List of Old Salopians

List of Old Salopians is a list of some of the many notable alumni of Shrewsbury School, a leading UK independent boarding and day school in Shrewsbury, in Shropshire, England.

A

• Francis William Lauderdale Adams (1862–1893), writer
• Sir James Adams KCMG (1932-), ambassador to Tunisia (1984–1987) and Egypt (1987–1992)
• John Adams, (before 1670−1738), cartographer
• Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (1586–1668), Lord Mayor of the City of London 1654–65
• Harold Ackroyd VC MC (1877-1917), soldier and recipient of the Victoria Cross
• John Langshaw Austin (1911–1960), philosopher of language, White's Professor of Moral Philosophy

B

• Alan Barber (1905–1985), cricketer and headmaster of Ludgrove
• Robert Bardsley CMG OBE (1890-1952), cricketer and colonial administrator
• Edward Barnard (1992-), cricketer
• Douglas Bartles-Smith (1937-2014), priest and Archdeacon of Southwark 1985-2004
• William Henry Bateson (1812–1881), scholar and Master of St. John's College, Cambridge 1857-1881
• Sir Cecil Beadon KCSI (1816–1880), administrator in India
• Andrew Berry (born 1963), evolutionary biologist and historian of science
• John Best (1821-1865), politician and barrister
• Henry Edward James Bevan FRSL (1854–1935), Archdeacon of Middlesex
• Tim Bewley, High Court judge, Hong Kong
• Peter Blagg (1918-1943), cricketer and soldier
• David Blakely, murder victim. He was shot dead by Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain.
• Christopher Booker, journalist
• Tim Booth, lead singer of the band James
• John Breynton (1719–1799), minister and missionary in Nova Scotia
• John Brockbank, (1848–1896), footballer who played for England as a forward in the first international match against Scotland.
• Peter Brown FBA (born 1935), historian of Late Antiquity, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
• Samuel Browne, (1574/5–1632), Church of England clergyman
• Donald Boumphrey MC (1892–1971), cricketer, educator and British Army officer
• Charles Burney FRS (1726–1814), music historian
• Omar 'Ali Bolkiah (born 1986), Crown Prince of the Sultanate of Brunei
• Samuel Butler (1835–1902), iconoclastic author of Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh.

C

• Sir Edward John Cameron KCMG, (1858–1947), British colonial administrator, Governor of Gambia 1914–1920
• Sir Philip Montgomery Cambell FRSA FInstP (born 1951), Editor in Chief of Nature
• George Sidney Roberts Kitson Clark (1900–1975), historian
• William George Clark (1821–1878), literary and classical scholar
• William Clarke (1695–1771), antiquary
• Richard Charles Cobb CBE (1917–1996), historian and essayist
• Edward Meredith Cope (1818–1873), classical scholar
• Edward Corbet, (died 1658), Anglican clergyman
• John Corbet (Corbett) (1609–1670), politician and judge
• Sir Robert Salusbury Cotton 5th Baronet (1739–1809), MP for Cheshire 1780–1796
• Sir Randolph Crewe (also Crew) (bap. 1559, d. 1646), judge
• Julian Critchley (1930–2000), politician
• Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft CMG TD (1881–1947), Conservative politician
• Francis Hovell-Thurlow-Cumming-Bruce, 8th Baron Thurlow KCMG (1912–2013), diplomat
• Roualeyn Cumming-Bruce PC (1912–2000), judge

D

• Charles Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS (1809–1882), naturalist, geologist, and originator of the theory of natural selection
• Peter Davis (born 1941), businessman, former chairman of Sainsbury's
• Francis Day CIE (1829–1889), military surgeon and ichthyologist
• Paul Edward Dehn (1912–1976), writer and film critic
• General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey GBE KCB DSO MC (1896–1969), D-Day 2nd Army Commander
• Hal Dixon (1928–2008), biochemist and Vice Provost of King's College, Cambridge
• John Freeman Milward Dovaston, (1782–1854), naturalist and poet
• Andrew Downes (c. 1549–1628), Greek scholar
• Sir Henry Edward Leigh Dryden (1818–1899), Fourth Baronet of Ambrosden, Seventh Baronet of Canons-Ashby, archaeologist and antiquary

E

• Humphrey Edwards (1582–1658), politician and regicide
• Alexander John Ellis FRS (1814–1890), phonetician and mathematician
• Charles Evans (1918–1995), surgeon and mountaineer
• William Addams Williams Evans (1853–1919), Wales international footballer
• Canon Thomas Saunders Evans, Latin scholar and poet, was schoolmaster at Rugby and Durham.

