List of Old Salopians
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List of Old Salopians is a list of some of the many notable alumni of Shrewsbury School, a leading UK independent boarding and day school in Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England. They have excelled or gained fame in such fields as business, culture, the military, politics, science, or sport.
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| Contents: | Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
[edit] A
- Francis William Lauderdale Adams (1862–1893), writer
- John Adams (cartographer), (before 1670 − 1738), cartographer
- Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1668), Lord Mayor of the City of London 1654–65
- Cyril Argentine Alington (1872–1955), headmaster 1908-1917 and dean of Durham
- Thomas Ashton (d. 1578), headmaster 1562-1571
- John Langshaw Austin, philosopher of language
[edit] B
- William Henry Bateson, (1812–1881), college head
- Sir Cecil Beadon (1816–1880), administrator in India
- Christopher Booker, journalist
- Tim Booth, lead singer of the band James)
- John Breynton (1719–1799), minister and missionary in Nova Scotia[1]
- John Brockbank, (1848–1896), footballer who played for England as a forward in the first international match against Scotland.
- Peter Brown, historian of Late Antiquity, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
- Samuel Browne, (1574/5–1632), Church of England clergyman
- Donald Boumphrey MC, (1892–1971), cricketer, educator and British Army officer
- Charles Burney (1726–1814), music historian
- Omar 'Ali Bolkiah (1986–), Crown Prince of the Sultanate of Brunei
- Samuel Butler (1774–1839), headmaster 1798-1836 and Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield
- Samuel Butler (1835–1902), iconoclastic author of Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.
[edit] C
- Thomas Chaloner (Challoner) (c.1600–1664), headmaster 1637–1645
- George Sidney Roberts Kitson Clark (1900–1975), historian
- William George Clark (1821–1878), literary and classical scholar
- William Clarke[disambiguation needed
] (1695–1771), antiquary - Richard Charles Cobb (1917–1996), historian and essayist
- Edward Meredith Cope (1818–1873), classical scholar
- Edward Corbet, (1601x3–1658), Anglican clergyman
- John Corbet[disambiguation needed ] (Corbett) (1609–1670), politician and judge
- Sir Randolph Crewe (Crew) (bap. 1559, d. 1646), judge[2]
- Julian Critchley (1930–2000), politician
- Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft (1881–1947), politician
- Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow (1912–), diplomat
- Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce (1912–2000), judge
[edit] D
- Charles Darwin (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection
- Peter Davis (1941-), former Chairman Sainsbury's
- Francis Day (1829–1889), military surgeon and ichthyologist
- Paul Edward Dehn (1912–1976), writer and film critic
- Miles Dempsey (1896–1969), army officer
- Hal Dixon (1928–2008), biochemist and Vice Provost of King's College Cambridge
- John Freeman Milward Dovaston, (1782–1854), naturalist and poet [3]
- Andrew Downes (c.1549–1628), Greek scholar
- Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden, Fourth Baronet of Ambrosden, Seventh Baronet of Canons-Ashby, archaeologist and antiquary[4]
[edit] E
- Humphrey Edwards (1582–1658), politician and regicide
- Alexander John Ellis (formerly Sharpe), (1814–1890), phonetician and mathematician
- Sir (Robert) Charles Evans (1918–1995), surgeon and mountaineer
- William Addams Williams Evans (1853–1919), Wales international footballer[5]
[edit] F
- Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), Church of England clergyman and Roman Catholic priest
- Freddie Fisher(1985–), Big Brother UK Series 10 contestant
- James Fleming[disambiguation needed ] (1830–1908), Church of England clergyman
- Paul Foot, journalist
- James Fraser (1818–1885), bishop of Manchester
- Abraham Fraunce (France) (1559?–1592/3?), poet and lawyer
[edit] G
- Arthur Herman Gilkes (1849–1922), headmaster, Dulwich College
- Geoffrey Green (1911–1990), football writer
- Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke of Beauchamps Court (1554–1628), courtier and author
- Sir George Abraham Grierson (1851–1941), administrator in India and philologist
- Henry Melvill Gwatkin (1844–1916), historian and theologian
[edit] H
- James Hall (1800–1854), painter
- Nick Hancock (1962–), actor and TV presenter
- John Hanmer (1575/6–1629), bishop of St Asaph
- Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook (1814–1906), politician
- Thomas Emerson Headlam (1813–1875), barrister and politician
- William Henry Herford (1820–1908), educationist
- Michael Heseltine (1933-), politician
- Richard Henry Heslop (alias Xavier) (1907–1973), army officer and resistance organizer
- Sir Thomas Hewett, (1656–1726), architect and landowner[6]
- Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert (1824–1908), politician
- James Hildyard, (1809–1887), classical scholar
- Richard Hillary (1919–1943), air force officer and author
- Hubert Ashton Holden (1822–1896), classical scholar
- William Walsham How (1823–1897), bishop of Wakefield
- Robert Hudson (1920–2010), BBC broadcaster and administrator
- James Humphreys (lawyer) (1768–1830), law reformer
- Sir Travers Humphreys (1867–1956), judge
[edit] I
- Brian St John Inglis (1916–1993), journalist
- Andrew Irvine (1902–1924), mountaineer
[edit] J
- Frederick John Jackson (1860–1929), colonial governor and naturalist
- William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson (1917–1999), army officer and military historian
- George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1645–1689), judge
- (William) Basil Jones (1822–1897), bishop of St David's
- John Jones of Gellilyfdy (before 1585 − in or before 1658), copyist and manuscript collector
- Sir Thomas Jones (1614–1692), judge and law reporter
- Thomas Jones (1756–1807), college teacher
