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.
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
King
Edward VII
British Prime Ministers
Anthony Eden
Name
Party
Years in Office
Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon
Conservative
1955–1957
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Liberal
1894–1895
Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
Conservative
1852, 1858–1859, 1866–1868
George Canning
Tory
1827
George Grenville
Whig
1763–1765
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
Conservative
1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1902
Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
Tory
1812–1827
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel
Conservative
1963–1964
Sir Robert Peel
Conservative
1834–1835, 1841–1846
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
Whig (1783), Tory (1807–1809)
1783, 1807–1809
William Ewart Gladstone
Liberal
1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Whig
1782–1783
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville
Whig
1806–1807
William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath
Whig
1746 (For two days)
Politicians and civil servants
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester
UK Cabinet Members
Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796–1866), Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), diplomat and statesman
Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863), writer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary
William Dowdeswell (1721–1775), Chancellor of the Exchequer
Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1759–1799), politician and Foreign Secretary
Derick Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Viscount Amory (1899–1981), Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chancellor of the University of Exeter
Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916), Chancellor of the Exchequer
Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001), Lord Chancellor
Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby (1932–2023), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1983-1989), Member of Parliament for Blaby (1974-1992), Member of the House of Lords (1992-2022)
Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891), politician and Foreign Secretary
Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886–1957), physicist and cabinet minister
George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (1709–1773), Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793), Lord Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Exchequer
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753–1813), Foreign Secretary and statesman
George Ward Hunt (1825–1877), Chancellor of the Exchequer
John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902), politician and foreign secretary
Sir George Young, 6th Baronet (1941–), Leader of the House of Commons (2010-2012), Government Chief Whip (2012–14)
Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley (1766–1851), Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet (1688–1740), Chancellor of the Exchequer
Current UK MPs
Former UK MPs
Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (1757–1829), Speaker of the House of Commons
Jonathan Aitken (1942–), Member of Parliament for Thanet East (1977-1983) and Thanet South (1983-1997)
Michael Ancram (1945–), Chairman and Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801–1885), politician and philanthropist
Tom Driberg, Baron Bradwell (1905–1976), politician and writer
Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), MP and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds
Randolph Churchill (1911–1968), Member of Parliament for Preston (1940-1945) and son of Sir Winston Churchill
Alan Clark (1928–1999), politician and diarist
Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (1798–1877), politician
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (1946–), Conservative politician
William Henry Gladstone (1840–1891), MP and son of William Ewart Gladstone
Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (1795–1869), MP Privy Council
Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), Attorney General
Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet (1797–1878), politician
Louise Mensch (1971–), Member of Parliament for Corby (2010-2012)
Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), soldier and politician
Mark Reckless (1970–), Member of Parliament for Rochester and Strood (2010–15)
Chris Skidmore (1981–), Historian and Member of Parliament for Kingswood (2010–24)
George Spencer-Churchill, 6th Duke of Marlborough MP and great-grandfather of Sir Winston Churchill
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry (1852–1915), Conservative politician, Lord President of the Council
William Vane, 2nd Viscount Vane (c. 1706 – 1734), Member of Parliament
Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington (1807–1884), Son of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo
