List of Old Greshamians
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The following is a list of notable Old Greshamians, former pupils of Gresham's School, Norfolk, England.
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[edit] Public life
- James Allan - British High Commissioner in Mauritius and ambassador to Mozambique [1][2][3]
- Sir Eric Berthoud - British ambassador to Denmark and Poland[1][4][5]
- Erskine Childers - President of the Republic of Ireland[1][4][5]
- Sir Stewart Crawford - diplomat[1]
- Bernard Floud - Labour politician[1]
- Sir Cecil Graves - Director-General of the BBC[1][4]
- Sir Christopher Heydon - 16th century member of parliament[1][4][6]
- Paul Howell - Conservative Member of the European Parliament for Norfolk[3][2]
- Donald Maclean - diplomat and spy[1][4][5]
- 11th Earl of Northesk - parliamentarian[1]
- Terence O'Brien - British ambassador to Nepal, Burma and Indonesia[1][2][3]
- Laurance Reed - Conservative politician[1][2][3]
- Lord Reith - first Director-General of the BBC, politician[1][4][5]
- Wilfrid Roberts - Liberal politician[1]
- Christian Schiller - HM Inspector of Schools[1]
- 11th Lord Strabolgi - Labour politician[1][2][3]
- Dr Thomas Stuttaford - Conservative politician and journalist[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Simon of Glaisdale - Conservative politician and law lord[1][2][3][4]
- Lord Simon of Wythenshawe - socialist and journalist[1][3]
- Sir Edward Blanshard Stamp - Lord Justice of Appeal[1][4]
- Sir Gerald Thesiger - High Court Judge[1][7]
- Sir John Tusa - Director of BBC World Service[2][4]
- Lord Wilson of High Wray - governor of the BBC and Lord Lieutenant of Westmorland and of Cumbria[1][4][8]
- Sir Percy Wyn-Harris - governor of The Gambia[1][4][5]
[edit] Military
- General Sir Terence Airey - soldier, GOC Hong Kong[1][4]
- Joe Baker-Cresswell - Royal Navy officer, aide-de-camp to King George VI[1][4][5]
- General Sir Robert Bray - Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe[1][4]
- Sir Stephen Bull, 2nd Baronet, killed on active service in Java, 1942[1][9]
- Donald Cunnell - World War I fighter pilot[1]
- Arthur Estcourt - World War I officer[1]
- Major-General Guy Gregson - soldier[1][10]
- Sir Christopher Heydon - took part in the capture of Cádiz, 1596[1][4][6]
- General Sir William Holmes - Second World War general[1][10][11]
- Major-General John Lethbridge - soldier[1]
- Sir Philip Toosey - Bridge on the River Kwai commander[1][4][5]
- Peter Wilkinson MC - Royal Artillery and Royal Air Force[1][2]
- Tom Wintringham - soldier, military historian, journalist, poet, communist[1][4][5]
- Major-General A. E. Younger - soldier[1][2][3]
[edit] Church
- Edwin Boston - founder of the Cadeby Light Railway, "the Fat Clergyman" in the books of the Rev. W. Awdry[12]
- John Bradburne - Franciscan[1][4]
- John Daly - bishop of The Gambia, Accra, Korea and Taejon[1][4]
- Colin Forrester-Paton - missionary and Chaplain to H.M. The Queen in Scotland[1][2]
- Most Rev. David Hand - Archbishop of Papua New Guinea[1][2][3][4][13]
- Peter Lee - bishop of the diocese of Christ the King, Johannesburg[2][4]
- William Lubbock - 18th century divine, Fellow of Caius College, Cambridge[1][6]
- John Moorman - Bishop of Ripon[1][4][5]
- Thomas Pyle - 18th century clergyman and writer[1][5][6]
- Robin Woods - Dean of Windsor and Bishop of Worcester[1][4]
[edit] Medicine
- Richard Battle - plastic surgeon[1][14]
- Major-General Joseph Crowdy - Commandant of the Royal Army Medical Corps[1][2][3]
- Michael Fordham - psychiatrist[1]
- Thomas Girdlestone - physician and writer[1][4]
- John Grange - immunologist[2]
- Sir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin - Nobel Prize for Medicine, President of the Royal Society, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge[1][2][4][5]
- William Rushton FRS - physiologist[1][4][5]
- Thomas Stuttaford - doctor and politician[1][2][3][4]
- Anthony Yates - rheumatologist[1][2]
[edit] Writers
[edit] Poets
- W. H. Auden - poet[1][4][5]
- Andrew Jefford - poet and wine writer[15]
- Michael Laskey - poet[2][16]
- John Pudney - poet and novelist[1][4][5]
- Sir Stephen Spender - poet[1][4][5]
[edit] Academics
- Norman Cohn - historian[1][3][17]
- Oliver Elton - literary critic, translator[5]
- Boris Ford - literary critic, editor[1][4][5]
- Alfred Gissing - biographer[1]
