| Hamilton Academy | |
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| Location | |
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Hamilton , Lanarkshire Scotland | |
| Information | |
| Type | Fee-paying senior and junior day and boarding; latterly a Scottish senior selective day school, pupil intake from across the County of Lanark |
| Motto | Sola Nobilitat Virtus Latin: 'Virtue alone ennobles' |
| Established | 1588 |
| Founder | The 1st Marquess of Hamilton, head of the Ducal House of Hamilton |
| Closed | ceased as an independent institution 1972 |
| Rector | last Rector, Alfred W. S. Dubber |
| Gender | from late 19th. century – co-educational |
| Age | prep school 5–12 (closed 1952) to senior school 12–18 (last intake 1971) |
| Enrolment | last student roll (1971–72 session) – 1025 |
| Houses | Cadzow, Calder, Clutha and Kilbryde (Avon, Brandon, Clyde and Douglas in last two school sessions only) |
| Colour(s) | blue & green |
| Publication | Acta – school in-house periodical & the Hamilton Academy (annual school) Magazine (up to last session, 1971–72) |
| School song | "Vivat Academia!" |
Hamilton Academy was a school in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.
The school was described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910,[1] and was featured in a 1950 Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association magazine article series on Famous Scottish Schools.[2]
Having joined the state sector, the school closed in 1972, as a result of the coming of comprehensive schools in Lanarkshire. It was replaced by the new Hamilton Grammar School, which took over its site and most of its pupils and staff.