Famous folk from your school
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David Beckham, professional footballer
James Alexandrou, former Eastenders actor and current Thespian
Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod and the Mac for Apple Inc..
Rebecca Jane, professional designer
James Povey, renowned lecturer of economics
Sir Peter Harding GCB, (born 2 December 1933), former Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, and Chief of Defence Staff (professional head of the British Armed Forces).
Chrissy Christo, professional artist
David Beckham, professional footballer
James Alexandrou, former Eastenders actor and current Thespian
Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod and the Mac for Apple Inc..
Rebecca Jane, professional designer
James Povey, renowned lecturer of economics
Sir Peter Harding GCB, (born 2 December 1933), former Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff, and Chief of Defence Staff (professional head of the British Armed Forces).
Chrissy Christo, professional artist
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Politics and public service
Nick Anstee, Lord Mayor of London
Simon Burns, Conservative MP for West Chelmsford, Minister of State
John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, MP for Stamford, Grand Tourist and connoisseur
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England and chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper magnate, founder of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, owner of The Times
J.F. Horrabin, Labour MP for Peterborough, journalist and broadcaster
Sir Norman Jude, Minister of State, South Australia
Sir Michael Newington, KCMG, Ambassador to Venezuela, Brazil
Law
Sir Richard Cayley, QC, Chief Justice of Ceylon
Sir Ronald Long, President of The Law Society
Music
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
Sir Michael Tippett, composer
Julian Wastall, composer
Dr John Wells, organist and composer
Literature and the Arts
Michael Asher, Arabist and explorer
Torben Betts, playwright
Nelson Dawson, silversmith, jeweller, designer, etcher and painter of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Colin Dexter, OBE, author of the 'Inspector Morse' detective novels; Morse is described as an Old Stamfordian
Dr Jack Dominian, psychiatrist, author and broadcaster
Neil McCarthy, film and television actor
Francis Peck, antiquary
John Radford, wine writer and broadcaster
Ralph Robinson, Renaissance scholar, first translator into English of Thomas More's Utopia
Thomas Seaton, founder of Seatonian Prize for Poetry at the University of Cambridge
John Terraine, military historian
The Armed Forces
Air Marshal Simon Bryant, CBE, Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, Royal Air Force
Major-General K.J. Drewienkiewicz, CB, CMG.
Major-General R. E. J. Gerrard-Wright, CB, CBE, DL, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
Major-General A. C. Iyappa, Indian Army
General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff.
Rear Admiral Michael Kimmons, CB
Academia and the Church
Martin Aitken, FRS, FSA, FRAS[disambiguation needed], FInstP, Professor of Archaeometry, University of Oxford, Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford
Zachary Brooke, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
John Chevalier, Master of St John's College, Cambridge, and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Charles John Ellicott, professor of Divinity at King's College London and the University of Cambridge and Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
Philip Goodrich, Bishop of Worcester
Edward Miles Hare, Pali scholar and translator of Buddhist texts
Steven V. Ley, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, BP (1702) Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Cecil Richard Norgate,[1] Bishop of Masasi, Tanzania
Michael St John Parker, Headmaster of Abingdon School
Ian Roberts (linguist), PhD, LittD, FBA, Professor of Linguistics University of Cambridge, Fellow of Downing College
Commerce and industry
Edward Bogira, Director, HBOS
L.G. Dawson, Chairman, Division of Advanced Engineering (Aeronautics and Aerospace), Rolls Royce
Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive Officer, Numis Securities
