Old Denstonians

Denstone College is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Denstone, Staffordshire, England. Its alumni are known as Old Denstonians (ODs). The Denstone Association looks after the College's alumni.

Old Denstonians

• Peter Brinson – writer and lecturer on dance ^[1]
• Sir Vandeleur Molyneux Grayburn – Chief Manager of the HSBC Bank and member of the Hong Kong Resistance who died a prisoner of the Japanese in 1943
• Nigel Grindley FRS - Emeritus Professor in Genetics, Yale University.
• Peter Gerald "Spam" Hammersley CB OBE – Rear Admiral, Royal Navy ^[2]
• Frederick George Jackson – Arctic explorer ^[3]
• John Makepeace OBE – furniture designer ^[4]
• Keith Mant – forensic pathologist and war crime investigator ^[5]
• William Whitehead Watts – President of the Geological Society (1910–1912) ^[6]
• Lieutenant General Ralph Wooddisse – British Army officer

Churchmen

• Charles Copland – clergyman ^[7]
• Philip Pasterfield – Bishop of Crediton (1974–1984) ^[8]
• Dennis Victor – Bishop of Lebombo ^[9]

Politicians and lawyers

• Geoffrey Cheshire FBA – barrister and jurist ^[10]
• Warren Hawksley – Conservative Member of Parliament
• Asda Jayanama – diplomat
• Lord Justice Kay – Lord Justice of Appeal ^[11]
• Alfred F. Adderley - Bahamian lawyer, Member of Parliament and acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ^{[12] [13]}

Sportsmen

• Arthur Berry – England footballer, double Olympic gold medallist and former Chairman of Liverpool Football Club ^[14]
• Phil Davies – rugby player
• Alastair Hignell – rugby union and cricket player ^[15]
• Harvey Hosein – English cricketer
• N. F. Humphreys – 1910 British Lions player (died in World War I) ^[16]
• Tommy Kemp – rugby union fly half for England 1931–1948
• Sam Lewis – rugby union lock/flanker for Leicester Tigers
• Tim Mason – cricketer
• David Short – Derbyshire cricketer
• Jeremy Snape – England cricketer ^[17]
• George Stocks – Argentine cricketer
• Alex Thomson (cricketer) - cricketer
• Ben White – rugby union scrum half for Leicester Tigers

Writers and broadcasters

• Quentin Crisp – writer and actor ^[18]
• René Cutforth – journalist
• Alex Lester – broadcaster
• Petre Mais (S. P. B. Mais) – author and broadcaster
• Tim Marlow – writer, broadcaster and art historian
• Richard Morris – archaeologist and writer
• Guy Thorne – pseudonym: Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull, (1876–1923), novelist and journalist ^[19]
• Bill Arthur - Sky Sports journalist and broadcaster

Musicians

• Peter Godfrey – choral conductor

See also

• Category:People educated at Denstone College.

References

1. Robinson, Ken (2004). "Brinson, Peter Neilson (1920–1995)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford University Press . Retrieved 22 October 2009.(subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required)
2. "Hammersley, Rear-Adm. Peter Gerald" . Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press; A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 19 February 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U18815. ISBN   978-0-19-954088-4 . Retrieved 11 May 2020.
3. Savitt, Ronald. Legacies of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, 1894–1897. Polar Record 43 (224): 55–66 (2007)
4. The Furniture Society – John Makepeace biography Archived 20 August 2003 at the Wayback Machine
5. The Guardian – Keith Mant obituary, 16 November 2000
6. William Whitehead Watts. 1860–1947. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 6, No. 17 (Nov. 1948), pp. 263–279
7. Who was Who 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN   978-0-19-954087-7
8. Who's Who 1992 "(London, A & C Black ISBN   0-7136-3514-2)
9. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
10. The Times – Obituary: Professor G. C. Cheshire—Influential writer on the law, 28 October 1978
11. Downing Street – Privy Council Appointments Archived 2 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine , 19 May 2000
12. Bowe, Ruth (29 January 2010). "Personalities: Alfred Francis Adderley". Bahamas Weekly. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
13. "Alfred Francis Adderley CBE (16 Nov 1891–16 Jun 1953)". St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Retrieved 3 January 2026.
14. Daily Post, Liverpool FC's Javier Mascherano wants gold Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , 2008-08-22, accessed 14 February 2010
15. University of Bristol – Honorary degrees awarded at the University today, 12 July 2004
16. Captain Noel Forbes Humphreys
17. Cricinfo – Jeremy Snape player profile
18. The Independent – Quentin Crisp, 2 November 1999
19. Philip J. Waller, Writers, Readers and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain, 1870–1918, Oxford University Press, 2006, p.1011 ISBN   0-19-820677-1 ISBN   978-0198206774

External links

• Denstone College Website
• Denstone Association