Hatfield College, Durham Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durh ...

is one of the

constituent colleges A collegiate university is a university where functions are divided between a central administration and a number of constituent colleges. Historically, the first collegiate university was the University of Paris and its first college was the Col ...

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

. Founded in 1846 by the reformist clergyman David Melville as Bishop Hatfield's Hall, the college is known for pioneering the system of catered student halls with prices for board and lodgings fixed in advance. While early Hatfield students tended to follow careers in the church, contemporary alumni also include figures in academia, government, business, the arts, and sport. The following is a list of notable people to have matriculated.

Academia

Academic administrators

* Gordon Cameron – Master of

Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college has origins from 1869, with the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...

(1988–1990) * Sydney Holgate – Master of

Grey College, Durham Grey College is a Colleges of Durham University, college of Durham University in England, founded in 1959 as part of the university's expansion of its student population. The college is named after Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, who was Prime Mi ...

(1959–1980) *

David Jasper David Jasper (born 1 August 1951) is a professor emeritus of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow. Biography Jasper received multiple degrees from Oxford in both English and Theology. He graduated in English from Jesus College ...

– Principal of

St Chad's College, Durham St Chad's College is one of the Colleges of Durham University#Types of College, recognised colleges of Durham University. Founded in 1904 as St Chad's Hall for the training of Church of England clergy, the college ceased theological training in ...

(1989–1991) * Stephen Moulsdale – Principal of St Chad's College, Durham (1904–1937) *

Arthur Prowse Lieutenant Colonel William Arthur Prowse (1907– 14 July 1981) was a British physicist and academic administrator. He was the founding Master of Van Mildert College, Durham. Prowse matriculated at Hatfield College, Durham and graduated with a ...

– Principal of

Van Mildert College, Durham Van Mildert College (colloquially known as Van Mil or Mildert) is one of the 17 constituent colleges of Durham University. The college was founded in 1965 and takes its name from William Van Mildert, the last Prince-Bishop to rule the County Pa ...

(1965–1972) * Ian Taylor – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1999–2000)

Professors and researchers

Humanities and Social Science

* John Atkinson – Emeritus Professor of Classics at the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) (, ) is a public university, public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest univer ...

* Philip Booth – Dean of the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at

St Mary's University, Twickenham St Mary's University, Twickenham is a public university in Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. Its stated commitment is to the mission of the Catholic Church in higher education. History Originally foun ...

Richard Calland Richard J. T. Calland (born 10 July, 1964) is a British-South African writer and political analyst. Until 2023 Calland was Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town. He subsequently was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor ...

– Emeritus Associate Professor of Public Law at the

; Head of Political Monitoring & Information Service at

IDASA The Institute for Democratic Alternatives in South Africa (IDASA) later known as the Institute for Democracy in South Africa was a South African-based think-tank organisation that was formed in 1986 by Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and Alex Boraine. ...

(1995–2011) * Tim Carter – David G. Frey Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music at the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC, UNC–Chapel Hill, or simply Carolina) is a public university, public research university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. Chartered in 1789, the university first began enrolli ...

Cecil William Davidge Cecil William Davidge (28 March 1863 – 16 January 1936) was a professor of English, author and Freemason. Davidge was the father of the barrister and academic Cecil Vere Davidge and grandfather of Olympic rower Christopher Davidge. Earl ...

– Professor of English at University College of Commerce, Kobe (1907–1930); Tutor of

Hirohito , Posthumous name, posthumously honored as , was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, from 25 December 1926 until Death and state funeral of Hirohito, his death in 1989. He remains Japan's longest-reigni ...

* Brian Dobson – Reader Emeritus of Archaeology at Durham University; President of the

Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle The Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne, the oldest provincial antiquarian society in England, was founded in 1813. It is a registered charity under English law. It has had a long-standing interest in the archaeology of the North East ...

* Paul Edwards – Professor of English and African Literature at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

* Robert Malcolm Errington – Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg () is a public research university located in Marburg, Germany. It was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Prote ...

* Allan M. Findlay – Emeritus Professor of Geography at the

University of St Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, f ...

Simon J. Gathercole Simon James Gathercole (born 8 July 1974) is a United Kingdom New Testament scholar, Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. Biography Gathercole completed a degree in Classi ...

– Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity and Director of Studies at

George Gretton George Lidderdale Gretton WS FRSE (born 10 November 1950) is a Scottish lawyer and academic and, from May 2006 to May 2011, was a Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission. Career Gretton had his early education at West House School and King ...

– Lord President Reid Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh (1994–2016); Commissioner of the

Scottish Law Commission The Scottish Law Commission () is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. It was established in 1965 to keep Scots law under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve, simplify and update the country's legal ...

(2006–2011) * Mark Reginald Hull – archaeologist and curator of the Colchester and Essex museum * Michael Jarrett – Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University *

Paul D. Murray Paul D. Murray is a British theologian. He is currently Professor of Systematic Theology at Durham University's Department of Theology and Religion, and he is the founding Dean-Director of Durham'Centre for Catholic Studies(CCS), the only establ ...

– Professor of Systematic Theology at Durham University *

Harold Orton Harold Orton (23 October 1898 – 7 March 1975) was a British dialectologist and professor of English language and Medieval Literature at the University of Leeds. Early life Orton was born in Byers Green, County Durham, on 23 October 1898 and ...

– Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature,

University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Y ...

(1946–64) * Angelo Raine – clergyman scholar active in the

Yorkshire Philosophical Society The Yorkshire Philosophical Society (YPS) is a charitable learned society (charity reg. 529709) which aims to promote the public understanding of the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the archaeology and history of York and Yorkshire. ...

David Reeder David A Reeder (5 May 1931 – 1 August 2005) was an English historian at the University of Leicester. He pursued a career in urban history and the history of education, co-founding the Urban History Group and editing the Urban History Yearbook fo ...

– Lecturer in Urban History,

University of Leicester The University of Leicester ( ) is a public university, public research university based in Leicester, England. The main campus is south of the city centre, adjacent to Victoria Park, Leicester, Victoria Park. The university's predecessor, Univ ...

* Gareth Stansfield – Professor of Middle East Studies at

University of Exeter The University of Exeter is a research university in the West Country of England, with its main campus in Exeter, Devon. Its predecessor institutions, St Luke's College, Exeter School of Science, Exeter School of Art, and the Camborne School of ...

* Maurice Whitehead – Director of Heritage Collections and Schwarzenbach Research Fellow at

English College, Rome The Venerable English College (), commonly referred to as the English College, is a Catholic seminary in Rome, Italy, for the training of priests for England and Wales. It was founded in 1579 by William Allen on the model of the English Colleg ...

Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock Edward Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock (23 July 1858 – 3 February 1922) was an English clergyman and ecologist. He was an early exponent of the ecological approach to natural history recording. Early life Woodruffe-Peacock, always known by his mid ...

– pioneering ecologist and former President of the

Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union Lincolnshire Naturalist's Union (LNU) is an association of amateur naturalists covering a wide range of natural history subjects. It was founded in 1893 and aims to promote the investigation of the fauna, flora, and physical features of the count ...

