Herne House School

Herne House School was a minor private boarding school for boys based in Margate, Kent, England, founded at the end of the 19th century and which was only open for a very short period.

The school was first sited in Arthur Road, Margate and later The Eastern Esplanade and opened about 1881.

Jones’ son, Edward Taylor-Jones, was employed as a master and his cousin Ellen Taylor as a housekeeper.

[1][2] Amongst the pupils who attended the school, was John William Dibdin Heseltine aged eight whose father was a tea merchant trading as William Heseltine & Son Ltd and living in Anson Road, Islington.

John later married Marie Berthe Lefauvre and they became the grandparents of Michael Heseltine a notable Conservative cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher’s government.