This is a list of notable Old Cliftonians, former pupils of

Clifton College ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

in Bristol in the West of England. :See also :People educated at Clifton College.

Academics

* John Barron, classicist and Master of St Peter's College, Oxford *

Eric Birley Eric Barff Birley, Vindolanda Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort (''castrum'') just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it originally pre-dated.British windo- 'fair, white, blessed', landa 'enclosure/meadow/prairie/grassy plain' (the modern Welsh word woul ...

archaeologist, Classical scholar *

Simon Blackburn Simon Blackburn (born 12 July 1944) is an English academic philosopher known for his work in metaethics, where he defends quasi-realism, and in the philosophy of language; more recently, he has gained a large general audience from his efforts ...

, philosopher, founder of quasi-realism *

Frederick S. Boas Frederick Samuel Boas, (1862–1957) was an English scholar of early modern drama. Education He was born on 24 July 1862, the eldest son of Hermann Boas of Belfast. His family was Jewish. He attended Clifton College as a scholar and went up to ...

, English scholar *

Horatio Brown Horatio Robert Forbes Brown (16 February 1854 – 19 August 1926) was a Scottish historian who specialized in the history of Venice and Italy. Born in Nice, he grew up in Midlothian, Scotland, was educated in England at Clifton College and Oxfor ...

, historian *

Norman O. Brown Norman Oliver Brown (September 25, 1913 – October 2, 2002) was an American scholar, writer, and social philosopher. Beginning as a classical scholar, his later work branched into wide-ranging, erudite, and intellectually sophisticated cons ...

, author, philosopher * Charles Alfred Coulson, mathematician and theoretical chemist * G. E. M. de Ste. Croix Classical scholar * Sir Charles Harding Firth, historian *

Herbert Paul Grice Herbert Paul Grice (13 March 1913 – 28 August 1988), usually publishing under the name H. P. Grice, H. Paul Grice, or Paul Grice, was a British philosopher of language. He is best known for his theory of implicature and the cooperative prin ...

, philosopher of language *Sir

Thomas Little Heath Sir Thomas Little Heath (; 5 October 1861 – 16 March 1940) was a British civil servant, mathematician, classical scholar, historian of ancient Greek mathematics, translator, and mountaineer. He was educated at Clifton College. Heath translat ...

polymath A polymath ( el, πολυμαθής, , "having learned much"; la, homo universalis, "universal human") is an individual whose knowledge spans a substantial number of subjects, known to draw on complex bodies of knowledge to solve specific pro ...

, civil servant, mathematician, classical scholar, historian of ancient Greek mathematics, translator and

mountaineer Mountaineering or alpinism, is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending tall mountains. Mountaineering-related activities include traditional outdoor climbing, skiing, and traversing via ferratas. Indoor climbing, sport climbing, an ...

Geoffrey Hinton Geoffrey Everest Hinton One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: (born 6 December 1947) is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist, most noted for his work on ar ...

, computer scientist and cognitive psychologist * Professor Arthur Hutchinson OBE FRS, Master of

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

Arthur Wilberforce Jose Arthur Wilberforce Jose (4 September 1863 – 22 January 1934) was an English- Australian historian and editor of the Australian Encyclopaedia. Jose was born at Bristol, South West England, eldest son of William Wilberforce Jose, and his wif ...

, historian and journalist *

John Cowdery Kendrew Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work at the Cavendish Labor ...

, biochemist and crystallographer. Winner (joint) of 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry *

Martin Lings Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shake ...

, scholar *

Patrick McGuinness Patrick McGuinness (born 1968) is a British academic, critic, novelist, and poet. He is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Oxford, where he is Fellow and Tutor at St Anne's College. Life McGuinness was born i ...

, academic, critic, novelist and poet *

John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (3 September 1866 – 18 January 1925) was an English idealist metaphysician. For most of his life McTaggart was a fellow and lecturer in philosophy at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was an exponent of the phil ...

, philosopher *

John Pinkerton John Pinkerton (17 February 1758 – 10 March 1826) was a Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist, historian, and early advocate of Germanic racial supremacy theory. He was born in Edinburgh, as one of three sons to Ja ...

, designer of world's first business computer, the

LEO computer The LEO I (Lyons Electronic Office I) was the first computer used for commercial business applications. The prototype LEO I was modelled closely on the Cambridge EDSAC. Its construction was overseen by Oliver Standingford, Raymond Thompson and D ...

Harold Arthur Prichard Harold Arthur Prichard (30 October 1871 – 29 December 1947) was an English philosopher. He was born in London in 1871, the eldest child of Walter Stennett Prichard (a solicitor) and his wife Lucy. Harold Prichard was a scholar of Clifton Coll ...

, philosopher *

Reginald Punnett Reginald Crundall Punnett FRS (; 20 June 1875 – 3 January 1967) was a British geneticist who co-founded, with William Bateson, the ''Journal of Genetics'' in 1910. Punnett is probably best remembered today as the creator of the Punnet ...

, geneticist * Ivor Armstrong Richards scholar, critic,

rhetorician Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate parti ...

author ''

The Meaning of Meaning ''The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism'' (1923) is a book by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards. It is accompanied by two supplementary essays by Bronisław Malinowski and F. G. ...

'' * Edgar Samuel, Director of the

London Jewish Museum The Jewish Museum London is a museum of British Jewish life, history and identity. The museum is situated in Camden Town in the London Borough of Camden, North London. It is a place for people of all faiths to explore Jewish history, culture, ...

Sir Richard Threlfall ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as ...

, physicist and chemical engineer *

Herbert Hall Turner Herbert Hall Turner (13 August 1861 – 20 August 1930) was a British astronomer and seismologist. Biography Herbert Hall Turner was educated at the Leeds Modern School, Clifton College, Bristol and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1884 h ...

, Professor of Astronomy and seismologist *

Conrad Hal Waddington Conrad Hal Waddington (8 November 1905 – 26 September 1975) was a British developmental biologist, paleontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher who laid the foundations for systems biology, epigenetics, and evolutionary devel ...

, developmental biologist, palaeontologist, geneticist, embryologist and philosopher * Sir Thomas Herbert Warren, Professor of Poetry and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University * R. P. Winnington-Ingram, scholar of Greek tragedy, Professor of Greek at

King's College, London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

Public life and the law

Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Baronet Sir John Dyke Acland, 16th Baronet (13 May 1939 – 26 September 2009) was the eldest son of Sir Richard Acland, 15th Baronet and Anne Stella Alford. John Acland attended the Dragon School in Oxford, Clifton College, Magdalene College, Cambridge, ...

