Alumni Gallery
We are very proud of Old Felstedians who have made and are continuing to make a difference in all walks of life. Our alumni gallery reflects the diversity of professions they pursue and the impact they have made, including the creator of the infinity symbol; a medic who served in Afghanistan; a leading expert in Artificial Intelligence; a social media research expert and many others from a broad range of generations. It is a celebration of all OFs, represented by a few.
A proud Olympic legacy that’s been 113 years in the making
As Felsted School celebrates producing its 21st Olympian, Michael Vaughton from The Bishop's Stortford Independent gets the thoughts of Headmaster Chris Townsend on why it continues to be so successful at nurturing top sporting talent
Notable OFs
Science & Medicine
- John Wallis (1616–1703), Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician and Divine, Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford University
- Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1672–77), and 1st Lucasian Professor, Cambridge University
- William Byrd II (1674–1744), Fellow of the Royal Society, major Virginia Plantation owner, founder of Richmond, Virginia, diarist, author of the History of the Dividing Line, zoologist
- Percy Gilchrist, (1851–1935), Fellow of the Royal Society, inventor of steel-making from phosphorus-rich iron (ODNB)
- Charles Hose (1863–1929), zoologist and ethnologist
- C. V. Durell, (1882–1968), mathematician, prolific writer of school textbooks
- Donald Portway (1887–1979), Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Khartoum University (1957–61), Hon. Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, Emeritus Fellow of Trumbull College, Yale University
- Kenneth Cross, (1890–1968), architect, President RIBA 1956-58
- Reginald Pierson (1891–1948), Chief Aircraft Designer with Vickers-Armstrong from 1917
- Frank Halford (1894–1955), aircraft designer, motor racing pioneer, Technical Director & Chairman de Havilland
- Joseph Henry Woodger (1894–1981), research biologist, prolific author
- Maxwell Donald (1897–1978), Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering, London University
- John Kirkaldy (1908–90), Emeritus Professor of Geology, London University (1974–90)
- Stephen Robert Nockolds (1909–1990), Fellow of the Royal Society, Geologist
- Ronald Emslie (1915–2002), Professor & Dean of Dental Studies, Guy's Hospital, Emeritus Professor of Periodontology & Preventive Dentistry (1980–2002), London University
- David Stafford-Clark (1916–99), psychiatrist, BBC & ITV psychiatry programme maker, Consultant Emeritus Guy's Hospital & United Hospitals, London University, Consultant Bethlem Royal Hospital & Maudsley Hospital
- Peter Chopping (1917–2010), Cambridge & Pennsylvania physician specialising in cancer & radiology, inventor, author 'The Way The World Works', (2007). Survivor of Changi POW camp who treated his fellow prisoners.
- Lawson McDonald (1918–2007), Hon. Emeritus Consultant Cardiologist, National Heart Hospital (1983–2007)
- Peter Isaac (1923–2002), Professor Emeritus Civil Engineering, Newcastle University
- Anthony King (-2012) Vet., Khartoum University DSc., Assoc. Professor of Pennsylvania University, Professor Veterinary Anatomy, Liverpool and Pro-Vice Chancellor. Frmr President of Anatomical Society of GB
- Robert Macmillan (-2015), Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Geometrical Symmetry) Cambridge, Professor of Vehicle Design & Automotive Studies, Dean of Engineering, Cranfield Institute (1980–82), Asst. Professor & Fulbright Fellow MIT (1951–52)
- Michael Pitteway (1934 - 2020), Professor of Computer Science, Brunel University
- John Fowles, Professor & Orthopaedic Director, Montreal University. Officer of the Order of Canada 2004
- Dr. Robin Cocks OBE TD, Keeper of Palaeontology, Natural History Museum, London
- Richard Lacey (1941 - 2019), Emeritus Professor of Clinical Medicine, Leeds University
- Murray Roberts, Consultant Physician, MO British Nuclear Fuels, Advisor Atomic Weapons Research, Aldermaston
- Tony Hunter, Fellow of the Royal Society, biochemist and cancer biologist, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Salk Institute, California
- John Nicholls, Emeritus Professor of Colorectal Surgery & Clinical Director, St. Mark's Hospital, London, Visiting Professor Imperial College, London University
- Sir Marcus Setchell KCVO, Retired Surgeon-Gynaecologist to HM The Queen
- Patrick Sissons (1945-2016), Regius Professor of Physic, Cambridge University
- Nicholas Manning, author, Professor of Social Policy & Sociology, Nottingham University
- Michael Kopelman, Professor of Neuropsychiatry, St. Thomas' Hospital, University of London
- Peter Kopelman, Principal of St George's, University of London, Professor of Clinical Medicine, London Hospita
- Denys Pringle, Professor of History & Archaeology, Cardiff University
- Dr. Jamie Shiers, Physicist at CERN, LHC Computing Grid project
- Alex Haslam, Professor of Psychology and Australian Laureate Fellow at the University of Queensland
- Prof. Lucilla Poston CBE,Tommy's Charity Professor of Maternal & Fetal Health and Director of the Tommy’s Maternal & Fetal Research Unit based at St Thomas’ Hospital. Research Lead for King's Health Partners' Institute of Women and Children's Health.
