This is a List of Old Rugbeians, they being notable former students – known as "Old Rugbeians" of the Church of England school, Rugby School in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

Academia

* L.A. Adamson, Headmaster of Wesley College, Melbourne * Donald Beves (1896–1961), English modern linguist *

R. G. Collingwood Robin George Collingwood (; 22 February 1889 – 9 January 1943) was an English philosopher, historian and archaeologist. He is best known for his philosophical works, including ''The Principles of Art'' (1938) and the posthumously published ...

, English historian and Professor of Metaphysics at the University of Oxford * Richard Congreve (1818–1899), English philosopher * Marcus Flather, Clinical Professor in Medicine at the University of East Anglia * Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer, author of ''

Fowler's Modern English Usage ''A Dictionary of Modern English Usage'' (1926), by Henry Watson Fowler (1858–1933), is a style guide to British English usage, pronunciation, and writing. Covering topics such as plurals and literary technique, distinctions among like words ...

'' *

T. H. Green Thomas Hill Green (7 April 183626 March 1882), known as T. H. Green, was an English philosopher, political radical and temperance reformer, and a member of the British idealism movement. Like all the British idealists, Green was influ ...

, moral and political philosopher and reformer *

R. M. Hare Richard Mervyn Hare (21 March 1919 – 29 January 2002), usually cited as R. M. Hare, was a British moral philosopher who held the post of White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1966 until 1983. He subseque ...

, English moral philosopher *

Fenton John Anthony Hort Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828–1892), known as F. J. A. Hort, was an Irish-born theologian and editor, with Brooke Foss Westcott of a critical edition of ''The New Testament in the Original Greek''. Life He was born on 23 April 182 ...

, English theologian *

F. L. Lucas Frank Laurence Lucas (28 December 1894 – 1 June 1967) was an English classical scholar, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, political polemicist, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during ...

, Reader in English Literature at the University of Cambridge, scholar, critic and writer * Edward Ellis Morris, Educationist, second Headmaster of Melbourne Grammar School (1875–83), and miscellaneous writer * Edward Samuel Morris (1940–2016), art historian * Frederick York Powell, Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford) *

Henry John Stephen Smith Prof Henry John Stephen Smith Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE Royal Astronomical Society, FRAS LLD (2 November 1826 – 9 February 1883) was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadrati ...

, Irish mathematician * Jon Stallworthy, Professor of English at the University of Oxford * Sir Percy Sykes soldier, diplomat, writer and scholar * Richard Henry Tawney, one of Britain's leading Christian Socialist thinkers and writers, and a prominent British economic and social historian * 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 * Wynne Godley, economist * Sir Will Spens, educationalist and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1927-1952) * Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan,

Chichele Professor of the History of War Chichele is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Henry Chichele ( 1364–1443), English religious leader **Chichele Professorship *Thomas Chichele Sir Thomas Chicheley (25 March 1614 – 1 February 1699) of Wimpole Hall, Cambridg ...

The Armed Forces

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 ...

Sir Archibald James Cassels , former Chief of the General Staff & Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine * Admiral Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort, fought during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars * Admiral Sir Geoffrey Oliver & Two Bars, British officer during the Second World War * Admiral Sir Guy Grantham GCB CBE DSO,

Vice Chief of the Naval Staff Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (VCNS) may refer to: *Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (India) *Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan) * Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (United Kingdom) The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (V.C.N.S.) was a senior appoint ...

; Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet; Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and Governor of Malta * General Arthur Clifton GCB, general who was a regimental commander during the Napoleonic Wars, and took over command of the Union Brigade during the Battle of Waterloo * General Sir Ivor Maxse KCB, CVO, DSO, General Officer Commanding XVIII Corps during World War I; renown for his innovative and effective training methods * General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall KCB, CBE, DSO, MC, General Officer Commanding, British Troops in Egypt during World War II * General Sir George Giffard , Commander-in-Chief,

11th Army Group The 11th Army Group was the main British Army force in Southeast Asia during the Second World War. Although a nominally British formation, it also included large numbers of troops and formations from the British Indian Army and from British African ...

in World War II * General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt KCB,

CMG CMG may refer to: Companies * Capitol Music Group, a music label * China Media Group, the predominant state radio and television broadcaster in the PRC * China Media Group Co., Ltd., publicly listed Chinese holding company in the media sector * ...

, DSO, commanded 57th Brigade and then

38th (Welsh) Division The 38th (Welsh) Division (initially the 43rd Division, later the 38th (Welsh) Infantry Division and then the 38th Infantry (Reserve) Division) of the British Army was active during both the First and Second World Wars. In 1914, the division w ...

during World War I and later was appointed

Governor of Bermuda The Governor of Bermuda (fully the ''Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Somers Isles (alias the Islands of Bermuda)'') is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Bermuda. For the purposes of this a ...

* General Sir Harold Edmund Franklyn KCB, DSO, MC, General Officer Commanding, 5th Infantry Division during the withdrawal to Dunkirk & later Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces * General John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort, British General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; also a Whig politician * General Sir Richard Wakefield Goodbody GCB, KBE, DSO, Commander-in-Chief, Northern Command and Adjutant General * General Sir Horatio Shirley KCB, fought in the Crimean War * Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder KBE CB, UK Military Representative to NATO * Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercromby KB, General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who was Commander-in-Chief, Ireland; he was also MP for Clackmannanshire, and Governor of Trinidad * Lieutenant General William Augustus Johnson, fought as a junior officer in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars * Lieutenant General Arthur Ernest Percival &

Bar Bar or BAR may refer to: Food and drink * Bar (establishment), selling alcoholic beverages * Candy bar * Chocolate bar Science and technology * Bar (river morphology), a deposit of sediment * Bar (tropical cyclone), a layer of cloud * Bar (u ...

, , the General Officer Commanding, Malaya during World War II who surrendered Singapore to the Imperial Japanese Army * Lieutenant General Sir

Henry Royds Pownall Lieutenant General Sir Henry Royds Pownall, (19 November 1887 – 10 June 1961) was a senior British Army officer who held several important command and staff appointments during the Second World War. In particular, he was chief of staff to the ...

KCB,

KBE KBE may refer to: * Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, post-nominal letters * Knowledge-based engineering Knowledge-based engineering (KBE) is the application of knowledge-based systems technology to the domain o ...

, DSO &

, former Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff & Chief of Staff for the British Expeditionary Force during the

Battle of France The Battle of France (french: bataille de France) (10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign ('), the French Campaign (german: Frankreichfeldzug, ) and the Fall of France, was the Nazi Germany, German invasion of French Third Rep ...

* Lieutenant General Henry Andrew Sarel CB fought in the

Indian Mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the fo ...

and

Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Sino War, the Second China War, the Arrow War, or the Anglo-French expedition to China, was a colonial war lasting from 1856 to 1860, which pitted the British Empire and the French Emp ...

; later Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey * Lieutenant General Jonathan Peel, general and politician * Lieutenant General Henry Hope Crealock CB CMG, commanded a division in the Anglo-Zulu War * Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Pelly KCSI, East India Company army officer and Conservative MP * Lieutenant General Sir Charles Arbuthnot GCB, Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army and Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army * Lieutenant General Sir Robin Carnegie KCB,

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 ...

, a former

Military Secretary Military Secretary is a post found in the military of several countries: * Military Secretary (India) *Military Secretary of Israel, called Military Secretary to the Prime Minister *Military Secretary (Pakistan) *Military Secretary (Sri Lanka) * Mil ...

* Lieutenant General Timothy Radford CB DSO OBE, current Commander,

Allied Rapid Reaction Corps The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization High Readiness Force (Land) Headquarters ready for deployment worldwide. History The ARRC was created on 1 October 1992 in Bielefeld based on the former I (Britis ...

