List of Old Abingdonians

The Old Abingdonian ties (Griffen and Stripes)

Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School, England. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organisation hosted by the school. It was founded in 1743.^[1]

Born in the 12th century

• St Edmund Rich (St Edmund of Abingdon) (c.1174–1240), Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233–1240 (may have attended Abingdon)

Born in the 16th century

Sir John Mason

• John Roysse (1500–1571), mercer, re-endowed Abingdon School in 1563
• Sir John Mason (1502–1566), diplomat, spy, and Chancellor of Oxford University
• Thomas Tesdale (1547–1610), maltster and benefactor, established the Tesdale Ushership and was primarily involved in the foundation of Pembroke College, Oxford for Abingdonian Scholars and Fellows
• Sir John Bennet (1552–1627), Chancellor of the Diocese of York, 1589–1624, Judge, 1604–1621, Master in Chancery, 1608–1621, and politician
• Sir Thomas Smith, (1556?–1609), Judge and Member of Parliament
• John Bennet (c 1571), composer

Born in the 17th century

Sir Edward Turnour

• Henry Langley (1610–1679), nonconformist minister and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1647–1648
• Sir Edward Turnour (1617–1686), Speaker of the House of Commons, 1661–1671
• Sir John Holt (1642–1710), Lord Chief Justice, 1689–1710
• Colwell Brickenden (1663-1714), Clergyman and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1710–1714
• Matthew Panting (1682–1739), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1714–1730
• Phanuel Bacon (1699–1783), playwright, poet and author

Born in the 18th century

Sir James Dashwood

• Philip Morant (1700–1770), historian
• John Ratcliffe (1700–1775), Clergyman and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
• Francis Ayscough (1701–1763), courtier, and Dean of Bristol, 1761–1763
• William Walker (1704-1761), Principal of New Inn Hall
• John Nourse (1705-1780), bookseller
• John Clarke (?-1781), Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
• William Adams (1706–1789), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1775–1789
• Lord James Beauclerk (1709-1787), Bishop of Hereford, 1746-1787
• Daniel Dumaresq (1712–1805), St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, educationalist
• James Dashwood (1715-1779), politician
• Richard Graves (1715–1804), clergyman, writer and translator
• John Morton (c. 1716 – 1780), MP
• Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (1719–1760), politician
• James Dawkins (1722–1757), antiquary and Jacobite
• John Tracy (1722-1793), Viscount and Warden of All Souls College, Oxford 1766-1793
• John Loder (c.1726-1805), Clergyman, landowner and founder of the Old Berkshire Hunt
• Henry Dawkins (1728-1814), Member of the Parliament
• William Newcome (1729–1800), Bishop and Archbishop of Armagh
• William Huddesford (1732–1772), Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1755–1772
• James Gerard (1741–1783), Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, 1777–1783
• John Smyth (1744–1809), Clergyman and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
• Thomas Stock (1750–1803) social reformer, established first Sunday school in England
• George Knapp (1754–1809), British Member of Parliament for Abingdon
• Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, (1770-1842), antiquary
• George William Hall (1770–1843), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1809–1843
• Major-General John Tombs (1777–1848), British East India Company and Indian Army
• George Rowley (1782–1836), Master of University College, Oxford, 1821–1836