David Willetts (1956–), Member of Parliament for Havant (1992-2015), Member of the House of Lords (2015-)
William Wingfield (1772–1858), MP, Chief Justice of the Brecon Circuit
Members of the House of Lords
Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe (1951–), Hereditary Peer
David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (1943–) Hereditary Peer and son of Alec Douglas-Home
William Fox-Strangways, 4th Earl of Ilchester (1795–1865), politician, Art Collector
Charles Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond (1818–1903), Leader of the House of Lords, Lord President of the Council
John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne (1940–), Hereditary Peer
Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840), Whig politician and minister
The
10th ,
11th and
12th Dukes of Northumberland
Members of the European Parliament
Foreign politicians
Solomon Bandaranaike (1899–1959), Prime Minister of
Ceylon from 1956 to 1959
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979), Pakistani statesman, Founder chairman Pakistan Peoples Party
Murtaza Bhutto (1954–1996), Politician and former chairman of
Pakistan Peoples Party of Shaheed Bhutto
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (1988–), Chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), early American statesman, diplomat and presidential candidate
Mark Filip (1966–), Attorney General of the United States
Edward (Ted) Bigelow Jolliffe (1909–1998),
Leader of the Opposition in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford (1902–1961)
Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), early American statesman and diplomat
Civil servants and diplomats
Sir Antony Acland (1930–), Head of the Diplomatic Service
Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (1927–2020), Head of the Civil Service
Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618–1685), diplomat and statesman
Ian Blair (1953–), Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Sir Charles Brickdale (1857–1944), Chief Registrar of
HM Land Registry
Richard Burn (1871–1947), Indologist and civil servant in India
David Durie , Sir (1944–) Governor of Gibraltar from 2000 to 2003
Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons (1817–1877), diplomat
Cecil Harmsworth King (1901–1987), director at the Bank of England
Maharaja
Gaj Singh II (1948–), erstwhile ruler of Marwar-Jodhpur, India, former Member of Parliament and Indian High Commissioner to Trinidad & Tobago
Maharaja
Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra-Halvad (1923–2010), Uprajprajpramukh (and sometime Acting Rajpramukh) of Saurashtra, anthropologist
Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield (1904–1996), diplomat
Sir
Crispin Tickell (1930–2022), Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
Sir
Brian Urquhart (1919–2021), Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Members of the UK Supreme Court
Viceroys and Governors General
Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812–1862), politician and Governor-General of India
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), Foreign Secretary and Viceroy of India
Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902), Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849), politician and Governor-General of India
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751–1814), politician and Governor-General of India
James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812–1860), politician and Governor-General of India
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863), Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India
General John Guise (1682/3–1765), Amy Officer, Art Collector
Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), soldier and Governor-General of India
Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (1915–2002) Major General
Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), Foreign Secretary and Governor-General of India
Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1823–1889), Governor of Madras
Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan (1865–1946), Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826–1904), Viceroy of India and First Lord of the Admiralty
William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773–1857), Governor-General of India
William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp (1872–1938), Governor of New South Wales
Philosophers
Sir Michael Dummett
Theologians
John Wesley
John Morris (1595-1648), Regius Professor of Hebrew at Oxford
Adam Blakeman (1596–1665), preacher and American settler
Bernard Gilpin (1517–1583), 'Apostle of the North'
Charles Wesley (1707–1788), Methodist preacher and hymnist
Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), churchman and progenitor of the
Oxford Movement
Eric Lionel Mascall (1905–1993), Anglo-Catholic theologian
George William Kitchin (1827–1912), theologian and
Dean of Durham Cathedral
John Charles Ryle (1816–1900), evangelical Anglican leader and first
Bishop of Liverpool
John Fell (bishop) (1625–1686), Dean of Christ Church and Bishop of Oxford
