Seacole

This house is named after Mary Seacole, she was born in Jamaica more than 200 years ago. Mary’s mother taught her many healing skills using traditional medicines and from an early age Mary practised medicine on her doll, dogs and coats and on herself. She was travelled to England in 1821 and acquired knowledge about modern European medicine which supplemented her training in traditional Caribbean techniques. In the 1850s Mary nursed many victims of the Kingston cholera epidemic and even those she was refused by the British War Office to be an army nurse in the Cimea war she funded her own trip and established a British Hotel to provide somewhere for respite for sick and recovering soldiers. In 2004, Mary was voted the Greatest Black Briton and a statue of her can be found in the grounds of St Thomas’ Hospital on London’s Southbank. Her legacy is continued by the Mary Seacole Trust which, aims to educate and inform the public about her life, work and achievements, ensuring that she is never again lost to history. Mary Seacole’s values of good citizenship, entrepreneurship and achievement and ones that still hold true today.

Head of House - Mr N McKenzie