Sedgley Park School - The Roman Catholic School 1763

Below are the names of 18 boys at Betley. Not all came to Sedgley Park , but at one time they did all attend the Park.

James Brown (1812–1881), Roman Catholic bishop of Shrewsbury, the son of James and Winifred Brown, was born on 11 January 1812 in Wolverhampton. He was educated at Sedgley Park School (1821–6) and Oscott College (1826–37), and was ordained priest by Bishop Walsh on 18 February 1837.

Charles Michael Baggs (1806–1845), college head and Vicar Apostolic of the Western District, was born at Belville, in Co. Meath, Ireland, on 21 May 1806. He was the eldest son of a protestant barrister of Dublin, Charles Baggs, afterwards judge of the court of vice-admiralty in Demerara, and his wife, Eleanor, fourth daughter of John Howard Kyan, of Mount Howard and Ballymurtagh in the county of Wicklow.

John Milner - Bishop. See Sedgley Park Notabilities Page.

John Hawksford - Replaced Canon J.H.Souter as President of Cotton College. See Cotton College Site.

Edward Quillinan (1791–1851), poet, was born on 12 August 1791 at Oporto, Portugal, the son of John Quillinan, wine merchant, and his wife, Mary, née Ryan. Both his parents were Irish and his father, of good but impoverished family, had become a prosperous wine merchant in Portugal. Married Wordsworth's daughter.

Charles Meynell (1828–1882), Roman Catholic priest, was probably born at Wolverhampton.

Francis Martyn (1782–1838), Roman Catholic priest, born in Norfolk in February 1782John Worthy Canon in Liverpool Archdiocese 1849

Henry Thomas Parkinson (1852–1924), Roman Catholic priest and social scientist, was born on 30 January 1852 at Cheadle, Staffordshire, the son of Henry Parkinson, a barber, and his wife, Isabella Millward. John Billington - Priest in Manchester 1831-44

Roland Broomhead : Came to Manchester in 1778. During Fr Broomhead's stay in Manchester the number of Catholics is said to have grown from 1000 to about 40,000.

Henry Weedall (1794-1804) Famed in Oscott , a Chacery is named after him.Henry Weedall was born in London 1788 and began his early studies for the priesthood at Sedgley Park, and was ordained priest at Oscott College in 1814.

Daniel Lee (1798-1877) Councillor 1844-8 , Liberal Politician . Home address given as The Crescent. Business was Wright and Lee, Calico Printers, York Street, Manchester. English-born son of Irish veterinary surgeon (Howe). Helped to fund (£1,000) building of Salford Cathedral where there is a Lee Chantry. Made Knight of the Order of St Gregory in 1852. Obituary, Salford Weekly News March 23rd, 1877 gives address as Springfield House, Pendleton. Educated at Sedgley Park School, became partner in Wright and Lee in 1826. On death of Wright in 1852, business became Daniel Lee & Co. Made magistrate in 1838.

John Dalton ( 1814-1874) Canon. Irish author and translator from Spanish and German, born in 1814; died at Maddermarket, Norwich, 15 February, 1874. John Furniss ( 1809-1865). Priest at Doncaster. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06324c.htm

George Oliver Priest. Born at Newington in Surrey in 1781; died at Exeter in 1861.

Thomas Louis Green -Priest and controversialist; born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, 1799; died at Newport, Shropshire, 27 Feb., 1883 . Uncle of James Plunkett.James Leggett (1851-55) . Died in 1929. Said that the only time he had butter at the Park was the day the Bishop came.

Joseph Hodgson (1756–1821), Roman Catholic priest, son of George Hodgson and his wife, Mary Hurd, of London, was born on 14 August 1756. Mgr. William Barry.

Edward Curr - (1798–1850), politician and entrepreneur in Australia, was born on 1 July 1798 at Sheffield, England, the son of John Curr, who managed the duke of Norfolk's estate and coalmines.

