Friends of Christ's Hospital

Submitted by his daughters Julia, Penelope and Hilary. Dr Dinsdale Michael James (Jim) Compton, who attended Christ’s Hospital from 1942-1948, died on January 3, 2026, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA. Aged 11, Jim won a London County Council (LCC) scholarship to Christ’s Hospital. He retained very fond memories of the school throughout his life. Many teachers had returned from the (ongoing) war, and the atmosphere was collegial. Jim liked to tell how he and other students regularly used to push one of the …

Original article : https://www.christs-hospital.org.uk/old-blues-updates/ken-mcdonald-an-american-schoolboys-memories-of-ch/ J Kenneth McDonald (LaB 50-51) is an American academic, who came to the UK in 1950 from Phillips Academy, Andover (a boarding school near Boston, MA) to Christ’s Hospital School. He had won an English-Speaking Union British-American Schoolboy Scholarship (a scheme dating back to 1928). This September marks the 75th anniversary of his transatlantic adventure! In …

Richard Frederick Jesse Dixon, an Old Blue who attended Christ’s Hospital from 1941-1948, died on November 21, 2024, in McKinney, Texas, USA. Richard was born in Exmouth, Devonshire in the United Kingdom on May 8, 1932. Richard’s father and paternal grandfather were both Captains in the Royal Navy and Richard attended Christ’s Hospital from the age of nine on an …

Friends of Christ’s Hospital (the alumni group for US-based Old Blues) will hold itsFounder’s Day Dinner on Saturday October 18 th , 2025 at the Amali restaurant, 115 E 60th St, New York, NY 10022.6:00 p.m. Reception7:00 p.m. DinnerCost: $125 per person. For young Old Blues (under 30 years old) the cost is $99. TICKETSPurchase on-lineVisit the FCH Website www.fch-usa.org/donate …