Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Rigaud's
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Description area
Dates of existence
18th century -
History
The earliest years of Rigaud’s are unclear, but we know it began as an independent boarding house in the late 18th century, changing its name several times until it became Rigaud’s, after the Reverend Stephen Rigaud, a master at Westminster from 1846-1850, who later became Bishop of Antigua.
In 1821, when the house was named ‘Mother Best’s’, a boarder died from over-eating after a ‘broshier’, or an attempt to exhaust the supply of food in protest at its quality.
Places
The current building was reconstructed in 1896 with a design by Sir Thomas Graham Jackson. it is located on the south side of Little Dean's Yard.
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Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR 5.4.3
Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entry created by Felicity Crowe, Archives and Records Management Assistant, February 2020.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Westminster School Archive, Tanner, Lawrence, 'Westminster School: Its Buildings and Associations'.