Ted Wragg Professor Edward Conrad Wragg (26 June 1938 – 10 November 2005) known as Ted Wragg, was a British educationalist and academic known for his advocacy of the cause of education and opposition to political interference in the field. He was P ...

– Professor of Education at the University of Exeter (1978–2003)

Science

* Cliff Addison – Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

(1960–78) * Richard Arculus – Professor in School of Earth Sciences at

Australian National University The Australian National University (ANU) is a public university, public research university and member of the Group of Eight (Australian universities), Group of Eight, located in Canberra, the capital of Australia. Its main campus in Acton, A ...

David Axon David John Axon (1951 – 5 April 2012) was a British astrophysicist specialising in observations of active galactic nuclei. He was a professor at the University of Hertfordshire and the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and at the t ...

– Professor at the

University of Hertfordshire The University of Hertfordshire (UH) is a Universities in the United Kingdom, university in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. The university is based largely in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its antecedent institution, Hatfield ...

and

Rochester Institute of Technology The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is a private university, private research university in Henrietta, New York, a suburb of Rochester, New York, Rochester. It was founded in 1829. It is one of only two institute of technology, institut ...

* Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge – Wolfson Professor of Energy Studies at

Newcastle University Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a mem ...

* Tristram Chivers – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at

University of Calgary {{Infobox university , name = University of Calgary , image = University of Calgary coat of arms without motto scroll.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of arms , former ...

* Keith Clark – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Computing at

Imperial College London Imperial College London, also known as Imperial, is a Public university, public research university in London, England. Its history began with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, who envisioned a Al ...

Kingsley Dunham Sir Kingsley Charles Dunham (2 January 1910 – 5 April 2001) was one of the leading British geologists and mineralogists of the 20th century. He was a Professor of Geology at the Durham University, University of Durham from 1950–71. He was l ...

– Director of the

British Geological Survey The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a partly publicly funded body which aims to advance Earth science, geoscientific knowledge of the United Kingdom landmass and its continental shelf by means of systematic surveying, monitoring and research. ...

(1967–75);

Wollaston Medal The Wollaston Medal is a scientific award for geology and the highest award granted by the Geological Society of London, the oldest geological society in the world. The medal is named after William Hyde Wollaston, and was first awarded in 1831. I ...

(1976) *

Nigel Glover Edward William Nigel Glover (born 20 June 1961) is a British particle physicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Durham. He graduated from Downing College, Cambridge, with a first in Natural Sciences, and went on to complete a ...

– Professor of Physics at Durham University * Rebecca Goss – Professor of Organic Chemistry at

University of St. Andrews The University of St Andrews (, ; abbreviated as St And in post-nominals) is a public university in St Andrews, Scotland. It is the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and, following the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, t ...

(2018–) * Joseph Holden – Professor of Physical Geography at

(2007–) * Joanne Johnson –

British Antarctic Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of list of global issues, global issues, and to provide an active prese ...

geochemist;

Polar Medal The Polar Medal is a medal awarded by the Sovereign of the United Kingdom to individuals who have outstanding achievements in the field of polar research, and particularly for those who have worked over extended periods in harsh climates. It w ...

(2023) * Basil Charles King – Professor of Geology at Bedford College;

Bigsby Medal The Bigsby Medal is a medal of the Geological Society of London established by John Jeremiah Bigsby. Recipients SourcThe Geological Society See also * List of geology awards * Prizes named after people This is a list of awards that are na ...

(1959) * Geoffrey King – Senior Research Professor in Geophysics at the

Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris The Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (, ; abbr. IPGP) is a French governmental, non-profit research and higher education establishment located in Paris, dedicated to the study of earth and planetary sciences by combining observations, labora ...

Peter Kyberd Peter Kyberd is a biomedical engineer specialising in rehabilitation. He is currently head of the School of the Built and Natural Environment at University of Derby. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, an ...

– Biomedical engineer; Head of the School of the Built and Natural Environment at

University of Derby The University of Derby, formerly known as Derby College, is a public university in the city of Derby, England. It traces its history back to the establishment of the Derby Diocesan Institution for the training of schoolmistresses in 1851. It ...

* Mosobalaje Oyawoye – Professor of Geology at the

University of Ibadan The University of Ibadan (UI) is a public university located in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Initially founded as the University College Ibadan in 1948, it maintained its affiliation with the University of London. In 1962, it became an independe ...

(1966–1977) *

Brian Scarlett Brian Scarlett (11 July 1938–2 September 2004) was a British academic noted for his contributions to particle technology Life Scarlett was born 11 July 1938 in Biddulph, Staffordshire, England.Davies, R,. (2004) Particles & Particle Systems ...

– Professor of Chemical Technology at

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

(1983–2000) * Joe Smartt – Reader in Biology at

Southampton University The University of Southampton (abbreviated as ''Soton'' in post-nominal letters) is a public research university in Southampton, England. Southampton is a founding member of the Russell Group of research-intensive universities in the United K ...

(1990–96) *

Mark A. Smith Mark Anthony Smith (August 15, 1965 – December 19, 2010) was a professor of pathology at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, where he also served as the Director of Basic Science Research at the University Memory and Aging Cent ...

– Professor of Pathology at

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a Private university, private research university in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It was established in 1967 by a merger between Western Reserve University and the Case Institute of Technology. Case ...

* W C Swinbank – Meteorological physicist; Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Australia (1961–1971) * David Vaughan – Scientist at

; Lead Author on

IPCC The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an intergovernmental body of the United Nations. Its job is to "provide governments at all levels with scientific information that they can use to develop climate policies". The World M ...

Fourth Assessment Report ''Climate Change 2007'', the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), was published in 2007 and is the fourth in a series of reports intended to assess scientific, technical and soci ...

Stan Woodell Stan Woodell (1928 – 24 April 2004) was a British botanist.J. Steel and A.W. McDonald, Stanley Woodell 1928 – 2004'. Stanley Reginald John Woodell was born in Shepherd's Bush, London. He obtained a degree in Botany from Durham University. An ...

– Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University (1959–88); emeritus Fellow of

Wolfson College, Oxford Wolfson College () is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Wolfson is an all-graduate college, it prides itself on being one of the most international colleges at Oxford, with part ...

(1989–2004) * Philip Woodworth – Oceanographer; former Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level

Business

David Arkless David Edwin Wilson Arkless (born February 1954) is a British businessman, the former president of both CDI Corporation and ManpowerGroup. Early life Arkless studied at the University of Durham, where he read for a BA in General Studies. He su ...

– President of

End Human Trafficking Now The End Human Trafficking Now (EHTN) campaign was founded in 2006 in an attempt at uniting the business world in combatting human trafficking and modern slavery. The campaign grew out of the “Roundtable of the Business Community against Human Tr ...

(2011–) *

Jonathan Beckett Jonathan William Field Beckett (born June 1957) is a British yacht broker. He is Chief Executive of Burgess Yachts. Beckett graduated from Durham University. Originally from Great Yarmouth, he was hired by Burgess Yachts founder Nigel Burgess in ...

