Date: 10th October 2024 Time: 6:30pm - 10pm Location: Main Hall, Latymer Upper School
One of the longest-running Latymerian traditions, the Annual Dinner began 111 years ago. With the exception of two world wars and a covid-induced lockdown, our alumni has returned to the School each year to enjoy good food and great company in the evocative surrounds of the Main Hall.
We are thrilled to announce renowned historian, Professor David Cressy (1963) as this year’s speaker at the Annual Dinner.
David’s expertise and passion for the drama and tumult of Tudor and Stuart England makes him the perfect speaker for our special anniversary. David’s talk; “The First Poor Boys and their World” – will bring to life the troubled times in which our founder, Edward Latymer, and the early pupils on his Foundation, lived and worked.
Specialising in the social history of early modern England, David has written extensively on such wide-ranging subjects as literacy, religion, rebellion, islands and shipwrecks in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
Based now in California, David is Humanities Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Ohio State University and Research Professor at Claremont Graduate University.
We look forward to being transported back in time, to this turbulent and intriguing era which marks the beginning of our own Latymer history.
Founders Day Service
This year’s Annual Dinner is being held earlier than is usual, to coincide with our 400th anniversary Founders Day service, which takes place the following morning, Friday 11 October, at St Paul’s Cathedral.
All tickets for Latymerians to attend the service have now been allocated.
An email will be sent to those who have been allocated a Founders Day seat closer to the date. A hard copy ticket to the service will also be posted, which you will need to show in order to gain access to the service. Unfortunately, there will be no access to anyone who arrives at the service without having had their seat confirmed.
BOOKINGS FOR THE DINNER AND FOUNDERS DAY ARE NOW CLOSED