Former pupils of the Edinburgh Academy in Edinburgh. They include the following individuals.
Arts and culture Actors, Directors, Filmmakers Graham Crowden Mike Day, filmmaker Iain Glen, actor (EA 1965-78) Frank Taylor, actorFrank Taylor IMDbRetrieved 14 December 2022.
Artists, architects and designers Francis 'Bunty' Cadell, colourist painter. James Eckford Lauder, painted portraits and historical pictures, (EA 1824-8) Patrick Grant John Henry Lorimer Robert Lorimer Alan MacDougall, railway engineer in Canada Donald Watson
Authors, poets and dramatists R. M. Ballantyne, children's author (EA 1835-37) John Crommelin-Brown, poet, headmaster (EA 1895-97) Gordon Honeycombe, author, playwright and stage actor, TV newscaster (EA 1947-55) Andrew Lang, Scottish poet and novelist (EA 1854-61) Alan Melville, (EA 1925-27) Sarah Pinborough, young adult fiction and adult thriller writer (EA 1988-90) Robert Louis Stevenson, writer (EA 1861-63) J. I. M. Stewart (as Michael Innes), university professor and mystery writer (EA 1913-24)
Entertainers Nicky Campbell, radio DJ and television presenter, (EA 1966-78) Adam Alexander Dawson Magnus Magnusson, television presenter, and translator of Icelandic origins, (EA 1935-48) Catherine McQueen, model and TV presenter.Edinburgh Academy Alumni – Catherine McQueen
Music Guy Berryman, bass player in Coldplay John Burgess, piper Peter Gregson, cellist and composer Paul Jones, singer, actor and presenter, (EA 1958-60) Nick Keir, musician (EA 1958-1970)
Business people Walter Biggar Blaikie Archibald Constable, publisher Nick Ede Mac Henderson Roger Jenkins John More Dick Peddie Dennis Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Coddenham Wilfrid Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Balmacara Will Whitehorn, president of Virgin Galactic
Clergy Marcus Dods Ronnie Selby Wright Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, (EA 1824-27). Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth. Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin, (EA 1825-32)
Convicted Criminals David Jenkins, convicted felon and drug smuggler (1987), Olympic athlete (EA 1958-1969)
Explorers Francis Cadell, explorer of the Murray River in Australia. Lord Francis Douglas, with Edward Whymper on the ascent of the Matterhorn, died on the descent. Sir James Hector, member of the Palliser Expedition, (EA 1844-45).
Lawyers and judges
William Edmondstoune Aytoun John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross Colin Blackburn, Baron Blackburn John Cameron, Lord Cameron Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom Charles Clark James Avon Clyde, Lord Clyde James Clyde, Baron Clyde, Lord Clyde of Briglands James Latham Clyde, Lord Clyde David Dundas, Lord Dundas Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie, former judge on the Supreme Courts of Scotland Charlie Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton, Lord Chancellor Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay, Lord Chancellor William Gloag Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead Malcolm Innes of Edingight Andrew Jameson, Lord Ardwall Alan Johnston, Lord Johnston Henry Keith, Baron Keith of Kinkel John Macdonald, Lord Kingsburgh Charles Murray, Lord Murray Charles Pearson, Lord Pearson William John Peterswald, Chief Commissioner of Police of the Colony of South Australia William Prosser, Lord Prosser James Reid, politician and Law Lord Alexander Stevenson Angus Stewart, Lord Stewart Gordon Stott, Lord Stott Colin Sutherland, Lord Carloway Sir Frederick Thomson, 1st Baronet Robert Younger, Baron Blanesburgh
Politicians and diplomats
Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, 'Father of the Territorial Army' (EA 1866-72) Alick Buchanan-Smith Tam Dalyell, Father of the House of Commons 2001-05 Andrew Gilchrist Andrew Henderson Leith Fraser John Ernest Buttery Hotson David Robert Lyall Sir James Marjoribanks, career diplomat who presented Britain's successful application to join the European Community in 1967 Mike Pringle Alexander Ramsay-Gibson-Maitland Sir Ninian Stephen, Governor General of Australia Sir Frederick Thomson, 1st Baronet Iain Vallance, Baron Vallance of Tummel James Wemyss, New Zealand member of parliament George Younger, 1st Viscount Younger of Leckie, (EA 1864-67)