- Toby Walsh, Laureate fellow, and professor of Artificial Intelligence in the UNSW School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales and Data61 (formerly NICTA)
- Antony Galione, Professor of Pharmacology, Fellow of New College, Oxford University
- Dr Olivia Chapple, CEO and joint founder of Horatio’s Garden charity which creates specially designed gardens in NHS spinal trauma rehabilitation centres across the UK
- Dr. Chris Smith, consultant virologist and a lecturer based at Cambridge University. A science radio broadcaster who presents ‘The Naked Scientists'
- Dr Simon Walker, developer of Affective Social Tracking, a pioneering mental health care tool
- Dr. Sophie Harrington, Mays-Wild Fellow for Research in Materials Science, Downing College, Cambridge
- Dr Sophie Bostock, Sleep Scientist, advocate for the importance of sleep and evidence-based therapy
- Dr Ringa Raudla, Professor of Public Finance and Governance at Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia and has been awarded a National Research Award for her work in Social Sciences.
Military
- Major-General William Goodday Strutt (1762–1848), Governor Stirling Castle and Governor of Quebec (1837–48)
- General Sir Alfred Gaselee (1844–1918) GCB, GCIE, former aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, action Afghan Wars, Boxer Uprising, China and India
- Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton (1856–1879), VC, Lt. Corps of Guides, 2nd Afghan War, portrayed in M.M. Kaye's novel The Far Pavilions and film of same
- Lt. Colonel Macleod Bawtree Robinson (1858–1935), CMG, Boer War Commander, Commandant of Kimberley in siege (Queen's Medal 2 clasps, King's Medal 3 clasps, thrice Mentioned in Despatches)
- Brig.-General Ernest Hunter Rodwell (1858–1937), CB, Afghan Wars, WW1, translator to English of the Omar Khayyam
- Henry L. Hulbert (1867–1918), US Marine, awarded US (Congressional) Medal of Honor 1899, Croix de Guerre (France) 1918, Distinguished Service Cross (US) 1918, Purple Heart (US) 1918; US Navy destroyer ship named in his memory
- Brigadier-General Charles Flick (1869–1948)
- Brigadier-General Charles William Singer (1870–1936), CB, CMG, DSO
- Lt. General Sir Bertram Kirwan (1871-60)
- Brigadier-General Robert McDouall (1871–1941), Governor Fort Mackinac (1914–18)
- Rear Admiral George Blount (1876- ), commanded battleships HMS Ramillies and HMS Barham in Mediterranean Fleet (1916–28), commanded RN Gunnery School, Devonport, DSO, French Croix de Guerre avec palme, Belgian Order of Leopold (Officier), Greek Order of Redeemer (Commander) 1927
- Major-General Sir Dennis Deane (1879–1978)
- Brigadier-General Robert Daly Ormsby, RM (1879–1946), ADC to the King (1932–33)
- General Sir Hubert Huddleston (1880–1950), colonial administrator
- John Leslie Green (1888–1916), Capt. VC, 1916 RAMC, South Staffordshire Regiment
- Brigadier-General Eric Stuart White (1888–1979) DSO, Croix de Guerre (Belgium), Order of Crown of Belgium (Who's Who)
- Lt. General Sir Charles King (1890-67), Woolwich Sword of Honour (Who's Who)
- Major-General John Meredith Benoy (1896–1977), CBE, GS03 Supreme Council, Versailles 1918-20, WWs 1&2, Chief Administrator, Eritrea (1945–46)
- Captain Garth Henry Owles, RN (1896–1975), DSO, DSC, thrice mentioned in dispatches World War II (Who's Who)
- Brigadier John Murray Rymer-Jones (1897–1993), CBE, MC (Bar), World War I, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police (1950–59)
- Major-General George Peregrine Walsh (1899–1972) CB, CBE, DSO Director of Weapons at the War Office (1949–52)
- Air Vice-Marshal George Holford White (1904–1965)
- Major-General Basil Coad (1906–1980)
- General Sir Campbell Hardy (1906–84), Commandant Gen. Royal Marines (1955–59), Dir. Coal Utilization Council 1960-70
