Frederick Savage

Colonel Frederick Walter Savage VD (28 July 1847 – 19 August 1930) was a British educationist who founded Seaford College in 1884.[2]

For the American actor, see Fred Savage. For the American architect, see Frederick Lincoln Savage.
Colonel

Frederick Walter Savage

VD
Frederick Walter Savage in Algiers in 1878
Born(1847-07-28)28 July 1847
Southwark,
Died19 August 1930(1930-08-19) (aged 83)
Cranleigh, Surrey, England
Known forFounder and Headmaster of Seaford College
Spouse(s)Harriet Skeffington[1]
Corsica Hall

The son of John Savage and Mary Ann Baldwin, he was born in Middlesex in 1847, and qualified as a Licentiate of the College of Preceptors. He became Head of Junior School at University School, Hastings, before leaving to found Seaford College at Corsica Hall, Seaford, East Sussex, in 1884, where he served as inaugural Headmaster until 1920.[3] The College would later relocate to Lavington Park, Petworth, in 1946, but retain its original name.[4] A commanding officer in the 1st Sussex Engineer Volunteers, in 1891 he formed an affiliated Cadet Corps at Seaford College.[5] He was a recipient of the Volunteer Officers' Decoration and a member of the Société de Géographie.[4][6] He died in Cranleigh, Surrey, on 19 August 1930.

Publications
  • Memory book of the French grammar (1878)
  • French exercises, based on the Memory work of the French grammar (1878)
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References
  1. "Seaford College Record 1884-85". Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  2. The Schoolmasters' Yearbook & Educational Directory: Reference Book of Secondary and University Education in England and Wales, 1916
  3. "When free time meant digging trenches". Sussex Express. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  4. Joscelyn, Johnson. The Story of Seaford College – A Mosaic of Memories.
  5. Gordon, Kevin. Seaford and Eastbourne in the Great War. Pen & Sword Military.
  6. Bulletin de la Société de géographie, 1879
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