Introduction
Eton College was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. The College originally had 70 King’s Scholars or ‘Collegers’ who lived in the College and were educated free, and a small number of ‘Oppidans’ who lived in the town of Eton and paid for their education.
Today it is a secondary school (a ‘high school’ in the American sense) for approximately 1,290 boys between the ages of 13 and 18, all of whom are boarders.
The Governing Body of Eton College is known as ‘The Provost and Fellows’. It consists of a Provost (appointed by the Crown), a Vice-Provost, and ten other Fellows.
Statute VI of the College provides that the Fellows shall be as follows:
The Provost of King’s College Cambridge [Senior Fellow] (a)
One Fellow to be elected by the Hebdomadal Council of Oxford University (b)
One Fellow to be elected by the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University (c)
One Fellow to be elected by the Council of the Royal Society (d)
One Fellow to be nominated by the Lord Chief Justice of England (e)
One Fellow to be elected by the Head Master, Lower Master, and Assistant Masters (f)
Four members to be elected by the Provost and Fellows themselves (g)
The Present Governing Body
Provost:
Sir Eric ANDERSON, KT (2000)

Vice-Provost:
Mr James COOK, MA, BSc (1999)

Fellows:
Dame Judith MAYHEW JONAS, DBE, LLM (2003) (a)


Sir Geoffrey HOLLAND, KCB, MA (1994) (g)


Dr Nicholas WOODHOUSE, MA, PhD (1994) (b)


Sir Dominic CADBURY, MA, MBA (1996) (c)


Baroness HOGG, MA (1996) (g)


Mr David VEREY, CBE, MA (1997) (g)


Mr Michael PROUDFOOT, MA (2001) (f)


Professor Christopher DOBSON, MA, DPhil, FRS (2001) (d)


Sir Michael PEAT, KCVO, FCA (2002) (g)


Sir Michael BURTON, MA (2004) (e)

ETON TODAY
There are now some 1280 boys in the School aged between 13 and 18, most of them resident in the United Kingdom but with some from overseas: rather more than 1200 Oppidans in addition to the 70 Collegers. Almost 20% of the boys in the School re