The following is a list of notable Old Marlburians, former pupils of

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...

, Wiltshire, England.

Academia and education

Andrew Boggis Andrew Gurdon Boggis (born 1 April 1954) is an English schoolmaster. After teaching in Salzburg, he was Master in College at Eton, then Warden of Forest School, Walthamstow. He was chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and al ...

Master in College Master in College is the title of the housemaster of College, the oldest boarding house at Eton College, which is reserved for the seventy King's Scholars. King's Scholars (Collegers) attend Eton on scholarships provided under the original foundat ...

at Eton and chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, 2006 * Charles Fisher, Headmaster, Geelong Church of England Grammar School, Australia *

Peter Lamarque Peter Vaudreuil Lamarque (; born 21 May 1948) is a British aesthethician and philosopher of art, working in the analytic tradition. Since 2000, he has been a professor of philosophy at the University of York. He is known primarily for his work ...

, philosopher * John Raven, classical scholar and botanist * Henry Wace, Principal of

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 ...

(1883–1897), former Dean of Canterbury

Arts

Anthony Blunt Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to November 1979, was a leading British art historian and Soviet spy. Blunt was professor of art history at the University of London, dire ...

, art historian and communist spy * Wilfrid Jasper Walter Blunt, writer and art teacher * Lauren Child, writer and illustrator * Claude Ferrier, architect *

Susannah Fiennes Susannah Hersey Fiennes (born 27 February 1961) is a British artist who has worked extensively with Charles III and is collected in Europe, Asia and America. Biography Fiennes is the daughter of Lord and Lady Saye and Sele, who are the owners ...

, artist * Keith Henderson, artist * William Morris, artist and writer *

Pontine Paus Cecilie Alexandra Pontine Paus (born 15 June 1973) is a London-based Norwegian designer and shipping heiress. A member of the billionaire Wilhelmsen family on her mother's side, she is one of the owners of Wilh. Wilhelmsen, one of the world's la ...

, designer, shipping heiress and socialite * Charles Saumarez Smith, art historian, former Director of the National Gallery * Graham Shepard, cartoonist and illustrator * Ellis Waterhouse, art historian

Literature

E. F. Benson Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 – 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoirist, archaeologist and short story writer. Early life E.F. Benson was born at Wellington College (Berkshire), Wellington College in Berkshir ...

, novelist *

John Betjeman Sir John Betjeman (; 28 August 190619 May 1984) was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster. He was Poet Laureate from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture, ...

, poet * Humphrey Carpenter, biographer and broadcaster * Bruce Chatwin, novelist and travel writer * Cressida Cowell, ex-Children Laureate and creator of '' How to Train Your Dragon''. *

J. Meade Falkner John Meade Falkner (8 May 1858 – 22 July 1932) was an English novelist and poet, best known for his 1898 novel '' Moonfleet''. An extremely successful businessman, he became chairman of the arms manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth durin ...

, author of ''Moonfleet'' and armaments manufacturer * Anthony Hope, writer *

Arthur Lewis Jenkins Arthur Lewis Jenkins (1892 - 1917) was a British soldier, pilot and war poet. Early life He was born 9 March 1892, in Barton Regis, near Bristol, Gloucestershire. His parents were Sir John Lewis Jenkins KCSI (1857 - 1912), a civil servant ...

, poet * Dick King-Smith, writer *

Louis MacNeice Frederick Louis MacNeice (12 September 1907 – 3 September 1963) was an Irish poet and playwright, and a member of the Auden Group, which also included W. H. Auden, Stephen Spender and Cecil Day-Lewis. MacNeice's body of work was widely a ...

, poet *

John Beverley Nichols John Beverley Nichols (9 September 1898 – 15 September 1983) was an English writer, playwright and public speaker. He wrote more than 60 books and plays. Career Between his first book, the novel, ''Prelude'' (1920) and his last, a book of po ...

, writer * David Nobbs, comedy writer ( ''Reginald Perrin'') * Redmond O'Hanlon, travel writer * Ben Pimlott, biographer *

John Preston John Preston may refer to: Politicians * John Preston (died 1434), Member of Parliament (MP) for Sussex * John Preston (c. 1578 – c. 1642), MP for Lancaster * John Preston (alderman) (1611–1686), mayor of Dublin in 1654 * John Preston (died ...

, journalist and novelist * James Runcie, novelist and television producer *

Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both describ ...

, poet *

Charles Sorley Captain Charles Hamilton Sorley (19 May 1895 – 13 October 1915) was a British Army officer and Scottish war poet who fought in the First World War. He was killed in action during the Battle of Loos in October 1915. Life and work Born in Powi ...

