This is a list of notable Old Derbeians , former pupils and masters of Derby School (from the 12th century to 1989) and of Derby Grammar School (since 1994), in Derby , England .[ 1]
Derby School
Born in the 16th century [ edit ]
Born in the 17th century [ edit ]
Born in the 18th century [ edit ]
Born in the 19th century [ edit ]
Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818–1910), surgeon and artist[ 2] [ 9]
Henry Howe Bemrose (1827–1911), member of parliament for Derby [ 2] [ 10]
Unwin Sowter (1839–1910), maltster, cricketer and Mayor of Derby
John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), philosopher[ 2] [ 11]
J. M. J. Fletcher (1850–1934), historian [ 2]
Frank Styant Browne , chemist and photographer[ 12]
E. W. Hobson FRS (1856–1933), mathematician[ 2]
Richard Mansfield (1857–1907), actor[ 2]
John Atkinson Hobson (1858–1940), social theorist and economist[ 2]
Walter Weston (1860–1940), missionary and mountaineer[ 2] [ 13]
Frederic Creswell (1866–1948), mining engineer and South African Minister of Defence [ 14]
Christopher Wilson (1874-1919), composer of theatre music and author, Shakespeare and Music (1922)[ 15]
Stanley Hawley (1867-1916), pianist and composer.[ 16]
Lawrence Beesley (1877–1967), RMS Titanic survivor and author[ 2]
William Henry Ansell (1872–1959), architect, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1940 to 1943[ 17]
Walter Greatorex (1877–1949), composer[ 2]
Charles Tate Regan (1878–1943), ichthyologist[ 2]
Sir George Simpson FRS (1878–1965), meteorologist[ 2]
Geoffrey Shaw (1879–1943), composer and musician[ 2] [ 18]
Guy Wilson (1882–1917), cricketer and soldier[ 19]
William George Constable (1887–1976), art historian [ 20] [ 21]
Frank Conroy (1890–1964), actor
Robert Howe (1893–1981), last British Governor-General of the Sudan , 1947-1955[ 22]
Ernest Sterndale Bennett (1884-1982), Theatre Director and member of the Order of Canada
Born in the 20th century [ edit ]
Max Bemrose (1904–1986), Chairman of Bemrose Corporation and High Sheriff of Derbyshire [ 23]
George Timms (1910–1997), clergyman
P. G. Ashmore (1916–2002), academic chemist [ 24]
Gilbert Hodgkinson (1913–1987), cricketer
Spencer Barrett (1914–2001), classical scholar, Fellow and Sub-Warden of Keble College, Oxford [ 25] [ 26]
George Bacon (1917-2011), nuclear physicist [ 27]
Ted Moult (1926–1986), farmer & TV personality
Alexander Morrison (1927-2012), judge[ 28]
John Stobart (born 1929), maritime artist[ 29]
Robert Grimley (born 1943), Dean of Bristol since 1997[ 30]
Notable masters of Derby School [ edit ]
^ Main page of the Old Derbeian Society web site , accessed 27 February 2008
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa The Derby School Register, 1570-1901 , ed. Benjamin Tacchella (London, 1902)
^ a b c d e f g h i j k Distinguished Alumni of Derby School by James Michael John Fletcher (Derby Reporter, 1872)
^ Cantrell, Henry, Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist by David L. Wykes in Dictionary of National Biography (OUP , 2004)
^ "Budworth, William (1723–1745) (CCEd Person ID 42313)" . The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 . Retrieved 6 October 2017 .
^ Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1709–1792), judge by James Oldham in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 4 November 2007)
^ Wright, Joseph, of Derby (1734–1797), painter by Judy Egerton in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
^ Coke, Daniel Parker (1745–1825), barrister and politician by Mark Pottle in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
^ Haden, Sir Francis Seymour [pseud. H. Dean] (1818–1910), etcher and surgeon by A. M. Hind & E. Chambers in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
^ "Bemrose, Henry Howe" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Wilson, John Cook (1849–1915), philosopher and classical scholar by H. A. Prichard & David Boucher in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
^ " Obituary. Mr. F. Styant-Browne. Chemist for Many Years" in Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania), p. 6; "Obituary. Mr. Styant Browne. Well-Known Citizen of Launceston" Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania), p. 2.
^ Weston, Walter (1860–1940), mountaineer and missionary by Peter H. Hansen in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
^ "Creswell, Frederic Hugh Page" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Musical Times , May 1895, p. 311
^ Ann Featherstone & Beverley Kilby. Ilkestone As it Was (2023)
^ "Ansell, William Henry" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Enchiridion Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at canamus.org, accessed 9 January 2009
^ Andrew Renshaw, Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918 (2014), p. 374
^ Papers of William George Constable at janus.lib.cam.ac.uk, ref. GBR/0275, accessed 14 July 2007
^ Constable, William George (1887–1976), art historian and gallery director by Alec Clifton-Taylor & Rosemary Mitchell in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
^ "Howe, Robert George" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Bemrose, Max (John Maxwell)" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Ashmore, Philip George" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Barrett, (William) Spencer" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Hollis, Adrian, Spencer Barrett, Oxford don devoted to classics and his college , obituary in The Guardian , 17 October 2001, online at guardian.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
^ "Bacon, George Edward" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Morrison, Alexander John Henderson" . Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Hawley, Zena, Roy takes to the stage once again to pick up an honorary doctorate in Derby Evening Telegraph dated 19 January 2008, p. 6
^ "Grimley, Robert William" . Who's Who . Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Henry Judge Hose (1826-1883) by K. J. Cable in Australian Dictionary of Biography online, accessed 14 July 2007
Derby School: a Short History by George Percy Gollin