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Alumni of
Uppingham School are known as Old Uppinghamians.
Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school situated in the small
market town of
Uppingham , in
Rutland , England. The school was founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester, who also established
Oakham School .
Notable former pupils include:
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Patrick Abercrombie , architect and town planner
William Mitchell Acworth , British railway economist, barrister and politician
Robert Adley , Member of Parliament for
Bristol North East and Christchurch
Crispin Agnew ,
Rothesay Herald and former explorer and mountaineer.
Jonathan Agnew , England, Leicestershire cricketer and chief cricket correspondent for BBC Radio (The Lodge)
John Aldam Aizlewood , Major-General, British Army officer in
World War I and
World War II
John Aldridge ,
Royal Academician
Anthony Armstrong , author, essayist, dramatist
Anthony Nightingale , Taipan
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Tristan Ballance , cricketer
Hagan Bayley , Prof. of Chemical Biology, Oxford University and inventor
Adrian Bell , author of Corduroy
Robin Blaze , countertenor
Brian Boobbyer , England rugby player and evangelist for
Moral Re-Armament
Thomas George Bonney , geologist
Ernle Bradford , historian and writer
Katie Breathwick , broadcaster,
Classic FM
Edward Brittain , younger brother of
Vera Brittain , whose stories are told in her autobiography
Testament of Youth (The Lodge)
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D
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William Fawcett , writer on horses, hunting and racing
[5]
Ronald Firbank , novelist
Pat Fish , songwriter and musician
James Elroy Flecker , poet and dramatist
Thomas Fowler , cricketer
Richard Francis , broadcaster
Nick Freeman , "Mr Loophole", celebrity lawyer
Edward Fowler , cricketer
Stephen Fry , actor, comedian (
Blackadder ) and writer (Fircroft), expelled in 1972
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John Hare , cricketer
Walter Abel Heurtley , classical archaeologist
Johnny Hon , entrepreneur and founder of The Global Group
Mark Haddon , author of
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Russell Harmer , Olympic gold medalist
George Harris , cricketer
Oliver Hill , architect (Hall)
E. W. Hornung , author
Danny Hipkiss , professional rugby player, Leicester Tigers and England
Brian Horrocks ,
British Army general, corps commander in the
Second World War
Henry Hughes , cricketer
Balfour Oliphant Hutchison , Lieutenant-General, British Army officer in
World War I and
World War II
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K
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Claude Maxwell Macdonald , soldier-diplomat
Gregor MacGregor , England, Scotland, Cambridge University, Middlesex cricketer and rugby player
Charles Mallam , cricketer
Lionel Martineau , cricketer
John McIver , Scottish cricketer
Tim McMullan , actor (School House)
Roger Miller , cricketer
Sir Dermot Milman, 8th Baronet , rugby union international and first-class cricketer
Ed Minton and
Alex Davies , members of rock band
Elliot Minor (School House)
Ernest John Moeran , composer
Cecil Moon , cricketer
Godfrey Morgan , cricketer
Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne , politician
John Manzoni. First chief executive officer of the civil service.
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Charles E. Raven , Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, theologian, intellectual, preacher
Hardwicke Rawnsley , co-founder of the National Trust
Mark Redhead , Producer
Victor Richardson , associate of
Vera Brittain , whose stories are told in her autobiography
Testament of Youth (The Lodge)
Edward Riddell , cricketer
Thomas Ridley , cricketer, barrister and clergyman
Sam Riley , actor
David Ross , co-founder of Carphone Warehouse (Constables)
Alan Rotherham , (left in 1881), former England rugby union international, captain of England, and inductee into the
IRB Hall of Fame
[6]
Guy Rowlands , historian (The Lodge)
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Reginald Savory , British Indian Army Officer in
World War I and
World War II
John Schlesinger , film director
Cecil Sharp , musician, collector and populariser of English folk song and dance
Charlie Simpson , musician in
Busted (2002–2005, 2015–present),
Fightstar (2003–present) and as a solo artist (2011–present) (Meadhurst)
Arthur Somervell , composer
Toby Spence , tenor
Phil Spencer , property expert, Channel 4 television (The Lodge)
Ed Stafford , explorer, walking the length of the Amazon River
Rick Stein , chef and restaurateur (West Deyne)
George Martin Stephen , former High Master of
St Paul's School
John Suchet , journalist and broadcaster (Farleigh)
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William Yates , former member of both British and Australian Parliaments
See also
References
^ Cochrane, Archibald L; Blythe, Max (2009) [1989]. One Man's Medicine: An Autobiography of Professor Archie Cochrane . Cardiff:
Cardiff University .
ISBN
978-0-9540884-3-9 .
^ Greacen, Lavinia (1991). Chink: A Biography . London: Papermac. p. 17.
ISBN
978-0-333-55693-1 .
^ Whitworth, Damian; Whipple, Tom (23 December 2009). "The playboy and the Tory party leader". The Times . London.
^
"OU News: Dragonmobility Reaches a Milestone" . 1 March 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2019 .
^ 'Fawcett, William', in
Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint,
ISBN
0-7136-2131-1 )
^ Uppingham school roll, 1824–1894 (1894), (Uppingham school, Uppingham, England; Publisher: London, E. Stanford, ltd.)