Samuel Fell (1584–1649) Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
John Macquarrie (1919–2007), Christian Existentialist
John Wesley (1703–1791), leader of the Methodist movement
Percy Dearmer (1867–1936), priest and liturgist
Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562), theologian
Rowan Williams (1950–), Archbishop of Canterbury
Charles Longley (1794–1868), Archbishop of Canterbury
William Wake (1657–1737), Archbishop of Canterbury
John Potter (1674–1747), Archbishop of Canterbury
John Moore (1730–1805), Archbishop of Canterbury
William Howley (1766–1848), Archbishop of Canterbury
Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998), Archbishop of Mauritius and anti-Apartheid campaigner
Lancelot Blackburne 1658–1743), Archbishop of York
Tobias Matthew (1546–1628), Archbishop of York
Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt (1757–1847), Archbishop of York
William Markham (bishop) (1719–1807), Archbishop of York
Robert Hay Drummond (1711–1776), Archbishop of York
John Gilbert (1693–1761), Archbishop of York
John Dolben (1625–1686), Archbishop of York
Tobias Matthew (1546–1628), Archbishop of York, Dean of Christ Church, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
John Piers (1522/3 – 1594), Archbishop of York
Michael Cox (1689–1779), Archbishop of Cashel
Edward King (1829–1910), high church Bishop of Lincoln
Academics
A. L. Rowse (1903–1997), historian
Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1919–1979), classicist and headmaster of
Bradfield College ,
Eton College and
Fettes College
Edward de Bono (1933–)
Hugh Trevor-Roper , Baron Dacre (1914–2003), historian
Homi K. Bhabha (1949–), Anne F. Rothenberg Professor of English and American Literature and Language
Jan Morris (1926–2020), writer and historian
Prince Dmitriy Obolensky (1918–2001), historian
Norman Cohn (1915–2007), historian
Richard Carew (1555–1620), translator and antiquary
Charles Dennis Fisher (1877–1916), classical scholar
SR Gardiner (1829–1902), historian
Richard William Jelf (1798–1871), Principal of
King's College London (1843–1868)
Robert Blake, Baron Blake (1916–2003), historian
Robert Burchfield (1923–2004) scholar, writer, and lexicographer
Ronald Montagu Burrows (1867–1920), Principal of
King's College London (1913–1920)
Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1922–2009), classical scholar
Sir Michael Howard (1922–2019), historian
Sir Raymond Carr (1919–), historian
Sir Roy Harrod (1900–1978), economist
Sir William Deakin (1913–2005), historian and diplomat
Spencer Barrett (1914–2001), classical scholar
Shahid Javed Burki (1938–), Vice-President of the World Bank
William Camden (1551–1623), antiquarian and historian
Sir Halford Mackinder , (1861–1947), geographer and educationalist
Richard Newton , (1676–1753), founder and principal of the first
Hertford College, Oxford in 1740
Laurence Nowell (c.1515-c.1571), antiquary and cartographer
Bishop
William Stubbs (1825–1901), distinguished constitutional historian and ecclesiastic
Robert William Eyton (1815–1881), antiquarian of Shropshire
Mark Girouard (1931-), architectural historian
Mathematicians and scientists
Robert Hooke
Albert Einstein (elected to a 5-year Research
Studentship in 1931)
[1]
[2]
[3]
[4]
[5]
Clare Grey , chemist, University of Cambridge professor
John Freind (1675–1728), physician and chemist
John Kidd (1775–1851), physician, chemist and geologist
Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist and inventor
Sir Ray Lankester (1847–1929), invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, Copley Medal award winner
Sir Archibald Garrod (1857–1936), physician and pioneer molecular geneticist
Sir Denys Wilkinson (1922–2016), nuclear physicist
Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), mathematician
Sir Francis Simon (1893–1956), physicist
Kenneth Callow (1901–1983), biochemist
Sir John Maddox (1925–2009), science writer
Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), botanist
Sir Martin Ryle (1918–1984, radio astronomer
Sir Martin Wood (1927–), engineer
Patrick David Wall (1925–2001), Neuroscientist
Sir Richard Doll (1912–2005), epidemiologist
Richard Lower (physician) (1631–1691), first to perform blood transfusion
Thomas Willis (1621–1675), physician and neurologist
William Buckland (1784–1856), geologist, palaeontologist and omnivore
Sir William Osler (1849–1919), physician, Father of Modern Medicine, and
Regius Chair of Medicine (Oxford, 1905–1919)
John D. Barrow (1977–1980), cosmologist, Templeton Laureate, RAS Gold medallist
John B. Gurdon (1933–), developmental biologist, co-winner of the 2012
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Ted Cooke-Yarborough (1918–2013), computer and radar pioneer
Mark Williamson , biologist
Sir
Wallace Akers (1888–1954), Chemist
Alfred Ubbelohde (1907–1988), Chemist
Sports people
Harold Barker , Silver in the Coxless Four – 1908 GB
Robin Bourne-Taylor , Eight – 2004, Pair – 2008 GB
Peter Cazalet (1907–73), English cricketer, jockey, racehorse owner and trainer
