Dennis Commonwealth Prize

The Dennis Commonwealth Prize is awarded for performance in History. Established in 1944 by John Dennis, it was originally called the "Dennis Empire Prize" until being renamed in 1961.

The Boston Guardian in 29th April 1944 contained the following detail:

"Mr. John Dennis has offered (through Viscount Bledisloe) to establish a trust fund of £200, the interest to be used in perpetuity for the awarding of annual prizes in the county secondary schools on the subject of Empire knowledge. The committee accepted the offer and expressed appreciation of Mr. Dennis's generosity. The awards are to be made annually at the Boston, Donington and Spalding Grammar Schools and the Boston and Spalding High Schools"

Year	Winner
1944	Charles W Taylor
1945	Not awarded
1946	Not awarded
1947	John Hamilton Jordan
1948	John Anthony Newton
1949	John Anthony Newton
1950	J D Periam
1951	A J Tilling
1952	Peter Edward Luff
1953	J B Chapman
1954	Terence Allen Gibson
1955	Colin I Pordham
1956	Colin I Pordham
1957	Colin I Pordham
1958	D Marlow
1959	D Marlow
1960	Gordon A Lammie
1961	Robert J Christian / Gordon A Lammie
1962	Not awarded
1963	Michael Thacker
1964	Not awarded
1965	Not awarded
1966	S A Taylor
1967	Martin Panton
1968	Philip R Betts
...
1972	P Markham
1973	W J Kuhn
...
1975	P R Howes
1976	J S Riddell
1977	I J Gould
1978	John R Cridland
1979	A D Leatherland
...
1983	Andrew C King
...
1988	S J Wright
...
1992	G Long
...
2003	William Eves
2004	James Wood
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2006	David Harrison
...
2008	Jonathon Grist
...
2012	Patrick Hildred
2013	James Reed
2014	Ellis Potter
2015	John Lisle
2016	Kieran Weston
2017	Joseph Dean
2018	William Swain
2019	Connor Blakeborough
2020
2021	Albert Berry
2022	Leon Harness

See Also

• Speech Day 1952
• Speech Day 1956
• Timeline of Prizes