* Lieutenant General Willoughby Cotton Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army * Major-General Sir George Forestier-Walker KCB, commanded 21st Division and 27th Division on the Western Front and as part of the British Salonika Army during World War I * Major-General William Donovan Stamer CB, CBE, DSO, MC, commanded 161st Infantry Brigade,

Sudan Defence Force The Sudan Defence Force (SDF) was a locally recruited British-led force formed in 1925 to assist the police in the event of civil unrest, and to maintain the borders of British administered Sudan. During the Second World War, it also served bey ...

and

131st Infantry Brigade The 131st Infantry Brigade, originally the Surrey Brigade was an infantry formation of Britain's Territorial Army that saw service during both the First and the Second World Wars. In the First World War the brigade was in British India for most ...

during World War II * Major-General Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons KCMG CB, Commander of the British Troops in Canada * Major-General Sir Harcourt Mortimer Bengough KCB, fought in the Crimean War, Anglo-Zulu War and Third Anglo-Burmese War * Major-General Sir William Eyre KCB, commanded 3rd Brigade and later 3rd Division in the Crimean War; later Commander-in-Chief, North America * Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton KBE CB DSO, instrumental in the development of the tank * Major-General

Philip de Fonblanque Major-General Philip de Fonblanque (16 November 1885 – 2 July 1940) was a senior British officer, who at the start of the Second World War, organised the logistics for the British Expeditionary Force in France and Belgium. Already a sick man ...

DSO, commanded the Lines of Communication for the British Expeditionary Force during the

* Major-General Geoffrey Bruce , Deputy Chief of Staff of the British Indian Army; also a member of the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition and 1924 British Mount Everest expedition * Major-General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin CB, MC, Divisional Commander in Persia, Iraq, Madagascar and Italy during World War II * Major General John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough CB CVO * Major-General Sir William Godwin Michelmore KBE, CB, DSO, MC, TD, commanded Devon and Cornwall County Division, 77th Infantry Division and 45th Holding Division during World War II; later Lord Mayor of Exeter * Major-General Victor Campbell CB DSO OBE * Air Vice Marshal Augustus Henry Orlebar CBE AFC & Bar, British Army and Royal Air Force officer who served in both world wars * Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes KCIE CB CMG, soldier, diplomat, and scholar with a considerable literary output * Brigadier-General John Tyson Wigan CB, CMG, DSO, commanded 12th Cavalry Brigade. After the war he was the MP for Abingdon, 1918–1921 * Brigadier-General George MacLeay Macarthur-Onslow CMG, DSO, commanded

5th Light Horse Brigade The 5th Light Horse Brigade was a mounted infantry brigade of the First Australian Imperial Force (AIF) that served during World War I. The brigade was initially formed as a part-time militia formation in the early 1900s in Queensland. During Wor ...

of the Australian Army during World War I * Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb GBE CB FRS, Chief Engineer Ports Construction to the British Army in France and Civil Engineer-in-Chief to the Admiralty * Brigadier-General Anthony Courage , Regimental Colonel of the

15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars and the 19th Royal Hussars in 1922 and, after service in the Second World War, it was ama ...

. * Brigadier Philip Bowden-Smith CBE, Commander of 125th Infantry Brigade which later became 10th Armoured Brigade; he also represented Great Britain at the

1924 Olympic Games 1924 Olympics may refer to: *The 1924 Winter Olympics, which were held in Chamonix, France *The 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de ...

* Brigadier Raymond Ladais Sandover DSO ED, Commander

2/11th Battalion (Australia) The 2/11th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which saw service during World War II. Raised shortly after the outbreak of war in 1939, the 2/11th was formed from Second Australian Imperial Force volunteers who were recr ...

and 6th Australian Infantry Brigade * Colonel Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet VC, KCB, awarded the Victoria Cross during the

* Colonel Osmond Barnes, Chief Herald of the Indian Empire * Colonel Lionel Beaumont-Thomas MC MP, British Army officer during both World Wars and Conservative Member of Parliament for Birmingham King's Norton * Colonel James Duff Army Officer who fought in the Crimean War and later became a Conservative MP * Colonel Evan Henry Llewellyn, commander of the 2nd (Central African) Battalion, King's African Rifles * Colonel Robin Evelegh, British Army officer who authored 'Peace-Keeping in a Democratic Society' *

William Proby, Lord Proby William Allen Proby, Lord Proby (19 June 1779 – 6 August 1804) was a British Royal Navy officer and Whig politician. Background and education Proby was the eldest son of John Proby, 2nd Baron Carysfort (later 1st Earl of Carysfort, and his f ...

, a British Royal Navy officer and Whig politician * Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bushell VC DSO, won the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Order during World War I * Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Rufus Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading GCMG CBE MC TD PC QC, Liberal then Conservative politician and barrister who fought in World War I * Lieutenant-Colonel Kanwar Shumshere Singh, doctor in the Indian Medical Service * Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander "Alec" Ogilvie CBE, early aviation pioneer * Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, British officer during the First World War * Lieutenant Commander Robert Selby Armitage GC GM, won both the

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 ...

and George Medal for his bomb disposal work during the Second World War * Lieutenant Commander John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller GC, Royal Navy officer who was awarded the

for bomb disposal work during the Blitz * Major Arthur Willan Keen MC, British World War I flying ace credited with fourteen aerial victories * William Hodson, commander during the 1857 Indian mutiny and founder of Hodson's Horse * Major Bruce Shand, MC and Bar, officer in the British Army and father of Camilla, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall * Squadron Leader William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson MC and Bar, DFC, army officer in World War I before joining the RFC and RAF in both World Wars * Squadron Leader Hedley Fowler MC, RAF officer who escaped from Colditz * Captain John Norwood VC won the Victoria Cross during World War I * Captain Charles Roger Lupton DSC*, British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories * Captain Kenneth Barbour Montgomery MC, British World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories * Lieutenant Frank Alexander de Pass VC, the first Jew and the first officer of the Indian Army to receive the Victoria Cross during World War I * Lieutenant Alfred Gordon Clark VC, won the Victoria Cross during World War I * Lieutenant Arthur Conolly, British Officer in 6th Bengal Native Light Cavalry. Coined the phrase 'The Great Game' * Lieutenant Donald Hankey, wrote two volumes of essays about the British volunteer army in World War I both titled 'A Student in Arms' * Sir

James Arnold Stacey Cleminson Sir James Arnold Stacey Cleminson (31 August 1921 – 14 September 2010) was a prominent British soldier and businessman who was decorated for his service during the Battle of Arnhem after fighting in the North African Campaign and escaping wh ...

, KBE, MC *

Edmund Musgrave Barttelot Edmund Musgrave Barttelot (28 March 1859 – 19 July 1888) was a British army officer, who became notorious after his allegedly brutal and deranged behaviour during his disastrous command of the rear column in the Congo during Henry Morton St ...

, British Army officer who was part of Henry Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886-89 * Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor British Army Officer who fought in the Xhosa Wars

Aviation

Christopher Orlebar Christopher John Dugmore Orlebar (4 February 1945 – 24 February 2018) was a former British Concorde pilot with British Airways. He was well known as a lecturer, writer, and frequent contributor to TV aviation documentaries on aviation subjects ...

, British Concorde pilot, aviation lecturer and writer *

John Gillespie Magee, Junior John Gillespie Magee Jr. (9 June 1922 – 11 December 1941) was a World War II Anglo-American Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot and war poet, most noted for penning the sonnet "High Flight". He was killed in an accidental mid-air collisi ...

