The foundation of the Hospital and Free school of King Charles II., Oxmantown Dublin - commonly called the Blue coat school - with notices of some of its governors, and of contemporary events in (14780086704)

Charles II
Identifier: foundationofhosp00falk (find matches)
Title: The foundation of the Hospital and Free school of King Charles II., Oxmantown Dublin : commonly called the Blue coat school : with notices of some of its governors, and of contemporary events in Dublin from the foundation, 1668 to 1840, when its government by the city ceased
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Falkiner, Frederick Richard, Sir, 1831-1908
Subjects: Hospital and Free School of King Charles II (Dublin, Dublin) Poor -- education Ireland Dublin Dublin (Ireland) -- History
Publisher: Dublin : Sealy, Bryers and Walker
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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as lighted two hundred and thirty-seven years ago has been handed on and down through allthe generations. May we trust that the principles of truthand justice, religion and piety, on which our royal charterwas originally founded, are quickening to-day the life of thisSchool, to make it fragrant with the spirit of Christiancharity, and so may we conclude with the fervent hope that,as in the coming time the successive tides of boyhood goforth each year from its walls to the world, its best traditionsmay be living powers to animate and sweeten their lives andthe lives of those that may gather around them. Et natinatorum et qui nascuntur ah illis. Our Chairmen and Lord Mayors in William IV., and to1840 were: 1830-31 Sir R. W. Harty, Bart. 1831-32 Sir Thos. Whelan 1832-33 Charles F. Archer 1833-34 Sir George Whiteford 1834-35 Arthur Perrin 1835-36 Arthur Morrison 1836-37 William Hodges 1837-38 Samuel Warren 1838-39 George Hoyte 1839-40 Sir R. W. Brady 1840-41 Sir John Kingston James, Bart.
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■/ Pjo LIo face pase ■JIC-! ( 2Q3 ) APPENDIX A. THE ROYAL CHARTER, Etc. Charles the Second, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland,France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. To allto whom these Presents shah come Greeting. Whereas theMayor, Sheriffs, Commons and Citizens of our City of Dublin,in our Kingdom of Ireland, have humbly petitioned Us. therebysetting forth. That several of our Subjects in that our City andKingdom, beings charitably affected towards such as throughAge, Sickness, or other AccidentSj^^are reduced to Poverty,or disabled to gain their Liviiig by their own Labour ; and piouslyconsidering also the great Benefit cf the good Education andInstruction of Youth ; have proposed the Erection, building^andestablishing of an Hospital and Free Schocl, within the Libertiesof our City of Dublin, and have shewed great Willingness tocontribute to so good a Work, which they hope to accomplish,in Case they may, by our Royal Authority, be enabled andcapacitated