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List of Old Abingdonians

Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School, England. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organisation hosted by the school. It was founded in 1743.

Contents

Born in the 12th century

  • St Edmund Rich (St Edmund of Abingdon) (c.1174–1240), Archbishop of Canterbury, 1233–1240 (may have attended Abingdon)

    • Born in the 16th century

  • John Roysse (1500–1571), mercer, re-endowed Abingdon School in 1563
  • Sir John Mason (1502–1566), diplomat, spy, and Chancellor of Oxford University
  • Thomas Tesdale (1547–1610), maltster and benefactor, established the Tesdale Ushership and was primarily involved in the foundation of Pembroke College, Oxford for Abingdonian Scholars and Fellows
  • Sir John Bennet (1552–1627), Chancellor of the Diocese of York, 1589–1624, Judge of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1604–1621, Master in Chancery, 1608–1621, and politician
  • John Bennet (c 1571), composer

    • Born in the 17th century

  • Henry Langley (1610–1679), nonconformist minister and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1647–1648
  • Sir Edward Turnour (1617–1686), Speaker of the House of Commons, 1661–1671
  • Sir John Holt (1642–1710), Lord Chief Justice, 1689–1710
  • Matthew Panting (1682–1739), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1714–1730
  • Phanuel Bacon (1699–1783), playwright, poet and author
  • Philip Morant (1700–1770), historian

    • Born in the 18th century

  • Francis Ayscough (1701–1763), courtier, and Dean of Bristol, 1761–1763
  • William Adams (1706–1789), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1775–1789
  • Daniel Dumaresq (1712–1805), St Petersburg Academy of Sciences, educationalist
  • Richard Graves (1715–1804), clergyman, writer and translator
  • John Morton (c. 1716 – 1780), MP
  • Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (1719–1760), politician
  • James Dawkins (1722–1757), antiquary and Jacobite
  • William Newcome (1729–1800), Bishop of Dromore, 1766–1775, Bishop of Ossory, 1775–1779, Bishop of Waterford and Lismore, 1779–1795, and Archbishop of Armagh, 1795–1800
  • William Huddesford (1732–1772), Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, 1755–1772
  • James Gerard (1741–1783), Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, 1777–1783
  • Thomas Stock (1750–1803), social reformer, established first Sunday school in England
  • George William Hall (1770–1843), Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, 1809–1843
  • Major-General John Tombs (1777–1848), British East India Company and Indian Army
  • George Rowley (1782–1836), Master of University College, Oxford, 1821–1836
  • Sir William Boxall (1800–1879), painter, director of the National Gallery, 1865–1874

    • Born in the 19th century

  • William Alder Strange (1813–1874), headmaster and author
  • Major-General Sir Henry Tombs VC KCB (1824–1874), Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross
  • William Collinson Sawyer (1832–1868), Bishop of Grafton and Armidale, New South Wales, 1867–1868
  • Edward Ede (1834–1908), cricketer, Hampshire CCC, 1861–1870
  • George Ede (1834–1870), cricketer, captain, Hampshire CCC, 1864–1869 & Grand National winner 1868
  • Colonel Lacey Robert Johnson (1858–1915), Canadian Pacific Railway pioneer
  • Louis Davis (1860–1941), Arts and Crafts stained glass artist.
  • Harry Redfern (1861–1950), architect
  • Charles Harvey Dixon (1862–1923), politician
  • Harold Gilman (1876–1919), painter, founder member of the Fitzroy Group
  • Oswald Couldrey (1882–1958), author and watercolourist
  • Norman Riches (1883–1975), cricketer, captain, Glamorgan CCC, 1921 and 1929
  • Willoughby Weaving (1885–1977), First World War poet
  • John William Duncan (1885-1963), Welsh field hockey international
  • Richard Rice, (1886-1939), 1912 Summer Olympics athlete
  • James Erasmus Tracey Phillips (1888–1959), diplomat and African explorer
  • Thomas Malcolm Layng (1892–1958), Deputy Chaplain-General to the Forces, 1945, and Archdeacon of York
  • Henry Medd (1892–1977), architect and church designer in Delhi
  • Sir Michael Bruce (1894–1957), author, traveller and adventurer
  • Eric Whelpton (1894–1981), author and traveller
  • Nigel Bruce (1895–1953), actor

    • Academic and Education

  • Cecil Davidge (1901–1981), lawyer and academic of Keble College, Oxford
  • Colin Ronan (1920–1995), British author and specialist in the history and philosophy of science
  • Mark Bretscher (born 1940), biological scientist, FRS
  • Sir John Hills, (born 1954) professor and academic
  • Andrew Robson OBE (born 1964), international bridge player, teacher and columnist
  • Ben Macintyre (born 1963), author and journalist