– Chief Executive of Burgess Yachts * Mark Cunliffe-Lister, 4th Earl of Swinton – Owner of Swinton Park Hotel * Ian Marchant – Chairman of

Thames Water Thames Water Utilities Limited, trading as Thames Water, is a British private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking w ...

(2018–2023) * Peter Owen Edmunds – telecoms entrepreneur in Russia; co-founded Peterstar *

Richard Paniguian Sir Richard Leon Paniguian (28 July 1949 – 25 June 2017) was a British oil industry executive with ties to British intelligence. Paniguian was a project manager for BP in some of its most challenging territories. He was also notable for his ...

– Group Vice-president at BP (2002–2008), Head of Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) (2008–2015) * Richard Pease, 4th Baronet – Head of Crux Asset Management (2015–2023) *

Tim Smit Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE (born 25 September 1954) is a Dutch-born British businessman who jointly helped create the Lost Gardens of Heligan, and the Eden Project in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Early life Tim Smit was born in Scheveningen, ...

– co-creator of

Lost Gardens of Heligan The Lost Gardens of Heligan (, meaning ''willow tree garden'') are located near Mevagissey in Cornwall, England and are considered to be amongst the most popular in the UK. The gardens are typical of the 19th century Gardenesque style ...

and the

Eden Project The Eden Project () is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England. The project is located in a reclaimed china clay clay pit, pit.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map 107 – Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel''. . The complex is dominated by two h ...

Oliver Tress Oliver James Mark Tress (born May 1967) is a British businessman and the founder and CEO of the UK retail chain Oliver Bonas. He opened the first Oliver Bonas store in London in 1993. Early life Tress was born in Oxfordshire, in May 1967, th ...

– founder of Oliver Bonas *

Rachel Skinner Rachel Susan Skinner (née Bass; born December 1976) is a British civil engineer with Canadian-based consultant WSP Global. She was named one of the ''Daily Telegraph'' Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2016 and both the Best Woman Ci ...

– President of the

Institution of Civil Engineers The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a Charitable organization, charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters ar ...

(2020–2021) * Stephen Welton – CEO of

Business Growth Fund BGF Investment Management Limited, established in 2011 as the Business Growth Fund, is an investment company that provides venture capital for small and mid-sized businesses in the UK and Ireland. From a network of 16 offices in the UK and Irelan ...

(2011–)

Media and performing arts

Film, radio, television and theatre

* George Auckland – longtime BBC television and digital media executive * Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings – played Cameron Fraser on ''

The Archers ''The Archers'' is a British radio soap opera currently broadcast on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word Radio broadcasting, channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now pr ...

'' * Kieron Barry – playwright; ''Stockwell'' (2009) * Fergus Beeley – BBC Natural World producer and documentarian *

Benedict Bermange Benedict Bermange (born 19 March 1975) is a British cricket statistician. Bermange was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School He studied at Durham University, where he captained the Hatfield College cricket team and played alongside Andrew Stra ...

–

Sky Sports Sky Sports is a group of British broadcasting of sports events, subscription sports channels operated by the satellite television, satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television ...

cricket statistician * Bill Bunbury –

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Broadcasting * Aliw Broadcasting Corporation, Philippine broadcast company * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial American ...

radio producer * James Cary – TV and radio comedy writer, ''

Think the Unthinkable This is a list of current and former programmes broadcast on BBC Radio 4. When it came into existence – on 30 September 1967 – Radio 4 inherited a great many continuing programme series which had been initiated prior to that date by its pred ...

'' and ''

Bluestone 42 ''Bluestone 42'' is a British sitcom about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan during Operation Herrick, first broadcast on 5 March 2013 on BBC Three. The third and final series began on 9 March 2015 and ended on 13 April 2015. In ...

'' * Stuart Draper – theatre actor and director *

Mark Durden-Smith Mark Durden-Smith (born 1 October 1968) is an English television presenter best known for presenting ITV shows such as '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! NOW!'' and '' This Morning Summer'', Sky 1 shows such as ''The Match'' and ''Doubl ...

– Channel 5 sports presenter *

Ed Gamble Edward Stephenson Gamble (born 10 March 1986) is an English comedian and television presenter. He is best known for co-presenting the ''Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Off Menu'' podcast with James Acaster as well as his appearances ...

– stand-up and performer, ''

The Peacock and Gamble Podcast ''The Peacock and Gamble Podcast'' was a weekly podcast hosted by British comedians Ray Peacock and Ed Gamble. Hosted on Chortle.co.uk and accessible via iTunes and RSS, the show started in 2009 as a spiritual sequel to the ''Ray Peacock Podcas ...

'' and ''

Mock the Week ''Mock the Week'' is a topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. Presenter Dara Ó Briain and pan ...

'' *

Jonathan Gould Jonathan Alan Gould (born 18 July 1968) is a football coach and former professional player. As a player, he was a goalkeeper from 1989 until 2009 playing for numerous clubs, notably in the Premier League for Coventry City and in the Scottish P ...

– sports presenter; ''

MLB on Five ''MLB on Five'' was a sports television programme on Channel 5 in the UK providing live coverage of Major League Baseball games, broadcast between 1997 and 2008. It was usually broadcast on Sunday (going into Monday morning) and Wednesday night ...

'' (1997–2008) *

Mark Pougatch Mark Charles Adam Pougatch (born 27 January 1968) is an English radio and television broadcaster, journalist, and author who is currently a sideline reporter for Stan Sport's European football and the Chief Sports Presenter for ITV Sport, fr ...

–

ITV Sport ITV Sport is the Broadcasting of sports events, sports department of ITV plc, which produces and presents sports programming for the ITV (TV network), ITV network and ITVX. The branding was originally introduced in 1985 as an umbrella title fo ...

presenter *

Ian Sharp James Ian Sharp (born 13 November 1946, Clitheroe, Lancashire) is an English film and television director. He is best known for directing the SAS action thriller '' Who Dares Wins'' (1982) and directing the action sequences of the James Bond ...

– film and television director known for ''

Who Dares Wins ''Who Dares Wins'' (, ''O tolmón niká''; Latin: ''Qui audet adipiscitur'' ; ; ; Portuguese: ''Quem ousa vence''; German: ''Wer wagt, gewinnt''; Dutch: ''Wie niet waagt, die niet wint''; Hebrew: המעז מנצח) is a motto made popular in t ...

'' (1982) and his

second-unit A second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second unit will often shoot simultaneously with the other unit or units, allowing the filming s ...

work on ''

GoldenEye ''GoldenEye'' is a 1995 spy film, the seventeenth in the List of James Bond films, ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the first to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional Secret Intelligence Service, MI6 agent James Bond (lit ...

'' (1995) * Richard Teverson – character actor who has appeared in ''

Coalition A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political, military, or economic spaces. Formation According to ''A G ...

'', ''

Red Joan ''Red Joan'' is a 2018 British spy drama film, directed by Trevor Nunn, from a screenplay by Lindsay Shapero. The film stars Sophie Cookson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Tom Hughes, Ben Miles, Nina Sosanya, Tereza Srbova, and Judi Dench. The fi ...

