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Denstone College is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Denstone, Staffordshire, England. Its alumni are known as Old Denstonians (ODs). The Denstone Association looks after the College's alumni.

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ODs

  • Peter Brinson – writer and lecturer on dance.
  • Frederick George Jackson – Arctic explorer.
  • John Makepeace OBE – furniture designer.
  • Keith Mant – forensic pathologist and war crime investigator.
  • William Whitehead Watts – President of the Geological Society (1910–1912).

    • Churchmen

  • Charles MacAlester Copland – clergyman
  • Philip Pasterfield – Bishop of Crediton (1974–1984)
  • Dennis Victor – Bishop of Lebombo

    • Politicians and lawyers

  • Geoffrey Cheshire FBA – barrister and jurist.
  • Warren Hawksley – Conservative Member of Parliament
  • Asda Jayanama – diplomat
  • Lord Justice Kay – Lord Justice of Appeal.

    • Sportsmen

  • Arthur Berry - England Footballer, Double Olympic Gold Medallist and former Chairman of Liverpool Football Club
  • Phil Davies – rugby player
  • Alastair Hignell – rugby union and cricket player.
  • N. F. Humphreys - 1910 British Lions (died in World War I).
  • Tommy Kemp – rugby union fly half for England 1931 -1948
  • Tim Mason – cricketer
  • David Short - Derbyshire cricketer
  • Jeremy Snape – England cricketer.

    • Writers and broadcasters

  • Alex Lester – broadcaster
  • Guy Thorne - pseud. Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull (1876–1923), novelist and journalist
  • Petre Mais (S. P. B. Mais) - author & broadcaster
  • Quentin Crisp – writer and actor.
  • René Cutforth - journalist
  • Tim Marlow - writer, broadcaster and art historian
  • Joanna Cannon - writer

    • References

    Old Denstonians Wikipedia
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