List of Old Salopians

List of Old Salopians is a list of some of the many notable alumni of Shrewsbury School, a leading UK independent boarding and day school in Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. They have excelled or gained fame in such fields as business, culture, the military, politics, science, or sport.

Old Salopians

Contents :

• Top
• 0–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

A

• Francis William Lauderdale Adams (1862–1893), writer
• John Adams, (before 1670−1738), cartographer
• Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1668), Lord Mayor of the City of London 1654–65
• John Langshaw Austin (1911-1960), philosopher of language, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy

B

• William Henry Bateson, (1812–1881), college head
• Sir Cecil Beadon (1816–1880), administrator in India
• Henry Edward James Bevan (1854–1935), Archdeacon of Middlesex
• Tim Bewley, High Court judge, Hong Kong
• Christopher Booker, journalist
• Tim Booth, lead singer of the band James
• John Breynton (1719–1799), minister and missionary in Nova Scotia^[1]
• John Brockbank, (1848–1896), footballer who played for England as a forward in the first international match against Scotland.
• Peter Brown, historian of Late Antiquity, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
• Samuel Browne, (1574/5–1632), Church of England clergyman
• Donald Boumphrey MC, (1892–1971), cricketer, educator and British Army officer
• Charles Burney (1726–1814), music historian
• Omar 'Ali Bolkiah (1986–), Crown Prince of the Sultanate of Brunei
• Samuel Butler (1835–1902), iconoclastic author of Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

C

• Philip Campbell Editor in Chief of Nature
• George Sidney Roberts Kitson Clark (1900–1975), historian
• William George Clark (1821–1878), literary and classical scholar
• William Clarke (1695–1771), antiquary
• Richard Charles Cobb (1917–1996), historian and essayist
• Edward Meredith Cope (1818–1873), classical scholar
• Edward Corbet, (1601x3–1658), Anglican clergyman
• John Corbet (Corbett) (1609–1670), politician and judge
• Sir Randolph Crewe (Crew) (bap. 1559, d. 1646), judge^[2]
• Julian Critchley (1930–2000), politician
• Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft (1881–1947), politician
• Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow (1912–2013), diplomat
• Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce (1912–2000), judge

D

• Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection
• Peter Davis (1941–), former chairman Sainsbury's
• Francis Day (1829–1889), military surgeon and ichthyologist
• Paul Edward Dehn (1912–1976), writer and film critic
• Miles Dempsey (1896–1969), army officer
• Hal Dixon (1928–2008), biochemist and Vice Provost of King's College Cambridge
• John Freeman Milward Dovaston, (1782–1854), naturalist and poet^[3]
• Andrew Downes (c.1549–1628), Greek scholar
• Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, Fourth Baronet of Ambrosden, Seventh Baronet of Canons-Ashby, archaeologist and antiquary^[4]

E

• Humphrey Edwards (1582–1658), politician and regicide
• Alexander John Ellis (formerly Sharpe), (1814–1890), phonetician and mathematician
• Sir (Robert) Charles Evans (1918–1995), surgeon and mountaineer
• William Addams Williams Evans (1853–1919), Wales international footballer^[5]

F

• Freddie Fisher (1985–), Big Brother 10 contestant
• Paul Foot (1937-2004), journalist
• James Fraser (1818–1885), bishop of Manchester
• Abraham Fraunce (France) (1559?–1592/3?), poet and lawyer

G

• David Gay MC (1920–2010), British Army officer awarded the Military Cross in World War II, cricketer, and educator
• Arthur Herman Gilkes (1849–1922), headmaster, Dulwich College
• Geoffrey Green (1911–1990), football writer
• Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court (1554–1628), courtier and author
• Sir George Abraham Grierson (1851–1941), administrator in India and philologist
• George Gore (1675–1753) Attorney-General for Ireland
• Henry Melvill Gwatkin (1844–1916), historian and theologian

H

• Nick Hancock (1962–), actor and TV presenter
• John Hanmer (1575/6–1629), bishop of St Asaph
• Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook (1814–1906), politician
• Thomas Emerson Headlam (1813–1875), barrister and politician
• William Henry Herford (1820–1908), educationist
• Michael Heseltine (1933–), politician
• Richard Henry Heslop (alias Xavier) (1907–1973), army officer and resistance organiser
• Sir Thomas Hewett, (1656–1726), architect and landowner^[6]
• Edward Hewetson (1902-1977) cricketer
• Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert (1824–1908), politician
• James Hildyard, (1809–1887), classical scholar
• Richard Hillary (1919–1943), air force officer and author
• Hubert Ashton Holden (1822–1896), classical scholar
• William Walsham How (1823–1897), bishop of Wakefield
• Robert Hudson (1920–2010), BBC broadcaster and administrator
• James Humphreys (1768–1830), law reformer
• Sir Travers Humphreys (1867–1956), judge

I

• Brian St John Inglis (1916–1993), journalist
• Richard Ingrams (1939- ), journalist
• Andrew Irvine (1902–1924), mountaineer

J

• Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929), colonial governor and naturalist
• William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson (1917–1999), army officer and military historian
• George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1645–1689), judge
• (William) Basil Jones (1822–1897), bishop of St David's
• John Jones of Gellilyfdy (before 1585 − in or before 1658), copyist and manuscript collector
• Sir Thomas Jones (1614–1692), judge and law reporter
• Thomas Jones (1756–1807), college teacher

K

• Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1804–1889), headmaster and classical scholar
• Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867), lawyer and classical scholar
• Bryan King (1811–1895), Church of England clergyman

L

• Lord Lane (1918–2005), Law Lord, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine (1901–1980), politician
• Aubrey Trevor Lawrence (1875–1930), barrister and author
• Sir William Leighton (c.1565–1622), poet and composer
• Herbert Mortimer Luckock (1833–1909), dean of Lichfield
• Sir Daniel Lysons (1816–1898), army officer