'' and ''

The Crown The Crown is a political concept used in Commonwealth realms. Depending on the context used, it generally refers to the entirety of the State (polity), state (or in federal realms, the relevant level of government in that state), the executive ...

'' *

Jeremy Vine Jeremy Guy Vine (born 17 May 1965) is an English television and radio presenter and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests, consumer issues and popu ...

– broadcaster and journalist; ''

Panorama A panorama (formed from Greek language, Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any Obtuse angle, wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography (panoramic photography), film, seismic image ...

'' (2007–2010) '' Eggheads'' (2008–present)

Music

Jonathan Darlington Jonathan Philip Darlington (born 1956 in Lapworth, England) is a British conductor, Music Director Emeritus of the Vancouver Opera and the former Music Director of the Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra. He is known for his broad repertoire of both ...

–

Generalmusikdirektor A music director, musical director or director of music is a person responsible for the musical aspects of a performance, production, or organization. This would include the artistic director and usually chief conductor of an orchestra or concert ...

of the

Duisburg Philharmonic The Duisburg Philharmonic Orchestra (in German: Duisburger Philharmoniker) is a German orchestra based in Duisburg. The orchestra is resident at the ''Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisberg''. The ''Duisburger Philharmoniker'' is the accompanying o ...

(2002–2011) *

Tim Exile Tim Exile (or Exile) is the recording alias of Timothy Charles Shaw, a producer and performer of electronic music spanning drum and bass, IDM, breakcore and gabber. Early life Exile was educated at Rendcomb College from 1990 to 1997 and studie ...

–

drum and bass Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast Break (music)#Breakbeat (element of music), breakbeats (typically 165–185 Tempo, beats per minute) with heavy Bass (music) ...

producer * Malcolm Goldring – conductor and musical director * Paul Keenan – composer of contemporary classical music * Shelly Knotts – composer and performer of electronic, live coded and networked music *

Alec Roth Alec Roth (1948) is an English composer. He is best known for his collaboration with Vikram Seth to produce the opera ''Arion and the Dolphin'' in 1994 based on the myth of Arion. Roth studied music from 1976 as a mature student at Durham Univers ...

– composer best known for ''Arion and the Dolphin'' (1994) *

Riva Taylor Rebecca Jane Grosvenor Taylor, known professionally as Riva Taylor, is an English singer and actress. Early life and education Taylor was born in Hammersmith, London. She had her first experience on the stage at the age of seven in London's Wes ...

– jazz singer-songwriter; ''This Woman's Heart .1'' (2020) and ''This Woman's Heart .2'' (2021) *

Jake Thackray John Philip "Jake" Thackray (27 February 1938 – 24 December 2002) was an English singer-songwriter, poet, humourist and journalist. Best known in the late 1960s and early 1970s for his topical comedy songs performed on British television, hi ...

– folk musician; '' The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray'' (1967)

Writing and journalism

Poppy Adams Poppy Adams is a British television documentary director/producer and novelist. She has made films for the BBC, Channel 4 and The Discovery Channel. Her first novel, ''The Behaviour of Moths'', was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award in ...

– author and television director; ''The Behaviour of Moths'' (2008) * Oliver Balch – author and freelance journalist; ''Viva South America! A Journey Round a Restless Continent'' (2009) *

Thomas Blackburn Thomas, Tom or Tommy Blackburn may refer to: * Anthony Blackburn (born 1945), British vice-admiral and Equerry to the Royal Household, commonly known as Tom Blackburn * Thomas Blackburn (burgess) (1742–1807), Virginia planter, patriot and politic ...

– poet, novelist and memoirist; ''A Clip of Steel'' (1969) *

Dominic Carman Dominic Carman (born 23 August 1961) is a British journalist, writer and Liberal Democrat political activist. Family Dominic Carman was born on 23 August 1961 in Hale, Cheshire. Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Durham University, Car ...

– legal affairs journalist; former feature writer for ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British Newspaper#Daily, daily Newspaper#National, national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its modern name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its si ...

'' *

Alexander Frater Alexander Russell Frater (3 January 1937 – 1 January 2020) was a British travel writer and journalist. Described by Miles Kington as 'the funniest man who wrote for ''Punch'' since the war', Frater is best known for his various books and for ...

– author and travel editor; ''Chasing the Monsoon'' (1990) * Frederick Grice – writer of children's literature; ''The Bonny Pit Laddie'' (1960) * John Kay – chief reporter for ''

The Sun The Sun is the star at the centre of the Solar System. It is a massive, nearly perfect sphere of hot Plasma (physics), plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core, radiating the energy from its surface mainly as ...

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Colin McDowell Colin Roxburgh McDowell (born 1936) is a British fashion writer, designer and curator. McDowell is best known for his stint as a highly opinionated Fashion Editor for ''The Sunday Times'', where he became a familiar sight in the front row of fa ...

– former Fashion Editor of ''

The Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...

'' * Katharine Preston – writer and public speaker; ''Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice'' (2013) * Rosa Rankin-Gee – novelist; ''The Last King of Sark'' (2011) and ''Dreamland'' (2021) * Alan Schom – popular historian; ''Napoleon Bonaparte, A Biography'' (1997) *

Ruth Sherlock Ruth Sherlock (born 28 April 1987) is an English journalist. She is currently an international correspondent for NPR. Early life and education Sherlock is from Hereford and grew up in King's Thorn. She is of partial Italian descent. She attended ...

– journalist; international correspondent for

NPR National Public Radio (NPR) is an American public broadcasting organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It serves as a national Radio syndication, syndicator to a network of more ...

David Shukman David Roderick Shukman (born 30 May 1958) is a British journalist, and the former science editor of BBC News. Early life Shukman was born in 1958 in St Pancras, London. He is of Jewish ancestry – his grandfather, whom he is named after, was ...

– Science Editor of

BBC News BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broad ...

(2012–2021); ''Reporting Live from the End of the World'' (2010) * Owen Slot – sports journalist; Chief Rugby Correspondent at ''The Times''

Military personnel

British Army

* General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith –

Chief of the General Staff The Chief of the General Staff (CGS) is a post in many armed forces (militaries), the head of the military staff. List * Chief of the General Staff (Abkhazia) * Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan) * Chief of the General Staff (Albania) * C ...

(2018–2022) * General Sir Richard Dannatt – Chief of the General Staff (2006–2009) * Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin – Military Secretary (2000–2004) * Major-General Alex Taylor – Director,

Army Legal Services The Army Legal Services Branch (ALS) is a branch of the Adjutant-General's Corps (AGC) in the British Army. Before 1992, the branch existed as the independent Army Legal Corps (ALC). History Many of the functions of the ALS were once carried ou ...

(2019–2024)

Royal Air Force

* Air Marshal Peter Walker – Commander of Joint Warfare Centre (2005–2007);

Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey The lieutenant governor of Guernsey is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The role of the lieutenant governor is to act as the ''de facto'' head of state in Guern ...

(2011–2015)

Royal Navy

* Rear Admiral Andrew Burns –

Fleet Commander The Fleet Commander is a senior Royal Navy post, responsible for the operation, resourcing and training of the ships, submarines and aircraft, and personnel, of the Naval Service (United Kingdom), Naval Service. The Vice-Admiral incumbent is requ ...

