Prince Edward, Duke of Kent visited the School on 2nd December 2019, as a delayed part of the Barnton 50th celebrations. He spent around an hour in the School, including a tour of School projects displayed in the Assembly Hall. He also unveiled a commemorative plaque recording his visit. The PDF below has two pages, […]
George “Jock” Dewar
Tom Bacciarelli’s Eulogy to “Jock” Dewar has been added to the Obituaries on this site. Badger’s obituary in the Scotsman which was written, jointly, by Jock’s niece and his friend Tom Bacciarelli who is a retired RHS teacher. “George Dewar, Classics master and sports coach who influenced generations of pupils in classroom and on sports […]
Photos from our Dinner
Photographs from our 2020 Annual Dinner at the RAF Club in Picadilly can now be viewed on our website gallery pages.
Jock Dewar’s Funeral
From David Rutherford, Secretary of the RHS FP Club (Edinburgh) – Regretfully I have to inform you that George “Jock” Dewar, a.k.a. Badger, passed away last week. There will be a funeral service at Warriston, Edinburgh on Wednesday 22nd January 2020 at 12.00 I am sure that there will be a significant RHS FP turnout […]
Jock Dewar
We are sad to report that former RHS classics teacher Jock “Badger” Dewar has died. Jock taught at the school from 1957 to 1987 and in addition to teaching Latin, was head coach for the school’s rugby teams. After retiring Jock kept in touch with the school through the Edinburgh FP club, attending the Annual […]
Congratulations Colin Todd MBE
Congratulations to long standing London Club member Colin Todd who received a well deserved MBE in the New Year Honours for Services to Fire Safety. Quoting from the BAFE website “Alongside being Managing Director of his own fire safety consultancy practice (C.S. Todd & Associates), Colin holds many positions to help improve the fire industry, […]
Remembrance Service
The photographs from the 2019 Remembrance Service held at the School can be found on our Flickr Pages. The Royal High School 2019 Remembrance Service was held on Monday 11th November.This service was the third such event in a week, previous services having included forms one to four. This service was attended by forms five […]
Winter Drinks Photos
Photos from last night’s Winter Drinks Party at the Golden Lion can now be viewed on our Flickr Web Pages. https://flic.kr/s/aHsmJvSDM5