Old Denstonians

Denstone College is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Denstone, Staffordshire, England. Its alumni are known as Old Denstonians (ODs). The Denstone Association looks after the College's alumni.

ODs

• Peter Brinson – writer and lecturer on dance.^[1]
• Frederick George Jackson – Arctic explorer.^[2]
• John Makepeace OBE – furniture designer.^[3]
• Keith Mant – forensic pathologist and war crime investigator.^[4]
• William Whitehead Watts – President of the Geological Society (1910–1912).^[5]

Churchmen

• Charles MacAlester Copland – clergyman^[6]
• Philip Pasterfield – Bishop of Crediton (1974–1984)^[7]
• Dennis Victor – Bishop of Lebombo^[8]

Politicians and lawyers

• Geoffrey Cheshire FBA – barrister and jurist.^[9]
• Warren Hawksley – Conservative Member of Parliament
• Asda Jayanama – diplomat
• Lord Justice Kay – Lord Justice of Appeal.^[10]

Sportsmen

• Arthur Berry - England Footballer, Double Olympic Gold Medallist and former Chairman of Liverpool Football Club^[11]
• Phil Davies – rugby player
• Alastair Hignell – rugby union and cricket player.^[12]
• N. F. Humphreys - 1910 British Lions (died in World War I). ^[13]
• Tommy Kemp – rugby union fly half for England 1931 -1948
• Tim Mason – cricketer
• David Short - Derbyshire cricketer
• Jeremy Snape – England cricketer.^[14]

Writers and broadcasters

• Alex Lester – broadcaster
• Guy Thorne - pseud. Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull (1876–1923), novelist and journalist^[15]
• Petre Mais (S. P. B. Mais) - author & broadcaster
• Quentin Crisp – writer and actor.^[16]
• René Cutforth - journalist
• Tim Marlow - writer, broadcaster and art historian
• Joanna Cannon - writer

See also

• Category:People educated at Denstone College.

References

1. Robinson, Ken (2004). "Brinson, Peter Neilson (1920–1995)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (subscription or UK public library membership required). Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
2. Savitt, Ronald. Legacies of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, 1894–1897. Polar Record 43 (224): 55–66 (2007)
3. The Furniture Society – John Makepeace biography
4. The Guardian – Keith Mant obituary, 16 November 2000
5. William Whitehead Watts. 1860–1947. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 6, No. 17 (Nov. 1948), pp. 263–279
6. Who was Who 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
7. Who's Who 1992 "(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
8. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
9. The Times – Obituary: Professor G. C. Cheshire—Influential writer on the law, 28 October 1978
10. Downing Street – Privy Council Appointments, 19 May 2000
11. Daily Post, Liverpool FC's Javier Mascherano wants gold, 2008-08-22, accessed 14 February 2010
12. University of Bristol – Honorary degrees awarded at the University today, 12 July 2004
13. CWGC -
14. Cricinfo – Jeremy Snape player profile
15. Philip J. Waller, Writers, Readers and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain, 1870–1918, Oxford University Press, 2006, p.1011 ISBN 0-19-820677-1 ISBN 978-0198206774
16. The Independent – Quentin Crisp, 2 November 1999

External links

• Denstone College Website
• Denstone Association