martinwilliamson, Author at Old Cranleighan Society

The father of the Old Cranleighans

martinwilliamson | January 6, 2013 | Features

Henry Casswell is an almost forgotten figure in Cranleigh history – in Alan Megahey’s History of Cranleigh School he warranted one passing mention – and yet aside from Joseph Merriman, the first headmaster, no single figure made more impact on the early life of Cranleigh and the Old Cranleighans. Casswell was born in Lincolnshire into an established […]

Lamont becomes first Blue for 60 years

martinwilliamson | December 25, 2012 | News, Z Front Page

Congratulations to Henry Lamont (East, 2012) on winning his Blue for Oxford University in the Varsity match at Twickenham on December 6. At the time of the game he was aged 18 years 7 months and was the only undergraduate in the side. In the game itself Oxford produced a dramatic second-half comeback to complete […]