Ogle Divinity Prize
This prize was first awarded at BGS in 1933. Endowed by William Ogle in memory of his father, John Furniss Ogle, who was the vicar of Boston from 1838 to 1850, it was originally not a Boston Grammar School prize, but seems to have been a set of Boston town bible prizes first awarded in 1870.
Notably in 1870 Frederick William Waldebrand Pattenden, son of the BGS headmaster George Edwin Pattenden, was highly commended. Pattenden senior's daughter Ada Mary also won a prize.
In the past it has also been referred to as the "Divinity Prize", the "Ogle Bible Prize" and the "Ogle Prize".
Dr. Ogle's Prizes
From the 6 May 1870 issue of The Lincolnshire Chronicle
We stated last week that Dr. Ogle had founded annual Bible Prizes, in memory of his late father, who for several years, was vicar of Boston. The examination took place in the Town-hall, on the 25th ult., and the list of successful candidates is announced as follows:- I. - Greek Testament Gospel of St. Matthew. Three candidates. Prize (value one guinea), Frederick Atkinson, aged 15½ years, Boston Grammar School. Highly commended. Frederick W. Pattenden, Boston Grammar School, aged 12½ years. Commended. Henry Beatson Punnett, aged 16 years, Boston Grammar School. - II. - Scripture prizes for young persons of the upper and middle classes, under 19 years. Fourteen candidates. Subjects: Genesis, Exodus, and St. Mattew. 1st prize (value one guinea), Mary Henrietta Childs, aged 14 years. 2nd ditto (value one guinea), Ada Mary Pattenden, aged 17 years, Highly commended. Maria Charlotte Blenkin, aged 13. Commended. Jane Spurr, aged 16 years. - III. - Prize for young persons of a lower class above the age of 14 and under the age of 19 years. Subjects as in II. Seven candidates. prize (value one guinea), Elizabeth Goodson, aged 17 years. - IV. - Prizes for young persons of the same class, under 15. Subjects as in II. Twenty-one candidates. 1st prize (value ten shillings), Henry Sharman, aged 14 years. 2nd prize (value ten shillings) Charles Edward Ward, aged 13 years. Highly commended. Walter Porter, aged 13 years; Robert Ranyell, aged 11 years; John Frank, aged 11 years. Commended. Elizabeth Satchel, aged 14 years; John Richardson, 14 years; Elizabeth Rasen, 14 years. With a view to ensure perfect confidence in the fairness of the Examination, the name of each competitor was given to the Examiner in a sealed envelope, containing on the outside some number (1, 2, 3, &c.), adopted by the candidate. These envelopes remained sealed up, until the result was known, and no others were opened but such as contained the successful numbers. We congratulate the Trustees, and the Examiner, who is also the generous founder of the prizes, on this satisfactory issue of the first year's competition, and we trust that on future occasions even a still larger number of young persons will be found to come forward and prove their proficiency in the knowledge of God's Word. We are requested to state that the subjects fixed for next year's examination are the Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy, and the Gospel according to St. Mark.