List of Old Wellingtonians

This is a list of notable Old Wellingtonians, being former pupils of Wellington College in Berkshire, England.

Politics

• Michael Blundell, politician and government minister in Kenya
• Crispin Blunt Conservative Member of Parliament for the English constituency of Reigate.
• Julian Brazier, TD, Conservative MP for Canterbury since 1987 and shadow minister
• Lord Campbell of Croy, British Cabinet Minister who served as Secretary of State for Scotland during the whole of Edward Heath's government
• Lord Colnbrook, British Cabinet Minister
• John Dugdale, journalist, Labour MP, and government minister
• James Malcolm Monteith Erskine, Anti-Waste League, Independent Conservative, and Conservative member of parliament for Westminster St George's, 1921–1929.^[1]
• Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador who was assassinated by the IRA
• The Viscount Falkland, Liberal Democrat politician and one of the 92 remaining hereditary peers elected to sit in the Lords
• George Ferguson, the first elected Mayor of Bristol (2012 - )
• Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, current leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords
• Sir Edward Garnier, QC, Conservative Member of Parliament for Harborough since 1992, Shadow Home Affairs Minister, Shadow Minister for Justice and Shadow Attorney General
• Lord Gordon-Walker, British Cabinet Minister who served as Foreign Secretary under Harold Wilson
• The Lord Faulks, QC, Conservative Member in the House of Lords
• Sir Alexander Grantham, British colonial administrator who governed Hong Kong
• Lord Luce, current Lord Chamberlain to HM The Queen
• Antony Rivers Marlow, Conservative MP for Northampton North, 1979–1997
• Sir Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician
• Sir Michael Spicer, Conservative MP and current Chairman of the 1922 Committee
• Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, British Secretary of State for War (two separate times) and founder of the Lord Derby Cup
• Lord Stodart of Leaston, Scottish Tory politician who served under Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath
• Robin Tilbrook, leader and founder of the English Democrats

Religion

• The Lord Harries of Pentregarth, retired Church of England bishop, the 41st Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006
• David Watson, evangelical Church of England clergyman, evangelist and author

Sport

• Madison Hughes, USA rugby international
• Jamie Salmon, dual rugby international (New Zealand All Blacks and England)
• Patrick Head, co-founder of the Williams Formula One team
• James Hunt, F1 World Champion
• Max Evans, Scotland International Rugby player^[2]
• Thom Evans, Scotland International Rugby player^[2]
• James Haskell, Rugby player for England and London Wasps
• Henry Arnold Lawrence, England International Rugby player and captain
• Tim Mayer, US motorsports organizer and official.
• Murray Wyatt Marshall, England International Rugby player and captain
• Paul Doran-Jones, England Rugby player.
• Tom Townsend, Britain and England international bridge player and writer
• Sean Edwards, British racing driver
• Max Lahiff Rugby union player (Bath Rugby & London Irish)
• James Scott Douglas, Scottish racing driver (and Baronet Douglas)

Art and entertainment

• Rory Bremner, British impressionist and comedian, noted for his political satire
• Henry Danton, ballet dancer
• Will Young, British singer and actor
• Jim Field Smith, British film director, writer and comedian
• Count Nikolai Tolstoy, Russo-British historian and author
• Sir Christopher Lee, film actor
• John Masters, British Army Officer and novelist
• Sebastian Faulks, novelist whose works include Birdsong and Charlotte Gray
• Robert Morley, film actor
• John Nash, 20th-century painter and war artist
• George Orwell, author whose works include Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Charles Robert Ashbee, one of the prime movers of the English Arts and Crafts movement
• Hugh Beaver, founder of the Guinness Book of Records
• James Bernard, British Film composer and Academy Award winner
• Gavin Ewart, British poet
• John Gardner, British composer
• John Keane, painter and official artist, Gulf War
• Richard McKerrow, TV producer and executive at Love Productions^[3]
• Frederick Noad, guitarist, lutenist, author, and teacher
• Gregory Norminton, novelist
• Elize du Toit, actress and model best known for the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
• Martin Windrow, British historian
• Caggie Dunlop, Star of E4 reality series Made in Chelsea
• Harry Ricketts, writer and biographer
• Josh Bowman, Star of ABC drama Revenge

Broadcasting

• David Dunhill, BBC radio broadcaster
• Daniel Farson, broadcaster and writer
• Gerald Hine-Haycock, journalist, Correspondent for ITN and BBC News; Presenter for HTV West and BBC West
• Robin Oakley, journalist, Political Editor of CNN International, formerly Political Editor of the BBC
• Peter Snow, British television and radio presenter

Fashion

• David Neville, founder of Rag & Bone
• Marcus Wainwright, founder of Rag & Bone

