Hamilton Academy

Hamilton Academy
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Location
Map
Hamilton
,
Lanarkshire

Scotland
Information
TypeFee-paying senior and junior day and boarding; latterly a Scottish senior selective day school, pupil intake from across the County of Lanark
MottoSola Nobilitat Virtus
Latin: 'Virtue alone ennobles'
Established1588; 436 years ago (1588)
FounderThe 1st Marquess of Hamilton, head of the Ducal House of Hamilton
Closedceased as an independent institution 1972
Rectorlast Rector, Alfred W. S. Dubber
Genderfrom late 19th. century – co-educational
Ageprep school 5–12 (closed 1952) to senior school 12–18 (last intake 1971)
Enrolmentlast student roll (1971–72 session) – 1025
HousesCadzow, Calder, Clutha and Kilbryde (Avon, Brandon, Clyde and Douglas in last two school sessions only)
Colour(s)blue   & green  
PublicationActa – 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.

  1. ^ [1] County Biographies – Lanarkshire, page 162 – Hamilton Academy. Cambridge University Press 1910, retrieved 2010-10-4
  2. ^ "Hamilton Academy". Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine. Famous Scottish Schools. February 1950.