, Anglo-American poet and aviator

Building, Engineering and Architecture

* Sir Charles Brett, architectural historian * Will Butler-Adams, managing director of Brompton Bicycle Limited * William Grierson, civil engineer *

Sir Charles Nicholson Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet (23 November 1808 – 8 November 1903) was an English-Australian politician, university founder, explorer, pastoralist, antiquarian and philanthropist. The Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney was na ...

, ecclesiastical designer and architect * David Ogle, industrial designer and car designer *

Thomas Henry Poole Thomas Henry Poole (1860 – 31 July 1919) was English-born architect who designed numerous churches and schools in New York City. Poole was born in Shrewsbury, England, in 1860. He was educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford. Poole is liste ...

, architect of numerous churches and schools in New York City * Reid Railton, automotive engineer and designer of land and water speed record vehicles * Sir Harry Ricardo, designer of the internal combustion engine and patentee of the two-stroke engine * Clement E. Stretton, consulting engineer and author.

Business

Richard Jewson Sir Richard Wilson Jewson, (born 5 August 1944) is a British businessman and a former Lord-Lieutenant of Norfolk. He was educated at Rugby School and Pembroke College, Cambridge (MA). He started work in the timber and building material supply i ...

, businessman and Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk * Charles Tertius Mander, first baronet, manufacturer, public servant and philanthropist. * Clive Schlee, businessman, CEO of Pret a Manger * Nusli Wadia, businessman, Chairman of the Wadia Group, son of Neville Wadia and Dina Wadia, grandson of

Muhammad Ali Jinnah Muhammad Ali Jinnah (, ; born Mahomedali Jinnahbhai; 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a barrister, politician, and the founder of Pakistan. Jinnah served as the leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until the ...

and Rattanbai Jinnah

Civil Service

* Sir Christopher Bullock KCB CBE,

Permanent Under-Secretary A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior civil servant of a department or ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil se ...

at the Air Ministry * Sir Bertram Blakiston Cubitt KCB, civil servant in the War Office * Sir George Coldstream KCB KCVO QC, Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office * Sir Arthur Franks KCMG, Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service * Sir Ernest Gowers GCB GBE, civil servant and author of '' The Complete Plain Words'' * Sir Godfrey Lushington, GCMG, KCB,

of the Home Office 1886–1895; championed prison reform * Sir Nicholas Montagu KCB, Chairman of H.M. Inland Revenue, 1997–2004 * Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, PC, Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence; and 1st Cabinet Secretary * J. M. Bruce Lockhart CB CMG, intelligence officer

Colonial Service and Imperial Administration

* Sir

Alexander John Arbuthnot Sir Alexander John Arbuthnot (11 October 1822 – 10 June 1907) was a British official and writer. Early life He was born at Farmhill, County Mayo, the third son of Alexander Arbuthnot and his second wife Margaret Phoebe Bingham, daughter ...

KCSI, colonial administrator and writer * Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch, the 25th Governor of Hong Kong * Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines CSI, member of the Indian Civil Service * Sir Henry Conway Belfield KCMG JP, Resident of Negeri Sembilan; Resident of Selangor;

British Resident of Perak This is a list of the British Residents of Malay State of Perak, British Malaya.Malaysian States http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Malay_states.htm The position of Resident was an administrative post. By the terms of the Pangkor Treaty, the Resident w ...

and finally Governor of the British East Africa Protectorate * Maurice Collis colonial administrator in Burma; later a writer on South-East Asia * Arthur Conolly (1807–1842), captain in the East India Company's service *

Henry Valentine Conolly Henry Valentine Conolly (5 December 1806 – 11 September 1855) was an East India Company official in the Madras Presidency who served as a magistrate and collector of Malabar. He took an active role in the establishment of teak plantations to mee ...

, member of the Indian Civil Service * The Honourable Sir Ashley Eden KCSI CIE, Chief Commissioner of British Crown Colony of Burma and

Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal The Governor was the chief colonial administrator in the Bengal presidency, originally the "Presidency of Fort William" and later "Bengal province". In 1644, Gabriel Boughton procured privileges for the East India Company which permitted them to ...

* Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth KCSI CB, Administrator of the British Raj *

Patrick William Forbes Patrick William Forbes (1861–1918) was a leader of the paramilitary British South Africa Police, who commanded a force that invaded Matabeland in the First Matabele War. Life Born in 1861 at Whitechurch, England, he was educated at Rugby, War ...

, Commander of the British South Africa Police, who invaded Matabeland in the First Matabele War; later Magistrate of Mashonaland 1893–1894; Administrator of North-Western Rhodesia 1895–1897 * Sir Robert Allason Furness KBE CMG, classicist and representative of the British Council in Egypt, 1945-1950 * Sir Henry Paul Harvey KCMG, Egyptian Financial Advisor from 1907 to 1912 and 1919–1920 * Sir Frederick James Halliday KCB, first

* Stephen Rumbold Lushington, Governor of Madras 1827–1832 and Tory politician * Leonard Fielding Nalder colonial administrator who served as Governor of Fung Province 1927–1930 and Mongalla province 1930–1936 in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan * James Alexander Richey CIE, educational administrator in South Africa and India * Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet, GCSI, CIE, PC, FRS,

1874–1877;

Governor of Bombay Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...

1877–1880 and also an MP * Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope KCSI CIE, civil servant of the Government of India, including Public Works * Sir George Chardin Denton, Governor of Gambia * John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby GCMG KCB KCVO CSI CIE, Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province; Governor-General of the Sudan; and Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies * John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken GCB, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India 1883–1909 * Sir William Frederick Gowers KCMG, Governor of Uganda * John Claude White CIE, Deputy Commissioner of the Tibet Frontier Commission

Diplomatic Service

* Sir Charles Bagot GCB, MP, diplomat and administrator *

Sir Thomas Bromley Sir Thomas Bromley (153011 April 1587) was a 16th-century lawyer, judge and politician who established himself in the mid-Tudor period and rose to prominence during the reign of Elizabeth I. He was successively Solicitor General and Lord Chan ...

KCMG, Ambassador to Somalia, Syria, Algeria & Ethiopia * Sir Julian Bullard GCMG, Ambassador to West Germany *

Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock, (19 September 1849 – 5 November 1928), known as Sir Arthur Nicolson, 11th Baronet, from 1899 to 1916, was a British diplomat and politician during the last quarter of the 19th century to the middle of World ...

GCB GCMG GCVO KCIE, Ambassador to Spain; to Russia and finally Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs *

Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle (8 December 1868, Walton-on-Thames – 4 May 1920, Vallon) was a Swiss botanist and was British consul to the Canton of Geneva between 1912 and 1918. Early life and education Richard Émile Augustin de Ca ...

, Consul to the Canton of Geneva * Baron Charles de Chassiron, Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, 2001–2006 * Sir Leycester Coltman, Ambassador to Cuba from 1991 to 1994 and to Colombia 1994–1998; author of ''The Real Fidel Castro'' * Sir John Coulson KCMG, Ambassador to Sweden and Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association * Sir Moore Crosthwaite KCMG, Ambassador to Lebanon and to Sweden *

Sir Patrick Henry Dean Sir Patrick Henry Dean (16 March 1909 – 5 November 1994) was Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations from 1960 to 1964 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1965 to 1969. He was also a chairman of the Jo ...

GCMG,

Permanent Representative to the UN This is a list of the current permanent representatives to the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters, New York City. The list includes the country that they represent and the date that they presented their credentials to the UN Secretary- ...

1960–1964; Ambassador to the United States 1965–1969 and also Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee *

Sir Henry Drummond Wolff Sir Henry Drummond Charles Wolff (12 October 1830 – 11 October 1908), known as Henry Drummond Wolff, was an English diplomat and Conservative Party politician, who started as a clerk in the Foreign Office. Background Wolff was born in Malt ...

