List of alumni of Hatfield College, Durham

Hatfield College, Durham is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University. The following is a list of notable people to have matriculated at the college.

Academia




Academic administrators

 * Gordon Cameron – Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1988–1990)
 * Sydney Holgate – Master of Grey College, Durham (1959–1980)
 * David Jasper – Principal of St Chad's College, Durham (1989–1991)
 * David Kirby – Pro-Vice Chancellor of Middlesex University (1996–2000)
 * Stephen Moulsdale – Principal of St Chad's College, Durham (1904–1937)
 * Arthur Prowse – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1965–1972)
 * Ian Taylor – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1999–2000)
 * Andrew Teverson – Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of the Arts London (2022–)

Humanities and Social Science

 * John Atkinson – Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town
 * Philip Booth – Dean of the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at St Mary's University, Twickenham
 * Richard Calland – Emeritus Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town; Head of Political Monitoring & Information Service at IDASA (1995–2011)
 * Tim Carter – David G. Frey Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 * Cecil William Davidge – Professor of English at University College of Commerce, Kobe (1907–1930); Tutor of Hirohito
 * Brian Dobson – Reader Emeritus of Archaeology at Durham University; President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle
 * Paul Edwards – Professor of English and African Literature at the University of Edinburgh
 * Allan M. Findlay – Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of St Andrews
 * Simon J. Gathercole – Reader in New Testament Studies and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
 * George Gretton – Lord President Reid Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh (1994–2016); Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission (2006–2011)
 * Michael Jarrett – Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University
 * Paul D. Murray – Professor of Systematic Theology at Durham University
 * Harold Orton – Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature, University of Leeds (1946–64)
 * Angelo Raine – clergyman scholar active in the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
 * David Reeder – Lecturer in Urban History, University of Leicester
 * Gareth Stansfield – Professor of Middle East Studies at University of Exeter
 * Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock – pioneering ecologist and former President of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union
 * Ted Wragg – Professor of Education at the University of Exeter (1978–2003)

Science

 * Cliff Addison – Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at University of Nottingham (1960–78)
 * Richard Arculus – Professor in School of Earth Sciences at Australian National University
 * David Axon – Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and Rochester Institute of Technology
 * Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge – Wolfson Professor of Energy Studies at Newcastle University
 * Keith Clark – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London
 * Kingsley Dunham – Director of the British Geological Survey (1967–75); Wollaston Medal (1976)
 * Nigel Glover – Professor of Physics at Durham University
 * Rebecca Goss – Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of St. Andrews (2018–)
 * Joseph Holden – Professor of Physical Geography at University of Leeds (2007–)
 * Joanne Johnson – British Antarctic Survey geochemist; Polar Medal (2023)
 * Basil Charles King – Professor of Geology at Bedford College; Bigsby Medal (1959)
 * Peter Kyberd – Biomedical engineer; Head of the School of the Built and Natural Environment at University of Derby
 * Mosobalaje Oyawoye – Professor of Geology at the University of Ibadan (1966–1977)
 * Brian Scarlett – Professor of Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology (1983–2000)
 * Joe Smartt – Reader in Biology at Southampton University (1990–96)
 * Mark A. Smith – Professor of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University
 * W C Swinbank – Meteorological physicist; Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Australia (1961–1971)
 * David Vaughan – Scientist at British Antarctic Survey; Lead Author on IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
 * Stan Woodell – Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University (1959–88); emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford (1989–2004)
 * Philip Woodworth – Oceanographer; former Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level

Business

 * David Arkless – President of End Human Trafficking Now (2011–)
 * Jonathan Beckett – Chief Executive of Burgess Yachts
 * Simon Brazier – Chairman of Ratsey and Lapthorn
 * Ian Marchant – Chairman of Thames Water (2018–2023)
 * Peter Owen Edmunds – telecoms entrepreneur in Russia; co-founded Peterstar
 * Richard Paniguian – Group Vice-president at BP (2002–2008), Head of Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) (2008–2015)
 * Richard Pease, 4th Baronet – Head of Crux Asset Management (2015–2023)
 * Tim Smit – co-creator of Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project
 * Oliver Tress – founder of Oliver Bonas
 * Rachel Skinner – President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (2020–2021)
 * Stephen Welton – CEO of Business Growth Fund (2011–)