Military

• Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, British army commander during World War II
• Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall, Chief of the General Staff
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Salmond, Chief of the Air Staff
• Field Marshal Sir Geoffrey Baker, Chief of the General Staff 1968 to 1971
• Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, Chief of the Imperial General Staff
• General Sir Harry Tuzo, General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland and other senior British Army commands
• General Sir Charles Huxtable, Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces 1988 to 1990
• General Sir Richard O'Connor, British Army general during World War II
• General Sir Peter Hunt, Chief of the General Staff 1973
• General Sir James Glover, Commander-in-Chief UK Land Forces 1985 to 1987
• General Sir Roland Guy, Adjutant General to the British Army 1984 to 1986
• Lieutenant General Sir Noel Beresford-Peirse, General Officer Commanding, XIII Corps and later General Officer Commander-in-Chief, Southern Army, India during the Second World War
• Lieutenant General Sir Alistair Irwin, Adjutant General to the British Army 2003 to 2005
• Lieutenant General Sir Montagu Stopford, Commander of British forces during the Battle of Kohima
• Lieutenant General Sir Maurice Johnston, Assistant Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
• Lieutenant General Sir Kenneth Loch, Director of Anti-Aircraft and Coastal Defence (1939–1941), Master-General of Ordnance, India (1944–1947), and head of the board of governors at Wellington
• Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell, Major-General, Order of the Bath, Master of the Jewel Office^[4]
• Major-General George Erroll Prior-Palmer, General Officer Commanding, 6th Armoured Division^[5]
• Major-General Douglas Wimberley, British Divisional Commander in World War II
• Roger Bushell, Mastermind of the Great Escape
• Air Commodore North Carter, C.B., D.F.C., whose RAF career included acting Group Captain commanding RAF Station, Dalcross 1941, Deputy Director of Bomber Operations, RAF, 1944, Station Commander at Castel Benito 1945-6, and Director of Personal Services (Provost Marshall) and Chief of Air Force Police, Air Ministry, 1953–54.^[6]
• Brigadier John Constant (9 February 1916 – 1 November 2012), sapper in the Western Desert in World War II, Chief Engineer of the Arab Legion, head of the Ministry of Transport's Channel Tunnel Engineering Division^[7][8]
• Lieutenant Colonel Sir Wolseley Haig (1865-1938)^[9] Lieutenant-Colonel
• Sir John Rennie, former Director of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)

Victoria Cross and George Cross holders

Fifteen Old Wellingtonians have won the Victoria Cross; one Old Wellingtonian has won the George Cross.^[10] They are as follows:

• Victoria Cross
  • Zulu War
    • Lieutenant Henry Lysons, VC (He later achieved the rank of Colonel and was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)) (1858–1907)
  • South African War (Boer War)
    • Captain Charles FitzClarence, VC (He later achieved the rank of Brigadier General. He was killed in action, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium, on 12 November 1914) (1865–1914)
    • Captain Ernest Beachcroft Beckwith Towse, VC (He later became a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO), and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire CBE) (1864–1948)
  • Third Ashanti Expedition
    • Captain Charles John Melliss, VC (later to become Major General Sir Charles John Melliss VC, KCB, KCMG) (1862–1936)
  • Second Somaliland Expedition
    • Captain Alexander Stanhope Cobbe VC, (He later achieved the rank of General) (1870–1931)
  • First World War
    • Captain John Franks Vallentin, VC (1882–1914)
    • Lieutenant James Anson Otho Brooke VC (1884–1914)
    • Captain John Fitzhardinge Paul Butler VC (1888–1916)
    • Second Lieutenant Alexander Buller Turner, VC (1893–1915)
    • Lieutenant Thomas Orde Lawder Wilkinson, VC (1894–1916)
  • Second World War
    • Flight Lieutenant Roderick Alastair Brook Learoyd, VC (1913–1996)
    • Commander Anthony Cecil Capel Miers, VC (Later to become Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Cecil Capel Miers VC, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar) (1906–1985)
    • Captain Patrick Porteous, VC (1918–2000) (he later achieved the rank of Colonel)
    • Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Buller Turner, VC (Brother of Alexander Buller Turner, VC)(1900–1972)
    • Lieutenant Claud Raymond, VC (1923–1945)
• George Cross
  • 1935 Balochistan earthquake
    • Lieutenant John Cowley GC (Originally awarded the Albert Medal which was converted to the George Cross. He was later to become Lieutenant General Sir John Cowley GC KBE CB)

Other

• Joseph Arthur Arkwright FRS Bacteriologist
• John Arnold (judge)
• W S Bristowe, arachnologist^[11]
• Michael Brock CBE, British historian
• Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke
• Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne, British peer and soldier
• The Marquess of Cambridge, brother of Queen Mary
• Nicholas Grimshaw, English architect who is behind the Eden Project
• HH Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein
• The Duke of Portland
• HSH Prince Francis of Teck
• Peter Llewellyn Gwynn-Jones, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1995–2010
• Professor Klaus Dodds, Notable Academic and Professor of Geopolitics. Royal Holloway, University of London
• John Haycraft, founder of International House World Organisation
• Sir Rudolph Peters FRS, biochemist

See also

• Category:People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire

References

1. 'Erskine, Sir James Malcolm Monteith (born 18 July 1863, died 5 November 1944) JP' in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)
2. Gallagher, Brendan (11 February 2009). "Thom and Max Evans named in Scotland's Six Nations team to face France". The Telegraph. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
3. Benefits Street boss: 'There isn't enough aftercare for people who've been on TV' The Guardian, January 12, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
4. L, Klemen (1999–2000). "Major-General Sir Hervey Degge Wilmot Sitwell". Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942.
5. 'PRIOR-PALMER, Maj.-Gen. George Erroll', in Who Was Who 1971–1980 (London: A. & C. Black, 1989 reprint, ISBN 0-7136-3227-5)
6. Air Ministry Newsletter No. 201, December 1950 p2& No 324, 10 April 1953, p. 2.
7. "Brigadier John Constant". The Times. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012. John Constant's life was a tussle between his profession as an engineer and his passion for the sea. Consequently, colleagues saw an appropriateness in his choice to head the Ministry of Transport's Channel Tunnel Engineering Division early in the project's planning phase.(subscription required)
8. "Ful text of Constant's Times Obit". Retrieved 14 January 2013.
9. "Obituary: Sir Wolseley Haig, Soldier Administrator, Orientalist" in The Times, 30 April 1938, p. 14.
10. Wellington College, (2007), Wellington Prospectus, page 11, (Wellington College: Trade Winds)
11. "William Bristowe". Archive hub. Retrieved 10 September 2013.