List of Old Marlburians


List of Old Marlburians


The following is a list of notable Old Marlburians, former pupils of Marlborough College, Wiltshire, England.

Academia and education

  • Andrew Boggis, Master in College at Eton and chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, 2006
  • Charles Fisher, Headmaster, Geelong Church of England Grammar School, Australia
  • Peter Lamarque, philosopher
  • John Raven, classical scholar and botanist
  • Henry Wace, Principal of King's College London (1883–1897), former Dean of Canterbury

Arts

  • Anthony Blunt, art historian and communist spy
  • Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt, writer and art teacher
  • Lauren Child, writer and illustrator
  • Claude Ferrier, architect
  • Susannah Fiennes, artist
  • Keith Henderson, artist
  • William Morris, artist and writer
  • Pontine Paus, designer, shipping heiress and socialite
  • Charles Saumarez Smith, art historian, former Director of the National Gallery
  • Graham Shepard, cartoonist and illustrator
  • Ellis Waterhouse, art historian

Literature

  • E. F. Benson, novelist
  • John Betjeman, poet
  • Humphrey Carpenter, biographer and broadcaster
  • Bruce Chatwin, novelist and travel writer
  • Cressida Cowell, ex-Children Laureate and creator of How to Train Your Dragon.
  • J. Meade Falkner, author of Moonfleet and armaments manufacturer
  • Anthony Hope, writer
  • Arthur Lewis Jenkins, poet
  • Dick King-Smith, writer
  • Louis MacNeice, poet
  • James Michie, poet and translator
  • John Beverley Nichols, writer
  • David Nobbs, comedy writer (Reginald Perrin)
  • Redmond O'Hanlon, travel writer
  • Ben Pimlott, biographer
  • John Preston, journalist and novelist
  • James Runcie, novelist and television producer
  • Siegfried Sassoon, poet
  • Charles Sorley, poet
  • Bernard Spencer, poet
  • Adam Thorpe, poet, novelist and playwright
  • R. J. Yeatman, co-author of 1066 and All That

Music

  • Toby Smith, keyboardist of Jamiroquai
  • Bo Bruce, singer-songwriter
  • Chris de Burgh, singer-songwriter
  • Nick Drake, singer-songwriter
  • Anthony Inglis, conductor
  • Crispian Steele-Perkins, classical trumpeter
  • David Mahoney, conductor, producer and creative director
  • Fred Again, producer and composer

Theatre, cinema and television

  • Robert Addie, actor
  • Stephen Barry, director and administrator
  • John Wingett Davies, film exhibitor
  • Guy du Maurier, dramatist and soldier
  • Michael Elwyn, actor
  • Charles Furneaux, producer
  • Colin Gordon, actor
  • Wilfrid Hyde-White, actor
  • Harry Brodribb Irving, actor
  • Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, actor and dramatist
  • Damian Jones, producer
  • James Robertson Justice, actor
  • James Mason, actor
  • Simon McBurney, actor, writer and director
  • Michael Pennington, actor and director
  • Clive Robertson, actor
  • Antony Root, television executive and producer
  • William Desmond Taylor, director
  • Ernest Thesiger, actor
  • Nicholas Woodeson, actor
  • Jack Whitehall, comedian, television writer/producer and actor
  • Angus Wright, actor
  • Emerald Fennell, actress, director and screenwriter
  • Robert Watts, Hollywood film producer
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Politics

