List of Old Bristolians

The following are some notable "Old Bristolians", alumni of Bristol Grammar School in England.

17th century

• Robert Huntington (c.1637–1701), Provost of Trinity College, Dublin and orientalist

18th century

• Alexander Catcott (1725–1779), geologist and theologian
• Sir John Coxe Hippisley (1745–1825), politician
• William Gregor (1761–1817), mineralogist, discoverer of titanium
• Jonathan Sewell (c.1766–1839), Chief Justice and Speaker of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1839, and President of the Executive Council of Lower Canada, 1808–1830
• Stephen Sewell (1770–1832), lawyer and political figure in Lower Canada
• John Tobin (1770–1804), dramatist
• Samuel Daniel Broughton (1787–1837), military surgeon
• Thomas Edward Bowdich (c.1791–1824), writer and African explorer

19th century

• Thomas William Allies (1813–1903), theologian
• Charles Kingsley (1819–1875), novelist
• John Norton (1823–1904), architect
• Robert Drew Hicks (1850–1929), classicist
• Charles Whibley (1859–1930), journalist and author
• Thomas Horrocks Openshaw (1856–1929), surgeon
• William Lane (1861–1917), journalist and pioneer of the Australian labour movement
• Leonard Whibley (1863–1941), classicist
• Sir Llewellyn Smith (1864–1945), Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade, 1907–1919, and Chief Economic Adviser to the Government, 1919–1927
• Leonard Raven-Hill (1867–1942), illustrator and cartoonist
• Sir John Herbert Parsons FRS (1868–1957), ophthalmologist and physiologist ^[1]
• Robert Chambers (1802–1871), philanthropist and peace activist
• Roland Allen (1868–1947), missionary in China
• Cyril Bradley Rootham (1875–1938), classicist and musician
• Frederick William Lumsden (1872–1918), Royal Marines Brigadier General, VC, CB and DSO & Three bars
• Sir Cyril Norwood (1875–1956) classicist and Politician
• Sir Douglas Veale (1891–1973), Registrar of the University of Oxford, 1930–1958

20th century

• Sir Allen Lane (1902–1970), founder of Penguin Books
• Ronald Alley (1926–1999), British art historian and keeper of the modern collection at the Tate from 1965 to 1986 ^[2]
• Douglas Cleverdon (1903–1987), bookseller and BBC Radio producer
• Sarah Crew, Chief Constable in Bristol & Somerset from 2021. ^[3]
• Sir Ivor Jennings (1903–1965), Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge, 1962–1965
• Paul Drury (1903–1987), artist
• Oliver Franks, Baron Franks (1905–1992), philosopher, diplomat and civil servant
• Sir Richard Sheppard (1910–1982), architect
• Douglas Russell Feaver (1914–1987), Bishop of Peterborough
• John Cosh (1915–2005), rheumatologist
• Geoffrey Keen (1916–2005), actor
• Sir John Pople (1925–2004), Mathematician, Theoretical chemist and Nobel Laureate
• Peter Nichols (born 1927), writer
• Peter Mathias (1928–2016), economic historian
• Robert MacEwen (1928–2013), Scotland international rugby union player
• Richard Lynn (born 1930), psychologist
• Philip French (1933–2015), film critic and radio producer
• Timothy West (born 1934), actor
• Glen Dudbridge (1935–2017), sinologist
• Robin Cormack (born 1935), academic
• Julian Glover (born 1935), actor
• David Prowse (born 1935), actor
• Victor Watts (born 1938), academic
• Keith Robbins (born 1940), historian and former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Wales, Lampeter
• Fred Wedlock (1942–2010), folk singer, humorist and actor. ^[4]
• T.J. Clark (born 1943), historian
• Nick Brimble (born 1944), actor
• Robert Lacey (born 1944), historian and biographer
• Sir Nicholas Wright (born 1945), professor of medicine
• Jeremy Treglown (born 1946), biographer and literary critic
• Andrew Dalby (born 1947), food writer
• Clive Ponting (born 1947), former civil servant and historian.
• David Nutt (born 1951), neuropsychopharmacologist
• Sir Andrew Cash (born 1955), Chief Executive of Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Timothy Holroyde (born 1955), English Court of Appeal judge
• Jeremy Sheehy (born 1956), Anglican priest and academic
• Andy Harrison (born 1957), business executive and former CEO of The RAC, easyJet and Whitbread
• Shaun Woodward (born 1958), politician, former Labour Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
• Graham Tomlin (born 1958), Bishop of Kensington
• Nick Sheppard (born 1960), guitarist
• Jeremy Northam (born 1961), actor
• Tim Hayward (born 1963), food writer, broadcaster and restaurateur
• John Lennard (born 1964), academic
• Rabinder Singh KC (born 1964), first Sikh High Court judge ^[5]
• Janet Henry (born 1969), economist, currently Global Chief Economist at HSBC
• Richard Gould (born 1970), chief executive of Surrey County Cricket Club
• Neil Garrett (born 1975), journalist
• Michelle Goodman (born 1976), RAF Officer, first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross
• Shrien Dewani (born 1979), arrested on suspicion of conspiring to murder
• Simon Case (born 1978), civil servant
• Sean Marsden (born 1980), professional rugby player
• Mark Watson (born 1980), comedian
• Alexander Betts (born 1980), academic
• Chris Skidmore (born 1981), Conservative MP
• James Kenber (born 1986), fencer ^[6]
• Michael Coady (born 1987), professional rugby league player
• Tuppence Middleton (born 1987), actress
• Marcus Hamblett (born 1987), musician
• William Tavaré (born 1990), professional cricketer
• Emily Diamond (born 1991), track and field athlete
• Jordan Waller (born 1992), actor
• Katie Swan (born 1999), professional tennis player

References

1. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
2. Morphet, Richard (17 May 1999). "Ronald Alley". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 29 March 2025.
3. "Chief Constable Sarah Crew". Issuu. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
4. "Fred Wedlock". Bristol Rocks. Retrieved 6 March 2010.
5. "Sir Rabinder Singh made judge of the Court of Appeal".
6. "Kenber targets last 16 in Italy - London 2012 2012 - Olympic Games - Eurosport Asia". Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 3 November 2011.