* Sir James Allen, New Zealand politician * Mirza Osman Ali Baig, MBE, Indian Army officer, Pakistani diplomat and statesman, and Secretary-General of

CENTO The Middle East Treaty Organization (METO), also known as the Baghdad Pact and subsequently known as the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO), was a military alliance of the Cold War. It was formed in 24 February 1955 by Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Turk ...

* Michael Bear,

Lord Mayor of London The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London and the leader of the City of London Corporation. Within the City, the Lord Mayor is accorded precedence over all individuals except the sovereign and retains various traditional powe ...

2010/11 *

Christopher Birdwood, 2nd Baron Birdwood {{Infobox noble, type , honorific-prefix = The Right Honourable , name = The Lord Birdwood , honorific-suffix = MVO , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more ...

, Conservative member of the

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Arthur Shirley Benn, 1st Baron Glenravel Arthur Shirley Benn, 1st Baron Glenravel, (20 December 1858 – 13 June 1937), known as Sir Arthur Benn, Bt, between 1926 and 1936, was a British people, British businessman and politician. Early life He was born on 20 December 1858, in Cork (c ...

, KBE Conservative MP. *

Leslie Hore-Belisha Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha, PC (; 7 September 1893 – 16 February 1957) was a British Liberal, then National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) and Cabinet Minister. He later joined the Conservative Party. He proved highly su ...

, Minister of War, 1937–1940 * Sir

Edward John Cameron Sir Edward John Cameron (14 May 1858 – 20 July 1947) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of the Gambia from February 1914 to 1920. Early life and education Born 14 May 1858, Cameron was the third son of John Charles C ...

, , colonial administrator *

Lothian Bonham-Carter Lothian George Bonham-Carter J.P. (29 September 1858 – 1 January 1927) was an English cricketer. Bonham-Carter was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow roundarm bowler, but with which arm is unknown, but he was one of the last cricketers ...

, English cricketer, Justice of the Peace and soldier * Sir

Edgar Bonham-Carter Sir Edgar Bonham-Carter (2 April 1870 – 24 April 1956) was a British barrister and administrator in Sudan and Iraq. In his younger days he was a rugby player of some note and represented England at international level. Early life and rugby ca ...

, CIE Barrister * John Bonham-Carter (1817-1884)

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a li ...

Politician *

Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton Sydney Charles Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton, (25 October 1853 – 15 October 1934) was a radical British Liberal politician of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He also served as the second Governor-General of South Africa from 1914 to 1920 ...

GCMG The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

, PC * Sir John Biggs-Davison,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

politician * Sir Richard Ashmole Cooper, 2nd Baronet, Conservative MP * Viscount Caldecote,

Sir Thomas Inskip Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote, (5 March 1876 – 11 October 1947) was a British politician who served in many legal posts, culminating in serving as Lord Chancellor from 1939 until 1940. Despite legal posts dominating his ...

, lawyer, politician and

Lord Chancellor The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. The ...

Alban Dobson Alban Tabor Austin Dobson (29 June 1885 – 19 May 1962) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant. Dobson was an important figure in the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, later known as the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisherie ...

, civil servant, secretary of the

International Whaling Commission The International Whaling Commission (IWC) is a specialised regional fishery management organisation, established under the terms of the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW) to "provide for the proper conservation of ...

, president of the

International Council for the Exploration of the Sea The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES; french: Conseil International de l'Exploration de la Mer, ''CIEM'') is a regional fishery advisory body and the world's oldest intergovernmental science organization. ICES is headqu ...

Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed Francis Raymond Evershed, 1st Baron Evershed, PC (8 August 1899 – 3 October 1966) was a British judge who served as Master of the Rolls, and subsequently became a Law Lord. Background and education Evershed was the son of Frank Evershed, a b ...

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and

Law Lord Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House of ...

Geoff Gollop Geoffrey Richard Gollop, OBE (born 23 February 1955)

OBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, Deputy Mayor of

Bristol Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

, former Lord Mayor and former Deputy Lord Mayor of Bristol * Jeremy Hackett British fashion designer, founder of Hackett clothing * Sir

James Heath James Heath may refer to: * James Heath (historian) (1629–1664), English royalist historian * James Heath (engraver) (1757–1834), English engraver * James P. Heath (1777–1854), U.S. congressman from Maryland * James E. Heath (active since 18 ...

Bt, MP North West Staffordshire. * Herbert Hervey, 5th

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, Diplomat * Sir Thomas Little Heath, Treasury Secretary and scholar and author. * Lord Henley 8th Baron Henley.

Tory A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. Th ...

Politician * Sir Roger Hollis, journalist, secret-service agent and director general of

MI5 The Security Service, also known as MI5 ( Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Go ...

Syed Fakhar Imam Syed Fakhar Imam ( ur, سید فخر امام) (born 18 December 1942) is a Pakistani politician who served as Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research, from April 2020 to April 2022. He also served as the 11th Speaker of Nation ...

, the 11th Speaker of National Assembly of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. *

Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding Charles Patrick Fleeming Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, (7 September 1926 – 20 December 2016) was a British Conservative Party politician who served as a cabinet minister in Margaret Thatcher's first government. Life and career Jenkin w ...

, Conservative politician *

Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet Sir John Keane, 5th Baronet, DSO (3 June 1873 – 30 January 1956) was an Irish barrister and politician. Early life Keane was the son of Sir Richard Keane, 4th Baronet and Adelaide Vance, daughter of John Vance MP. He was educated at Clifton ...

, Irish Politician, Senator 1st, 2nd, 3rd Seanad *

Neville Laski Neville Jonas Laski (18 December 1890 – 24 March 1969) was an English judge and leader of Anglo-Jewry. Family Laski came from a distinguished family. His father was Nathan Laski (1863-1941), a Lithuanian Jewish Manchester cotton merchant an ...

QC Judge and leader of Anglo Jewry *

Sir John May Sir John Douglas May, PC (28 June 1923 – 15 January 1997) was a British Court of Appeal judge appointed by the British Government to investigate the miscarriages of justice related to the Maguire Seven and other miscarriages linked to IRA bomb ...