Film, radio and television

 * George Auckland – longtime BBC television and digital media executive
 * Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings – played Cameron Fraser on The Archers
 * Fergus Beeley – BBC Natural World producer and documentarian
 * Benedict Bermange – Sky Sports cricket statistician
 * Bill Bunbury – ABC radio producer
 * James Cary – TV and radio comedy writer, Think the Unthinkable and Bluestone 42
 * Stuart Draper – theatre actor and director
 * Mark Durden-Smith – Channel 5 sports presenter
 * Ed Gamble – stand-up and performer, The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and Mock the Week
 * Jonathan Gould – sports presenter; MLB on Five (1997–2008)
 * Mark Pougatch – ITV Sport presenter
 * Ian Sharp – film and television director known for Who Dares Wins (1982) and his second-unit work on GoldenEye (1995)
 * Richard Teverson – character actor who has appeared in Coalition, Red Joan and The Crown
 * Jeremy Vine – broadcaster and journalist; Panorama (2007–2010) Eggheads (2008–present)

Music

 * Jonathan Darlington – Generalmusikdirektor of the Duisburg Philharmonic (2002–2011)
 * Tim Exile – drum and bass producer
 * Malcolm Goldring – conductor and musical director
 * Paul Keenan – composer of contemporary classical music
 * Shelly Knotts – composer and performer of electronic, live coded and networked music
 * Alec Roth – composer best known for Arion and the Dolphin (1994)
 * Riva Taylor – jazz singer-songwriter; This Woman's Heart .1 (2020) and This Woman's Heart .2 (2021)
 * Jake Thackray – folk musician; The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray (1967)

Writing and journalism

 * Poppy Adams – author and television director; The Behaviour of Moths (2008)
 * Oliver Balch – author and freelance journalist; Viva South America! A Journey Round a Restless Continent (2009)
 * Thomas Blackburn – poet, novelist and memoirist; A Clip of Steel (1969)
 * Dominic Carman – legal affairs journalist; former feature writer for The Times
 * Alexander Frater – author and travel editor; Chasing the Monsoon (1990)
 * Frederick Grice – writer of children's literature; The Bonny Pit Laddie (1960)
 * John Kay – chief reporter for The Sun
 * Colin McDowell – former Fashion Editor of The Sunday Times
 * Katharine Preston – writer and public speaker; Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice (2013)
 * Rosa Rankin-Gee – novelist; The Last King of Sark (2011) and Dreamland (2021)
 * Alan Schom – popular historian; Napoleon Bonaparte, A Biography (1997)
 * David Shukman – Science Editor of BBC News (2012–2021); Reporting Live from the End of the World (2010)
 * Owen Slot – sports journalist; Chief Rugby Correspondent at The Times

British Army

 * General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith – Chief of the General Staff (2018–2022)
 * General Sir Richard Dannatt – Chief of the General Staff (2006–2009)
 * Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin – Military Secretary (2000–2004)
 * Major-General Alex Taylor – Director, Army Legal Services (2019–)

Royal Air Force

 * Air Marshal Peter Walker – Commander of Joint Warfare Centre (2005–2007); Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2011–2015)

Royal Navy

 * Rear Admiral Andrew Burns – Fleet Commander (2021–)
 * Rear Admiral Matthew Parr – Commander Operations (2013–2015)

Members of the House of Commons

 * Robert Buckland – Conservative MP for South Swindon (2010–); Secretary of State for Justice (2019–2021)
 * Robert Strother Stewart – Liberal MP for Stockton-on-Tees (1923–1924)
 * Edward Timpson – Conservative MP for Crewe and Nantwich (2008–2017) and for Eddisbury (2019–); Solicitor General for England and Wales (2022)

Members of the House of Lords

 * Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles – Labour Party life peer (2004–)
 * James Timpson, Baron Timpson – Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation (2024–)

Members of the European Parliament

 * Jake Pugh – Brexit Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (2019–2020)

