St. George's College, Agra

St. George's College, Agra, is one of the oldest convent school in India. It is a Minority Anglo-Indian Christian Institution granted Minority Rights under Article 30 of the Indian Constitution. It is located near Mall Road and near to Targhar. The campus is approximately 40 acres (160,000 m2).The students are widely named as Georgians in the city. The school is accredited under the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education board for grade 10th and under the Indian School Certificate board for Grade 12. The school was established in 1875 as an Army School for British Armed Forces at Agra. With the passing by of time it started admitting students from civilian background as well.

St. George's College
Location
3 Garden Road, Baluganj, Agra,
Uttar Pradesh

India
Coordinates27°09′57″N 78°00′57″E
Information
TypeChristian Minority Institution
MottoPress Onwards
Founded1875
School boardISC (Class XII),
ICSE (Class X)
AuthorityDiocese of Agra, Church of North India (CNI)
Staff100+
Number of students3500+
Campus size40 acres (160,000 m2) approx.
Campus typeUrban
HousesSaunders(Red)
Westcott(Blue)
Robinson (Green)
Clifford (Yellow)
Websitestgeorgesagra.org

The college originates in a school set up by Irish priest Joseph Rooney in the late 1840s.[1]

Headmasters and principals

Headmasters
  • Edward W. Maylor (1875 - 1882)
  • G. H. Johnson (1888 - 1894)
  • Rev. L. F. Philips (1895 - 1910)
  • S.T. Rollo (1895 - 1910)
  • Rev. Ben Colton (1911 - 1912)
  • Rev. F. H. Smith (1913 - 1915)
  • Norman H. Tubby (1916 - 1919)
  • Rev. N. Rose Burnett (1920 - 1923)
  • H. A. Phillips (1924 - 1926)

Principals
  • T. D. Ayo (1926 - 1933)
  • Capt. M. C. Ellis (1933 - 1934)
  • E. C. Ellis (1943 – 1946)
  • Maj. M. C. Ellis (1946 – 1947)
  • I. Montes (1947 – 1948)
  • Richard Stephen Law (1949 - 1970)
  • B. Roberts (1970 - 1972)
  • A. R. David (1973 - 1979)
  • I. V. Phillips (1980 - 1992)
  • J. S. Jeremiah (1992-)

References
  1. Brady, William (1887). "Some Catholic Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny, 1857, pt. II". The Irish Ecclesiastical Record. pp. 603–18.
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