GCB GCMG PC, High Commissioner to Egypt; Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Teheran; and Ambassador to Spain; also a Conservative Politician * Sir Ewen Fergusson GCMG GCVO, Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary 1975–1978; Ambassador to South Africa 1982–1984 and to France 1987–1992 * Sir Anthony Figgis, KCVO CMG, Ambassador to Austria 1996–2000; Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 2001–2008 and the current Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod * Sir Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet GCB GCMG GCVO PC, Ambassador to Serbia, to Denmark, to Austria-Hungary and to Germany; later Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State * Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey KCMG KCVO, Ambassador to Sweden 1954–1960 *

Sir James Hudson Sir James Hudson GCB (1810 – 20 September 1885) was a British diplomat. He is noted for his time as British ambassador to Turin between 1852 and 1863, as an italophile and strong supporter of Italian unification, and a collector of Italian a ...

GCB, Ambassador to Turin *

Augustus Henry Mounsey Augustus Henry Mounsey (27 August 1834 – 10 April 1882) was a British diplomat. His firsthand account of the Japanese Satsuma Rebellion published in 1879 gives the most detailed descriptions of the military campaigns of the rebellion. L ...

, Minister Resident and Consul General to Colombia * Sir Owen O'Malley KCMG Minister to Hungary 1939–1941; British ambassador to the Polish government in exile during World War II; and Ambassador to Portugal 1945–1957 * Sir Maurice Peterson GCMG, Minister to Bulgaria 1936–1938;

Ambassador to Iraq This is a list of United States ambassadors, or lower-ranking heads of a diplomatic mission to Iraq. * Alexander K. Sloan (1931) – ''Chargé d'Affaires'' * Paul Knabenshue (1932–1942) – ''Minister'' * Thomas M. Wilson (1942) – ''Minister ...

1938–1939; to Spain 1939–1940; to Turkey 1944–1946 and to Russia 1946–1949 * Sir Frank Roberts GCMG GCVO, Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1954–1957; Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council 1957–1960; Ambassador to the USSR 1960–1962; to West Germany 1963–1968 * Ian Samuel CMG CVO, diplomat and RAF officer during World War II * Sir William Seeds KCMG, Ambassador to Brazil 1930–1935; and Ambassador to Russia 1939–1940 * Sir Alan Urwick, KCVO, CMG, Ambassador to Jordan 1979–1984; to Egypt 1985–1987; British High Commissioner to Canada 1987–1989 and

Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons The Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons is a parliamentary official responsible for order in the House of Commons. The office dates to 1415 and traditionally included responsibility for security. The role is now mainly ceremonial. The Hou ...

1989–1995 * Sir Charles Richard Vaughan, GCH, PC, Minister to Switzerland 1823–1825 and Minister to the United States 1825–1835 *

Sir Peter Wilkinson Sir Peter Allix Wilkinson, (1914–2000) was a British intelligence officer and diplomat. Career Wilkinson served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. He supplied the weapons used by two Czechoslovak agents to assassinat ...

, Ambassador to Vietnam in 1966–1967; also a SOE agent during World War II * Sir Michael S. Williams, KCMG, Ambassador to Guatemala 1962–1963; and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1965–1970

Ecclesiastics

* Robert Barbour, lecturer in theology, moderator of the church of Scotland, and holder of the Military Cross * George Bradley, Dean of Westminster * Charles Boyd, Archdeacon of Colombo * Godwin Birchenough, Dean of Ripon Cathedral * John Bickersteth KCVO, Bishop of Bath and Wells and Clerk of the Closet * Geoffrey Clayton, Archdeacon of Chesterfield; Bishop of Johannesburg and Archbishop of Cape Town * Thomas Legh Claughton,

Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...

and Bishop of St Albans. * George Chase MC, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge and Bishop of Ripon * Reverend William Lucas Collins * James Cotton, Dean of Bangor *

Francis Cramer-Roberts Francis Alexander Randal Cranmer Cramer-Roberts (né Roberts; 3 December 18409 February 1901) was an Anglican priest and colonial bishop in the 19th century. Early life Cramer-Roberts was born in Dublin in 1841, the son of Lieut-Col. John Crame ...

, Bishop of Nassau and

Archdeacon of Blackburn The Archdeacon of Blackburn is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Blackburn. Originally created on 17 August 1877 within the Diocese of Manchester, the office became a part of the new Diocese of Blackburn upon its creation on 12 ...

* Reverend Sir Frederick Larkins Currie, 2nd Baronet *

Edwin Dodgson Edwin Heron Dodgson (30 June 1846 – 3 January 1918) was a clergyman in the Church of England and the youngest brother of Lewis Carroll, author of ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. He is primarily remembered for his work as a missionary in ...

* Alan Campbell Don KCVO, Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons 1936–1946 and Dean of Westminster 1946–1959 *

Nowell Twopeny Thomas Nowell Twopeny or Twopenny (6 February 1819 – 3 November 1869) was a priest of the Church of England who was Archdeacon of Flinders in Australia. He was the eldest son of Thomas Nowell Twopenny of East Knoyle, Wiltshire. He was edu ...

, Archdeacon of Flinders * Edward Feild, Bishop of Newfoundland and Archdeacon of Bermuda * Launcelot Fleming, Bishop of Portsmouth and Bishop of Norwich * Rev. Thomas Valpy French, first Bishop of Lahore * Archibald Ronald Gordon, Bishop of Portsmouth, Bishop at Lambeth and Bishop to the Forces * Rupert Hoare,

Dean of Liverpool The Dean of Liverpool is based in Liverpool and is head of the chapter of Liverpool Cathedral. Sue Jones was installed as Dean on 5 May 2018. A former dean, Edward Patey, said that being Dean of Liverpool was "the best job in the Church of Engl ...

and Bishop of Dudley * Percy Mark Herbert KCVO, the first Bishop of Blackburn; Bishop of Norwich and Clerk of the Closet *

Hugh Hornby Hugh Leycester Hornby (20 November 1888 - 24 March 1965) was an Anglican clergyman. Hornby was born at St. Michael's-on-Wyre, near Preston, Lancashire. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was curate of St. Annes-o ...

, Bishop of Hulme * Phipps Hornby, Archdeacon of Lancaster * Rev Francis Jayne, Bishop of Chester and academic * Thomas Jex-Blake, Dean of Wells also a teacher and Headmaster of Rugby *

Michael Gresford Jones Edward Michael Gresford Jones (called Michael; 21 October 19017 March 1982) was a Church of England bishop. He was the son of Herbert Gresford Jones who was also a bishop. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge ...

Bishop of Willesden The Bishop of Willesden is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Willesden, an area of the London Borough of Brent; the See ...

and Bishop of St Albans *

Edwin Kempson Edwin Hone Kempson (1862–1931) was the second Suffragan Bishop of Warrington. Born on 16 April 1862 and educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford, he was ordained in 1886 and began a career in education. He was successively an assistant mas ...

, Bishop of Warrington * Francis Kilner, Bishop of Richmond *

Carey Knyvett Carey Frederick Knyvett (1885–1967) was the 2nd Bishop of Selby. Knyvett was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1912. His first post was as Curate at Petworth. Subsequently, he was Chaplain to the Bishop of She ...

Archdeacon of Northampton The Archdeacon of Northampton is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Peterborough. As such she or he is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its six rural deaneries: Brackley, Brixworth, Daventry ...

and

Bishop of Selby The Bishop of Selby 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 refers to the town of Selby in North Yorkshire; the See was erected under the Suffragans N ...

