Person    | Male  Born 11/1/1828  Died 28/12/1911

Albert Barff

Albert Barff

Head of the choir school at St Pauls.  When he died he was vicar of St. Giles's, Cripplegate, and Prebendary of St. Paul's.

Andrew Behan and kindly researched this entry for us:
Born 2 Paradise Place, Hackney, the son of Frederick and Mary Barff née Harris. His father was a surgeon. In June 1841 the family were living at Portland Place Hackney. He gained his M.A. at Pembroke College, Oxford and in 1858 he was the vicar of North Moreton church, Berkshire where he formed the Moreton Cricket Club. He remained in North Moreton for many years but on the April 1881 census he is shown as the headmaster of St Pauls Choir School at 28-36 Carter Lane which educated boys aged between 8 and 14 years and trained them as choristers for St Paul's Cathedral. In April 1891 he was the vicar of St Giles, Cripplegate and was living in the vicarage in Well Street. He died, a bachelor, at the West London Hospital, Hammersmith. His estate amounted to £3,840 6s.11d.

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Albert Barff

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St Paul’s Choir school

The feast of the conversion of St Paul is on 25th January which gives the ere...

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Blewcoat School

Blewcoat School

The school was founded 1688. This building was constructed in 1709 and was used by the school until 1926. Purchased by the National Trust in 1954 who use it as a gift shop and information centre.

Building, Education

1 memorial
Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth I granted the charter in 1573.  Set up in the Barnet Tudor Hall the school did not relocate until 1932 when it moved the short distance to Queen's Road.

Group, Education

2 memorials
Charity School - Hatton Garden

Charity School - Hatton Garden

Possibly designed by Wren.  Built by Lord Hatton following the loss of St Andrews church Holborn in the Great Fire.  In 1721 converted to house St Andrew's Parochial School.  It was given two entra...

Building, Children, Education

3 memorials
John Hayes

John Hayes

J. F. R. Hayes, one of the Governors of John Lyon School in 2007 and Chairman of the Governors in 2013.

Person, Education, Politics & Administration

1 memorial