History
The school was founded by Richard Southwell Bourke, Earl of Mayo, and Viceroy of India from 1869 to 1872 known popularly in India as Lord Mayo. Bourke was born on February 21, 1822 and died on February 8, 1872.
Mangal Singh from Alwar was the first student to be admitted to the institution in October 1875. The second was Mahatab Singh of Nindar.
A number of principals have guided the schools since its founding. The most noteworthy is JTM (Jack) Gibson, principal from 1954–1969, who gave Mayo College its post-independence identity by hiring young faculty, upgrading the curriculum, and persuading families other than the nobility of Rajasthan to send their sons to the school.
Near the time of the institution's inception by the British, the college’s students normally proceeded to Oxford or Cambridge universities after being groomed on how to behave like 'British gentlemen'.
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