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Notable members of staff and governing body
- John Ireton, brother of Henry IretonHenry IretonHenry Ireton was an English general in the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War. He was the son-in-law of Oliver Cromwell.-Early life:...
, Cromwellian General - 1st Earl of MansfieldWilliam Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldWilliam Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, SL, PC was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School...
, Lord Chief Justice, owner of Kenwood, noted for judgment finding contracts for slavery unenforceable in English law - T. S. EliotT. S. EliotThomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his...
OMOrder of MeritThe Order of Merit is a British dynastic order recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture...
(1888–1965), American-born British poet, dramatist, and literary critic, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948. - The Right Hon Sir Robert StopfordRobert StopfordRobert Wright Stopford KCVO CBE PC was a British clergyman.-Early life and career:He was born in Garston, Liverpool and educated at Coatham School in Redcar and Liverpool College, where he was Head of House . He continued his education at Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master...
KCVO, CBECBECBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
, Bishop of LondonBishop of LondonThe Bishop of London is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers 458 km² of 17 boroughs of Greater London north of the River Thames and a small part of the County of Surrey...
, Chaplain to The Queen - Rev Kenneth HuntKenneth HuntReverend Kenneth Reginald Gunnery Hunt was an English amateur football player, Oxford Blue, F.A...
, footballer who was instrumental in taking Wolverhampton Wanderers to FA Cup victory - Jon IngoldJon IngoldJon Ingold is most known as the author of interactive fiction works, but he has also written a number of plays, short stories and novels. He has been nominated for many XYZZY Awards and has won several.-Life and education:...
, author - Sir Kyffin WilliamsKyffin WilliamsSir John "Kyffin" Williams, KBE, RA was a Welsh landscape painter who lived at Pwllfanogl, Llanfairpwll on the Island of Anglesey...
RARoyal AcademyThe Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
- award-winning Welsh artist - Dr Andrew (Zbigniew) SzydloZbigniew SzydloZbigniew Szydlo was born in England to Polish parents, where he attended Latymer Upper School, and then Imperial College and University College London. He currently teaches chemistry at Highgate School in North London...
FRSCRoyal Society of ChemistryThe Royal Society of Chemistry is a learned society in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences." It was formed in 1980 from the merger of the Chemical Society, the Royal Institute of Chemistry, the Faraday Society and the Society for Analytical Chemistry with a new...
is a current chemistry lecturer. Dr Szydlo made a name for himself by appearing on the Channel 4 TV Show That'll Teach Them/ BBC FOUR Absolute Zero. Author of Water that does not wet hands: The Alchemy of Michael Sendivogius. He has featured in National Geographic's Big, Bigger, Biggest; Cargo Plane in which he demonstrates how a jet engine works, Highgate School features in the program. - Albert KnightAlbert KnightAlbert Ernest Knight was an English professional cricket player. He was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys....
, England cricketer - Graham WallasGraham WallasGraham Wallas was an English socialist, social psychologist, educationalist, a leader of the Fabian Society and a co-founder of the London School of Economics....
, socialist and founder of the Fabian SocietyFabian SocietyThe Fabian Society is a British socialist movement, whose purpose is to advance the principles of democratic socialism via gradualist and reformist, rather than revolutionary, means. It is best known for its initial ground-breaking work beginning late in the 19th century and continuing up to World... - William Grylls Adams FRS, Professor of Astronomy
- Charles BurneyCharles BurneyCharles Burney FRS was an English music historian and father of authors Frances Burney and Sarah Burney.-Life and career:...
FRS, music scholar
The Cholmeleian Society
The Cholmeleian Society works to help former pupils of Highgate School, called Cholmeleians (after Sir Roger Cholmeley, who founded the school in 1565), stay in touch with each other, and with the school. To promote this, social events are organised, and a magazine, The Cholmeleian, is published twice a year. Well known Cholmeleians include:Politics
- The Rt Hon Sir Robert AtkinsRobert Atkins (politician)Sir Robert James Atkins is a British Conservative politician. Educated at Highgate School, he served as a councillor for the London Borough of Haringey from 1968 to 1977. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston North and South Ribble from 1979 to 1997 and became a Member of the European...
MEP - Peter BeazleyPeter BeazleyPeter George Beazley CBE was a British businessman and politician, who worked for Imperial Chemical Industries for over thirty years...
(politician) - Frank, Lord Bowles (MP and Deputy Chairman of the Labour PartyLabour Party (UK)The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
) - David BurrowesDavid BurrowesDavid John Barrington Burrowes is a British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Enfield Southgate, Parliamentary chairman of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, and an Officer of the Conservative Friends of Israel group.-Early life:David Burrowes was born in Cockfosters...
(politician) - The Rt Hon Charles ClarkeCharles ClarkeCharles Rodway Clarke is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006.-Early life:...
(politician - Secretary of State for Education (2002–2004) Home SecretaryHome SecretaryThe Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the Home Office of the United Kingdom, and one of the country's four Great Offices of State...
(2004–2006) - Sir John CockburnJohn Cockburn (Australian politician)Sir John Alexander Cockburn, KCMG was Premier of South Australia from 27 June 1889 until 18 August 1890.Cockburn was born in Corsbie, Berwickshire, Scotland in 1850. His father was Thomas Cockburn. He was educated at Highgate School, and King's College London, he obtained the degree of M.D....
(Australian politician - Premier of South Australia) - The Rt Hon Anthony CroslandAnthony CroslandCharles Anthony Raven Crosland , otherwise Tony Crosland or C.A.R. Crosland, was a British Labour Party politician and author. He served as Member of Parliament for South Gloucestershire and later for Great Grimsby...
