Boarding schools.
For many families the school sets the calendar, and the calendar sets where they live. A château by the lake, a chalet for the winter term, and a college by the Thames.
For many families the school sets the calendar, and the calendar sets where they live. A château by the lake, a chalet for the winter term, and a college by the Thames.
1916Le Rosey's first winter in Gstaad
Paul Carnal founded Le Rosey in 1880 at the Château du Rosey in Rolle, on Lake Geneva. In 1916 Henri Carnal took the school to Gstaad for the winter, and it still spends January to March there, at Chalet Rex. The Gstaad Palace and the season around it are in Alpine grand hotels.
1949Aiglon College is founded
John Corlette, who had taught at Gordonstoun, founded Aiglon College in 1949 at Chesières-Villars, in Vaud, near the ski resort of Villars-sur-Ollon.
1440Henry VI founds Eton
Henry VI founded Eton College in 1440, across the Thames from Windsor, west of London. The birthday of George III, the Fourth of June, became its great celebration, and it still brings speeches, cricket and a procession of boats.
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Sources. Le Rosey, a rich history · Aiglon College · Eton College, our history · Eton College. Read October 2026. A record of places, houses and dates, published as research. Patrician.ch has no commercial relationship with any house named here. Photographs from Unsplash and Pexels, used under their licenses.
In 1880, by Paul Carnal, at the Château du Rosey in Rolle on Lake Geneva.
In Gstaad, from January to March, at Chalet Rex.
It has done so since 1916.
In 1440, by Henry VI.
John Corlette, in 1949, at Chesières-Villars in Switzerland.
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