, poet * Bernard Spencer, poet * Adam Thorpe, poet, novelist and playwright *

R. J. Yeatman Robert Julian Yeatman (15 July 1897 – 13 July 1968) was a British humourist who wrote for ''Punch''. He is best known for the book '' 1066 and All That'', a tongue-in-cheek guide to "all the history you can remember", which he wrote with ...

, co-author of ''

1066 and All That ''1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, Comprising All the Parts You Can Remember, Including 103 Good Things, 5 Bad Kings and 2 Genuine Dates'' is a tongue-in-cheek reworking of the history of England. Written by W. C. Sellar and R. J ...

Music

* Toby Smith, keyboardist of Jamiroquai * Bo Bruce, singer-songwriter * Chris de Burgh, singer-songwriter *

Nick Drake Nicholas Rodney Drake (19 June 1948 – 25 November 1974) was an English singer-songwriter known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. He did not find a wide audience during his lifetime, but his work gradually achieved wider notice and recognit ...

, singer-songwriter * Anthony Inglis, conductor * Crispian Steele-Perkins, classical trumpeter * David Mahoney, conductor, producer and creative director * Fred Again, producer and composer

Theatre, cinema and television

* Robert Addie, actor * Stephen Barry, director and administrator * John Wingett Davies, film exhibitor *

Guy du Maurier Guy Louis Busson du Maurier DSO (18 May 1865, London, England – 9 March 1915, Kemmel, Flanders, Belgium) was an English army officer and playwright. He was the son of the writer George du Maurier and brother of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and ...

, dramatist and soldier * Michael Elwyn, actor * Charles Furneaux, producer * Colin Gordon, actor * Wilfrid Hyde-White, actor * Harry Brodribb Irving, actor * Laurence Sydney Brodribb Irving, actor and dramatist * Damian Jones, producer * James Robertson Justice, actor *

James Mason James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was the top box-office attraction in the UK in 1944 and 1945; his British films inc ...

, actor * Simon McBurney, actor, writer and director * Michael Pennington, actor and director * Clive Robertson, actor * Antony Root, television executive and producer * William Desmond Taylor, director * Ernest Thesiger, actor * Nicholas Woodeson, actor * Jack Whitehall, comedian, television writer/producer and actor * Angus Wright, actor *

Emerald Fennell Emerald Lilly Fennell (; born 1 October 1985) is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nomination ...

, actress, director and screenwriter * Robert Watts, Hollywood film producer

Politics

* Harriett Baldwin, MP for West Worcestershire * Sally Bercow, wife of Speaker John Bercow * Tim Boswell, MP for Daventry *

Stephen Bradley Stephen Bradley may refer to: Sports *Steve Bradley (American football) (born 1963), American football quarterback *Stephen Bradley (footballer) (born 1984), Irish football player *Stephen Bradley (equestrian) (born 1962), American international eq ...

, former British Consul-General to Hong Kong * Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor, Home Secretary *

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville Peter Leonard Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville, (born 3 March 1934) is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and was a Member of Parl ...

, Cabinet minister * Rab Butler, statesman * Samantha Cameron, wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron * Christopher Chope, MP for Christchurch * Otis Ferry, hunt supporter and political activist, son of singer Bryan Ferry * Alastair Goodlad, former MP for Eddisbury and High Commissioner to Australia *

Daniel Hannan Daniel John Hannan, Baron Hannan of Kingsclere (born 1 September 1971) is a British writer, journalist and former politician serving as an adviser to the Board of Trade since 2020. He is the founding president of the Initiative for Free Trade ...

, MEP for the South East of England * Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, British liberal politician and sociologist; one of the 'Fathers of Liberalism' *

William Jowitt William Allen Jowitt, 1st Earl Jowitt, (15 April 1885 – 16 August 1957) was a British Liberal Party, National Labour and then Labour Party politician and lawyer who served as Lord Chancellor under Clement Attlee from 1945 to 1951. Backg ...

, Lord Chancellor * Peter Kirk, politician, first leader of the British delegation to the European Parliament * George Butler Lloyd, MP for Shrewsbury 1913–1922 * Mark Malloch Brown, Minister of State at the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of fore ...

* John Maples, MP for Stratford-upon-Avon *

Frances Osborne Frances Victoria Osborne (''née'' Howell; born 18 February 1969) is an English author. She has written two biographies and one novel. She is the estranged wife of George Osborne, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer. Osborne's first biograph ...

, ex-wife of Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne * William Newton Dunn, Conservative, and later Liberal Democrat, MEP for the East Midlands. * John Parker, MP for Romford * Maurice Petherick, MP for Penryn & Falmouth *

Mark Reckless Mark John Reckless (born 6 December 1970) is a British politician who served as a Member of the Senedd (MS) for South Wales East from 2016 until 2021, having previously served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Rochester and Strood from 2010 to ...

