Notable Old Bradfieldians

Academics

Edward Armstrong (born 1846), historian and Pro-Provost, Queen's College, Oxford

Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946), historian

Cyril Falls (1888–1971), military historian

Vivian H. H. Green (1915–2005), historian and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford

Michael Devitt (born 1938), Australian philosopher.

Martin Wight (1913–1972), historian and international affairs expert.

Arthur John Butler (1844 – 1910), scholar and professor of Italian language at University College London.

Gerald Gazdar (born 1950), Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Sussex

Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet(1870 –1934), English horticulturalist.

Sir Martin Ryle (1918–1984), Astronomer Royal

William Ormston Backhouse (1885–1962), agricultural geneticist

Peter Hadland Davis (1918-1992) British botanist.

Anthony Collett (1877-1929), author and writer of natural history.

Richard Lancelyn Green (1953 – 2004), scholar of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes

Douglas Kell (born 1953), biochemist and Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council.

Art and Entertainment

Sir Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958) English Actor and Baronet

Richard Adams (born 1920), author.

Matt Barber (born 1983), actor

John Bennett (born 1929), 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

Claudia Harrison, actress

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

David Lloyd Jones (born 1942), architect

Russell Lloyd, British film editor.

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

Andrew Thompson, documentary film maker

Snoo Wilson (1948 –2013), playwright, screenwriter and director.

George Grey Wornum (1888–1957), architect.

Hilary Minster (1944-1999) Actor Allo Allo

Broadcasters

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

Kaddy Lee-Preston (born 1978), TV weather presenter

Will Lyons (born 1976), journalist, broadcaster and wine writer

Ed Robinson (born 1971), Sky Sports presenter

Mark Worthington (journalist) (born 1977), BBC Correspondent

Jonny Saunders (born 1975), former BBC sports commentator

Diplomats and Civil Servants

Nicholas Hilliard (born 1959), the Common Serjeant of London

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.

Ronald Wingate (1889–1978), British colonial administrator, soldier, delegate on the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold and author

Dennis Charles White KBE CMG (30 July 1910 – 17 October 1983) was a British colonial administrator in Sarawak who became the first High Commissioner for Brunei

Military

Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Admiral in the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy

Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888–1981), Chief of the Naval Staff

Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser (1890 – 1956), Royal Navy officer during World War I.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney (1890–1976), Royal Air Force officer

Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod (1891–1965), Royal Air Force officer.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill MC (1894–1954), Royal Air Force officer, Vice Chancellor of the University of London

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (born 1931), Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary.

Brigadier Mike Calvert (1913–1998), Chindits and Special Air Service commander

Captain Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet Acland (1890-1976), officer in the Royal Navy.

Colonel Mark Nicholas Gray (born 1966), decorated Royal Marines Officer.

General Sir Peter Leng (1925-2009) British Army officer and Master-General of the Ordnance.

Geoffrey Saxton White (1886 - 1918), Victoria Cross Recipient

Lieutenant General Hugh Massy (1884-1965) British Army General during World War II.

Lieutenant General Sir John Foley, former Commander British Forces in Hong Kong.

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Kemmis Betty MC (1916-2016) - Gurkha officer.

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.

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.

Major-General Michael Scott (born 1941), British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary.

Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff

Other

Benedict Allen (born 1960), explorer

Henry Besant (1972-2013), co-creator of Olmeca Tequila.

Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock (born 1927)

Anthony Collett, journalist, nature writer and sometime governor

Sir Richard Henriques (born 1943), judge and Justice of the High Court of England and Wales.

Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet

H. Pelham Lee (1877–1953), internal combustion engine pioneer and founder of the Coventry Climax Engines company

James Stunt (born 1982), financier, collector and philanthropist.

Nicholas Hilliard (born 1959), Recorder of London and Senior Judge at the Old Bailey

Politics

Peter Ainsworth (born 1956), Conservative Former Member of Parliament for East Surrey and member of the Shadow Cabinet

Richard Benyon (born 1960), 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), politician

Stephen Milligan (1948–1994), former Conservative MP

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 (born 1937), politician

Henry Usborne(1909 - 1996), British Member of Parliament.

Religion

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 (1874-1976), 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.

Eric Hamilton (1890-1962), Anglican Bishop

Michael Hare Duke (born 1925), Author and former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane.

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

Royalty

Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (born 1955), current King of Buganda

Sport

Ben Brocklehurst (1922-2007), English cricketer.

Brian Stevens (born 1942), former English cricketer.

Charles Ashpitel Denton (1852-1932), English amateur footballer and solicitor.

Graham Roope (1946–2006), Surrey and England cricketer

Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), Hampshire cricketer

Harrison Newey (born 1998), British racing driver.

Hugh Tapsfield (1870-1945), English cricketer.

Mark Nicholas (born 1957), cricketer and TV presenter

Michael Mence (1944-2014) English cricketer

Ollie Hancock (born 1987) British racing driver.

Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), former English cricketer.

Ryan Higgins (born 1995), Middlesex & England Under-19 cricketer

Sam Hancock (born 1980) British racing driver.