ABSTRACT
It is at Uppingham School during Thring’s headmastership from 1853 to 1887 that the ideal flourished longest and best. Here were attractive surroundings and a homely atmosphere; Christian teaching and moral guidance; pastoral care and concern for well-being; intellectual training and a broad general knowledge; well-planned physical education and attention to art, crafts, drama and music; communal responsibility and charity to the less fortunate; the joy of childhood and preparation for adult citizenship; and a spirit of individual freedom. The chapter ends with a biographical sketch of Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, co-founder of the National Trust; his career exemplifies exactly what his headmaster wished to inculcate.
