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St George's Grammar School
St George's Grammar School crest
Location
Richmond Road,Mowbray Cape Town , Western Cape , 7700 South Africa
Coordinates	33°56′47″S18°28′50″E / 33.94639°S 18.48056°E /-33.94639; 18.48056
Information
School type	Private
Motto	Latin:Virtute et Valore (By virtue and valour (The Courage To Do What Is Right))
Religious affiliation	Christianity
Denomination	Anglican
Patron saint	St. George
Established	11 April 1848; 177 years ago (1848-04-11)
Founder	Bishop Robert Gray
School district	Metro Central
Oversight	Anglican Diocese of Cape Town
Headmaster	Mr Julian Cameron
Staff	87 full-time
Grades	R to12
Gender	Boys & Girls
Number of students	407[1]
Average class size	25
Education system	NSC
Language	English
Campus type	Suburban
Houses	Tugman, Pinchin & Shaw
Colours	Black   Gold   White
Affiliation	Anglican Diocese,ISASA
Website	www.sggs.co.za

St. George's Grammar School is aprivateco-educational day school located inMowbray, a suburb ofCape Town,South Africa.

It was historically thecathedral school attached toSt. George's Cathedral, having been founded in 1848 byRobert Gray, the firstAnglicanBishop of Cape Town.^[2] St. George's claims to be the oldestindependent school in South Africa.

• Barry Smith

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• William Carlsson (1892–1916), was a first-class cricketer
• Michael Brimer (OG 1947) (born 8 August 1933) was a pianist, organist, conductor, composer, musicologist, and academic.
• Jack Plimsoll (OG 1935), was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1947, against England in Manchester.
• Roy Clare (OG 1966), Royal Navy admiral
• SirNigel Hawthorne, was an English actor
• Christopher Steytler (OG 1966), former judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and President of the Court of appeal
• Nicholas Pike (OG 1973), a Hollywood composer in film and television
• Rick Turner (OG 1959) (25 September 1941, in Stellenbosch – 8 January 1978, in Durban), was a South African academic and anti-apartheid activist who was probably assassinated by the apartheid state in 1978. Nelson Mandela described Turner "as a source of inspiration".^{[citation needed]}
• Clive Scott (OG 1955) (4 July 1937 – 28 July 2021) was a South African radio, film, television and theatre actor and director best known for his performances in the TV soap operas, The Villagers and Isidingo.
• William Rune Liltved (OG 1979), (born 1960) is a South African malacologist and botanist.
• Zohran Mamdani (OG 1998), Ugandan-born American politician andmayor-elect of New York City.^[3][4]

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