List of Old Bradfieldians

This is a list of notable Old Bradfieldians, being former pupils of Bradfield College in Berkshire, England:

Academics

 * Edward Armstrong (1846–1928), historian and Pro-Provost, Queen's College, Oxford
 * William Ormston Backhouse (1885–1962), agricultural geneticist
 * Zachary Nugent Brooke (1883–1946), historian
 * Arthur John Butler (1844–1910), scholar and professor of Italian language at University College London
 * Anthony Collett (1877–1929), author and writer of natural history
 * Joseph Darracott (1934–1998), art historian and writer
 * Peter Hadland Davis (1918–1992), British botanist
 * Michael Devitt (born 1938), Australian philosopher
 * Cyril Falls (1888–1971), military historian
 * Gerald Gazdar (born 1950), Professor of Computational Linguistics at the University of Sussex
 * Martin Gore (1951–2019), oncologist
 * Richard Lancelyn Green (1953–2004), scholar of Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes
 * Vivian H. H. Green (1915–2005), historian and Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford
 * Douglas Kell (born 1953), biochemist and chief executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
 * Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet (1870–1934), English horticulturalist
 * Terence Mitchell (1929–2019), British museum curator
 * Sir Martin Ryle (1918–1984), Astronomer Royal
 * Martin Wight (1913–1972), historian and international affairs expert

Art and entertainment

 * Sir Timothy Ackroyd (born 1958), English actor and baronet
 * Richard Adams (1920–2016), author
 * Matt Barber (born 1983), actor
 * John Bennett (1928–2005), actor
 * Anthony Calf (born 1960), actor
 * Isabella Calthorpe (born 1980), model and actor
 * James Chalmers, actor
 * Sir Francis Cook, 4th Baronet (1907–1978), artist and fourth holder of the Cook Baronetcy
 * Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), modernist theatre practitioner
 * Louis de Bernières (born 1954), novelist
 * Simon Drew (born 1952), illustrator and cartoonist
 * Sir Edmund Elton, 8th Baronet, inventor and studio potter
 * John Etheridge, jazz guitarist
 * Hubert J. Foss (1899–1953), composer and music publisher
 * John Hamilton (1919–1993), British army officer and artist
 * Tony Hancock (1924–1968), comedian
 * Misan Harriman (born 1977), photographer and founder of What We Seee
 * Anthony Hawtrey (1909–1954), actor and theatre director
 * Thomas Heathcote (1917–1986), character actor
 * Thomas Hennell (1903–1945), artist
 * John Hollingsworth (1916–1963), orchestral conductor
 * Russell Lloyd, British film editor
 * David Lloyd Jones (born 1942), architect
 * Hilary Minster (1944–1999), actor, 'Allo 'Allo!
 * Robert Noble OBE (born 1965 Theatre Producer
 * Alistair Petrie (born 1970), English actor
 * Terence Reese (1913–1996), bridge player and writer
 * Gerald Savory (1909–1996), playwright
 * Darja Schabad (born 1983), Russian vocalist and actress
 * John Oldrid Scott (1841–1913), architect
 * George Blackall Simonds (1843–1929), sculptor
 * Dan Stein (born 1977), DJ Fresh
 * William Strang (1859–1921), painter and engraver
 * Snoo Wilson (1948–2013), playwright, screenwriter and director
 * George Grey Wornum (1888–1957), architect

Broadcasters

 * Nick Clarke (1948–2006), journalist and BBC Radio 4 presenter
 * Tim Dellor (born 1975), BBC Local Radio presenter
 * Ben Geoghegan (born 1965), BBC News presenter and correspondent
 * Nick Higham (born 1954), BBC News correspondent
 * Peter Jones (1930–1990), broadcaster
 * Will Lyons (born 1976), journalist, broadcaster and wine writer
 * Ed Robinson (born 1971), Sky Sports presenter
 * Jonny Saunders (born 1975), former BBC sports commentator

Diplomats and civil servants

 * Morrice James, Baron Saint Brides (1916–1989), High Commissioner in Pakistan, India and Australia
 * G. Norman Knight (1891–1978), civil servant and indexer
 * George Paine (1918–1992), Registrar General
 * Gerald Henry Summers (1885–1925), British colonial administrator
 * R. V. Vernède (1905–2003), colonial administrator in India and writer
 * Gordon Wetherell (born 1948), diplomat and former Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands
 * Dennis Charles White KBE CMG (1910–1983), British colonial administrator in Sarawak and first High Commissioner for Brunei
 * Ronald Wingate (1889–1978), British colonial administrator, soldier, delegate on the Tripartite Commission for the Restitution of Monetary Gold and author

Law

 * Quentin Edwards QC (1925–2010), judge
 * Sir Richard Henriques (born 1943), judge and Justice of the High Court of England and Wales
 * Nicholas Hilliard (born 1959), Recorder of London and Senior Judge at the Old Bailey
 * The Hon Alan Robertson SC (born 1950), judge of the Federal Court of Australia