- Major-General Gordon Farleigh Upjohn (1912–2001) CBE, Colonial Service Malaya and West Africa
- Major-General Roy Darkin (1916–1987)
- Air Vice-Marshal Edward Crew (1918–2002), World War II Mosquito flying ace DSO with Bar, DFC
- Squadron Leader Nigel Rose (1918- 2017), Battle of Britain Spitfire Pilot
- Anthony Morris Brooks (1922–2007) DSO, MC (United Kingdom), Croix de Guerre, Legion d'Honneur, (France), intelligence officer, undercover agent in France, WW2
- Air Vice-Marshal John Cooke (1922-2011), Consultant Physician to the Civil Aviation Authority (Who's Who)
- Air Chief Marshal David Harcourt-Smith DFC, GBE, KCB, FRAeS, Controller of Aircraft for United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, MoD Procurement Executive
- Major-General Ralph Crossley (- 2011)
- Rear Admiral Peter Marsden
- Lt. General Sir Peter Beale, KBE, RAMC, formerly Queen's Honorary Physician, Chief Medical Officer for the Red Cross (1994–2000), Surgeon General to UK Armed Forces 1991-1994
- Commander Ian Inskip (1943-2016), Naval Officer in Falklands Battle
- General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff (2006–2009)
- Major-General Andrew Stewart
- Major-General Alan Macklin, Leader Armoured Fighting Vehicles Group
- Dr Victoria Poyntz, British Army Doctor
- Charlotte Webb, Member of the Corps Engagement Team (Royal Corps of Army Music)
Political Figures
- Henry Mildmay (1620- ), MP for Maldon (1659), for Essex (1679–92), Governor of Cambridge Castle
- Richard Cromwell (1626–1712), Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland & Ireland 1658-59, son of Oliver Cromwell Snr. MP for Hampshire (1654), Chancellor, Oxford University
- Henry Cromwell (1628–1674), Lord Deputy of Ireland and son of Oliver Cromwell Snr. MP for Cambridge University (1654)
- Hender Roberts (or Robartes) (1635- ), MP for Bodmin (1661–87)
- Robert Roberts (or Robartes) (1635–1681), MP for Bossiney (1661), Ambassador to the Court of Denmark
- Sir John Comyns (c.1667-1740), MP for Maldon (1701-08 & 1716-26), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (1736), judge
- Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet (1671–1715), MP for Essex (1694–1715), Vice-Admiral for Essex (1702–05)
- John Gurdon (1672–1758), MP for Sudbury (1698–1700)
- Sir Anthony Abdy, 5th Baronet KC (1720–1775), MP for Knaresborough (1763–1775), barrister, anti-slave campaigner (ODNB)
- Bamber Gascoyne Snr. (1725–1791), MP for Maldon (1761–63), Midhurst (1765–70), Weobley (1770–74), Truro (1774–84) & Bossiney (1784–86), 1st Lord of the Admiralty (1780–81)
- John Strutt (1728–1816), MP for Maldon (1774–90)
- John Bullock (1731- ), MP for Steyning (1754–68), Maldon (1768–84), Essex (1784–1809), MP for 55 years, Father of the House
- William Mills (1750–1820), MP for Coventry (1805–12)
- Joseph Strutt (1756–1845), MP for Maldon (1790–1826), Okehampton (1826–30)
- General Isaac Gascoyne (1763–1841), MP for Liverpool (1802–31), anti-slavery campaigner, British Army officer
- Charles Western (1767–1844), Baron Western of Rivenhall MP for Maldon (1790–1812), Essex (1812–32)
- Thomas Bramston (1770–1831), MP for Essex (1830–31)
- John Houblon (1773–1831), High Sheriff of Essex (1801), MP for Essex (1810–20)
- William Hughes (1777–1852), Baron Dinorben of Kenmel Park, Denbigh, MP for Wallingford (1802–31), ADC to the Queen
- Thomas Bramston (1797–1871), MP for S. Essex (1835–65)
- Charles Round (1797–1867), MP for N. Essex (1837–47)
- Sir John Tyrell Bt. (1797–1877), MP for Essex (1830–31), N. Essex (1832–57)
- James Dampier Palmer (1851–1899), MP (Con) for Gravesend (1892–98), businessman & philanthropist
