An ex-headteacher at an boys prep school attended by Nick Clegg has been jailed for eight years for abusing pupils there.
Roland Wright, 83, assaulted five pupils aged between eight and 13 in an 11 year period from 1959 to 1970.
He had taught at Caldicott Boys' Preparatory School in Buckinghamshire, which counts the Deputy Prime Minister among its former pupils, and had been due to be sentenced alongside his former colleague Hugh Henry, 82, who died after being hit by a train on Tuesday.
Speaking at the sentencing at Amersham Crown Court - which went ahead despite Henry's death - Judge Johannah Cutts QC told Wright: "These offences were so serious that it is beyond question that only a custodial sentence can be justified.
"I have to sentence you for multiple offending against each of these victims.
"This was prolonged activity, the boys were groomed by a master at a school responsible for their care."
Mr Clegg, who was joint head boy at Caldicott in 1980, spoke of his horror after Wright's conviction at Amersham Crown Court in December for 10 counts of indecent assault on a male and two of indecency with a child.
He told The Times he was "shocked and appalled by the gross betrayal and violation of childhood innocence shown to have taken place".
He said: "These reports will disturb everyone, but most especially those, like myself, who were pupils at the school and were entirely unaware that such abuse was taking place.
"I can only imagine the devastating impact that such abuse must have had on the young boys who were affected. My heart goes out to them."
The body of Henry, 82, who also taught at the school, was found near Amersham Underground station. The judge heard it had been identified by police. She officially closed the file in Henry's case.
Henry, of Pomeroy Close, Amersham, pleaded guilty to 11 counts of indecency with or towards a child, and two counts of gross indecency with a child.
Another former teacher at the school, John Addrison, 54, from Slough in Berkshire, pleaded guilty to offences of indecent assault and indecency with a child and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Aylesbury Crown Court in November 2012.
David Geddes, 71, from Upper Wield, Hampshire, was acquitted by a jury at a re-trial in March last year, after being charged with four counts of indecent assault on a child under 16.
Tom Perry, 60, who was the first Caldicott complainant, in 2001, and a witness in Wright's trial, said afterwards: "I think it sends a very strong message to those people who are abusers of children, that you can get to the age of 83 and get eight years. I'm pleased with the sentence only for that reason."
