25th June 1818
Victoria College’s first headmaster is born
William George Henderson was the first headmaster of Victoria College. He graduated from Oxford in 1936 and was ordained a priest in 1859. Between 1852 and 1862, he was headmaster of Victoria College, the school’s first, before moving to Leeds and taking a position at the city’s grammar school.
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Other events that occured in June
The Royal Militia leaves Fort Regent
- The Royal Militia was forced to leave its home at Fort Regent in advance of the arrival of German troops during the Second World War.
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Demilitarisation of Jersey begins
- The British government deemed the Channel Islands too difficult to defend given available resources, so instead evacuated them.
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Batterie Moltke’s namesake dies
- When German forces built defensive structures on the Channel Islands during the occupation, they gave several former military leaders’ names.
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Building work starts on St Aubin on the Hill
- The Bishop of Guildford laid the foundation stone of St Aubin on the Hill, St Brelade’s Anglican church, on 4 June 1889.
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