- John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids (1860–1938), financier & politician, Lib. MP for Mid Lanarkshire (1888–94) & Pembrokeshire (1898–1904), 13th Baronet of Picton Castle (from 1912)
- Major-General Sir Ivor Philipps Bt. (1861–1940), soldier Wiltshire Militia, Liberal MP for Southampton (1906–22) (ODNBimage)
- Rupert Brabner, DSO DSC (1911–1945), RN, Fleet Air Arm World War II pilot ace, MP for Hythe (1939–1945), Under Sec. of State for Forces. killed in flying accident in Canada
- Sir Eric Edwards Baron Chelmer, of Margaretting (1914–1997), Conservative Party joint-Treasurer and Deputy Chairman
- David Evan Trent Luard (1926–1991), Labour MP for Oxford (1966–70) and (1974–79), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Foreign Office), Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford and Labour, subsequently SDP politician
- Hugh Patrick Thompson, MP for Norwich North (Con) (1983–1997), frmr Master at Manchester GS and Gresham's
- Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont (1991-2000), US Presidential Candidate in 2004
- Sir Robert Finch (1944 - 2016), Lord Mayor of London 2003-2004
- Fergus Cochrane-Dyet OBE, former British High Commissioner to Zambia (2016-2019)
- Andrew Tyrie, MP for Chichester, (Con), Chairman Treasury Select Committee (2010 -2017 )
Business
- Aylett Sammes (1636–79), antiquary, author The Antiquities of Ancient Britain in 1675
- Edward Forster, the Elder (1730–1812), merchant, antiquary, Governor of the Royal Exchange
- Sir Allen George Clark (1898–1962), industrialist, former MD and pioneer at Plessey telecommunications
- John Beresford Fowler (1906–1977), interior decorator
- Sir Montague Prichard (1915–91), Chairman of Belgrave Holdings plc and several other companies (Who's Who)
- George Dunkerley (1919–1994), chairman, Oil & Pipelines Agency, director STC (1985–1989) (Who's Who)
- Jack Edwards (1920–2002), Chairman Halcrow (1986–92) (Who's Who)
- Jan Petter Roed (1932-2022), entrepreneur, major Norwegian shipowner, multinational sustainable energy entrepreneur, Commodore of the Order of the North Star, Norway, Order of Falcon Iceland
- Michael Jackaman, formerly Chairman of Allied Lyons (1991–96) (Who's Who)
- Sir Martyn Arbib, financier, philanthropist, racehorse owner, founder Perpetual PLC now Invesco Perpetual Investment company (Who's Who)
- Oliver Stocken, Chairman at Starling Bank, Honorary Life Vice-President for the MCC (Who's Who)
- William Dacombe, Chairman of Postern Ltd. (Who's Who)
- Gavin Suggett, formerly MD Alliance (Investment) Trust and Second Alliance Trust (Dundee)
- Christopher Lendrum, formerly Executive Director Barclays Bank plc (Who's Who)
- Professor Peter Goldie (1946-2011), former financier and philosopher
- Christopher Woodwark, former Chairman Rolls-Royce Motors, MD Land Rover
- Nicholas Gold, formerly Managing Director ING Bank and Baring Brothers (1986–2008) (Who's Who)
- Andy Stewart (1951-2021), financier, racehorse owner
- Sir Dieter Helm CBE, Economist, Professor of Energy Policy and Fellow at University of Oxford
- Sian Townsend, Research Manager at Instagram
- Philip Goodman, Architect, URECO Property, Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Finance list 2021
- Anna Butler, Fashion Designer at Butler Stewart
- Lucas Kollmann, Investor at KKR, Forbes ‘30 Under 30’ Finance list 2021
- Lynn Ahn, Chef & Entrepreneur
Sport
Olympians
- J W H T Douglas (1882–1932), English Test Cricket (capt.) and Olympic boxer (Gold Medal 1908), Football for England (Amateur)
- Norman Hallows (1886–1968), Olympic athlete, bronze 1500m winner 1908, former Olympic record holder 1500m
- John Mathews (1884-1962 ), Olympic Hockey, 1912 (England & GB)
- Duncan MacMillan (1890-1963), Olympic athlete 440m, 1912
- William Craig Moore (1890-1960), Olympic athlete 1912, 1500m
- Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford (1896–1960), Olympic athlete, 800m & 1500m in 1908, engineer, pilot, Executive Foreign Armament Department for Vickers Armstrong, International Half-Mile Champion 1906-07, One Mile International Champion 1909, Skiing for GB, International Roller-Skater Champion at Olympia, London 1914-19
- Herbert Perry (1899–1964), Olympic shooter, Gold Medal 1924 (team running deer double shots)
- Erasmo Massano Ballestrero (1901 - ), Olympic rower 1924, men's cox four
- David Scott (1902–1928), Olympic athlete Pentathlon, 1924 (killed flying in 1928)
- Wilfred Burne (1903–89), Olympic high-diver, 1928
- David Macklin (1929-2015), Olympic rower (Eights), 1952
- Howard Davis CBE, Olympic hockey player 1956, 1960, 1964 (capt.)
- Dr. Martyn Lucking, Olympic athlete, shot put (1960, 1964), C'wealth Gold Medal 1962
- David Jones, Olympic 4x100m Bronze Medal 1960, Commonwealth Gold Medal, and Silver (200m) 1962
- Timothy Lawson, Olympic hockey player 1968 (Scotland & GB)
- Richard Oliver, Olympic hockey player 1968, 1972
- Anthony Ekins, Olympic hockey player 1968
- Robert Cattrall, Olympic hockey player for Great Britain (captain), 1984 (bronze medal)
- Christopher Hunnable, Olympic three day eventer 1996
- Matt Coward-Holley, Selected for Olympic Trap Shooting Team for GB at Tokyo 2021
Sports Professionals
- Clement Mitchell (1861 - ), Football for England (amateur)
- Robert Stuart King (1862–1950), clergyman and football for England (amateur)
- Henry Wood (1886 - ), Football for England (amateur)
- Austen Williams (1892 - ), Polo for England (1925, 27)
- Francis Guise (1894- ), Winner GB Hundred Roll Rifle competition 1934 & 1936, Winner Spencer Cup (Bisley 1910)
- Bill Watts, Classic-winning racehorse trainer
- Jeremy Polturak, British squad America's Cup 1983, Winning 12M Yacht World Championship for Great Britain 1982 (Bowman)
- Charlie Pitcher, Trans-Atlantic single handed oarsman, fellow organiser British Americas' Cup squad 1986/87
- Tom Lerwill, international athlete, 800m Silver medal IAAF World Junior Games 1996
- Tim Bridgman, motor racing driver, 2004 winner Formula BMW UK, 2007 winner Formula Palmer Audi series
- Max Kendrick, professional jockey, winner of flat race at Plumpton Race Course, beating AP McCoy 2014
- Kieran Norris, professional alpine ski racer, winner of British Indoor Men’s Slalom Skiing Championship in 2015
- Angus Collins, World Record breaking ocean rower that has completed the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge three times
- Bella Collins, broke the World Record for the fastest and youngest all-female crew to row across the Atlantic in 2016
- Hannah Deuce, represented U25s England Dressage team at the Home Internationals in 2016
- Anna Middendorf, professional hockey player for the UConn Huskies, University of Connecticut’s nomination for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award 2017
- Georgie Plunkett, gold medal winner at the British Rowing Masters Championships 2018
- Angus McLaren, Winner of Essex Boxing Association Southern Area Championship Title 2018
- Jemma Rix, broke the world record for the fastest female pair in the Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge by rowing the Atlantic in 2019
- Rebecca Earl, golfer, Winner of the English Women’s Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship 2019
- Toby King, professional footballer for West Bromwich Albion
Full Hockey internationals
- James Youle (1888 - 1969 ), Hockey for England (1914)
- John Beaumont (1892 - ), Hockey for England (1910)
- Arthur Wiggin (1892–1952), Hockey for England (1914)
- Crawford Morley-Brown (1902–50), Hockey for Scotland
- 'Bill' Wyatt (1913 - 2014) MC, Hockey for England (1934–48)