* William Lake, Dean of Durham * John Lawton, Archdeacon of Warrington * Edward Legge, Dean of Windsor and Bishop of Oxford * William MacKennal,

Archdeacon of Ely The Archdeacon of Cambridge is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Diocese of Ely. The archdeacon is responsible for some clergy discipline and pastoral care in the Archdeaconry of Cambridge. The archdeaconry has existed, as the Archdeaconry of ...

* Hugh Montefiore, Bishop of Kingston 1970–1978 and Bishop of Birmingham 1977–1987 *

Frank Okell Frank Jackson Okell (3 February 1887 – 7 October 1950.) was the inaugural Bishop of Stockport whose 11-month tenure from November 1949, until October 1950, was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion. He was educated at Rugby School and Tr ...

Bishop of Stockport The Bishop of Stockport is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Stockport in Greater Manchester Greater Man ...

and Archdeacon of Macclesfield * Grandage Powell, Archdeacon of Carlisle and

Bishop of Penrith The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Penrith in Cumbria. The title was first mentioned (as Pereth) in the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 (alongside a see for Penreth – now called Penrydd – in Pembro ...

John Purchas John Purchas, (born at Cambridge, 14 July 1823; died at Brighton, 18 October 1872), was an author and a priest of Church of England who was prosecuted for ritualist practices. He received his education at Bury St Edmunds, Rugby School and Christ' ...

, Church of England priest who was prosecuted for ritualist practices *

Norman Rathbone Norman Stanley Rathbone (8 September 1914 – 13 July 1995) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. He was educated at Rugby and Christ's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1939. He was Curate then Vicar of St Mary Magdale ...

, Dean of Hereford * Charles Waldegrave Sandford, Bishop of Gibraltar * Augustus Shears, clergyman who translated part of the Prayer Book into

Burmese Burmese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Myanmar, a country in Southeast Asia * Burmese people * Burmese language * Burmese alphabet * Burmese cuisine * Burmese culture Animals * Burmese cat * Burmese chicken * Burmese (hor ...

Walter Waddington Shirley Prof. Rev. Walter Waddington Shirley (1828–1866) was an English churchman and ecclesiastical historian. Life The only son of Walter Augustus Shirley, bishop of Sodor and Man, he was born at Shirley, Derbyshire, on 24 July 1828. In 1837 he beca ...

, churchman and ecclesiastical historian * Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st Duc de Stacpoole *

Lovelace Stamer Sir Lovelace Tomlinson Stamer, 3rd Baronet, VD (18 October 182929 October 1908) was the first Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury in the modern era. Life Lovelace Stamer was born into an Anglo-Irish noble family at York. He succeeded to the family ba ...

Archdeacon of Stoke The Archdeacon of Stoke ("Archdeacon of Stoke-upon-Trent" in full and often rendered "Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent") is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield. The archdeaconry was created on 24 July 1877 ...

and Bishop of Shrewsbury * Arthur Penrhyn Stanley, English churchman, and Dean of Westminster * Arthur Stanton Anglo-catholic priest * John Stott, evangelical minister who later was a curate of

All Souls, Langham place All Souls Church is a Conservative evangelicalism in the United Kingdom, conservative evangelical Anglican Church, Anglican church in central London, situated in Langham Place, London, Langham Place in Marylebone, at the north end of Regent Street ...

and a leading figure involved in drafting the Lausanne Covenant *

Alfred Swann Alfred Reuben Swann (1843-1926) was a developer in Tampa, Florida. Originally from Tennessee, he was joined in Tampa's land-development business in 1905 by fellow Tennessean Eugene Holtsinger. He was involved in the development of New Suburb Beau ...

, Dean and Archdeacon of Hong Kong *

Henry Herbert Symonds The Reverend Henry Herbert Symonds (1885 – 28 December 1958) was an English Anglican priest, teacher and conservationist. From 1909 to 1935 he followed a career as a teacher, first at Clifton College and Rugby School, and later as headmaster ...

, Anglican priest who was a driving force behind the creation of National Parks *

Frederick Stephen Temple Frederick Stephen "Freddy" Temple (24 November 1916 – 26 November 2000) was the Suffragan Bishop of Malmesbury in the Diocese of Bristol from 1973 until 1983. Temple was the grandson of Frederick Temple and the nephew of William Temple, both A ...

, Dean of Hong Kong and

Bishop of Malmesbury The Bishop of Swindon is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Bristol, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Swindon in Wiltshire. The title of Bishop of ...

* William Temple, Bishop of Manchester 1921–29; Archbishop of York 1929–42 and

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 ...

1942–44; an influential radical thinker, and father of the post-war Welfare State * David Urquhart,

Bishop of Birkenhead The Bishop of Birkenhead is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chester, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after Birkenhead, a town located on the Wirral Peninsula Wirr ...

and the current bishop of Birmingham * Henry Wace, Dean of Canterbury * Richard Watson, Bishop of Burnley *

Edward Were Edward Ash Were (14 November 1846–8 April 1915) was an Anglican suffragan bishop in the latter part of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th. He was educated at Rugby School and New College, Oxford. After graduation, he was a ...

, Bishop of Derby 1889–1909, and

Bishop of Stafford The Bishop of Stafford is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stafford, the county town of Staffordshire. The Bis ...

1909–1915 * Edward Winnington-Ingram, Archdeacon of Hereford

The Law

Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington Hubert is a Germanic masculine given name, from ''hug'' "mind" and ''beraht'' "bright". It also occurs as a surname. Saint Hubertus or Hubert (c. 656 – 30 May 727) is the patron saint of hunters, mathematicians, opticians, and metalworkers. ...

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales 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 ...

Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross John Mark Alexander Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross Queen's Counsel, QC (19 July 1933 – 8 April 2010) was a British judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House ...

, judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. *

Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen Charles Synge Christopher Bowen, Baron Bowen, (1 January 1835 – 10 April 1894) was an English judge. Early life Bowen was born at Woolaston in Gloucestershire – his father, Rev. Christopher Bowen, originally of Hollymount, County Mayo, ...

QC, PC, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary * Horace Davey, Baron Davey PC, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary * David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead KT PC, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary *

Sir Edward Marshall-Hall Sir Edward Marshall Hall, (16 September 1858 – 24 February 1927) was an English barrister who had a formidable reputation as an orator. He successfully defended many people accused of notorious murders and became known as "The Great Defende ...

KC, English barrister and orator * Sir Michael Kerry KCB, QC, former HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor * Robert Barton, Irish lawyer and statesman who worked on the Anglo-Irish Treaty * Major Sir Thomas Hetherington KCB, CBE, QC, TD, barrister and first head of the Crown Prosecution Service *

Edmund Yorke Edmund is a masculine given name or surname in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ''ēad'', meaning "prosperity" or "riches", and ''mund'', meaning "protector". Persons named Edmund include: People Kings and ...

, Legal scholar and barrister * Sir Robert Akenhead, High Court Judge and Head of the Technology and Construction Court *

Wilfred Baugh Allen Wilfred Baugh Allen JP (14 Nov. 1849 - 10 June 1922) was a Wales, Welsh judge. He was the son of George Baugh Allen of Cilrhiw, Pembrokeshire and his wife Dorothea Hannah (née Eaton). His paternal grandfather was Lancelot Baugh Allen. He was ed ...

, judge * Sir Lewis Cave, judge *Sir George Farwell,

Lord Justice of Appeal A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Justice ...