M

• Humphrey Mackworth (1603–1654), member of Shropshire parliamentary committee in English Civil War, governor of Shrewsbury, member of Protector's Council, MP
• Thomas Mackworth (1627–1696), Parliamentarian soldier and MP
• Humphrey Mackworth (1631–?), military governor of Shrewsbury under Protectorate, MP
• Richard Madox (1546–1583), Church of England clergyman and diarist
• George Augustus Chichester May (1815–1892), judge
• Terry Milewski, journalist^[7]
• George Osborne Morgan (1826–1897), lawyer and politician
• Henry Whitehead Moss (1841–1917), headmaster 1866–1908
• Gerard Moultrie (1829–1885), third master, chaplain, hymnographer
• Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885), classical scholar

N

• Christopher Nevinson (1889-1946), artist
• Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856–1941), social activist and journalist
• Charles Thomas Newton (bap. 1816, d. 1894), archaeologist
• Nevil Shute Norway (1899–1960), novelist as Nevil Shute and aeronautical engineer

O

• Sir Charles Oakeley, 1st Baronet (1751–1826), administrator in India
• William Chichester O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill (1813–1883), Church of Ireland clergyman and composer
• Julian Orchard (1930–1979), film and television actor
• Sir Roger Ormrod (1911–1992), judge
• Sir Francis Ottley (1601–1649), royalist politician and soldier, military governor of Shrewsbury
• Richard Ottley (1626–1670), royalist soldier and Restoration MP
• Hugh Owen (1760–1827), Church of England clergyman and antiquary
• Thomas Owen (d. 1598), judge

P

• Bernard Charles Tolver Paget (1887–1961), army officer
• Edward Francis Paget (1886–1971), archbishop of central Africa
• Francis Paget (1851–1911), bishop of Oxford
• Stephen Paget (1855–1926), writer and pro-vivisection campaigner
• Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888), classical scholar and writer
• Michael Palin, CBE (1943– ), member of Monty Python comedy troupe, writer, actor and world traveller
• John Peel (1939–2004), DJ and journalist
• Sir Nicholas Penny (1949- ), art historian, Director of the National Gallery
• Ambrose Philips (bap. 1674, d. 1749), poet and playwright
• John Arthur Pilcher (1912–1990), diplomatist
• (Henry) Graham Pollard (1903–1976), bookseller and bibliographer
• Sir Thomas Powys (1649–1719), judge and politician

R

• Henry Cecil Raikes (1838–1891), politician
• Martin Rees (President of Royal Society, Astronomer Royal, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
• John Hamilton Reynolds (1794–1852), poet
• George Rudé (1910–1993), British Marxist Historian
• Willie Rushton (1937–1996), cartoonist, comedian, founder of Private Eye
• Ed Reardon fictional character

S

• George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695)
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor (1907–1995), music critic
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor (1955- ), art historian, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
• Nevil Shute (1899–1960), writer
• Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet, courtier and soldier
• Sandy Singleton (1914–1999), cricketer
• John Stuttard (1945– ), Lord Mayor of the City of London 2006–07

T

• John Taylor (bap. 1704, d. 1766), classical scholar and Church of England clergyman
• Oliver Thomas (1599/1600–1652), nonconformist minister and author
• William Thomson (1819–1890), archbishop of York
• Godfrey Thring (1823–1903), hymn writer
• Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring (1818–1907), parliamentary draftsman
• J. C. Thring, Together with Henry de Winton, he published the Cambridge rules which formed the basis of Association football
• Richard Todd (1919 – 2009), Actor
• Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1919–1979), headmaster of Eton College and Fettes College
• Sir Thomas Trevor (c.1573–1656), judge
• James Taylor (cricketer) (1990–)

V

• Sir William Vaughan (d. 1649), royalist army officer

W

• Alan Wace (1879–1957), archaeologist
• Henry Wace (1853–1947), England international footballer^[8]
• Henry William Rawson Wade (1918–2004), academic lawyer
• Graham Wallas (1858–1932), political psychologist and educationist
• John Wood Warter (1806–1878), Church of England clergyman and antiquary^[9]
• John Weaver (1673–1760), dancer and choreographer
• Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928), novelist
• Edgar Whitehead (1905–1971), prime minister of Rhodesia
• Charles Wicksteed (1810–1885), Unitarian minister^[10][11]
• Sir Kyffin Williams (1918–2006), Landscape & Portrait Artist
• Sir William Williams (1633/4–1700), lawyer and politician
• Dare Wilson (1919-2014), SAS officer who introduced attack helicopters to the British military
• H. de Winton
• John Wylie, (1854–1924), 1878 FA Cup winner and England international

Y

• Charles Edward Yate (1849–1940), administrator in India and politician

References

1. Thomas, C. E. (1979). "Breynton, John". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
2. Brief profile of Sir Randolph Crewe. Annals of Shrewsbury School.George William Fisher. pp 58.
3. Biography of John Freeman Milward Dovaaston. www.sueburton.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
4. The Sir Henry Dryden Collection. VADS. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
5. Profile of William Addams-Williams-Evans. cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
6. Sir Thomas Hewett(1656–1726) architect & landowner. www.rotherhamweb.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2010
7. Allemang, John (July 1, 2011). "Terry Milewski: an equal-opportunity offender". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
8. Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 249. ISBN 1-905009-63-1.
9. "Reverend John Wood Warter". The Peerage. 19 October 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
10. Biography of Charles Wicksteed. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
11. Charles Darwin in Western Australia – A Young Scientist's Perception of an Environment. Patrick Armstrong. University of Western Australia Press. 1905. pp 3.