La Martiniere College, Lucknow
- Post Box No – 42 G.P.O., Lucknow- 226001. Uttar Pradesh, India
- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Co-Educational [ICSE]
Co-Educational [ICSE]
La Martiniere College, Lucknow, established in 1845, was founded in accordance with the Will of Major General Claude Martin. Born in Lyon, France, in 1735, the Founder died in Lucknow on 13 September, 1800. The day of his death, by his own instructions is commemorated as ‘Founder’s Day’. Under his Will, certain funds were allotted for the establishment of schools at Lyon, his birth place in France, in Calcutta and at Lucknow. In his Will Claude Martin also directed that “my house at Luckperra or Constantia House with all the ground and premises belonging to the house and all the ground around it, none is to be sold or detached from it.” The Will went on to define his purpose, which was “for to keep the said Constantia House for school or College for learning young men the English language and Christian religion if they found themselves inclined.”
For more than a generation after the Founder’s death, there was a great deal of litigation over his will. This went all the way up for consideration to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, the highest Court for British India. On 11 April, 1839, the erstwhile Supreme Court at Calcutta decreed “that a College at Lucknow be established pursuant to the will of Claude Martin.” A further decree of the Supreme Court dated 22 December, 1841, laid down a scheme for the establishment of La Martiniere College, at Lucknow. As such, La Martiniere College, Lucknow, occupies a unique position amongst the schools in India and the erstwhile British Empire.
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Address: Post Box No – 42 G.P.O., Lucknow- 226001. Uttar Pradesh, India
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh