List of Old Greshamians
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The following is a list of notable Old Greshamians, former pupils of Gresham's School
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's television barrister Rumpole
sent his son Nick to the school during the 1970s
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Gresham's School
Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...
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Norfolk
Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
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Military
- General Sir Terence AireyTerence AireyLieutenant-General Sir Terence Sydney Airey, KCMG, CB, CBE was an officer in the British Army.-Family and education:Airey was the son of Sydney Airey...
- soldier, GOC Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour... - Joe Baker-CresswellJoe Baker-CresswellCaptain Addison Joe Baker-Cresswell DSO RN , was a Royal Navy officer, aide-de-camp to King George VI and High Sheriff of Northumberland...
- Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
officer, aide-de-campAide-de-campAn aide-de-camp is a personal assistant, secretary, or adjutant to a person of high rank, usually a senior military officer or a head of state...
to King George VIGeorge VI of the United KingdomGeorge VI was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death... - General Sir Robert Bray - Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe
- Sir Stephen Bull, 2nd BaronetSir Stephen Bull, 2nd BaronetSir Stephen John Bull, 2nd Baronet was an English lawyer and baronet.-Early life:...
, killed on active service in JavaJavaJava is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
, 1942 - Donald CunnellDonald CunnellDonald Charles Cunnell was a British World War I flying ace who was killed in action over Belgium. He is known for having shot down and wounded the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.-Early life:...
- World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
fighter pilot - Air Vice-Marshal Sir William CushionWilliam CushionAir Vice-Marshal Sir William Boston Cushion KBE CB was a British Army and Royal Air Force officer and an executive of the British Overseas Airways Corporation.-Early life:...
, Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...
officer and British Overseas Airways CorporationBritish Overseas Airways CorporationThe British Overseas Airways Corporation was the British state airline from 1939 until 1946 and the long-haul British state airline from 1946 to 1974. The company started life with a merger between Imperial Airways Ltd. and British Airways Ltd...
executive - Arthur EstcourtArthur EstcourtArthur Charles Sotheron Estcourt MC was a British soldier of the First World War.-Early life:The son of the Reverend E. W. S. Estcourt, of Swindon, Wiltshire, and a nephew of George Sotheron-Estcourt, 1st Baron Estcourt, Estcourt began his education at Mr C. E. F...
- World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
officer - Major-General Guy GregsonGuy GregsonMajor-General Guy Patrick Gregson CB CBE DSO & Bar MC was a British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding 1st Division.-Military career:...
- soldier - Sir Christopher HeydonChristopher HeydonSir Christopher Heydon was an English soldier, Member of Parliament, and writer on astrology.-Background:Born in Surrey, Heydon was the eldest son of Sir William Heydon of Baconsthorpe, Norfolk, and his wife Anne, daughter of Sir William Woodhouse of Hickling, Norfolk...
- took part in the capture of CádizCádizCadiz is a city and port in southwestern Spain. It is the capital of the homonymous province, one of eight which make up the autonomous community of Andalusia....
, 1596 - General Sir William Holmes - Second World War general
- Major-General John LethbridgeJohn Sydney LethbridgeMajor-General John Sydney Lethbridge CB CBE MC was a British soldier.-Early life:The son of Lt-Col. Sydney Lethbridge, OBE RA, Lethbridge was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Uppingham School, Leicestershire, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, and Jesus College, Cambridge.-Career:He was...
- soldier - Major-General Patrick MarriottPatrick MarriottMajor-General Patrick Claude Marriott CBE is a British soldier and, since 2009, Commandant of the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst....
- Commandant of the Royal Military Academy SandhurstRoyal Military Academy SandhurstThe Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is a British Army officer initial training centre located in Sandhurst, Berkshire, England...
since 2009 - Rear-Admiral Brian PerowneBrian PerowneRear Admiral Brian Perowne CB is a former Royal Navy officer who ended his naval career as Chief of Fleet Support.-Early life:...
- Sir Philip Toosey - Bridge on the River Kwai commander
- Peter Wilkinson MCMilitary CrossThe Military Cross is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and other ranks of the British Armed Forces; and formerly also to officers of other Commonwealth countries....
- Royal ArtilleryRoyal ArtilleryThe Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
and Royal Air ForceRoyal Air ForceThe Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world... - Tom WintringhamTom WintringhamThomas Henry Wintringham was a British soldier, military historian, journalist, poet, Marxist, politician and author. He was an important figure in the formation of the Home Guard during World War II and was one of the founders of the Common Wealth Party.-Early life:Tom Wintringham was born 1898...
- soldier, military historian, journalist, poet, communist - Major-General A. E. YoungerElton YoungerMajor-General Allan Elton Younger DSO OBE, was a British soldier and author, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers from 1974 to 1979.-Background:Younger's family has a long military tradition...
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Medicine
- Richard BattleRichard BattleLt. Col. Richard John Vulliamy Marfleet Battle MBE, FRCS, LRCP, MCh Cantab, MA Cantab, BA Cantab, 1970 Gillies Gold Medal. was an English plastic surgeon, President of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons.-Early life:...
- plastic surgeon - Major-General Joseph CrowdyJoseph CrowdyMajor-General Joseph Porter Crowdy, CB, FRIPH was a British soldier and military doctor, and Commandant of the Royal Army Medical Corps.-Background and education:The son of Lt-Col. Charles R...
- Commandant of the Royal Army Medical CorpsRoyal Army Medical CorpsThe Royal Army Medical Corps is a specialist corps in the British Army which provides medical services to all British Army personnel and their families in war and in peace... - Michael FordhamMichael FordhamMichael Scott Montague Fordham was an English psychiatrist, a Jungian analyst. The Michael Fordham Prize is named in his honour.-Background and education:...
- psychiatristPsychiatristA psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy... - Thomas GirdlestoneThomas GirdlestoneThomas Girdlestone was an English physician and writer.-Education and career:After a classical education at Gresham's School, Holt, Girdlestone joined the army as a surgeon's mate, serving under Colonel Sir Charles Stuart, governor of Minorca, and in India...
- physician and writer - John GrangeJohn GrangeProfessor John Grange is an English; immunologist, epidemiologist, researcher, and academic, and is one of Europe's leading tuberculosis specialists.-Education:...
- immunologist - William Henry KelsonWilliam Henry KelsonWilliam Henry Kelson FRCS FZS was an English physician and writer, President of the Hunterian Society, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and of the Zoological Society of London.-Early life:...
, physician, President of the Hunterian SocietyHunterian SocietyThe Hunterian Society, founded in 1819 in honour of the Scottish surgeon John Hunter , is a society of physicians and dentists based in London.... - William RushtonW. A. H. RushtonWilliam Albert Hugh Rushton FRS was professor of Physiology at Trinity College, Cambridge. His main interest lay in colour vision and his Principle of Univariance is of seminal importance in the study of perception....
FRS - physiologist - Thomas StuttafordThomas StuttafordDr Irving Thomas Stuttaford OBE, is a British doctor, author, medical columnist of The Times and former Conservative Member of Parliament. In 2002 he retired as Senior Medical Advisor for Barclays Bank.-Politics:...
- doctor and politician - Anthony YatesAnthony YatesDavid Anthony Hilton Yates, FRCP , known as Anthony Yates, was an English rheumatologist and consultant, president of the British Association for Rheumatology and of the Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.- Education :Yates was educated at Gresham's School,...
- rheumatologist - Roger CarpenterRoger CarpenterProfessor Roger Hugh Stephen Carpenter is an English neurophysiologist, Professor of Oculomotor Physiology at the University of Cambridge.-Early life:...
- neurophysiologist
Nobel Prize-winner
- Sir Alan Lloyd HodgkinAlan Lloyd HodgkinSir Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, OM, KBE, PRS was a British physiologist and biophysicist, who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Andrew Huxley and John Eccles....
- Nobel Prize for MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine administered by the Nobel Foundation, is awarded once a year for outstanding discoveries in the field of life science and medicine. It is one of five Nobel Prizes established in 1895 by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in his will...
, President of the Royal SocietyPresident of the Royal SocietyThe president of the Royal Society is the elected director of the Royal Society of London. After informal meetings at Gresham College, the Royal Society was founded officially on 15 July 1662 for the encouragement of ‘philosophical studies’, by a royal charter which nominated William Brouncker as...
, Master of Trinity College, CambridgeTrinity College, CambridgeTrinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
Poets
- W. H. AudenW. H. AudenWystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also...
- poet - John Henry Colls, 18th century poet
- Andrew JeffordAndrew JeffordAndrew Jefford is an English journalist, radio presenter, poet, magazine editor, and as a wine writer, the author of various books and columns.-Education:...
