List of Old Gregorians
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An Old Gregorian (usually abbreviated OG) is a former member of Downside School, situated near Bath, Somerset, in the United Kingdom.
Alumni are so-named because the school was founded and is still run, to an extent, by monks from the adjoining Benedictine monastery of St Gregory the Great which, since 1814, has been established at Downside Abbey.
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Old Gregorians[edit]
A[edit]
- Sir Rudolph Agnew – former chairman of Consolidated Goldfields
- Michael J. Alexander – academic and poet
- Sir Mark Allen – United Kingdom spy, turned businessman and academic lecturer[citation needed]
- Rupert Allason – author (under the pen-name Nigel West) and former Conservative MP[1]
- Antony Nicholas Allott – English academic, Professor of African Law at the University of London
- Alistair Asprey – Secretary for Security for Hong Kong Government, Commanding Officer of Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
B[edit]
- Alex Barrow- cricketer
- Tom Bethell – editor of the American Spectator[2]
- Fergus Blackie - Justice of The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe and Rhodesian Front MP
- Don Brennan – English cricketer
- Andrew Bonaparte-Wyse - Irish civil servant
- Sir Rowland Blennerhasset, 4th Baronet - Liberal Party politician
- Edward Cuthbert Butler - historian
C[edit]
- Mark Canning- British diplomat and Former British Ambassador to Indonesia
- William Cash – author and journalist
- Denis Caulfield Heron- Irish lawyer and politician
- Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton- Scottish Rugby Union player
- Max Emanuel Cenčić - countertenor
- Alex Chisholm – Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service
- Desmond Chute – poet and artist
- John Clibborn – British Intelligence Officer, served as MI6 head of station in Washington D.C
- Ralph Clutton – cricketer
- George Cooper – British Army officer, served as Adjutant-General to the Forces
- Brian Cotter – former Liberal Democrat MP[3]
- Archie Cotterell – cricketer and novelist
- Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville – former Archbishop of Birmingham[4]
- Thomas Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh
- William Craven, 6th Earl of Craven
- Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre – British Conservative Party Politician
D[edit]
- John Charles Day – amongst the first Catholic judges in England to be appointed after the English Reformation
- Pete de Freitas – musician, member of Echo & The Bunnymen[5]
- Christian Louis de Massay – Monegasque royalty
- Arthur Denaro – County Donegal-raised Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars and later Commandant of Sandhurst
- Henry Eric Dolan – World War I flying ace
- John Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth – Minister for Colonial Affairs[6]
- Prince Jonathan Doria Pamphilj[7]
- Neil Dexter – former captain of Middlesex County Cricket Club
E[edit]
- Dominick Elwes – portrait painter
- Barry England – novelist and playwright[8]
- Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet - Teachta Dála for Fine Gael
- Peter Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery - Anglo Irish Peer
- Michael Evans-Freke, 12th Baron Carbery - Anglo Irish Peer
F[edit]
- Rocco Forte – British hotelier and entrepreneur[9]
- Edward Fitzgerald KC
- James Percy FitzPatrick – South African author, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. Repsonsible for the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day
- Nicolás Franco – nephew of Francisco Franco[10]
- William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (1929–1995)[11]
- Gerard Fairlie – writer, scriptwriter and Winter Olympian
G[edit]
- Joseph Gaggero – Gibraltarian businessman[12]
- Francis Aidan Gasquet – Cardinal, Vatican librarian[13]
- Jan Gawroński - Polish diplomat[14]
- Carlos Gereda y de Borbón – Spanish aristocrat, engineering entrepreneur and philanthropist
- J. G. Greig – first-class cricketer, soldier, and Catholic priest
- Brion Gysin – author and artist[15]
H[edit]
- Denis Hanley – electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician
- Jared Harris – actor[16]
- Damian Harris – film director and screenwriter
- Jamie Harris – actor
- Simon Halliday – former England rugby player[17]
- David Hawkins – Royal Air Force officer[18]
- Steve Henderson – cricketer
- Bobby Henrey – child actor, star of 'The Fallen Idol'[19]
- Denis Caulfield Heron - First Catholic Scholar at Trinity College, Dublin and MP for Tipperary
- Tristram Hillier – surrealist painter
- Patrick Holcroft – Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire
- Richard Holmes – biographer
- Henry Howard – first formal British envoy to the Vatican for over 300 hundred years
- Hubert Howard – intelligence officer
- Lord Hunt of Tanworth[20]
I[edit]
- Andrew Ibrahim - terrorist
J[edit]
- Christopher Jamison – Abbot of Worth
- Philip Jebb – architect and Liberal Party politician
K[edit]
- Chris Kelly – TV presenter and producer[21]
- Norbert Keenan - Irish Barrister and Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly
- Ivone Kirkpatrick - Irish born Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, British High Commissioner at Allied High Commission and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Holy See
- David Knowles - Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
- Halik Kochanski - Historian and writer
- William Keatinge - military chaplain and bishop
L[edit]
- Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet
- Dominic Lieven- professor at Cambridge University and Fellow of the British Academy
