Alexander Houstoun-Boswall – CEO and Co-proprietor

The diversity of Alex’s own education and his involvement with the early days of the Harrodian project have given him first hand experience of the various ingredients behind the ethos of Hampton Court House.

A pupil at the Lycée Français in NY, then at Colet Court and Westminster School in London, Alex went on to study Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College and Industrial Design at Brunel. For the Harrodian, where he taught Maths and Sport himself, he helped to recruit some of his own former teachers and helped to shape the school’s character.

It was Alex who discovered the then derelict Hampton Court House in 1998 and negotiated its purchase and the required finance to start up. With Eliana, he spent two years restoring the property before opening the school in 2001 with 13 pupils.

Alex is also the director of the film school, Hampton Court Studios, and oversees the use of Hampton Court House as a film/photography location for events and weddings. In his role as CEO of Hampton Court House, Alex’s job is simply “to make it all work”.