Croftinloan School

Croftinloan School
Croftinloan School
Address
	Croftinloan; Pitlochry, Perthshire, PH16 5JS; Scotland
Information
Type	Preparatory school
Established	1936
Founder	Hugo Brown
Closed	2000
Gender	Co-educational
Age	5 to 13

Croftinloan Preparatory School was a co-educational private preparatory school near Pitlochry, Scotland.

History

Croftinloan School was established in 1936 as a boys' prep school by Hugo Brown, a former pupil at Monkton Combe School and graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge.^[1] Hugo Brown bought the residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan in 1935 from Mr. J Paterson Brown, who used Croftinloan House as a shooting lodge.^[2] The estate was originally owned by members of the Atholl-Fergusson family.^[3]

In April 2000, the Governors announced that the school would close in June.^{[citation needed]}

In 2013, Croftinloan House was demolished to make way for a housing development.^[4]

Notable alumni

Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge (born 1953), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.^[5]
David Urquhart (born 1952), Bishop of Birmingham.^[6]

References

^ "A stately pile straight out of the old school". The Sunday Times. 23 July 2000. p. 10. ProQuest 320732027. Hugo Brown, the founding headmaster bought the property and started the school in 1936
^ "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman. 27 June 1935. p. 7. ProQuest 489864944. The residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan, near Pitlochry, which was acquired by Mr J Paterson Brown from the former proprietor, Mrs (Mary Stewart Mitchell) Gwyer, eight years ago, has been disposed of by private treaty to Messers Robertson & Brown, C A, Glasgow, on behalf of clients, and it is understood that the mansion-house is to be used as a private school for boys
^ "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman. 27 June 1935. p. 7. ProQuest 489864944. The estate, which was originally owned by a branch of the Atholl-Fergusson family, who also for a time held the neighbouring property of Middlehaugh, was subsequently for over 50 years in the hands of the late Admiral Jack Murray, whose wife was a daughter of Sir Neil Menzies of Weem
^ "Wrecking Ball Blues". Highland Perthshire News. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
^ "Hodge, Rt Hon. Lord, Patrick Sewart Hodge". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Birmingham, Bishop of, David Andrew Urquhart". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[sundaytimes-1] "A stately pile straight out of the old school". The Sunday Times. 23 July 2000. p. 10. ProQuest 320732027. Hugo Brown, the founding headmaster bought the property and started the school in 1936

[estate1-2] "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman. 27 June 1935. p. 7. ProQuest 489864944. The residential and sporting estate of Croftinloan, near Pitlochry, which was acquired by Mr J Paterson Brown from the former proprietor, Mrs (Mary Stewart Mitchell) Gwyer, eight years ago, has been disposed of by private treaty to Messers Robertson & Brown, C A, Glasgow, on behalf of clients, and it is understood that the mansion-house is to be used as a private school for boys

[estate2-3] "Perthshire Estate Sold; House as a School for Boys". The Scotsman. 27 June 1935. p. 7. ProQuest 489864944. The estate, which was originally owned by a branch of the Atholl-Fergusson family, who also for a time held the neighbouring property of Middlehaugh, was subsequently for over 50 years in the hands of the late Admiral Jack Murray, whose wife was a daughter of Sir Neil Menzies of Weem

[highland-4] "Wrecking Ball Blues". Highland Perthshire News. 3 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

[hodge-5] "Hodge, Rt Hon. Lord, Patrick Sewart Hodge". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[urquhart-6] "Birmingham, Bishop of, David Andrew Urquhart". Who's Who. Vol. 2015 (November 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 22 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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