(politician- Secretary of State for Education and Science (1965–1967) President of the Board of Trade (1967–1969) Foreign Secretary (1976–1977) - The Hon Bernard JenkinBernard JenkinBernard Christison Jenkin is a politician in the United Kingdom, and the current Member of Parliament for Harwich and North Essex...
(politician and Vice Chairman of the Conservative PartyConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
) - Jeremy LefroyJeremy LefroyJeremy John Elton Lefroy is a British Conservative Party politician who has been Member of Parliament for the Stafford constituency since the 2010 general election.-Education:...
ConservativeConservative Party (UK)The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
MP for StaffordStafford (UK Parliament constituency)Stafford is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The sitting MP is the Conservative Jeremy Lefroy....
(2010 onwards) - Rupert Mitford, 6th Baron RedesdaleRupert Mitford, 6th Baron RedesdaleRupert Mitford, 6th Baron Redesdale is a British peer and politician. He currently sits in the House of Lords as a life peer, Baron Mitford with the Liberal Democrats.Mitford succeeded to the title in 1991...
(Liberal DemocratsLiberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats are a social liberal political party in the United Kingdom which supports constitutional and electoral reform, progressive taxation, wealth taxation, human rights laws, cultural liberalism, banking reform and civil liberties .The party was formed in 1988 by a merger of the...
Spokesman) - The Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Shakespeare Bt (politician, Chief WhipChief WhipThe Chief Whip is a political office in some legislatures assigned to an elected member whose task is to administer the whipping system that ensures that members of the party attend and vote as the party leadership desires.-The Whips Office:...
of the Liberal PartyLiberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
, Private Secretary to David Lloyd George and Minister for Overseas Trade) - Sir Colin Turner MP
- Sir Charles Thomas-StanfordCharles Thomas-StanfordSir Charles Thomas-Stanford, 1st Baronet , born Charles Thomas, was a British Conservative Party politician from Brighton. He sat in the House of Commons from 1914 to 1922.- Early life and family :...
Bt. MP (politician and author. Donated Lewes CastleLewes CastleLewes Castle stands at the highest point of Lewes, East Sussex, England on an artificial mound constructed with chalk blocks. It was originally called Bray Castle.-History:...
to the Nation)
Law
- Sir Maurice GwyerMaurice GwyerSir Maurice Linford Gwyer, GCIE, KCB was Vice Chancellor of Delhi University , and Chief Justice of India . Sir Maurice was educated at Highgate School..He is credited with having founded Miranda House in the year 1948 in Delhi,India.Gwyer, Sir Maurice Linford , lawyer and civil servant, was born...
KCB, KCSIOrder of the Star of IndiaThe Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:# Knight Grand Commander # Knight Commander # Companion...
(Chief Justice of IndiaChief Justice of IndiaThe Chief Justice of India is the highest-ranking judge in the Supreme Court of India, and thus holds the highest judicial position in India. As well as presiding in the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice also head its administrative functions....
and Vice Chancellor of Delhi University) - Ernest Greenwood (Attorney-General of Northern Nigeria)
- Michael Mansfield QC
- Sir Peter Crane (High Court JudgeHigh Court judgeA High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales. High Court judges are referred to as puisne judges...
) - Sir Anthony Lincoln (High Court JudgeHigh Court judgeA High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales. High Court judges are referred to as puisne judges...
) - Lord Ackner (Law Lord)
- Lord Neill of Bladen QC (Barrister, Vice Chancellor of Oxford University, Warden of All Souls College, OxfordAll Souls College, OxfordThe Warden and the College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford or All Souls College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England....
) - Sir Brian Neill (Court of Appeal Judge)
- Professor Sir Roy GoodeRoy GoodeSir Royston Miles "Roy" Goode CBE QC is an academic commercial lawyer in the United Kingdom. He founded the Centre for Commercial Law Studies at Queen Mary, University of London. He was awarded the OBE in 1972 followed by the CBE in 1994 before being knighted for services to academic law in...
CBECBECBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
QCQueen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
(academic, Professor of English Law, Oxford University) - Sir Anthony Plowman (Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division and High Court JudgeHigh Court judgeA High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales. High Court judges are referred to as puisne judges...
) - Thomas SargantThomas SargantThomas Sargant was a British law reformer who campaigned for the promotion of human rights. He was educated at Highgate School.Sargant, for much of his life a businessman and politician, became increasingly concerned with the impact of the law and legal services upon ordinary people...
OBE (Law Reformer and Human Rights Campaigner) - Sir Frank Douglas MacKinnonFrank Douglas MacKinnonSir Frank Douglas MacKinnon was an English lawyer, judge and writer, the only High Court judge to be appointed during the First Labour Government.-Early life and legal practice:...
(Court of Appeal Judge) - Sir Archibald BodkinArchibald BodkinSir Archibald Henry Bodkin KCB was an English lawyer and the Director of Public Prosecutions from 1920 to 1930. He particularly took a stand against the publication of what he saw as 'obscene' literature.-Early years:...
(Director of Public ProsecutionsDirector of Public ProsecutionsThe Director of Public Prosecutions is the officer charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world...
1920-1930) - Nicholas Strauss QC
- Sir Richard Arnold (High Court JudgeHigh Court judgeA High Court judge is a judge of the High Court of Justice, and represents the third highest level of judge in the courts of England and Wales. High Court judges are referred to as puisne judges...
) - Lord Mansfield, William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldWilliam Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldWilliam Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, SL, PC was a British barrister, politician and judge noted for his reform of English law. Born to Scottish nobility, he was educated in Perth, Scotland before moving to London at the age of 13 to take up a place at Westminster School...
(was a School Governor but not an Old Cholmeleian)
Popular music
- John LeytonJohn LeytonJohn Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he...
