The King's College of Our Lady of Eton beside Windsor, commonly known as Eton College or just Eton, is a public school (privately funded and independent) for boys, founded in
1440 by
King Henry VI.It is located in
Eton, near
Windsor in
England, north of
Windsor Castle, and is one of the original nine English public schools as defined by the
Public Schools Act 1868.The school's Head Master,
Anthony Little MA, is a member of the
Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the school is a member of the
Eton Group of
independent schools in the
United Kingdom. It has a very long list of distinguished former pupils, including nineteen former
British Prime Ministers. Traditionally, Eton has been referred to as "the chief nurse of England's statesmen", and is often described as the most famous public school in the world.
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