, Judge *

Navendu Mishra Navendu Prabhat Mishra (born 22 August 1989) is a British Labour Party politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Stockport since 2019. Early life He is of Indian ancestry; his mother is from Gorakhpur and his father is fr ...

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

MP * Sir Alan Abraham Mocatta, English judge, leader of Spanish and Portuguese Jews in the UK *

Edwin Samuel Montagu Edwin Samuel Montagu PC (6 February 1879 – 15 November 1924) was a British Liberal politician who served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. Montagu was a "radical" Liberal and the third practising Jew (after Sir Herber ...

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

politician * Louis Samuel Montagu, 2nd Baron Swaythling * Sir Max Muspratt, 1st Baronet, Industrialist and

MP * Sir

Peter Newsam Sir Peter Anthony Newsam (born 2 November 1928) is an English educationist and a member of the Oxford Education Society. He is also an alumnus of the University of Oxford and of the Department of Education. Biography Newsam was born at Glouceste ...

chairman of

Commission for Racial Equality The Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom which aimed to address racial discrimination and promote racial equality. The commission was established in 1976, and disbanded in 2007 when its ...

and

Inner London Education Authority The Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) was an ad hoc local education authority for the City of London and the 12 Inner London boroughs from 1965 until its abolition in 1990. The authority was reconstituted as a directly elected body corpor ...

chief education officer. *

Arthur Richards, 1st Baron Milverton Arthur Frederick Richards, 1st Baron Milverton (21 February 1885 – 27 October 1978), was a British colonial administrator who over his career served as Governor of North Borneo, Gambia, Fiji, Jamaica, and Nigeria. Early life and educati ...

Hector Sants Sir Hector William Hepburn Sants (born 15 December 1955) is a British investment banker. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Services Authority in July 2007 and stepped down in June 2012. He took up a new position with Ba ...

, head of the

Financial Services Authority The Financial Services Authority (FSA) was a quasi-judicial body accountable for the financial regulation, regulation of the financial services industry in the United Kingdom between 2001 and 2013. It was founded as the Securities and Investmen ...

Colin Sleeman Stuart Colin Sleeman (10 March 1914 – 14 June 2006) was a British judge. As an Assistant Judge Advocate General, he was appointed as senior counsel for the defence in two trials of Japanese soldiers accused of war crimes held in Singapore aft ...

, Assistant Judge Advocate General, senior defence counsel for Japanese accused of war crimes *

Abel Thomas Abel Thomas (1848 – 23 July 1912) was a Welsh Liberal politician and lawyer. Family Thomas was the son of a Baptist Minister, the Reverend Theophilus Evan Thomas JP of Trehale in Pembrokeshire. In 1875, he married Bessie Polak. They had a s ...

, Welsh

MP * Col. Josiah Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, brother of

Sir Ralph Wedgwood, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, 1st Baronet, (; 2 March 1874 – 5 September 1956) was the Chief Officer of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) for 16 years from its inauguration in 1923. He was chairman of the wartime Railway Executive Commit ...

and

, Minister in

Ramsay MacDonald James Ramsay MacDonald (; 12 October 18669 November 1937) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, the first who belonged to the Labour Party, leading minority Labour governments for nine months in 1924 ...

government. * Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood, 1st Bt *

Philip William Wheeldon Philip William Wheeldon (1913–1992) was the fourth Bishop of Whitby and twice Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman. Life He was educated at Clifton College and then at Downing College, Cambridge, the college frequented by the family. He was ...

Bishop of Whitby The Bishop of Whitby is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of York, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire; the See was erected under the ...

* Sir Rowland Whitehead, 3rd Baronet KC MP, barrister and politician *

John Henry Whitley John Henry Whitley (8 February 1866 – 3 February 1935), often known as J. H. Whitley, was a British politician and Georgist. He was the final Liberal to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons, a role he held from 1921 to 1928. Family an ...

Speaker of the House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons is a political leadership position found in countries that have a House of Commons, where the membership of the body elects a speaker to lead its proceedings. Systems that have such a position include: * Speaker of ...

1921–1928 *

Leonard Wolfson, Baron Wolfson Leonard Gordon Wolfson, Baron Wolfson, FRS (11 November 1927 – 20 May 2010) was a British businessman, the former chairman of GUS, and son of GUS magnate Sir Isaac Wolfson, 1st Baronet. He is the father of Janet Wolfson de Botton. He attende ...

, Conservative politician *

Baron Wyfold Baron Wyfold, of Accrington in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 May 1919 for Sir Robert Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baronet, the former Conservative Member of Parliament for Accringto ...

, Colonel Sir Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, Bt MP.

Military

Field Marshal Field marshal (or field-marshal, abbreviated as FM) is the most senior military rank, ordinarily senior to the general officer ranks. Usually, it is the highest rank in an army and as such few persons are appointed to it. It is considered as ...

Douglas Haig Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, (; 19 June 1861 – 29 January 1928) was a senior Officer (armed forces), officer of the British Army. During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionar ...

* Field Marshal William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood *

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) 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 ...

Frederick E. Morgan Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Edgworth Morgan, (5 February 1894 – 19 March 1967) was a senior officer of the British Army who fought in both world wars. He is best known as the chief of staff to the Supreme Allied Commander (COSSAC), the ...

Sir Francis Younghusband Lieutenant Colonel Sir Francis Edward Younghusband, (31 May 1863 – 31 July 1942) was a British Army officer, explorer, and spiritual writer. He is remembered for his travels in the Far East and Central Asia; especially the 1904 British e ...

, British Army officer, explorer, and spiritualist * Sir Hugh Elles KCB KCMG KCVO DSO, general * Sir Charles Bonham-Carter, General of the Territorial Army and Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Malta. * Lieutenant Colonel

Oswald Watt Walter Oswald Watt, (11 February 1878 – 21 May 1921) was an Australian aviator and businessman. The son of a Scottish-Australian merchant and politician, he was born in England and moved to Sydney when he was one year old, returnin ...

, Australian flying ace in First World War *

Percy Hobart Major General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, (14 June 1885 – 19 February 1957), also known as "Hobo", was a British military engineer noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during the Second World War. He was responsible for ...

KBE CB DSO MC, military engineer *

Cecil Rawling Brigadier-General Cecil Godfrey Rawling, (16 February 1870 – 28 October 1917) was a British soldier, explorer and author whose expeditions to Tibet and Dutch New Guinea brought acclaim from the Royal Geographical Society and awards from the ...

