List of Old Bradfieldians

This is a list of notable Old Bradfieldians, former pupils of Bradfield College in Berkshire, England. Alumni include three Victoria Cross winners, a Nobel Prize Laureate, and senior members of government including a former Secretary of State for Defence, and Foreign Secretary.

## Academics

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* 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
* Stephen Oakley (born 1958), classicist, academic
* Peter B. Best (1939-2015), marine biologist and expert on whales and dolphins in Southern Africa
* Walter Perceval Yetts (1878-1957), sinologist and surgeon
* John Prest (1928-2018), historian and horticulturalist[1]
* Edmund Fryde (1923-1999), historian of medieval England and the early renaissance
* A.J. Arkell (1898-1980), archaeologist and colonial administrator, noted for work in Sudan and Egypt.
* John Frederick Norman Green (1873-1949), geologist, Geological Society of London President, and winner of the Lyell Medal
* Edgar Frederick Carritt (1876-1964), philosopher, fellow of University College, Oxford, and member of the Carritt family

## Art and entertainment

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* Sir Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958), 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[2]
* 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
* John Hadfield (1907-1999), publisher and writer, best known for the 1959 novel Love on a Branch Line
* Bertram Luard-Selby (1953-2018), composer and cathedral organist
* John Llewellyn Moxey (1925-2019), film and television director
* Algernon Islay de Courcy Lyons (1922-1993), photographer, novelist, and linguist
* Brian Thomas (1912-1989), church artist known in particular for stained glass and murals
* Christopher Sclater Millard (1872-1927), author
* Christopher Steel (1938-1991), classical music composer
* Philip Henderson (1906-1977), novelist and literary critic
* Alec Robertson (1892-1982), writer, broadcaster and music critic
* Andrew Alexander, actor and singer
* Digby Rumsey (born 1952), film director, producer, writer, cinematographer, editor, sound recordist and film diarist
* Sam Thompson (born 1992), television personality and radio presenter
* William Henry Helm (1860-1936), writer of non-fiction books
* Sean Godley (born 1981), writer and poet
* Riley Uggla (born 1995), creative director and designer
* Sshh Liguz (born 1984), artist and singer
* Peter Boyle (born 1946), film editor, Academy Award and BAFTA nominee
* Arthur Scaife (1855-1934), writer, editor, insurance broker, and founder of The Province
* Jolyon Jackson (1948-1985) musician and composer

## Broadcasters

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* 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
* Christopher Edward de Souza (born 1943), broadcaster, teacher, music director, composer, opera producer and author.
* Neil Manthorp, writer and broadcaster known for cricket coverage

## Diplomats and civil servants

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* 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), colonial administrator, soldier, delegate on the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold and author
* Stephen Holmes (1896-1980), diplomat and former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia
* Peter Mathers (born 1946), diplomat and former High Commissioner to Jamaica
* Leslie Glass (1911-1988), diplomat and former High Commissioner to Nigeria
* Sir William Rupert Hay (1893-1962), colonial administrator and army officer in British India
* Leonard William Reynolds (1874-1946), colonial administrator in British India

## Law

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* Quentin Edwards QC (1925–2010), judge[3]
* 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 AM SC (born 1950), former judge of the Federal Court of Australia[4]
* Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May KC (1940-2024), judge and former President of the Queen's Bench Division[5]
* Walter Merricks, English solicitor who has held a number of positions at public institutions

## Medical

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* John Hopewell (1920-2015), urologist and pioneering kidney surgeon[6]
* Reginald Statham (1884-1959), gynaecologist and army officer
* Bryan Nicholson Brooke (1915-1998), surgeon and pioneer of ulcerative colitis surgery

## Naval and military

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* 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, (born 1939), Senior British Army officer, Commander British Forces in Hong Kong, Chief of Defence Intelligence, Director SAS
* 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 CMG (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 SirArthur 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 and 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
* Colonel Euan Henry Houston (1946-2024), Grenadier Guards Officer and commander of G Squadron, 22 SAS, during the Falklands War[7]
* Anthony Boam (1932-2023), British Army officer and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong from 1987-1989
* Gerald Henry Summers (1885-1925), British Army officer and colonial administrator
* Dominick Stuart "Toby" Graham (1920-2013), British Army officer, cross-country Olympic skier and university professor
* Brigadier-General Norman W. Webber (1881-1950), Senior British Army Officer during World War I
* Rear Admiral Sir Patrick Macnamara (1886-1957), Senior Royal Navy Officer during World War II
* Admiral Sir Francis Powell (1849-1927), Senior Royal Navy Officer and Commander-in-charge at Hong Kong during the Boxer Rebellion

## Other

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* 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[8]
* Dan Robinson, (runner)
* Donald Macintyre, journalist, political editor and foreign correspondent
* Major Michael Ingouville Williams (born 1946), Army Major and former Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian
* Dennis White (1910-1983), British colonial administrator and former high commissioner to Brunei
* Philip Norton Banks (1889-1964), British Colonial Inspector General of Police in Ceylon
* Robert Winder, former literary editor of The Independent
* Miles Hadfield (1903-1982), writer, illustrator, and pioneering gardener
* Stephen Coleridge (1854-1936), author, barrister, opponent of vivisection, and co-founder of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
* Richard Tait (born 1947), journalist and former member of the BBC Trust
* Frederick Leney (1876-1921), brewery executive and cricketer
* Henry Hayman (1853-1941), freemason, clergyman and cricketer

## Politics

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* 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 and journalist
* 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
* Harold Russell (1871-1938), New Zealand politician, farmer and sportsman

## Religion

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* 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
* Harold Costley-White (1878-1966), Anglican Dean, author and teacher
* Benedict Hoskyns (1856-1935), Anglican priest
* Robert Streatfeild (1894-1976), Dean of Nassau
* Rob Martin (born 1949), Bishop in the Anglican Church of Kenya
* Charles Lefroy (-1940), Anglican priest in Perth, Western Australia from 1907-1912

## Royalty

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* Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (born 1955), current King of Buganda
* Faiq Bolkiah (born 1998), Bruneian footballer and family member of the Sultan of Brunei

## Sport

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* Gus Atkinson (born 1998), Surrey and England cricketer
* Lauren Bell (born 2001), England cricketer
* 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), English cricketer
* Hugh Tapsfield (1870–1945), English cricketer
* Sidney Wace (1882–1966), English cricketer
* Rupert Cox (born 1967), English cricketer
* Peter Smith (1944-2024), English cricketer and headmaster
* Robert Drummond Balfour (1844-1915), English cricketer
* Henry Joynt (born 1931), English cricketer
* Saffie Osborne (born 2002), British jockey
* John Monck (1845-1929), New Zealand cricketer
* William Kendall (born 1973), English cricketer
* Jacob Roddy (born 2003), English footballer
* Hugh Bennett (1862-1943), English cricketer

## References

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1. ^ Burchardt, Jeremy (5 August 2018). "John Prest obituary". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
2. ^ What We Seee
3. ^ "His Honour Quentin Edwards" (obituary) in The Times, 31 October 2010, accessed 25 April 2020 (subscription required)
4. ^ "Former Judges of the Federal Court". 18 October 2021.
5. ^ "MAY The Telegraph Announcements". announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
6. ^ "John Hopewell". www.thetimes.com. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
7. ^ Times, The (17 December 2024). "Colonel Euan Houstoun obituary: Grenadier Guards and SAS commander". www.thetimes.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
8. ^ "Paul Myers, record producer - obituary". The Telegraph. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2024.