- poet and wine writer - Michael LaskeyMichael Laskey-Life:Born in Lichfield, Staffordshire. Laskey was educated at Gresham's School and St John's College, Cambridge, where he read English. After Cambridge, Laskey worked for ten years as a teacher in secondary schools and further education in Spain and England...
- poet - John PudneyJohn PudneyJohn Sleigh Pudney was a British journalist and writer. He was known for short stories, poetry, non-fiction and children's fiction .-Education:...
- poet and novelist - Sir Stephen Spender - poet
Journalists
- Cedric BelfrageCedric BelfrageCedric Henning Belfrage was a socialist, author, journalist, translator and co-founder of the radical US-weekly newspaper the National Guardian...
- journalist and author - Mark BrayneMark BrayneMark Lugard Brayne is a British psychotherapist, journalist, and author. After a first career as a foreign correspondent, he qualified in psychotherapy and since 2002 has specialised in working with trauma....
, BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
foreign correspondentForeign correspondentForeign Correspondent may refer to:*Foreign correspondent *Foreign Correspondent , an Alfred Hitchcock film*Foreign Correspondent , an Australian current affairs programme...
and psychotherapist - Alastair HetheringtonAlastair HetheringtonHector Alastair Hetherington was a British journalist, newspaper editor and academic. For nearly twenty years he was the editor of The Guardian, and is regarded as one of the leading editors of the second half of the twentieth century.-Early years:Hetherington was the son of Sir Hector...
- journalist, editor of The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... - Sir John TusaJohn TusaSir John Tusa is a British arts administrator, and radio and television journalist. From 1980 to 1986 he was a main presenter of BBC 2's Newsnight programme. From 1995 until 2007 he was managing director of the City of London's Barbican Arts Centre...
- BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
journalist - Edmund RogersEdmund RogersEdmund Dawson Rogers , was an English journalist and spiritualist...
- journalist - Philip Pembroke StephensPhilip Pembroke StephensPhilip Pembroke Stephens was a journalist, foreign correspondent for the Daily Express. He was expelled from Germany in June 1934 for his critical reporting of Nazism and his campaigning in support of the German Jews...
- journalist - Rupert HamerRupert HamerSir Rupert James Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED , generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 39th Premier of Victoria, serving from 1972 to 1981.-Early years:...
Journalist, killed in Afghanistan
Other
- Robert Eagle, film and television writer and director
Sports
- Giles BaringGiles BaringAmyas Evelyn Giles Baring , known as Giles Baring, was a first-class English cricketer between the years 1930 and 1946.-Background:...
- cricketer - Glyn BarnettGlyn BarnettGlyn Cawley Daer Barnett , is a British international rifleman who won a shooting Gold Medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.-Early life:...
- rifleman, Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth GamesThe Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
gold medallist 2006 - Tom BourdillonTom BourdillonThomas Duncan Bourdillon, known as Tom Bourdillon , was an English mountaineer, a member of the team which made the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953....
- mountaineer - Gawain BriarsGawain BriarsGawain Peter Briars is a sportsman and lawyer in the United Kingdom. In the world of squash, he has won several major international titles and now serves as Executive Director of the Professional Squash Association.-Career:...
- British No. 1 squash player - 11th Earl of NortheskDavid Carnegie, 11th Earl of NortheskDavid Ludovic George Hopetoun Carnegie, 11th Earl of Northesk , elected a Scottish representative peer, was also an Olympic medallist....
- Olympic medallist (skeletonSkeleton (sport)Skeleton is a fast winter sliding sport in which an individual person rides a small sled down a frozen track while lying face down, during which athletes experience forces up to 5g. It originated in St. Moritz, Switzerland as a spin-off from the popular British sport of Cresta Sledding...
, 1928) - Andrew CorranAndrew CorranAndrew John Corran was a first-class English cricketer. After starting his career at Gresham's School, Holt, and at Oxford University , he moved to Nottinghamshire, for whom he played between 1961 and 1965...
- cricketer - Peter CroftPeter Downton CroftPeter Downton Croft is a former England and Great Britain field hockey player, a member of the British squad at the 1960 Summer Olympics, and also a former first-class cricketer, usually known as Peter Croft....
, cricketer and Olympic field hockey player - Matthew DickinsonMatt DickinsonMatt Dickinson is a film-maker and writer who is best known for his best selling novels and his documentary work for National Geographic Television, Discovery Channel and the BBC...
- mountaineer and adventurer - Natasha FirmanNatasha FirmanNatasha Firman is an English racing driver and was the winner of the inaugural Formula Woman championship in 2004. On the way to that victory, she achieved two wins and four third places out of seven races...
