CMS Grammar School, Lagos

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Foundation

The seed funding for CMS Grammar School, Lagos was made possible by James Pinson Labulo Davies who in April 1859 provided Babington Macaulay with £50 (equivalent of ₦1.34 million as of 2014) to buy books and equipment for the school. With the seed funding Macaulay opened CMS Grammar School on June 6, 1859.[2] In 1867, Davies contributed another £100 (₦2.68 million as of 2014) toward a CMS Grammar School Building Fund.[3] Other contributors to the CMS Building Fund were non Saros such as Daniel Conrad Taiwo AKA Taiwo Olowo who contributed £50. Saro contributors also included men such as Moses Johnson, I.H. Willoughby, T.F. Cole, James George, and Charles Foresythe who contributed £40.[4] The CMS Grammar School in Freetown, founded in 1848, served as a model.

The school began with six students, all boarders in a small, single story building called the 'Cotton House' at Broad Street. The first pupils were destined to be clergymen.[1] The curriculum included English, Logic, Greek, Arithmetic, Geometry, Geography, History, Bible Knowledge and Latin.[5] The first principal of the school was the scholar and theologian Babington Macaulay, who served until his death in 1878.[6] He was the father of Herbert Macaulay.[7] When the British colony of Lagos was established in 1861, the colonial authorities obtained most of their African clerical and administrative staff from the school.[1]

Principals

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  • Babington Macaulay, 1859–1878.
  • Henry Johnson, 1879 - 1881 (acting).
  • Isaac Oluwole, 1881–1893.
  • James Johnson, 1893-1894 (acting).
  • E. A. Godson, 1894-1895.
  • Melville Jones 1895–1896 (acting)
  • Joseph Suberu Fanimokun, 1896-1914.
  • E. J. Evans, 1915-1927.
  • A. Hobson, 1927-1929.
  • F. Watherton 1929–1932.
  • J. Olumide Lucas, 1932-1935 (acting).
  • C. G. Thorne, 1935-1936.
  • Solomon Odunaiya Odutola, 1936-1938. (acting)
  • Leonard John Lewis, 1938-1943.
  • Seth Irunsewe Kale, 1944–1950.
  • B. A. Adelaja, 1950–1970.
  • T. A. Ojo, 1970-1972, (acting).
  • I. A. Olowu 1972-1984.
  • B. A. Nigwo, 1984-1986.
  • J. B. A. Edema, 1986-1997.
  • Taiwo O. Jemilugba – 1997–2001.
  • Johnson Onayinka – 2001–2005.
  • Tunde Oduwole -2005-present.

Alumni

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Main article: Category:CMS Grammar School, Lagos alumni

Some notable alumni:

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References

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