* Sir James Edmund Sandford Fawcett, DSC QC, barrister and member of the European Commission for Human Rights *

Alfred Gordon Clark Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark (4 September 1900 – 25 August 1958) was an English judgeHis Honour A. A. Gordon Clark (Obituaries) The Times Tuesday, 26 August 1958; pg. 10; Issue 54239; col E and crime writer under the pseudonym Cyril Hare. L ...

, judge *

Charles Sprengel Greaves Charles Sprengel Greaves MA QC (1802–1881), eldest son of William Greaves MD (1771–1848) of Mayfield, Staffordshire, by his first wife, Anne-Lydia, was born at Burton on 18 July 1802.Rupert Simms. Bibliotheca Staffordiensis. Printed for th ...

Philip Guedalla Philip Guedalla (12 March 1889 – 16 December 1944) was an English barrister, and a popular historical and travel writer and biographer. His wit and epigrams are well-known, one example being "Even reviewers read a Preface". He also was the o ...

, barrister * Sir Alfred van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith, colonial judge who became Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago * Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, Lord Chancellor 1872–1874 & 1880–1885; Attorney General for England and Wales 1863–1866; and Solicitor General for England and Wales 1861–1863 * Sir Lawrence Peel PC, Advocate-General of Bengal and

Chief Justice of Bengal The Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Calcutta, was founded in 1774 by the Regulating Act of 1773. It replaced the Mayor's Court of Calcutta and was British India's highest court from 1774 until 1862, when the High Court of Calcut ...

Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle (21 February 1888 – 8 June 1962), was a British judge and Liberal Party politician. Background He was born the son of Cuthbert Rewcastle JP. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1918 h ...

, county court judge and liberal party politician * Thomas Bateman Napier county court judge and politician * John Sandford, judicial commissioner of Burma and Mysore * Sir Leslie Frederic Scott, KC,

and Liberal MP * William Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens KBE, PC, KC,

Chief Justice of India The chief justice of India (IAST: ) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India as well as the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the president of India to appoint, in consultation w ...

* Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd Kt PC, President of the Queen's Bench Division and the current

* Jonathan David Chattyn Turner, barrister specialising in intellectual property and competition law * Dudley Ward, New Zealand judge and politician

Literature

* Matthew Arnold, Victorian poet and critic (son of Headmaster Dr

Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were wide ...

) *

Rupert Brooke Rupert Chawner Brooke (3 August 1887 – 23 April 1915)The date of Brooke's death and burial under the Julian calendar that applied in Greece at the time was 10 April. The Julian calendar was 13 days behind the Gregorian calendar. was an En ...

, English poet *

Arthur Hugh Clough Arthur Hugh Clough ( ; 1 January 181913 November 1861) was an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to Florence Nightingale. He was the brother of suffragist Anne Clough and father of Blanche Athena Clough who both became p ...

, English poet * Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll, famous for '' Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' * Richard Doyle, English author *

Dominic Hibberd John William Dominic Hibberd FRSL (3 November 1941 – 12 August 2012) was an English freelance author, academic and broadcaster, best known for his biographies of the poets Wilfred Owen and Harold Monro and his collections (edited with John O ...

, English critic and biographer * Anthony Horowitz, English writer *

Edmund George Valpy Knox Edmund George Valpy Knox (10 May 1881 – 2 January 1971) was a poet and satirist who wrote under the pseudonym Evoe. He was editor of ''Punch'' 1932–1949, having been a regular contributor in verse and prose for many years. Life Knox was t ...

, editor of Punch * Walter Savage Landor, English writer and poet * Wyndham Lewis, British painter and author *

, Anglo-American poet and aviator *

Arthur Ransome Arthur Michell Ransome (18 January 1884 – 3 June 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing and illustrating the ''Swallows and Amazons'' series of children's books about the school-holiday adventures of childre ...

, British children's author * Mario Reading, author *

Sir Salman Rushdie Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (; born 19 June 1947) is an Indian-born British-American novelist. His work often combines magic realism with historical fiction and primarily deals with connections, disruptions, and migrations between Eastern world, E ...

, author and essayist, Booker Prize winner for '' Midnight's Children''. Said of his time: "Almost the only thing I am proud of about going to Rugby school was that Lewis Carroll went there too." *

J.K. Stanford John Keith Stanford OBE MC (29 April 1892 – 24 September 1971) was a British civil servant who worked in Burma and wrote several books on sport, humour, and natural history. Stanford was born in Aldringham, Suffolk and educated at Rugby Sch ...

, English author *

Francis Stuart Henry Francis Montgomery Stuart (29 April 19022 February 2000) was an Irish writer. He was awarded one of the highest artistic accolades in Ireland, being elected a Saoi of Aosdána, before his death in 2000. His years in Nazi Germany led to a g ...

, IRA member, Nazi collaborator and Irish novelist. * Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and author of '' Tom Brown's Schooldays'' * Major Geoffrey Cecil Gilbert McNeill-Moss British army officer and novelist

Media, Entertainment and the Arts

* Charles Acton, music critic at '' The Irish Times'' * Faris Badwan, aka Faris Rotter, vocalist from band The Horrors * Roy Beddington, painter, illustrator, author, and journalist * William Bullock, journalist at '' The Daily News'' * David Carritt (1927–1982), British art historian, dealer and critic *

Charlie Charters Charlie Charters (born 1968, London) is a former rugby union official and sports marketing executive turned thriller writer whose debut book ''Bolt Action'' was published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2010. Charters was raised in Fiji where his moth ...

, Author, rugby union official, sports executive and journalist *

Tom Cowan Thomas Cowan (born 28 August 1969) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a defender. During his career he played for Clyde, Rangers, Sheffield United, Stoke City, Huddersfield Town, Burnley, Cambridge United, Peterborough United, York ...

/Furse, Bassist from band The Horrors * Freddie Cowan, Guitarist from band The Vaccines *

Frank Barrington Craig Frank Barrington Craig (2 March 1902 – 4 February 1951), also known as Barry Craig, was a British painter of portraits and landscapes and also an art teacher. Biography Craig was born in Hampstead in north London into a family of artists. ...

, British portrait painter * David Croft, (born David Sharland) Television writer, producer and director * David Haig, English actor and writer * Arthur fforde, BBC chairman * Isabel Fay, comedy actress and writer * Dan Haigh, bassist, Fightstar, Gunship (band) * Robert Hardy, English stage and film actor * John Hawkesworth, television producer, ''

Upstairs, Downstairs Upstairs Downstairs may refer to: Television *Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series), ''Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971 TV series), a British TV series broadcast on ITV from 1971 to 1975 *Upstairs Downstairs (2010 TV series), ''Upstairs Downstairs'' ...

'' * Sir Charles Hawtrey, Victorian era stage actor * Marmaduke Hussey, BBC chairman * Hugh Johnson, British wine writer *

Pete Kember Peter Kember (born 19 November 1965), also known by his stage name Sonic Boom, is an English singer and record producer. He was a founding member, vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist of alternative rock band Spacemen 3, lasting from 1982 until ...

, musician, Spacemen 3 * John Kentish, English operatic tenor * Wyndham Lewis, British painter and author * Richard Hey Lloyd, British organist and composer * William Charles Macready, English stage actor * Robin Milford, British musician * Sydney Nicholson, British musician *

Sir Anthony Quayle Sir John Anthony Quayle (7 September 1913 – 20 October 1989) was a British actor and theatre director. He was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his supporting role as Thomas Wolsey in the film '' Anne of the Thousand Days'' (196 ...

, British actor * Andrew Rawnsley, British political journalist *

Andy Richards Andrew John Richards (born 26 October 1952) is a British-Australian pianist, composer, music producer and keyboardist. The artists he has played with include Frankie Goes to Hollywood, George Michael, Propaganda, Grace Jones, Rush, Annie Lenno ...