- Formula WomanFormula WomanFormula Woman, officially known as the Privilege Insurance Formula Woman Championship, was a female-only one make racing series started in 2004 in the UK...
racing driver - Ralph FirmanRalph FirmanRalph David Firman Jr. is an English-born racing driver who races under Irish citizenship and an Irish-issued racing licence. Earlier in his career he raced under a British licence...
- Formula One racing driver - Richard LemanRichard LemanRichard Alexander Leman is a former field hockey player, who was a member of the gold medal winning British squad at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul...
- hockey player and Olympic gold medallist - Peter LloydPeter Lloyd (mountaineer)Peter Lloyd CBE , was a mountaineer and engineer, a President of the Alpine Club.-Education:...
- mountaineer - Andy MulliganAndy MulliganAndrew Armstrong Mulligan, was born on 4 February 1936 et Kasauli, a small cantonment town in Solan district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, and died on 24 February 2001...
- captain of IrelandIreland national rugby union teamThe Ireland national rugby union team represents the island of Ireland in rugby union. The team competes annually in the Six Nations Championship and every four years in the Rugby World Cup, where they reached the quarter-final stage in all but two competitions The Ireland national rugby union...
and the British and Irish LionsBritish and Irish LionsThe British and Irish Lions is a rugby union team made up of players from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales...
Rugby XV - Ben PienaarBen PienaarBen Pienaar is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership.Born in South Africa, Pienaar previously played for Langley School, Loddon before moving to Gresham's School and for England Schools,...
- rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player and Junior National Champion at judoJudois a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an... - Pat SymondsPat SymondsPatrick Bruce Reith Symonds is the former Executive Director of Engineering of the Renault Formula One team....
- Formula One racing - Nick YoungsNick YoungsNicholas Gerald Youngs is a former English rugby union footballer who played for Leicester Tigers and England, at scrum-half, gaining six England caps in 1983-1984...
- EnglandEngland national rugby union teamThe England national rugby union team represents England in rugby union. They compete in the annual Six Nations Championship with France, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Wales. They have won this championship on 26 occasions, 12 times winning the Grand Slam, making them the most successful team in...
rugby union footballer - Ben YoungsBen YoungsBenjamin Ryder Youngs is an English rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Leicester Tigers and England.-Background:...
- England Rugby Team and member of Leicester Tigers and Heineken Cup medal winner - Tom YoungsTom YoungsTom Youngs is a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in the Aviva Premiership. He has also played on loan at Bedford Blues and Nottingham....
- member of England squadEngland national rugby union team (sevens)The English national rugby union sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Commonwealth Games.-Honours:* 1973 International Seven-A-Side Tournament - Winners* Rugby World Cup Sevens Winners 1993* Hong Kong Sevens Winners 2002* Hong Kong Sevens Winners 2003*...
at Rugby sevensRugby sevensRugby sevens, also known as seven-a-side or VIIs, is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players, instead of the usual 15, with shorter matches. Rugby sevens is administered by the International Rugby Board , the body responsible for rugby union worldwide... - Sir Percy Wyn-HarrisPercy Wyn-HarrisSir Percy Wyn-Harris, KCMG, MBE, KStJ was an English mountaineer, political administrator, and yachtsman...
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In fiction
Among fictional OGs, John MortimerJohn Mortimer
Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE, QC was a British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.-Early life:...
's television barrister Rumpole
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer which starred Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an ageing London barrister who defends any and all clients...
sent his son Nick to the school during the 1970s
1970s
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Notable governors of the school
- A. C. BensonA. C. BensonArthur Christopher Benson was an English essayist, poet, and author and the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge....
- Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood
- Sir Richard Carew Pole, 13th BaronetSir Richard Carew Pole, 13th BaronetSir John Richard Walter Reginald Carew Pole, 13th Baronet, OBE, DL, VMH is the present holder of the baronetcy granted to his ancestor by King Charles I in 1628. He lives at Antony House in Cornwall...
- Pauline Perry, Baroness Perry of SouthwarkPauline Perry, Baroness Perry of SouthwarkPauline Perry, Baroness Perry of Southwark is an educationalist, a Conservative politician and a member of the British House of Lords. She was Chief Inspector of Schools in England....
- Sir Angus StirlingAngus StirlingSir Angus Duncan Aeneas Stirling KBE DLitt, is a former director general of the National Trust and has served on many other charitable bodies in the United Kingdom....