Alumni of Marlbrough College
The following is a list of notable Old Marlburians , former pupils of Marlborough College Wiltshire , England.
Academia and education
Arts
William Morris , textile designer, novelist, and socialist activistAnthony Blunt , art historian and communist spyWilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt , writer and art teacherLauren Child , writer and illustratorClaude Ferrier , architectSusannah Fiennes , artistKeith Henderson , artistWilliam Morris , artist and writerPontine Paus , designer, shipping heiress and socialiteCharles Saumarez Smith , art historian, former Director of the National Gallery Graham Shepard , cartoonist and illustratorEllis Waterhouse , art historian
Literature
Ben Pimlott , academic and biographerJohn Betjeman , Poet Laureate E. F. Benson , novelistJohn Betjeman , poetHumphrey Carpenter , biographer and broadcasterBruce Chatwin , novelist and travel writerCressida Cowell , ex-Children Laureate and creator of How to Train Your Dragon J. Meade Falkner , author of Moonfleet Anthony Hope , writerArthur Lewis Jenkins , poetDick King-Smith , writerLouis MacNeice , poetJames Michie , poet and translator[ 2] John Beverley Nichols , writerDavid Nobbs , comedy writer (Reginald Perrin Redmond O'Hanlon , travel writerBen Pimlott , biographerJohn Preston , journalist and novelistJames Runcie , novelist and television producerSiegfried Sassoon , poetCharles Sorley , poetBernard Spencer , poetAdam Thorpe , poet, novelist and playwrightR. J. Yeatman , co-author of 1066 and All That
Music
Robert Addie , actorStephen Barry , director and administratorJohn Wingett Davies , film exhibitorGuy du Maurier , dramatist and soldierMichael Elwyn , actorCharles Furneaux , producerColin Gordon , actorWilfrid Hyde-White , actorHarry Brodribb Irving , actorLaurence Sydney Brodribb Irving , actor and dramatistDamian Jones , producerJames Robertson Justice , actorJames Mason , actorSimon McBurney , actor, writer and directorMichael Pennington , actor and directorClive Robertson , actorAntony Root , television executive and producerWilliam Desmond Taylor , directorErnest Thesiger , actorNicholas Woodeson , actorJack Whitehall , comedian, television writer/producer and actorAngus Wright , actorEmerald Fennell , actress, director and screenwriterRobert Watts , Hollywood film producer
Politics
Harriett Baldwin , MP for West WorcestershireSally Bercow , wife of Speaker John BercowTim Boswell , MP for DaventryStephen Bradley , former British Consul-General to Hong KongHenry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor , Home SecretaryLord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville , Cabinet ministerRab Butler , statesmanSamantha Cameron , wife of former Prime Minister David CameronChristopher Chope , MP for ChristchurchOtis Ferry , hunt supporter and political activist, son of singer Bryan FerryAlastair Goodlad , former MP for Eddisbury and High Commissioner to AustraliaDaniel Hannan , MEP for the South East of EnglandLeonard Trelawny Hobhouse , British liberal politician and sociologist; one of the 'Fathers of Liberalism'William Jowitt , Lord ChancellorPeter Kirk , politician, first leader of the British delegation to the European ParliamentGeorge Butler Lloyd , MP for Shrewsbury 1913–1922Mark Malloch Brown , Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office John Maples , MP for Stratford-upon-AvonFrances Osborne , ex-wife of Chancellor of the Exchequer George OsborneWilliam Newton Dunn , Conservative, and later Liberal Democrat, MEP for the East Midlands.John Parker , MP for RomfordMaurice Petherick , MP for Penryn & FalmouthMark Reckless , MP for Rochester and Strood Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness , politicianHallam Tennyson, Lord Tennyson , statesmanDennis Forwood Vosper , MP for RuncornLord 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 immunologistC. V. Boys , experimental physicistFrancis Camps , pathologistGeorge Stuart Carter , zoologistHenry Hugh Clutton , surgeonSir Charles Galton Darwin , physicistJohn Dolphin , inventor and engineerSir Nigel Gresley , steam locomotive engineer[ 3] Donald Lynden-Bell , astronomerSir Peter Medawar , Nobel prize-winning biologistDavid Morley , child health pioneerAlex Moulton , engineer and inventor of the Moulton Bicycle Peter Dunn , paediatrician who improved the care of newborn babiesSir Hugh Pelham , cell biologistPhilip Sheppard , geneticist and lepidopteristPercy Sladen , marine zoologistEdward Thompson , steam locomotive engineer[ 4] Thomas Valintine , doctor and New Zealand public health administratorBernard Waddy , epidemiologistE. F. Warburg , botanistJohn Zachary Young , physiologist
