Eton College
Eton College is a English public school near Windsor Castle, Berkshire. It is famous for its alumni and the archaic traditions it revels in. It has around 1,300 pupils aged 13 to 18 who enjoy some outstanding facilities at a cost of over £5000 a half (term). Like most of the prestigious public schools the exam results of it's pupils are very good.
The schools traditions include it's uniform of black tailcoat and waistcoat, and pin-striped trousers, the uniform was first worn as mourning for the death of George III, although in the late 1960s the Eton suit was abolished. Other idiosyncracies include the Eton Field Game, the Eton Wall Game, the lack of a prefect system and the remnants of a perculiar slang.
The school is popular with the Royal Family and has produced nineteen Prime Ministers, also there are more old Etonians in the SAS than any other Army regiment. Other former students include Hugh Dalton, Guy Burgess, George Orwell, Henry Fielding, Ian Fleming, Stewart Headlam, Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Arnold Ward, Herbrand Sackville, and John Strachey.
The King's College of our Lady of Eton was founded in 1440 by Henry VI as a charity school to provide free education to a small number of poor students who would then go on to King’s College, Cambridge. It became popular in the 17th century.