Ambassadors and High Commissioners

 * Bruce Bucknell – British Ambassador to Belarus (2012–2016)
 * David Carter – British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2000–2004)
 * Kim Darroch – UK Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007–2011), British Ambassador to the United States (2016–2019)
 * David Fitton – British High Commissioner to Jamaica (2013–2017)
 * William Quantrill – British Ambassador to Cameroon (1991–1995)

Colonial Service

 * John Rawling Todd – Secretary for Housing, British Hong Kong (1986–1988)
 * John Francis Yaxley – Hong Kong Commissioner in London (1989–1993)

Governors of British Overseas Territories

 * Peter Waterworth – Governor of Montserrat (2007–2011)

Bishops

 * John Boys – Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman (1951–1960)
 * David Chellappa – Bishop of Madras (1955–1964)
 * Peter Dawes – Bishop of Derby (1988–1995)
 * Arthur Douglas – Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney (1883–1905)
 * David Edwardes Davies – Bishop of Bangor (1944–1949)
 * Morris Gelsthorpe – Bishop in the Sudan (1945–1952)
 * Frederick Goldie – Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1974–1980)
 * Temple Hamlyn – Bishop of Accra (1908–1910)
 * Clive Handford – Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf (1997–2007)
 * Ralph Hawkins – Bishop of Bunbury (1957–1977)
 * Robert Hay – Bishop of Tasmania (1919–1943)
 * Francis Johnston – Bishop of Egypt (1952–1958)
 * Oliver Simon – Bishop of Antsiranana (2012–2015)
 * Gordon Tindall – Bishop of Grahamstown (1964–1969)

Deans and Provosts

 * Dominic Barrington – Dean of York (2022–)
 * William Kay – Provost of Blackburn Cathedral (1936–1961)
 * Roderick Mackay – Dean of Edinburgh (1939–1954)
 * Hugh McIntosh – Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow (1966–1970)
 * Leslie Weatherhead – Dean of Nassau (1965–1972)
 * Bill Williams – Provost of Coventry Cathedral (1958–1981)

Archdeacons

 * Henry Carden – Archdeacon of Lahore (1929–1934)
 * Alexander Chisholm – Archdeacon of Carlisle (1947–1958)
 * Richard Blundell Comins – Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia (1900–1910)
 * Herbert Edmonds – Archdeacon of Madras (1937–1940)
 * Hugh Edwardes – Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth (1933–1944)
 * Glyndwr Hackett – Archdeacon of Monmouth (2001–2008)
 * Thomas Hodgson – Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1915–1921)
 * Robert Jones – Archdeacon of Worcester (2014–2023)
 * George MacDermott – Archdeacon of Norwich (1921–1938)
 * Henry Marriott – Archdeacon of Bermuda (1925–1951)
 * Frederic Murray – Archdeacon of Belize (1907–1918)
 * Andrew Ritchie – Archdeacon of Surrey (1949–1955)
 * Morris Rodham – Archdeacon of Warwick (2010–2019)
 * Richard Ross-Lewin – Archdeacon of Limerick (1919–1921)
 * Edward Leslie Seager – Archdeacon of Dorset (1955–1974)
 * Andrew Spens – Archdeacon of Lahore (1892–1900)
 * Basil Stratton – Archdeacon of Lichfield (1959–1974)
 * David Williams – Archdeacon of Cardigan (1928–1936)

Other clerics

 * Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet – royal chaplain to King Edward VIII and King George VI
 * Jonas Pilling – grossly incompetent vicar of St Mark's Church, Huddersfield

Bishops

 * Michael Houghton – Bishop of Ebbsfleet (1998–1999)

Athletics

 * Mark Hudspith – long-distance runner; bronze medallist in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
 * Jon Solly – gold medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

