List of Old Oratorians

The following is a list of some notable Old Oratorians, being former pupils of The Oratory School in the United Kingdom.

## Literature[edit]

* Hilaire Belloc, writer and historian.
* Christopher Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien's son.
* Michael Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien's son.[1]
* Gregory Woods, poet.

## Politics[edit]

* Francis Nicholas Blundell, conservative politician.
* Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, conservative politician.
* Peter Hope, diplomat.
* James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour, conservative politician.
* Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour, Soldier and Conservative politician.
* Igor Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
* Edward Leigh, conservative politician.
* Pierse Loftus, conservative politician.
* Charles James Mathew, labour politician.
* Jack Miller, United States Senator.
* Edward Sheil, nationalist politician.

## Military[edit]

* Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lieutenant General and Victoria Cross holder.
* Rudolph Feilding, Viscount Feilding, Lieutenant-Colonel.
* George Henry Morris, Lieutenant-Colonel.
* Edward Noel, Lieutenant-Colonel.
* Sir Edmund Paston Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet.
* Cecil Pereira, army officer.
* Edmund Tempest, pilot.

## Royalty and nobility[edit]

The 15th duke of Norfolk

* Afonso de Santa Maria, Prince of Beira.
* Sir Richard Crichton Mitchell Cotts, 4th baronet.
* William Feilding, 10th Earl of Denbigh.
* Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop.
* Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk.
* Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk.
* Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian.
* Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet.

## Business[edit]

* Ed Conway, first economics editor of Sky News.
* George M. von Furstenberg, economist.

## Sport[edit]

* Robert Berkeley, cricket player.
* John Pius Boland, tennis player and Olympic gold medal winner.
* Danny Cipriani, rugby union player.
* Stewart Davison, cricket player.
* Hubert Eaton, cricket player.
* Ayoola Erinle, rugby union player.
* Benny Howell, cricket player.
* George Macnamara, Irish cricket player.
* Tim Male, Olympic rower.
* Alex Pearce, football player.
* Michael Roberts, cricket player.
* Steve Tomlinson, rugby union player.
* Andy Vilk rugby union player.
* Tim Atkins, hockey player.

## Arts and entertainment[edit]

Jonathan Bailey

* Jonathan Bailey, actor.
* Michael Berkeley, composer.
* Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo, painter.
* Gervase Elwes, tenor.
* Simon Elwes, painter.
* Arthur Hervey, composer.
* Steven Sykes, artist

## Other[edit]

* Charles John Philip Cave, meteorologist.
* Michael Levey, historian.
* Theobald Mathew, lawyer.
* George Pereira, explorer.
* Edward Pereira, priest.
* Tom Sandars, television and radio presenter.
* John Hungerford Pollen, English Jesuit, known as a historian of the Protestant Reformation.
* Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen, English journalist, businessman.

## In fiction[edit]

* George Balfour, one of the main characters in the play Posh and later film adaptation The Riot Club.

## References[edit]

1. ^ Michael D. C. Drout (2006). J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. Routledge. p. 668\. ISBN 978-0-415-96942-0.