, MP for Rochester and Strood * Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, politician * Hallam Tennyson, Lord Tennyson, statesman *

Dennis Forwood Vosper Dennis Forwood Vosper, Baron Runcorn TD PC (2 January 1916 – 20 January 1968) was a British Conservative Party politician. Educated at The Leas, Hoylake, Marlborough College and at Pembroke College, Cambridge, he first worked with Wilson, ...

, MP for Runcorn * Lord Wright of Richmond, diplomat; Permanent Under-Secretary of State,

* Montague Yeats-Brown, diplomat; consul to Genoa and Boston

Sciences and engineering

* J. Richard Batchelor, transplant immunologist *

C. V. Boys Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS (15 March 1855 – 30 March 1944) was a British physicist, known for his careful and innovative experimental work in the fields of thermodynamics and high-speed photography, and as a popular science communicator th ...

, experimental physicist *

Francis Camps Francis Edward Camps, FRCP, FRCPath (28 June 1905 – 8 July 1972) was an English pathologist notable for his work on the cases of serial killer John Christie and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams. Early life and training Camps was bo ...

, pathologist *

George Stuart Carter Dr George Stuart Carter FRSE FLS FZS (1893–1969) was a leading British zoologist and zoological author. Life He was born on 15 September 1893, the son of Rev G C Carter and Hilda E Keane. He studied at Marlborough College and then was awar ...

, zoologist *

Henry Hugh Clutton Henry Hugh Clutton (12 July 1850 – 9 November 1909) was an English surgeon who described painless symmetrical hydrarthrosis (an accumulation of water in the cavity of a joint), especially of the knee joints: seen in congenital syphilis. ...

, surgeon *

Sir Charles Galton Darwin Sir Charles Galton Darwin (19 December 1887 – 31 December 1962) was an English physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War. He was a son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin an ...

, physicist * John Dolphin CBE, inventor and engineer *

Sir Nigel Gresley Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley (19 June 1876 – 5 April 1941) was a British railway engineer. He was one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Rail ...

, steam locomotive engineer * Donald Lynden-Bell, astronomer * Sir Peter Medawar, Nobel prize-winning biologist * David Morley, child health pioneer * Alex Moulton, engineer and inventor of the Moulton Bicycle * Peter Dunn, paediatrician who improved the care of newborn babies * Sir Hugh Pelham, cell biologist * Philip Sheppard, geneticist and lepidopterist *

Percy Sladen Walter Percy Sladen (30 June 1849 – 11 June 1900) was an English biologist who specialised in starfish. The son of a wealthy leather merchant, Sladen was born near Halifax, Yorkshire on 30 June 1849. He was educated at Hipperholme Grammar Sc ...

, marine zoologist * Edward Thompson, steam locomotive engineer * Thomas Valintine, doctor and New Zealand public health administrator * Bernard Waddy, epidemiologist *

E. F. Warburg Edmund Frederic "Heff" Warburg (22 March 1908 – 9 June 1966) was an English botanist, known as the co-author of two important British floras. Early life and education Warburg was born in London on 22 March 1908, son of Sir Oscar Emanuel Warburg ...

, botanist * John Zachary Young, physiologist

Sport

George Ainsworth George Frederick Ainsworth (20 June 1878 – 11 October 1950) was an Australian meteorologist, public servant and businessman who headed one of the component parts of the Australasian Antarctic expedition of 1911–1914. Early years Ains ...

, first-class cricketer *

Robert Barker Robert Barker may refer to: Politicians * Robert Barker (MP for Ipswich) (died 1571), English MP for Ipswich * Robert Barker (MP for Thetford), English MP for Thetford * Robert Barker (MP for Colchester) (1563–1618), English MP for Colchester ...

, played for England in the first international football match * Fred Beart, cricketer * Henry Bell, cricketer * Sir Hugh Bomford, cricketer * Walter Brooks, cricketer * Francis Chichester, round the world yachtsman *

William Crawley William Crawley, MRIA, is a Belfast-born BBC journalist and broadcaster. He is the presenter of ''Talkback'', a daily radio programme on BBC Radio Ulster, and he is a presenter of '' Sunday'' on BBC Radio 4. He has also made several television ...

, cricketer * Charles Dewé, cricketer * Arthur Duthie, cricketer * John Dolphin, cricketer * Jason Dunford, swimmer * Eric Elstob, cricketer * Edward Fellowes, cricketer *

Arthur Fortescue Arthur Trosse Fortescue (7 April 1848 – 21 November 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of William Blundell Fortescue, he was born in April 1848 at the Fallapit Estate near East Allington, Devon. He was educat ...