    • Arts

  • Michael Grigsby (1936–2013), film maker
  • Tom Kempinski (born 1938), playwright and actor
  • Martin Lisemore (1939-1977), television producer
  • Nicholas Loukes (1944-1976), actor
  • Eddy Joseph (born 1945), sound engineer
  • Anthony Fawcett (born 1948), writer, art critic, and a former personal assistant to John Lennon
  • Michael Holding, (born 1958), filmmaker and director
  • Thomas Dolby (born 1958), musician and producer
  • Russell Taylor MBE (born 1960), writer, journalist and composer
  • Tom Hollander (born 1967), actor
  • Toby Jones (born 1967), actor
  • Phil Selway (born 1967), member of Radiohead
  • Ed O'Brien (born 1968), member of Radiohead
  • Thom Yorke (born 1968), member of Radiohead
  • Colin Greenwood (born 1969), member of Radiohead
  • Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), member of Radiohead
  • Nigel Powell (born 1971), musician
  • Andy Yorke (born 1972), musician
  • Theo Green (born 1973), film composer
  • David Mitchell (born 1974), comedian and actor
  • Rob Walker (born 1975), sports commentator and television presenter
  • Michael Bartlett (born 1980), playwright and actor
  • Joseph Kennedy (born 1981), actor
  • Jamie Anderson (born 1985), producer
  • Tim Dawson (born 1988), screenwriter
  • David Pringuer (born 1990), musician

    • Business

  • John William Greening MBE (1921–2010), benefactor and philanthropist
  • Bruce Duncan Guimaraens (1935–2002), port wine maker, head of Guimaraens Taylor Fonseca, Oporto
  • Sir Vivian Ramsey (born 1950), former High Court judge
  • Matthew Harding (1953–1996) businessmen and vice-chairman of Chelsea Football Club
  • Tim Parker (born 1955), businessman and chief executive of the Greater London Authority
  • Sir Robert Pasley (born 1965), Pasley baronets and CFO of Cell C

    • Government

  • Sir Andrew Foster (born 1944), British public servant
  • Sir Paul Robert Virgo Clarke KCVO (born 1953), government official
  • Sir Kim Darroch KCMG (born 1954), senior British diplomat
  • Sir Nicholas Kay KCMG (born 1958), British diplomat
  • Richard Tauwhare (born 1959), Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
  • The Hon.Jonathan Hamberger (born 1959), government official awarded Public Service Medal (Australia)

    • Military

  • Brigadier Tony Clay OBE, CBE (1930-2015), British Army officer
  • Major General Walter Courage (born 1940), retired British Army officer
  • Christopher John Pickup OBE, LVO (born 1942), retired British Army officer
  • Commodore David Brice (born 1942), retired Royal Navy officer
  • Brigadier Christopher Winfield CBE (born 1944), retired British Army officer
  • Michael Philip Westwood OBE (born 1944), retired Royal Air Force officer
  • Air Vice Marshall Steven Nicholl CBE (born 1946), retired Royal Air Force officer
  • Jonathan Frere MBE (born 1952), retired British Army officer
  • Commodore Alistair Halliday (born 1959), Royal Navy officer
  • Brigadier Robert Bowkett (1954-2002), British Army officer
  • Colonel David Eccles OBE, CBE (born 1957), British Army officer

    • Politics

  • Edward Castle, Baron Castle (1907–1979), British journalist and politician
  • Sir George Sinclair (1912–2005), colonial administrator and Conservative MP for Dorking
  • Roger Blackmore (born 1941), political and Lord Mayor of Leicester
  • Robert Hayward, Baron Hayward OBE (born 1949), Conservative MP for Kingswood
  • Peter Bradley (born 1953), Labour MP for the Wrekin
  • Francis Maude (born 1953), Conservative MP for Warwickshire North, then Horsham, Chairman of the Conservative Party

    • Sporting

  • Sir David Tanner CBE (born 1947), British Olympic rowing coach
  • Michael Hill (born 1951), English cricketer
  • Mark Andrews (born 1959), University boat race rower
  • Graham Scott (born 1968), Premier League referee
  • James Allison (born 1968), designer, engineer, and technical director of Scuderia Ferrari
  • Martin Haycock (born 1973), University boat race cox
  • Phil Baker (born 1975), rowing world championship medallist
  • Alex Greaney (born 1975), University boat race cox
  • Ben Gannon (born 1975), professional cricketer
  • Nicholas Drake (born 1975), England rugby sevens and London Irish
  • Jon Dunbar (born 1980), international rugby union player
  • Robin Bourne-Taylor (born 1981), Olympic rower
  • George Whittaker (born 1981), rower
  • Nick Brodie (born 1986), University boat race cox
  • Oliver Cook (born 1990), international world champion rower
  • Alex Fisher (born 1990), professional footballer
  • Chris Newman (born 1990), field hockey international
  • Nathaniel Watkins (born 1991), professional cricketer
  • Jamie Cook (born 1992), university boat race rower
  • Felix Newman (born 1993), University boat race rower
  • Ian Middleton (born 1995), university boat race cox
  • Theo Brophy-Clews (born 1997), rugby union player

    • References

    List of Old Abingdonians Wikipedia
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