, British / Australian musician, composer and organist * Adnan Sami, singer, pianist, actor and composer *

Richard Talbot Kelly Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly (1896–1971), MBE, MC, RI, known to friends and colleagues as 'TK', was a British army officer, school teacher, and artist, known especially for his watercolour paintings of ornithological subjects. Early life ...

, MBE, MC, RI, soldier and artist * Alex Westaway, guitarist and singer, Fightstar, Gunship (band) *

A. N. Wilson Andrew Norman Wilson (born 27 October 1950)"A. N. Wilson"
''Encyclopædia Britannica''.

, English writer and newspaper columnist *

Sophie Xeon Sophie Xeon (17 September 198630 January 2021), known mononymously as Sophie (stylised in all caps), was a Scottish music producer, songwriter, and DJ. Known for a brash and experimental take on pop music that helped pioneer the 2010s hyperpop ...

, Singer and musician

Medicine and Science

William Bateson William Bateson (8 August 1861 – 8 February 1926) was an English biologist who was the first person to use the term genetics to describe the study of heredity, and the chief populariser of the ideas of Gregor Mendel following their rediscover ...

, English geneticist * Miles Joseph Berkeley, English botanist *

Humphry Bowen __NOTOC__ Humphry John Moule Bowen (22 June 1929 – 9 August 2001) was a British botanist and chemist. Bowen was born in Oxford, son of the chemist Edmund Bowen. He attended the Dragon School, gaining a scholarship to Rugby School and then ...

, British botanist and chemist * Dr Peter Brinsden, fertility expert * Abel Chapman, big game hunter and naturalist who started South Africa's first game reserve * Alex Hankey, English theoretical physicist * Walter W. Holland, public health physician *

Andrew Karney Andrew Karney, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, FIET, Chartered Engineer, CEng, FRSA (born 24 May 1942) is a British electrical engineer, businessman and company director. He is also an accredited European Engineer. Car ...

, Senior Scientist, The General Electric Company * Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes, physician and scholar, brother of economist John Maynard Keynes * Sir Philip Henry Manson-Bahr, zoologist and MD, MRCP, FRCP * David Marr, British psychologist * Donald Michie, British researcher in artificial intelligence who during World War II, worked for the Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, to break " Tunny", a German teleprinter cipher * George Mitchell Seabroke, British astronomer * Frederick Courteney Selous, British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, known for his exploits in South-East Africa * Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet, won the

Copley Medal The Copley Medal is an award given by the Royal Society, for "outstanding achievements in research in any branch of science". It alternates between the physical sciences or mathematics and the biological sciences. Given every year, the medal is t ...

* Nevil Sidgwick, English theoretical chemist *

E. Barton Worthington Dr. Edgar Barton Worthington, M.A., Ph.D., (Cantab)., CBE (13 January 190514 October 2001) was a British ecologist and science administrator. Biography His parents were Edgar and Amy Worthington. His early education was at Rugby School, before ...

(1905-2001), ecologist and science administrator *

Babulal Sethia Babulal Sethia is a British Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust. He was president of the Royal Society of Medicine from 2014-2017. Early life and education Babulal Sethia was born in Edinburgh to Babul ...

President of the Royal Society of Medicine The president of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is the head of the Royal Society of Medicine. The presidents were elected biennially by the Fellows of the Society. In 2014 the charter changed. The presidents are now elected every three year ...

and cardiac surgeon

Politics

Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker (sometimes Richard Baker Wingfield Baker or Richard Wingfield Baker; born Richard Baker Wingfield) (1802 – 25 March 1880) MP, DL, was a Liberal Party politician, High Sheriff and deputy lieutenant in the Englis ...

, Liberal Party MP *

Leonard Behrens Sir Leonard Frederick Behrens CBE (15 October 1890 – 12 March 1978) was a British Liberal Party politician and public figure. Born in Manchester, Behrens studied at Manchester Grammar School, Rugby School and Manchester University. He was activ ...

Liberal Party Politician * William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick, PC, Tory politician and British Minister to Sardinia *

Sir Thomas Birch, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Bernard Birch, 2nd Baronet DL (18 March 1791 – 3 March 1880) was a British baronet and Whig politician. He was the only son of Sir Joseph Birch, 1st Baronet and his wife Elizabeth Mary, third daughter of Benjamin Heywood. Birch was ...

Whig politician * Sir Noël Vansittart Bowater, 2nd Baronet GBE MC, Lord Mayor of London *

Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet (27 April 1678 – 5 December 1746) was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1707 and 1738. He faked his own death in 1738 and spent the rest of his life in prison. ...

Whig politician *

Arthur Montagu Brookfield Arthur Montagu Brookfield, KGStJ (18 March 1853 – 3 March 1940) was a British Army officer, diplomat, author and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1903. Biography Brookfield was the son of Rev. William Henry ...

Conservative Politician, diplomat and army officer * Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet, Conservative Politician * Esmond Bulmer, Conservative MP * Marston Clarke Buszard QC Liberal Party MP and barrister * William John Dalzell Burnyeat, Liberal Party politician * Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle Liberal Unionist politician and army officer *

Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Baronet Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Baronet (27 May 1712 – 7 August 1778) was a British politician and lawyer. Background Baptised at St Martin-in-the-Fields Church in Covent Garden, he was the second son of Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet and his wife Hon. ...

, politician and lawyer * Harold Cawley Liberal Party MP, killed in World War I * Oswald Cawley Liberal Party MP, killed in World War I * Austen Chamberlain, British statesman and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize *

Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasemen ...

, politician and former Prime Minister *Sir Sydney Chapman, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Handsworth and Chipping Barnet * James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin PC, Conservative MP and First Lord of the Admiralty * Samuel Clowes, Conservative politician * Herbert James Craig CBE Liberal politician * Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet Tory politician *

William John Evelyn William John Evelyn JP DL (27 July 1822 - 26 July 1908) was a British Member of Parliament, landowner and philanthropist. He was MP for Surrey West in 1849 and again for Deptford in 1885.

, Conservative politician * Sir Frederick William Fison, 1st Baronet, Conservative politician * Charles Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge, Liberal politician * Tetley Gant, Tasmanian politician and Chancellor University of Tasmania * Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes, Current Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords * Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Baronet, Conservative Politician and Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army * George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen, Liberal Unionist politician; served as

Chancellor of the Exchequer The chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Chancellor is ...

1887–1892, First Lord of the Admiralty 1871–1874 and 1895–1900 * Captain Alan Graham Conservative politician * Frank Gray, inter-war Liberal politician * The Honourable Ronald Greville, Conservative MP * Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC Conservative politician * Sir Jeremy James Hanley, KCMG, Conservative MP; Chairman of the Conservative Party 1994–1995 and

Minister without portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet w ...

1994–1995 * Sir Reginald Hanson, Conservative politician and Lord Mayor of London * Henry Peirson Harland Unionist politician *

William Harrison-Broadley William Henry Harrison-Broadley (August 1820 – 1896) was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1885. Harrison-Broadley was the son of William Henry Harrison of Ripon and Sinderly and his wife Mary Broad ...

Conservative MP * Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton PC, Canningite Tory and later Whig politician,

Chief Secretary for Ireland The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, and officially the "Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant", from the early 19th century un ...

, also a major

Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...

landowner, farmer and businessman *

Sir Arthur Adlington Haworth, 1st Baronet Sir Arthur Adlington Haworth, 1st Baronet (22 August 1865 – 31 August 1944), was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He was born in Eccles, Lancashire, and was the eldest son of Abraham Haworth of Altrincham. He was educated at Rugb ...

