List of Old Bradfieldians

This is a list of notable Old Bradfieldians, former pupils of Bradfield College in Berkshire, England. Alumni include three Victoria Cross winners, a Nobel Prize Laureate, and senior members of government including a former Secretary of State for Defence, and Foreign Secretary.

Academics A.J. Arkell (1898-1980), archaeologist and colonial administrator, noted for work in Sudan and Egypt. Edward Armstrong (1846–1928), historian and Pro-Provost, Queen's College, Oxford William Ormston Backhouse (1885–1962), agricultural geneticist Peter B. Best (1939-2015), marine biologist and expert on whales and dolphins in Southern Africa Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946), historian Arthur John Butler (1844–1910), scholar and professor of Italian language at University College London Edgar Frederick Carritt (1876-1964), philosopher, fellow of University College, Oxford, and member of the Carritt family Anthony Collett (1877–1929), author and writer of natural history Joseph Darracott (1934–1998), art historian and writer Peter Hadland Davis (1918–1992), British botanist Michael Devitt (born 1938), Australian philosopher Cyril Falls (1888–1971), military historian Edmund Fryde (1923-1999), historian of medieval England and the early renaissance Gerald Gazdar (born 1950), Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Sussex Martin Gore (1951–2019), oncologist Basil Gray (1904–1989), British museum curator and art historian John Frederick Norman Green (1873-1949), geologist, Geological Society of London President, and winner of the Lyell Medal Richard Lancelyn Green (1953–2004), scholar of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes Vivian H. H. Green (1915–2005), historian and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford Douglas Kell (born 1953), biochemist and chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet (1870–1934), English horticulturalist Terence Mitchell (1929–2019), British museum curator Stephen Oakley (born 1958), classicist, academic John Prest (1928-2018), historian and horticulturalist Sir Martin Ryle (1918–1984), Astronomer Royal and 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics recipient. Martin Wight (1913–1972), historian and international affairs expert Walter Perceval Yetts (1878-1957), sinologist and surgeon

Art and entertainment Sir Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958), actor and baronet Richard Adams (1920–2016), author Andrew Alexander, actor and singer Matt Barber (born 1983), actor John Bennett (1928–2005), actor Peter Boyle (born 1946), film editor, Academy Award and BAFTA nominee Anthony Calf (born 1960), actor Isabella Calthorpe (born 1980), model and actor James Chalmers, actor Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet (1907–1978), artist and fourth holder of the Cook Baronetcy Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), modernist theatre practitioner Louis de Bernières (born 1954), novelist Algernon Islay de Courcy Lyons (1922-1993), photographer, novelist, and linguist Simon Drew (born 1952), illustrator and cartoonist Sir Edmund Elton, 8th Baronet, inventor and studio potter John Etheridge, jazz guitarist Hubert J. Foss (1899–1953), composer and music publisher Sean Godley (born 1981), writer and poet John Hadfield (1907-1999), publisher and writer, best known for the 1959 novel Love on a Branch Line John Hamilton (1919–1993), British army officer and artist Tony Hancock (1924–1968), comedian Robin Hardy (1929–2016), director of The Wicker Man Misan Harriman (born 1977), photographer and founder of What We SeeeWhat We Seee Anthony Hawtrey (1909–1954), actor and theatre director Thomas Heathcote (1917–1986), character actor William Henry Helm (1860-1936), writer of non-fiction books Philip Henderson (1906-1977), novelist and literary critic Thomas Hennell (1903–1945), artist John Hollingsworth (1916–1963), orchestral conductor Jolyon Jackson (1948-1985) musician and composer Sshh Liguz (born 1984), artist and singer Russell Lloyd, British film editor David Lloyd Jones (born 1942), architect Bertram Luard-Selby (1953-2018), composer and cathedral organist Christopher Sclater Millard (1872-1927), author Hilary Minster (1944–1999), actor in 'Allo 'Allo! John Llewellyn Moxey (1925-2019), film and television director Alistair Petrie (born 1970), English actor Terence Reese (1913–1996), bridge player and writer Alec Robertson (1892-1982), writer, broadcaster and music critic Digby Rumsey (born 1952), film director, producer, writer, cinematographer, editor, sound recordist and film diarist Gerald Savory (1909–1996), writer and television producer Arthur Scaife (1855-1934), writer, editor, insurance broker, and founder of The Province Darja Schabad (born 1983), Russian vocalist and actress John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), architect George Blackall Simonds (1843–1929), sculptor Christopher Steel (1938-1991), classical music composer Dan Stein (born 1977), DJ Fresh William Strang (1859–1921), painter and engraver Brian Thomas (1912-1989), church artist known in particular for stained glass and mural Sam Thompson (born 1992), television personality and radio presenter Riley Uggla (born 1995), creative director and designer Snoo Wilson (1948–2013), playwright, screenwriter and director George Grey Wornum (1888–1957), architect

Broadcasters Nick Clarke (1948–2006), journalist and BBC Radio 4 presenter Christopher Edward de Souza (born 1943), broadcaster, teacher, music director, composer, opera producer and author Tim Dellor (born 1975), BBC Local Radio presenter Ben Geoghegan (born 1965), BBC News presenter and correspondent Nick Higham (born 1954), BBC News correspondent Peter Jones (1930–1990), broadcaster Will Lyons (born 1976), journalist, broadcaster and wine writer Neil Manthorp, writer and broadcaster known for cricket coverage Jonny Saunders (born 1975), former BBC sports commentator