, cricketer * John Fuller, cricketer * Edward Garnier, cricketer *

Arthur Sumner Gibson Arthur Sumner Gibson (14 July 1844 – 23 January 1927) was a rugby union international who represented England in 1871 in the first international match. Early life Gibson was born at Fawley, near Southampton on 14 July 1844 and baptised the ...

, English rugby union player in the first international match in 1871George Walter De Lisle (editor), Marlborough college register, from 1843 to 1869 inclusive, p57, 1870, (Marlborough college) * Jamie Gibson, rugby union player * John Gunner, cricketer *

Alfred St. George Hamersley Alfred St George Hamersley (8 October 1848 – 25 February 1929) was a nineteenth-century solicitor and entrepreneur of great renown, an English MP, and an English rugby union international who played in the first ever international match. He ...

, English rugby union player in the first international match, later team captain * Sir John Hoskyns, 15th Baronet, cricketer *

Edward Hume Edward Hume (born May 18, 1936) is an American film and television writer, best known for creating and developing several TV series in the 1970s, and for writing the 1983 TV movie ''The Day After''. TV series During the 1970s Hume wrote the ...

, cricketer * John Hunt, leader of the first successful ascent of Mount Everest * Hector Jelf, first-class cricketer *

Nigel Jerram Nigel Martyn Jerram MRCS LRCP (9 March 1900 – 19 December 1968) was an English first-class cricketer, medical doctor and Royal Air Force officer. Life and military career The son of Admiral Sir Thomas Henry Martyn Jerram, he was born a ...

, first-class cricketer *

Edward Kewley Edward Kewley (20 June 1852 – 17 April 1940) was an English sportsman who played rugby union for England and also played first-class cricket for Lancashire. He captained England three times, and was the first captain to be drawn from the nor ...

, nineteenth century England Rugby captain * Sir Henry King, first-class cricketer *

Robert Kingsford Robert Kennett Kingsford (23 December 1849 – 14 October 1895) was an English footballer who made one appearance for England in 1874, and was a member of the Wanderers team that won the 1873 FA Cup Final. Career Kingsford was born in Sydenham ...

, England international footballer and FA Cup winner *

John Lloyd John Lloyd may refer to: Artists, writers, and entertainers *John J. Lloyd (1922–2014), American art director and production designer *John Lloyd (graphic designer) (born 1944), co-founder of design consultancy Lloyd Northover *John Lloyd (journa ...

, Welsh cricketer *

Reginald Lord Reginald Arthur Lord (29 January 1905 – 10 June 1997) was an English first-class cricketer. Lord was born at Beckenham in January 1905. He was educated at Marlborough College, before going up to St John's College, Oxford. While studying at Ox ...

, cricketer * John Maples, cricketer * Iain MacDonald-Smith, Olympic sailor, Gold medal Mexico 1968) *

Henry Maturin Henry Maturin (5 April 1842 — 24 February 1920) was an Irish first-class cricketer and physician. Life and first-class cricket The son of The Reverend Benjamin Maturin, he was born in Ireland at Clondevaddock. He was educated in England at ...

, Irish first-class cricketer * Jake Meyer, mountaineer * Michael Morgan, first-class cricketer * John Morley, first-class cricketer * Charles Morris, first-class cricketer *

Sydney Morse Sydney Morse was a rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1875. Early life Sydney Morse was born on 1 June 1854 in Birmingham. He was the son of Rev Francis Morse, MA, and his wife Clarissa Catharine Morse. Francis, at ...

rugby union international who represented England from 1873 to 1875 * Peter Nelson, first-class cricketer and British Army officer * Richard Page, first-class cricketer and British Army officer * Inglewood Parkin, cricketer *

Charles Patteson Charles Patteson (11 November 1891 – 9 December 1957) was an English international hockey player, first-class cricketer and clergyman. Patteson was born at Upper Norwood in November 1891. He was educated at Marlborough College, and retu ...

, cricketer * Edward Phillips, first-class cricketer * Gerald Phillips, cricketer * Mark Phillips, Olympic horseman and former husband of The Princess Royal * Albert Porter, cricketer * William Pulman, cricketer * Nicholas Ross, cricketer * John Scobell, cricketer * Arthur Scott, cricketer * Edward Shaw, cricketer * Reggie Spooner, cricketer *

Allan Steel Allan Gibson Steel (24 September 1858 – 15 June 1914) was an English amateur cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1877 to 1893, and in Test cricket for England from 1880 to 1888. He was born in West Derby, Liverpool, ...

