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 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
• 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
• 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 CMG (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
• Robert Winder, former literary editor of The Independent
• Miles Hadfield (1903-1982), writer, illustrator, and pioneering gardener
• Stephen Coleridge (1854-1936), author, barrister, opponent of vivisection, and co-founder of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
• Richard Tait (born 1947), journalist and former member of the BBC Trust
• Frederick Leney (1876-1921), brewery executive and cricketer
• Henry Hayman (1853-1941), freemason, clergyman and cricketer
• Owen Slot, sports journalist for The Times

Politics

• Peter Ainsworth (1956–2021), Conservative former Member of Parliament for East Surrey and member of the Shadow Cabinet
• Richard Benyon (born 1960), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Newbury
• Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet (1861–1935), British Conservative politician
• Sir Reginald Brade (1864–1933), Under-Secretary of State for War, 1914–1920; Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State
• Sir Michael Marshall (1930–2006), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel
• Stephen Milligan (1948–1994), former Conservative MP and journalist
• Sir John Nott (born 1932), Secretary of State for Defence
• David Owen, Baron Owen (born 1938), Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the SDP
• Robert Henry Pooley (1878 - 1954), lawyer and political figure in British Columbia
• Martin Stevens (1929-1986), British Conservative Party politician
• Charles Tannock (born 1957), Conservative Member of the European Parliament
• Sir Cyril Townsend (1937-2013), politician
• Henry Usborne (1909–1996), British Member of Parliament
• Harold Russell (1871-1938), New Zealand politician, farmer and sportsman

Religion

• Charles Aylen (1882–1972), Anglican Bishop
• Russell Barry (1890–1976), former Anglican Bishop of Southwell
• Edward Bidwell (1866–1941), former Bishop of Ontario
• Claude Blagden (1874–1952), former Anglican Bishop of Peterborough
• Michael Coleman (1902–1969), Anglican Bishop
• Cecil Cooper (1884–1964), fourth Bishop in Korea
• John Drury (born 1936), former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford
• Michael Hare Duke (1924–2014), author and former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
• Eric Hamilton (1890–1962), Anglican Bishop
• George Jeudwine (1849–1933), Anglican priest and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford
• Archibald Robertson (1853–1931), Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter
• Michael Scott-Joynt (1943–2014), Bishop of Winchester
• Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949), missionary in Kashmir
• Harold Costley-White (1878-1966), Anglican Dean, author and teacher
• Benedict Hoskyns (1856-1935), Anglican priest
• Robert Streatfeild (1894-1976), Dean of Nassau
• Rob Martin (born 1949), Bishop in the Anglican Church of Kenya
• Charles Lefroy (-1940), Anglican priest in Perth, Western Australia from 1907-1912

Royalty

• Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (born 1955), current King of Buganda
• Faiq Bolkiah (born 1998), Bruneian footballer and family member of the Sultan of Brunei

Sport

• Gus Atkinson (born 1998), Surrey and England cricketer
• Lauren Bell (born 2001), England cricketer
• Ben Brocklehurst (1922–2007), English cricketer
• Harry Came (born 1998), Derbyshire cricketer
• Dai Wai Tsun (born 1999), Hong Kong footballer
• Hugo Darby (born 1993), English cricketer
• Nico de Boinville (born 1989), National Hunt and Gold Cup winning jockey
• Charles Ashpitel Denton (1852–1932), English amateur footballer and solicitor
• Bernard Elgood (1922–1997), English cricketer
• Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), former English cricketer
• Sheridon Gumbs (born 2004), Surrey & England Under-19 cricketer
• Ollie Hancock (born 1987), British racing driver
• Sam Hancock (born 1980), British racing driver
• Ryan Higgins (born 1995), Middlesex & England Under-19 cricketer
• Frederick Hill (1847–1913), English cricketer
• Alan Hinde (1876–1950), English cricketer
• Henry Jollye (1841–1902), English cricketer
• Zach Lion-Cachet (born 2003), Sussex & Netherlands cricketer
• Christopher Ling (1880–1953), English cricketer
• Okeover Longcroft (1850–1871), English cricketer
• Michael Mence (1944–2014), English cricketer
• Marco Micaletto (born 1996), Italian footballer
• Harrison Newey (born 1998), British racing driver
• Mark Nicholas (born 1957), Hampshire cricketer and TV presenter
• Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), English cricketer
• Graham Roope (1946–2006), Surrey and England cricketer
• Brian Stevens (born 1942), English cricketer
• Hugh Tapsfield (1870–1945), English cricketer
• Sidney Wace (1882–1966), English cricketer
• Rupert Cox (born 1967), English cricketer
• Peter Smith (1944-2024), English cricketer and headmaster
• Robert Drummond Balfour (1844-1915), English cricketer
• Henry Joynt (born 1931), English cricketer
• Saffie Osborne (born 2002), British jockey
• John Monck (1845-1929), New Zealand cricketer
• William Kendall (born 1973), English cricketer
• Jacob Roddy (born 2003), English footballer
• Hugh Bennett (1862-1943), English cricketer