Rupert Chawner Brooke was born at 5 Hillmorton Street Rugby on August 3, 1887. He was the third son of William Parker Brooke. During his childhood and as a pupil at Rugby School Rupert lived in Brook…

John Geoffrey Dean played the School XV from 1926-27. He debuted for the Harlequins in the February 14 England XV v Ireland match at Twickenham London 1931. According to the match report, ‘it was a c…

Since the mid-eighteenth-century Rugby School has been playing a form of football distinctive from other forms of football. Association Football/Soccer was not played at the School until the late nin…

William Webb Ellis was born on 24th November 1806 in Salford in Lancashire. His father was James Ellis, a cornet in the 7th Dragoon Guards, in 1809 he was made a Lieutenant of the 3rd Dragoon Guards,…

Definition - “Normally always *cap, a velvet cap in the holder’s individual house colours with gold or silver braid, awarded as School second XV colours (C19 to today). Originally, when the whole hou…

The history of New Zealand rugby football starts with the New Zealand Nelson Football Club in 1870. In 1867, having turned 16, Charles J Monro left for England to be educated for a possible career i…

Arthur John Dorman joined Rugby School in 1895 and left for Trinity College Cambridge in 1900, his House Master was W G Michell. In 1899 he was made a member of the School XV and awarded a Following-…

Rugby School was founded in 1567 by Lawrence Sheriff, who left money in his will for a Grammar School in the town of Rugby for local boys. This blog gives a short account of his life. According to s…

For this blog we are reprinting the story of The Great Rebellion which took place at Rugby School in November 1797. This version was published in The Laurentian February 1898.  “We passed last term t…

In 1870 Frederick Temple was appointed chair of the Rugby School Governing Body. In 1871 he established The Laurels School, for the daughters of Rugby School Masters, the girls used the classrooms in…

Rugby School was founded as grammar school in 1567 and in that century three Masters were appointed to run the School.  Originally there was only one master (teacher) to teach the boys and run the Sc…

As part of its 300th Anniversary year in 1867, Rugby School founded a Natural History Society which would be active until the early 2000s. In 1876 Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, two ye…