Eton College
Eton College, or the Kings College of our Lady Eton (or just Eton) was founded in 1440 by Henry VI, also the founder of Kings College, Cambridge.  Eton is an all-male school located about a mile north of Windsor Castle.  Having educated 18 former British Prime Ministers, Eton is traditionally known as “the chief nurse of English statesmen” and is one of the most famous public schools in the world. Other famous alums include Princes William and Harry, Duke of Wellington, authors Shelley and Orwell,  and Thomas Lynch and Thomas Nelson, signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Fun Facts

• Henry VI founded Eton College as a charity school to provide free education to seventy poor students.
• The fee for the academic school year today is $49,109.
• Fictional characters are often cast as Eton Alumni: Captain Hook and James Bond, for example.
• Elite private schools in England are called public schools because they were started in lieu of education confined only to the extremely wealthy.

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