, CMG CIE DSO FRGS, soldier, explorer and author *

Alexander Kearsey Alexander Horace Cyril Kearsey, (17 December 1877 – 8 October 1967) was a highly decorated career British Army officer who served in the Second Boer War and the World War I, First World War. He was also an English cricketer, but his military ...

, OBE, DSO, soldier, cricketer and military historian *

, English cricketer, Justice of the Peace and soldier *

Jock Hamilton-Baillie John Robert Edward Hamilton-Baillie Military Cross, MC (1 March 1919 – 16 April 2003), was a British Royal Engineers officer famed for numerous escapes from German prisoner of war camps during World War II. During his later life he was a found ...

MC * John Whitty, MC DSO * Sir Charles Cuyler, 4th Baronet OBE, soldier and cricketer *

Leslie Innes Jacques Brigadier Leslie Innes Jacques, (11 December 1897 – 28 December 1959) was a British Army officer. After studying at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich he joined the Royal Engineers on the Western Front of the First World War. Jacques recei ...

, CB, CBE, MC, British Army engineer officer

Holders of the Victoria Cross

Eight Old Cliftonians have won the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...

, one in the

Second Boer War The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sout ...

, five in the First World War (1914–1918), one in the

Russian Civil War , date = October Revolution, 7 November 1917 – Yakut revolt, 16 June 1923{{Efn, The main phase ended on 25 October 1922. Revolt against the Bolsheviks continued Basmachi movement, in Central Asia and Tungus Republic, the Far East th ...

(North Russia Relief Force, 1919), and one in the Second World War. *Second Boer War: **Sergeant

Horace Robert Martineau Horace Robert Martineau VC (31 October 1874 – 7 April 1916) was a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Military career ...

VC (at Clifton 1888–1889) (1874–1916). He later achieved the rank of Lieutenant. *First World War: **

Richard Douglas Sandford Richard Douglas Sandford, VC (11 May 1891 – 23 November 1918) was a Royal Navy officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He ...

VC (11 May 1891 – 23 November 1918) was a Royal Navy officer who took part in the

Zeebrugge Raid The Zeebrugge Raid ( nl, Aanval op de haven van Zeebrugge; ) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. The British intended to sink obsolete ships in the canal entrance, to prevent German ...

and won the

. **

Captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

Theodore Wright :''This is about the British soldier; for others, see Theodore Wright (disambiguation).'' Captain Theodore Wright, VC (15 May 1883 – 14 September 1914) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious awar ...

, VC (at Clifton 1897–1900) (1883–1914) **Lieutenant

Cyril Gordon Martin Brigadier Cyril Gordon Martin VC CBE DSO (19 December 1891 – 14 August 1980) was a British Army officer and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that ca ...

, VC,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, DSO (at Clifton 1910-1910) (1891–1980). He later achieved the rank of

Brigadier Brigadier is a military rank, the seniority of which depends on the country. In some countries, it is a senior rank above colonel, equivalent to a brigadier general or commodore, typically commanding a brigade of several thousand soldiers. In ...

. **Lieutenant

Edward Donald Bellew Edward Donald Bellew, (28 October 1882 – 1 February 1961, Kamloops, British Columbia), Captain of the 7th Bn British Columbia Regiment, CEF was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in ...

, VC (at Clifton 1897–1900) (1882–1961). He later achieved the rank of

. **

George Henry Tatham Paton George Henry Tatham Paton VC MC (3 October 1895 – 1 December 1917) was a Scottish 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 ...

, VC, MC (at Clifton 1909–1914) (1895–1917) *Russian Civil War: **

Commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

Claude Congreve Dobson, VC, DSO (at Clifton 1893–1900) (1885–1940) *Second World War: **

Lance-Corporal Lance corporal is a military rank, used by many armed forces worldwide, and also by some police forces and other uniformed organisations. It is below the rank of corporal, and is typically the lowest non-commissioned officer (NCO), usually equiv ...

John Pennington Harman Lance Corporal John Pennington Harman VC (20 July 1914 – 9 April 1944) was a British Army soldier and an English recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be a ...

, VC, (at Clifton 1923–1925) (1914–1944)

Arts and sciences

Literature

* C. E. W. Bean, War Correspondent and Official Historian of Australia during the First World War *

Joyce Cary Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official. Early life and education Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary was born in his grandparents' home, above the Belfast Bank in Derry, Ireland in 1 ...

, writer *

Robin Fedden Henry Robin Romilly Fedden, CBE, (1908–1977) was an English writer, diplomat and mountaineer. He was the son of artist Romilly Fedden and novelist Katherine Waldo Douglas. Raised mostly in Chantemesle, France, Fedden went to Cambridge Universi ...

, writer *

L. P. Hartley Leslie Poles Hartley (30 December 1895 – 13 December 1972) was a British novelist and short story writer. Although his first fiction was published in 1924, his career was slow to take off. His best-known novels are the '' Eustace and Hilda'' ...

, author *

Robert Smythe Hichens Robert Hichens (Robert Smythe Hichens, 14 November 1864 – 20 July 1950) was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays. He is best remembered as a satirist of the " ...

, Author and playwright *

Geoffrey Household Geoffrey Edward West Household (30 November 1900 – 4 October 1988) was a prolific British novelist who specialized in thrillers. He is best known for his novel '' Rogue Male'' ( 1939). Personal life He was born in Bristol; his father Hora ...

, author * Clifford Henry Benn Kitchin, author *

Tim Mackintosh-Smith Tim Mackintosh-Smith (born 17 July 1961) is a British, Yemen-based, Oxford-educated Arabist, writer, traveller and lecturer. He has written numerous books on the Middle East, won several awards and has presented a major BBC television series. Ed ...

, author and television presenter *

Alan Noel Latimer Munby Alan Noel Latimer ('Tim') Munby (1913–1974) was an English author, writer and librarian. Life and career Born in Hampstead, Munby was educated at Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge. He is best known for his five-volume study of the e ...

, author *

Henry Newbolt Sir Henry John Newbolt, CH (6 June 1862 – 19 April 1938) was an English poet, novelist and historian. He also had a role as a government adviser with regard to the study of English in England. He is perhaps best remembered for his poems "Vit ...