Diplomats and civil servants Leslie Glass (1911-1988), diplomat and former High Commissioner to Nigeria Sir William Rupert Hay (1893-1962), colonial administrator and army officer in British India Stephen Holmes (1896-1980), diplomat and former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia Morrice James, Baron Saint Brides (1916–1989), High Commissioner in Pakistan, India and Australia G. Norman Knight (1891–1978), civil servant and indexer Peter Mathers (born 1946), diplomat and former High Commissioner to Jamaica George Paine (1918–1992), Registrar General Leonard William Reynolds (1874-1946), colonial administrator in British India Gerald Henry Summers (1885–1925), British colonial administrator R. V. Vernède (1905–2003), colonial administrator in India and writer Gordon Wetherell (born 1948), diplomat and former Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Dennis Charles White KBE CMG (1910–1983), British colonial administrator in Sarawak and first High Commissioner for Brunei Ronald Wingate (1889–1978), colonial administrator, soldier, delegate on the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold and author

Law Quentin Edwards QC (1925–2010), judge"His Honour Quentin Edwards" (obituary) in The Times, 31 October 2010, accessed 25 April 2020 Sir Richard Henriques (born 1943), judge and Justice of the High Court of England and Wales Nicholas Hilliard (born 1959), Recorder of London and Senior Judge at the Old Bailey Sir Anthony Tristram Kenneth May KC (1940-2024), judge and former President of the Queen's Bench Division Walter Merricks, English solicitor who has held a number of positions at public institutions The Hon Alan Robertson AM SC (born 1950), former judge of the Federal Court of Australia

Medical Bryan Nicholson Brooke (1915-1998), surgeon and pioneer of ulcerative colitis surgery John Hopewell (1920-2015), urologist and pioneering kidney surgeon Reginald Statham (1884-1959), gynaecologist and army officer

Naval and military Captain Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet Acland (1890–1976), officer in the Royal Navy Major-General Arthur Edward Barstow (1888–1942), officer in the British Indian Army and commander of the 9th Infantry Division during the Battle of Malaya Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham (born 1943), Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander in Chief Fleet Brigadier Mike Calvert (1913–1998), Chindits and Special Air Service commander Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney (1890–1976), Royal Air Force officer Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies VC (1886–1966), Royal Navy officer and aviator William Robert Aufrère Dawson (1891–1918), Commanding Officer of the 6th battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and recipient of DSO with Three Bars Flight Lieutenant Philip Ensor (1920–1941), flying ace of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War Lieutenant General Sir John Foley, (born 1939), Senior British Army officer, Commander British Forces in Hong Kong, Chief of Defence Intelligence, Director SAS Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888–1981), Chief of the Naval Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod (1891–1965), Royal Air Force officer Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Admiral in the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy Colonel Mark Nicholas Gray (born 1966), decorated Royal Marines Officer Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill MC (1894–1954), Royal Air Force officer, Vice Chancellor of the University of London Brigadier-General Alan Hinde (1876–1950), British Army officer (Royal Artillery) Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Peter Leng (1925–2009), British Army officer and Master-General of the Ordnance Lieutenant General Hugh Massy (1884–1965), British Army general during World War II Lieutenant-General George Molesworth CSI CBE (1890–1968), Deputy Chief of General Staff of Army Headquarters India and later Military Secretary to the India Office Admiral SirArthur Palliser (1890–1956), Royal Navy officer during World War I Air Vice-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (1931–2014), Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary Major-General Michael Scott (born 1941), British Army officer and Military Secretary Geoffrey Saxton White (1886–1918), Victoria Cross recipient Major-General Dudley Graham Johnson (1884-1975), Victoria Cross recipient Major-General Peter Raymond Leuchars (1921-2009), Welsh Guards Officer Major-General Sir Donald McMullen (1891-1967), Royal Engineers Officer and Director General of Transportation at the War Office from 1941 to 1945 Anthony Boam (1932-2023), British Army officer and Commander of British Forces in Hong Kong from 1987-1989 Gerald Henry Summers (1885-1925), British Army officer and colonial administrator Dominick Stuart "Toby" Graham (1920-2013), British Army officer, cross-country Olympic skier and university professor Brigadier-General Norman W. Webber (1881-1950), Senior British Army Officer during World War I Rear Admiral Sir Patrick Macnamara (1886-1957), Senior Royal Navy Officer during World War II Admiral Sir Francis Powell (1849-1927), Senior Royal Navy Officer and Commander-in-charge at Hong Kong during the Boxer Rebellion

Other Benedict Allen (born 1960), explorer Henry Besant (1972–2013), co-creator of Olmeca Tequila Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock (1927–2009) Anthony Collett, journalist, nature writer and sometime governor Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet H. Pelham Lee (1877–1953), internal combustion engine pioneer and founder of the Coventry Climax Engines company Hugh Osmond (born 1962), businessman, entrepreneur, and founder of Punch Taverns Paul Myers (1932-2015), classical record producer Dan Robinson, (runner) Donald Macintyre, journalist, political editor and foreign correspondent Major Michael Ingouville Williams (born 1946), Army Major and former Lord Lieutenant of East Lothian Dennis White (1910-1983), British colonial administrator and former high commissioner to Brunei Philip Norton Banks (1889-1964), British Colonial Inspector General of Police in Ceylon