, cricketer *

Walter Thorburn Sir Walter Thorburn (1842–1908) was a Scottish industrialist and Liberal Unionist Party politician who served as Member of Parliament for Peebles and Selkirk in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1886 to 1906. Life He was the thi ...

, Scottish cricketer * Mark Tomlinson, England International polo player * Stirling Voules, cricketer * Bernard Waddy, cricketer * Charles Waller, cricketer *

Lancelot Ward Lancelot Bangor Ward (14 September 1883 — 12 July 1959) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Indian Civil Service. The son of William Erskine Ward, he was born in British India at Shillong in September 1883. He was ...

, cricketer * Ronald Watson, Scottish cricketer * Charles Plumpton Wilson, England footballer * Martin Winbolt-Lewis, Olympic athlete * Andrew Wolfson, cricketer * Sir John Wood , cricketer * William Wright, cricketer

Religion

Cyril Alington Cyril Argentine Alington (22 October 1872 – 16 May 1955) was an English educationalist, scholar, cleric, and author. He was successively the headmaster of Shrewsbury School and Eton College. He also served as chaplain to King George V and as De ...

, headmaster, and Dean of Durham * Henry Bather, Archdeacon of Ludlow 1892–1904 * Henry Bell, Canon of Carlisle *

Roy Henry Bowyer-Yin Reverend Canon Roy Henry Bowyer-Yin MA (Cantab), Chaplain and Master of Choir, was an Anglican clergyman known for introducing a tradition of choral music to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). He left an abiding musical presence in Sri Lanka. Early life an ...

Canon and Chaplain of S Thomas College Mt Lavinia *

Alfred Blunt Alfred Walter Frank Blunt (24 September 1879 – 12 June 1957) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the second Bishop of Bradford from 1931 to 1955 and is best known for a speech that exacerbated the abdication crisis of King Edward VIII. Birt ...

, Bishop of Bradford 1931–1955 *

Frederick Nicholas Charrington Frederick Nicholas Charrington (4 February 1850 – 2 January 1936) was an English social reformer who renounced succession to a fortune of over £1 million in order to devote his life to temperance work. Life and work Charrington was born in t ...

, social reformer and founder of the Tower Hamlets Mission * Frederick Copleston, priest and philosopher * Nigel Cornwall, Bishop of Borneo 1949–1962 * Geoffrey Fisher,

Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ...

* Colin Fletcher, Bishop of Dorchester * James Newcome, Bishop of Carlisle *

Edward Patey Edward Henry Patey (12 August 1915 – 5 September 2005) was the Church of England Dean of Liverpool, England from 1964 to 1982. Patey was born in Bristol and educated at Marlborough College, Hertford College, Oxford and Westcott House, Cambridg ...

, Dean of Liverpool *

John Robinson John Robinson may refer to: Academics *John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882), Irish astronomer and physicist * John J. Robinson (1918–1996), historian and author of ''Born in Blood'' *John Talbot Robinson (1923–2001), paleontologist *John ...

, Bishop of Woolwich *

Mark Santer Mark Santer (born 29 December 1936) is a retired Anglican bishop. He is the father of television producer Diederick Santer. Early life and education Santer was educated at Marlborough College and Queens' College, Cambridge, before his ordinati ...

, Bishop of Birmingham 1987-2002 * Hugh Richard Lawrie Sheppard, known as Dick Sheppard, vicar of

St. Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London. It is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. There has been a church on the site since at least the mediev ...

and founder of the Peace Pledge Union *

Arthur Winnington-Ingram Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram (26 January 1858 – 26 May 1946) was Bishop of London from 1901 to 1939. Early life and career He was born in the rectory at Stanford-on-Teme, Worcestershire, the fourth son of Edward Winnington-Ingram (a Ch ...

, Bishop of London *

Edward Sydney Woods Edward Sydney Woods (1 November 187711 January 1953) was an Anglican bishop, the second Bishop of Croydon (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Southwark) from 1930 until 1937 and, from then until his death, the 94th Bishop of Lichfield.''Who wa ...

, Bishop of Lichfield 1937–1953 *

John Oliver Feetham John Oliver Feetham (28 January 1873 – 14 September 1947) was a long-serving Anglican bishop in Australia, who was aligned with the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He was the Anglican Bishop of North Queensland from 1913 until his death in 1947. E ...

, Bishop of North Queensland; recognized as a saint in the Anglican Church of Australia

Journalism

Rawdon Christie Rawdon Christie is a former English-New Zealand journalist turned media relations expert and real-estate sales person. Life Christie was born in London. He attended Marlborough College, and then the University of Edinburgh, where he received a ...

, English-born New Zealand television presenter *

Simon Fanshawe Simon Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe OBE (born 26 December 1956, in Devizes, England) is a writer and broadcaster. He contributes frequently to British newspapers, television and radio. He is also now a consultant and non-executive director of public a ...

