1443), [225]
• Hatton, Mrs., her “sock shop,” [247]
• Haverley, Jack, [254]
• Hawtrey, Dr., [40], [41], [58], [65], [66], [81], [84], [87], [95], [111], [118], [143], [149], [150], [160], [255], [267], [274], [288-290];
• his monument in Chapel, [189]
• Hawtrey brothers, [219]
• Hawtrey, Mr. John, [51]
• Hawtrey, Mr. Stephen, [233]
• Heath, Dr., [25]
• Henley, [240], [263]
• Henry VI., [3], [5], [212], [225], [226]
• Henry VIII., [6], [7]
• Hexter, Major, [233]
• Hill, Mr., saves old Eton organ case, [177]
• Hoaxes, [100], [317];
• an elaborate modern one, [317-320]
• Hockey, [245], [246]
• Hodgson, Provost, [150], [196], [197], [203];
• his reforms in College, [215]
• Hoisting, [326], [327]
• Hoop, its former popularity at Eton, [242], [243]
• Hoppie (sock cad), [110]
• Hornby, Dr., [11], [65], [87], [92], [105], [169], [279], [288-290], [291], [294], [307]
• Illustrated London News, [140], [211] (note)
• Ingalton Drake’s, [320], [325]
• James, the Rev. C. C., [292]
• Jesse, Mr. J. H., [88], [89]
• Jobey Joel, [110], [219]
• Johnson, William (afterwards William Cory), anecdotes of, [119-123]
• Joynes, the Rev. J. L., [87], [287], [288]
• Joynes, young Mr., [291]
• Keate, Dr., [35], [50], [57];
• anecdotes of, [68-82], [102], [116], [214], [219], [231], [252], [255], [281], [282], [294]
• Keate’s Lane, [281], [282]
• Kenyon, Lord, [219]
• King’s, [132], [134];
• arms of, on old Eton organ case, [178], [223];
• dissolution of ancient bond with Eton, [225], [226]
• Kintore, Lord, [97]
• Ladas, [248]
• Lanesborough, Lord, [284]
• Langford, Lord, [39]
• Layton’s, [59]
• Leaving Books, [64], [65];
• Money, [65], [66]
• Lectern, ancient, [187]
• Leveson-Gower, Lord Ronald, [41]
• Levett, Berkeley, [219]
• Levi (sock cad), [109]
• Lewis, Dr., [90]
• Lock-up, [93], [305], [327]
• Lock-up Parade, [327]
• Lomax, [137]
• Long Chamber, [158], [172], [197];
• description of, [200-202];
• remodelling of, [221-222]
• Long Glass, [66], [67]
• Long-morning, [60]
• Lord’s, [276], [279], [326]
• Lord’s (old), [274]
• Lorne, Lord, [41]
• Lotteries, [322], [323]
• “Lower College” (obsolete form of football), [267]
• Lower School, [8], [170-172]
• Lubbock, Mr. Alfred, [277]
• Lubbock, Mr. Robin, [278]
• Lubbock family, [278]
• Lucas, Mr. Reginald, [220], [319] (note)
• Lupton’s Chapel, [13], [185]
• Luxmoore, Mr. H. E., [185]
• Lyte, Sir Henry Maxwell, [3], [180]
• Lyttelton, the Hon. and Rev E. (Headmaster), [295-297]
• Lyttelton family, [278]
• Lytton, Phil, [204]
• M’Niven minor, [276]
• Malim, William, [6], [7], [134]
• Map-making, [49]
• Marcon, W., [269]
• Memorial Hall, [191], [192], [247], [248]
• Miller, Jem, [272]
• “Missis” (sock seller), [110]
• Mitchell, Mr. R. A. H., [221], [276]
• Monckton, George (afterwards Lord Galway), [41]
• Montem, [33];
• description of and anecdotes, [129-156];
• waving the flag at, [144], [149];
• costumes worn at, [145], [146];
• last celebration, [148], [149];
• abolition, [150];
• relics of, [152], [156]
• Montem poet, [152-156];
• odes, [153]
• Mordaunt, H. J., [269]
• Moultrie, John, [3], [40], [41]
• Mowbray Morris, the late Mr., [2]
• Mozley, Mr. H. W., [223]
• Muttlebury, S. D., [263]
• Naylor’s, Miss, [125], [127]
• Newcastle scholar, [223], [240]
• Nicknames, [60-62]
• Noblemen, [38], [41]
• Noblemen’s stalls (torn down at restoration of Chapel), [175], [182]
• Officers’ Training Corps, [293]
• Okes, Dr., [197]
• Oppidan Dinner, [259-261]
• “Oppidan scholars,” [231]
• “Oppidans’ Museum,” [115]
• “Orders,” [313], [314]
• Organ case, description of old, [176];
• its history after being discarded by Eton authorities, [177], [178]
• Organ screen, modern, [184]
• Pass, Charley (sock cad), [108]
• Pepys, [15], [164], [172]
• Phillott, [269]
• Pinnacles, rebuilding of old, [189], [190]
• Plumtre, Mr., [150], [173]
• Poaching, [101]
• Pop, [77], [119], [247-249], [297], [328]
• Porson, [213], [216]
• “Poser’s child,” quaint usage, [223]
• “Posers,” [222], [223]
• Powell, Jem, [102], [103]
• Powell, well-known character at the Wall, [268]
• Poyntz, Stephen, captain of Montem in 1706, lines by, [136]
• Praepostors, [6], [9], [306], [307]
• “Private Tutors,” [41];
• nickname for “cads,” [102]
• Private Tutors, [105]
• Prose, [46]
