Founded in 1921 and located on a beautiful part of the Thames in Oxfordshire, Radley boathouse has been serving Radley College and local rowing enthu
Founded in 1921 and located on a beautiful part of the Thames in Oxfordshire, Radley boathouse has been serving Radley College and local rowing enthusiasts for over a century. Here we see a line of pleasure boats moored by its jetty, early on a fine spring morning. Why the Maltese Cross? That's a long This was originally adopted by the College as a badge for all sports around 1850. It became the symbol of the Boat Club from the earliest known crew, and was probably adopted in honour of Sir George Bowyer, the owner of Radley Hall and from whom the house and grounds were rented when the school was founded in 1847. Bowyer was created a Knight of Justice of the Order of Malta and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in the early 1850s. His portrait in the National Portrait Gallery shows him wearing the robes of the Order decorated with the cross.
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