Word: uppingham
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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While members interrupted the debate with cries of "Snobbery!" the bill was brought out in the House of Commons for its third and final reading. It was defended by President of the Board of Education Herwald Ramsbotham, an old school tie from Uppingham. Said he: "There is no intention of bolstering up decaying institutions. ... If this measure of self-help were refused, there would be a risk of losing ... a great national inheritance...
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