[edit] K
- Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1804–1889), headmaster and classical scholar
- Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867), lawyer and classical scholar
- Bryan King (1811–1895), Church of England clergyman
[edit] L
- Lord Lane (1918–2005), Law Lord, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
- John Austin (1911–1960), philosopher of language, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy
- Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine (1901–1980), politician
- Aubrey Trevor Lawrence (1875–1930), barrister and author
- Sir William Leighton (c.1565–1622), poet and composer
- Herbert Mortimer Luckock (1833–1909), dean of Lichfield
- Sir Daniel Lysons (1816–1898), army officer
[edit] M
- Humphrey Mackworth (1603–1654), government official and politician
- Richard Madox (1546–1583), Church of England clergyman and diarist
- George Augustus Chichester May (1815–1892), judge
- George Osborne Morgan (1826–1897), lawyer and politician
- Henry Whitehead Moss (1841–1917), headmaster 1866–1908
- Gerard Moultrie (1829–1885), third master, chaplain, hymnographer
- Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885), classical scholar
[edit] N
- Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856–1941), social activist and journalist
- Charles Thomas Newton (bap. 1816, d. 1894), archaeologist
- Nevil Shute Norway (1899–1960), novelist as Nevil Shute and aeronautical engineer
[edit] O
- Sir Charles Oakeley, 1st Baronet (1751–1826), administrator in India
- William Chichester O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill (1813–1883), Church of Ireland clergyman and composer
- Julian Orchard (1930–1979), film and television actor
- Sir Roger Ormrod (1911–1992), judge
- Hugh Owen[disambiguation needed ] (1760–1827), Church of England clergyman and antiquary
- Thomas Owen (d. 1598), judge
[edit] P
- Bernard Charles Tolver Paget (1887–1961), army officer
- Edward Francis Paget (1886–1971), archbishop of central Africa
- Francis Paget (1851–1911), bishop of Oxford
- Stephen Paget (1855–1926), writer and pro-vivisection campaigner
- Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888), classical scholar and writer
- Michael Palin, CBE (1943– ), member of Monty Python comedy troupe, writer, actor and world traveller
- John Peel (1939–2004), DJ and journalist
- Arthur Purves Phayre (1812–1885), administrator in Burma
- Robert Phayre (1820–1897), army officer
- Ambrose Philips (bap. 1674, d. 1749), poet and playwright
- John Arthur Pilcher (1912–1990), diplomatist
- (Henry) Graham Pollard (1903–1976), bookseller and bibliographer
- Sir Thomas Powys (1649–1719), judge and politician
[edit] R
- Henry Cecil Raikes (1838–1891), politician
- Martin Rees (President of Royal Society, Astronomer Royal, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
- John Hamilton Reynolds (1794–1852), poet
- George Rudé (1910–1993), British Marxist Historian
- Willie Rushton (1937–1996), cartoonist, comedian, founder of Private Eye'
- Ed Reardon fictional character
[edit] S
- George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax (1633–1695)
- Nevil Shute (1899–1960), writer
- Simon Shackleton (b1968), DJ, musician
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet, courtier and soldier
- Sandy Singleton (1914–1999), cricketer
- John Stuttard (1945– ), Lord Mayor of the City of London 2006–07
[edit] T
- Desmond Shawe-Taylor (1907–1995), music critic
- John Taylor (bap. 1704, d. 1766), classical scholar and Church of England clergyman
- Oliver Thomas (1599/1600–1652), nonconformist minister and author
- William Thomson (1819–1890), archbishop of York
- Godfrey Thring (1823–1903), hymn writer
- Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring (1818–1907), parliamentary draftsman
- J. C. Thring
- Richard Todd, Actor
- Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1919–1979), headmaster of Eton College and Fettes College
- Sir Thomas Trevor (c.1573–1656), judge
- James Taylor (cricketer) (1990–)
[edit] V
- Sir William Vaughan (d. 1649), royalist army officer
[edit] W
- Alan Wace (1879–1957), archaeologist
- Henry Wace (1853–1947), England international footballer[7]
- Henry William Rawson Wade (1918–2004), academic lawyer
- Graham Wallas (1858–1932), political psychologist and educationist
- John Wood Warter (1806–1878), Church of England clergyman and antiquary[8]
- John Weaver (1673–1760), dancer and choreographer
- Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928), novelist
- Edgar Whitehead (1905–1971), prime minister of Rhodesia
- Charles Wicksteed (1810–1885), Unitarian minister[9][10]
- Sir Kyffin Williams (1918–2006), Landscape & Portrait Artist
- Sir William Williams (1633/4–1700), lawyer and politician
- H. de Winton
- John Wylie, (c.1853–1924), 1878 FA Cup winner and England international
[edit] Y
- Charles Edward Yate (1849–1940), administrator in India and politician
[edit] References
- ^ Biography of John Breynton. Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
- ^ Brief profile of Sir Randolph Crewe. Annals of Shrewsbury School.George William Fisher. pp 58.
- ^ Biography of John Freeman Milward Dovaaston. www.sueburton.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ The Sir Henry Dryden Collection. VADS. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Profile of William Addams-Williams-Evans. cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Sir Thomas Hewett(1656–1726) architect & landowner. www.rotherhamweb.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2010
- ^ Betts, Graham (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 249. ISBN 1-9050-0963-1.
- ^ Reverend John Wood Warter. thePeerage.com. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Biography of Charles Wicksteed. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Charles Darwin in Western Australia – A Young Scientist's Perception of an Environment. Patrick Armstrong. University of Western Australia Press. 1905. pp 3.