F

• Frederick Fisher (born 1985), Big Brother 10 contestant
• Paul Foot (1937–2004), journalist
• William Orme Foster (1814–1899), ironmaster, MP for South Staffordshire 1857–1868, owner of Apley Park
• Nigel Forman (1943–2017), Conservative politician, MP for Carshalton and Wallington
• James Fraser (1818–1885), bishop of Manchester
• Abraham Fraunce (France) (born c. 1558–1560, died 1592/3), poet and lawyer

G

• David Gay MC (1920–2010), British Army officer awarded the Military Cross in World War II, cricketer, and educator
• Arthur Herman Gilkes (1849–1922), Headmaster of Dulwich College
• Geoffrey Green (1911–1990), football writer
• Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke KB PC of Beauchamps Court (1554–1628), courtier and author
• Sir George Abraham Grierson OM KCIE (1851–1941), administrator in India and philologist
• George Gore (1675–1753), Attorney-General for Ireland
• Richard Goulding, actor
• Henry Melvill Gwatkin (1844–1916), historian and theologian

H

• Nick Hancock (born 1962), actor and TV presenter
• John Hanmer (1574–1629), bishop of St Asaph
• Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook GCSI PC (1814–1906), politician
• Thomas Emerson Headlam (1813–1875), barrister and politician
• William Henry Herford (1820–1908), educationist
• Michael Heseltine CH PC (born 1933), Conservative politician, Deputy Prime Minister 1995–1997
• Major Richard Henry Heslop DSO (alias Xavier) (1907–1973), army officer and resistance organiser
• Sir Thomas Hewett, (1656–1726), architect and landowner
• Edward Hewetson (1902–1977) cricketer
• Sir John Tomlinson Hibbert (1824–1908), politician
• James Hildyard, (1809–1887), classical scholar
• Sir Richard Hill, 2nd Baronet of Hawkstone, (1732–1808), Tory MP and religious revivalist
• Richard Hillary (1919–1943), RAF officer and author
• Hubert Ashton Holden (1822–1896), classical scholar
• William Walsham How (1823–1897), bishop of Wakefield
• Robert Hudson (1920–2010), BBC broadcaster and administrator
• James Humphreys (1768–1830), law reformer
• Sir Travers Humphreys (1867–1956), judge

I

• Brian St John Inglis (1916–1993), journalist
• Richard Ingrams (born 1939), journalist
• Andrew Irvine (1902–1924), mountaineer

J

• Jamie Catto (born 1968), economist and programmer
• Frederick John Jackson, KCMG CB (1860–1929), Governor of Uganda (1911–1918) and naturalist
• Sir William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson, GBE KCB MC (1917–1999), army officer, military historian, and Governor of Gibraltar
• George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1645–1689), judge
• Basil Jones (1822–1897), bishop of St David's
• Vice Admiral Clive Carruthers Jonhnstone (born 1963), Royal Navy Officer
• John Jones of Gellilyfdy (c. 1578 – c. 1658), copyist and manuscript collector
• Sir Thomas Jones (1614–1692), judge and law reporter
• Thomas Jones (1756–1807), college teacher

K

• Benjamin Hall Kennedy (1804–1889), headmaster and classical scholar
• Charles Rann Kennedy (1808–1867), lawyer and classical scholar
• Bryan King (1811–1895), Church of England clergyman
• Francis King CBE (1923–2011), novelist and poet

L

• Geoffrey Lane, Baron Lane AFC PC QC (1918–2005), Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
• Sir John Langford-Holt (1916–1993), Conservative politician, MP for Shrewsbury (1945–1983)
• Richard Law, 1st Baron Coleraine PC (1901–1980), politician and son of Prime Minister Andrew Bonar Law
• Aubrey Trevor Lawrence MBE KC (1875–1930), barrister and author
• Sir William Lawrence, 3rd Baronet (1870–1934), English horticulturalist and hospital administrator
• Blessed Richard Leigh (1557–1588), beatified English Catholic priest
• Sir William Leighton (c. 1565–1622), poet and composer
• Very Rev Herbert Mortimer Luckock (1833–1909), Dean of Lichfield
• General Sir Daniel Lysons GCB (1816–1898), army officer

M

• Humphrey Mackworth (1603–1654), member of Shropshire parliamentary committee in English Civil War, governor of Shrewsbury, member of Protector's Council, MP
• Thomas Mackworth (1627–1696), Parliamentarian soldier and MP
• Humphrey Mackworth (born 1631), military governor of Shrewsbury under Protectorate, MP
• Christopher MacLehose CBE (born 1940), publisher
• Richard Madox (1546–1583), Church of England clergyman and diarist
• George Augustus Chichester May PC QC (1815–1892), judge
• John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor FBA (1825–1910), classicist and librarian of Cambridge University 1863–1867
• Claas Mertens (born 1992), rower for the German national team
• Terry Milewski (born 1949), journalist
• Sir George Osborne Morgan, 1st Baronet PC QC (1826–1897), lawyer and politician
• Henry Whitehead Moss (1841–1917), headmaster 1866–1908
• Gerard Moultrie (1829–1885), third master, chaplain, hymnographer
• Douglas Muggeridge (1928–1985), Controller, BBC Radio 1 between 1968 and 1976
• Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro (1819–1885), classical scholar

N

• Christopher Nevinson ARA (1889–1946), artist
• Henry Woodd Nevinson (1856–1941), social activist and journalist
• Sir Charles Thomas Newton KCB (1816–1894), archaeologist
• Nevil Shute Norway (1899–1960), novelist as Nevil Shute and aeronautical engineer

