Aedanus Burke, soldier, judge and United States Representative from South Carolina; served in the militia forces of South Carolina during the American Revolutionary War; appointed judge of the State circuit court; member of the South Carolina House of Representatives; served in the Revolutionary Army; appointed one of three commissioners to prepare a digest of the State laws; member of the convention in 1788 called to consider ratification of the Constitution of the United States, which he opposed; elected as an Anti-Administration candidate to the First United States Congress; elected a chancellor of the courts of equity; senior member of the South Carolina appellate courts; Chief Justice of South Carolina.[5]
John Caryll, 1st Baron Caryll of Durford, in the Jacobite Peerage, poet, dramatist, and diplomat; translated Ovid's Epistle of Briseïs to Achilles and Virgil's first Eclogue; during the "Popish Plot" was committed to the Tower of London, but was soon let out on bail; when James II of England succeeded to the throne, he sent him as his agent to the court of Pope Innocent XI; secretary to Queen Mary of Modena, after the Glorious Revolution, he followed the exiled royal family to Saint-Germain; implicated in a plots to overthrow William of Orange (William III), whilst in exile he was created by the dethroned James II Baron Caryll of Durford (or Dunford) in West Sussex and appointed his Joint Secretary of State; his son, the so-called Old Pretender, James Francis Edward Stuart, recognised by Jacobites as "King James III and VIII" re-appointed him one of his Secretaries of State.[9]
Christopher G. Champlin, United States Representative and Senator from Rhode Island; elected as a Federalist to the Fifth and Sixth Congresses; president of the Rhode Island Bank.[10]
Ambrose Corbie, Jesuit, teacher and author; appointed confessor at the English College, Rome.[11]
Thomas Gage, informer, clergyman, ordained Dominican priest then publicly abandoned the Catholic Church for a Puritanical form of Anglicanism; he testified against Thomas Holland, Francis Bell, Ralph Corby and Peter Wright. All were executed on his evidence; during the Civil War aligned himself with Oliver Cromwell.[13]
William Habington, poet, works include Castara (1634),a tragi-comedy, The Queen of Arragon (1640) and six essays on events in modern history, Observations upon History (1641).[14]
Francis Hawkins, Jesuit, child prodigy and translator; translated (aged 10) An Alarum for Ladyes, translated from de La Serre (aged 13) thirteenYouths Behaviour, or, Decency in Conversation amongst Men (1641).[15]
Emmanuel Lobb, SJ, received King James II into the Catholic Church.[16]
Thomas Lloyd, stenographer; known as the “Father of American Shorthand", published the most complete and official record of the First Continental Congress from the notes taken in his shorthand; worked for the United States Treasurer; reported the first Inaugural Address given by George Washington.[17]
Henry More, Jesuit provincial and church historian; great-grandson St Thomas More; sent on the English Mission where he was twice arrested and imprisoned, whilst chaplain to Lord Petre; as provincial negotiationed with Panzani, Conn and Rossetti (the papal agents at the court of Queen Henrietta Maria); Rector of St. Omer.[18]
Arthur Murphy, author, biographer and barrister, also known by the pseudonym Charles Ranger; friend of Henry Thrale and Samuel Johnson; introduced Thale to Johnson; Commissioner of Bankruptcy; coined the legal term "wilful misconstruction".[19]
Anthony Terill, theologian and Jesuit; Penitentiary at Loreto, Professor of philosophy at Florence, Professor of philosophy and scholastic theology at Parma, Director of theological studies and Professor of theology and mathematics at the English College, Liège.[22]
Thomas Weld, benefactor of Stonyhurst College to the Society of Jesus.[23]
James White American physician, lawyer and politician; early settler Tennessee and Louisiana; delegate for North Carolina in the Continental Congress and a non-voting member of the U.S. House for the Southwest Territory.[24]
Alumni/ae of the College at Stonyhurst (1794-present)
Judge J. M. Davies, barrister; participated in the Japanese War Trials; commissioner of assize; Recorder of Birmingham; first circuit judge appointment assigned to the Northern Circuit; Queen’s Counsel
George Eyston, racing driver, broke the land speed record three times
Adrian Flanagan, explorer, first single-handed sailor to achieve a ‘vertical’ circumnavigation of the earth
Frank Foley, Soldier and British secret agent in World War II, he is primarily remembered as the "British Schindler". As an undercover passport control officer he helped thousands of Jews escape from Nazi Germany. In October 1999 he was accorded the status of a Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's Yad Vashem
Sir Iain Foulis, 13th Baronet of Colinton and Baronet of Ravelston
Peter Glenville, film and theatre director and producer and script writer; winner BAFTA (Best British Film - "Becket"); nominated for 4 Tony Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, 1 Academy Award "Oscar" (Best Director) and 1 Golden Lion
Giles Hussey, artist, painted a number of portraits, specializing in drawings in profile. Examples of his portraiture in oils include a portrait of Sir John Swinburne and a portrait of William Meredith
Peter Isola, Gibraltarian politician; member of the House of Assembly; leader of the Democratic Party of British Gibraltar; Minister for Education; Leader of the Opposition; Deputy Chief Minister; appeared before the UN to resist demand to integrate Gibraltar into Spain
Valentine Irwin, introduced Polo to the British Isles
Charles Laughton, actor, director; winner Academy Award "Oscar" for best actor (first British actor to do so) and a Grammy; nominated for 2 further Academy Awards (both best actor) and a Golden Globe
