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List Of Old Wellingburians
Wellingborough School is a co-educational day independent school in the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. It was established in 1595 and is one of the oldest schools in the country. Well known alumni include: A * Anna Turney B C *Richard Coles *Will Chudley * James Claydon D *Dickie Dodds *James Dyson E *Michael Ellis (British politician) F G * W Stephen Gilbert (television dramatist, critic) *David Gillett *Sir William Gilliatt *Christopher Greenwood H * Nick Haste, first-class cricketer *Wyndham Hazelton *Arthur Henfrey *Peter Hudson (British Army officer) *Maxwell Hutchinson J *Peter Stanley James Zain Janjua L *Andrew Lauder (music executive) *Roger Levitt - disgraced financial adviser, who was banned from the financial services industry for life in 1994. M *Colin McAlpin *Philip Meeson, Executive Chairman of Dart Group * Rob Milligan *Alison Mitchell N * Robert Edwin Newbery O *Andrew Loog Oldham P *Anne Panter * Richard Peck, British Army major ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wellingborough School
Wellingborough School is a co-educational day independent school in the market town of Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. It was established in 1595 and is one of the oldest schools in the country. The school today consists of a Prep school (ages 3–10) Senior school (ages 11–16) and a sixth form (ages 16–18). History The original school was a Tudor grammar school in the centre of the town; its original building, built 1617 at a cost of 25 pounds, still survives, now occupied by a local cafe. In January 1881 the school moved under the 28th headmaster to its present site on the edge of Wellingborough. During World War I, about 1,060 alumni of the school saw action. These included the flying-ace Henry Winslow Woollett, famous for 35 victories in the air. 181 old boys and masters were killed in action, among them the former school chaplain, Bernard Vann, who was awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously. Between the wars, the school's sporting prowess continued, and in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hudson (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir Peter Hudson (14 September 1923 – 8 August 2000) was a British Army officer who served as Deputy Commander of UK Land Forces. Early life Hudson was educated at Wellingborough School and Jesus College, Cambridge.Debrett's People of Today 1994 Military career Hudson was Commissioned officer, commissioned in to the Rifle Brigade in 1944. He took part in the response to the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya in 1954 and the Malayan Emergency in the late 1950s and was made Commanding Officer of 3rd Bn Royal Green Jackets in 1966. He was appointed Commander of 39th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 39th Infantry Brigade in Northern Ireland in 1969 at just the time when the Troubles were escalating, Director of Army staff Duties in 1972 and Commander of Eastern District (British Army), Eastern District in 1973. He went on to be Chief of Staff for Allied Forces Northern Europe in 1975 and Deputy Commander Land Forces (United Kingdom), Deputy Commander-in-Chief UK Land Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sirajuddin Of Perlis
Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin ibni Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail ( Jawi: توانكو سيد سراج الدين ابن المرحوم توانكو سيد ڤوترا جمال الليل; born 17 May 1943) is the 7th and current Raja of Perlis, reigning since 17 April 2000. He served as the 12th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 13 December 2001 to 12 December 2006. Early life and education Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin was born in Arau, Perlis, the second of ten children of Almarhum Tuanku Syed Putra Jamalullail and Tengku Budriah binti Almarhum Tengku Ismail. He studied at the Arau Malay School until standard two, then from 5 January 1950 he continued his primary education at Wellesley Primary School in Penang followed by Westland Primary School until the end of 1955. Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin began his secondary education at Penang Free School on 9 January 1956 and later left for England to study at Wellingborough School for four years until 1963. He underwent training as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Roan (journalist)
Daniel Roan (born 31 December 1976) is the sports editor for BBC News, currently employed by BBC Sport. Biography Daniel Roan was born on 31 December 1976 and was brought up in Northampton, England. Roan went to Wellingborough School. He matriculated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge in 1995 to read Social and Political Sciences. He graduated with a second-class degree in 1998. In 2012, Roan was banned from all media activity involving Manchester City following an interview with Patrick Vieira, which had been originally arranged to promote Football Against Hunger, a charity Vieira was involved with. Vieira was quoted in the interview as stating that city rivals Manchester United receive favourable refereeing decisions when playing at home. Roan was accused of deliberately taking Vieira's comments out of context and engaging in "leading and aggressive questioning". In 2018, Roan faced calls to resign following his comments at the memorial for Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Peck (British Army Officer)
Richard Leslie Peck (born 27 May 1937) CB is a former English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Peck served mostly with the Royal Engineers in a military career that spanned from 1957 to 1997, rising to the rank of major-general. He also played two first-class cricket matches for the Combined Services cricket team. Military career Peck was educated at Wellingborough School, before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He graduated from Sandhurst in December 1957, where upon he entered the Royal Engineers as a second lieutenant. In December 1959, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Promotion to captain came in December 1963. He became a major in December 1969, with seniority antedated to June 1969. His promotion to lieutenant colonel followed in June 1974. He was promoted to the rank of colonel in December 1979, and to brigadier in December 1981, antedated to June 1981. Peck was appointed to the position of Chief in Engineer at the Ministry of De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Panter
