List of Old Marlburians
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The following is a list of notable Old Marlburians, former pupils of Marlborough College, Wiltshire, England.
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[edit] Arts
- Anthony Blunt, art historian and Communist spy
- Claude Ferrier, architect
- William Morris, artist and writer
- Charles Saumarez Smith, art historian, former Director of the National Gallery
- Graham Shepard, cartoonist and illustrator
- Ellis Waterhouse, art historian
[edit] Literature
- E.F. Benson, novelist
- John Betjeman, poet
- Humphrey Carpenter, biographer and broadcaster
- Bruce Chatwin, novelist and travel writer
- J. Meade Falkner, author of Moonfleet and armaments manufacturer
- Anthony Hope, writer
- Louis MacNeice, poet
- John Beverley Nichols, writer
- David Nobbs, comedy writer (Reginald Perrin)
- Redmond O'Hanlon, travel writer
- Ben Pimlott, biographer
- Siegfried Sassoon, poet
- Charles Sorley, poet
- Bernard Spencer, poet
- R.J. Yeatman, co-author of 1066 and All That
[edit] Music
- Chris de Burgh, musician
- Nick Drake, British folk musician
[edit] Theatre & cinema
- Robert Addie, actor
- Wilfrid Hyde-White, actor
- James Robertson Justice, actor
- James Mason, actor
- Michael Pennington, actor and director
- Clive Robertson, actor
- Ernest Thesiger, actor
- Nicholas Woodeson, actor
[edit] Politics
- Tim Boswell, MP for Daventry
- Stephen Bradley (diplomat), current British Consul-General to Hong Kong
- Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, Home Secretary
- Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, Cabinet minister
- Rab Butler, statesman
- Christopher Chope, MP for Christchurch
- Otis Ferry, hunt supporter and political activist, son of rock star Bryan
- Alastair Goodlad, former MP for Eddisbury and High Commissioner to Australia
- Daniel Hannan, MEP for the South East of England
- William Jowitt, Lord Chancellor
- Peter Kirk, politician, first leader of the British delegation to the European Parliament
- Mark Malloch Brown, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
- John Maples, MP for Stratford-upon-Avon
- John Parker, MP for Romford
- Maurice Petherick, MP for Penryn & Falmouth
- Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, politician
- Hallam Tennyson, Lord Tennyson, British statesman
- Dennis Forwood Vosper, MP for Runcorn
[edit] Sciences & engineering
- C. V. Boys, experimental physicist
- Francis Camps, eminent British pathologist
- Sir Charles Galton Darwin, British physicist
- Sir Nigel Gresley, steam locomotive designer
- Donald Lynden-Bell, astronomer
- Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel prize-winning biologist
- Alex Moulton, engineer and inventor of the Moulton bicycle
- Philip Sheppard, F.R.S. (1921–1976) was a geneticist and lepidopterist.
- Percy Sladen, (1849–1900), Marine zoologist.[1]
- John Zachary Young, physiologist
[edit] Endeavour & sport
- Robert Barker, played for England in the first international football match
- Frederick Patey Chappell, played for England in the first international football match
- Charles Chenery, played for England in the first international football match
- Francis Chichester, round the world yachtsman
- Jason Dunford, Swimmer, First Kenyan swimmer to qualify for the Olympics, 2008 Beijing
- John Hunt, leader of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest
- Robert Kingsford (1849 - 1895), England international footballer and FA Cup winner
- Jake Meyer, mountaineer
- Mark Phillips, Olympic horseman and former husband of Anne, Princess Royal
- Reggie Spooner, cricketer
- Allan Steel, cricketer
- Charles Plumpton Wilson (1859-1938), England footballer
[edit] The Church
- Cyril Alington, headmaster, and Dean of Durham
- Frederick Copleston, priest and philosopher
- Nigel Cornwall, Bishop of Borneo 1949-1962
- Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Edward Patey, Dean of Liverpool
- John Robinson, Bishop of Woolwich
- Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London
[edit] Journalism
- Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent
- Richard Jebb, journalist
- Derrick Somerset Macnutt, crossword compiler under the pseudonym Ximenes
- Norris and Ross McWhirter, journalists, authors, and political activists
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins, BBC cricket correspondent
- Julian Pettifer, ITV & BBC journalist
- Edmund Penning-Rowsell, writer on wine
- Hugh Pym, BBC journalist
- Sir Mark Tully, BBC India Correspondent and author
- James Mates, ITN News
[edit] The Forces
- Edward Bradford, soldier and Metropolitan Police Commissioner
- Charles Elworthy, Chief of the Defence Staff and Governor of Windsor Castle
- John Kiszely, Lieutenant General & Director of the Defence Academy
- Ian Macfadyen, RAF officer and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 2000 - 2005
- Nevil Macready, General and Metropolitan Police Commissioner
- Patrick Palmer, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe and Governor of Windsor Castle
- John Wilfred Stanier, Field Marshal
- Henry Hughes Wilson, Field Marshal
[edit] Victoria Cross and George Cross Holders
- Edward Kinder Bradbury VC
- Frederic Brooks Dugdale VC
- Charles Calveley Foss VC
- Reginald Clare Hart VC
- Raymond Harvey Lodge Joseph De Montmorency VC
- Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls GC
- Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies VC
- Lionel Ernest Queripel VC
- John Neil Randle VC
- Nowell Salmon VC
- Edward Talbot Thackeray VC
- Eric Charles Twelves Wilson VC
- Sir Henry Evelyn Wood VC
- Sidney Clayton Woodroffe VC
[edit] Commerce & industry
- Michael Clapham, Industrialist (ICI)
- Ernest Debenham, department store owner
- Ambrose Heal, retailer
- Ian and Kevin Maxwell, bankrupts
- Antony Root, television executive
- Simon Woodroffe, founder of the Yo Sushi chain of restaurants
[edit] The Royal Family and the Court
- HRH Princess Eugenie of York, daughter of HRH The Duke of York
- Robin Janvrin, courtier
- Alan Lascelles, courtier
- Kate Middleton, girlfriend of Prince William
[edit] The Law
- Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich, Law Lord
- John Brightman, Baron Brightman, Law Lord
- Rayner Goddard, Lord Chief Justice
- Sir Philip Margetson, Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
- William Moore, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Sir Grahame Clark, Archaeologist
- Henry Everard, railway executive and acting President of Rhodesia
- Charles Fisher, Headmaster, Geelong Church of England Grammar School, Australia
- Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, promoter of the interests of blind people
- Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary and social reformer
- Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, oncologist and IRA victim
- David Treffry, colonial servant, international financier and High Sheriff of Cornwall
- Edward John Hugh Tollemache, private firm banker
- Gordon Welchman, code-breaker
- Prince Waranonthawat, Thai Prince, Grandson of King Chulalongkorn
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- A History of Marlborough College During Fifty Years from its Foundation to the Present Time by A.G. Bradley, A.C. Champneys and J.W. Baines (Macmillan & Co., 1893)
- Paths of Progress: a history of Marlborough College by Thomas Hinde (John Catt, 1992) ISBN 0-907383-33-5
- Marlborough College - official site
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
