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".

Year	Winner
1933	A Dobbs
1934	R A M Wright
1935	G H Brough
1936	Douglas Guy Andrews
1937	John L Penny
1938	Michael Rex Horne
1939	Robert H Garnham
1940	Robert H Garnham
1941	J W Ryan
1942	Philip M Walmsley
1943	Frederick Ralph Bozeat
1944	Frederick Ralph Bozeat
1945	Dennis H Yarsley
1946	J H R Tonks
1947	W Gordon Stinson
1948	John Anthony Newton
1949	John Anthony Newton
1950	G W Cross
1951	G W Cross
1952	Robin N Everett
1953	Alan Ashton
1954	M A Haynes
1955	J P Sargeant
1956	Colin I Pordham
1957	Colin I Pordham
1958	Not awarded
1959	Colin Vere
1960	Robert J Christian
1961	Robert J Christian
1962	D Banister
1963	Not awarded
1964	M A Ham
1965	H R Hundleby
1966	M A Jeffrey
1967	W P B Medlock
1968	W P B Medlock
1969	D N Wolverson
1970	Not awarded
1971	Not awarded
1972	Not awarded
1973	W Joseph Kuhn
1974	W Joseph Kuhn
1975	Not awarded
1976	Not awarded
1977	Not awarded
1978	A C Lawson
1979	J S Riddell
1980	A P Bray
1981	C A Upsall
1982	Kevin L McLaven
1983	Tim J Sylvester
1984	D B Fawcett
1985	J A B McSloy
1986	R D Fuller
1987	Mark Brogden
1988	W A Sharpe
1989	C J Hewitt
...
1992	O Wilson
...
2001	Robert Greensmith
2002	David Potter
2003	Not awarded
2004	Catherine Potter
2005	Thomas Young
2006	Luke Mangion
2007	Alice Mumby
2008	Not awarded
...
2010	Robert Farmer
2011	Ryan Stainton
...
2013	Colm Gallagher
2014	Not awarded
2015	Chantel Walsh
2016	Jessica Lucas
2017	Owen Long
2018	Mateusz Lugowski
2019	-
2020	Not awarded
2021	Alexandra Young
2022	Abby Simpson-Tunnard
2023	Robert Hall
2024	Evie Drummond

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.

See Also

• Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1938
• Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1939
• Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1940
• Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1941
• Boston Grammar School Speech Day 1942
• Speech Day 1952
• Speech Day 1956
• Timeline of Prizes