, writer and broadcaster * Frank Gardner, BBC News Security Correspondent * Richard Jebb, journalist * Derrick Somerset Macnutt, crossword compiler under the pseudonym Ximenes * Christopher Martin-Jenkins, BBC cricket correspondent * James Mates,

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 ...

newscaster * Norris and Ross McWhirter, journalists, authors, and political activists * Tom Newton Dunn, political editor of the Sun * Edmund Penning-Rowsell, wine writer * Julian Pettifer, ITV and BBC journalist *

Hugh Pym Hugh Ruthven Pym (born 18 October 1959) is a British journalist and author. A financial and political journalist by origin, he currently works for BBC News as its health editor. Early life and education Hugh Pym was born on 18 October 1959 in ...

, ITN and BBC News journalist *

Emily Sheffield Emily Julia Sheffield (born 1973) is a British journalist. She was the editor of the ''Evening Standard'' from July 2020 until October 2021. Sheffield was Student Journalist of the Year in 1995 and later worked for British ''Vogue''. She was a ...

, Evening Standard Editor, newspaper and magazine journalist *

Sir Mark Tully Sir William Mark Tully, KBE (born 24 October 1935) is the former Bureau Chief of BBC, New Delhi, a position he held for 20 years. He worked with the BBC for a total of 30 years before resigning in July 1994. The recipient of several awards, Tul ...

, BBC India correspondent and author *

T.C. Worsley Thomas Cuthbert Worsley (1907–1977) was a British teacher, writer, editor, and theatre and television critic. He is best remembered for his autobiographical ''Flannelled Fool, Flannelled Fool: A Slice of a Life in the Thirties''. Biography Cut ...

, writer, editor and television critic

Armed forces

The Suez Operation October - December 1956 MH29031

Nigel Anderson Nigel James Moffatt Anderson, MC, DL, FRGS (1920 – 23 May 2008) was a British soldier, landowner, and Conservative politician in Wiltshire. He was Chairman of Wiltshire County Council from 1979 to 1983 and High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1991. ...

, soldier and local politician *

Lionel Ashfield Lieutenant Lionel Arthur Ashfield DFC (1 August 1898 – 16 July 1918) was a World War I British flying ace credited with seven aerial victories. Background The second son of Charles Edmund Ashfield and his wife Ida Lucy Hunt, Lionel Arthur A ...

, World War I flying ace KIA *

Phillip Scott Burge Phillip Scott Burge, (29 March 1895 – 24 July 1918) was a First World War, World War One fighter pilot and flying ace. He was killed in action over France in 1918 after earning the Military Cross. Early life Burge was a student at Marlboroug ...

, World War I flying ace KIA * Edward Bradford, soldier and Metropolitan Police Commissioner * John Brigstocke, admiral, second sea lord, c-in-c Naval Home Command *

Michael Clapp Commodore Michael Cecil Clapp, (born 22 February 1932) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the United Kingdom's amphibious assault group, Task Group 317.0, in the Falklands War. Early life Michael Cecil Clapp was born on 22 Fe ...

senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the United Kingdom's amphibious assault group, Task Group 317.0, in the

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...

* Richard Corfield, officer in charge of the Somaliland Camel Constabulary * Charles Elworthy, Chief of the Defence Staff and Governor of Windsor Castle *

Peter Gillett Major-General Sir Peter Bernard Gillett, (8 December 1913 – 4 July 1989) was a British Army officer. Military career Gillett was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 February 1934. After serving in the rank of captain in the Second Wor ...

, Major-General, Deputy Constable and Lieutenant-Governor of Windsor Castle * John 'Hoppy' Hopgood', pilot in 617 Squadron, killed on the Dambusters raid on 16 May 1943. *

David Maltby Squadron Leader David John Hatfeild Maltby, (10 May 1920 – 15 September 1943) was a bomber pilot in the Royal Air Force, best known for his part in the Operation Chastise, Dambusters raid. He had successfully completed over 30 operations bef ...

, pilot in 617 Squadron who flew in the Dambusters raid * John Kiszely, Lieutenant General and Director of the Defence Academy * Ian Macfadyen, RAF officer and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 2000–2005 * Charles MacGregor, General and head of intelligence for the British Indian Army * Nevil Macready, General and Metropolitan Police Commissioner * Patrick Palmer, Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe and Governor of Windsor Castle * John Wilfred Stanier, Field Marshal * Hugh Stockwell, General,

Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) is the commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) Allied Command Operations (ACO) and head of ACO's headquarters, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE). The commander is ...

from 1960 to 1964 * Henry Hughes Wilson, Field Marshal * Alex Younger, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

Victoria Cross and
George Cross The George Cross (GC) is the highest award bestowed by the British government for non-operational gallantry or gallantry not in the presence of an enemy. In the British honours system, the George Cross, since its introduction in 1940, has been ...
holders

VC

Edward Kinder Bradbury Captain Edward Kinder Bradbury Victoria Cross, VC (16 August 1881 – 1 September 1914) was an English 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 ...