(2021–) * Rear Admiral Matthew Parr – Commander Operations (2013–2015)

Politicians and civil servants

Parliament of the United Kingdom

Members of the House of Commons

Robert Buckland Sir Robert James Buckland (born 22 September 1968) is a British politician who served as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from 2019 to 2021, and as Secretary of State for Wales from July to October 2022. A member of the Conse ...

– Conservative MP for

South Swindon Swindon South is a constituency in the Borough of Swindon, Wiltshire, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Heidi Alexander of the Labour Party. Alexander had previously been MP for Lewisham East from 2010 to 2 ...

(2010–);

Secretary of State for Justice The secretary of state for justice is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Justice. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. Since the office's inception ...

(2019–2021) *

Robert Strother Stewart Robert Strother Stewart (16 May 1878 – 15 November 1954) was an English lawyer, colonial judge and Liberal Party politician. Family and education Stewart was the son of the Reverend Robert Stewart MA, a Presbyterian minister from Newcastle upon ...

– Liberal MP for

Stockton-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in County Durham, England, with a population of 84,815 at the 2021 UK census. It gives its name to and is the largest settlement in the wider Borough of Stockton-on-Tees. It is part of Teesside and the Tees Val ...

(1923–1924) *

Edward Timpson Anthony Edward Timpson, (born 26 December 1973) is a British former Conservative Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire from 2019 to 2024. Timpson was previously the MP for neighbouring Crewe ...

– Conservative MP for

Crewe and Nantwich Crewe and Nantwich was, from 1974 to 2009, a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Cheshire, England. It had a population (2001 census) of 111,007. It contained 69 ci ...

(2008–2017) and for Eddisbury (2019–2024);

Solicitor General for England and Wales His Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, known informally as the Solicitor General, is one of the law officers of the Crown in the government of the United Kingdom. They are the deputy of the Attorney General for England and Wales ...

(2022)

Members of the House of Lords

Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles Patrick Robert Carter, Baron Carter of Coles (born 9 February 1946) is a Labour life peer in the House of Lords. Early life and career Carter was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, where he was a contemporary of Jack Straw. In his autob ...

– Labour Party

life peer In the United Kingdom, life peers are appointed members of the peerage whose titles cannot be inherited, in contrast to hereditary peers. Life peers are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister. With the exception of the D ...

(2004–) * James Timpson, Baron Timpson – Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation (2024–)

European Parliament

Members of the European Parliament

* Jake Pugh –

Brexit Party Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. Nigel Farage has been Leader of Reform UK and Richard Tice deputy leader since 2024. It has five members of Parliament (MPs) in the House of Commons and one membe ...

MEP for

Yorkshire and the Humber Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the nine official regions of England at the first level of ITL for statistical purposes. It is one of the three regions covering Northern England, alongside the North West England and North East England regio ...

(2019–2020)

Civil Service

Ambassadors and High Commissioners

* Bruce Bucknell – British Ambassador to Belarus (2012–2016) * David Carter – British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2000–2004) *

Kim Darroch Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, (; born 30 April 1954) is a former British diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019, and previously as National Security Adviser and U ...

– UK Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007–2011),

British Ambassador to the United States The British ambassador to the United States is in charge of the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission to the United States. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the United States of A ...

(2016–2019) * David Fitton – British High Commissioner to Jamaica (2013–2017) *

William Quantrill William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837 – June 6, 1865) was a Confederate States of America, Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War. Quantrill experienced a turbulent childhood, became a schoolteacher, and joined a group ...

– British Ambassador to Cameroon (1991–1995)

Colonial Service

John Rawling Todd John Rawling Todd () (15 February 1929 – 18 July 2002) was a British colonial civil servant. He held progressively senior roles in the administration of British Hong Kong, and served as Secretary for Transport and Housing, Secretary for Housin ...

– Secretary for Housing,

British Hong Kong Hong Kong was under British Empire, British rule from 1841 to 1997, except for a Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, brief period of Japanese occupation during World War II from 1941 to 1945. It was a crown colony of the United Kingdom from 1841 ...

(1986–1988) *

John Francis Yaxley John Francis Yaxley (born 13 November 1938 in Birmingham, England) is a former civil servant in the UK Colonial Office. After beginning his career in the Pacific Islands, Yaxley occupied a number of senior roles with the administration of Briti ...

– Hong Kong Commissioner in London (1989–1993)

Governors of British Overseas Territories

* Peter Waterworth –

Governor of Montserrat The governor of Montserrat is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Montserrat. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The main role of the governor ...

(2007–2011)

Religion

Anglican Communion

Bishops

* John Boys –

Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman The Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, and encompasses the area around Kimberley, Northern Cape, Kimberley and Kuruman and overlaps the Northern Cape Province and North West Province (South A ...

(1951–1960) * David Chellappa – Bishop of Madras (1955–1964) *

Peter Dawes Peter Spencer Dawes (5 February 1928 – 10 November 2022) was the fifth Church of England Bishop of Derby from 1988 to 1995. Dawes was educated at Aldenham School and Hatfield College, Durham, and ordained in 1955. His career began with curac ...

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Bishop of Derby The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury.''Crockford's Clerical Directory'', 100th edition, (2007), Church House Publishing. . The diocese was formed from part of the Diocese o ...

(1988–1995) * Arthur Douglas – Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney (1883–1905) * David Edwardes Davies –

Bishop of Bangor The Bishop of Bangor is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Diocese of Bangor of the Church in Wales. The Episcopal see, see is based in the city of Bangor where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Bangor Cathedral, Cathedral Church of Sa ...

(1944–1949) * Morris Gelsthorpe – Bishop in the Sudan (1945–1952) * Frederick Goldie –

Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway The Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Scottish Episcopal Church Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway. Brief history When the dioceses of Glasgow and Galloway were combined in 1837, Michael Russell, the then ...

(1974–1980) *

Temple Hamlyn Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn (1864–1929) was an Anglican bishop in Africa in the first decade of the 20th century. Hamlyn was educated at Totnes Grammar School and Durham University, completing his Licentiate of Theology in 1899, followed by a M ...

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Bishop of Accra The Anglican Diocese of Accra is a diocese of the Church of the Province of West Africa, a member church of the Anglican Communion. It was founded in 1909 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The cathedral of the diocese is Holy Trinity Cathedral (A ...

(1908–1910) *

Clive Handford George Clive Handford (born 17 April 1937) is an English Anglican bishop. He was the fourth Anglican Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf.‘HANDFORD, Rt Rev. (George) Clive’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Pres ...

– Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf (1997–2007) * Ralph Hawkins – Bishop of Bunbury (1957–1977) * Robert Hay – Bishop of Tasmania (1919–1943) * Francis Johnston –

Bishop of Egypt The Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria is a province of the Anglican Communion. Its territory was formerly the Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa. On 29 June 2020 the diocese was elevated to the status of an eccles ...

(1952–1958) *

Oliver Simon Oliver Simon (born 1945) is a retired Anglican bishop and Church of England priest. After a 40-year ministry as a priest, he served as Bishop of Antsiranana in Madagascar from 2012 until 2015. Education Simon was educated at Durham University, ga ...

