 It can be traced to their foundation in the 1820s when King's College was established as the Anglican counterpart to the secular University College.King's College was founded in 1829 in response to the founding of "London University", latterly known as University College London, in 1826.UCL was founded, with the backing of Jews, Utilitarians and non-Anglican Christians, as a secular institution, intended to educate "the youth of our middling rich people between the ages of 15 or 16 and 20 or later".