G. F. Murphy, Director, Imperial Chemical Industries.
Sport
Simon Hodgkinson, England international rugby
Mark James, Golfer, Captain, Europe Ryder Cup team
M. J. K. Smith, England international rugby, England international cricket (Captain)
Iwan Thomas, MBE Olympic athlete
John Peckett, England & Great Britain Hockey
Alexander Sims, racing driver in Formula Three Euroseries
Politics and public service
Nick Anstee, Lord Mayor of London
Simon Burns, Conservative MP for West Chelmsford, Minister of State
John Cecil, 5th Earl of Exeter, MP for Stamford, Grand Tourist and connoisseur
William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, Lord High Treasurer of England and chief advisor to Queen Elizabeth I
Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, newspaper magnate, founder of the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror, owner of The Times
J.F. Horrabin, Labour MP for Peterborough, journalist and broadcaster
Sir Norman Jude, Minister of State, South Australia
Sir Michael Newington, KCMG, Ambassador to Venezuela, Brazil
Law
Sir Richard Cayley, QC, Chief Justice of Ceylon
Sir Ronald Long, President of The Law Society
Music
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
Sir Michael Tippett, composer
Julian Wastall, composer
Dr John Wells, organist and composer
Literature and the Arts
Michael Asher, Arabist and explorer
Torben Betts, playwright
Nelson Dawson, silversmith, jeweller, designer, etcher and painter of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Colin Dexter, OBE, author of the 'Inspector Morse' detective novels; Morse is described as an Old Stamfordian
Dr Jack Dominian, psychiatrist, author and broadcaster
Neil McCarthy, film and television actor
Francis Peck, antiquary
John Radford, wine writer and broadcaster
Ralph Robinson, Renaissance scholar, first translator into English of Thomas More's Utopia
Thomas Seaton, founder of Seatonian Prize for Poetry at the University of Cambridge
John Terraine, military historian
The Armed Forces
Air Marshal Simon Bryant, CBE, Commander-in-Chief, Air Command, Royal Air Force
Major-General K.J. Drewienkiewicz, CB, CMG.
Major-General R. E. J. Gerrard-Wright, CB, CBE, DL, High Sheriff of Lincolnshire
Major-General A. C. Iyappa, Indian Army
General Sir Mike Jackson, GCB, CBE, DSO, ADC Gen, Chief of the General Staff.
Rear Admiral Michael Kimmons, CB
Academia and the Church
Martin Aitken, FRS, FSA, FRAS[disambiguation needed], FInstP, Professor of Archaeometry, University of Oxford, Fellow of Linacre College, Oxford
Zachary Brooke, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge
John Chevalier, Master of St John's College, Cambridge, and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Charles John Ellicott, professor of Divinity at King's College London and the University of Cambridge and Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
Philip Goodrich, Bishop of Worcester
Edward Miles Hare, Pali scholar and translator of Buddhist texts
Steven V. Ley, CBE, FRS, FMedSci, BP (1702) Professor of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
Cecil Richard Norgate,[1] Bishop of Masasi, Tanzania
Michael St John Parker, Headmaster of Abingdon School
Ian Roberts (linguist), PhD, LittD, FBA, Professor of Linguistics University of Cambridge, Fellow of Downing College
Commerce and industry
Edward Bogira, Director, HBOS
L.G. Dawson, Chairman, Division of Advanced Engineering (Aeronautics and Aerospace), Rolls Royce
Oliver Hemsley, Chief Executive Officer, Numis Securities
G. F. Murphy, Director, Imperial Chemical Industries.
Sport
Simon Hodgkinson, England international rugby
Mark James, Golfer, Captain, Europe Ryder Cup team
M. J. K. Smith, England international rugby, England international cricket (Captain)
Iwan Thomas, MBE Olympic athlete
John Peckett, England & Great Britain Hockey
Alexander Sims, racing driver in Formula Three Euroseries
My school has its own Wikipedia page just for notable old pupils. Never have I felt like more of a loser. Lots of them are sportspeople I feel vaguely inadequate about not having heard of, but here a few of general interest:
Tony Blackburn, Lily Allen, Stewart Copeland, Sophie Dahl and respectable TV totty Abi Griffiths. Royal adulterer James Hewitt was an old boy, as were John Sergeant and Duncan Goodhew. I believe hirsute gravity botherer Jeff Capes was also there too, but he's not listed on WP. Max Mosley was there as well, and perhaps acquired his passion for botty spanking from his days as a boarder. My favourite weird old boy has to be Osama bin Laden's older brother Salam, though. I wonder if little Osama ever came to open days?
Blessed obscurity for me, and grateful I am for it.
Tony Blackburn, Lily Allen, Stewart Copeland, Sophie Dahl and respectable TV totty Abi Griffiths. Royal adulterer James Hewitt was an old boy, as were John Sergeant and Duncan Goodhew. I believe hirsute gravity botherer Jeff Capes was also there too, but he's not listed on WP. Max Mosley was there as well, and perhaps acquired his passion for botty spanking from his days as a boarder. My favourite weird old boy has to be Osama bin Laden's older brother Salam, though. I wonder if little Osama ever came to open days?
