A History of Giving
1807
Mill Hill Grammar School is founded by non-conformist merchants, seeking to give their children and all other non-conformist's children access to an education that is currently being denied to them.
Photo: Old Ridgeway House, based off the original painting by MHS Art Master Renton
1808
Creation of The Society of Subscribers & Friends, the first official group of supporters of Mill Hill School.
Photo: Exert from the original meeting minutes
1896
Sir John McClure and the Old Millhillians raise money to construct the Chapel. Lord Winterstoke funds the bulk of the costs, for which he is given the privilege of laying its foundation stone, The Chapel is colloquially known as the Wills Chapel for almost a century.
Photo: The Chapel, 1896
1910
Old Millhillian, Lord Winterstoke purchases and then donates 27 acres of Park Lands to Mill Hill School, including what is now Wills Grove, Park and Long Fields.
Photo: Portrait of Lord Winterstoke
1912
Old MillhillIan and Master Arthur James Rooker-Roberts purchase Belmont House further along The Ridgeway, to enable Mill Hill to create a Junior Boarding House.
Photo: Belmont House
1920
Old Millhillian War Memorial Appeal and Scholarship Fund 1920. Created with the objective of providing funding for the children of fallen Old Millhillians to attend Mill Hill.
Photo: Opening of the Gate of Honour, October 1920
1922-1924
McClure Scholarship was founded. A total of approximately £4,000, the equivalent to £284,000 today, was raised in honour of the late headmaster.
Photo: Portrait of the McClure family, 1895
1924
The new Science Block, funded by Old Millhillians opens. It is dedicated to the fallen alumni from World War 1. The building is now referred to as The Crick Building.
Photo: Opening of the Science block, now the Crick Building
1935
Old Milhillian, Herbert Marnham leaves a legacy to provide the school with several scholarships.
Photo: Portrait of Herbert Marnham
1939-1945
Yorkshire Bursary Group. Yorkshire Old Millhillians, led by Dick Auty donated pupils’ bursaries during the WW2 evacuation. By 1945, there were 21 boys on bursaries from the Yorkshire Bursary Group.
Photo: Dick Auty and Mill HIll pupils, Yorkshire
1945
A Restoration and Memorial Fund was launched to provide funding for children of fallen Old Millhillians.
1945 -1965
The Middlesex Scholarship Scheme is founded; across several decades, the Middlesex County Council funded for over 600 pupils to attend Mill Hill.
Photo: Pupils in a Science classroom, 1957
1958
The 150th Appeal is launched to raised £75,000, the equivalent to £2.2 million today, to create more bursaries and scholarships, and fund maintenance of the Chapel organ, Pool, Cricket fields and Science Library.
Photo: Aerial view of Mill Hill School c, 1950s
1977
Old Millhillian, David Blackman-Smith leaves a legacy to support a Mill Hill site at Dent. The cottage was used for over 30 years to host pupils on geography field excursions and activity trips.
Photo: View of the High Street, Dent, Cornwall
1995
Old Millhillian, Richard Grimsdell leaves a legacy that is used to convert Winterstoke House into a Pre-Prep school, Grimsdell.
Photo: Winterstoke Boarding House, now Grimsdell Pre Prep School
1999
Old Millhillian, Lord Glendonbrook funds the addition of two new music classrooms, built at the back of the Music School.
Photo: One of the two Music classrooms
2008
The 1807 Society is founded for our Legacy donors.
Photo: The 1807 Society Spring lunch, 2023
2019
Belmont Gym is rebuilt with over £1 million of donations kindly gifted by Old Millhillians and Parents.
Photo: Belmont School gymnasium