First-Class

 * Chaitanya Bishnoi – Haryana (2015–2023) and Chennai Super Kings (2018–2019)
 * Thomas Bruce – Durham UCCE (2005)
 * Nick Compton – Middlesex (2001–2009), Somerset (2010–2014) and England (2012–2016)
 * Graham Cowdrey – Kent (1984–1998)
 * Tim Curtis – Cambridge University (1983) and Worcestershire (1979–1997)
 * Peter Deakin – Cambridge University (1996) and Dorset (1999–2006)
 * Paul Dixey – Kent (2005–2010), Durham UCCE (2007–2010) and Leicestershire (2011–2012)
 * Edwin Hardy – Europeans (1915)
 * George Harper – Durham UCCE (2009–2010) and Buckinghamshire (2008–2012)
 * Steve Henderson – Worcestershire (1977–1981), Cambridge University (1982–1983) and Glamorgan (1983–1985)
 * Thomas Jameson – Cambridge University (1970) and Warwickshire (1970)
 * James Lawrence – Durham University (1995) and British Universities (1998)
 * Harry McInley – Durham MCCU (2015)
 * Gavin Moffat – Cambridge University (1996)
 * James Rowe – Durham UCCE (2001) and Kent Cricket Board (2002)
 * Andrew Strauss – Middlesex (1998–2012) and England (2003–2012)
 * Frank Tyson – Northamptonshire (1952–1960) and England (1954–1959)
 * Freddie van den Bergh – Surrey (2011–2019) and Durham MCCU (2012–2014)
 * Charlie Wallis – Durham MCCU (2012–2013)
 * Nathaniel Watkins – Oxfordshire (2011), Durham MCCU (2011–2013) and Jersey (2012–2019)
 * James Wilkes-Green – Guernsey (2015)
 * Michael Yeabsley – Cambridge University (1995)

List A

 * Rodney Dethridge – Bedfordshire (1982)
 * Kim Norkett – Glamorgan (1974)

Field Hockey

 * Gavin Featherstone – coached United States at 1984 Olympics and South Africa at the 1996 Olympics
 * Rui Saldanha – represented Great Britain at 1972 Olympics

Football

 * Warren Bradley – Manchester United (1958–1962) and England (1959)

Rowing

 * Simon Barr – Gold medallist for Germany in Lightweight men's eight at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships
 * Angus Groom – Silver medallist in Quadruple sculls at at the 2020 Olympics
 * Alice Freeman – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships, 5th place in Women's eight at the 2008 Olympics
 * Louisa Reeve – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships
 * Emily Taylor – Silver medallist in Women's eight at 2008 European Championships

Rugby

 * Toby Allchurch – represented England on tour of Japan, Fiji and Tonga (1979)
 * Josh Basham – Newcastle Falcons (2018–2022)
 * Beth Blacklock – Scotland women (2023–)
 * Richard Breakey – Scotland (1978)
 * Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton – Scotland B (1985–1986) and Scotland (1986–1987)
 * Will Carling – Harlequins (1987–2000) and England (1988–1997)
 * Will Greenwood – Harlequins (1994–1996 and 2000–2006), Leicester Tigers (1996–2000) and England (1997–2004)
 * Mark Griffin – United States (2003–2005)
 * Charlie Hannaford – England (1971)
 * Fitz Harding – Bristol Bears (2020–)
 * Stuart Legg – Newcastle Falcons (1997–2000)
 * Peter Lillington – Scotland B (1981–1982), also represented Scotland on tour of New Zealand (1981)
 * Andy Mullins – England B (1988) and England (1989)
 * Marcus Rose – England (1981–1987)
 * Roshini Turner – Hong Kong women (2019–)
 * Dave Walder – Newcastle Falcons (1999–2006) and England (2001–2003)
 * Peter Warfield – England (1973–1975)
 * Ben Woods – Newcastle Falcons (2003–2008), Leicester Tigers (2008–2012) and England Saxons (2006–2012)

Tennis

 * Gabriela Knutson – Czech tennis player; career-high singles ranking of 155

Miscellaneous

 * Matthew Hedges – doctoral student imprisoned for spying by the United Arab Emirates
 * Claude Hinscliff – noted suffragist and founder of the Church League for Women's Suffrage
 * Robin Medforth-Mills – UNESCO official also known for his marriage to Princess Elena of Romania
 * Nigel Morgan – security consultant who gained notoriety for leaking the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt
 * Tracy Philipps – Intelligence officer and conservationist; Secretary-General of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (1955–1958)
 * Frederick William Sanderson – Headmaster of Oundle School (1892–1922)
 * Percy Warrington – founder of various private schools; established Allied Schools financial trust