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Bishop
Cotton
School, Shimla, is one of the oldest boarding schools in
Asia
, having been founded on
28th July, 1859, by Bishop George Edward Lynch
Cotton, a scholar of
Westminster, and a graduate
of
Cambridge. In 1836 he was
appointed Assistant Master at
Rugby
by Doctor Thomas Arnold, one of the founders of the British
Public School
system. It was the young Mr. Cotton who was spoken of as the
'the model young master' in Thomas Hughe’s famous book 'Tom
Brown's School Days'.
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The Main School
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The school opened for students on
15th March, 1863. Though mentioned in correspondence as
the Simla
Public School, it
never actually bore this name. The first boy, Frederick Naylor,
joined the school on
16th March, 1863.
Bishop
Cotton
School
is the first School in India
to start the Prefectorial System.
Bishop Cotton personally reconnoitered ten sites in September and
October 1864, and finally approved the South end of Knollswood
Spur which belonged to the Rajah of Keonthal.
After lengthy negotiations the site was acquired through the
intervention of the Viceroy and the foundation stone for the new
buildings was laid on
26th September 1866, by H.E. the Viceroy, Sir John
Lawrence. In September 1868, the school moved to Knollswood, our
present site.
The Junior School
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BISHOP
COTTON SCHOOL
SHIMLA 171002
HIMACHAL PRADESH
INDIA
+91-177-2620880
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