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Donor Recognition
In particular we would like to thank members of the Hugh Oldham Society who have donated substantial sums to help re-found the School through gifts to our Bursary Funds or to fund large-scale building projects.
We are enormously grateful to our modern day Founders:
- Leon Howard (53-61)
- Anthony Preston (66-73)
- Jon Aisbitt (68-75)
- Patrick Cryne (former parent)
- Peter Bracewell (friend of the School)
- Ian Bailey (27-32 & staff 49-07)
- Muriel Morrison (friend of the School)
- George Entwisle (32-39)
- Arnold Thackray (49-57)
- David Hibbitt (55-62)
- Andrew Dodd (83-90)
- Brian and Christine Daglish (Friends of the School)
“I’ll never forget the look on my mother’s face when she opened the scholarship letter from MGS. From the moment I walked through the gates at MGS I knew I was part of something special. Had I not been fortunate enough to gain a scholarship I may never have had the opportunities that have arisen in my career.
Hugh Oldham, the Founder of the School, used the profit from his corn mills to fund the School, as did cotton mill owner Edward Langworthy in the 19th century, so it seems only fitting that I should do the same. If I can give other boys in my position the same opportunity that I had, and encourage other successful business people to donate to the School, my donation will have served its purpose.” Leon Howard
“It’s really simple - I grew up at Manchester Grammar. I learned to think for myself and question received wisdom and the orthodox approach to anything. I also learned the vital importance of teamwork. I was lucky enough to get a place at Oxford to continue my education. I only got those opportunities because the State paid for my place at the School – my parents couldn’t have afforded to pay for me. So when I found myself in a position where I could start giving something back, giving other boys the same opportunity that I had was a key priority."
Jon Aisbitt
“Going forward, the core mission of MGS has to be the pursuit of excellence in all that it does, and at the heart of this is the search for talent, irrespective of race, creed, or indeed the ability to pay. This is why the Bursary Fund is so important. There can be no more rewarding way to put a bit back than helping young people of talent access the first rate education that MGS provided.
What MGS awoke in me was a taste for achievement and a belief that you have to give of your best in everything you undertake: supporting the Bursary Appeal is a brilliant way to pass these treasures on to the next generation.”
Anthony Preston
The current cost of endowing a bursary place in perpetuity is £400,000, a sum which we expect to produce an annual investment return equivalent to a school fee. Those individuals endowing one or more places will have their name inscribed on the Boards of Refoundation and be invited to be recognised as a member of the Bexwyke Society.
The Bexwyke family made a substantial contribution to the School's original endowment fund along with Hugh Oldham. It is fitting therefore that we use the Bexwyke family name to recognise those Old Mancunians and friends that have made a substantial gift to the School, equivalent to endowing a bursary place in perpetuity.
We are hugely grateful to members of the Bexwyke Society
Antony Adler (45-51) |
John and Janet Lancaster (Friends of the School) |
Edward Langworthy, a wealthy cotton businessman, earned the title of ‘our second founder’ after he saved the School from Bankruptcy in the 1870s. It is fitting that we use his name to recognise and thank those Old Mancunians and friends who have supported MGS by leaving a gift in their will or have indicated their intention to do so in the future.
Read the Langworthy Society's Legacy Brochure here
Current Members
Please note some members wish to remain anonymous.
*indicates legacy received.
Antony Adler* |
Peter Gordon* Sir Francis Graham-Smith Ian Graymore Barry Green Brian Green* Eric Greenhalgh* David Gregory Charles Griffiths* Robin Griffin* Dorothy Hall* Gordon & Eunice Hall* Michael Hall* Ian & Linda Hamilton Bernard Handley* Roger Hanna* Paul Hannah James Hardman* Gordon Harris* Ralph Harrison David Hartley* Robert Hartley Frank Haslam John Haslam* Edward & Marjorie Hattersley* Anthony Hatton* Gordon Heys* Brian Hickey* Andrew Hight Allan & Helen Hill Philip Hill* Peter Hills Margaret Hindley* John Hobbs* Arthur Hobson* Anthony Hodges* Alan Hodson Peter Holden* Michael Holland David Holloway William Holt* Douglas Holt* Ken Holt W Michael Howard* James Howell* Nigel Howorth Keith Humphreys* Herbert Isherwood* John Jackson* R Jackson* Peter Jackson David Jennings Derek Jepson* Philip Johnson* John C.Q. Johnson John R. Johnson Stewart Johnson* Philip Johnston Alan Jones* Alan N Jones Simon & Sally Jones Karl Jonietz Steven Joseph Stephen Katona Roger Keeley Adil Khan Emma Kilheeney McSherry Roger Kingsley* Bernard Knowles* Shirley Komrower* Alan Lam* John and Janet Lancaster* Anthony Leaver* Tony Lemon John Lindley David Lloyd* Kenneth Lloyd* John Loney* Iain Lyttelton Duncan MacAskill Bob Mackay* Ralph Mainard James Manning Ronald Manning* Timothy Marshall* Peter Mason* John McCarthy* James McFarlane* Graeme McSherry Wilfred Meek* Frank Midgley* Diran Mikaelian* Ian Millar* James Millen* Graham Milligan* Maude Mills* Donald Mills* David Monk* Donald Montague* Keith Morgan* Eric Morris Geoffrey Morris Muriel Morrison* Geoffrey Morton* Alwyne Morton* Stephen Mosley Robert Moss* Eric Mountain* James Muckle* Frank Murphy* Daniel Musson George Myers* |
Peter & Beverley Norgrove* |