, poet * Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, poet (pseudonym "Q”). *

George Shipway George Shipway (25 May 1908–1982) was a British author best known for his historical novels, but he also tried his hand at political satire in his book ''The Chilian Club''. Military career George Frederick Morgan Shipway was born on 25 May 1 ...

, novelist *

Montague Summers Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author, clergyman, and teacher. He initially prepared for a career in the Church of England at Oxford and Lichfield, and was ordained as an Anglican deacon in 1908. He ...

, author, translator,

Occultist The occult, in the broadest sense, is a category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and practices which generally fall outside the scope of religion and science, encompassing phenomena involving otherworldly agency, such as magic and mysticism an ...

, scandalous Clergyman and member of Uranian poets- bards of

Greco-Roman The Greco-Roman civilization (; also Greco-Roman culture; spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally—and so historically—were di ...

pederasty.

Drama, theatre and performing arts

John Cleese John Marwood Cleese ( ; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and ...

Monty Python Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show '' Monty Python's Flying Circus'', which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four ...

actor *

Manuel del Campo Manuel Martínez del Campo y Cuevas (14 November 1913 in Mexico City – 16 February 1969 in England) was a Mexican film editor working in Hollywood and British film. Early life and education Manuel Martínez del Campo y Cuevas was born on 14 Nov ...

, film editor, actor, and third husband to

Mary Astor Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in '' The Maltese ...

Thorold Dickinson Thorold Barron Dickinson (16 November 1903 – 14 April 1984) was a British film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer, and Britain's first university professor of film. Dickinson's work received much praise, with fellow directo ...

, film director, screenwriter and producer. *

Donald Hewlett Donald Marland Hewlett (30 August 1920 – 4 June 2011) was a British actor who was best known for his sitcom roles as Colonel Charles Reynolds in ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'' and Lord Meldrum in '' You Rang, M'Lord?'', both written by Jimmy Perry ...

, actor *

John Houseman John Houseman (born Jacques Haussmann; September 22, 1902 – October 31, 1988) was a Romanian-born British-American actor and producer of theatre, film, and television. He became known for his highly publicized collaboration with director ...

, actor, director and producer *

Trevor Howard Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English stage, film, and television actor. After varied work in the theatre, he achieved star status with his role in the film ''Brief Encounter'' (1945), followed by ''T ...

, actor *

John Inverdale John Inverdale (born 27 September 1957) is an English broadcaster who works for both the BBC and ITV. During his radio career, he has presented coverage of many major sporting events including the Olympic Games, Wimbledon, the Grand National a ...

, television presenter *

John Madden John Earl Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) was an American football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, who he led to eight pla ...

, film director *

Roger Michell Roger Michell (5 June 1956 – 22 September 2021) was a South African-born British theatre, television and film director. He was best known for directing films such as ''Notting Hill (film), Notting Hill'' and ''Venus (2006 film), Venus'', as ...

, film & theatre director *

Alan Napier Alan William Napier-Clavering (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as Alan Napier, was an English actor. After a decade in West End theatre, he had a long film career in Britain and later, in Hollywood. Napier is best remembered for ...

, actor * Sir

Michael Redgrave Sir Michael Scudamore Redgrave CBE (20 March 1908 – 21 March 1985) was an English stage and film actor, director, manager and author. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Mourning Becomes Elect ...

, actor * Sir

Simon Russell Beale Sir Simon Russell Beale (born 12 January 1961) is an English actor. He is known for his appearances in film, television and theatre, and work on radio, on audiobooks and as a narrator. For his services to drama, he was knighted by Queen Elizabe ...

, actor *

Chris Serle Christopher Richard Serle (born 13 July 1943 in Bristol, England) is a former BBC TV presenter, reporter and actor. Biography Serle was educated at Clifton College and Trinity College, Dublin, where he studied modern languages. He appeared as ...

, television presenter *

Simon Shepherd Simon Stephen Shepherd (born 20 August 1956) is an English actor best known to TV audiences from many appearances, including as Dr Will Preston in eight series of ITV's ''Peak Practice'' and Doctor Jonathan Barling in ''Casualty''. Shepherd ...

, actor * Tim Sullivan, film and television director and screenwriter *

Clive Swift Clive Walter Swift (9 February 1936 – 1 February 2019) was an English actor and songwriter. A classically trained actor, his stage work included performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company, but he was best known to television viewers for ...

, actor * David Swift, actor *

Naunton Wayne Naunton Wayne (born Henry Wayne Davies, 22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a Welsh character actor, born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Clifton College. His name was changed by deed poll in 1933. Stage actor His fir ...

, actor * Chris Harris, automotive journalist and television presenter *

Elliot Levey Elliot Levey (born 6 December 1973) is an Olivier award winning actor. Career Olivier award winner for the role of Herr Shultz in Cabaret.known for his work in British Theatre, he has performed at the Donmar Warehouse, Almeida and National Th ...

, actor

Music

* Joseph Cooper * Scott Ford, musician *

John Rippiner Heath John Rippiner Heath (4 January 1887 - 23 December 1950) was a British composer, violinist and physician who lived and worked for most of his life in Wales. Life Heath was born in Birmingham the son of Professor Robert Heath, principal of Birmingham ...

, physician and composer * C. S. Lang, organist and composer *

Boris Ord Boris Ord (born Bernhard Ord), (9 July 1897 – 30 December 1961) was a British organist and Director of music, choirmaster of Choir of King's College, Cambridge, King's College, Cambridge (1929-1957). During World War II he served in the Royal ...

, conductor *

Ian Partridge Ian Partridge (born 12 June 1938) is a retired English lyric tenor, whose repertoire ranged from Monteverdi, Bach and Handel, the Elizabethan lute songs, German, French and English songs, through to Schoenberg, Weill and Britten, and on to cont ...

, tenor *

Harry Plunket Greene Harry Plunket Greene (24 June 1865 – 19 August 1936) was an Irish baritone who was most famous in the formal concert and oratorio repertoire. He wrote and lectured on his art, and was active in the field of musical competitions and examinations ...

* A. J. Potter, composer *

Martina Topley-Bird Martina Gillian Topley-Bird (''née'' Topley; born 7 May 1975) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky's debut album, ''Maxinquaye'' (1995). Sh ...

, musician *

Peter Tranchell Peter Andrew Tranchell (14 July 1922 – 14 September 1993) was a British composer. Life and career Tranchell was born at Cuddalore, India, on 14 July 1922, and educated at the Dragon School, Oxford, Clifton College"Clifton College Register" Mu ...

