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Foundation Members

Foundation Members

51³Ô¹ÏÍø was founded in 1811 by a group of individuals and benefactors who shared the view that the sons of Congregational Ministers, who were excluded from mainstream school education at that time, should be educated. Our founders, led by the Reverend John Townsend and William Wilberforce, lobbied and raised funds to build a Congregational School that would eventually open its doors in a house in Southwark before later moving to Lewisham in 1815. With the support of benefactors, the school was able to move to our current site in 1884 and became known as Caterham Congregational School.

Our founders and the generations of ‘Foundation members’ that followed in their footsteps have been instrumental in making 51³Ô¹ÏÍø what it is today, serving as a precursor to the modern Trustee Governance structure that exists now. To this day 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is fortunate to still benefit from having a ‘Foundation’ whose membership includes alumni, parents and many of our past trustees. The Foundation is led by the President of the School, a post which has been held by The Honourable Mr Justice Graeme Mew since 2019. Distinguished past holders of this office include Lord Leverhulme, Sir Alan Moncrieff, Sir Olliver Humphries, General Sir Alex Harley and Don Mear, amongst others.  Although the governance of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is exclusively the responsibility of the Board of Trustees, our Trustees are appointed by the Foundation and members provide guidance and advice to the school.

51³Ô¹ÏÍø would like to thank the members of the Foundation for their time and commitment.

The Honourable Mr Justice Graeme Mew OC – President

Mr Bill Broadhead OC – Senior Vice President

Mr Colin Bagnall OC – Vice President

Mr David Charlesworth – Vice President

Mr Ian Edwards OC – Vice President

Mr Roy Elliott OC – Vice President

Mr Don Mear OC – Vice President

Mr Martin Newlan – Vice President

Mr Denis Tindley OC – Vice President

Mrs Suzi Whittle – Vice President

Mr Matthew Atkin

Mrs Anne Bailey EO

Revd Bridget Banks*

Mrs Nicky Barker OC

Mrs Cindy Black*

Ms Christine Black-Nyaga*

Mr Christopher Bouttle*

Mr Andrew Brown OC

Mr Oliver Byrne OC*

Ms Hannah Carey OC

Mr David Chalmers*

Mr Alan Chapman

Mr Robert Charlesworth

Mr Philip Clarke*

Mr David Craft OC

Mr David Criscuolo

Dr Stephen Critchley

Mr Dan Darley OC

Mr Rob Davey

Mr Alan Deayton OC

Mr Mark Dockery OC

Mr Keith Edwards OC

Mrs Kate Eighteen OC

Mrs Anne Fletcher*

Mr Peter Graham

Ms Deborah Grimason*

General Sir Alex Harley OC

Mr Bob Ireland OC

Ms Zehra Jaffer*

Mr Jonathan Jayarajan OC

Mrs Preya Jubraj

Mr John King

Mr Martin King OC

Mr Andrew Latham OC

Mr Miles Maiklem OC

Mr John Mathias OC

Mr Stephen May OC

Mr Mark Mear OC*

Ms Lea Owen EO

Dr Arjun Patel OC

Mr Jay Pearson OC

Mr Peter Radford OC

Ms Monisha Shah*

Mr Paul Sharp OC

Mrs Helen Smith

Mr Mark Smith OC

Ms Julianne Stewart OC

Mr Steve Swayne*

Mr Julian Thomas

Mr Ewan Turney OC

Mrs Mary Whenman OC*

Mr George Williams OC

*Trustee and Foundation Member

 

If you would like to find out more about the Foundation please contact the Clerk to the Trustees at [email protected]

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