Sherborne School, also known as "Sherborne Boys", is a boarding school with day places for boys aged 13 to 18 located beside Sherborne Abbey in the Dorset town of Sherborne. The school has been in con
Shirburnians in Blues walking across the Courts to classes
Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, visiting Sherborne School on 19 July 1923
Pupils at Sherborne School in 1907
School House, whose cornerstone was laid on 26 June 1860 by the Earl of Shaftesbury, has been in continuous use as a boarding house to this day.
Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is Emir of Qatar, reigning since 2013.
Sherborne School
…II; the Courts' south side is a scheduled monument. The school also has a branch located in Doha, Qatar which was built following the Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani's time at the school. Sherborne was founded as a cathedral school when, in 705 AD, King Ine of Wessex instructed Aldhelm, a churchman and distinguished…
Sheikh Tamim with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, 10 December 2013
Sheikh Tamim with Argentinian president Mauricio Macri at the Presidential Residence of Olivos in Buenos Aires, July 2016
Tamim with Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, 19 February 2025