John Pius Boland (1870–1958), MP and winner of gold medal for tennis in the 1896 Olympics
Lewis Clive , Gold in the Coxless Pair – 1932 GB, killed in action in the
Spanish Civil War
Hugh R A (Jumbo) Edwards , Gold in the Coxless Pair – 1932, Gold in the Coxless Four – 1932 GB
Albert Gladstone , Gold in the Eight – 1908 GB
Charles Grimes (rower) , Gold in the Eight – 1956 USA
Ante Kušurin , Double Sculls – 2008 Croatia
Max Mosley , President of FIA 1993–2009
David Sawyier , Coxed Four – 1972 USA
Jamie Schroeder , Quadruple Sculls – 2008 USA
Jonny Searle (1969–), Gold in the Coxed pair –
1992 Summer Olympics , Bronze in the Coxed Four –
1996 Summer Olympics
Cameron and
Tyler Winklevoss , Coxless Pair –
2008 Summer Olympics USA, see also
business
Artists and writers
Lewis Carroll
Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994) writer and scholar
W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet
F. W. Bain (1863–1940), writer of fantasy stories
Daubridgecourt Belchier (1580–1621), dramatist
Kate Brooke , screenwriter
Robert Burton (1577–1640), writer of 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'
David Carritt (1927–1982), British art historian, dealer and critic
Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), (real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), writer, clergyman and mathematician
Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886–1959), Antarctic explorer and writer
Richard Curtis (1956–), comedy writer
Sir
Robert Dudley (1574–1649), explorer and cartographer
Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), publisher
Peter Fleming (1907–1971), traveller and writer
Charles Greville (1794–1865), diarist and cricketer
Bryan Guinness 2nd Lord Moyne (1905–1992), poet and brewer
Desmond Guinness (1931–), conservationist and author
Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938–1988), art patron
Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616), writer
Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (1901–1990), artist
Henry Hitchings (1974–), author and critic
Barney Hoskyns (1959–) acclaimed music journalist
Lennie Lee (1958–), artist
Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818), novelist and dramatist
Sir John Masterman (1891–1977), academic, sportsman, author and spymaster
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), poet, novelist and playwright
Lewis Charles Powles (1860-1942), artist
Clere Parsons (1908–1931), poet
Bishop
Thomas Percy (1729–1811), balladeer and early romantic poet
Frank Prewett , (1893–1962), poet
Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), poet, novelist and playwright
John Crowe Ransom (1888–1974), American poet, critic and academic
John Ruskin (1819–1900), critic, poet and artist
Anthony Sampson (1926–2004), writer
Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet and soldier
Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope (1805–1875), founder of the
National Portrait Gallery
J. I. M. Stewart (
Michael Innes ) (1906–1994), literary critic and novelist
Christopher Sykes (1907–1986), author
James Twining (1972–), novelist
Theippan Maung Wa (1899–1942), a pioneer of
Burmese literary movement
Auberon Waugh (1939–2001), author and journalist
Stanley Weyman (1855–1928), novelist
Theodore Zeldin (1933–), writer
Marina Hyde
Performing Arts
Riz Ahmed
Riz Ahmed (1982–), actor and rapper
Sir Thomas Armstrong (1898–1994), musician
Kenneth Barnes (1878–1957), Director of R.A.D.A.
Sir Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
Laurence Cummings , conductor, organist, harpsichordist
John Dowland (1563–1626), lutenist and composer
Giles Farnaby (c. 1563–1640), composer and virginalist
Michael Flanders (1922–1975), actor, writer and broadcaster
Howard Goodall (1958–), composer and broadcaster
Colin Gordon (1911–1972), actor
Harry Lloyd (1983–), actor
Norman Painting (1924–2009), radio actor (The Archers)
Hugh Quarshie (1954–), actor
Douglas Reith (1953–), actor
James Ross , conductor
Donald Swann (1923–1994), composer, musician and entertainer
John Taverner (1490–1545), composer
Sir William Walton (1902–1983), composer
Peter Warlock (1894–1930), composer and critic
Journalists and Broadcasters
David Dimbleby
Adam Boulton (1959–), Editor-at-large,
Sky News
David Dimbleby (1938–), broadcaster
Mehdi Hasan , journalist
Anthony Howard (1934–2010), journalist and broadcaster
Marina Hyde , journalist at
The Guardian
Dominic Lawson (1956–), Journalist and son of Nigel Lawson
Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), broadcaster and writer
S. P. B. Mais (1885–1975), author, journalist and broadcaster
Hugh Pym (1959-) Health Editor,
BBC News
Richard Stengel (1955–), Managing Editor of Time Magazine
Sonya Walger (1974–), actress
Business
Alex Beard (1967–), businessman,
Glencore
[8]
Kate Bingham (1965-), venture capitalist
Russ Dallen ,
[9]
[10] Publisher; investment bank head
Sir
William Goodenough (1899–1951), Chairman of Barclays Bank
Sir Peter Green (1924–1996), Chairman of Lloyds Bank
[11]
[12]
Paul Hamlyn (1926–2001), Publisher (
Octopus Publishing Group ) and philanthropist.
