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THE DIXIE GRAMMAR SCHOOL

ASSOCIATION

Founded 1984

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JOHNSON

EVANS

DIXIE

COPE

It will be obvious to everyone that the House of Dixie takes its name from the family of the School’s founder, Sir Wolstan Dixie, the Lord Mayor of London in 1585. But who was the man, or woman behind the naming of ‘Cope’? Who was ‘Evans’? Was Johnson house really named after the lexicographer Dr. Samuel Johnson and if so, why?

The research into trying to understand the reasons behind the naming of each House has led to the discovery of many interesting stories of local, national and even international importance.

It is a certainty that every former pupil will have used an envelope at some time without realising its connection,however tenuous, to their old School.

Few will be aware of the scandal caused by the divorce of Charlotte Cole-Hamilton, later to become Lady Charlotte Cope.

THE FAMILIES BEHIND THE NAMES.

Worn by both the boys and girls they were loved or hated in equal measure.

Click on “your” tie to discover facts about the family whose name the House bears.

OUR
‘OLD SCHOOL TIES’.

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Don’t know, can’t remember, not telling!

Even today rivalry exists!. Which House has the most
representatives at the Annual Reunion?
Here are the 2017 results.

We can find no trace of when this system of House naming was
started or by whom. Our oldest members started at the School
in the 1930s and the system was in use by then. It is not known
why Red and Yellow are used for Johnson and Evans, but is thought
that the Dark Blue and Light Blue used represent the colours of

Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

THE HOUSE NAMES OF
THE DIXIE GRAMMAR
SCHOOL.

This forty page book is
available for you to study
when you attend one of our
Reunions. Just ask!