William Wareing (below)- 1st Bishop of Northampton. Born in London 16 February 1791. Ordained Priest 28 September 1815.
Taught at Oscott and Sedgley. Priest at Cresswell (Staffs.), Grantham and Stamford. April 1838 Vice-President of Oscott. 1840, Vicar Apostolic of the Eastern District 21 September 1840 consecreated Bishop of Aristopolis. Made Bishop of Northampton 1850. Retired February 1858 as Bishop of Retimo. Died 26 December 1865 at East Bergholt and is buried there.

John Briggs - 1st Bishop of Beverley : Born 1789 Ordained 9 July 1814 . Died 4 January 1861: John Briggs was born at Barton Moss. Ordained at Ushaw. After ordination he remained as Professor of Rhetoric until 1816. He then went to Chester 1816-1832 before returning to Ushaw as its 4th President and Coadjutor to Bishop Penswick. In 1836 he became Vicar Apostolic for the Northern District, 1836-1840, residing at York. He remained in York as Vicar Apostolic of the new Yorkshire District 1840-1850, and when the Hierarchy was restored, he became Bishop Of Beverley 1850-1862. (The diocese of Beverley was split after his death into the dioceses of Leeds and Middlesborough)

Joseph Gillow (1850–1921), biographical lexicographer and genealogist, was born on 5 October 1850 at Frenchwood House, Preston, Lancashire, the son of Joseph Gillow (1801–1872), a magistrate, and his wife, Jane Haydock, née Smith (1805–1872), of Lea.

James Trackson (1857 - 1941.) James was at Sedgley Park School for two years from July 1871 until June 1873, the latter being the date of the move to Cotton. Thus he was one of the last group of boys at Sedgley Park but he did not go on to Cotton. His full name was James Trackson and his home address was Bedford St. off Unthank Rd., Norwich. His father's name was James Patrick Trackson. James migrated to Australia in 1883 at the age of 26 and then lived in Brisbane, Queensland until his death in 1941. He was an electrical engineer and trained at the London Polytechnic. In Brisbane he established a firm of electrical contractors called, after he was joined in business by his brother William, Trackson Brothers. The firm was responsible for many early electrical and telephone installations in southern Queensland and also retailed electrical goods. James Trackson was a pioneer motorist and was the first private motorist in Brisbane. He owned and drove a Locomobile which he purchased in 1901. His firm also bult, as an experiment, one of the first motorcars made in Australia. He retained fond memories of his school days at Sedgley Park and named his Brisbane house, built in 1900, Sedgley Grange in memory of the school. The house was demolished some years ago but the land, about 20 acres, became a public park which is now called Sedgley Park - an accidental reversion to the old school name. Thus the name of the school has, in a sense, survived in present day Australia. Brisbane's Sedgley Park is about three miles in a direct line north-west of the city centre.

Samuel Webster Allen (1844-1908) - Born in Stockport. Bishop of Shrewsbury 1897-1908.

Edward & Claudius Lawes -" My GG Grandfather and his elder brother were pupils at the school and are both in the 1861 census, they are Edward LAWES, age 15 born Norwich and his younger brother Claudius aged 13 born Norwich. Edward became a lay brother and was known as Brother Stephen OSB, he trained at Chipping Barnet I believe. He died in 1923 at Twyford Abbey, Willesden , Middlesex. Claudius (known as Claude) trained as a solicitor and became a Notary. He lived in Croydon with his large family (eleven out of thirteen children survived into adulthood) and died there in 1920." Thanks to Quentin Fontana for this info. Also here is some info on Claudius' wife - Catherine Elizabeth English Jakeman b. 20 March 1854 Southampton St, Pentonville: m. Claudius Lawes, lived 100 Wellsley Rd: buried 8 November 1919 Queen's Rd Croydon

Pupils of Sedgley Park

John Milner - Bishop. See Sedgley Park Notabilities Page.

The Sedgley Park Census Returns of 1841 - 1871