– Bishop of Antsiranana (2012–2015) * Proctor Swaby –

Bishop of Guyana The Anglican Diocese of Guyana is one of eight within the Province of the West Indies. Its cathedral is St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown. The diocese came into being on 24 August 1842, when William Austin (1842–1892) was consecrated as the ...

(1893–1899);

Bishop of Barbados The Diocese of Barbados is one of eight dioceses of the Anglican Communion that is part of the Province of the West Indies. History The diocese was established in 1824 as one of a pair, the other being the Diocese of Jamaica, which covered the ...

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the Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or the West Indies. Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from Do ...

(1899–1916) * Gordon Tindall –

Bishop of Grahamstown The Bishop of Grahamstown is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Grahamstown in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The Bishop's residence is at Bishopsbourne, Grahamstown. List of Bishops of Grahamstown Diocesan bishops # John Armstron ...

(1964–1969)

Deans and Provosts

Dominic Barrington Dominic Matthew Jesse Barrington (born 1962) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2022, he has been Dean of York Minster, the cathedral of the Church of England's Diocese of York. He had been Dean (Christianity)#Cathedrals, dean of St. James Cathe ...

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Dean of York The Dean of York is the member of the clergy who is responsible for the running of the York Minster cathedral. As well as being the head of the cathedral church of the diocese and the metropolitical church of the province, the Dean of York holds ...

(2022–) *

William Kay William Kay may refer to: Politicians *William Kay (politician) (1829–1889) businessman and politician in South Australia *William A. Kay (1864-1931), American politician *William Frederic Kay (1876–1942), Canadian politician Sports *William ...

– Provost of

Blackburn Cathedral Blackburn Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin with Saint Paul, is an Anglican (Church of England) cathedral situated in the heart of Blackburn town centre, in Lancashire, England. The cathedral site has ...

(1936–1961) *

Roderick Mackay Roderick, Rodrick or Roderic (Proto-Germanic , from , + , ) is a Germanic name, recorded from the 8th century onward.Förstemann, ''Altdeutsches Namenbuch'' (1856)740 Its Old High German forms are , , , , , ; in Gothic language ; in Old English ...

– Dean of Edinburgh (1939–1954) * Hugh McIntosh – Provost of

St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin, commonly called St Mary's Cathedral, is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is located on the Great Western Road, in the west end of Glasgow, Scotland. The current building was opened on 9 ...

(1966–1970) *

Leslie Weatherhead Leslie Dixon Weatherhead (14 October 1893 – 5 January 1976) was an English Christian theologian in the liberal Protestant tradition. Weatherhead was noted for his preaching ministry at City Temple in London and for his books, including ...

– Dean of Nassau (1965–1972) * Bill Williams – Provost of

Coventry Cathedral The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael, commonly known as Coventry Cathedral, is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry and the Diocese of Coventry within the Church of England. The cathedral is located in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midla ...

(1958–1981)

Archdeacons

* Henry Carden – Archdeacon of Lahore (1929–1934) * Alexander Chisholm –

Archdeacon of Carlisle The Archdeacon of Carlisle is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Carlisle. The archdeacon is responsible for some pastoral care and discipline of the clergy in the ancient archdeaconry of Carlisle. Sources would seem to indicate ...

(1947–1958) * Richard Blundell Comins – Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia (1900–1910) * Herbert Edmonds – Archdeacon of Madras (1937–1940) * Hugh Edwardes – Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth (1933–1944) * Glyndwr Hackett –

Archdeacon of Monmouth The Diocese of Monmouth is a diocese of the Church in Wales. Despite the name, its cathedral is located not in Monmouth but in Newport, Wales, Newport — Newport Cathedral (Welsh: ''Cadeirlan Casnewydd''), commonly known as St Woolos Cathedral. ...

(2001–2008) * Thomas Hodgson –

Archdeacon of Huntingdon The Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech 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 Huntingdon and Wisbech. History The Archdeaconry ...

(1915–1921) * Robert Jones –

Archdeacon of Worcester An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that of most ...

(2014–2023) * George MacDermott –

Archdeacon of Norwich The Archdeacon of Norwich is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the geographical area of her or his archdeaconry. History ...

(1921–1938) * Henry Marriott – Archdeacon of Bermuda (1925–1951) * Frederic Murray – Archdeacon of Belize (1907–1918) * Andrew Ritchie –

Archdeacon of Surrey The Archdeaconry of Surrey is the ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Surrey, a subdivision of the Church of England Diocese of Guildford in the Province of Canterbury. History The whole archdeaconry was historically in the ...

(1949–1955) *

Morris Rodham Morris Rodham (born 1959) is an Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon Missioner (Archdeacon of Warwick) in the Diocese of Coventry 2010–2019. Morris Rodham was educated at Durham University, graduating with a degree in Classics as a member ...

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Archdeacon of Warwick The Archdeacon of Warwick (now called Archdeacon Missioner) is the senior ecclesiastical officer in charge of the archdeaconry of Warwick in the Diocese of Coventry. The Archdeaconry of Warwick has five Deaneries which centre on Warwick and Leami ...

(2010–2019) * Richard Ross-Lewin – Archdeacon of Limerick (1919–1921) * Edward Leslie Seager –

Archdeacon of Dorset The Archdeacon of Dorset is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the four area deaneries: Purbeck, Poole, Wimborne, and Milton & ...

(1955–1974) *

Andrew Spens The Ven Andrew Nathaniel Wadham Spens of Craigsanquhar (25 April 1844 – 13 April 1932) was a Church of England priest. He served as Archdeacon of Lahore from 1892 to 1900. Early life Spens was the son of Major-General Andrew Spens (18 ...

– Archdeacon of Lahore (1892–1900) * Basil Stratton –

Archdeacon of Lichfield The Archdeacon of Lichfield (called Archdeacon of Stafford until 1980) is a senior cleric in the Diocese of Lichfield who is responsible for pastoral care and discipline of clergy in the Lichfield archdeaconry. The archdeaconry was erected – as ...

(1959–1974) * David Williams –

Archdeacon of Cardigan This is a list of archdeacons of Cardigan. The Archdeacon of Cardigan is the priest in charge of the archdeaconry of Cardigan, an administrative division of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. The archdeaconry comprises the five deaneries o ...

(1928–1936)

Other clerics

* Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet – royal chaplain to

King Edward VIII Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January ...

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King George VI George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was also the last Emperor of In ...

* Jonas Pilling – grossly incompetent vicar of St Mark's Church, Huddersfield

Catholic Church

Bishops

Michael Houghton Sir Michael Houghton (born 1949) is a British scientist and Nobel Prize laureate. Along with Qui-Lim Choo, George Kuo and Daniel W. Bradley, he co-discovered Hepatitis C in 1989. He also co-discovered the Hepatitis D genome in 1986. The discove ...

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Bishop of Ebbsfleet The Bishop of Ebbsfleet is a suffragan bishop who fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor in the Church of England. From its creation in 1994 to 2022, the Bishop of Ebbsfleet served traditionalist Anglo-Catholic parishes that reject t ...

