Notable Old Bradfieldians

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

Academics

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

Art and Entertainment

• Sir Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958) English Actor and Baronet
• Richard Adams (born 1920), author.
• Matt Barber (born 1983), actor
• John Bennett (born 1929), 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
• Claudia Harrison, actress
• 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
• David Lloyd Jones (born 1942), architect
• Russell Lloyd, British film editor.
• 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
• Andrew Thompson, documentary film maker
• Snoo Wilson (1948 –2013), playwright, screenwriter and director.
• George Grey Wornum (1888–1957), architect.
• Hilary Minster (1944-1999) Actor Allo Allo

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
• Kaddy Lee-Preston (born 1978), TV weather presenter
• Will Lyons (born 1976), journalist, broadcaster and wine writer
• Ed Robinson (born 1971), Sky Sports presenter
• Mark Worthington (journalist) (born 1977), BBC Correspondent
• Jonny Saunders (born 1975), former BBC sports commentator

Diplomats and Civil Servants

• Nicholas Hilliard (born 1959), the Common Serjeant of London
• 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.
• Ronald Wingate (1889–1978), British colonial administrator, soldier, delegate on the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold and author
• Dennis Charles White KBE CMG (30 July 1910 – 17 October 1983) was a British colonial administrator in Sarawak who became the first High Commissioner for Brunei

Military

• Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Admiral in the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy
• Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888–1981), Chief of the Naval Staff
• Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser (1890 – 1956), Royal Navy officer during World War I.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney (1890–1976), Royal Air Force officer
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod (1891–1965), Royal Air Force officer.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill MC (1894–1954), Royal Air Force officer, Vice Chancellor of the University of London
• Air Vice-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (born 1931), Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary.
• Brigadier Mike Calvert (1913–1998), Chindits and Special Air Service commander
• Captain Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet Acland (1890-1976), officer in the Royal Navy.
• Colonel Mark Nicholas Gray (born 1966), decorated Royal Marines Officer.
• General Sir Peter Leng (1925-2009) British Army officer and Master-General of the Ordnance.
• Geoffrey Saxton White (1886 - 1918), Victoria Cross Recipient
• Lieutenant General Hugh Massy (1884-1965) British Army General during World War II.
• Lieutenant General Sir John Foley, former Commander British Forces in Hong Kong.
• Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Kemmis Betty MC (1916-2016) - Gurkha officer. ^{[1] [2]}
• 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.
• 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.
• Major-General Michael Scott (born 1941), British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff

Other

• Benedict Allen (born 1960), explorer
• Henry Besant (1972-2013), co-creator of Olmeca Tequila.
• Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock (born 1927)
• Anthony Collett, journalist, nature writer and sometime governor
• Sir Richard Henriques (born 1943), judge and Justice of the High Court of England and Wales.
• Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet
• H. Pelham Lee (1877–1953), internal combustion engine pioneer and founder of the Coventry Climax Engines company
• James Stunt (born 1982), financier, collector and philanthropist.
• Nicholas Hilliard (born 1959), Recorder of London and Senior Judge at the Old Bailey

Politics

• Peter Ainsworth (born 1956), Conservative Former Member of Parliament for East Surrey and member of the Shadow Cabinet
• Richard Benyon (born 1960), 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), politician
• 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 (born 1937), 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 (1874-1976), 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.
• Eric Hamilton (1890-1962), Anglican Bishop
• Michael Hare Duke (born 1925), Author and former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.
• 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

• Ben Brocklehurst (1922-2007), English cricketer.
• Brian Stevens (born 1942), former English cricketer.
• Charles Ashpitel Denton (1852-1932), English amateur footballer and solicitor.
• Graham Roope (1946–2006), Surrey and England cricketer
• Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), Hampshire cricketer
• Harrison Newey (born 1998), British racing driver.
• Hugh Tapsfield (1870-1945), English cricketer.
• Mark Nicholas (born 1957), cricketer and TV presenter
• Michael Mence (1944-2014) English cricketer
• Ollie Hancock (born 1987) British racing driver.
• Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), former English cricketer.
• Ryan Higgins (born 1995), Middlesex & England Under-19 cricketer
• Sam Hancock (born 1980) British racing driver.

References

1. The Times obituary October 5 2016
2. Telegraph obituary 5 October 2016