- Johnny BorrellJohnny BorrellJohnny Borrell is an English guitarist and singer, currently the frontman of the band Razorlight.-Early life and career:...
of RazorlightRazorlightRazorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second... - Zak StarkeyZak StarkeyZak Starkey is an English rock drummer. He is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and Starr's first wife Maureen Starkey Tigrett. He is also well known for his unofficial membership in the English rock band The Who, with whom he has performed and recorded since 1996. He is also the third...
of OasisOasis (band)Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
and The WhoThe WhoThe Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
(son of Ringo StarrRingo StarrRichard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
) - John HassallJohn Hassall (musician)John Hassall is an English musician and bassist for The Libertines. He now performs with his own band, Yeti. He has been described by Dirty Pretty Things bassist Didz Hammond as "...a fucking class bass player. Top grade...
of The LibertinesThe LibertinesThe Libertines were an English rock band, formed in London in 1997 by frontmen Carl Barât and Pete Doherty . The band, centred on the song-writing partnership of Barat and Doherty, also included John Hassall and Gary Powell for most of its recording career...
/YetiYeti (band)Yeti are an English rock band, founded in 2004 by John Hassall, of The Libertines. Hassall met Brendan Kersey, Andrew Deian and Mark Underwood through mutual friends, and the line-up was completed when drummer Graham Blacow responded to a classified advertisement... - Crispian MillsCrispian MillsCrispian Mills is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the son of actress Hayley Mills and director Roy Boulting, the grandson of John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell , nephew of Juliet Mills and Jonathan Mills, and half-brother to Jason "Ace" Lawson...
of Kula ShakerKula ShakerKula Shaker are an English psychedelic rock band. Led by outspoken frontman Crispian Mills, the band came to prominence during the Post-Britpop era of the late 1990s. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the UK between 1996 and 1999, notching up a number of Top 10 hits on the UK Singles... - Jon MossJon MossJon Moss is an English drummer best known as a member of the 1980s pop group Culture Club. He has also played with other bands, including London, The Nips and The Damned.-Early life:...
of (Culture Club) - Orlando Weeks of The MaccabeesThe MaccabeesThe Maccabees are a indie rock band from Brighton, England. They have released two albums so far, Colour It In in 2007, with a follow-up, Wall of Arms, released on 4 May 2009...
- Christian Smith of Stony Sleep and RazorlightRazorlightRazorlight are a UK based indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in the UK, having topped the charts with the 2006 single "America" and its parent self-titled album, their second...
- DJ YodaDJ YodaDuncan Beiny , better known as DJ Yoda, is a hip hop turntablist who uses samples to create a cartoony musical style.-Biography:From 1995 to 1998, he studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick...
- NattyNatty (artist)Natty is a songwriter, singer and musician from Finsbury Park, North London.- History :Born Alexander Akiloe Philip Modiano in San Francisco, California. Natty moved to London, England with his family at the age of one. His musical eclecticism of today reflects the differing tastes of his parents...
- Aubrey Nunn of FaithlessFaithlessFaithless were a British electronica band consisting of Maxi Jazz, Sister Bliss and Rollo. The group is best known for their dance songs . Faithless recorded six albums. During their career they sold over 15 million records worldwide...
- Ramadanman
Classical music
- John RutterJohn RutterJohn Milford Rutter CBE is a British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer, mainly of choral music.-Biography:Born in London, Rutter was educated at Highgate School, where a fellow pupil was John Tavener. He read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the...
CBE (composer) - Sir John TavenerJohn TavenerSir John Tavener is a British composer, best known for such religious, minimal works as "The Whale", and "Funeral Ikos"...
(composer) - Alan BushAlan BushAlan Dudley Bush was a British composer and pianist. He was a committed socialist, and politics sometimes provided central themes in his music.-Personal life:...
(composer) - Jan Latham-Koenig (conductor)
- Anthony Camden (oboist and conductor)
- Howard ShelleyHoward ShelleyHoward Gordon Shelley OBE is a British pianist and conductor. He was educated at Highgate School and the Royal College of Music...
(pianist) - Gerard HoffnungGerard HoffnungGerard Hoffnung was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works.- Early years :Born in Berlin, and named Gerhard, he was the only child of a well-to-do Jewish couple, Hildegard and Ludwig Hoffnung...
(tubist) - Daniel HopeDaniel Hope (violinist)Daniel Hope is a British violinist. A soloist, he has also been a member of the Beaux Arts Trio since 2002.Hope was born in S. Africa but raised and educated in England. Hope studied at and received a degree from the Royal Academy of Music, and was tutored by the Russian pedagogue Zakhar...
(violinist) - Brian ChappleBrian ChappleBrian Chapple is a British composer, who has won accolades such as the BBC Monarchy 1000 price and has been featured on the BBC Proms...
(composer) - Simon BainbridgeSimon BainbridgeSimon Bainbridge is a British composer, and a professor and former head of composition at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and visiting professor at the University of Louisville, Kentucky in the United States.-Biography:...
(composer and Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of MusicRoyal Academy of MusicThe Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
) - Gerard Delrez (opera singer)
- Eldon Fayers (composer)
- John BlakelyJohn BlakelyJohn Blakely is an English pianist with "an international reputation as a chamber musician and accompanist".-References:...
(pianist)
Film and television
- Richard BebbRichard BebbRichard Bebb was an English actor of stage, screen and radio.Born Richard Bebb Williams in London, he changed his name to his mother's surname, Bebb, when he took up acting as there was already a British actor called Richard Williams...
(actor) - John BoxJohn BoxJohn Allan Hyatt Box OBE, , was a British film production designer and art director. During his career he won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction on four occasions and won its BAFTA equivalent three times, making him the most decorated film designer of all time...