, composer *

Sir David Willcocks Sir David Valentine Willcocks, (30 December 1919 – 17 September 2015) was a British choral conductor, organist, composer and music administrator. He was particularly well known for his association with the Choir of King's College, Cambrid ...

, conductor *

Jonathan Willcocks Jonathan Willcocks (born 9 January 1953) is an English composer and conductor. Willcocks was born in Worcester, the son of conductor and composer Sir David Willcocks. He was a chorister at King's College, Cambridge, and an Open Music Scholar a ...

, composer *

Nicky Chinn Nicholas Barry Chinn (born 16 May 1945) is an English-American songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several international number- ...

, songwriter *

Kitty Brucknell Kimberley Dayle Edwards (born 15 November 1984), formerly known professionally as Kitty Brucknell, is an English pop singer. She rose to fame as a finalist on the eighth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2011, where she finished in seventh place. ...

, singer/songwriter

Education

C.T. Atkinson Christopher Thomas Atkinson (born on 6 September 1874 - died 18 February 1964) was the preeminent tutor for British military history at the University of Oxford in the first half of the twentieth century. Early life, education, and family Atkinso ...

, tutor in history at

Exeter College, Oxford Exeter College (in full: The Rector and Scholars of Exeter College in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth-oldest college of the un ...

, 1898-1955). * J. R. Eccles, schoolmaster and author

Fine arts

Roger Fry Roger Eliot Fry (14 December 1866 – 9 September 1934) was an English painter and critic, and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Establishing his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters, he became an advocate of more recent developme ...

, artist *

Derek Gillman Derek Anthony Gillman (born 7 December 1952) was executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation from August 2006 to January 2014. In 2014 Gillman took up a position at Drexel University as a distinguished visiting professor in the Depart ...

, President of the

Barnes Foundation The Barnes Foundation is an art collection and educational institution promoting the appreciation of art and horticulture. Originally in Merion, the art collection moved in 2012 to a new building on Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, Pen ...

Peter Lanyon George Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 – 31 August 1964) was a British painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. Lanyon was one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. Despite his early death at the age ...

(1918–1964) Cornish painter of

Euston Road School The Euston Road School is a term applied to a group of English painters, active either as staff or students at the School of Drawing and Painting in London between 1937 and 1939. The School opened in October 1937 at premises in Fitzroy Street bef ...

. *

Henry Tonks Henry Tonks, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, FRCS (9 April 1862 – 8 January 1937) was a British surgeon and later draughtsman and painter of figure subjects, chiefly interiors, and a Caricature, caricaturist. He became an influentia ...

, English surgeon, artist, like Fry,

Slade Professor of Fine Art The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art and art history at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and University College, London. History The chairs were founded concurrently in 1869 by a bequest from the art collecto ...

Science

Philip D'Arcy Hart Philip Montagu D'Arcy Hart, CBE (25 June 1900 – 30 July 2006) was a seminal British medical researcher and pioneer in tuberculosis treatment. Personal life Philip D'Arcy Hart was the grandson of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling. He was ...

(1900–2006), pioneer in tuberculosis treatment * Victor Riddell FRCS, cricketer and surgeon *

Frank Yates Frank Yates FRS (12 May 1902 – 17 June 1994) was one of the pioneers of 20th-century statistics. Biography Yates was born in Manchester, England, the eldest of five children (and only son) of seed merchant Percy Yates and his wife Edith. H ...

FRS, statistician

Nobel Prize winners

John Kendrew Sir John Cowdery Kendrew, (24 March 1917 – 23 August 1997) was an English biochemist, crystallographer, and science administrator. Kendrew shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Max Perutz, for their work at the Cavendish Labo ...

(Chemistry) *

John Hicks Sir John Richards Hicks (8 April 1904 – 20 May 1989) was a British economist. He is considered one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economic ...

(Economics) *

Nevill Mott Sir Nevill Francis Mott (30 September 1905 – 8 August 1996) was a British physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1977 for his work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, especially amorphous semiconductors. ...

(Physics)

Journalism

* Sir William Emsley Carr, Chairman of The News of the World *

Roger Alton Roger Alton (born 20 December 1947 in Oxford) is an English journalist. He was formerly editor of ''The Independent'' and ''The Observer'', and executive editor of ''The Times''. Early life and education He was educated at Clifton College and ...

, editor of ''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the w ...

'' *

Leigh Brownlee Leigh Dunlop Brownlee (17 December 1882 – 22 September 1955) was a journalist who became editor of the ''Daily Mirror'' from 1931 to 1934. He also played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire, Oxford University and Somerset between 1901 an ...

, cricketer and former editor of the ''

Daily Mirror The ''Daily Mirror'' is a British national daily tabloid. Founded in 1903, it is owned by parent company Reach plc. From 1985 to 1987, and from 1997 to 2002, the title on its masthead was simply ''The Mirror''. It had an average daily print ...

'' *

Francis Wrigley Hirst Francis Wrigley Hirst (10 June 1873 – 22 February 1953) was a British journalist, writer and editor of ''The Economist'' magazine. He was a Liberal in party terms and a classical liberal in ideology. Early life Hirst was born at Dalton Lodge ...

, editor of ''

The Economist ''The Economist'' is a British weekly newspaper printed in demitab format and published digitally. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture. Based in London, the newspaper is owned by The Econo ...

'' * Hugh Schofield,

BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board ex ...

Paris Correspondent * Steve Scott, ''

ITV ITV or iTV may refer to: ITV *Independent Television (ITV), a British television network, consisting of: ** ITV (TV network), a free-to-air national commercial television network covering the United Kingdom, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islan ...

'' newscaster and former ''

ITN Independent Television News (ITN) is a UK-based television production company. It is made up of two divisions: Broadcast News and ITN Productions. ITN is based in London, with bureaux and offices in Beijing, Brussels, Jerusalem, Johannesburg, N ...

'' foreign correspondent *

Richard Stott Richard Keith Stott (17 August 1943 – 30 July 2007) was a British journalist and editor. Born in Oxford, he attended Clifton College in Bristol. He began his career in journalism with the ''Bucks Herald'', aged 19. After the Great Train Rob ...

, journalist * Andrew Wilson, ''

Sky News Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via an English-language radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. John Ryley is the hea ...