- John Davy Hayward - editor and critic[1][4][5]
- Michael Kitson - art historian[1][5]
- James Klugmann - Communist historian[1][5]
- 2nd Baron Lindsay of Birker - political scientist[1][5]
- Sir James Maude Richards - architectural writer[1][4][5]
- E. Clive Rouse - archaeologist[1][4]
- John Saltmarsh - historian[1][4]
- Brian Simon - educational historian[1][4][5]
- Charles E. Rounds, Jr. - academic lawyer[18]
[edit] Novelists
- John Lanchester - novelist[2][4]
- Sabin Willett - novelist[2]
[edit] Journalists
- Cedric Belfrage - journalist and author[1][4]
- Alastair Hetherington - journalist, editor of The Guardian[1][2][4][5]
- Sir John Tusa - BBC journalist[2][4]
- Edmund Rogers - journalist[1][4][5]
[edit] Other
- Erskine Childers - political writer[1][4]
- Maurice Ash - environmentalist writer[1][3]
- Sir Christopher Heydon - 17th century writer on astrology[1][4][6]
- Lady Flora McDonnell - children's author[2]
- Pat Simon - wine writer and Master of Wine[2][19]
[edit] Music
- Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh - composer[1][4][5]
- Sir Lennox Berkeley - composer[1][4][5]
- Richard Hand - classical guitarist[2][20]
- Christopher J. Monckton - organist and conductor[2]
- George Stiles - composer[2][4]
- Roderick Watkins - composer[4]
[edit] Sciences
- L. E. Baynes - aeronautical engineer[1][4]
- David Bensusan-Butt - economist[1]
- Derek Bryan - sinologist[1][2]
- Anthony Bull - transport engineer[1][2][3]
- Sir Henry Clay, 6th Baronet - engineer[1]
- Sir Christopher Cockerell - inventor of the hovercraft[1][5]
- C. H. Gimingham - botanist[1][2][3]
- Dr Hildebrand Hervey FRS - marine biologist[1][5]
- Sir John Hammond - agricultural research scientist[1][4][5]
- Harry Hodson - economist[1][2][4][5]
- G. Evelyn Hutchinson - zoologist[1]
- Bryan Keith-Lucas - political scientist[1][5]
- David Keith-Lucas - aeronautical engineer[1][2][4][5]
- David Lack - biologist[1][4][5]
- Dr Colin Leakey - botanist[2]
- Maurice Lister - chemist[1][2]
- Jonathan Partington - mathematician
- Frank Perkins - engineer[1][5]
- Christopher Strachey - computer scientist[1][5]
- Sir Owen Wansbrough-Jones - chemist, weapons research scientist[1][4][5]
- Sir Martin Wood - engineer[1][2][3][4]
[edit] Artists
- Michael Cummings - cartoonist[1][2][4][5]
- Richard Chopping - book cover illustrator [21]
- William Lionel Clause, landscape artist[1][22]
- Sir Philip Dowson - architect and President of the Royal Academy[1][2][3][4]
- Molly Garnier - artist[23]
- Robert Medley RA - artist[1][4][5]
- Ben Nicholson, OM - artist[1][5]
- Christopher Nicholson - architect[1][4]
- Christopher Perkins - artist[1]
- Humphrey Spender - photographer[1][24]
- Tony Tuckson - artist[1]
- Charles Mayes Wigg - artist[1]
[edit] Sports
- Giles Baring - cricketer[1][25]
- Glyn Barnett - rifleman, Commonwealth Games gold medallist 2006[2]
- Tom Bourdillon - mountaineer[1][4][5][26]
- Gawain Briars - British No. 1 squash player[2]
- 11th Earl of Northesk - Olympic medallist (skeleton, 1928)[1]
- Andrew Corran - cricketer[1][2]
- Matthew Dickinson - mountaineer and adventurer[4]
- Natasha Firman - Formula Woman racing driver[2]
- Ralph Firman - Formula One racing driver[2]
- Richard Leman - hockey player and Olympic gold medallist[2][4]
- Peter Lloyd - mountaineer[1]
- Andy Mulligan - captain of the British Lions Rugby XV[4]
- Ben Pienaar - rugby union player and Junior National Champion at judo[27]
- Pat Symonds - Formula One racing[2]
- Nick Youngs - England rugby union footballer[2][4]
- Tom Youngs - member of England squad at Rugby sevens[28]
- Sir Percy Wyn-Harris - mountaineer[1][4]
[edit] Performing Arts
- Kat Alano - model, actress[29]
- Matt Arnold - television presenter[2]
- Michael Aldridge - actor[1][4]
- Bruce Belfrage - actor[1][4]
- Peter Brook - theatre director[1][4][3]
- Henry Daniell - actor[1]
- Nigel Dick - director[2]
- Stephen Frears - film director[2][4][3]
- Stephen Fry - actor and comedian[30]
- Sienna Guillory - actress[2]
- Julian Jarrold - television and film director[2][4]
- Robert Mawdesley - actor[1][4]
- Bill Mason, documentary film maker[2]
- Paddy O'Connell - television presenter[2]
- Sebastian Shaw - actor[1][4]
- Patrick Waddington - actor[1][4]
- Peter Whitbread - actor and scriptwriter[1][2][4]
[edit] Business
- Sir James Dyson - inventor and entrepreneur[2][4][3]