OBE (Academy Award-winning ("Oscar") production designer and art director) - Robin EllisRobin EllisRobin Ellis is an English actor best known for his role as Captain Ross Poldark in 29 episodes of the BBC classic series Poldark, adapted from a series of books by the late British author, Winston Graham...
(actor) - Matthew GarberMatthew GarberMatthew Adam Garber was a British actor best known for his role as Michael Banks in Walt Disney's 1964 film Mary Poppins...
, actor - Philip HarbenPhilip HarbenPhilip Hubert Kendal Jerrold Harben was an English cook, recognised as the first TV celebrity chef.His mother, Mary Jerrold, was an actress famous as the murderous Martha Brewster in the first stage presentation of Arsenic and Old Lace as well as many screen roles. His father, Hubert Harben, was a...
(TV chef) - Freddie HighmoreFreddie HighmoreAlfred Thomas "Freddie" Highmore is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Finding Neverland, Five Children and It, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Arthur and the Invisibles, August Rush, The Golden Compass, The Spiderwick Chronicles, and Toast.-Early life:Highmore was...
(actor) - Tom HooperTom HooperTom Hooper is a Canadian songwriter and musician.He was a founding member of the Kelowna punk band Gentlemen of Horror, and also of The Grapes of Wrath, one of the most popular Canadian rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. When singer/guitarist Kevin Kane was ejected from The Grapes of...
(Oscar winning film director, The King's Speech) - John LeytonJohn LeytonJohn Leyton is an English actor and singer. As a singer he is best known for his hit song, "Johnny Remember Me" , which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1961.-Career:Leyton went to Highgate School and after completing his national service, he...
(actor and singer) - Adrian LyneAdrian LyneAdrian Lyne is an English filmmaker and producer. He is best known for directing films that focus on sexually charged characters and often uses natural light, a fog machine and other effects to create eroticized atmospheres...
(film director, FlashdanceFlashdanceAnother song used in the film, "Maniac", was also nominated for an Academy Award. It was written by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, and was inspired by the 1980 horror film Maniac. The lyrics about a killer on the loose were rewritten so that it could be used in Flashdance...
, 9½ Weeks9½ Weeks9½ Weeks is a 1986 erotic drama film directed by Adrian Lyne and starring Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger. It is based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth McNeill....
, Fatal AttractionFatal AttractionFatal Attraction is a 1987 American thriller blended with horror, directed by Adrian Lyne and stars Michael Douglas, Glenn Close and Anne Archer. The film centers around a married man who has a weekend affair with a woman who refuses to allow it to end, resulting in emotional blackmail, stalking...
, Jacobs Ladder) - Christopher MorahanChristopher MorahanChristopher Thomas Morahan CBE is an English stage and television director and producing manager.-Training and career:Morahan was born in London in 1929, and was educated at Highgate School...
(Theatre, television and film director, directed ClockwiseClockwise (film)Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. It was directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. The film was co-produced by Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment...
) - Barry NormanBarry NormanBarry Leslie Norman, CBE is a British novelist, impresario, film critic and media personality. He was the BBC film critic on television from 1972 to 1998.-Early life:...
CBE (film critic) - Robert NisbetRobert Nisbet (journalist)Robert Nisbet , is Europe Correspondent for Sky News, the 24 hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting...
(Europe Correspondent of Sky NewsSky NewsSky News is a 24-hour British and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.The service places emphasis on rolling news, including the latest breaking news. Sky News also hosts localised versions of the channel in Australia and in New...
) - Kayvan NovakKayvan NovakKayvan Novak is an award-winning British Iranian television actor and voice artist.- Voice actor :Novak has provided voice work for three video games: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo...
(actor and comedian. The Fonejacker) - Lloyd OwenLloyd OwenLloyd Owen is a British actor of Welsh descent. Trained at the National Youth Theatre and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, he is probably best known for his portrayal of Indiana Jones's father Professor Dr. Henry Jones, Sr...
(actor) - Geoffrey PalmerGeoffrey Palmer (actor)Geoffrey Dyson Palmer, OBE is an English actor, best known for his roles in sitcoms such as Butterflies and As Time Goes By.-Career:...
OBE (actor) - Robin RayRobin RayRobin Ray was an English actor, musician and broadcaster, the son of comedian Ted Ray and the brother of actor Andrew Ray.-Career:...
(broadcaster) - Paul RothaPaul RothaPaul Rotha was a British documentary film-maker, film historian and critic. He was educated at Highgate School....
(Film maker) - Harry ThompsonHarry ThompsonHarry William Thompson was an English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer....
(TV writer and television producer) - Murray WalkerMurray WalkerGraeme Murray Walker, OBE is a former Formula One motorsport commentator...
OBE (motorsport commentator) - Vivian White (TV journalist)
- Daniel Morris-Gibbons (Celebrity party planner)
Sport
- R.G. Warton (England cricket team manager)
- William SeagroveWilliam SeagroveWilliam Raymond Seagrove was a British athlete who competed mainly in the 3000 metre team.After service in the army in World War One he competed for Great Britain in the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, Belgium in the 3000 metre team where he won the silver medal with his team mates Charles...
(Olympic athlete) - David HaysDavid HaysDavid Leslie Hays was an English-born Scottish cricketer.David Hays was educated at Highgate and the University of Cambridge. He represented Cambridge University and Scotland in 25 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman and wicketkeeper between 1965 and 1980...
(cricketer) - Douglas LoweDouglas LoweDouglas Gordon Arthur Lowe was a British double Olympic Games champion, winning in 1924 and 1928. On both occasions he set British records of 1:52.4 and 1:51.8 respectively....