, Liberal politician * Sir Hubert Douglas Henderson Liberal political advisor and economist * Charles Hendry, British politician and the Conservative Member of Parliament for Wealden * William Holbech Member of Parliament for Banbury * Edward Horsman PC PC(Ire), MP and

* Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, Labour Party politician * Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe, Conservative health spokesman in the House of Lords * Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde, Edwardian Liberal Party politician and industrialist * Colonel Herbert Merton Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel CB, CMG, TD, DL, JP, Liberal Unionist and later Conservative politician; the third Mayor of Westminster * Lieutenant Colonel Sir Edgar Mayne Keatinge CBE Soldier who was a Conservative politician * Wilfred Byng Kenrick, Lord Mayor of Birmingham and industrialist * Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater, Conservative Party politician * William Kingan, Unionist politician *

Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Ernest Newcomen King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston (31 July 1848 – 13 January 1896) was an Irish peer and Conservative politician. Born as Henry Newcomen King, he was the younger son of Robert King, 2nd Viscount L ...

, Irish peer and Victorian Conservative Party politician *

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and Liberal MP *

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Sport

* John Anton (cricketer), John Anton, English cricketer * George Barker (cricketer, born 1831), George Barker, English cricketer * Robert Barlow (cricketer), Robert Barlow (1827–1907), cricketer * David Barttelot (1821–1852), English cricketer * Samuel Bateson, Irish cricketer * Denis Bingham, Irish cricketer * Henry Boden, cricketer and founding member of Derbyshire County Cricket Club * Frederick Bowden-Smith, first-class cricketer * Trevor Bowring, first-class cricketer * Edward Bradby (cricketer), Edward Bradby, first-class cricketer * Henry Bradby, first-class cricketer * Henry Brandt, first-class cricketer * Chris Brasher, Olympic gold medalist in the Steeplechase (athletics), steeplechase at the 1956 Summer Olympics, co-founder of the London marathon and pace setter in Roger Bannister's world record mile * William Bullock, first-class cricketer * Walter Byles, first-class cricketer * Frederick Capron, first-class cricketer * Henry Cholmondeley, first-class cricketer * Giles Clarke, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board *John Clayton (rugby union), international who represented England national rugby union team, England in the 1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match, First international rugby match. * Richard Clement (cricketer), Richard Clement, first-class cricketer * Louis Cockerell, first-class cricketer * Granville Coghlan, rugby union international, represented British and Irish Lions, Great Britain on 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina (1907–1983) * George Cooke (cricketer), George Cooke (1826–1862), cricketer * Fulwar Craven, 4th Baron Craven, English nobleman and sportsman * Frederick Crowder (cricketer, born 1845), Frederick Crowder (1845–1938), cricketer and tennis player * Joseph Dacre, first-class cricketer * Peter Dowson, first-class cricketer * John Marshall Dugdale, rugby union international who represented England national rugby union team, England in the 1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches, first international rugby match in 1871.Marshall, Francis, ''Football; the Rugby union game'', p141, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited) * Frederick Morton Eden (cricketer), Frederick Morton Eden, first-class cricketer * Edmund Ellis (cricketer), Edmund Ellis, first-class cricketer * Francis Evelyn, first-class cricketer * Nigel Fenton, first-class cricketer * Patrick Fraser (cricketer), Patrick Fraser, Scottish first-class cricketer * Cornelius Fryer, first-class cricketer * Miles Giffard, English cricketer who was hanged for the murder of his parents. * Joseph Fletcher Green, rugby union international who represented England national rugby union team, England in the 1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches, first international rugby match in 1871. * James Ford (cricketer, born 1836), James Ford (1836–1877), cricketer * Alex Grove, rugby player for Worcester Warriors and Scotland national rugby union team * A. G. Guillemard, rugby union international who represented England national rugby union team, England in the 1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches, first international rugby match in 1871 and later president of the Rugby Football Union. * Thomas Hale (cricketer), Thomas Hale (1829–1899), first-class cricketer * Octavius Hanbury (1826–1882), first-class cricketer * William Harrison (cricketer, born 1838), William Harrison (1838–1912), first-class cricketer * George Hughes (cricketer), George Hughes (1821–1872), first-class cricketer and the basis for the literary character Tom Brown (character), Tom Brown * Rupert Edward Inglis (1863–1916), England rugby international who was killed at the Battle of the Somme * Kenneth Jackson (sportsman), Kenneth Jackson, Scottish rugby union international and first-class cricketer * Edward Kenney (cricketer), Edward Kenney, first-class cricketer * Charles Langton, first-class cricketer * Alexander Law, first-class cricketer * Henry Lindow, first-class cricketer * Algernon Lushington, first-class cricketer *Arthur Lyon (rugby union), who represented England national rugby union team, England in the first 1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match. * Dar Lyon, first class cricketer * John Macartney-Filgate, Irish first-class cricketer * Charles McCarthy (cricketer), Charles McCarthy, cricketer who played in Burma national cricket team, Burma's only first-class cricket match in 1927. * Douglas Mackessack (1903–1987), Scottish first-class cricketer, brother of the below * Kenneth Mackessack (1902–1982), Scottish first-class cricketer, brother of the above * Richard Montgomerie, English cricketer * David Noble (cricketer), David Noble, first-class cricketer * Rollo O'Dwyer, Argentine first-class cricketer * Henry Pickard, first-class cricketer * Abram Rawlinson, first-class cricketer * Gerard Rotherham, recipient of the Wisden Cricketer of the Year award in 1918. * Samuel Ruddock (paralympian), Samuel Ruddock, Paralympic sprinter * Eustace Rutter, first-class cricketer * John Sandford (1832–1892), first-class cricketer * Richard Seaman (1913–1939). One of the greatest British pre-war motor racing drivers. Infamously suffered a fatal crash at the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix. * Frank Smallwood (1867–1919), first-class cricketer * Stephen Soames (1826–1908), first-class cricketer * Francis Speed (cricketer, born 1859), Francis Speed, first-class cricketer * Frederick Stokes (rugby union), Frederick Stokes (1850–1929)Steve Lewis, ''One Among Equals'', 2008, pp9-10 (Vertical Editions:London) the first captain of the England national rugby union team. * Adrian Stoop, English rugby player * William Surtees, World Rackets Champion * Richard Sykes (Rugby player), Richard Sykes, Rugby player and founder of towns in North Dakota * Theodore Tapp, first-class cricketer * Henry Taswell, first-class cricketer * Henry Tubb, first-class cricketer * Dawson Turner (rugby union), Dawson Turner, rugby union international who represented England national rugby union team, England in the 1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches, first international rugby match in 1871. * Frank Tobin, rugby union international who represented England national rugby union team, England in the 1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches, first international rugby match in 1871. * Richard Townsend (cricketer), Richard Townsend (1829–1852), first-class cricketer * Rowland Venables, first-class cricketer * Sir Pelham Warner, England cricket captain and cricket administrator * William Webb Ellis, the credited inventor of rugby football * John Weston (cricketer), John Weston, cricketer * Tom Wills, the inventor of Australian rules football * Alfred Wilson (cricketer), Alfred Wilson (1828–1908), first-class cricketer * William Yardley (cricketer), William Yardley, cricketer and dramatist

Fictional Old Rugbeians

* Harry Paget Flashman, fictional Victorian anti-hero, originally created by author Thomas Hughes in his semi-autobiographical '' Tom Brown's Schooldays'' * Tom Brown (character), Tom Brown, fictional hero from the novel Tom Brown's school days, which was created by author Thomas Hughes who is also an old Rugbeian.

References

External links

Rugby School website

The Rugbeian Society
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rugby People educated at Rugby School, Lists of people by English school affiliation, Rugbeians Warwickshire-related lists