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Although there were other public schools which could not claim more than a few years’ existence, or which were intended mainly for day boys, only Victoria College and the older Elizabeth College in Guernsey, had been founded on self-governing islands off the French coast.
- About Victoria College
Victoria College was founded in 1852 by Queen Victoria, for...
- About Victoria College
Victoria College was founded in 1852 by Queen Victoria, for the purpose of offering education for Jersey’s boys. Steeped in history, Victoria College has been an iconic part of Jersey’s heritage.
Victoria College is a Government-run, fee-paying, academically selective day school [7] for boys in St Helier, Jersey. Founded in 1852, the school is named after Queen Victoria. It is owned and administered by the Government of Jersey and is located on Mont Millais adjacent to Jersey College for Girls, the Government fee-paying secondary school ...
Victoria College was founded in the reign of Queen Victoria but its origins go back some 300 years earlier. Founding. In the 1590s Laurens Baudains, a wealthy farmer from Saint Martin, lobbied the monarch and the States of Jersey to support a scheme for the establishment of a college.
Victoria College was founded in 1901 on the initiative of eight resident merchants, bankers, and shipping magnates, six of whom were British, one Syrian, and one the Austro-Hungarian president of the Jewish Community of Alexandria.
Jan 9, 2009 · Victoria College in Belfast is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. These amazing pictures show the first principal Margaret Byers, who founded the college, and some of the first pupils...
Victoria College, Alexandria, founded in October 1902, was named after the British queen Victoria, who had died the year before. It was the brainchild of a group of British businessmen who...