- Antony Baylis (1921–2003), hockey for England (1939 and 1946)
- Geoffrey Nott, Hockey for England & GB
- Timothy Lowe, Hockey for England
Cricketers
- Arthur Jewell (1888–1921), English cricketer for Orange Free State and Worcestershire
- Joseph G Dixon (1898–1954), Cricketer for Essex (1911–12)
- William Tomlinson (1901–84), Cricketer for Derbyshire & Cambridge University (1920–24), Headmaster St. Cyprian's Preparatory School, Eastbourne (1938–48)
- Peter Phelps (1909–86), Cricketer for Worcestershire
- George Brown (1912–2000), Cricketer for Essex (1923-4)
- Dudley Matthews (1918–68), Cricketer for Lancashire
- Derek Pringle, English Test cricketer from Cambridge University & Essex, former journalist for Observer and Daily Telegraph (Who's Who)
- Martin Olley, Cricketer, HMC Schools XI 1982, 1st Class Cricket for Northants and Middlesex
- John Stephenson, English Test cricketer from Esse & Hampshire, Head of Cricket, MCC
- Nick Knight, English Test cricketer from Warwickshire, Young Cricketer of the Year (1988), Capt. HMC Schools' XI, 1987, broadcaster
- Elliott Wilson, professional cricketer for Worcestershire, Capt. HMC Schools' XI, 1995, London Gallery exhibiting artist
- Tim Phillips, professional cricketer for Essex
- Lloyd Paternott, Oxford MCCU and Northamptonshire County Cricket Club
- Ben Waring, Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2015, professional cricketer for Hertfordshire County Cricket Club
- Jordan Cox, professional cricketer for Kent County Cricket Club
- Grace Poole, professional cricketer for Essex County Cricket Club
- Will Buttleman, professional cricketer for Essex County Cricket Club
Rugby Players
- Rory Hutchinson, Scotland international rugby union player
- Charlie Kingham, member of England Rugby’s Sevens World Series squad in 2018
- Max Malins, England international rugby union player
- Ehren Painter, professional rugby union player
- James Lennon, professional rugby union player
- Alexander Marka, Austria international rugby player
- Ellie-Louise Lennon, professional rugby union player
- Oliver Stonham, professional rugby union player
- Tristan Smith, professional rugby union player
- Sam Bryan, professional rugby union player
Charity & Creative Industries
- William Palmer aka Claud Allister (1891–1970), Hollywood film actor (1929–50) - 74 films including starring role in Oscar-winning Bulldog Drummond (1929)
- Robert Lyle (1887–1943), MC, sports editor for The Times & Racing correspondent (1920), journalist for Racing Post, Daily Express, Observer (war correspondent with RN) etc. (Who's Who)
- Stuart Burge (1918–2002), film director, producer, actor (ODNB)
- Kenneth Kendall (1924 - 2012), British broadcaster
- Richard Johnson (1927 - 2015), West End Theatre and film actor, writer and producer (Who's Who)
- John Alldis (1929 - 2010), Chorus Master of the London Philharmonic Choir and Guildhall School of Music Choir, also numerous major overseas ensembles inc. Danish & Dutch State Choirs, double Grammy award winner (Who's Who)
- Philip Latham (1929 - 2020), TV, film and West End actor
- John Sanders OBE (1933–2003), composer, organist Gloucester Cathedral (Who's Who)
- Paul Bonner OBE, formerly Head of Documentaries, Community Broadcasts, Science for BBC (Who's Who)
- Joe Henson MBE (1932 - 2015), Farmer & Broadcaster, founder Rare Breeds Survival Trust
- Neil Allen, (1932-2019), Sports Journalist, reported on 14 Olympic games, authour, former Chairman International Athletics Writers Association
- John Moynihan (1935 - ), sports journalist for The Sun, Sunday Times, the Observer, author
- John Hopkins (1937 - 2015), John "Hoppy" Hopkins was a British photographer, journalist, researcher and political activist.