Sport
Competitive swimmer Jason Dunford George Ainsworth , first-class cricketerRobert Barker , played for England in the first international football match Fred Beart , cricketerHenry Bell , cricketerSir Hugh Bomford , cricketerJohn Bowley , cricketerWalter Brooks , cricketerRichard Busk , cricketerFrancis Chichester , round the world yachtsmanWilliam Crawley , cricketerCharles Dewé , cricketerArthur Duthie , cricketerJohn Dolphin , cricketerJason Dunford , swimmerEric Elstob , cricketerEdward Fellowes , cricketerArthur Fortescue , cricketerJohn Fuller , cricketerHenry Gale , cricketerEdward Garnier , cricketerArthur Sumner Gibson , English rugby union player in the first international match in 1871[ 5] Jamie Gibson , rugby union playerJohn Gunner , cricketerAlfred St. George Hamersley , English rugby union player in the first international match, later team captainAnthony Hill , cricketerSir John Hoskyns, 15th Baronet , cricketerEdward Hume , cricketerJohn Hunt , leader of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest Hector Jelf , first-class cricketerNigel Jerram , first-class cricketerMaurice Jewell , first-class cricketerEdward Kewley , nineteenth century England Rugby captainSir Henry King , first-class cricketerRobert Kingsford , England international footballer and FA Cup winnerWilliam Lipscomb , cricketerJohn Lloyd , Welsh cricketerReginald Lord , cricketerJohn Maples , cricketerIain MacDonald-Smith , Olympic sailor, Gold medal Mexico 1968Henry Maturin , Irish first-class cricketerJake Meyer , mountaineerMichael Morgan , first-class cricketerJohn Morley , first-class cricketerCharles Morris , first-class cricketerSydney Morse rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1875Peter Nelson , first-class cricketer and British Army officerRichard Page , first-class cricketer and British Army officerInglewood Parkin , cricketerCharles Patteson , cricketerEdward Phillips , first-class cricketerGerald Phillips , cricketerMark Phillips , Olympic horseman and former husband of The Princess Royal Albert Porter , cricketerWilliam Pulman , cricketerFrancis Quinton , cricketerNicholas Ross , cricketerJohn Scobell , cricketerArthur Scott , cricketerEdward Shaw , cricketerReggie Spooner , cricketerAllan Steel , cricketerWalter Thorburn , Scottish cricketerMark Tomlinson , England International polo playerStirling Voules , cricketerBernard Waddy , cricketerCharles Waller , cricketerLancelot Ward , cricketerRonald Watson , Scottish cricketerCharles Plumpton Wilson , England footballerMartin Winbolt-Lewis , Olympic athleteAndrew Wolfson , cricketerSir John Wood , cricketerKenneth Woodroffe , cricketerWilliam Wright , cricketer
Religion
Cyril Alington , headmaster, and Dean of DurhamHenry Bather , Archdeacon of Ludlow 1892–1904Henry Bell , Canon of CarlisleRoy Henry Bowyer-Yin Canon and Chaplain of S Thomas College Mt LaviniaAlfred Blunt , Bishop of Bradford 1931–1955Frederick Nicholas Charrington , social reformer and founder of the Tower Hamlets MissionFrederick Copleston , priest and philosopherNigel Cornwall , Bishop of Borneo 1949–1962Geoffrey Fisher , Archbishop of Canterbury Colin Fletcher , Bishop of DorchesterJames Newcome , Bishop of CarlisleEdward Patey , Dean of LiverpoolJohn Robinson , Bishop of WoolwichMark Santer , Bishop of Birmingham 1987-2002Hugh 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 LondonEdward Sydney Woods , Bishop of Lichfield 1937–1953John Oliver Feetham , Bishop of North Queensland; recognized as a saint in the Anglican Church of Australia
Journalism
Mark Tully , BBC correspondentRawdon Christie , English-born New Zealand television presenterSimon Fanshawe , writer and broadcasterFrank Gardner , BBC News Security CorrespondentRichard Jebb , journalistDerrick Somerset Macnutt , crossword compiler under the pseudonym Ximenes Christopher Martin-Jenkins , BBC cricket correspondentJames Mates , ITN newscasterNorris and Ross McWhirter , journalists, authors, and political activistsTom Newton Dunn , political editor of the SunEdmund Penning-Rowsell , wine writerJulian Pettifer , ITV and BBC journalistHugh Pym , ITN and BBC News journalistEmily Sheffield , Evening Standard Editor, newspaper and magazine journalistSir Mark Tully , BBC India correspondent and authorT.C. Worsley , writer, editor and television critic
Armed forces