  • Harriett Baldwin, MP for West Worcestershire
  • Sally Bercow, wife of Speaker John Bercow
  • Tim Boswell, MP for Daventry
  • Stephen Bradley, former British Consul-General to Hong Kong
  • Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, Home Secretary
  • Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, Cabinet minister
  • Rab Butler, statesman
  • Samantha Cameron, wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron
  • Christopher Chope, MP for Christchurch
  • Otis Ferry, hunt supporter and political activist, son of singer Bryan Ferry
  • Alastair Goodlad, former MP for Eddisbury and High Commissioner to Australia
  • Daniel Hannan, MEP for the South East of England
  • Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, British liberal politician and sociologist; one of the 'Fathers of Liberalism'
  • William Jowitt, Lord Chancellor
  • Peter Kirk, politician, first leader of the British delegation to the European Parliament
  • George Butler Lloyd, MP for Shrewsbury 1913–1922
  • Mark Malloch Brown, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • John Maples, MP for Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Frances Osborne, ex-wife of Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne
  • William Newton Dunn, Conservative, and later Liberal Democrat, MEP for the East Midlands.
  • John Parker, MP for Romford
  • Maurice Petherick, MP for Penryn & Falmouth
  • Mark Reckless, MP for Rochester and Strood
  • Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, politician
  • Hallam Tennyson, Lord Tennyson, statesman
  • Dennis Forwood Vosper, MP for Runcorn
  • Lord Wright of Richmond, diplomat; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Montague Yeats-Brown, diplomat; consul to Genoa and Boston

Sciences and engineering

  • J. Richard Batchelor, transplant immunologist
  • C. V. Boys, experimental physicist
  • Francis Camps, pathologist
  • George Stuart Carter, zoologist
  • Henry Hugh Clutton, surgeon
  • Sir Charles Galton Darwin, physicist
  • John Dolphin, inventor and engineer
  • Sir Nigel Gresley, steam locomotive engineer
  • Donald Lynden-Bell, astronomer
  • Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel prize-winning biologist
  • David Morley, child health pioneer
  • Alex Moulton, engineer and inventor of the Moulton Bicycle
  • Peter Dunn, paediatrician who improved the care of newborn babies
  • Sir Hugh Pelham, cell biologist
  • Philip Sheppard, geneticist and lepidopterist
  • Percy Sladen, marine zoologist
  • Edward Thompson, steam locomotive engineer
  • Thomas Valintine, doctor and New Zealand public health administrator
  • Bernard Waddy, epidemiologist
  • E. F. Warburg, botanist
  • John Zachary Young, physiologist

Sport

  • George Ainsworth, first-class cricketer
  • Robert Barker, played for England in the first international football match
  • Fred Beart, cricketer
  • Henry Bell, cricketer
  • Sir Hugh Bomford, cricketer
  • John Bowley, cricketer
  • Walter Brooks, cricketer
  • Richard Busk, cricketer
  • Francis Chichester, round the world yachtsman
  • William Crawley, cricketer
  • Charles Dewé, cricketer
  • Arthur Duthie, cricketer
  • John Dolphin, cricketer
  • Jason Dunford, swimmer
  • Eric Elstob, cricketer
  • Edward Fellowes, cricketer
  • Arthur Fortescue, cricketer
  • John Fuller, cricketer
  • Henry Gale, cricketer
  • Edward Garnier, cricketer
  • Arthur Sumner Gibson, English rugby union player in the first international match in 1871
  • Jamie Gibson, rugby union player
  • John Gunner, cricketer
  • Alfred St. George Hamersley, English rugby union player in the first international match, later team captain
  • Anthony Hill, cricketer
  • Sir John Hoskyns, 15th Baronet, cricketer
  • Edward Hume, cricketer
  • John Hunt, leader of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest
  • Hector Jelf, first-class cricketer
  • Nigel Jerram, first-class cricketer
  • Maurice Jewell, first-class cricketer
  • Edward Kewley, nineteenth century England Rugby captain
  • Sir Henry King, first-class cricketer
  • Robert Kingsford, England international footballer and FA Cup winner
  • William Lipscomb, cricketer
  • John Lloyd, Welsh cricketer
  • Reginald Lord, cricketer
  • John Maples, cricketer
  • Iain MacDonald-Smith, Olympic sailor, Gold medal Mexico 1968
  • Henry Maturin, Irish first-class cricketer
  • Jake Meyer, mountaineer
  • Michael Morgan, first-class cricketer
  • John Morley, first-class cricketer
  • Charles Morris, first-class cricketer
  • Sydney Morse rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1875
  • Peter Nelson, first-class cricketer and British Army officer
  • Richard Page, first-class cricketer and British Army officer
  • Inglewood Parkin, cricketer
  • Charles Patteson, cricketer
  • Edward Phillips, first-class cricketer
  • Gerald Phillips, cricketer
  • Mark Phillips, Olympic horseman and former husband of The Princess Royal
  • Albert Porter, cricketer
  • William Pulman, cricketer
  • Francis Quinton, cricketer
  • Nicholas Ross, cricketer
  • John Scobell, cricketer
  • Arthur Scott, cricketer
  • Edward Shaw, cricketer
  • Reggie Spooner, cricketer
  • Allan Steel, cricketer
  • Walter Thorburn, Scottish cricketer
  • Mark Tomlinson, England International polo player
  • Stirling Voules, cricketer
  • Bernard Waddy, cricketer
  • Charles Waller, cricketer
  • Lancelot Ward, cricketer
  • Ronald Watson, Scottish cricketer
  • Charles Plumpton Wilson, England footballer
  • Martin Winbolt-Lewis, Olympic athlete
  • Andrew Wolfson, cricketer
  • Sir John Wood, cricketer
  • Kenneth Woodroffe, cricketer
  • William Wright, cricketer