'' news presenter and former foreign correspondent

Sports (in alphabetical order)

Cricket, rugby and football

Basil Allen Basil Oliver Allen (13 October 1911 – 1 May 1981) was an English first-class cricketer. Allen was educated at Clifton College and Caius College, Cambridge. A left-handed batsman and fine close fieldsman, he played for Cambridge University C ...

, cricketer, Gloucestershire captain * Joseph Beardsell, cricketer *

, English cricketer, Justice of the Peace and soldier * William Brain, English cricketer and footballer * Bernard Brodhurst, cricketer * James Bush Gloucestershire cricketer, England rugby international * Robert Edwin Bush Gloucestershire cricketer * Charles Carnegy , cricketer *

A. E. J. Collins Arthur Edward Jeune Collins (18 August 1885 – 11 November 1914) was an English cricketer and soldier. He held, for 116 years, the record of highest score in cricket: as a 13-year-old schoolboy, he scored 628 not out over four afternoons in Ju ...

, cricketer, world record holder (highest individual score as

batsman In cricket, batting is the act or skill of hitting the ball with a bat to score runs and prevent the loss of one's wicket. Any player who is currently batting is, since September 2021, officially referred to as a batter (historically, the ...

) * John Daniell, captain of Somerset, England rugby international *

David Dickinson David Dickinson MBE (born David Gulesserian; 16 August 1941) is an English antiques dealer and television presenter. Between 2000 and 2004, Dickinson hosted the BBC One antiques show ''Bargain Hunt'', where he was succeeded by Tim Wonnacott. Di ...

, cricketer *

Archibald Fargus Rev. Archibald Hugh Conway Fargus MA (15 December 1878 – 6 October 1963) was an English cricketer who was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was also a scholar and clergyman and served in the Royal Navy. Early life and c ...

, English cricketer, scholar, clergyman * Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, England and Exeter Chiefs rugby player * Edwin Field, Middlesex cricketer, England rugby international * Sir Stephen Finney, England rugby internationalEdmund Burke, ''The Annual register of world events: a review of the year, Volume 166'', p119, Longmans, Green, 1925 *

W. G. Grace junior William Gilbert Grace Jr (6 July 1874 – 2 March 1905) was an English first-class cricketer who was the first-born Grace family, son of W. G. Grace. He won scholarships to Clifton College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied mat ...

, Gloucestershire and MCC cricketer * Paul Green-Armytage, cricketer *

George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

, cricketer * Hubert Johnston, Scottish cricketer *

R. P. Keigwin Richard Prescott Keigwin ( ; 8 April 1883 – 26 November 1972) was an English academic. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club, Essex County Cricket Club and Gloucestershire County Cricket Club ...

, England cricketer and hockey player * Sir

Kingsmill Key Sir Kingsmill James Key, 4th Baronet (11 October 1864 – 9 August 1932) was an English cricketer. Life and career Key was born in Streatham Common, London. He was educated at Clifton College and Oriel College, Oxford. In the course of a ...

, Bt., captain of Surrey, MCC and England cricketer. *

James Kirtley Robert James Kirtley (born 10 January 1975) is a former English Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast medium bowler and a right hand batsman. After prep school at St. Andrews School, Eastbourne, he was educated at Clifton College. Kirtley is p ...

, England cricketer *

Ioan Lloyd Ioan Lloyd (born 5 April 2001) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a fly-half for United Rugby Championship club Scarlets and the Wales national team. Club career Early years Lloyd won the 2015 Dewar Shield with Cardiff ...

, Wales and Scarlets rugby player * Leslie Lloyd, cricketer * Meredith Magniac, cricketer * Frank May, cricketer *

Thomas Penny Thomas Penny (1532 – January 1589) was an English physician and early entomologist. His solo works have not survived and he is primarily known through quotations from other sixteenth-century biologists. It is believed that he broke with Aris ...

, cricketer *

Rowland Raw Rowland Raw (16 July 1884 – 7 August 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Raw was born at Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal to George and Edith Raw. He was educated in England at Clifton College, bef ...

, Royal Navy cricketer *

Henry Schwann Henry Sigismund Schwann (19 November 1868 – 27 May 1931) was an English first-class cricketer and stockbroker. The son of Frederick Sigismund Schwann, he was born in November 1868 at North Houghton, Hampshire. He was educated at Clifton Col ...

, cricketer * Dr. Edward Scott, Gloucestershire & MCC cricketer, England rugby international (captain). * Louie Shaw, cricketer * Thomas Stubbs, cricketer *

Charlie Townsend Charles Lucas Townsend (7 November 1876 – 17 October 1958) was a Gloucestershire cricketer. An all-round cricketer, Townsend was classically stylish, left-handed batsman, who was able to hit well despite his slender build. His off-side strok ...

, England cricketer *

Edward Tylecote Edward Ferdinando Sutton Tylecote (23 June 1849 – 15 March 1938) was an English cricketer. He was born in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire and was educated at Clifton CollegeOakley EM (ed) (1890) ''Clifton College Register'', pp. 14–15. Lond ...

, England cricketer *

Henry Tylecote Henry Grey Tylecote (24 July 1853 – 8 March 1935) was an English first-class cricketer and educator. Tylecote appeared in 29 first-class matches between 1874 and 1886, playing the majority of these for Oxford University, as well as appearing ...

, cricketer * William van Someren, cricketer * George Whitehead, England cricketerGeorge Whitehead
at cricinfo.com. Retrieved 25 November 2008 * John Whitty, cricketer and British Army officer *

Matt Windows Matthew Guy Newman Windows (born 5 April 1973) is a former English cricketer. He attended Clifton College in Bristol, representing the First XI for many years as well as being a double foster cup champion at rackets. He is a right-handed batsman ...

, Gloucestershire cricketer and England 'A' cap.

Other

Jerry Cornes John Frederick "Jerry" Cornes (23 March 1910 – 19 June 2001) was an English middle distance runner, colonial officer, and schoolmaster. He was born in Darjeeling, British India. Early life The son of a judge in the Indian Civil Service, Corn ...

, English Olympic runner * Justin Chaston, Welsh athlete who competed at three Olympic Games for Great Britain *

Walter Gibb Walter Gibb, (26 March 1919 – 4 October 2006) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) flying ace and a British test pilot who twice held the world altitude record. Early life The son of a Scottish mining Engineer, Walter Frame Gibb was born near Port Ta ...

