The List of Old Rossallians lists persons who attended or are associated with the Rossall School in Lancashire.
Peter Barton - First World War historian and author.
William Chawner - Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1899-1901
John Standish Fforde - Economist, historian and Chief Cashier at the Bank of England
Frank Fletcher - First person to be knighted for services to education and first lay headmaster of a British public school. Headmaster of Marlborough College and Charterhouse School - His bust in the Sumner Library was created by Jacob Epstein
David Fowler - Mathematician
Robert James - Headmaster of St Paul's School and Harrow School
Sir Henry Stuart Jones - Classical scholar and lexicographer
Charles Lethbridge Kingsford - Historian and fellow of the British Academy
Geoffrey Kirk - Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge
Dr. John Morris - Historian and founder of the historical journal 'Past & Present'
Charles Kay Ogden - Linguist, psychologist and philosopher and inventor of Basic English
Sir Isambard Owen - First Vice Chancellor of Bristol University and founder of The University of Wales
Niall Shanks - Philosopher
There have been many Old Rossallians who have become headmasters at public schools since its foundation in 1844, including Winchester College, Charterhouse School, Rugby School, Merchant Taylor's, Marlborough College, Cheltenham College, The Dragon School, Wellington College, Harrow School, Malvern College, Dulwich College, Sevenoaks School and Christ's Hospital. The current crop includes the Headmasters at Bedales School and Shrewsbury School.
J. R. Ackerley - author, editor, and memoirist
Leslie Charteris - creator of The Saint
J.G. Farrell - novelist and winner of the Booker Prize
F. W. Harvey D. C. M. - Poet
Raymond M Patterson - Explorer and travel writer
Clive Phillipps-Wolley - author and big game hunter
Professor Robert Waring - linguist and author
Michael Barratt - former BBC TV 'Nationwide' anchorman
Patrick Campbell - Former team captain on Call My Bluff
Sonny Flood - Actor in Hollyoaks
Davinia Taylor - Actress and It Girl
Phillip Kelsall, MBE, organist.
George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe - Governor of Bombay and Victoria
Field Marshal Sir Charles Comyn Egerton - First World War Field Marshal, member of the Council of the India, Commander of the Somaliland Field Force [1]
Air Commodore Robert Groves - Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
Captain George S. Henderson (VC)
General Sir Thomas Hutton (M.C. KCB, KCIE)
Wing Commander Ronald Gustave Kellet - World War 2 Flying Ace
Frederick Lugard (GCMG, CB, DSO, PC) - governor of Hong Kong and Nigeria and founder of the University of Hong Kong.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Edward Hasting Medhurst (KCB OBE MC) - Director of Allied Air Co-Operation (1940) and key figure in the RAF throughout WW2
General John Nixon - First World War General
Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke - Colonial Governor, Last Governor of the Gold Coast
Brigadier George Rowland Patrick Roupell (VC)
Vice Admiral Sir David Steel - Second Sea Lord
Sir Alexander Carmichael Bruce - Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Sir Norman Kendal - Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and Barrister
Rachel Lomax - Deputy Governor of the Bank of England (Rossall Junior School)
Music and the Arts
Bill Ashton - Founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham - Conductor and founder of numerous orchestras including the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic
Anthony Besch - opera director [2]
Little Boots (Victoria Hesketh) - Singer/Songwriter
James Donald - Actor (The Great Escape, The Bridge on the River Kwai)
Bill Hopkins - Composer, pianist and music critic
Christopher Whall - Founder of the New England School of Stained Glass craftsmanship. Helped William Morris establish the William Morris Arts and Crafts Society.
Politics and Law
Edward Colborne Baber - Colonial administrator (Rossall Junior School)
Eric Alfred George Shackleton Bailey - Conservative MP for Manchester Gorton 1931–1935
Robert Bernays - Liberal MP for Bristol North 1931-1945, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health 1937–1939, Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport 1939–1940
Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham Private Secretary to Queen Victoria (1895–1901) and to George V (1910–1931)
Harry Brittain - Conservative MP for Acton 1918-1929 and founder of the pilgrims club
Wilfred Banks Duncan Brown, Baron of Machrihanish - Minister of State at the Board of Trade 1970-1975 and member of the Privy Council.
Alfred Broughton - Long serving Labour MP - Key to the Labour Government downfall in 1979
Milne Cheetham - Diplomatic Minister to Switzerland, Greece and Denmark
Octavius Leigh Clare - Conservative MP for Eccles 1895-1906
Sir Robert Francis Dunnell - English solicitor, civil servant and railway executive.
Sir Herbert Brent Grotrian, 1st Baronet - Unionist MP for South-West Hull 1924-1929
Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth - Barrister, Author, Fellow of the Royal Society and Conservative MP for Salford South 1886-1900
Neil Marten - Conservative MP for Banbury 1959-1983 and Minister for Overseas Development 1979–1983
Charles Heron Mullan - Conservative MP for Down 1946-1950
Oswald Partington, 2nd Baron Doverdale - Liberal MP 1900-1918
Robert Frederick Ratcliff - MP for Burton 1900-1918
William Rolleston [3] - Cabinet Minister in New Zealand who later became the Leader of the Opposition there.