- Peter Beard (1938 - 2020), Wildlife Photographer
- Sam Walters MBE, 1955 winner Public Schools' Mace (Debating), London theatre director, Founder Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond (Who's Who)
- John (Ben) Wright, longtime golf writer and TV commentator, BBC, CBS (US), sports writer Sunday Times, Observer, author, winner of 2 Emmy Awards
- Alastair Macaulay, writer and dance critic. Chief dance critic for The New York Times from 2007- 2018.
- Dickon Stainer, MD, Universal Classics & Jazz (part of EMI)
- Andy Roberts , musician
- Tim Foster, Founding Partner at Foster Wilson Architects (formerly Tim Foster Architects)
- Michael Clarke CBE, Director National Galleries of Scotland, Author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Who's Who)
- Oliver Everett CVO, Librarian Emeritus of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle
- Hugh Keelan, conductor & Musical Director North Eastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, extensive guest conducting
- Richard Marson, British TV writer and Executive Producer for the BBC, formerly Chief Editor Blue Peter children's TV programme
- Peter Dyson, Music Director Belmont Ensemble, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the South Bank Centre
- Bruce Munro, Artist known for large-scale light-based installations
- Simon Carter, Fashion Designer
- Tim Healy, Awarded Australian Humanitarian Overseas Service Medal in recognition of his work during the Ebola Crisis in Liberia
- Adam Speers, Executive Producer for Ambassador Theatre Group
- Sean Fletcher, TV broadcaster for ITV and BBC
- James Doherty, TV, Film and West End Actor
- Julian Simpson, TV & radio playwright, film director
- Matthew Spacie, Founder & Director of Magic Bus Charity
- Alecky Blythe, playwright and screenwriter
- Oliver Balch, Freelance journalist and travel writer
- Jimmy Jewell, Agent for Stage and Screen, Associate of the Royal Academy of Music
- Arata Otake, Associate Programme Officer for UN Refugee Agency
- Jason Farrell, TV broadcaster for SKY
- Sarah Brook, CEO and founder of Sparkle Malawi
- Gus Nicholson, Composer and Musician. BAFTA Scholarship recipient in 2017
- Esme Smith, Classical Singer, Essex Young Musician of the Year 2018
Clergy
- William Gouge (1575–1673), clergyman, prominent Calvinist preacher, writer
- Thomas Vincent (1634–1678), Puritan clergyman, dissident preacher
- Dr. Thomas Townson (1715–92), evangelist, scholar, writer
- Robert Carr Brackenbury (1752–1818), Methodist Puritan preacher, colleague of John Wesley
- William Barker Daniel (1754–1833), Rev., clergyman, writer on field sports
- Rev Robert Fellowes LLD (1771–1847), radical theologian, defender of Queen Caroline and benefactor of UCL
- Charles Allan Smythies (1844–1894), Rt. Rev. Bishop of Zanzibar and East Africa
- Thomas Scott (1880- ), Rt. Rev., Bishop of North China (1940- )
- Alymer Skelton (1884–89), Rt. Rev. Bishop of Lincoln (1942–46)
- Ellis Edge-Partington (1885–1957), Rev. Canon Emeritus, Chaplain to HRH The King & Queen, (1941–56) Hockey for England, 1909 (
- Charles Kempson Waller (1891–1951), Very Reverend Provost and Rector of Chelmsford Cathedral (1949–1951)
- George Ernest Ingle (1895–1964), Rt. Rev. Suffragan Bishop of Willesden
- Thomas Geoffrey Stuart Smith (1901–81), Rt. Rev. Asst. Bishop of Leicester (1966–73), Canon Emeritus 1977, Preacher Select Cambridge University 1957
- Rev. Professor Lancelot Garrard (1904–93), Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Emerson College, Boston, USA, Principal Manchester College, Oxford University
- Dom Illtyd Trethowan (1907–93) OSB, philosopher, sub-prior of Downside Abbey
- George Reindorp (1911–1990), Rt. Rev., Bishop of Salisbury
- Richard Stanley Cutts (1922–1997), Rt. Rev. formerly Bishop of Argentina and Eastern South America
- John Neale (1926 - 2020), Rt. Rev., inaugural Bishop of Ramsbury from 1974
- (Geoffrey) Jeremy Walsh Rt. Rev., Former Suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury
- Robert Perkins (fe89-98), Minister at Christ Church Kensington, London