Born in the 19th century

Major General Henry Tombs

Nigel Bruce

• Sir William Boxall (1800–1879), painter, director of the National Gallery, 1865–1874
• William Alder Strange (1813–1874), headmaster and author
• Major-General Sir Henry Tombs VC KCB (1824–1874), Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross
• Henry Rudge Hayward (1831-1912), Archdeacon of Cheltenham and Cirencester
• William Collinson Sawyer (1832–1868), Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, New South Wales, 1867–1868
• Edward Ede (1834–1908), cricketer, Hampshire CCC, 1861–1870
• George Ede (1834–1870), cricketer, captain, Hampshire CCC, 1864–1869 & Grand National winner 1868
• William Henry Richardson (1836-1909), historian
• Arthur Edwin Preston (1853-1942), mayor of Abingdon, Master of Christ’s Hospital
• Colonel Lacey Robert Johnson (1858–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
• Louis Davis (1860–1941), Arts and Crafts stained glass artist.
• Harry Redfern (1861–1950), architect
• Charles Harvey Dixon (1862–1923), politician
• Harold Gilman (1876–1919), painter, founder member of the Fitzroy Group
• Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958), author and watercolourist
• Norman Riches (1883–1975), cricketer, captain, Glamorgan CCC, 1921 and 1929
• Willoughby Weaving (1885–1977), First World War poet
• John William Duncan (1885-1963), Welsh field hockey international ^[2]
• Richard Rice, (1886-1939), 1912 Summer Olympics athlete
• Thomas Malcolm Layng (1892–1958), Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces, 1945, and Archdeacon of York
• Henry Medd (1892–1977), architect and church designer in Delhi
• Sir Michael Bruce (1894–1957), author, traveller and adventurer
• Eric Whelpton (1894–1981), author and traveller
• John Theobald Milne (1895-1917), an English fighter pilot and flying ace
• Nigel Bruce (1895–1953), actor

Born in the 20th century

Arts

Members of the band Radiohead

David Mitchell

Toby Jones

• Raymond Stross (1916-1988), film producer and director
• Michael Grigsby (1936–2013), film maker
• Tom Kempinski (born 1938), playwright and actor
• Martin Lisemore (1939-1977), television producer
• Christopher Wray (1940-2014) actor and businessman
• Nicholas Loukes (1944-1976), actor ^[3]
• Eddy Joseph (born 1945), sound engineer
• Anthony Fawcett (born 1948), writer, art critic, and a former personal assistant to John Lennon
• Michael Holding, (born 1958), filmmaker and director
• Thomas Dolby (born 1958), musician and producer
• Robin Kermode (born 1958), actor
• Russell Taylor (born 1960), writer, journalist and composer
• Simon West (born 1961), actor
• Martin Hyder (born 1961), actor & writer
• Tom Hollander (born 1967), actor
• Toby Jones (born 1967), actor
• Phil Selway (born 1967), member of Radiohead
• Ed O'Brien (born 1968), member of Radiohead
• Thom Yorke (born 1968), member of Radiohead
• Colin Greenwood (born 1969), member of Radiohead
• Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), member of Radiohead
• Nigel Powell (born 1971), musician
• Andy Yorke (born 1972), musician
• David Pringuer (born 1972), musician
• Theo Green (born 1973), film composer
• David Mitchell (born 1974), comedian and actor
• Rob Walker (born 1975), sports commentator and television presenter
• Dawson Bros., comedy writers
• Michael Bartlett (born 1980), playwright and actor
• Joseph Kennedy (born 1981), actor
• Jonny Donahoe (born 1983), comedian and writer
• Jamie Anderson (born 1985), producer
• Tim Dawson (born 1988), screenwriter
• Edward Wilson (Eddie Eyre) (born 1988), actor

Government

Kim Darroch

• Hugh Lunghi (1920-2014), British military interpreter and Foreign Office
• Sir Andrew Foster (born 1944), British public servant
• John Beyer (born 1950), former government ambassador
• Sir Paul Robert Virgo Clarke KCVO (born 1953), government official
• Sir Kim Darroch KCMG (born 1954), senior British diplomat
• Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG (born 1958), British diplomat
• Richard Tauwhare (born 1959), Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• The Hon.Jonathan Hamberger (born 1959), government official awarded Public Service Medal (Australia) ^[5]
• Clive Alderton LVO (born 1967), British diplomat

Politics

Francis Maude

• Edward Castle, Baron Castle (1907–1979), British journalist and politician
• Sir George Sinclair (1912–2005), colonial administrator and Conservative MP for Dorking
• Roger Blackmore (born 1941), political and Lord Mayor of Leicester
• Robert Hayward, Baron Hayward OBE (born 1949), Conservative MP for Kingswood
• Peter Bradley (born 1953), Labour MP for the Wrekin
• Francis Maude (born 1953), Conservative MP for Warwickshire North, then Horsham, Chairman of the Conservative Party

References

See also

• Abingdon School Boat Club