Legacies

Legacy giving – remembering BGS in your will

We are always most grateful to receive bequests, which ensure continued support for BGS in the future. Past bequests have provided buildings, bursaries and scholarships that continue to benefit pupils today.

Legacies of cash, shares or other assets are free of inheritance tax. We hope that bequests will be unrestricted, allowing BGS to direct funds to areas most in need.

Key areas for support are bursaries, buildings and general purposes.

If you would like to help BGS by means of a legacy, further details are found in our legacy pack, available from the Development Office: contact sbromwich@bgs.bristol.sch.uk

The Nicholas Thorne Society

Named after one of our founding benefactors, the Nicholas Thorne Society has been formed to acknowledge and thank these special donors during their lifetime. Membership of the Nicholas Thorne Society is automatic for those who make provision for BGS in their wills, and the society meets each autumn at BGS. Currently there are 40 members and they are known only to each other, the Headmaster and the Director of Development.

A history of bequests to BGS

1546

Nicholas Thorne left the School the handsome sum of thirty pounds to create a library, and his collection of books, his astrolabes and science instruments. He also left to the Master a black gown and a bag of salt!

1768

Mrs Mary Ann Peloquin left in trust to the Mayor and Aldermen of Bristol the sum of £19,000. Part of the fund was eventually used to finance the school's move to the Tyndall's Park site in 1879 and to establish the Peloquin scholarships. Younger pupils still benefit from the Peloquin scholarships today.

1911

Miss (later Dame) Janet Stancomb Wills gave £10,000 in memory of her father, Lord Winterstoke. The Winterstoke Wing was opened by Miss Stancomb Wills in 1914.

1979

The John James Charitable Trust established in memory of John James, this local trust has made a major contribution to funding fees assistance for bright children at Bristol Grammar School.

2000

The Rev EB Teale, who joined Bristol Grammar School as a pupil in 1932, left £39,000 to the School. The bequest has been used to create our new reception area.

2003

The music department received two Bechstein pianos bequeathed by the late Dennis Mackay Jones, in memory of his father Fredrick Arthur Jones who was an OB.