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Wellington College is a British co-educational boarding and day independent school in the village of Crowthorne, Berkshire. Wellington is a registered charity (#309093)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Wellington College )〕 and currently has about 1,050 pupils aged between 13 and 18.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Wellington's History )〕 It was built as a national monument to the first Duke of Wellington (1769–1852), after whom the College is named.〔Roberts, Andrew (17 February 2011). ("The Duke of Wellington: Soldiering to Glory" ). BBC History. Retrieved 5 January 2014.〕 Her Majesty Queen Victoria laid the foundation stone in 1856 and inaugurated the School's public opening on 29 January 1859. Many former Wellington pupils fought in the trenches straight after leaving school during the First World War, volunteering for military action, a conflict in which 725 of them lost their lives.〔("Wellington College pupils lie down in tribute to WWI fallen" ). ''BBC News''. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2014.〕 A further 501 former pupils were killed in action in the Second World War.〔Webb, sam (9 November 2012). ("The glorious dead: Students re-enact horror of Somme in tribute to former pupils killed in the trenches of the First World War" ). ''Daily Mail'' (London). Retrieved 6 January 2014.〕 The school is a member of the Rugby Group, which includes Harrow School and Charterhouse School, and is also a member of the G20 Schools group. The ''Good Schools Guide'' calls the school "a serious player in the field of education".〔(The Good Schools Guide. )〕 ==History== Wellington College was granted its royal charter in 1853 as the ''Royal and Religious Foundation of The Wellington College'', and was opened in 1859. Its first Master〔The headmaster is known as "the Master"〕 was Edward White Benson, later Archbishop of Canterbury. The college's Visitor is HM The Queen.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Visit by Her Majesty the Queen )〕 Originally, the school supported children of deceased officers who had held commissions in the Army. In 1952 a Supplementary Royal Charter extended the privilege of eligibility to the orphan children of deceased officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force. A recent change early in 2006 extended the privilege to the orphan children of deceased servicemen or servicewomen of Her Majesty's Armed Forces irrespective of rank, and to the orphan children of persons who, in the sole opinion of Governors, died in acts of selfless bravery. However, only a minority of the children at the school come from military families. By the 1950s and 1960s, the school was considering becoming co-educational, but the lack of financial resources prevented it from doing so. The first girls were admitted into the Sixth Form in the 1970s and the school became fully co-educational in 2005. On 6 September 2013, readers of the ''The Week'' magazine voted Wellington College "The Most Forward-Thinking School in the UK", and four days later, ''Tatler'' magazine chose Wellington College as the "Best Senior School in Britain", at its Schools Awards evening in London.〔(Two Awards in One Week - Wellington College ). ISBI Schools. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wellington College, Berkshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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