Our Historical Journey: Milestones That Made Us Who We Are

Kingswood College was founded by Louis Edmund Blaze, with eleven students, as a boys' high school. At the time, most schools on the island had been classified as state‑aided government schools or missionary schools.
Government grants were available until a school was established, with a solid core of teachers and an expanding role. Still, institutions run by individuals did not qualify for government assistance. The first few years of the school's existence were a struggle for Blaze. Fee income barely covered the cost of running the school, so Blaze handed the struggling institution over to be managed by the Methodist mission. In 1961, the state took over the school.

"Kingswood Cadet Union: Celebrating a Tradition of Unity and Leadership"

In 1891,a well known educationalist,Sir Louis Edmand Blaze OBE,JP,BA esq. founded a school,The Kingswood. Blaze belonged to a Ceylonese burgher family,but at Kingswood there was no any religion except for the religion of Kingswood. It is he who firstly coined the term “Gentlemen of Kingswood” to describe the well mannered behaviour of boys of his school. Since then, Kingswood has produced thousands of great personalities. The college marks its 130th year of excellence this year. Kingswood is one of the first five schools to form a cadet movement in the island.
 
  The history of Cadeting in Sri Lanka runs back to the 1880’s. Captain Earnest Handscomb Spencer’s courageous enthusiasm lead to the formation of a Cadet company in Kingswood. In the year 1902 Kingswood cadeting came under the guidance of CLI(Ceylon Light Infantry),but already cadeting training was given to the Kingswoodians unofficially. Every school cadet movements were fully governed by the CLI,But any of the Kingswood cadet activities were not interfered by the CLI before 1902,because of the discipline of “Gentlemen of Kingswood”.