The Public Schools Act 1864
WHEREAS a Commission was issued in the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, under Letters Patent of Her Majesty, for the Purpose of inquiring into the Nature and Application of the Endowments and into the Administration and Management of the Colleges and Schools named in the Schedule annexed hereto: And whereas the said Commission reported, amongst other things, to Her Majesty, that Parliamentary Legislation would be required in order to make the Changes which the said Commission co...