Built 1862
Marazion 17th March 2009
Sir Christopher Cole's Arms.
Note the Cole Arms on the left; (the right would be the arms of the families of the wives).
Note the castle and the diagonal strap, also the crown.
Sir Christopher Cole's School
Sir Christopher Cole's School; Founded 1862;
in honour of Captain Sir Christopher Cole 1770-1837, friend of Sir Edward Pellew (Viscount Exmouth).
Christopher Cole was born 10th June 1770 at Marazion, (the youngest son of Humphry Cole);
he died 24th August 1836 at Killoy, Cardiff, after an exemplary career; KCB,
his elder brother was Francis Thomas Cole b 1760 d 1798, buried St Hilary; also a RN captain.
They had brothers in the Church, Rev John Cole and Rev Samuel Cole.
A School built for 113 boys. A National School, although built on land of The Church.
The School was managed by the incumbent, curate, chapelwarden and six others.
'a school for the education of children and adults or children
only of the labouring manufacturing and other poorer classes in Marazion and the neighbourhood'.
On the 4th April 1921 the school was absorbed into the Marazion Council School (originally 1878 Marazion Board School)
which all closed 1988 as Marazion County Primary School.
The building has an appearance of having been partly re-built in c1895, when extensions were added.
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Now two dwellings Chy an Scol and Old Schoolhouse.
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The Arms
These Arms are those of Sir Christopher Cole, KCB,
with those of his wife Mary Lucy, daughter of Henry Stephen (Fox-Strangways), 3rd Earl of Ilchester,
whom he married as her second husband on 28 April 1815.
The Arms on the sinister thus represent the wife’s family, consisting of Fox,
the design with the chevron and fox’s heads, and a canton, Strangways, and one other coat.
Royal Licence was granted to Samuel Cole, clerk, D.D.,
brother of the late Sir Christopher Cole, KCB.
This permitted him to bear the augmentations to his Arms granted to Sir Christopher.
Following a grant to Samuel of the basic Cole Arms on 19 October 1836,
an exemplification of his augmented Arms was granted on 5 November 1836 [Coll Arm Ms Grants 41/389, 341].
[Any further research and information will attract a Fee, so I leave it there]
Raymond Forward