QC (Olympic athlete, President of the Bar Council) - Walter RobinsWalter RobinsRobert Walter Vivian Robins was a dynamic English cricketer and footballer.Walter Robins was born in Stafford and was educated at Highgate School and Cambridge University. He played football for Nottingham Forest and first-class cricket for Middlesex, Cambridge University and England...
(Captain of the English Cricket Team) - Phil TufnellPhil TufnellPhilip Clive Roderick Tufnell is a former English cricketer turned television personality. A slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler, "Tuffers" as he was known played 42 Tests and 20 One Day International matches for England, as well as playing for Middlesex from 1986 to 2002...
(England cricket team, TV personality) - Colin DrybroughColin DrybroughColin David Drybrough was an Australian-born cricketer who played all of his first-class cricket in EnglandBorn in East Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, Drybrough first appeared in first-class for Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1958 in matches against both Oxford University and Cambridge...
(Captain of Middlesex CCC) - R.D Robertson (Rugby union, Scottish International)
- Gordon Crole-Rees (Davis Cup tennis player)
- Amin Zahir (fencing, Olympic team)
- Leonard Pike (Cambridge Boat Race Crew, 1876, 1877 and 1878)
- Harry Courtney (Oxford Boat Race Crew, 1875 and 1876)
- Thomas Hughes (Two FA CupFA CupThe Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
Winner's Medals for Wanderers FC 1876 and 1877)
Science
- David Keynes HillDavid Keynes HillDavid Keynes Hill FRS was a British biophysicist.Hill was the son of Nobel-prize winning physiologist Archibald Vivian Hill and his wife Margaret Keynes, the daughter of John Neville Keynes and sister of John Maynard Keynes. His sister was economist Polly Hill and his brother the oceanographer...
FRS (biophysicist) - Rev John VennJohn VennDonald A. Venn FRS , was a British logician and philosopher. He is famous for introducing the Venn diagram, which is used in many fields, including set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science....
(created Venn diagramVenn diagramVenn diagrams or set diagrams are diagrams that show all possible logical relations between a finite collection of sets . Venn diagrams were conceived around 1880 by John Venn...
s and was President of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge) - Alan BlumleinAlan BlumleinAlan Dower Blumlein was a British electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereo, television and radar...
(inventor of stereoSTEREOSTEREO is a solar observation mission. Two nearly identical spacecraft were launched into orbits that cause them to respectively pull farther ahead of and fall gradually behind the Earth...
and much of the equipment used for the world's first high-definition television service at Alexandra PalaceAlexandra PalaceAlexandra Palace is a building in North London, England. It stands in Alexandra Park, in an area between Hornsey, Muswell Hill and Wood Green...
) - Sir Clive SinclairClive SinclairSir Clive Marles Sinclair is a British entrepreneur and inventor, most commonly known for his work in consumer electronics in the late 1970s and early 1980s....
(inventor of the 'slim-line' electronic pocket calculator) - Dr Alex ComfortAlex ComfortAlexander Comfort, MB BChir, PhD, DSc was a medical professional, gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist, conscientious objector and writer, best known for The Joy of Sex, which played a part in what is often called the sexual revolution...
(author of The Joy of SexThe Joy of SexThe Joy of Sex is an illustrated sex manual by Alex Comfort, M.B., Ph.D., first published in 1972. An updated edition was released in September, 2008.-Overview:...
) - Professor John ZarneckiJohn ZarneckiJohn C. Zarnecki is an English Sir Arthur Clarke Award winning professor and researcher in space science. Currently working at the Open University since 2000, he was previously a professor and researcher at the University of Kent...
(space scientist) - D.G. Sadler (inventor of the Magnetic Mine Sweep)
- Sir Christopher AndrewesChristopher AndrewesSir Christopher Howard Andrewes FRS was a British virologist. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1939.-External links:* at Find-A-Grave...
FRS (isolated the first human influenza virus) - Sir Arthur George Tansley FRS (botanist, founder of the British Ecological SocietyBritish Ecological SocietyThe British Ecological Society is a learned society in the field of ecology that was founded in 1913. It was the first ecological society in the world. The society's original objective was "to promote and foster the study of Ecology in its widest sense" and this remains the central theme guiding...
) - Thomas Heffernan
- Warwick W SawyerWalter Warwick SawyerWalter Warwick Sawyer, or W. W. Sawyer, was a mathematician,mathematics educator and author, who taught on several continents -Life and career:Walter Warwick Sawyer was born in London, England on April 5, 1911. He attended...
, mathematician. Author of Mathematician's Delight - Paul Weindling, Wellcome Trust Research Professor in the History of Medicine at Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford Brookes UniversityOxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
- Sir Charles Douglas FoxCharles Douglas FoxSir Douglas Fox was a British civil engineer.-Early life:Douglas was born in Smethwick, Staffordshire, the oldest son of Sir Charles Fox and had two brothers and a sister. Sir Charles was a civil engineer and had designed, amongst other things, The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park...
, President of the Institution of Civil EngineersInstitution of Civil EngineersFounded on 2 January 1818, the Institution of Civil Engineers is an independent professional association, based in central London, representing civil engineering. Like its early membership, the majority of its current members are British engineers, but it also has members in more than 150... - Bernard Newmarch, President of the British Medical AssociationBritish Medical AssociationThe British Medical Association is the professional association and registered trade union for doctors in the United Kingdom. The association does not regulate or certify doctors, a responsibility which lies with the General Medical Council. The association’s headquarters are located in BMA House,...
- John EllisJohn Ellis (physicist)Jonathan Richard Ellis FRS is a British theoretical physicist who is currently Clerk Maxwell Professor of Theoretical Physics at King's College London. After completing his secondary education at Highgate School, he attended Cambridge University, earning his Ph.D. in theoretical particle physics...
