Crewkerne Grammar School

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. Greenwich Hospital from the Thames. Not a school exterior and not a portrait.

Overview

The schooling is already on Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. Hardy attended Crewkerne Grammar School c. 1782–85 while his name was nominally carried on HMS Seaford and HMS Carnatic.¹

The Schooling

This note covers that schooling only. Those ships’ rates, a founding year, and a curriculum stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

He had already entered the Navy as captain’s servant aboard the brig HMS Helena in November 1781, aged twelve. Same Hardy note.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• @beatty1807nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory

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Footnotes

1. Attended Crewkerne Grammar School c. 1782–85; name nominally carried on HMS Seaford and HMS Carnatic: Hardy Thomas Masterman — Captain HMS Victory. ↩

2. Entered as captain’s servant aboard HMS Helena, November 1781, aged twelve: same note. Do not invent Seaford or Carnatic rates, a founding year, or a curriculum. ↩