Notable alumni .28Old Stamfordians.29 Stamford School

1 notable alumni (old stamfordians)

1.1 politics , public service
1.2 law
1.3 music
1.4 literature , arts
1.5 armed forces
1.6 academia , church
1.7 commerce , industry
1.8 sport

notable alumni (old stamfordians)

politics , public service

nick anstee, lord mayor of london
simon burns, conservative mp west chelmsford, minister of state
john cecil, 5th earl of exeter, mp stamford, grand tourist , connoisseur
william cecil, 1st baron burghley, lord high treasurer of england , chief advisor queen elizabeth i
alfred harmsworth, 1st viscount northcliffe, newspaper magnate, founder of daily mail , daily mirror, owner of times
j. f. horrabin, labour mp peterborough, journalist , broadcaster
sir thomas wilson, author, translator, diplomat, member of parliament, keeper of king s records

law

sir richard cayley, qc, chief justice of ceylon
sir ronald long, president of law society

music

the school chapel



sir malcolm sargent, conductor
sir michael tippett, composer
julian wastall, composer

literature , arts

michael asher frsl, author , explorer
torben betts, playwright
nelson dawson, silversmith, jeweller, designer, etcher , painter of arts , crafts movement.
colin dexter, obe, author of inspector morse detective novels; morse described old stamfordian
neil mccarthy, film , television actor
francis peck, antiquary
john radford, wine writer , broadcaster
ralph robinson, renaissance scholar, first translator english of thomas more s utopia
thomas seaton, founder of seatonian prize poetry @ university of cambridge
john terraine, military historian
ben willbond, film , television actor

the armed forces

air marshal sir simon bryant, kcb, cbe, commander-in-chief, air command, royal air force
major-general k.j. drewienkiewicz, cb, cmg.
major-general a. c. iyappa, indian army
general sir mike jackson, gcb, cbe, dso, adc gen, chief of general staff.

academia , church

martin aitken, frs, fsa, fras, finstp, professor of archaeometry, university of oxford, fellow of linacre college, oxford
zachary brooke, lady margaret s professor of divinity, university of cambridge
henry edwards, dean of bangor
charles john ellicott, professor of divinity @ king s college london , university of cambridge , bishop of gloucester , bristol
philip goodrich, bishop of worcester
steven v. ley, cbe, frs, fmedsci, bp (1702) professor of chemistry @ university of cambridge, fellow of trinity college, cambridge
cecil richard norgate, bishop of masasi, tanzania
ian roberts, phd, littd, fba, professor of linguistics university of cambridge, fellow of downing college
m. stanley whittingham, professor of chemistry

commerce , industry

oliver hemsley, chief executive officer, numis securities

sport

robert clift, gold medal winning hockey player @ 1988 seoul olympics
simon hodgkinson, england international rugby
mark james, golfer , captain european ryder cup team
shan masood, pakistan test cricketer
alexander sims, racing driver in gp3
m. j. k. smith, england international rugby, england international cricket captain
iwan thomas, mbe olympic athlete




^ city of london member details (html). city of london. retrieved 11 february 2012. 
^ tory went where? . guardian. london. 2 june 2007. retrieved 11 february 2012. 
^ obituary, law society gazette
^ sir malcolm sargent (html). itunes. retrieved 11 february 2012. 
^ nelson dawson (html). lincs past. retrieved 11 february 2012. 
^ sir mike jackson (html). abingdon speakers. retrieved 11 february 2012. 
^ reverend richard norgate; obituary in telegraph
^ guy gets england call . rutland & stamford mercury. 8 march 2007. retrieved 11 february 2012.