- John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton- British chartered surveyor, peer, and Member of the House of Lords
M[edit]
- Seán MacBride - Teachta Dála, Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland), Chief of Staff of the IRA and Nobel Peace Prize Winner[22]
- Frank MacDermot - Teachta Dála and founder of Fine Gael
- Alex Mapelli-Mozzi – alpine skier
- Patrick Marnham – writer, journalist and biographer
- Pierce McCan- Teachta Dála and Easter Rising Veteran
- Pierre Maréchal- Racing Driver who died during 24 Hours of Le Mans
- Patrick Mason- Director of the Abbey Theatre
- Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim[23]
- Nicholas Mander – Sir Charles Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet
- Gerald Maxwell MC – First World War flying ace[24]
- Prince Emmanuel de Merode – Director of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Midland - DJ and Producer
- James Miller – journalist and film-maker[25]
- David Mlinaric – interior designer[26]
- Joseph Molony - Chairman of the General Council of the Bar
- Richard More O'Ferrall - Governor of Malta and high level politician, of the prominent More O'Ferrall family.[27]
- Peter Morgan – Oscar nominated scriptwriter[28]
- John Mullan – professor of English and writer[29]
- Helenus Milmo – Irish lawyer and High Court Judge
N[edit]
- Albert Nelson, 6th Earl Nelson
- Henry Nelson, 7th Earl Nelson
- Martin Newland – former editor of The Daily Telegraph[24]
- Barry Nicholas – classicist, former Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
- William Nicholson – playwright[30] and Oscar winner
- Marek Niedużak - lawyer
- Michael Noakes – artist
- John Norman – first-class cricketer[31]
- Stafford Northcote, 4th Earl of Iddesleigh
O[edit]
- Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet- England Cricket Team Player
- John O'Brien- Ireland Cricket Team Player
- Daniel O'Connell - Leader of the movement for Catholic emancipation, Irish Nationalist and MP
- Charles Owen O'Conor, O'Conor Don - Liberal MP for Roscommon and President of Gaelic League
- Denis Charles Joseph O'Conor - hereditary Chief of the Name O'Conor
- Denis Maurice O'Conor - Liberal MP for Sligo County
- Denis Armar O'Conor, O'Conor Don - Irish nobleman
- Denis Maurice O'Conor - former Lord Justice of Appeal
- Mervyn O'Gorman- British electrical and aircraft engineer
- Denis Ormerod- first Roman Catholic commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment
P[edit]
- Anthony Palliser – artist
- Tony Pearson – cricketer
- Nigel Poett – British Army Officer, commanded the 5th Parachute Brigade during the second world war
- John Bede Polding – first Archbishop of Sydney[32]
- Francis Pollen – architect, worked on buildings at the Abbey and school
- Philip Pope – actor and composer[33]
- James Pope-Hennessy – biographer and travel writer
- John Pope-Hennessy – former director of the British Museum[24]
- Nicholas Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston – art connoisseur and aristocrat
- Jonathan Pugh – cartoonist
- Edmund Purdom – film actor
R[edit]
- Rev. Timothy Radcliffe, OP – Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) from 1992 to 2001[34]
- Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell – Solicitor General and Attorney General[35]
- George William Rendel – diplomat
- Dan Riddiford – New Zealand politician of the National Party
- Michael Richey – navigator and author
- Paul Richey – flying ace of the Second World War and author
- Michael Robinson – flying ace of the Second World War
- Jerome Roche – musicologist
- Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell – Conservative peer - Scottish rugby international[36]
- Nicholas Rossiter – TV producer[37]
S[edit]
- John de Salis, 9th Count de Salis-Soglio – ICRC delegate and envoy
- Hilary St George Saunders – author
- Wilfrid Sheed – novelist and essayist[38]
- Todd Sharpville – musician
- Arthur Sidgreaves – businessman, head of Rolls-Royce during the Second World War
- Eugene Simon – actor[39]
- Sir John Smythe, 8th Baronet – cricketer
- Sir Robert Stapylton – courtier, dramatic poet and translator[40]
- Richard Stokes – former Lord Privy Seal[41]
- Christopher Sykes – author
- John Sweetman - Founder of Sinn Féin
- Roger Sweetman - Teachta Dála for Sinn Féin and abstentionist MP
T[edit]
- Artur Tarnowski - politician
- Simon Tolkien – author and novelist[42]
- Rudolph de Trafford – aristocrat and banker
- Maurice Turnbull – Welsh rugby international and Test cricketer[43]
- Bernard Turnbull – former captain of Wales Rugby Team
- Paolo Tullio – writer, radio/TV personality and Michelin star-winning chef
U[edit]
- James Underwood – pathologist[44]
- William Bernard Ullathorne – English prelate
V[edit]
- John Varley – former CEO of Barclays[45]
- Hugh Vyvyan – captain of Saracens Rugby[46]
W[edit]
- Auberon Waugh – journalist[47]
- Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe – former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
- Patrick Wall – Royal Marines officer and Conservative politician[48]
- Charles Walmesley – Procurator General, astronomer and mathematician
- Dennis Walters – Conservative Party politician
- Charles Wegg-Prosser – politician
- Bob Wellings – Broadcaster
- Arthur B. Woods – film director
- Douglas Woodruff – editor of the Tablet
Z[edit]
- Count Adam Zamoyski – historian[49]
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Bibliography[edit]
- List of Boys at St Gregory's, Downside Abbey, Bath, 1972: covers 1614–1972.
- List of Boys at St Gregory's: First Supplement, Downside Abbey, Bath, 1983: covers 1967–1982 and lists corrections to the 1972 publication.