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b.30 Dec 1914
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15 Mar 1895-29 Sep 1976
Hon. Bruce Arthur Ashley Ogilvy was born on 15 March 1895. He was the son of Lt.-Col. David Stanley William Ogilvy, 6th Earl of Airlie and Lady Mabell Frances Elizabeth Gore.
Hon. Bruce Arthur Ashley Ogilvy was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, England. He was educated at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Berkshire, England. He gained the rank of Captain, Reserve of Officers in the service of the 12th Royal Lancers, Life Guards and Irish Guards. He was decorated with the award of Military Cross (M.C.) in 1919. He held the office of Equerry to HRH The Prince of Wales between 1921 and 1930. He was invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1922 5th class. He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of Angus between 1936 and 1951.
Visited the Regent Street Polytechnic with HRH The Prince of Wales [Edward VIII] on 12 December 1922. Both the HRH and Ogilvy signed PBC/5/4.
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Miss Jane Jeanette Emmanuel was a founding member of the Polytechnic having attended Mrs Quintin Hogg's classes in the 1880s.
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Stacey was appointed to be chief instructor at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Hairdressing in 1939, having previously been in charge of the hairdressing department at Harrods. Leslie Henry was a pupil at the School from 1938-41. He later became head of hairdressing at Brighton Technical College.
Hairdressing was one of four trade and technical schools at the Polytechnic which were amalgamated in 1929 to become the Craft Schools. They provided general education and specialist trade instruction for boys from 14-17. The Schools also had large evening departments. There were usually about 350 day boys, and in September 1939 about half that number were evacuated to the village of Winscombe in Somerset. A garage was converted into a ladies hairdressing saloon. In 1942, Hairdressing was one of two Schools allowed to make an early return to London. Changes after the War, including the implementation of the 1944 Education Act, meant that the Craft Schools were unable to continue as before, and in 1952 the London County Council moved the Senior School of Hairdressing to Barrett Street Technical College (one of the predecessor bodies of London College of Fashion).
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Ben Knifton attended the Quintin School/Regent Street Polytechnic Secondary School in the early 1920s. These exam papers were gifted by his son, John Knifton, who attended the School in the 1950s.
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fl.1892
City Guilds Silver Medalist Polytechnic Photographic classes, 1892Joined teaching staff of the Photographic Department in 1893
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d.1958
Vice president of the Harriers
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11 May 1890-5 Dec 1958
Willie Applegarth made his debut in the AAA Championships in 1910 when, as a 20-year-old Post Office worker representing Polytechnic Harriers, he finished third in the 100 yards. Two years later he won the 200 yards and finished second in the 100 yards, and these performances won him a place in the 1912 Olympic team in both the individual sprints and the relay. Applegarth was eliminated in the semi-finals for the 100 metres in Stockholm, but after some great running the early stages of the 200 metres final he held on the take the bronze medal; then as lead-off man, he put Britain on their way to the gold medals in the relay. He maintained his brilliant form in post-Olympic meetings, setting a world best of 19.8 seconds for 200 yards and equaling the world 100 metres records of 10.6 seconds. He also claimed a new British record of 21.8 seconds for 200 yards and equaled the British 100 yards record of 9.8 seconds. In 1913 he twice equaled his British 100 yards record and set a world best of 14.6 seconds for 150 yards, but the highlight of the season came at the AAA Championships where he had become the first home athlete to take the sprint double. His winning time of 21.6 seconds in the 200 yards was yet another British record. 1914 was Applegarth’s last season as an amateur, and after equaling his own British records in both the 100 yards and 200 yards he won his second AAA double, with the finest performance of his career coming in the 200 yards as he set a world record of 21.2, which was to remain unbeaten for 18 years.
In November 1914, Applegarth turned profession and twice beat the Australian Jack Donaldson, the reigning “world champion.” He continued to run as a “pro” after the war but in 1922 he immigrated to America, where he took up an appointment as a soccer and track coach at Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania. During his early days in the US he played for Brooklyn in the American Soccer League and took part in a few exhibition races. On one notable occasion, at Fordham University, he beat Robert McAllister who was one of the leading American sprinters of the time. Willie Applegarth’s coaching appointment at Mercersburg was relatively short-lived and in 1925 he joined the General Electric Company as a welder. He remained with the company for 30 years until his retirement in 1955.
Served in the Royal Army Service Corps during WW1.