O

• Sir Charles Oakeley, 1st Baronet (1751–1826), administrator in India
• William Oakley (1873–1934), footballer for England
• Mark Oakley (born 1968), Church of England priest
• William Chichester O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill (1813–1883), Church of Ireland clergyman and composer
• Julian Orchard (1930–1979), film and television actor
• Sir Roger Ormrod PC (1911–1992), judge, Lord Justice of Appeal
• Sir Francis Ottley (1601–1649), royalist politician and soldier, military governor of Shrewsbury
• Richard Ottley (1626–1670), royalist soldier and Restoration MP
• Hugh Owen (1760–1827), Church of England clergyman and antiquary
• Thomas Owen (died 1598), judge

P

• Thomas Ethelbert Page CH (1850–1936), classicist
• General Sir Bernard Charles Tolver Paget GCB DSO MC (1887–1961), army officer
• Edward Francis Paget (1886–1971), archbishop of central Africa
• Francis Paget (1851–1911), bishop of Oxford
• Stephen Paget (1855–1926), writer and pro-vivisection campaigner
• Frederick Apthorp Paley (1815–1888), classical scholar and writer
• Michael Palin CBE FRGS (born 1943), member of Monty Python comedy troupe, writer, actor and world traveller
• John Parker Ravenscroft (1939–2004), DJ and journalist, known professionally as ‘John Peel’
• Sir Nicholas Penny FBA FSA (born 1949), art historian, Director of the National Gallery
• Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Purves Phayre GCMG KCSI CB (1812–1885), British Indian Army officer; 1st Commissioner of British Burma (1862–1867) and Governor of Mauritius (1874–1878)
• Ambrose Philips (1674–1749), poet and playwright
• John Arthur Pilcher GCMG (1912–1990), diplomat, ambassador to Austria (1965–67), ambassador to Japan (1967–1972)
• Graham Pollard (1903–1976), bookseller and bibliographer
• Sir Thomas Powys (1649–1719), MP, Attorney General to King James II, judge, and politician

R

• Henry Cecil Raikes PC (1838–1891), Conservative politician
• Sir Martin Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow OM FRS FREng FMedSci FRAS (born 1942), British cosmologist and astrophysicist
• John Hamilton Reynolds (1794–1852), poet
• George Rudé (1910–1993), British Marxist Historian
• Willie Rushton (1937–1996), cartoonist, comedian, founder of Private Eye
• Ed Reardon, fictional character

S

• George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax PC DL FRS (1633–1695), statesman, writer, and politician
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor (1907–1995), music critic
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor LVO (born 1955), art historian, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
• Nevil Shute (1899–1960), writer
• Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet, courtier and soldier
• Air Marshall Sir Michael Simmons KCB AFC (born 1937), Royal Air Force Officer, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
• Sandy Singleton (1914–1999), cricketer
• John Templeton Smith (born 1943), writer
• John Stuttard JP FCA (born 1945), Lord Mayor of the City of London 2006–07
• Martin Ferguson Smith, OBE FSA (born 1940), scholar and writer, classics and ancient history professor at Durham

T

• John Taylor (1704–1766), classical scholar and Church of England clergyman
• Oliver Thomas (1599/1600–1652), nonconformist minister and author
• William Thomson, FRS FRGS (1819–1890), Archbishop of York
• Godfrey Thring (1823–1903), hymn writer
• Henry Thring, 1st Baron Thring (1818–1907), parliamentary draftsman
• J. C. Thring, published the Cambridge rules together with Henry de Winton, which formed the basis of Association football
• Richard Todd, OBE (1919–2009), actor
• Anthony Chenevix-Trench (1919–1979), headmaster of Eton College and Fettes College
• Sir Thomas Trevor (1586–1656), judge
• James Taylor (1990-), cricketer

V

• Sir William Vaughan (died 1649), royalist army officer

W

• Alan Wace (1879–1957), archaeologist
• Henry Wace (1853–1947), England international footballer
• Henry William Rawson Wade QC FBA (1918–2004), academic lawyer
• Graham Wallas (1858–1932), political psychologist and educationist
• John Wood Warter (1806–1878), Church of England clergyman and antiquary
• John Weaver (1673–1760), dancer and choreographer
• Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928), novelist
• Sir Edgar Whitehead KCMG OBE (1905–1971), prime minister of Rhodesia
• Charles Wicksteed (1810–1885), Unitarian minister
• Sir Kyffin Williams (1918–2006), Landscape & Portrait Artist
• Sir William Williams, 1st Baronet (1634–1700), lawyer and politician
• Major General Dare Wilson CBE MC (1919–2014), SAS officer who introduced attack helicopters to the British military
• Jack Wilson (1914–1997), Olympic rower
• H. de Winton, co-creator of the rules of football
• Chandos Wren-Hoskyns JP DL (1812–1876), English landowner, agriculturist, politician and author
• John Wylie (1854–1924), 1878 FA Cup winner and England international

Y

• Colonel Sir Charles Edward Yate, 1st Baronet CSI CMG (1849–1940), administrator in India and politician