notably Old Rugbeians who were now living and working in London. This club had the distinction of being both a founder member of The Football Association and the Rugby Football Union (RFU). Very soon after the FA had been established, rules for the football of the association were debated and formalised. A rift appeared between the advocates of the dribbling game and those of the handling game. When the revised Cambridge rules were adopted on 8 December 1863, which effectively prohibited "hacking" and "carrying", Blackheath FC immediately left the FA and were the driving force behind the setting up of the RFU in 1871. Notable former pupils Alfred William Alcock (1859–1933), physician naturalist and carcinologist. Charles Edward Beevor (1854–1908), neurologist. Edward Ernest Bowen (1836–1901), educationalist. Francis Maule Campbell, footballer, present at the founding of both The Football Association and the Rugby Football Union and pivotal in the latter's creation. Sir Bryan Donkin, physician and criminologist. Sir Henry Mortimer Durand (1850–1924), diplomat and civil servant of colonial British India. John Fegan (1868–1949), Blackheath and England rugby union player. Sir Edward Fraser KCMG (1853 - 1927), England rugby union international and prominent Mauritius based businessman. George Joachim Goschen, First Viscount Goschen (1831–1907) Marshall Hall (1862–1915), English-born musician, conductor and poet. Campbell Richard Hone (1873–1967), Bishop of Wakefield in the first half of the 20th century. Frederick Schomberg Ireland (1860–1937), lawyer and cricketer. Sir Stuart Knill (1824–1898), Lord Mayor of London. James Leith (1826–1869), recipient of the Victoria Cross. Gerald Lightfoot (1877–1966), public servant and secretary of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. Surgeon-General William Manley, VC, CB (1831–1901), recipient of the Victoria Cross and Iron Cross. Francis Cornwallis Maude, VC, CB (1828–1900), recipient of the Victoria Cross. Donald McGill (1875–1962), English graphic artist. Alexander William Pearson (1854–1930), rugby union international for England from 1875-1878. Major Gen Sir Ernest Swinton (1868–1951), soldier, writer, military historian. Coined the use of the word "tank" to describe the first tracked armoured fighting vehicles. George Wrottesley (1827–1909), military Historian and second of son of John Wrottesley, 2nd Baron Wrottesley. References Further reading The history of the Blackheath Proprietary School - J. W. Kirby. (Blackheath Press), 1933. Defunct schools in the Royal Borough of Greenwich Educational institutions established in 1830 Educational institutions disestablished in 1907 History of the Royal Borough of Greenwich Private boys' schools in London 1830 establishments in England 1907 disestablishments in England Blackheath, London