, theoretical physicist at CERNCERNThe European Organization for Nuclear Research , known as CERN , is an international organization whose purpose is to operate the world's largest particle physics laboratory, which is situated in the northwest suburbs of Geneva on the Franco–Swiss border... - Alfred John Jukes-BrowneAlfred John Jukes-BrowneAlfred John Jukes-Browne, FRS FGS was a British invertebrate palaeontologist and stratigrapher.He was born Alfred John Browne near Wolverhampton in 1851 to Alfred Hall and Caroline Amelia Browne. His uncle was the geologist Joseph Beete Jukes, well known for his work on the English and Irish...
, FRS, Member of Geological Survey.
Arts
- Sir Reginald BlomfieldReginald BlomfieldSir Reginald Theodore Blomfield was a prolific British architect, garden designer and author of the Victorian and Edwardian period.- Early life and career :...
, architectArchitectAn architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
; designed the school - Gerard HoffnungGerard HoffnungGerard Hoffnung was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works.- Early years :Born in Berlin, and named Gerhard, he was the only child of a well-to-do Jewish couple, Hildegard and Ludwig Hoffnung...
, cartoonist and musician - Anthony Green RAAnthony Green (painter)Anthony Green is an English realist painter and printmaker best known for his paintings of his own middle-class domestic life. His works sometimes use compound perspectives and polygonal forms—particularly with large, irregularly shaped canvasses...
, artist - Patrick ProcktorPatrick ProcktorPatrick Procktor RA was a prominent English artist of the late 20th century.-Early life:Patrick Procktor was born in Dublin, the younger son of an oil company accountant, but moved to London when his father died in 1940...
, (artist) - Nigel WilliamsNigel Williams (author)Nigel Williams is an English novelist, screenwriter and playwright.-Biography:He was educated at Highgate School and Oriel College, Oxford, is married with three sons and lives in Putney, south-west London...
, author, screenwriter and playwright - Allan G. WyonAllan G. WyonThe Revd Allan Gairdner Wyon FRBS RMS was a British die-engraver and sculptor and, in later life, vicar in Newlyn, Cornwall.Many of his works are memorials with a number located in British cathedrals...
, sculptor - Marcus ClarkeMarcus ClarkeMarcus Andrew Hislop Clarke was an Australian novelist and poet, best known for his novel For the Term of his Natural Life.- Biography :...
, author - Hussein ChalayanHussein ChalayanHussein Chalayan MBE is a British/Turkish Cypriot fashion designer who graduated from Central Saint Martins in 1993.- Biography :...
MBEMBEMBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
, designer - Peter KingsleyPeter Kingsley (scholar)Peter Kingsley is the author of four books and numerous articles on ancient philosophy, including Ancient Philosophy, Mystery and Magic, In the Dark Places of Wisdom, Reality, and A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World...
, writer on ancient Greek culture - Mike OckrentMike OckrentMike Ockrent was a British stage director, well-known both for his Broadway musicals and smaller niche plays. He was educated at Highgate School. Through directing Educating Rita and Follies, he became an established figure in London theatre...
, theatre director - H. G. PelissierH. G. PelissierHarry Gabriel Pelissier was an English theatrical producer, composer and satirist. Pelissier presented a number of theatrical productions during the Edwardian era, such as Pelissier's Follies.-Theatrical career:...
, actor
Scholars and poets
- Owen BarfieldOwen BarfieldOwen Barfield was a British philosopher, author, poet, and critic.Barfield was born in London. He was educated at Highgate School and Wadham College, Oxford and in 1920 received a 1st class degree in English language and literature. After finishing his B. Litt., which became the book Poetic...
, influenced both C. S. LewisC. S. LewisClive Staples Lewis , commonly referred to as C. S. Lewis and known to his friends and family as "Jack", was a novelist, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian and Christian apologist from Belfast, Ireland...
and J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,... - Sir John BetjemanJohn BetjemanSir John Betjeman, CBE was an English poet, writer and broadcaster who described himself in Who's Who as a "poet and hack".He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture...
, Poet LaureatePoet LaureateA poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
, taught by T. S. EliotT. S. EliotThomas Stearns "T. S." Eliot OM was a playwright, literary critic, and arguably the most important English-language poet of the 20th century. Although he was born an American he moved to the United Kingdom in 1914 and was naturalised as a British subject in 1927 at age 39.The poem that made his... - Ernest Hartley ColeridgeErnest Hartley ColeridgeErnest Hartley Coleridge was a British literary scholar and poet. He was son of Derwent Coleridge and grandson of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He did scholarly work on his grandfather’s manuscripts, being the last of the Coleridges involved in their editing. He also took part in the campaign to buy...
, literary scholar, grandson of Samuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor ColeridgeSamuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, Romantic, literary critic and philosopher who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He is probably best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla... - John Bradley Dyne, President of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
- Professor Vivian Hunter GalbraithVivian Hunter GalbraithVivian Hunter H. Galbraith, FBA was an English historian, Fellow of the British Academy and Oxford Regius Professor of Modern History.- Early career:...
, historian, Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford University - Sir Martin GilbertMartin GilbertSir Martin John Gilbert, CBE, PC is a British historian and Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He is the author of over eighty books, including works on the Holocaust and Jewish history...
CBE, historian and official biographer of Sir Winston ChurchillWinston ChurchillSir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice... - Gerard Manley HopkinsGerard Manley HopkinsGerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. was an English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose posthumous 20th-century fame established him among the leading Victorian poets...
