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Arthur Neville Chamberlain , ( 18 March 1869  9 November 1940 ) was a ___MASK24___ Conservative ___MASK57___ who served as Prime Minister of the ___MASK62___ from May 1937 to May 1940 . Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy , and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938 , conceding the German - speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany . However , when Adolf Hitler later invaded ___MASK76___ , the UK declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939 , and Chamberlain led Britain through the first eight months of World War II . South West ___MASK39___ is one of nine official regions of ___MASK39___ . It is the largest in area , covering and the counties of Gloucestershire , Bristol , Wiltshire , Somerset , Dorset , Devon and Cornwall , as well as the Isles of Scilly . Five million people live in South West ___MASK39___ . Clifton College is a co - educational independent school in the suburb of Clifton in the port city of Bristol in South West ___MASK39___ , founded in 1862 . In its early years it was notable ( compared with most Public Schools of the time ) for emphasising science rather than classics in the curriculum , and for being less concerned with social elitism , e . g . by admitting day - boys on equal terms and providing a dedicated boarding house for Jewish boys . Having linked its General Studies classes with Badminton School since 1972 , it admitted girls to the Sixth Form in 1987 and is now fully coeducational . The dedicated Jewish boarding house closed in 2005 . Fleetwood is a town and civil parish within the Wyre district of Lancashire , ___MASK39___ , lying at the northwest corner of the Fylde . It had a population of 25 , 939 people at the 2011 census . The site of the town has been continuously inhabited since the Middle Ages . Fleetwood acquired its modern character in the 1830s , when the principal landowner Peter Hesketh - Fleetwood , High Sheriff and MP , conceived an ambitious plan to re - develop the town to make it a busy seaport and railway spur . He commissioned the distinguished Victorian architect Decimus Burton to design a number of substantial civic buildings , including two lighthouses . Hesketh - Fleetwood ' s transport terminus schemes failed to materialise . The town expanded greatly in the first half of the 20th century with the growth of the UK fishing industry , and passenger ferries to the Isle of Man to become a deep - sea fishing port . Bristol is a city , unitary authority area and county in South West ___MASK39___ with an estimated population of 449 , 300 in 2016 . It is ___MASK39___ ' s sixth and the ___MASK62___ ' s eighth most populous city , and the most populous city in Southern ___MASK39___ after London . The city borders the Unitary Authority areas of North Somerset and South Gloucestershire , with the historic cities of Bath and Gloucester to the south - east and north - east , respectively . Badminton School is an independent , boarding and day school for girls aged 3 to 18 years situated in Westbury - on - Trym , Bristol , ___MASK39___ . Named after Badminton House in Clifton where it was founded , the school has been located at its current site since 1924 and consistently performs well in the government ' s league tables , particularly at A Level . In 2008 the school was ranked third in the Financial Times top 1 , 000 schools . Marlborough College is an independent boarding and day school in Marlborough , Wiltshire , ___MASK39___ . Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church of ___MASK39___ clergy , it is now co - educational . For the academic year 2015 / 16 , Marlborough charges £ 9 , 610 per term for day pupils , making it the most expensive HMC day school in the UK . Fees for full boarders are up to £ 11 , 310 per term  the 28th most expensive HMC boarding school . The Church of ___MASK39___ ( C of E ) is the Anglican Christian state church of ___MASK39___ . Headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury ( currently Justin Welby ) and primarily governed from ___MASK54___ with the monarch as the supreme governor , the Church of ___MASK39___ is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion . The church dates its formal establishment as a national church to the 6th - century Gregorian mission in Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury , with considerable features introduced and established during and following the English Reformation in the 16th century . Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa , is a regency spa town and borough which is located on the edge of the Cotswolds , an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Gloucestershire , ___MASK39___ . With a motto of " Salubritas et Eruditio " meaning ' health and education ', Cheltenham has been a health and holiday spa town resort since the discovery of mineral springs in 1716 and has a high number of internationally renowned and historic schools . Oxford is a city in the South East region of ___MASK39___ and the county town of Oxfordshire . With a population of 159 , 994 it is the 52nd largest city in the ___MASK62___ , and one of the fastest growing and most ethnically diverse . The city is situated from London , from Bristol , from both Southampton and Birmingham and from Reading . The Public Schools Act 1868 was enacted by the ___MASK24___ Parliament to reform and regulate seven of the leading English boys ' schools of the time , most of which had grown out of ancient charity schools for the education of a certain number of poor scholars , but were then , as they do today , also educating many sons of the English upper and upper - middle classes on a fee - paying basis . Joseph Chamberlain ( 8 July 1836  2 July 1914 ) was a ___MASK24___ ___MASK57___ and statesman , who was first a radical Liberal then , after opposing Home Rule for Ireland , a Liberal Unionist , eventually serving as a leading imperialist in coalition with the Conservatives . He split both major ___MASK24___ parties in the course of his career . Rossall School is a ___MASK24___ , fee paying co - educational , independent school , between Cleveleys and Fleetwood , Lancashire . Rossall was founded in 1844 by St . Vincent Beechey as a sister school to Marlborough College which had been founded the previous year . Its establishment was " to provide , at a moderate cost , for the sons of Clergymen and others , a classical , mathematical