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Royal Naval School Act 1845
4. This Act carried into effect an arrangement between the School and
Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund 1 whereby the Fund paid for the right to nominate 12
boys to be educated at the School.
Royal Naval School Amendment Act 1851
5. This Act widened the categories of children eligible for admission to the
School, and authorised the establishment of a chapel on land adjoining the
School.
Royal Naval School Act 1860
6. This Act carried into effect a further arrangement between the School
and a fund known as the Patriotic Fund 2 whereby that Fund paid for the right
to nominate 7 boys to be educated at the School.
Royal Naval School (New Cross) Disused Chapel Site Act 1890
7. This Act authorised the de-consecration and demolition of the former
School chapel. This followed the move of the School from New Cross to
Eltham in south-east London.
Subsequent history
8. In 1843, the School moved from its original site in Camberwell to New
Cross, near Deptford. It moved to Fairy Hall at Mottingham, Eltham, in 1889,
where it remained until its closure at the end of the summer term in 1910.
Extent
9. These Acts are limited in their extent to the Royal Naval School and
have no application outside England and Wales.
1 Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund was established as a charity in 1803. This body, which still exists, is not
connected with the Patriotic Fund referred to below in the context of the Royal Naval School Act 1860.
2 The Patriotic Fund (established in 1854 as a result of the Crimean War) later became known as the
Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation: Patriotic Fund Reorganisation Act 1903, s 1(1). It was dissolved by
the Royal Patriotic Fund Corporation (Transfer of Property, Rights and Liabilities) Order 2005 (SI
2005/3308) with effect from 1 January 2006 whereupon its assets, rights and liabilities were transferred
to the RPFC, a charity established for the benefit of the persons falling within s 6(1)(a) and (b) of the
Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004.
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