Naval and military

 * Captain Sir Hubert Acland, 4th Baronet Acland (1890–1976), officer in the Royal Navy
 * Major-General Arthur Edward Barstow (1888–1942), officer in the British Indian Army and commander of the 9th Infantry Division during the Battle of Malaya
 * Vice Admiral Sir Jeremy Blackham (born 1943), Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Commander in Chief Fleet
 * Brigadier Mike Calvert (1913–1998), Chindits and Special Air Service commander
 * Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Courtney (1890–1976), Royal Air Force officer
 * Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies VC (1886–1966), Royal Navy officer and aviator
 * William Robert Aufrère Dawson (1891–1918), Commanding Officer of the 6th battalion, Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment and recipient of DSO with Three Bars
 * Lieutenant General Sir John Foley, former Commander British Forces in Hong Kong
 * Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888–1981), Chief of the Naval Staff
 * Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy Garrod (1891–1965), Royal Air Force officer
 * Admiral John Henry Godfrey, Admiral in the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Navy
 * Colonel Mark Nicholas Gray (born 1966), decorated Royal Marines Officer
 * Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic Hill MC (1894–1954), Royal Air Force officer, Vice Chancellor of the University of London
 * Brigadier-General Alan Hinde (1876–1950), British Army officer (Royal Artillery)
 * Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Andrew Humphrey (1921–1977), Chief of the Air Staff and Chief of the Defence Staff
 * General Sir Peter Leng (1925–2009), British Army officer and Master-General of the Ordnance
 * Lieutenant General Hugh Massy (1884–1965), British Army general during World War II
 * Lieutenant-General George Molesworth CSI CBE (1890–1968), Deputy Chief of General Staff of Army Headquarters India and later Military Secretary to the India Office
 * Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser (1890–1956), Royal Navy officer during World War I
 * Air Vice-Marshal Sir Richard Peirse (1931–2014), Royal Air Force officer who served as Defence Services Secretary
 * Major-General Michael Scott (born 1941), British Army officer who went on to be Military Secretary
 * Geoffrey Saxton White (1886–1918), Victoria Cross recipient

Other

 * Benedict Allen (born 1960), explorer
 * Henry Besant (1972–2013), co-creator of Olmeca Tequila
 * Alastair Boyd, 7th Baron Kilmarnock (1927–2009)
 * Anthony Collett, journalist, nature writer and sometime governor
 * Sir William Lawrence, 4th Baronet
 * H. Pelham Lee (1877–1953), internal combustion engine pioneer and founder of the Coventry Climax Engines company
 * James Stunt (born 1982), financier, collector and philanthropist

Politics

 * Peter Ainsworth (1956–2021), Conservative former Member of Parliament for East Surrey and member of the Shadow Cabinet
 * Richard Benyon (born 1960), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Newbury
 * Sir Dennis Boles, 1st Baronet (1861–1935), British Conservative politician
 * Sir Reginald Brade (1864–1933), Under-Secretary of State for War, 1914–1920; Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State
 * Sir Michael Marshall (1930–2006), former Conservative Member of Parliament for Arundel
 * Stephen Milligan (1948–1994), former Conservative MP
 * Sir John Nott (born 1932), Secretary of State for Defence
 * David Owen, Baron Owen (born 1938), Foreign Secretary and co-founder of the SDP
 * Robert Henry Pooley (1878 - 1954), lawyer and political figure in British Columbia
 * Martin Stevens (1929-1986), British Conservative Party politician
 * Charles Tannock (born 1957), Conservative Member of the European Parliament
 * Sir Cyril Townsend (1937-2013), politician
 * Henry Usborne (1909–1996), British Member of Parliament

Religion

 * Charles Aylen (1882–1972), Anglican Bishop
 * Russell Barry (1890–1976), former Anglican Bishop of Southwell
 * Edward Bidwell (1866–1941), former Bishop of Ontario
 * Claude Blagden (1874–1952), former Anglican Bishop of Peterborough
 * Michael Coleman (1902–1969), Anglican Bishop
 * Cecil Cooper (1884–1964), fourth Bishop in Korea
 * John Drury (born 1936), former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and chaplain of All Souls College, Oxford
 * Michael Hare Duke (1924–2014), Author and former Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
 * Eric Hamilton (1890–1962), Anglican Bishop
 * George Jeudwine (1849–1933), Anglican priest and Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford
 * Archibald Robertson (1853–1931), Principal of King's College London and Bishop of Exeter
 * Michael Scott-Joynt (1943–2014), Bishop of Winchester
 * Cecil Tyndale-Biscoe (1863–1949), missionary in Kashmir

Royalty

 * Ronald Muwenda Mutebi II (born 1955), current King of Buganda

Sport

 * Gus Atkinson (born 1998), Surrey and England cricketer
 * Lauren Bell (born 2001), England cricketer
 * Faiq Bolkiah (born 1998), Bruneian footballer
 * Ben Brocklehurst (1922–2007), English cricketer
 * Dai Wai Tsun (born 1999), Hong Kong footballer
 * Hugo Darby (born 1993), English cricketer
 * Nico de Boinville (born 1989), National Hunt and Gold Cup winning jockey
 * Charles Ashpitel Denton (1852–1932), English amateur footballer and solicitor
 * Bernard Elgood (1922–1997), English cricketer
 * Robert Fetherstonhaugh (born 1932), former English cricketer
 * Sheridon Gumbs (born 2004), Surrey & England Under-19 cricketer
 * Ollie Hancock (born 1987), British racing driver
 * Sam Hancock (born 1980), British racing driver
 * Ryan Higgins (born 1995), Middlesex & England Under-19 cricketer
 * Frederick Hill (1847–1913), English cricketer
 * Alan Hinde (1876–1950), English cricketer
 * Henry Jollye (1841–1902), English cricketer
 * Christopher Ling (1880–1953), English cricketer
 * Okeover Longcroft (1850–1871), English cricketer
 * Michael Mence (1944–2014), English cricketer
 * Marco Micaletto (born 1996), Italian footballer
 * Harrison Newey (born 1998), British racing driver
 * Mark Nicholas (born 1957), cricketer and TV presenter
 * Hamza Riazuddin (born 1989), English cricketer
 * Graham Roope (1946–2006), Surrey and England cricketer
 * Brian Stevens (born 1942), former English cricketer
 * Hugh Tapsfield (1870–1945), English cricketer
 * Sidney Wace (1882–1966), English cricketer