, poet - James Augustus Cotter MorisonJames Augustus Cotter MorisonJames Augustus Cotter Morison , English essayist and historian, was born in London.-Early years:His father, who had made a large fortune as the inventor and proprietor of "Morison's Pills", settled in Paris till his death in 1840, and Cotter Morison thus acquired not only an acquaintance with the...
, essayist and historian - Howard Hayes ScullardHoward Hayes ScullardHoward Hayes Scullard was a British historian specializing in ancient history, notable for editing the Oxford Classical Dictionary and for his many books....
, historian, editor of the Oxford Classical DictionaryOxford Classical Dictionary-Overview:The Oxford Classical Dictionary is considered to be the standard one-volume encyclopaedia in English of topics relating to the Ancient World and its civilizations. It was first published in 1949, edited by Max Cary with the assistance of H. J. Rose, H. P. Harvey, and A. Souter. A... - Sir Charles Grant RobertsonCharles Grant RobertsonSir Charles Grant Robertson CVO , was a British academic historian. He was a Fellow of All Soul's College, Oxford and Vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham.-Biography:...
, academic historian, Fellow of All Souls College, OxfordAll Souls College, OxfordThe Warden and the College of the Souls of all Faithful People deceased in the University of Oxford or All Souls College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England....
and Principal and Vice Chancellor of Birmingham University. Tutor to HM King Edward VIII. - Nicholas RoweNicholas Rowe (dramatist)Nicholas Rowe , English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715.-Life:...
(1674–1718, Poet LaureatePoet LaureateA poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
and dramatist) - Martin Seymour-SmithMartin Seymour-SmithMartin Roger Seymour-Smith was a British poet, literary critic, biographer and astrologer.Seymour-Smith was born in London and educated at Oxford University where he was editor of Isis...
, poet and biographer - Walter William SkeatWalter William SkeatWalter William Skeat , English philologist, was born in London on the 21st of November 1835, and educated at King's College School , Highgate School, and Christ's College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow in July 1860. His grandsons include the noted palaeographer T. C...
, philologist - Philip Stanhope WorsleyPhilip Stanhope WorsleyPhilip Stanhope Worsley was an English poet.The son of the Rev. Charles Worsley, he was educated at Highgate School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he won the Newdigate prize in 1857 with a poem on The Temple of Janus...
(first published translations of the Odyssey and Iliad) - Edmund YatesEdmund YatesEdmund Hodgson Yates was a British novelist and dramatist. He was born in Edinburgh to the actor and theatre manager Frederick Henry Yates and held an appointment for a period of time in the General Post Office as an adult...
(novelist and chose Lewis Carroll as pen name for Charles Dodgson) - Charles Pollock (Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)
- Ernest G Hardy (Principal of Jesus College, Oxford)
Business and commerce
- Sir Edward Beauchamp (MP and Chairman of Lloyds)
- Sir Percy Mackinnon (Chairman of Lloyds)
- Sir Alexander ValentineAlexander ValentineSir Alexander Balmain Bruce Valentine OStJ MA , was Chairman of the London Transport Executive from 1959 to 1963 and Chairman of the London Transport Board from 1963 to 1965.-Family:...
(Chairman of London Transport ExecutiveLondon Transport ExecutiveThe London Transport Executive was the organisation responsible for public transport in the Greater London area, UK, between 1948-1962. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and operational brand of the organisation was London Transport.-Creation:On 1...
and London Transport BoardLondon Transport BoardThe London Transport Board was the organisation responsible for public transport in London, UK, and its environs from 1963-1969. In common with all London transport authorities from 1933 to 2000, the public name and operational brand of the organisation was London Transport.-History:The...
) - Sir Arthur Hetherington (Chairman of British Gas)
- Sir James LindsayJames LindsayJames Lindsay may refer to:*James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford , Victorian astronomer and politician*James Alexander Lindsay , British Conservative Member of Parliament for Wigan...
(Industrialist and management consultant) - Sir Malcolm Field (Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority and managing director of WH Smith)
- Sir Rob Margetts CBECBECBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
(Chairman of Legal & General Group Plc and Ensus Ltd) - Piers Adam (nightclub and restaurant owner, KBar, CLICK, Capisce, ROCK, Mahiki)
The Church
- Mgr Ralph Brown (Papal ChamberlainPapal chamberlainPapal chamberlain was one of the highest honours that could be bestowed on a Catholic layman by the Pope, and was often given to members of noble families. It was mostly an honorary position, but a chamberlain served the Pope for one week per year during official ceremonies...
and Canon law expert) - Stanley Booth-Clibborn (Bishop of ManchesterBishop of ManchesterThe Bishop of Manchester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester in the Province of York.The current bishop is the Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch, the 11th Lord Bishop of Manchester, who signs Nigel Manchester. The bishop's official residence is Bishopscourt, Bury New Road,...
) - Kenneth Clements (Bishop of Canberra and GoulburnBishop of Canberra and GoulburnThe Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn is one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese has 60 parishes covering most of south-east New South Wales, the eastern Riverina and the Australian Capital Territory...
) - Ernest H. Thorold (Chaplain to Kings George VGeorge V of the United KingdomGeorge V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
, Edward VII, and George VI). - Norman Tubbs (Bishop of Rangoon and Dean of Chester)
- Arthur Kitching (Bishop of UgandaBishop of UgandaThere has been a diocese of Uganda in the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.The Anglican diocese of Uganda was formed in 1897 as a division of the diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa...
