The admiralty are about to take a lease of Lord Ashburton's mansion and grounds on the shore of Stokes Bay, which have recently been purchased by the War Department.

It is the intention of the Admiralty, when they house and grounds are handed over to them, to fit the mansion up as a college for naval cadets.

Prince Alfred Ernest, Duke of Edinburgh, who was Queen Victoria's second son, attended the academy.

[3] In 1892, Col. Francis Sloane-Stanley, a close friend of the Prince of Wales- who was later to become King Edward VII- took over the house.

[3] In a major fire in late 1984, the house, a grade II listed building,[6] was badly damaged, but was subsequently restored to its current condition.

The school has developed significantly since this time, including introducing a Sixth Form to the Gosport Area.