 Out of the foresight of the late Lord Delamere in proposing the building of a senior Boys school (now Nairobi Primary), and the support of the then Governor, Sir Edward Grigg, the railway reserve grounds near Kabete were set aside for the future planning.In 1928, Sir Herbert Baker was commissioned to plan a school similar to Britain's Winchester School, attended by both Lord Delamere and the then Governor of Kenya, in Winchester, a town in Southern England dating from about 516 AD, after the Romans left England.Winchester town was a major administrative and silver minting center, and hence, a Saxon capital of England from 1066 AD.