John Moriarty, Attorney General for Ireland, inspiration for Professor Moriarty in the Sherlock Holmes novels
Chris Morris, satirist and comedian; creator of "Brass Eye"
Bryan Mullanphy, philanthropist, born to a very wealthy St Louis family his father is often called America's first millionaire, established a collection of native American artefacts (now held in the British Museum), friend of the Jesuit missionary Pierre-Jean de Smet, alderman, judge and 12 Mayor of St Louis
James Moulton, soldier; dubbed “Captain Courageous” by Time magazine after deliberately going into the line of fire of Iraqi soldiers so that British snipers and artillery could see where they were and fire at them
Brendan O’Friel, Governing Governor of HM Prison Service, Governor of HM Prison Strangeways (renamed Manchester) during the during the Strangeways riots
Valentine O'Hara, (1875 - 1941), noted author and authorty on Russia and The Baltic States
Dermod Owen-Flood, lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada
Hubert Patch, Air Chief-Marshall, Chief of Fighter Command
John Pinasco, President of the University of San Francisco; President of Santa Clara College
Charles Plowden, Jesuit, Rector of Stonyhurst, writer and orator
Francis Plowden, barrister, legal and political writer, Professor at the Scots College at Paris
Jonathan Plowright, concert pianist, Gold Medallist at the Royal Academy of Music and a Fulbright Scholar, winner of the European Piano Competition
Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish patriot; helped to draft and signed the Irish Proclamation of Independence; played a leading part in the Easter Rising 1916 Joseph Mary Plunkett
Anthony Rickards, cardiologist; devised a revolutionary pacemaker that responded to the demands of the body during exercise and foreshadowed the technology used in nearly all pacemakers; created the first computerised cardiac database in Britain; the driving force in the formation of the Central Cardiac Audit Database
Major General SirJustin Sheil, KCB, General and diplomat; brother of Richard Lalor Sheil. secretary to the British legation in Persia, succeeded Sir John McNeill as minister
Richard Lalor Sheil, Member of Parliament (Repeal Party, and later Whig) British plenipotentiary at the Court of Tuscany
Francis L Sullivan, actor, best known for portrayals of Dickensian characters Jaggers in Great Expectations and Bumble in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948), also appeared in Non-Stop New York (1937), Pimpernel Smith (1941), After Night and the City (1950), Caribbean (1952), Plunder of the Sun (1953) and Drums of Tahiti (1954), friend of Agatha Christie
Major Francis Suttill, British special agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) inside France; organized and coordinated the Physician network, better known by his own code name Prosper; captured and killed by the Nazis
Arthur Turcotte, Quebec lawyer, journalist and politician; Mayor of Trois-Rivières; member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (independent Conservative; later Liberal); Speaker of the Assembly; helped found La Concorde, becoming its editor; minister without portfolio and attorney general under Honoré Mercier; appointed protonotary for the Superior Court in Montreal district
Sir Edgar Unsworth, KC, QC, CMG, KBE, British lawyer and judge; Chief Justice of Gibraltar and Attorney-General for Northern Rhodesia
Bernard Vaughan, Jesuit, preacher, ardent social reformer, worked among the poor of Westminster and in the East End. His sermons on "The Sins of Society" attracted large audiences. He preached at Montreal in 1910, traveled in Canada, the United States, and Alaska, and lectured in China, Japan, Italy, and France. In 1915 he became chaplain to Catholic troops of the British expeditionary army on the Continent
George Herbert Walker, banker and businessman, grandfather (and namesake) of President George H. W. Bush and great-grandfather of current President George W. Bush, golf enthusiast, president of the United States Golf Association, the Walker Cup (the famous biennial golf match) acquired Walker's namessake for his role in the event's creation
General Vernon A. Walters, General US Army; Deputy Director of the CIA; US Ambassador to the United Nations
James Waterworth, missionary priest; published “Faith of Catholics”, against the attack of Pope, an Anglican clergyman; a translation of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent and of Veron's "Rule of Faith". His last book, "England ad Rome" was on the relations of the Popes to England. He was made canon and later provost of Nottingham
Sir Frederick Weld, New Zealand politician; elected to the first House of Representatives; member of the Stafford Executive; Native Affairs Minister; Prime Minister; Governor of West Australia; Governor of Tasmania; Governor of the Straits Settlements; Knight of the Order of St Pius
George Weld, Bishop of British Guiana and Barbados
Christopher Wenner. journalist and television presenter for Blue Peter; war correspondent – his footage that brought the plight of the East Timorese to world attention; winner Rory Peck award for hard news war journalism
Dr Marcus Wenner, scientist; senior member of the Raelian Cult; reportedly founder of the company that claims to have produced the first human clone
Douglas Wilmer, actor (primarily associated with the role of Sherlock Holmes)
Greg Wood, BBC business correspondent
Hugh Wooldridge, theatre and television director and producer
Stephen Woulfe, Chief Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer, the first Catholic to be elevated to the Irish Bench
Sir Thomas Wyse, Member of Parliament (Liberal - second Irish Catholic), advocate of Catholic Emancipation, Junior Lord of the Treasury, Secretary to the Board of Control, British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Greece
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