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[1]
- 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
William Morris, textile designer, novelist, and socialist activist
- Anthony Blunt, art historian and communist spy
- Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt, 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
Ben Pimlott, academic and biographer
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- 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
- Dick King-Smith, writer
- Louis MacNeice, poet
- John Beverley Nichols, writer
- David Nobbs, comedy writer (Reginald Perrin)
- Redmond O'Hanlon, travel writer
- Ben Pimlott, biographer
- 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 & television
- Robert Addie, actor
- Stephen Barry, director and administrator
- Paul Brooke, actor
- John Wingett Davies, film exhibitor
- Guy du Maurier, dramatist and soldier
- Michael Elwyn, actor
- Charles Furneaux, producer
- 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
- William Desmond Taylor, director
- Ernest Thesiger, actor
- Nicholas Woodeson, actor
- Jack Whitehall, comedian, television writer/producer and actor
- Angus Wright, actor
- Emerald Fennell, actress
- Louisa Warwick, fashion model and actress
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 1913-22
- 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
- Montague Yeats-Brown, diplomat; consul to Genoa and Boston
Sciences and engineering
- C. V. Boys, experimental physicist
- Francis Camps, pathologist
- George Stuart Carter, zoologist
- Henry Hugh Clutton, surgeon
- Sir Charles Galton Darwin, physicist
- John Dolphin CBE, inventor and engineer
- Sir Nigel Gresley, steam locomotive engineer[2]
- Donald Lynden-Bell, astronomer
- Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel prize-winning biologist
- David Morley, much-awarded child health pioneer
- Alex Moulton, engineer and inventor of the Moulton Bicycle
- Sir Hugh Pelham, cell biologist
- Philip Sheppard, geneticist and lepidopterist
- Percy Sladen, marine zoologist
- Edward Thompson, steam locomotive engineer[3]
- E. F. Warburg, botanist
- John Zachary Young, physiologist
Sport
competitive swimmer Jason Dunford
- 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
- Walter Brooks, cricketer
- Francis Chichester, round the world yachtsman
- John Dolphin, cricketer
- Jason Dunford, swimmer
- Eric Elstob, cricketer
- Edward Fellowes, cricketer
- Arthur Fortescue, cricketer
- John Fuller, cricketer
- Edward Garnier, cricketer
- Arthur Sumner Gibson, English rugby union player in the first international match in 1871[4]
- Jamie Gibson, rugby union player
- Alfred St. George Hamersley, English rugby union player in the first international match, later team captain
- Edward Hume, cricketer
- John Hunt, leader of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest
- Hector Jelf, first-class cricketer
- Nigel Jerram, first-class cricketer
- Edward Kewley, nineteenth century England Rugby captain
- Robert Kingsford, England international footballer and FA Cup winner
- John Lloyd, Welsh cricketer
- Reginald Lord, cricketer
- John Maples, cricketer
- Charles Patteson, cricketer
- Edward Phillips, first-class cricketer
- Iain MacDonald-Smith, Olympic sailor, Gold medal Mexico 1968)
- 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
- Mark Phillips, Olympic horseman and former husband of The Princess Royal
- William Pulman, cricketer
- Nicholas Ross, cricketer
- John Scobell, cricketer
- Edward Shaw, cricketer
- Reggie Spooner, cricketer
- Allan Steel, cricketer
- Mark Tomlinson, England International polo player
- Stirling Voules, cricketer
- Charles Waller, cricketer
- Charles Plumpton Wilson, England footballer
- Andrew Wolfson, cricketer
- Sir John Wood KCIE KCVO CSI, 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
Journalism
Mark Tully, BBC correspondent
- 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 & BBC journalist
- Hugh Pym, ITN and BBC News journalist
- Sir Mark Tully, BBC India correspondent and author
- T.C. Worsley, writer, editor and television critic
Armed forces
Alex Younger, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
Hugh Stockwell, British Army Officer
- Nigel Anderson, soldier and local politician
- Lionel Ashfield, DFC, World War I flying ace KIA
- Phillip Scott Burge, MC, MM, World War I flying ace KIA
- Edward Bradford, soldier and Metropolitan Police Commissioner
- Sir John Brigstocke, admiral, second sea lord, c-in-c Naval Home Command
- Michael Clapp, OBE a retired 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
- 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 from 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
- 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
- Edward Kinder Bradbury VC
- Frederic Brooks Dugdale VC
- Charles Calveley Foss VC
- Reginald Clare Hart VC
- Raymond Harvey Lodge Joseph De Montmorency VC
- 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
GC
- Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls GC
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
- Antony Root, television executive
- George Duncan Rowe (1857-1934), stockbroker, co-founder of Rowe & Pitman[5]
- Sir Michael Turner, General Manager (Chairman) of HSBC 1953 to 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, daughter of The Duke of York
- The Duchess of Cambridge (née Catherine Middleton), wife of The Duke of Cambridge
- Robin Janvrin, courtier
- Alan Lascelles, courtier
The Law
- 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
Miscellaneous
Tracy Philipps, Intelligence Officer and Conservationist
- 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
- 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
- Amanda Harlech, model and 'muse' to John Galliano
- Sir Edmund Ronald Leach, anthropologist
- Derrick Somerset Macnutt, Ximenes, cryptic crossword compiler for The Observer
- 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
- Sir John Wood KCIE KCVO CSI, civil servant in the Indian Civil Service
References
- 'BOGGIS, Andrew Gurdon', in Who's Who 2012 (London: A. & C. Black, 2012)
- Hughes, Geoffrey (2001). Sir Nigel Gresley: The Engineer and his Family. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Usk: Oakwood Press. pp. 23, 25. ISBN 0-85361-579-9. OL118.
- Grafton, Peter (2007) [1971]. Edward Thompson of the LNER. The Oakwood Library of Railway History. Usk: Oakwood Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-85361-672-6. OL145.
- George Walter De Lisle (editor), Marlborough college register, from 1843 to 1869 inclusive, p57, 1870, (Marlborough college)
- https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Rowers_of_Vanity_Fair/Rowe_GD
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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