) - William G Hardie (Archbishop of the West Indies)
- Edward Waller (Bishop of Madras)
- Henry Durrant (Bishop of Lahore)
- Samuel Bickersteth (Chaplain to HM the King and Canon of Canterbury)
- Edward Bickersteth (Bishop of South Tokyo, Japan)
- Charles Turner (Bishop of Islington)
- Henry Venn (Canon of Canterbury)
- Joseph Franklin-Ward OBE (Bishop of Shrewsbury)
- Nile Portal (Archbishop of Mauritius)
The Armed Forces
- Anthony Rogers (Major-General, Director of Army Legal Services)
- Neil Carlier CBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
OBE (Major-General Royal Engineers, Commander of British Forces in the Falkland IslandsFalkland IslandsThe Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
) - Barry Newton (Air Vice Marshal, Gentleman Usher to HM Queen Elizabeth II)
- Henry Wood (Major-General)
- Donald Titford (Rear AdmiralRear AdmiralRear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
) - Bob Baylis (Rear AdmiralRear AdmiralRear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
) - Joyanta N. Chaudhuri (GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
; Commander in Chief, Indian Army, Military Governor of Hyderabad) - Sir Anthony SelwayAnthony SelwayAir Marshal Sir Anthony Dunkerton 'Mark' Selway KCB DFC was a Royal Air Force officer who became Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at RAF Coastal Command.-RAF career:...
(Air MarshalAir MarshalAir marshal is a three-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
) - Sir Guy Sayer (Vice AdmiralVice AdmiralVice admiral is a senior naval rank of a three-star flag officer, which is equivalent to lieutenant general in the other uniformed services. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral...
) - Sir William HorwoodWilliam HorwoodWilliam Horwood may refer to:*William Horwood , English composer and musician*William Horwood , Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police*William Horwood , English novelist...
GBEGBEGBE or Gbe may refer to:* Gbe languages, a group of languages in West Africa* Gigabit ethernet, a term for transmitting Ethernet frames at a rate of a gigabit per second* Government business enterprise...
KCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
DSODistinguished Service OrderThe Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
Brigadier GeneralBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
; Chief Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police) - William Alderson (Vice AdmiralVice AdmiralVice admiral is a senior naval rank of a three-star flag officer, which is equivalent to lieutenant general in the other uniformed services. A vice admiral is typically senior to a rear admiral and junior to an admiral...
) - Sir Frederic Gordon (Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
) - Frank Rowley (Brigadier GeneralBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
) - Sir Michael RimingtonMichael RimingtonLieutenant-General Sir Michael Frederic Rimington, KCB, CVO, was a British Army officer who commanded cavalry forces in the Boer War and First World War. After early service with the 6th Dragoons, "Mike" Rimington was given command of an irregular cavalry force in South Africa, known as...
(Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
, HQ Staff, Indian Cavalry Corps) - Thomas Cole Porter (Brigadier GeneralBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
) - Harold Pemberton Leach (Brigadier GeneralBrigadier GeneralBrigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
) - Sir John Leach (GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
) - Sir Edward Pemberton LeachEdward Pemberton LeachGeneral Sir Edward Pemberton Leach VC KCB KCVO was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
VCVictoria CrossThe Victoria Cross is the highest military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories....
KCBOrder of the BathThe Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
KCVO GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
; awarded the Victoria Cross in the 2nd Afghan War) - John Richardson (Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
) - Robert Robertson (Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
, Indian Mutiny) - Sir John Donnelly (Major GeneralMajor GeneralMajor general or major-general is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. A major general is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of lieutenant general and senior to the ranks of brigadier and brigadier general...
Permanent Secretary to the Department of Education and Science)
Other
- Richard AttreeRichard AttreeRichard Attree is a British TV and Film composer. He attended Highgate School, and then studied electronic music at the Royal College of Music following a degree in computer science. Whilst completing these studies he played as a keyboard player with various bands...
formerly with the BBC Radiophonic WorkshopBBC Radiophonic WorkshopThe BBC Radiophonic Workshop, one of the sound effects units of the BBC, was created in 1958 to produce effects and new music for radio, and was closed in March 1998, although much of its traditional work had already been outsourced by 1995. It was based in the BBC's Maida Vale Studios in Delaware...
and now a freelance independent composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media... - Rufus Barnes (erstwhile Chief Executive of London TravelWatchLondon TravelWatchLondon TravelWatch is a British consumer organization that campaigns for improvements to transport in London. It is the transport watchdog for services provided by Transport for London, which includes facilities for pedestrians, cyclists, and motorists. It is also the watchdog for National Rail...
) - Christopher Vezey erstwhile BBC music producer
- Stephen WardStephen WardStephen Thomas Ward was an osteopath and artist who became notorious as one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, a British public scandal which profoundly affected the ruling Conservative Party government...
(of the Profumo AffairProfumo AffairThe Profumo Affair was a 1963 British political scandal named after John Profumo, Secretary of State for War. His affair with Christine Keeler, the reputed mistress of an alleged Russian spy, followed by lying in the House of Commons when he was questioned about it, forced the resignation of...
) - Professor John Anderson now semi-retired as a writer and medical lecturer, previously with the ILOIloIlo is a port city in southern Peru, with some 58,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the Moquegua Region and capital of the province of Ilo.-History:...
and WHOWhoWho may refer to:* Who , an English-language pronoun* who , a Unix command* Who?, one of the Five Ws in journalism- Art and entertainment :* Who? , a 1958 novel by Algis Budrys... - Christopher Wright (founder of Single's Club)
- Sir Martin Furnival JonesMartin Furnival JonesSir Martin Furnival Jones, KCB was Director General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1965 until 1972.-Career:...
KCB (Director General of MI5MI5The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
, 1965–1972) - Anthony HowardAnthony HowardAnthony Howard may refer to:* Anthony Howard , British journalist* Anthony Howard , British swimmer...
(political journalist) - Rudolph C Lehmann MP (Editor of The Daily News and Punch. Coached both Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race Crews)
- Duncan Taylor (Governor of the Cayman Islands)