Notable Former Pupils

James (Jimmy) Adams

B 1980
OT 1988 – 1994
Hampshire Cricketer 2002 – 2018 (Captain 2012 – 2015) Captained MCC on tour of Nepal, 2019.

Sir Christopher Audland

1926 – 2019
OT 1934 – 1939
Diplomat who worked for the Foreign Office and Commission of European Communities.

Freeman Dyson

1923 – 2020
OT 1932 – 1936
Theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his work in quantum electrodynamics, solid-state physics, astronomy and nuclear engineering.

Anthony Eyton

b 1923
OT 1932 – 1937
Painter, Senior Academician of the Royal Academy

Douglas Hurd

b 1930
OT 1938 – 1942
Conservative politician. Held the posts of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary from 1984 onwards.

Charles Lock

b 1955
OT 1963 – 1967
Professor of English, University of Copenhagen

Dominic Mahony

b. 1964
OT 1974 – 1977
Modern Pentathlete. Competed in two Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1988. Now team manager for the multi-medal winning GB Modern Pentathlon team.

Robert Moore

b. 1981
OT 1988 – 1994
Hockey Player. Represented Great Britain in three Olympics.

Sir Hugh Pelham

b. 1954
OT 1962 – 1967
Cell Biologist. Director of Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology at University of Cambridge from 2006 – 2018.

Tom Pellereau

b. 1979
OT 1987 – 1992
Inventor and Designer. Winner of the BBC’s ‘The Apprentice’ in 2011

Sir Mark Tully

b. 1935
OT 1945 – 1949
Journalist and writer. BBC Chief of Bureau in New Delhi for 20 years.

Admiral Sir William Andrewes

1899 – 1974
Served in both World Wars and commanded the British and Commonwealth Naval Forces and United Nations Task Force 95 during the Korean War. Governor and Trustee of Twyford School 1956 – 1968

Thomas Baring, Earl Northbrook

1826 – 1904
Politician, Statesman. Viceroy of India 1872 – 1876. First Lord of the Admiralty 1880 – 1885

Clarence Bruce, Lord Aberdare

1885 – 1957
Tennis Player; USA Amateur Champion 1930 and of British Isles 1932 and 1938. Member of International Olympic Committee

Sir Walter Congreve, VC

1862 – 1927
Army Officer. Recipient of Victoria Cross 1899. Governor of Malta 1924 – 1927

Richard Chenevix Trench

1807 – 1866
Dean of Westminster 1856 – 1864 and Archbishop of Dublin 1864 – 1886. Poet.

Richard Crossman

1907 – 1974
Labour Party Politician and Cabinet Minister under Harold Wilson. Editor of New Statesman and author of ‘Diaries of a Cabinet Minister’, the acknowledged source for TV series ‘Yes Minister’

Sir George Gater

1886 – 1963
Army Officer and Civil Servant

Roderick Haig-Brown

1908 – 1976
Canadian writer and conservationist

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