, world record holder (altitude) *

Rowley Leigh Rowley Leigh (born 23 April 1950) is a British chef, restaurateur and journalist who lives in Shepherd's Bush, London. Born in Manchester, Leigh attended Rushmoor school in Bedford before going to Clifton College and Christ's College, Cambridge ...

, English chef * Michael Francis Middleton, Businessman and father of

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge Catherine, Princess of Wales, (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, heir apparent to the British throne, making Catherine the likely next ...

. Both Middleton's father, Capt. Peter Francis Middleton (d.2010) and his grandfather, solicitor and company director Richard Noel Middleton (d.1951) also boarded at Clifton *

Ernest Geoffrey Parsons Ernest Geoffrey Parsons Commander of The Royal Victorian Order, CVO CBE (13 May 1901 – 26 August 1991) was a British estate manager who became one of the Commissioners of the Crown Estates for Queen Elizabeth II. He was made a Commander of the ...

CVO, CBE, farmer and a commissioner of the crown estates. * William Pollock, English chess master *

Lily Owsley Lily Isabelle Owsley, (born 10 December 1994) in Bristol, England is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder or forward for Dutch club hdm and the England and Great Britain national teams. Club career Owsley plays club hocke ...

, Hockey GB and England *

Boris Schapiro Boris Schapiro (22 August 1909 – 1 December 2002) was a British international bridge player. He was a Grandmaster of the World Bridge Federation, and the only player to have won both the Bermuda Bowl (the world championship for national teams) ...

, bridge player * Simon Hazlitt, Hockey GB and England

Business

Walter Owen Bentley Walter Owen Bentley, MBE (16 September 1888 – 13 August 1971) was an English engineer who founded Bentley Motors Limited in London. He was a motorcycle and car racer as a young man. After making a name for himself as a designer of aircraft an ...

, founder of

Bentley Motors Bentley Motors Limited is a British designer, manufacturer and marketer of luxury cars and SUVs. Headquartered in Crewe, England, the company was founded as Bentley Motors Limited by W. O. Bentley (1888–1971) in 1919 in Cricklewood, North ...

* John Wyndham Beynon, entrepreneur of the fossil fuel and metals industry * Sir Trevor Chinn,

Tycoon A business magnate, also known as a tycoon, is a person who has achieved immense wealth through the ownership of multiple lines of enterprise. The term characteristically refers to a powerful entrepreneur or investor who controls, through perso ...

and Philanthropist * Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen, 1st Baronet, business man, chairman of

British-American Tobacco Company British American Tobacco plc (BAT) is a British multinational company that manufactures and sells cigarettes, tobacco and other nicotine products. The company, established in 1902, is headquartered in London, England. As of 2019, it is the large ...

* Sir Roy Fedden, engineer * Jeremy Hackett, fashion designer and entrepreneur * Patrick Seager Hill T.D. clothing manufacturer, who was a pioneer & developer of safety & fire protective clothing. *

Andy Hornby Andy Hornby (born 21 January 1967) is an English businessman, currently chief executive of The Restaurant Group, a British chain of restaurants and public houses. Biography Hornby was born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, but brought up in Br ...

, former Chief Executive of

HBOS HBOS plc was a banking and insurance company in the United Kingdom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group, having been taken over in January 2009. It was the holding company for Bank of Scotland plc, which operated the Bank ...

* Anthony Jacobs, Baron Jacobs, entrepreneur * Sir Horace Kadoorie, industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist *

Lord Kadoorie Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

, industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist *

Julian Richer Julian Richer (born 1959) is an English retail entrepreneur, philanthropist and author, best known as the founder and managing director of Richer Sounds, the UK's largest hi-fi retailer. Richer has gained a reputation for his motivational style ...

, entrepreneur, owner of

Richer Sounds Richer Sounds is a British home entertainment retailer that operates through a chain of 51 stores and through online, mainly in England. The business was 100% owned by Julian Richer, the founder and managing director of the company, who in 20 ...

* Sir James Swinburne, 9th Baronet, industrialist *

, head of the

* Sir

Clive Thompson Clive Thompson may refer to: *Clive Thompson (businessman) (born 1943), Deputy Chairman of Strategic Equity Capital *Clive Thompson (journalist) Clive Thompson (born 30 October 1968) is a Canadian freelance journalist, blogger, and science and t ...

former Chairman of

Farepak European Home Retail plc (EHR) was a listed UK company, operating in home retail. Though registered in Swindon, Wiltshire, its head office was based in Warmley, Bristol. On 13 October 2006, it was announced EHR and its subsidiary Farepak had gon ...

and Chief executive of

Rentokil Initial Rentokil Initial is a British business services group based in Crawley, England. It was founded in 1925 as a pest-control business but subsequently expanded and diversified, in part through organic growth under the leadership of Sir Clive Thomp ...

* Sir Robert Waley Cohen, industrialist and leader of Anglo-Jewry * Sir Bernard Waley Cohen, business man and

Henry Herbert Wills Henry Herbert 'Harry' Wills (20 March 1856 – 11 May 1922) was a businessman and philanthropist from Bristol, and a member of the Wills tobacco family. He was the son of Henry Overton Wills III and Alice Hopkinson and was born in Clifton, Bristol ...

, tobacco baron and philanthropist *

, business man, chairman of

GUS Gus is a masculine name, often a diminutive for Angus, August, Augustine, or Augustus, and other names (e.g. Aengus, Argus, Fergus, Ghassan, Gustav, Gustave, Gustafson, Gustavo, Gussie). It can also be used as the adaptation into English of ...

David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale David Wolfson, Baron Wolfson of Sunningdale (3 November 1935 – 10 March 2021) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician and businessman. Early life David Wolfson was born on 3 November 1935 in Willesden, London. The son ...

, politician, businessman, chairman of

Next Next may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film * ''Next'' (1990 film), an animated short about William Shakespeare * ''Next'' (2007 film), a sci-fi film starring Nicolas Cage * '' Next: A Primer on Urban Painting'', a 2005 documentary film Lit ...

Fictional

Christopher Tietjens ''Parade's End'' is a tetralogy of novels by the British novelist and poet Ford Madox Ford, written from 1924 to 1928. The novels chronicle the life of a member of the English gentry before, during and after World War I. The setting is mainly ...

, the protagonist of

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