• Protestant Etonian martyrs, [7], [8]
• Provost’s Lodge, [160]
• Punch, [149]
• Rackets, [281]
• Rattee, contractor for “restoration” of Chapel, [183]
• “Ripping,” quaint usage, [224]
• Roberts, Lord, [170]
• Rosebery, Lord, vii, [127], [171], [248], [258]
• Rouse, Provost, [13]
• Rowing, notes upon history of, at Eton, [252-263]
• Rowland’s (sock shop), [205]
• Rugeley, chapel at, [178]
• Rushes, the, [122], [256]
• St. Aldwyn, Lord, [258]
• St. Andrew’s Day, [38], [265], [268], [269]
• St. Thomas, Dominican Monastery of, [177]
• Salt Hill, [130] et seq.;
• present condition of, [156]
• Salvin, architect, [194]
• “Saps,” [239]
• Savernake, Lord, [83]
• Savile, Sir Henry, [9], [10]
• School Magazines, [25], [26], [41]
• School Pulling, [326]
• Scrulton, F. F. V. captain of the boats, 1911, [263]
• “Scug,” [62]
• Second Upper Club, [280]
• Selwyn, George Augustus, [264]
• Selwyn, Thomas, diary of, [253]
• Seymour, Berkeley, [136]
• Sharpe, S. S., [263]
• Sheep’s Bridge, [273]
• Shelley, [94], [95], [123], [169]
• Sheridan, Mrs., viii
• Shirking, [52], [53]
• Shore, Jane, [5]
• Simmonds, Mr. Robert, viii
• Sir Galahad, picture in Chapel, [185]
• Sixpenny, [97], [280]
• Sixpenny Corner, [97]
• Slang, [62]
• Smoking, [17], [305]
• “Smut,” [117]
• Snape, Mrs., [63]
• “Snip,” [322]
• Sock, [62]
• Sock cads, [106-110]
• Solomon, [321], [322]
• Spankie (the celebrated sock cad), [106-109]
• Spode, Mr. Josiah, [177]
• Sporting Magazine, account of Etonian in 1799, [99-100]
• Spottiswoode’s, [320]
• Stafford, Lord, [39]
• Stage coachmen, [113]
• Statutes, their violation about 1834, [198-200]
• Statutes, new, [225], [226]
• Stephen, J. K., [166], [270]
• “Stiggins” (see Rev. C. C. James), [292]
• Stockhore, Herbert, the Montem poet, account of, [153-156]
• Stone, Mr. Christopher, [62]
• Stone, the Rev. E. D., [61], [244]
• Stratford de Redcliffe, Lord, [94], [275]
• Street, Mr. G. E., architect, [184]
• Strugnal, [271]
• Studd family, [278]
• Sunday questions, [237]
• Surly, [222], [256], [257]
• Sutherland, Duke of, [39]
• Swimming, [263], [264]
• Swishing, [9], [82-88]
• Tap, [66], [326-328]
• Tapestry formerly in College Hall, [165]
• Tarver, Mr. F., [219]
• Teape, A. S., [277]
• Theatricals at Eton, [218-221]
• Thompson, Theophilus, [136]
• Threepenny day, [206], [207]
• Timbralls, the, [270]
• Townshend, Charles Fox, [77], [78], [247]
• Training Corps, Officers’, [26], [293], [294]
• Trials, [24], [47], [236], [241]
• Trotman (sock cad), [109]
• Trotman’s gardens, [247], [282]
• Tuck, a Colleger, [224]
• “Tug,” supposed origin of term, [210]
• Tutorial system, [229], [230]
• Tutors, private, [41]
• Udall, Nicholas, [7]
• Under the Clock, dramatic sketch given by Mr. Bourchier when at Eton, [221]
• Upper Club, [273], [276], [281]
• Upper School, [168]
• “Upper Sixpenny,” [280]
• “Ushers,” [298]
• Vaughan, Mr. E. L., [156]
• Verses, Latin, [49], [238], [239]
• Victoria, Queen, [33], [150], [324]
• Volunteers, [293]
• Wall game, notes upon, [265-270]
• Walpole, Horace, [111], [112], [242];
• Sir Robert, [16], [19];
• Lord Walpole of Walterton, [16];
• Lord Walpole, [254]
• Warre, Dr. (Provost), [253] (note), [294], [295]
• “Water boils,” “Make tea,” [273]
• Waterford, Lord, [88], [89]
• Watts, [185]
• Waynflete, William of, [4], [190]
• Webber, College servant, [205]
• Webber’s, Harry, [312]
• Wellesley, the Marquess, [126], [127], [169], [227];
• his memorials in old and new chapels, [187], [188]
• Wellington, the great Duke of, [59], [94], [105], [125], [169], [211];
• as a boy at Montem in 1781, [136], [137]
• West, Rt. Hon. Sir Algernon, a survivor of the last Montem, viii;
• his experiences, [144]
• Westminster, [258];
• boat races with Eton, [262], [263];
• cricket matches, [274]
• White (Dr. Hornby’s servant), [92]
• White Hart (inn), [259]
• Wilder, the Rev. John, [162], [165], [181], [186]
• Williams’, [325]
• Winchilsea, Lord, [271], [272]
• Winchester, [5], [181], [240], [275], [277], [279], [280]
• Windham, William, [26]
• Windmill (inn), Botham’s, [142], [156]
• Windsor Fair, [53-55]
• Windsor races, [56]
• Woodyer, Mr. (architect), [189], [191]
• Wotton, Sir Henry, [10-13]
• Wren, Sir Christopher, [175], [176]

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