Religion

  • Cyril Alington, headmaster, and Dean of Durham
  • Henry Bather, Archdeacon of Ludlow 1892–1904
  • Henry Bell, Canon of Carlisle
  • Roy Henry Bowyer-Yin Canon and Chaplain of S Thomas College Mt Lavinia
  • Alfred Blunt, Bishop of Bradford 1931–1955
  • Frederick Nicholas Charrington, social reformer and founder of the Tower Hamlets Mission
  • Frederick Copleston, priest and philosopher
  • Nigel Cornwall, Bishop of Borneo 1949–1962
  • Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Colin Fletcher, Bishop of Dorchester
  • James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle
  • Edward Patey, Dean of Liverpool
  • John Robinson, Bishop of Woolwich
  • Mark Santer, Bishop of Birmingham 1987-2002
  • Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard, known as Dick Sheppard, vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields and founder of the Peace Pledge Union
  • Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London
  • Edward Sydney Woods, Bishop of Lichfield 1937–1953
  • John Oliver Feetham, Bishop of North Queensland; recognized as a saint in the Anglican Church of Australia

Journalism

  • Rawdon Christie, English-born New Zealand television presenter
  • Simon Fanshawe, writer and broadcaster
  • Frank Gardner, BBC News Security Correspondent
  • Richard Jebb, journalist
  • Derrick Somerset Macnutt, crossword compiler under the pseudonym Ximenes
  • Christopher Martin-Jenkins, BBC cricket correspondent
  • James Mates, ITN newscaster
  • Norris and Ross McWhirter, journalists, authors, and political activists
  • Tom Newton Dunn, political editor of the Sun
  • Edmund Penning-Rowsell, wine writer
  • Julian Pettifer, ITV and BBC journalist
  • Hugh Pym, ITN and BBC News journalist
  • Emily Sheffield, Evening Standard Editor, newspaper and magazine journalist
  • Sir Mark Tully, BBC India correspondent and author
  • T.C. Worsley, writer, editor and television critic

Armed forces

  • Nigel Anderson, soldier and local politician
  • Lionel Ashfield, World War I flying ace, killed in action
  • Phillip Scott Burge, World War I flying ace, killed in action
  • Edward Bradford, soldier and Metropolitan Police Commissioner
  • John Brigstocke, admiral, second sea lord, c-in-c Naval Home Command
  • Michael Clapp senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the United Kingdom's amphibious assault group, Task Group 317.0, in the Falklands War
  • Richard Corfield, officer in charge of the Somaliland Camel Constabulary
  • Charles Elworthy, Chief of the Defence Staff and Governor of Windsor Castle
  • Peter Gillett, Major-General, Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle
  • John 'Hoppy' Hopgood', pilot in 617 Squadron, killed on the Dambusters raid on 16 May 1943
  • David Maltby, pilot in 617 Squadron who flew in the Dambusters raid
  • John Kiszely, Lieutenant General and Director of the Defence Academy
  • Ian Macfadyen, RAF officer and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 2000–2005
  • Charles MacGregor, General and head of intelligence for the British Indian Army
  • Nevil Macready, General and Metropolitan Police Commissioner
  • Patrick Palmer, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe and Governor of Windsor Castle
  • Francis Quinton, British Army general (Royal Artillery)
  • John Wilfred Stanier, Field Marshal
  • Hugh Stockwell, General, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1960 to 1964
  • Henry Hughes Wilson, Field Marshal
  • Alex Younger, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