VC *

Frederic Brooks Dugdale Lieutenant Frederic Brooks Dugdale VC (21 October 1877 – 13 November 1902) was an English British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awar ...

VC * Charles Calveley Foss VC *

Reginald Clare Hart General Sir Reginald Clare Hart, (11 June 1848 – 18 October 1931), was an Irish British Army officer and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to ...

VC *

Raymond Harvey Lodge Joseph De Montmorency The Honourable Raymond Harvey Lodge Joseph de Montmorency VC (5 February 1867 – 23 February 1900) was a British 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 * Llewelyn Alberic Emilius Price-Davies VC *

Lionel Ernest Queripel Captain Lionel Ernest Queripel VC (13 July 1920 − 19 September 1944) 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 can be aw ...

VC * John Neil Randle VC * Nowell Salmon VC * Edward Talbot Thackeray VC * Eric Charles Twelves Wilson VC * Sir Henry Evelyn Wood VC *

Sidney Clayton Woodroffe Second Lieutenant Sidney Clayton Woodroffe VC (17 December 1895 − 30 July 1915) 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 tha ...

GC

Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls Brigadier Arthur Frederick Crane Nicholls, (6 February 1911 – 11 February 1944) was a British Army officer who was awarded the George Cross for gallantry and leadership on active service with the Special Operations Executive in Albania in ...

Commerce and industry

Michael Clapham Michael Clapham (born 15 May 1943) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Barnsley West and Penistone from 1992 to 2010. Early life Born in Darton, in Barnsley, Clapham was educated at the Darton Se ...

, industrialist ( ICI) *

Ernest Debenham Sir Ernest Ridley Debenham, 1st Baronet (26 May 1865 – 25 December 1952), was an English businessman. He was responsible for the considerable expansion of the family's retail and wholesale drapery firm between 1892 and 1927. Biography Born at ...

, department store owner * Ambrose Heal, retailer * Ian and Kevin Maxwell, former publishers and entrepreneurs * Robert Noel, businessman, chief executive of Land Securities Group plc *

Rob Perrins Robert Charles Grenville Perrins (born April 1965) has been Managing Director of Berkeley Group Holdings since September 2009. He was educated at Marlborough College and has a bachelor's degree in Geological Sciences from Aston University A ...

, Managing Director of

Berkeley Group Holdings The Berkeley Group Holdings plc is a British property developer and house-builder based in Cobham, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. History The company was founded by Tony Pid ...

* George Duncan Rowe, stockbroker, co-founder of Rowe & Pitman * Sir Michael Turner, General Manager (Chairman) of

HSBC HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...

1953–1962 * Piers Wedgwood, 4th Baron Wedgwood, army officer and international ambassador for the Wedgwood Group *

Simon Woodroffe Simon Woodroffe (born 14 February 1952) is an English motivational speaker and entrepreneur. He started the sushi chain YO! Sushi in 1997, and appeared as a "Dragon" on the first UK series of Dragons' Den. Woodroffe conceived and launched YO! S ...

, founder of the Yo Sushi restaurant chain

The Royal Family and the Court

* Princess Eugenie of York, younger daughter of The Duke of York *

Catherine, Princess of Wales 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 ...

(née Catherine Middleton), wife of William, Prince of Wales *

Pippa Middleton Philippa Charlotte Matthews (née Middleton; born 6 September 1983) is an English socialite, author and columnist. She is the younger sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales. Born in Reading and raised in Bucklebury, Berkshire, Middleton attende ...

, sister and Maid of Honour to the Princess of Wales *

Robin Janvrin Robin Berry Janvrin, Baron Janvrin, (born 20 September 1946) is a British courtier who was private secretary to Elizabeth II from February 1999 to September 2007. Early life Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, Robin Berry Janvrin is the son of ...

, courtier, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II * Alan 'Tommy' Lascelles, courtier, Private Secretary to George VI and Elizabeth II, and cousin to the husband of Mary, Princess Royal * Nigel Bridge, Baron Bridge of Harwich, Law Lord * John Brightman, Baron Brightman, Law Lord * Thomas William Cain, First Deemster of the Isle of Man * Rayner Goddard, Lord Chief Justice * Sir Philip Margetson, Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis * William Moore, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland *

T. C. Kingsmill Moore Theodore Conyngham Kingsmill Moore (16 March 1893 – 21 January 1979) was an Irish judge, politician and author. Kingsmill Moore was born in Dublin to Canon Henry Kingsmill Moore, Principal of the Church of Ireland College of Education, and C ...