Christopher Jones (1976-), venture investor, UVM Health Network Ventures
Oswald Lewis (1887–1966), Partner in
John Lewis & Company
Sir Henry Meux (1817–1883), Head of brewery
Meux and Co
Sir
Charles Mills (1792–1872), Director of the
East India Company
Charles Mills (1830–1898), Partner at
Glyn, Mills & Co and MP
Sir
Nigel Mobbs (1937–2005), Chairman of
Slough Estates and director of Barclays Bank
Russi Mody (1918–2014), Chairman and managing director, Tata Steel (formerly TISCO), India
Peter Moores (1932–2016), Founder of Littlewoods
Michael Moritz (1954–), venture capitalist,
Sequoia Capital
Crispin Odey (1959–) hedge fund manager
David Ogilvy (1929–1999) Iconic advertisement guru; known as the 'Pope of Advertising', he founded Ogilvy & Mather
Nicky Oppenheimer (1945–) South African at
De Beers
Jonathan Oppenheimer (1969–) South African at
De Beers
Weetman Pearson (1910–1995), Chairman and President of
S. Pearson & Son
Oliver Poole (1911–1993), Chairman of
Lazzard , Director of
S Pearson & Sons , and MP for
Oswestry
James A. Reed (1963–), Chairman of the Reed group of companies
Jacob Rothschild (1936–), investment banker
Sir (Henry) Saxon Tate (1931–2012), MD of Tate & Lyle
Henry Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (1905–1992), Developer of
Longleat Safari Park and MP for
Frome
Fredric Warburg (1898–1981), publisher
Stuart Wheeler (1935–) businessman at IG Index
Cameron and
Tyler Winklevoss (1981–), twins associated with the founding of Facebook
Other people
Ambrose St. John (1815–1875), close companion of
John Henry Newman
Fra' Andrew Bertie (1929–2008), Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta
Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury (1938–2004)
Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893–1971) Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Air Staff, Second World War
Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery (1674–1731), Statesman and patron of the sciences.
Christopher Codrington (1668–1710), plantation and slave owner, endowed
Codrington College and
Codrington Library
Gottfried von Bismarck (1962–2007)
General
Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748–1843), commander in the
Peninsular War
James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), Soldier and Commander of the Light Brigade at Balaclava
John Chapman (1865–1933),
abbot of
Downside Abbey and founder of
Worth School .
Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st Duc de Stacpoole (1787–1848)
John Boyd (1718–1800), art collector and sugar merchant
Jonathan Hancock (1972–), Memory champion
Kurt Hahn (1886–1974), Founder of Outward Bound and the Duke of Edinburgh Award
John Steel "Jock" Lewes (1913-1941), President of the
Oxford University Boat Club (1936-37) and "co-founder" of the
Special Air Service .
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760), last member of the
House of Lords
hanged in England
Timothy Potts Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Redmond Watt (1950–) Commander-in-Chief, Land Command, British Army
Richard Scott, 10th Duke of Buccleuch (1954–), Scotland's largest private landowner
Richard Busby (1606–1695), Headmaster of Westminster School
Henry Liddell (1811–1898) dean of Christ Church, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, and headmaster of Westminster School.
Sir Peter Osborne, 17th Baronet (1943–), Father of
George Osborne
William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania
Hubert Chesshyre , retired British officer of arms found to have committed child sexual abuse
[13]
N. Handley
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