Hilton College is a private full boarding senior school for boys located near the small town of Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands of South Africa. It was founded in 1872 by Gould Arthur Lucas and William Orde Newnham, an Anglican priest, when Natal was a British colony, as a non-denominational Christian school for boys. It is located on a 17 square kilometre estate. The original school buildings were red brick but with development this changed to the present Cape Dutch style. Hilton has established a friendly rivalry with other schools in the province including: Maritzburg College, Michaelhouse and Kearsney College. Hilton is a member of the unofficial Elite Seven. Nelson Mandela was a guest speaker at the school's annual prizegiving and speech day in 2001. Besides being the two most expensive schools of their kind in South Africa, Hilton College and Michaelhouse have much in common in that they are both boarding-only schools. The schools are located near one another in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.