Anne Panter (born 28 January 1984) is an English field hockey international, who was a member of the England and Great Britain women's field hockey team since 2002, and was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Personal life Panter studied Mathematics and Economics at the University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor .... References External links * * * * * 1984 births People educated at Wellingborough School English female field hockey players Living people Olympic field hockey players of Great Britain British female field hockey players Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kettering Olympic medalists in field hockey Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Field hock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham (born 29 January 1944) is an English record producer, talent manager, impresario and author. He was manager and producer of the Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967, and was noted for his flamboyant style. Early life Loog Oldham's father, Andrew Loog, was a United States Army Air Force lieutenant, a New Orleanian of German descent, who served with the Eighth Air Force. Loog was killed in June 1943 when his B-17 bomber was shot down over the English Channel, and he was buried at the Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium. Loog Oldham's Australian-born mother, Celia Oldham,Goodman, Fred (2015), ''Allen Klein: The Man Who Bailed Out the Beatles, Made the Stones, and Transformed Rock & Roll'', Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, New York, 978-0-547-89686-1, p. 81 was a nurse and comptometer operator. Loog Oldham attended the Aylesbury School for Boys, Cokethorpe School in Oxfordshire, St Marylebone Grammar School and Wellingborough School in Northamptonshire. A s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Edwin Newbery
Robert Edwin Newbery MC (1884–1967) was one of the two founding partners of Dale and Newbery, the firm of solicitors that has had offices in Southeast England since 1911. He also co-invented the internal triple air flow regulator for the oil burning lamp, which widened the flame for increased light emittance. Education Robert Edwin Newbery was born on 24 April 1884 in Shoreditch London, son of John Newbery and Elizabeth Temperance Gravatt. He grew up on the family farm in Northamptonshire and was educated at Wellingborough School and St John's College, Cambridge (1903) where he read Classics, gaining a BA in 1907 (MA in 1912), under the tutorship of the classical Greek scholar, E. E. Sikes. After Cambridge he qualified in law at the Inns of Court School of Law and practised as an assistant solicitor before joining Dale and Newbery in 1911. Military service In 1916 Newbery joined the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps and was commissioned Second lieutenant into 55th Batt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Mitchell
Alison Mitchell (born 17 January) is an English-Australian cricket commentator and sports broadcaster, working for the BBC, Australia's Channel 7 and the Australian Open among others. She was the first woman to become a regular commentator on the BBC's ''Test Match Special'', and has been commentating on men's and women's international cricket around the world since 2007. She also spent many years reporting and commentating on a variety of sports for BBC Radio 5 Live and Five Live Sports Extra, including Olympic and Commonwealth Games, Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open and Open Golf. In March 2014, she was voted SJA Sports Broadcaster of the Year 2013 by members of the Sports Journalists' Association. She is also the first woman to have called men's cricket ball-by-ball on ABC Radio Grandstand in Australia. Early life Born to an Australian mother and English father, Mitchell began her broadcasting career with the BBC as a part-time broadcast assistant at BBC Radio Northampt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Milligan (rugby Union)
Rob Milligan (born 17 April 1990 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England) is a former a rugby union player for Northampton Saints in the Guinness Premiership. He played as a number 8. Like many Northampton Saints players, he began his career aNorthampton Old Scouts RFC like his former team-mate Courtney Lawes. He attended Rugby School as a day pupil in Town House, was head of school and captained their first XV. Milligan made his only Saints appearance in an EDF Energy Cup match against Bristol Rugby Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 .... Milligan retired from rugby after the 2008-09 season due to medical advice. He has decided to pursue a career in rowing. ReferencesNorthampton Old Scouts RFC External linksNorthampton Saints profile [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dart Group
Jet2 plc (formerly Dart Group plc) is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England. Its head office is located in the Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head office in the same building. The company's name for most of its existence was derived from the type of aircraft that it first flew, the Handley Page Dart Herald. After selling off other units, the company rebranded as Jet2 in 2020. The stock ticker symbol also changed to Jet2 to reflect the name change, History Leased aircraft The company's operations originated in 1971 when Art Carpenter formed two companies: Carpenter's Air Services Ltd to fly flowers using contracted aircraft to the UK mainland from Guernsey; and Carpenter's Transport to distribute the flowers on the UK mainland to wholesale markets. In 1975, these two companies became Express Air Freight. Purchase of aircraft In 1978, the company purchased Handley Page Dart Herald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin McAlpin
Colin McAlpin (9 April 1870 – 13 May 1942) was an English composer of songs, operas and ballet music, an organist and a writer of critical essays on music. Life Colin McAlpin was born in 1870, at 15 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester, England. He was the fourth child of a clothier John William McAlpin, and his German wife Marie Louise (née Gerdes). His elder siblings were Kenneth, Donal and Janet, and his younger brothers Alan and John. McAlpin published his first composition when he was only 15 and at Wellingborough School: a song called ''The Cuckoo'' published in the ''Midland Musical Journal''. At the age of 16 he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music to study harmony with Francis William Davenport and organ playing with Charles Steggall, and after three years he acquired silver medals in both areas of study. In 1892 ''Robin Hood'', his first dramatic work, was performed at Wellingborough School and that year he was appointed organist and choirmaster at Kensington Presbyter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
