List of Old Bradfieldians explained

This is a list of notable Old Bradfieldians, being former pupils of Bradfield College in Berkshire, England:

Academics

• Edward Armstrong (1846–1928), historian and Pro-Provost, Queen's College, Oxford
• William Ormston Backhouse (1885 - 1962), agricultural geneticist
• Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883 - 1946), historian
• Arthur John Butler (1844–1910), scholar and professor of Italian language at University College London
• Anthony Collett (1877–1929), author and writer of natural history
• Joseph Darracott (1934–1998), art historian and writer
• Peter Hadland Davis (1918–1992), British botanist
• Michael Devitt (born 1938), Australian philosopher
• Cyril Falls (1888 - 1971), military historian
• Gerald Gazdar (born 1950), Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Sussex
• Martin Gore (1951–2019), oncologist
• Richard Lancelyn Green (1953–2004), scholar of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes
• Vivian H. H. Green (1915 - 2005), historian and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford
• Douglas Kell (born 1953), biochemist and chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
• Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet (1870–1934), English horticulturalist
• Terence Mitchell (1929–2019), British museum curator
• Sir Martin Ryle (1918 - 1984), Astronomer Royal and 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient.
• Martin Wight (1913 - 1972), historian and international affairs expert
• Basil Gray (1904 - 1989), British museum curator and art historian

Art and entertainment

• Sir Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958), English actor and baronet
• Richard Adams (1920–2016), author
• Matt Barber (born 1983), actor
• John Bennett (1928–2005), actor
• Anthony Calf (born 1960), actor
• Isabella Calthorpe (born 1980), model and actor
• James Chalmers, actor
• Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet (1907–1978), artist and fourth holder of the Cook Baronetcy
• Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), modernist theatre practitioner
• Louis de Bernières (born 1954), novelist
• Simon Drew (born 1952), illustrator and cartoonist
• Sir Edmund Elton, 8th Baronet, inventor and studio potter
• John Etheridge, jazz guitarist
• Hubert J. Foss (1899 - 1953), composer and music publisher
• John Hamilton (1919–1993), British army officer and artist
• Tony Hancock (1924 - 1968), comedian
• Misan Harriman (born 1977), photographer and founder of What We Seee^[1]
• Anthony Hawtrey (1909–1954), actor and theatre director
• Thomas Heathcote (1917–1986), character actor
• Thomas Hennell (1903 - 1945), artist
• John Hollingsworth (1916–1963), orchestral conductor
• Russell Lloyd, British film editor
• David Lloyd Jones (born 1942), architect
• Hilary Minster (1944–1999), actor, 'Allo 'Allo!
• Robert Noble OBE (born 1965 Theatre Producer
• Alistair Petrie (born 1970), English actor
• Terence Reese (1913 - 1996), bridge player and writer
• Gerald Savory (1909–1996), playwright
• Darja Schabad (born 1983), Russian vocalist and actress
• John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), architect
• George Blackall Simonds (1843 - 1929), sculptor
• Dan Stein (born 1977), DJ Fresh
• William Strang (1859 - 1921), painter and engraver
• Snoo Wilson (1948–2013), playwright, screenwriter and director
• George Grey Wornum (1888–1957), architect

Broadcasters

• Nick Clarke (1948 - 2006), journalist and BBC Radio 4 presenter
• Tim Dellor (born 1975), BBC Local Radio presenter
• Ben Geoghegan (born 1965), BBC News presenter and correspondent
• Nick Higham (born 1954), BBC News correspondent
• Peter Jones (1930 - 1990), broadcaster
• Will Lyons (born 1976), journalist, broadcaster and wine writer
• Ed Robinson (born 1971), Sky Sports presenter
• Jonny Saunders (born 1975), former BBC sports commentator

Diplomats and civil servants

• Morrice James, Baron Saint Brides (1916–1989), High Commissioner in Pakistan, India and Australia
• G. Norman Knight (1891–1978), civil servant and indexer
• George Paine (1918–1992), Registrar General
• Gerald Henry Summers (1885–1925), British colonial administrator
• R. V. Vernède (1905–2003), colonial administrator in India and writer
• Gordon Wetherell (born 1948), diplomat and former Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
• Dennis Charles White KBE CMG (1910–1983), British colonial administrator in Sarawak and first High Commissioner for Brunei
• Ronald Wingate (1889–1978), British colonial administrator, soldier, delegate on the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold and author

Law

• Quentin Edwards QC (1925–2010), judge^[2]
• Sir Richard Henriques (born 1943), judge and Justice of the High Court of England and Wales
• Nicholas Hilliard (born 1959), Recorder of London and Senior Judge at the Old Bailey
• The Hon Alan Robertson SC (born 1950), judge of the Federal Court of Australia^[3]

Medical

• John Hopewell (1920-2015), Urologist and pioneering kidney surgeon^[4]

