List of alumni of Christ Church, Oxford

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A list of alumni of Christ Church, Oxford , one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its alumni include politicians, lawyers, bishops, poets, and academics.

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At least thirteen British prime ministers have been educated at Christ Church, including Sir Robert Peel (Prime Minister 1834–1835 & 1841–1846), Anthony Eden (1955–1957) and William Ewart Gladstone (1892–94, 1886, 1880–85, & 1868–74). At least ten Chancellors of the Exchequer have also been educated at Christ Church including Nigel Lawson (1983–1989) and William Murray (Lord Chief Justice 1756–1788 and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1757) as well as other prominent UK politicians such as Quintin McGarel Hogg (Lord Chancellor 1979–1987). Christ Church has also educated many people who have gone on to take prominent political roles abroad, such as Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (former Prime minister of Pakistan), Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party), S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike (Prime Minister of Ceylon (later Sri Lanka)) and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.

A number of members of royal families were educated at Christ Church including King Edward VII (1841–1910), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India and his brother Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany as well as King William II of the Netherlands, Prince Abbas Hilmi from the Egyptian royal family, and Prince Hassan bin Talal from the Jordanian royal family.

There are numerous former students in the fields of academia and theology including seventeen Archbishops, most recently Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury 2002–2012). Other students in these areas include George Kitchin (the first chancellor of the University of Durham and Dean of Durham Cathedral), John Charles Ryle (first Bishop of Liverpool), John Wesley (leader of the Methodist movement), Richard William Jelf (Principal of King's College London), Ronald Montagu Burrows (Principal of King's College London) and Bishop William Stubbs (Bishop of Oxford and historian). Prominent philosophers including John Locke, John Rawls, Sir A. J. Ayer and Daniel Dennett also studied at Christ Church.

Albert Einstein was elected to undertake a 5-year Research Studentship in 1931, [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] philosopher and polymath Robert Hooke and developmental biologist Sir John B. Gurdon (co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), physician Sir Archibald Edward Garrod, the Father of Modern Medicine Sir William Osler, biochemist Kenneth Callow, radio astronomer Sir Martin Ryle and epidemiologist Sir Richard Doll are all associated with the college.

A number of successful businessmen have also been educated at Christ Church including Alex Beard (Glencore), Sir Michael Moritz (Sequoia Capital), Crispin Odey (hedge fund manager), Jacob Rothschild (N M Rothschild & Sons), Nicky Oppenheimer (De Beers), Peter Moores (Littlewoods), James A. Reed (Reed group), and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (twins associated with the founding of Facebook).

The college has educated six Olympic gold medalists including Jonny Searle in rowing. Other notable alumni include entrepreneur and founder of Pennsylvania William Penn, broadcaster David Dimbleby, composer Sir William Walton and the writers Lewis Carroll and W. H. Auden.

The college accepted men only for over four centuries, until 1980, [6] which explains the dearth of women on this list of notable alumni.

The following list is not comprehensive and a fuller list can be found in the Category: Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford.

UK and foreign royalty

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King Edward VII

British Prime Ministers

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Anthony Eden
NamePartyYears in Office
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon Conservative1955–1957
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Liberal1894–1895
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby Conservative1852, 1858–1859, 1866–1868
George Canning Tory1827
George Grenville Whig1763–1765
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Conservative1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Tory1812–1827
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel Conservative1963–1964
Sir Robert Peel Conservative1834–1835, 1841–1846
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland Whig (1783), Tory (1807–1809)1783, 1807–1809
William Ewart Gladstone Liberal1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne Whig1782–1783
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville Whig1806–1807
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath Whig1746 (For two days)

Politicians and civil servants

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Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester

UK Cabinet Members

Current UK MPs

Former UK MPs

Members of the House of Lords

Members of the European Parliament

Foreign politicians

Civil servants and diplomats

Members of the UK Supreme Court

Viceroys and Governors General

Philosophers

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Sir Michael Dummett

Theologians

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John Wesley

Academics

Mathematicians and scientists

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Robert Hooke

Sports people

Artists and writers

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Lewis Carroll

Marina Hyde

Performing Arts

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Riz Ahmed

Journalists and Broadcasters

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David Dimbleby

Business

Other people

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