and general education of the highest class , and to do all things necessary , incidental , or conducive to the attainment of the above objects ." Along with Cheltenham , Lancing and Marlborough , Rossall was part of a flurry of expansion in education during the early Victorian period . These schools were later complemented by others such as Clifton , Wellington , Malvern and Radley . Lancashire (; archaically the County Palatine of Lancaster ; abbreviated Lancs .) is a non - metropolitan ceremonial county in north west ___MASK39___ . The county town is Lancaster although the county ' s administrative centre is Preston . The county has a population of 1 , 449 , 300 and an area of . People from Lancashire are known as Lancastrians . Cheltenham College is a co - educational independent school , located in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , ___MASK39___ . One of the public schools of the Victorian period , it was opened in July 1841 . A Church of ___MASK39___ foundation , it is known for its classical , military and sporting traditions , and currently has 610 pupils . St John ' s College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford . It was founded in 1555 by the merchant Sir Thomas White , intended to provide a source of educated Roman Catholic clerics to support the Counter - Reformation under Queen Mary . St John ' s is the wealthiest college in Oxford , with a financial endowment of £ 442 . 2 million as of 2015 , largely due to nineteenth century suburban development of land in the city of Oxford of which it is the ground landlord . Warwickshire ( or ) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of ___MASK39___ . The county town is Warwick , although the largest town is Nuneaton . The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare . Commonly used abbreviations for the county are Warks or Warwicks . Marlborough ( or ) is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire on the Old Bath Road , the old main road from ___MASK54___ to Bath . It boasts the second widest high street in Britain , after Stockton - on - Tees . The town is on the River Kennet . Herbert Armitage James , CH ( 3 August 1844 -- 15 November 1931 ) was a Welsh cleric and headmaster of three leading public schools , who ended his `` remarkable scholastic career '' , as it was later described by Austen Chamberlain , by becoming President of St John ' s College , Oxford . After an Oxford education and early teaching career at Marlborough College , he was headmaster of Rossall School from 1875 to 1886 . It was said that he raised the school `` to a pitch of all - round excellence which it had not known before '' . After suffering from health problems at Rossall , he served as Dean of St Asaph from 1886 to 1889 . He returned to teaching in 1889 , becoming headmaster of Cheltenham College and remaining in this post until 1895 , despite being offered the position of headmaster of Clifton College . He then became headmaster of Rugby School and served there to great acclaim . His Rugby School nickname of `` The Bodger '' is still in use at the school . He left Rugby School in 1909 to become President of St John ' s College , Oxford , a position he held until his death 22 years later . He was a highly respected teacher and preacher , being described as one of the best preachers of his day . He was widely praised for his work at Rossall , Cheltenham , Rugby and St John ' s . He was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by King George V in 1926 . At a dinner in his honour held to mark this award , attended by over 200 friends and former students , he was described by Austen Chamberlain ( the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs ) as `` one of the greatest and most forceful characters who had ever devoted himself to education '' . The Lord Chancellor , Viscount Cave , also spoke at the dinner to praise James ' s directness in his opinions and decisions , his weighty judgment , his high character and his kindly nature . Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain KG ( 16 October 1863  17 March 1937 ) was a ___MASK24___ statesman , son of Joseph Chamberlain and half - brother of Neville Chamberlain . Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity . This covers the ancient Mediterranean world , particularly ancient ___MASK19___ and Rome . It encompasses the study of ancient languages , literature , philosophy , history , and archaeology . Traditionally in the West , the study of the Greek and Roman classics was considered one of the cornerstones of the humanities and a necessary part of a rounded education . Since the 20th century , however , Classics is no longer a part of a typical elite education . St . Vincent Beechey ( 7 August 1806  19 August 1899 ) was a nineteenth - century vicar of Fleetwood and Thornton - Cleveleys , Lancashire and later of Worsley , Lancashire . He is known for founding Rossall School in Fleetwood , Lancashire in 1844 and was also President of the Manchester Photographic Society . At the time of his death it was believed that Beechey was the oldest clergyman in ___MASK39___ , being 93 years old . The University of Oxford ( informally Oxford University or simply Oxford ) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford , ___MASK39___ , ___MASK62___ . While having no known date of foundation , there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096 , making it the oldest university in the English - speaking world and the world ' s second - oldest university in continuous operation . It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris . After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209 , some academics fled northeast to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge . The two " ancient universities " are frequently jointly referred to as " Oxbridge ". Rugby School is a day and boarding public school ( private and co - educational ) in Rugby , Warwickshire , ___MASK39___ . It is one of the oldest private schools in Britain . In many ways the stereotype of the English public school is a reworking of Thomas Arnold ' s Rugby . It is one of the original seven English public schools defined by the Public Schools Act 1868 . Rugby School enrols boarding and day students , with a total student enrolment of 800 in day student grades 4 to 12 . For the academic year 2015 / 16 , Rugby charges boarders up to £ 10 , 995 per term , making it the 39th most expensive HMC boarding school .