Alex Younger , Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service Hugh Stockwell , British Army OfficerNigel Anderson , soldier and local politicianLionel Ashfield , World War I flying ace , killed in actionPhillip Scott Burge , World War I flying ace, killed in actionEdward Bradford , soldier and Metropolitan Police CommissionerJohn Brigstocke , admiral, second sea lord, c-in-c Naval Home CommandMichael 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 ConstabularyCharles Elworthy , Chief of the Defence Staff and Governor of Windsor Castle Peter Gillett , Major-General, Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor CastleJohn 'Hoppy' Hopgood' , pilot in 617 Squadron, killed on the Dambusters raid on 16 May 1943David Maltby , pilot in 617 Squadron who flew in the Dambusters raidJohn Kiszely , Lieutenant General and Director of the Defence AcademyIan Macfadyen , RAF officer and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 2000–2005Charles MacGregor , General and head of intelligence for the British Indian ArmyNevil Macready , General and Metropolitan Police CommissionerPatrick Palmer , Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe and Governor of Windsor CastleFrancis Quinton , British Army general (Royal Artillery)John Wilfred Stanier , Field MarshalHugh Stockwell , General, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1960 to 1964Henry Hughes Wilson , Field MarshalAlex Younger , Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
Victoria Cross and George Cross holders
VC
Victoria Cross holders:
GC
George Cross holders:
Commerce and industry
Michael Clapham , industrialist (ICI )Ernest Debenham , department store ownerOlivia Grosvenor, Duchess of Westminster , senior account managerAmbrose Heal , retailerIan and Kevin Maxwell , former publishers and entrepreneursRobert Noel , businessman, chief executive of Land Securities Group plcRob Perrins , Managing Director of Berkeley Group Holdings George Duncan Rowe , stockbroker, co-founder of Rowe & Pitman [ 6] 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 WalesRobin Janvrin , courtier, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth IIAlan '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 LordJohn Brightman, Baron Brightman , Law LordThomas William Cain , First Deemster of the Isle of ManRayner Goddard , Lord Chief JusticeSir Philip Margetson , Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis William Moore , Lord Chief Justice of Northern IrelandT. C. Kingsmill Moore , Irish judge, politician and authorSir Walter George Salis Schwabe , Chief Justice of the Madras High Court
Sir Richard Gaskell, President of the Law Society of England and Wales [ 7]
Fashion
Other professions
Tracy Philipps , intelligence officer and conservationistSir Basil Blackett , civil servant and international finance expert
Sir Hugh Bomford , civil servant in the Indian Civil Service
Frederic Bonney , anthropologist and photographerSir Grahame Clark , archaeologistO. G. S. Crawford , archaeologistRichard Dale , economistStewart Donald , businessman and football club chairmanHenry Everard , railway executive and acting President of Rhodesia Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale , promoter of the interests of blind peopleWilfred Grenfell , medical missionary and social reformerGordon Hamilton-Fairley , oncologist and IRA victimSir Edmund Ronald Leach , anthropologistDerrick Somerset Macnutt , Ximenes, cryptic crossword compiler for The Observer Ghislaine Maxwell , socialite and convicted child sex traffickerTunku 'Abidin Muhriz , Founding President of Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) , MalaysiaTracy 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 bankerDavid Treffry , colonial servant, international financier and High Sheriff of CornwallPrince Waranonthawat , Thai prince, grandson of King Chulalongkorn
Gordon Welchman , code-breakerJohn Wood , civil servant in the Indian Civil Service
References
^ 'BOGGIS, Andrew Gurdon', in Who's Who 2012
^ "James Michie" (obituary) , The Independent ^ 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 ^ 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 ^ George Walter De Lisle (editor), Marlborough college register, from 1843 to 1869 inclusive, p57, 1870, (Marlborough college)
^ The Rowers of Vanity Fair/Rowe GD - Wikibooks, open books for an open world ^ "Obituary: Sir Richard Gaskell (B3 1950-54)" . 23 September 2016.
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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