(1998–1999)

Sport

Athletics

Mark Hudspith Mark Edward Hudspith (born 19 January 1969) is a male English former long-distance runner. Athletics career Hudspith represented England and won the bronze medal in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria. At the time he was th ...

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long-distance runner Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least . Physiologically, it is largely Aerobic exercise, aerobic in nature and requires stamina as well as mental strength. Within endurance ru ...

; bronze medallist in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games *

Jon Solly Jonathan "Jon" Solly (born 28 June 1963) is a male English former long-distance runner. Athletics career Solly won the gold medal for England in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He achieved his personal b ...

– gold medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

Cricket

First-Class

* Chaitanya Bishnoi –

Haryana Haryana () is a States and union territories of India, state located in the northern part of India. It was carved out after the linguistic reorganisation of Punjab, India, Punjab on 1 November 1966. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with les ...

(2015–2023) and

Chennai Super Kings The Chennai Super Kings, also known as CSK, are a professional Twenty20 cricket team based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, that competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The team was one of the eight debut franchises when the league was establ ...

(2018–2019) * Thomas Bruce – Durham UCCE (2005) * Nick Compton –

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

(2001–2009),

Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...

(2010–2014) and

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

(2012–2016) *

Graham Cowdrey Graham Robert Cowdrey (27 June 1964 – 10 November 2020) was an English cricketer. Biography Cowdrey was the third son of cricketer and life peer Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge and his first wife Penny Chiesman. He was born in ...

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Kent Kent is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Essex across the Thames Estuary to the north, the Strait of Dover to the south-east, East Sussex to the south-west, Surrey to the west, and Gr ...

(1984–1998) *

Tim Curtis Timothy Stephen Curtis (born 15 January 1960) is a former England cricketer, English teacher and Director of Sport at RGS Worcester. He retired from teaching in 2016. A right-handed batsman born at Chislehurst in Kent, Curtis was a prolific sco ...

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Cambridge University The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...

(1983) and

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

(1979–1997) * Peter Deakin – Cambridge University (1996) and

Dorset Dorset ( ; Archaism, archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, t ...

(1999–2006) * Paul Dixey – Kent (2005–2010), Durham UCCE (2007–2010) and

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

(2011–2012) * Edwin Hardy –

Europeans Europeans are the focus of European ethnology, the field of anthropology related to the various ethnic groups that reside in the states of Europe. Groups may be defined by common ancestry, language, faith, historical continuity, etc. There are ...

(1915) * George Harper – Durham UCCE (2009–2010) and

Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire (, abbreviated ''Bucks'') is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east, Hertfordshir ...

(2008–2012) * Steve Henderson – Worcestershire (1977–1981), Cambridge University (1982–1983) and

Glamorgan Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the South Wales, south of Wales. Originally an ea ...

(1983–1985) * Thomas Jameson – Cambridge University (1970) and

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Ox ...

(1970) *

James Lawrence James Lawrence (October 1, 1781 – June 4, 1813) was an officer of the United States Navy. During the War of 1812, he commanded in a single-ship action against , commanded by Philip Broke. He is probably best known today for his last words, ...

– Durham University (1995) and

British Universities Universities in the United Kingdom have generally been instituted by royal charter, papal bull, Act of Parliament, or an instrument of government under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 or the Higher Education and Research Act 2017. Deg ...

(1998) * Harry McInley – Durham MCCU (2015) * Gavin Moffat – Cambridge University (1996) *

James Moyes James Moyes (1851–1927) was a Scottish writer, theologian, and controversialist. Biography Moyes was born in Edinburgh in 1851. He was educated in Ireland, France, and Rome at the Venerable English College, Rome. Ordained into the priest ...

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Cumberland Cumberland ( ) is an area of North West England which was historically a county. The county was bordered by Northumberland to the north-east, County Durham to the east, Westmorland to the south-east, Lancashire to the south, and the Scottish ...

(1994–2001) and Cambridge University (2002) * James Rowe – Durham UCCE (2001) and

Kent Cricket Board The Kent Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Kent. This covers the local authorities within the modern county of Kent as well as the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham ...

(2002) *

Andrew Strauss Sir Andrew John Strauss (born 2 March 1977) is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middl ...

– Middlesex (1998–2012) and England (2003–2012) *

Frank Tyson Frank Holmes Tyson (6 June 1930 – 27 September 2015) was an England international cricketer of the 1950s, who also worked as a schoolmaster, journalist, cricket coach and cricket commentator after emigrating to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed " ...

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Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...

(1952–1960) and England (1954–1959) * Freddie van den Bergh –

Surrey Surrey () is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East Sussex, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the wes ...

(2011–2019) and Durham MCCU (2012–2014) * Charlie Wallis – Durham MCCU (2012–2013) * Nathaniel Watkins –

Oxfordshire Oxfordshire ( ; abbreviated ''Oxon'') is a ceremonial county in South East England. The county is bordered by Northamptonshire and Warwickshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east, Berkshire to the south, and Wiltshire and Glouceste ...

(2011), Durham MCCU (2011–2013) and

Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...

(2012–2019) * James Wilkes-Green –

Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...

(2015) * Michael Yeabsley – Cambridge University (1995)

List A

Rodney Dethridge Frank Rodney Dethridge (born 13 September 1961) is a former English cricketer. Dethridge was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Pembury, Kent. Dethridge made his debut for Bedfordshire in the 1982 Minor ...

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Bedfordshire Bedfordshire (; abbreviated ''Beds'') is a Ceremonial County, ceremonial county in the East of England. It is bordered by Northamptonshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Hertfordshire to the south and the south-east, and Buckin ...

(1982) * Kim Norkett – Glamorgan (1974)

Cycling

* Katharine Ford – ultra-distance cyclist; 4 time world record holder on the Indoor Track

Field Hockey

* Gavin Featherstone – coached

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

1984 Olympics The 1984 Olympics may refer to: *The 1984 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia *The 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an i ...

and

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

at the

1996 Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

* Rui Saldanha – represented

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland, and Wales. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the List of European ...

1972 Olympics 1972 Olympics refers to both: *1972 Winter Olympics, which were held in Sapporo, Japan *1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an ...

Football

* Warren Bradley –

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

(1958–1962) and

(1959)

Rowing

* Simon Barr – Gold medallist for

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

in Lightweight men's eight at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships * Angus Groom – Silver medallist in

Quadruple sculls A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated as a 4x, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each han ...

at the 2020 Olympics * Alice Freeman – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships, 5th place in Women's eight at the 2008 OlympicsMoyes, 2007, 3, p. 81 * Louisa Reeve – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships *

Emily Taylor Emily Taylor (7 April 1795 – 11 March 1872) was an English schoolmistress, poet, children's author, and hymnist. She wrote numerous tales for children, chiefly historical, along with books of instruction and some descriptive natural history. ...