Scientists, educators and academics
Thomas Anderson Lewis Campbell Frederick M Bailey, plant collector, discoverer of Meconopsis baileyi Isaac Bayley Balfour, botanist (1853-1922) Sir George Beilby, FRS. Chemical manufacturer Joseph Bell, now recognised as the model for Sherlock Holmes. John McConnell Black Hugh Blackburn John Chiene, surgeon Peter Craigie, biblical scholar William Cunningham, economist A. R. B. Haldane John Scott Haldane, physiologist (EA 1870-76) Colin Hardie Andrew Fergus Hewat, psychiatrist Fleeming Jenkin, professor of engineering, (EA 1875-81) Charles Kemball Sunil Khilnani Norman Boyd Kinnear John Michael Kosterlitz Robert Scott Lauder jnr., M.D.,(Edinburgh), Physician at Morningside Lunatic Asylum, etc., (EA 1852-8) Arthur Pillans Laurie Wallace Lindsay Aeneas James George Mackay Colin Mair James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, (EA 1841-47) William McNab, botanist Alan Munro, immunologist and master of Christ's College, Cambridge James Henry Skene, author, traveller and diplomat, (EA 1824-26) Archibald Campbell Swinton Peter Guthrie Tait, physicist, (EA 1841-47). Iain Torrance, President of Princeton Theological Seminary, (EA 1954-63) D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, mathematical biologist, (EA 1870-77) Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock, ecologist Alexander Wood
Soldiers Frederick Marshman Bailey Roy Bucher William Frederick Cavaye Philip Christison Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet Aylmer Haldane Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, 'Father of the Territorial Army' (EA 1866-72) Colin Mackenzie, Major-General and Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army Alastair Ogilvy Sir Jock Slater, First Sea Lord Thomas Bland Strange
Victoria Cross recipients Nine Edinburgh Academy alumni have received the Victoria Cross. Colonel Thomas Cadell VC CB Lieutenant-General Sir James Hills-Johnes VC GCB Colonel John Adam Tytler VC CB Captain James Dundas VC Major John Cook VC Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, VC, CB (he also attended United Services College in 1875). He was a Major when he earned his VC. Lieutenant Colonel Walter Lorrain Brodie VC, MCVCs of the First World War: Gerald Giddon Major Allan Ebenezer Ker VC Rear Admiral Sir Anthony Miers VC, KBE, CB, DSO & Bar
Sport
James Balfour-Melville (1882–1915), cricketer Leslie Balfour-Melville (1854–1937), an outstanding all-round amateur sportsman Mike Blair, Scottish Rugby International Tom Brown Charles Campbell, captain of Scotland's football team in the 19th century Chris Dean, Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland Sevens Rugby Cap Henry Fairweather, cricketer Jamie Farndale, Scotland Rugby 7's International Charles Fraser, cricketer George Gallie Sir James Angus Gillan, Olympic oarsman, gold-medallist 1908 and 1912 (EA 1896-1905) Alex Harris, footballer Nick Hillyard, cricketer Gilbert Hole, cricketer and cricket administrator David Jenkins, Olympian athlete; 400 meter world record holder Hubert Johnston, cricketer Blair Kinghorn, rugby player, Edinburgh Rugby, Scotland u20's Bill Maclagan, Scotland Rugby International William Maitland, cricketer Francis Moncreiff Robert Miln Neill, Scotland and Great Britain Rugby International John Murray, cricketer Patrick Oliphant, cricketer Norman Noble, cricketer Robert Ranken, cricketer Ross Rennie, Scotland Rugby International Alexander Stevenson, cricketer James Stevenson, cricketer John Guthrie Tait Frederick Guthrie Tait, son of Peter Guthrie Tait, soldier and gifted amateur golfer, (EA 1881-83) Ben Tod, cricketer and rugby player Bungy Watson, England rugby international Iain Woolward, Olympian, sailing
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