Blessed obscurity for me, and grateful I am for it.
Sir Albert Newby Braithwaite DSO (2 September 1893 – 20 October 1959) was a British Conservative Party politician.
John William Draper (1811-1882), chemist, botanist, historian and photographer
Anna Fitzpatrick (1989- ), tennis player
John Anderson Hartley (1844–1896), educationist
John Hillaby (1917-1996), travel writer
Thomas Hocken (1836-1910), collector, bibliographer and researcher
Nick Houghton (1954- ), General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton KCB, CBE is the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), illustrator, museum curator
Kathryn Leng (1985-), cricketer
Herbert Edward Palmer (1880-1961), poet
William Mabane, 1st Baron Mabane (1895-1969), Liberal politician, held office as Assistant Postmaster-General and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Philippa Morgan (1986- ), fashion editor for Condé Nast Digital
Katie O'Brien (1986- ), tennis player
John Poulson (1910-1983), architect
Samuel Evans Rowe (1834-1897), Methodist missionary to South Africa
Paul Sampson (1977- ), rugby player
Dan Scarbrough (1978- ), rugby player
Ajmal Shahzad (1985- ), cricketer
Joe Bedford (1984-), Rugby player
Edward Sugden (1854-1935), Methodist and first master of Queen's College (University of Melbourne)
Michael Walker (1944- ), now Baron Walker of Aldringhan, was Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in the United Kingdom from May 2003 until April 2006.
No-one of much interest then. Some of them were there when I was there and one in particular was a complete and utter t
t.
John William Draper (1811-1882), chemist, botanist, historian and photographer
Anna Fitzpatrick (1989- ), tennis player
John Anderson Hartley (1844–1896), educationist
John Hillaby (1917-1996), travel writer
Thomas Hocken (1836-1910), collector, bibliographer and researcher
Nick Houghton (1954- ), General Sir John Nicholas Reynolds Houghton KCB, CBE is the Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff.
John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911), illustrator, museum curator
Kathryn Leng (1985-), cricketer
Herbert Edward Palmer (1880-1961), poet
William Mabane, 1st Baron Mabane (1895-1969), Liberal politician, held office as Assistant Postmaster-General and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs.
Philippa Morgan (1986- ), fashion editor for Condé Nast Digital
Katie O'Brien (1986- ), tennis player
John Poulson (1910-1983), architect
Samuel Evans Rowe (1834-1897), Methodist missionary to South Africa
Paul Sampson (1977- ), rugby player
Dan Scarbrough (1978- ), rugby player
Ajmal Shahzad (1985- ), cricketer
Joe Bedford (1984-), Rugby player
Edward Sugden (1854-1935), Methodist and first master of Queen's College (University of Melbourne)
Michael Walker (1944- ), now Baron Walker of Aldringhan, was Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in the United Kingdom from May 2003 until April 2006.
No-one of much interest then. Some of them were there when I was there and one in particular was a complete and utter t
t.Matt Lucas was a classmate for most of my secondary school years, at Habs, Elstree - only ever really acquaintances. He kept himself to himself (what would you expect of an 11 year-old with absolutely no bodily hair). We skived swimming lessons generally. He was also infamously always last in the school run, with me always second-last - both of us letting our Houses down. Him because he was fat and didn't give a toss - me because I was fat. For football, we'd ensure we got positions like Defence, so we could stand around and chat. I had no idea that he was getting heavily involved in drama while at the Sixth Form - but he was a serious wit, and you didn't get into cussing matches. I had no idea he was gay - but I don't know how much this was down to me naivety, or his being inconspicuous about it.
Then - Sacha Baron-Cohen (Ali G, Borat, etc) - was a good few years ahead of me, would have interacted with him in the CCF quite possibly, but never knew him myself as such.
Damon Hill - a historical figure! Obviously never met him there.
Then - Sacha Baron-Cohen (Ali G, Borat, etc) - was a good few years ahead of me, would have interacted with him in the CCF quite possibly, but never knew him myself as such.
Damon Hill - a historical figure! Obviously never met him there.
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