– Silver medallist in Women's eight at 2008 European Championships

Rugby

* Toby Allchurch – represented

on tour of Japan, Fiji and Tonga (1979)Moyes, 2007, 'Some outstanding players 1960s and 1970s', 5, pp. 124–143 *

Josh Basham Joshua William R. Basham (born 17 April 1999) is an English rugby player who plays as a flanker for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. Basham made his professional debut for London Irish during the 2017-18 season, eventually making 3 more ...

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Newcastle Falcons Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union. The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...

(2018–2022) * Beth Blacklock – Scotland women (2023–) *

Richard Breakey Richard Breakey (born 14 November 1956) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. He played for Scotland in the 1978 Five Nations tournament. Personal Breakey was educated at Fettes College and Durham University (Hatfield College ...

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Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...

(1978) *

Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton Jeremy Robert Edward Campbell-Lamerton (born 21 February 1957 in Gibraltar) is a former Scottish national team international rugby union player. Army career Campbell-Lamerton served as an officer with the Scots Guards in Germany, in Northern ...

– Scotland B (1985–1986) and Scotland (1986–1987) *

Will Carling William David Charles Carling (born 12 December 1965) is an English former rugby union player. He was England's youngest captain, aged 22, and won 72 caps from 1988 to 1996, captaining England 59 times. Under his captaincy, England won Five N ...

– Harlequins (1987–2000) and England (1988–1997)Moyes, 2007, 5, p. 148 *

Will Greenwood William John Heaton Greenwood, Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 20 October 1972) is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequin F.C., Harlequins and was a member of England's 2003 Rugby World Cup, 20 ...

– Harlequins (1994–1996 and 2000–2006),

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

(1996–2000) and England (1997–2004)Moyes, 2007, 'The 1990s', 5, pp. 155–167 * Mark Griffin –

(2003–2005) * Charlie Hannaford – England (1971) *

Fitz Harding George Fitzgerald Harding (born 26 April 1999), known as Fitz Harding, is an English rugby union player who plays for Bristol Bears in Premiership Rugby. Early life and education Harding studied History at Durham University (Hatfield College) ...

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Bristol Bears Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club or Bristol Rugby) are a professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 18 ...

(2020–) *

Stuart Legg Stuart Legg (31 August 1910 – 23 July 1988) was a pioneering English documentary filmmaker. At the 14th Academy Awards in 1941, Legg's National Film Board of Canada film '' Churchill's Island'' became the first-ever documentary to win an Oscar ...

– Newcastle Falcons (1997–2000) * Peter Lillington – Scotland B (1981–1982), also represented Scotland on tour of New Zealand (1981) * Andy Mullins – England B (1988) and England (1989) * Marcus Rose – England (1981–1987) * Roshini Turner – Hong Kong women (2019–) *

Dave Walder David John Hume Walder (born 7 May 1978) is an English rugby union coach and former rugby union footballer. Walder was kicking skills coach (2014-2017), attack and backs coach (2014-2017), head coach (2017-2023), director of rugby (2022-2023) ...

– Newcastle Falcons (1999–2006) and England (2001–2003) * Peter Warfield – England (1973–1975) *

Ben Woods Benjamin Woods (born 9 June 1982) is a retired rugby union player who played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers as an openside flanker. Woods started his professional career at Newcastle Falcons in 2003 but suffered a badly broken l ...

– Newcastle Falcons (2003–2008), Leicester Tigers (2008–2012) and

England Saxons England A is England's men's second national rugby union team. The team has previously been known by a number of names, such as England B, Emerging England and, most recently, England Saxons. England A play a key role in the development of emerg ...

(2006–2012)

Tennis

Gabriela Knutson Gabriela Andrea Knutson (; born 21 April 1997, Fair Oaks) is an American-born Czech tennis player. Knutson has a career-high singles by the WTA of 155, achieved on 6 November 2023, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 270, reached on 17 Apr ...

– Czech tennis player; career-high singles ranking of 155

Miscellaneous

Matthew Hedges In May 2018, Matthew Hedges, a British doctoral student who was in the United Arab Emirates for a two-week research trip, was arrested at Dubai International Airport on suspicion of spying on behalf of the British government. In November 2018, ...

– doctoral student imprisoned for spying by the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

Claude Hinscliff Claude Hinscliff Church League for Women's Suffrage meeting in Brighton Reverend Claude Hinscliff (1875–1964) was a British suffragist. He was a leading person in the Church League for Women's Suffrage. Education and early career Hinscliff stu ...

– noted suffragist and founder of the

Church League for Women's Suffrage The Church League for Women's Suffrage (CLWS) was an organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom. The league was started in London, but by 1913 it had branches across England, in Wales and Scotland and Ireland. Aims an ...

Jolyon Maugham Jolyon Toby Dennis Maugham (; born 1 July 1971) is a British barrister. Initially a practitioner in taxation law, he later became a founder and director of the Good Law Project, through which he has played a role in bringing a number of legal c ...

– barrister and founder of

Good Law Project The Good Law Project is a United Kingdom-based political non-profit company. Founded by Jolyon Maugham, the Good Law Project states that its mission is to achieve change and government accountability through the law. History The Good Law Projec ...

Robin Medforth-Mills Leslie Robin Medforth-Mills (8 December 1942 – 2 February 2002) was a British professor of Geography at the University of Durham and a United Nations official. Family Medforth-Mills was the son of Cyril Mills (1908–1989) and Nora Medforth ( ...

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UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

official also known for his marriage to

Princess Elena of Romania Princess Elena of Romania (born 15 November 1950) is the second-eldest daughter of King Michael I and Queen Anne of Romania. Elena is first in the line of succession to the former Romanian throne and headship of the House of Romania as her e ...

Nigel Morgan Nigel Jeremy Morgan (25 September 1954, in Woking, Surrey – 17 November 2018, in Harrismith, South Africa) was a British-South African security consultant. A former British Army officer with close ties to South African intelligence, he was credi ...

– security consultant who gained notoriety for leaking the

2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt The 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup d'état attempt, also known as the Wonga Coup, failed to replace President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo with exiled opposition politician Severo Moto Nsá. Mercenaries organised by mainly British financiers were ...

Tracy Philipps James Erasmus Tracy Philipps (20 November 1888 – 21 July 1959) was a British public servant. Philipps was, in various guises, a soldier, colonial administrator, traveller, journalist, propagandist, conservationist, and secret agent. He served ...

– Intelligence officer and conservationist; Secretary-General of

International Union for Conservation of Nature The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the stat ...

(IUCN) (1955–1958) *

Frederick William Sanderson Frederick William Sanderson (13 May 1857 – 15 June 1922) was headmaster of Oundle School from 1892 until his death. He was an education reformer, and both at Oundle, and previously at Dulwich College where he had started as assistant master, h ...

– Headmaster of

Oundle School Oundle School is a public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding school, boarding and day school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire ...

(1892–1922) * Percy Warrington – founder of various private schools; established Allied Schools financial trust * Giles York – Chief Constable of

Sussex Police Sussex Police are the territorial police force responsible for policing in the whole of Sussex. Their jurisdiction covers the ceremonial counties of East Sussex and West Sussex. Their headquarters are in Malling House, Lewes, East Sussex. Hi ...

(2014–2020)

References

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