- Charles Kearley - property developer and art collector[1]
- Sir Christopher Howes - chief executive of the Crown Estate[2][3][4]
[edit] Other
- Sir Harold Atcherley - arts administrator[1][2][3]
- Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet - landowner, festivals organizer[2][3]
- Jeremy Bamber
- 3rd Baron Bradbury [2][3]
- Martin Burgess FSA - master clockmaker[1][2]
- Rupert Byron, 11th Baron Byron[1][31]
- Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd[1][32]
- Anthony Coke, 6th Earl of Leicester[1][33]
- Viscount Dunluce[2][3]
- Lady Alice McDonnell[2]
- Christopher Newbury - Council of Europe[34]
- Ian Proctor - yacht designer[1][4]
[edit] In fiction
Among fictional OGs, John Mortimer's television barrister Rumpole sent his son Nick to the school during the 1970s.
[edit] Notable Gresham's masters
- Logie Bruce Lockhart - Scotland rugby footballer, headmaster[2][4][3]
- Warin Foster Bushell - later headmaster of Michaelhouse and Birkenhead School and President of the Mathematical Association[36]
- Antony R. Clark, headmaster since 2002, first-class cricketer[3]
- C. V. Durell - writer of mathematics textbooks[5]
- Graeme Fife - writer, playwright and broadcaster
- Walter Greatorex - composer[1][4]
- Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick - research chemist[37]
- John Holmes - writer of textbooks on grammar, rhetoric and astronomy[1][4][5]
- George Howson - headmaster, 1900-1919[1][4]
- Patrick Thompson - Conservative Member of Parliament[2][3]
- Charles W. Lloyd, Master of Dulwich College[38]
- Dr Michael Walker - headmaster of King Edward VI School, Chelmsford[3]
- Hugh Wright, Headmaster 1985-1991, later Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference[4][3]
- Denys Thompson - Editor of The Use of English (journal)[39]
- Professor Richard D'Aeth (later Master of Hughes Hall, Cambridge)[40]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
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- ^ Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, ed. Charles Mosley (107th edition, 3 volumes, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003), volume 1, page 759
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- ^ a b Who's Who 1969 (A. & C. Black, London, 1969)
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- ^ Andrew Jefford CV at andrewjefford.com (accessed 15 October 2007)
- ^ Biography of Michael Laskey at michael-laskey.co.uk (accessed 9 September 2007)
- ^ Norman Cohn: Historian who drew parallels between apocalyptic medieval movements and Marxism and nazism, The Guardian (London, England) Obituary August 9, 2007
- ^ Biography of Charles E. Rounds Jr. at official web site of Suffolk University Law School (accessed 5 September 2007)
- ^ Pat Simon at Masters of Wine (accessed 8 September 2007)
- ^ Biography at richardhand.net official web site (accessed 8 September 2007)
- ^ Richard Chopping: Versatile illustrator best known for his distinctive Bond book jackets - Obituaries, News - The Independent
- ^ CLAUSE, William Lionel in Who Was Who 1920–2007; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 6 May 2008
- ^ Biography of Molly Garnier at mollygarnier.co.uk (accessed 3 November 2007)
- ^ *Humphrey Spender: Artist whose photographs of the working classes became regarded as an invaluable historical record, obituary in Daily Telegraph (London, England) March 15, 2005, from Humphrey Spender at Newspapers Online Gale (accessed 22 August 2007)
- ^ Giles Baring at thepeerage.com (accessed 5 September 2007)
- ^ Audrey Salkeld, Bourdillon, Thomas Duncan (1924–1956) in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004; online edition, 2007)
- ^ Ben Pienaar at Leicester Tigers profiles online (accessed 20 February 2008)
- ^ Good Win For Ireland Schools report dated 8 April 2004 at irishrugby.ie (accessed 19 April 2008)
- ^ Biography of Kat Alano at her official web site, katalano.com (accessed 5 September 2007)
- ^ Your questions answered: Stephen Fry at bbc.co.uk (accessed 11 November 2007)
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- ^ Dalziel Llewellyn Hammick, 1887-1966 by E. J. Bowen in Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol. 13, November 1967, pp. 107-124
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- ^ Professor Richard D'Aeth, obituary in The Independent dated May 5, 2008