Victoria Cross and George Cross holders

VC

Victoria Cross holders:

  • Edward Kinder Bradbury
  • Frederic Brooks Dugdale
  • Charles Calveley Foss
  • Reginald Clare Hart
  • Raymond Harvey Lodge Joseph De Montmorency
  • Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies
  • Lionel Ernest Queripel
  • John Neil Randle
  • Nowell Salmon
  • Edward Talbot Thackeray
  • Eric Charles Twelves Wilson
  • Sir Henry Evelyn Wood
  • Sidney Clayton Woodroffe

GC

George Cross holders:

  • Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls

Commerce and industry

  • Michael Clapham, industrialist (ICI)
  • Ernest Debenham, department store owner
  • Ambrose Heal, retailer
  • Ian and Kevin Maxwell, former publishers and entrepreneurs
  • Robert Noel, businessman, chief executive of Land Securities Group plc
  • Rob Perrins, Managing Director of Berkeley Group Holdings
  • George Duncan Rowe, stockbroker, co-founder of Rowe & Pitman
  • Sir Michael Turner, General Manager (Chairman) of HSBC 1953–1962
  • Piers Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood, army officer and international ambassador for the Wedgwood Group
  • Simon Woodroffe, founder of the Yo Sushi restaurant chain

The Royal Family and the Court

  • Princess Eugenie of York, younger daughter of The Duke of York
  • Catherine, Princess of Wales (née Catherine Middleton), wife of William, Prince of Wales
  • Pippa Middleton, sister and Maid of Honour to the Princess of Wales
  • Robin Janvrin, courtier, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II
  • Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles, courtier, Private Secretary to George VI and Elizabeth II, and cousin to the husband of Mary, Princess Royal
  • Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich, Law Lord
  • John Brightman, Baron Brightman, Law Lord
  • Thomas William Cain, First Deemster of the Isle of Man
  • Rayner Goddard, Lord Chief Justice
  • Sir Philip Margetson, Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
  • William Moore, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
  • T. C. Kingsmill Moore, Irish judge, politician and author
  • Sir Walter George Salis Schwabe, Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
  • Sir Richard Gaskell, President of the Law Society of England and Wales

Fashion

  • Amanda Harlech, model and 'muse' to John Galliano
  • Stella Tennant, model and fashion designer
  • Samantha Cameron, wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron and creative director at Smythson

Other professions

  • Sir Basil Blackett, civil servant and international finance expert
  • Sir Hugh Bomford, civil servant in the Indian Civil Service
  • Frederic Bonney, anthropologist and photographer
  • Sir Grahame Clark, archaeologist
  • O. G. S. Crawford, archaeologist
  • Stewart Donald, businessman and football club chairman
  • Henry Everard, railway executive and acting President of Rhodesia
  • 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
  • Sir Edmund Ronald Leach, anthropologist
  • Derrick Somerset Macnutt, Ximenes, cryptic crossword compiler for The Observer
  • Ghislaine Maxwell, socialite and convicted child sex trafficker
  • Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz, Founding President of Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia
  • Tracy Philipps, colonial administrator, intelligence officer, and conservationist, Secretary-General of International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
  • Edward John Hugh Tollemache, private firm banker
  • David Treffry, colonial servant, international financier and High Sheriff of Cornwall
  • Prince Waranonthawat, Thai prince, grandson of King Chulalongkorn
  • Gordon Welchman, code-breaker
  • John Wood, civil servant in the Indian Civil Service

References

Bibliography

  • 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)
  • Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 Inclusive by Marlborough College (Oxford: Horace Hart, 1905).
  • Paths of Progress: a history of Marlborough College by Thomas Hinde (John Catt, 1992) ISBN 0-907383-33-5
  • Marlborough College – official site

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