, Irish judge, politician and author * Sir

Walter George Salis Schwabe Sir Walter George Salis Schwabe (3 March 1873 – 20 April 1931) was a British barrister and Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1921 to 1924. Schwabe was the second son of Liberal politician Maj.-Gen. George Salis Schwabe, C.B., b ...

, Chief Justice of the

Madras High Court The Madras High Court is a High Court in India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It is located in Chennai, and is the third oldest high court of India after the Calcutta High C ...

* Sir Richard Gaskell, President of the Law Society of England and Waleshttps://www.marlburianclub.org/2016/09/sir-richard-gaskell-b3-1950-54/

Fashion

* Amanda Harlech, model and 'muse' to John Galliano *

Stella Tennant Stella Tennant (17 December 1970 – 22 December 2020) was a British model and fashion designer, who rose to fame in the early 1990s and had a career that spanned almost 30 years. From an unconventional aristocratic family, she worked with Hel ...

, model and fashion designer * Samantha Cameron, wife of former Prime Minister David Cameron and creative director at

Smythson Frank Smythson Limited, commonly known as Smythson (), is a British manufacturer and retailer of luxury stationery, leather goods, diaries, and fashion products based in London, England. The company's founder, Frank John Smythson, was born in 1 ...

Miscellaneous

* Sir Basil Blackett, civil servant and international finance expert * Sir

Hugh Bomford Sir Hugh Bomford (12 August 1882 – 19 January 1939) was a British administrator in India and an English first-class cricketer. The son of Sir Gerald Bomford and Mary Florence Eteson, he was born in British India at Fort William in Augus ...

, civil servant in the Indian Civil Service *

Frederic Bonney Frederic Bonney (1842–1921) was a British landowner and photographer. He took photographs at Momba Station in New South Wales in the 1870s and he was known for these and his anthropology. He was born and died in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Life ...

, anthropologist and photographer *

Sir Grahame Clark Sir John Grahame Douglas Clark (28 July 1907 – 12 September 1995), who often published as J. G. D. Clark, was a British archaeologist who specialised in the study of Mesolithic Europe and palaeoeconomics. He spent most of his career working at ...

, archaeologist * O. G. S. Crawford, archaeologist * Henry Everard, railway executive and acting President of Rhodesia * Ian Fraser, Baron Fraser of Lonsdale, promoter of the interests of blind people * Wilfred Grenfell, medical missionary and social reformer * Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, oncologist and IRA victim * Sir Edmund Ronald Leach, anthropologist * Derrick Somerset Macnutt, Ximenes, cryptic crossword compiler for The Observer * Ghislaine Maxwell, socialite and convicted child sex trafficker *

Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin ibni Tuanku Muhriz (born 6 July 1982), more popularly known as Tunku 'Abidin Muhriz, is the second son of the reigning Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan in Malaysia, Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Muhriz ibni Al ...

, Founding President of Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), Malaysia * Tracy Philipps, colonial administrator, intelligence officer, and conservationist, Secretary-General of

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...

Edward John Hugh Tollemache Edward John Hugh Tollemache (born 12 May 1976) is a British aristocrat and banker. Early life Tollemache is the eldest son and heir apparent of Timothy Tollemache, 5th Baron Tollemache, and as the son of a baron can use the pre-nominal style of ...

, private firm banker *

David Treffry David Treffry, OBE, (7 October 1926 – 3 April 2000) was a British colonial servant, international financier and High Sheriff of Cornwall. Early life David Treffry, a member of the old Cornish family of Treffry, was born at Porthpean in 1926. ...

, colonial servant, international financier and High Sheriff of Cornwall * Prince

Waranonthawat Prince Varananda Dhavaj ( th, พระวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าวรานนท์ธวัช; ), born Prince Varananda Dhavaj Chudadhuj ( th, วรานนท์ธวัช จุฑาธุช; ; Aug ...

, Thai prince, grandson of King Chulalongkorn * Gordon Welchman, code-breaker * John Wood, civil servant in the Indian Civil Service

References

Bibliography

* ''A History of Marlborough College During Fifty Years from its Foundation to the Present Time'' by A.G. Bradley, A.C. Champneys and J.W. Baines (Macmillan & Co., 1893) * ''Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 Inclusive'' by Marlborough College (Oxford: Horace Hart, 1905). *''Paths of Progress: a history of Marlborough College'' by Thomas Hinde (John Catt, 1992)
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