List of people associated with Balliol College, Oxford

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The following comprises lists of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford , namely alumni and those who taught at the College or were based at the College or were involved in college life. The main source of information is the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register which lists Fellows and students by year of matriculation, thus providing evidence of existence, dates and some biographical information.

Contents

Other sources of information include the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and Who's Who and Who was Who both published by Oxford University Press .

Each name links to its Wikipedia page where it exists. The alumni are grouped into categories corresponding to fields of work and are arranged chronologically.

The lists of notable alumni consists almost entirely of men, because women were admitted to the college only from 1979. [8]

Alumni

Lists for specific categories

Balliol Chancellors of Oxford University

College Alumni

Security, Military and Intelligence

ImageNameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefs
Cressida Dick 2017 (cropped).jpg Cressida Dick 1979 police commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police
daughter of Balliol Senior Tutor Marcus Dick
SimonMayall.jpg Lieutenant-General Simon Mayall 1975 army Defence Senior Advisor Middle East
Sir John Rennie 1932 intelligence Director MI6
Sir Archibald Hope, November 1940 (cropped).jpg Group Captain Archie Hope 1930 RAF DFC
RAF pilot WW2
Hon Richard Gilbert Hare 1925 propaganda Head of Russian propaganda, Ministry of Information WW2

Russian art historian

Arthur Rhys Davids by William Orpen.jpg Lieutenant Arthur Rhys-Davids 1916 RFC MC

declined scholarship to join the RFC

John Aidan Liddell VC IWM Q 56193.jpg Captain John Aidan Liddell 1908 RFC VC MC
Lieutenant Colonel Adrian Carton de Wiart.jpg Lieutenant-General Adrian Carton de Wiart 1899 army VC
left before graduating to fight in Boer War
Vice-Admiral William Monson 1581 navy his Naval Tracts describe Navy life

Music

NameJoin DateField of workCommentsRefs
Julian Sturgis 1868 librettist "the best serious librettist of the day" (W.S.Gilbert)

FA Cup Final winner

 [10] : 55 
Sir Harold Boulton 1878 songwriter "Skye Boat Song" [11] : 4 
John Farmer 1885 Director of Music organist, composer and keyboardist [12]
Ernest Walker 1887 composer Honorary Fellow [11] : 22 
Donald Tovey 1895 composer Essays in Musical Analysis [11] : 43 
F. S. Kelly 1900 composer Olympic gold medallist in rowing [13] : 62 
Victor Hely-Hutchinson 1920 composer, conductor, pianist switched to RCM after one year

"Carol Symphony"

 [13] : 219 
Inglis Gundry 1923 composer lecturer on musical appreciation [11] : 30 
Sydney Carter 1933 songwriter "Lord of the Dance" [11] : 90 
Richard Buckle 1934 Ballet Founded Ballet magazine [11] : 98 
George Malcolm 1934 harpsichordist Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral [11] : 102 
Edward Heath 1935 organist, conductor Prime Minister [11] : 107 
Vernon Handley 1951 conductor supported British composers [11] : 246 
Nicholas Kenyon 1969 BBC Radio 3 Organiser BBC Proms [11] : 450 
Miron Fyodorov 2004 hip hop Russian artist Oxxxymiron [14]

Fictional alumni

Notable applicants who did not matriculate

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References

  1. ↑ Balliol College (University of Oxford); Jones, John; Viney, Sally; Hilliard, Edward; Elliott, Ivo d'Oyle; Lemon, Elsie (1914). The Balliol College Register (1st ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1914, covering matriculations 1832-1914)
  2. ↑ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1934). The Balliol College Register (2nd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1934, covering matriculations 1833-1933)
  3. ↑ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1953). The Balliol College Register (3rd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1953, covering matriculations 1900-1950)
  4. ↑ Lemon, Elsie (1 January 1969). Balliol College Register 1916-1967 (4th ed.). Balliol College.
  5. ↑ John Jones and Sally Viney (November 1982). Balliol College Register 1950-1980 (5th ed.). Balliol College.
  6. ↑ John Jones and Catherine Willbery (January 1993). Balliol College Register 1940-1990 (6th ed.). Balliol College.
  7. ↑ Tom Bewley and John Jones (11 October 2005). Balliol College Register 1950-2000 (7th ed.). Balliol College.
  8. ↑ "Balliol Women: Some Alumnae of the College | Balliol College, University of Oxford". www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  9. ↑ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas. National Archives.; CP 40 / 677; in 1430; Thomas Chace appears as first name, but as defendant in a case of debt, brought by Thomas Coventre.
  10. ↑ Balliol College Register (Second Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1934
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition) by John Jones and Sally Viney 1983
  12. ↑ History Balliol College Musical Society Society website. Accessed 1 January 2025
  13. 1 2 Balliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1953
  14. ↑ Tsyptsyna, Iana. "More than punch lines and rhymes: Dizaster v Oxxxymiron". The Oxford Student. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  15. ↑ Isaiah Berlin Old Pauline Club, 7 July 2020. Accessed 31 December 2024
  16. ↑ Did Balliol Make Bill a President? Richard Jenkins, The Spectator, 15 July 2000, Page 15. Archive accessed 31 December 2024
  17. ↑ Did Balliol Make Bill a President? Richard Jenkins, The Spectator, 15 July 2000, Page 15. Archive accessed 31 December 2024
  18. ↑ What Makes a Philosopher, Daniel Dennett, Autobiography Part 1, Philosophy Now. Accessed 31 December 2024
  19. ↑ Oral history interview with A. Hyatt Mayor, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, 1969. Accessed 31 December 2024
  20. ↑ Avrion, Mitchison. "Getting into New College, Oxford". Web of Stories. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  21. ↑ As quoted in the book review by Anthony Campbell of Colin McGinn's autobiographical "The Making of a Philosopher, My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy" accessed 31 December 2024
  22. ↑ Holroyd, Michael. Lytton Strachey, 1994, ISBN 0-09-933291-4 (paperback) p129
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