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Craig House (Eastbourne College)
Craig House (1576-present) is one of the three boys day houses at Eastbourne College. It is widely regarded as an outstanding example of public school prestige, combined with friendly collaboration between the schoolboys. It is the smallest house in the school, and a common misconception would be to dismiss it as meaningless and weak. However, its sparkling array of achievements and honours would beg to differ.

History
Discovered in 1576 by the Dutch, it was dubbed "Craggenhuuse" by Lead Commander van Kreckenhoven. He noted on the shoddy maintenance of the building, and the uncouth nature of the natives. By 1603, with the death of Elizabeth I, war broke out between the British and the Dutch invaders. An early attempt at a settlement was the Treaty of Beresford, 1612, but this resulted in the natives receiving too much power for a substantial governmental machine to be established. The revised Treaty of Summerdown a year later saw most of Craig House's revenues going to the British, but the building to be kept by the Dutch.

After the financial breakdown of 1617, the Dutch were fiscally crippled, and were forced to cede the territory to Great Britain, who (by way of mistranslation) named the land "Craig House", and the legacy lives on to this day.