Naval and military

• Captain Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet Acland (1890–1976), officer in the Royal Navy
• Major-General Arthur Edward Barstow (1888–1942), officer in the British Indian Army and commander of the 9th Infantry Division during the Battle of Malaya
• Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham (born 1943), Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander in Chief Fleet
• Brigadier Mike Calvert (1913–1998), Chindits and Special Air Service commander
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney (1890–1976), Royal Air Force officer
• Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies VC (1886–1966), Royal Navy officer and aviator
• William Robert Aufrère Dawson (1891–1918), Commanding Officer of the 6th battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and recipient of DSO with Three Bars
• Lieutenant General Sir John Foley, former Commander British Forces in Hong Kong
• Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888–1981), Chief of the Naval Staff
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod (1891–1965), Royal Air Force officer
• Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Admiral in the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy
• Colonel Mark Nicholas Gray (born 1966), decorated Royal Marines Officer
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill MC (1894–1954), Royal Air Force officer, Vice Chancellor of the University of London
• Brigadier-General Alan Hinde (1876–1950), British Army officer (Royal Artillery)
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff
• General Sir Peter Leng (1925–2009), British Army officer and Master-General of the Ordnance
• Lieutenant General Hugh Massy (1884–1965), British Army general during World War II
• Lieutenant-General George Molesworth CSI CBE (1890–1968), Deputy Chief of General Staff of Army Headquarters India and later Military Secretary to the India Office
• Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser (1890–1956), Royal Navy officer during World War I
• Air Vice-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (1931–2014), Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary
• Major-General Michael Scott (born 1941), British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary
• Geoffrey Saxton White (1886–1918), Victoria Cross recipient
• Major-General Dudley Graham Johnson (1884-1975), Victoria Cross recipient
• Major-General Peter Raymond Leuchars (1921-2009), Welsh Guards Officer
• Major-General Sir Donald McMullen (1891-1967), Royal Engineers Officer and Director General of Transportation at the War Office from 1941 to 1945.

Other

• Benedict Allen (born 1960), explorer
• Henry Besant (1972–2013), co-creator of Olmeca Tequila
• Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock (1927–2009)
• Anthony Collett, journalist, nature writer and sometime governor
• Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet
• H. Pelham Lee (1877 - 1953), internal combustion engine pioneer and founder of the Coventry Climax Engines company
• Hugh Osmond (born 1962), businessman, entrepreneur, and founder of Punch Taverns
• Paul Myers (1932-2015), classical record producer^[5]

Politics

• Peter Ainsworth (1956–2021), Conservative former Member of Parliament for East Surrey and member of the Shadow Cabinet
• Richard Benyon (born 1960), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Newbury
• Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet (1861–1935), British Conservative politician
• Sir Reginald Brade (1864–1933), Under-Secretary of State for War, 1914–1920; Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State
• Sir Michael Marshall (1930 - 2006), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel
• Stephen Milligan (1948 - 1994), former Conservative MP
• Sir John Nott (born 1932), Secretary of State for Defence
• David Owen, Baron Owen (born 1938), Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the SDP
• Robert Henry Pooley (1878 - 1954), lawyer and political figure in British Columbia
• Martin Stevens (1929-1986), British Conservative Party politician
• Charles Tannock (born 1957), Conservative Member of the European Parliament
• Sir Cyril Townsend (1937-2013), politician
• Henry Usborne (1909–1996), British Member of Parliament

Religion

• Charles Aylen (1882–1972), Anglican Bishop
• Russell Barry (1890–1976), former Anglican Bishop of Southwell
• Edward Bidwell (1866–1941), former Bishop of Ontario
• Claude Blagden (1874–1952), former Anglican Bishop of Peterborough
• Michael Coleman (1902–1969), Anglican Bishop
• Cecil Cooper (1884–1964), fourth Bishop in Korea
• John Drury (born 1936), former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford
• Michael Hare Duke (1924–2014), Author and former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
• Eric Hamilton (1890–1962), Anglican Bishop
• George Jeudwine (1849–1933), Anglican priest and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford
• Archibald Robertson (1853 - 1931), Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter
• Michael Scott-Joynt (1943–2014), Bishop of Winchester
• Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863 - 1949), missionary in Kashmir

Royalty

• Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (born 1955), current King of Buganda

Sport

• Gus Atkinson (born 1998), Surrey and England cricketer
• Lauren Bell (born 2001), England cricketer
• Faiq Bolkiah (born 1998), Bruneian footballer
• Ben Brocklehurst (1922–2007), English cricketer
• Dai Wai Tsun (born 1999), Hong Kong footballer
• Hugo Darby (born 1993), English cricketer
• Nico de Boinville (born 1989), National Hunt and Gold Cup winning jockey
• Charles Ashpitel Denton (1852–1932), English amateur footballer and solicitor
• Bernard Elgood (1922–1997), English cricketer
• Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), former English cricketer
• Sheridon Gumbs (born 2004), Surrey & England Under-19 cricketer
• Ollie Hancock (born 1987), British racing driver
• Sam Hancock (born 1980), British racing driver
• Gabriella Houseman (born 1994), English Fencer
• Ryan Higgins (born 1995), Middlesex & England Under-19 cricketer
• Frederick Hill (1847–1913), English cricketer
• Alan Hinde (1876–1950), English cricketer
• Henry Jollye (1841–1902), English cricketer
• Christopher Ling (1880–1953), English cricketer
• Okeover Longcroft (1850–1871), English cricketer
• Michael Mence (1944–2014), English cricketer
• Marco Micaletto (born 1996), Italian footballer
• Harrison Newey (born 1998), British racing driver
• Mark Nicholas (born 1957), cricketer and TV presenter
• Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), English cricketer
• Graham Roope (1946–2006), Surrey and England cricketer
• Brian Stevens (born 1942), former English cricketer
• Hugh Tapsfield (1870–1945), English cricketer
• Sidney Wace (1882–1966), English cricketer

Notes and References

1. https://www.whatwesee.studio/ What We Seee
2. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/his-honour-quentin-edwards-nzbkhpc6p76 "His Honour Quentin Edwards"
3. Web site: Former Judges of the Federal Court. 18 October 2021.
4. Web site: 2015-03-24 . John Hopewell . 2024-10-16 . www.thetimes.com . en.
5. Web site: 2015-05-12 . Paul Myers, record producer - obituary . 2024-10-16 . The Telegraph . en.