Walter Dorling Smiles - MP for Blackburn 1931-1945; later for Down 1945-1950 and for Down, North 1950-1953
John Ellis Talbot - Conservative MP for Brierley Hill 1959–1967
Walter Topping - Northern Irish Minister of Home Affairs
George Frederic Verdon (KCMG) - Treasurer of Australia
Derek Colclough Walker-Smith - Long Serving Conservative MP for Hertford 1945–1955 and then for East Hertfordshire 1955–1983 - Minister of Health
Ralph Champneys Williams - Governor of Newfoundland
Colonel Sir Charles Edward Yate - Conservative MP for Melton 1918-1924
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh - Unionist MP for Chester 1886–1906 and 1910–1916 [4]
Father Thomas R.D. Byles - Catholic priest who refused to leave the Titanic so he could help fellow passengers. He perished as it sank.
William Henry Temple Gairdner - Missionary [5]
John Maurice Key - Bishop of Truro and Bishop of Sherborne
Martin Patrick Grainge Leonard - Bishop of Thetford
Mark Green - Bishop of Aston
John Edward Mercer - Bishop of Tasmania
William Moore Richardson - Bishop of Zanzibar
Bryan Robin - Bishop of Adelaide
George Sinker - Christian Missionary in India
Wilfrid Lewis Mark Way - Bishop of Masasi
Alwyn Williams - Bishop of Oxford, Durham and Winchester. Chaplain to George V. Prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. Headmaster of Winchester College and later dean of Christ Church.
Science, Medicine and Engineering
Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney - Astronomer, Chemist and Photographer
John Fleetwood Baker - Civil engineer and designer of the Morrison indoor shelter
William Blair-Bell - Co-Founder of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists [6]
David Brown - Engineer, entrepreneur and one-time owner of Aston Martin; his initials are still given to the finest models of Aston Martin cars. He also owned Lagonda.
Sir Frederick Brundrett - Chief Scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence 1954-1960 [7]
Professor Sir William Boyd Dawkins - geologist and archaeologist and fellow of The Royal Society
George Garrett - Clergyman and Submarine Designer
Francis Graham-Smith - Astronomer Royal
Dikran Tahta - Maths teacher who inspired Stephen Hawking
Frank Newby Wardell - Home Office Inspector of Mines for Yorkshire from 1867; investigated 10 major colliery disasters.
John Turtle Wood - Architect, Engineer and Archaeologist.
Professor Paul Waring, Molecular pathologist, Chair of Pathology University of Melbourne.
Rex Crummack - 1920 Olympic Gold Medal Winning British hockey player [8]
Liam Botham - Rugby Union, Rugby League and Cricket player
Walter Clopton Wingfield - The 'Inventor of Lawn Tennis'
Paul Dalglish - Football player (Son of Kenny Dalglish)
Michael Dickinson - World Record Holding National Hunt trainer
Harry Goodwin - cricketer for Gloucestershire
Thomas Higson - Cricketer for Derbyshire and Lancashire as well as England test selector.
Nigel Howard - Fleeting England Cricket Captain (Also last amateur England Captain.)
Nick Köster - Rugby Player (Attended Rossall as an exchange student for one year 2005-2006)
Ham Lambert - Irish International cricketer, rugby player and referee
Chris Leck - Rugby Union player
Philip Morton (1857–1925) - cricketer
Brian Redman - Formula 5000 Champion
Vernon Royle - England Test Cricketer
Charles Eastlake Smith - Footballer, player for England in 1876
Benjamin Spilsbury - 19th Century England International Footballer
Geoffrey Plumpton Wilson (1878–1934), England international footballer
Peter Winterbottom - Former England Rugby Union Captain. He also played for the Lions.
Jamil al-Assad - Syrian Politician
Ian Botham - Cricketer
Carl Brisson - Silent Film Actor
Kenny Dalglish - Football Manager
Syd Little - Comedian
Sir Frank Whittle - Inventor of the Jet Engine
Eddie Waring - Rugby League Commentator
William Henry Budge MC - Former Headmaster Rossall Junior School - The Lovat Scouts
John Ambrose Fleming - Inventor
Walter Besant - Novelist & Historian
Warin Foster Bushell - President of the Mathematical Association
Robert Clayton - 19th Century England and Yorkshire Cricketer
Harry Dean - Cricketer (Coach at Rossall) [9]
Jack Ellis - Rugby player
Paul Grice - Philosopher
John Eldon Gorst - Politician
S. P. B. Mais - Author and Journalist
Rupert Morris - Clergymen, Antiquarian and Chaplain to the Duke of Westminster
John Rees - Welsh Rugby International
Owen Seaman - Poet, Journalist and editor of Punch
Thomas Llewellyn Thomas - Scholar of the Welsh Language
George Utley - England International and twice FA Cup Winner was assistant cricket coach from 1911 until 1931
Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire - Leader of the Liberal Party and later the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords amongst an illustrious political career.
Walter Clegg - Conservative MP
Wilbraham Egerton, 1st Earl Egerton - Landowner and MP
Robert Ladds - Bishop of Whitby
William Temple - Archbishop of Canterbury
Edward Henry Stanley - 15th Earl of Derby and Foreign Secretary (Son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and Prime Minister.)
Frederick Arthur Stanley - 16th Earl of Derby, notable for donating the Stanley Cup
John Woolley - First Principal of the University of Sydney
Every Earl of Derby since the 15th Earl of Derby has been President of the Corporation of Rossall School
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