Sedgwick
Sedgwick House
Sedbergh School
Sedbergh
LA10 5HF
Tel: +44 (0)15396 20323
Housemaster: Stephen Hall
Resident Tutor & Deputy Housemaster: Brandon Glover. Tel: +44 (0)15396 22253
Emblem: Rouge et Noir
Colours: Red
Sedgwick House was the second of the purpose-built boarding houses to be completed and was first occupied in 1879. The first Housemaster was Bernard Wilson, the founder of the Ten Mile, later renamed the Wilson Run in his honour in 1913.
The House has been known as Sedgwick since 1908 and is named after the famous geologist, Adam Sedgwick, who was a boy at Sedbergh from about 1799 to 1803.
Names of note
Three of the Old Sedberghian winners of the Victoria Cross were Old Sedgwickians, RJT Digby Jones at Wagon Hill in 1900 in the Boer War, George Ward Gunn at Sidi Rezegh in 1941 and Kenneth Campbell over Brest Harbour, also in 1941. Other famous sons include Lord Shaw of Northstead, HJ Whigham, former American Amateur Golf Champion, General Sir John Shea and Alastair Scott, explorer and author.