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2023 - 75th Anniversary of Walhampton
2020 - Mr Titus Mills succeeded by Jonny Timms
2016 - Garden of Remembrance created in Sunken Garden
2013 - School name reverts to Walhampton
2012 - Henry Phillips retires - succeeded by Titus Mills
2002 - Earl and Countess of Wessex open Performing Arts Centre
1997 - Henry Phillips becomes headmaster of the newly formed Hordle Walhampton School
1997 - Merger of Hordle House and Walhampton schools
1997 - Walhampton headmaster Andrew Robinson retires
1994 - Hordle House headmaster John Vernon retires – succeeded by Henry Phillips
1985 - Pre-Prep department at Walhampton established by Rachel Robinson
1983 - Walhampton headmaster John Bradfield retires - succeeded by Andrew Robinson
1972 - Introduction of girl pupils at Walhampton
1972 - Hordle House becomes a Charitable Trust. Joint headmasters Peter and John Whately-Smith step down: John Whately-Smith retires and Peter Whately-Smith stays on as Deputy Head (until his retirement in 1978). Succeeded by John Vernon.
1966 - Walhampton becomes a Charitable Trust
1954 - Walhampton purchased by John Bradfield – established as a boys’ prep school
1950 - Reverend Ernest Whately-Smith retires – succeeded by his sons Peter and John Whately-Smith who serve as joint Hordle House headmasters
1948 - Walhampton House plus 100 acres bought by Audrey Brewer for use as a boys’ prep school
1945 - Hordle House returns to Hampshire
1944 - Walhampton requisitioned and used as a rest home for American airmen
1940 - Hordle House evacuated to Underley Hall Westmorland
1936 - Death of Lady St Cyres – Walhampton estate retained by the Morrison family
1928 - Visit of King George V and Queen Mary
1926 - Death of Lord St Cyres of Walhampton
1926 - Hordle House, Milford-on-Sea bought by the Reverend Ernest Whately-Smith from the Ashley-Clinton Estate and established as a boys’ prep school
1912 - Marriage of Dorothy Morrison to Viscount St Cyres
1911 - Original Queen Anne House restored and garden terrace built by Thomas Mawson
1910 - J Postel Hestletine divorce and return to London – Estate bought by Dorothy Morrison
1905 - Sunken garden and Italian terrace built by Harold Peto
1884 - Eastern extension of the house built to the design of Norman Shaw in the Queen Anne Revival Style
1883 - John Postle Hestletine buys Walhampton from the Burrard family
1883 - Sir Harry Paul Burrard declared bankrupt - Walhampton Estate bought by John Postle Hestletine
1871 - Death of Sir Harry Burrard - succeeded by Harry Paul Burrard
1870 - Death of Sir George Burrard II - succeeded by his half-brother Harry
1856 - Death of the Reverend Sir George Burrard - succeeded by George Burrard II
1840 - Death of Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale - succeeded by the Reverend George Burrard
1820 - Garden Grotto created by Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale’s coxswain
1815 - First East Wing added to the house by Sir Harry Burrard Neale
1810 - Sir Harry Burrard Neale promoted to Rear Admiral
1804 - Second visit of King George III and Queen Charlotte
1801 - Visit of King George III and Queen Charlotte
1795 - Marriage of Sir Harry II Bt to Grace Neale – surname becomes Burrard Neale
1791 - Death of Sir Harry Ist Bt – succeeded by his nephew Harry
1769 - Harry Burrard made a baronet
1735 - Death of Paul Burrard II
1730 - Paul Burrard II (grandson of Elizabeth Burrard) transfers Walhampton Estate to his son Harry
1711 - Original house demolished. First country mansion built by Paul Burrard in the style of Queen Anne
1671 - House transferred by Elizabeth to her son Paul Burrard
1668 - Walhampton House plus 60 acres bought by Elizabeth Burrard
1539 - Returned to the Crown on dissolution of the monastery by Henry VIII
1263 - The Manor granted by Richard’s son Baldwin de Redvers to the Cannons of Christchurch Priory
1120 - Circa 1120 the Manor given by Henry I to Richard de Redvers Earl of Devon
1086 - Walhampton Estate recorded in Domesday Book