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:
A 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
B 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)
C Everard Calthrop, railway engineer and inventor Donald Campbell, World Land and Water Speed record holder, killed on Coniston Water in Bluebird (West Deyne) Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of World Land and Water Speed records in 1920s and 1930s (West Deyne) Archie Cochrane, medic, researcher and pioneer of evidence-based medicine Holden Chow, solicitor and politician, vice-chairman of the Democratic Alliance of the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB).
D Johnny Dawes, rock climber Adrian Dixon, Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge University Eric Dorman-Smith, British Army officer and Irish nationalist Stephen Dorrell, Health Secretary 1995–97 Norman Douglas, novelist and travel writer Charles Dunstone, co-founder of Carphone Warehouse (Lorne House)
E John H. Edwards, geneticist, and his brother A. W. F. Edwards, statistician Dan Everard, British inventor, engineer and author
F William Fawcett, writer on horses, hunting and racing'Fawcett, William', in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint, ) 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
G Christopher Gabbitas, baritone for The King's Singers William Garforth, cricketer and soldier Andrew Gimson, political journalist (West Bank) Piers Gough, architect (West Bank)
H 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
I George Ivatt, mechanical engineer
J Christian Jessen, doctor and television presenter (Fircroft) Harry Judd, musician and member of McFly (Fircroft)
K Boris Karloff, actor Dominic Keating, actor Andrew Kennedy, tenor (Winner of Rosenblatt Song Prize at Cardiff Singer of the World 2005) (Fircroft) Patrick Kinmonth, opera director, stage designer, writer Norman Knight, cricketer and colonial administrator
L Edward Thurlow Leeds, archaeologist, keeper of the Ashmolean Museum 19281945 John Lees, cricketer David Li, current chairman and chief executive of the Bank of East Asia in Hong Kong Roland Leighton, fiancé of Vera Brittain, whose stories are told in her autobiography Testament of Youth (The Lodge) John O. Lyle, chairman and president of Tate & Lyle, businessman
M
Claude Maxwell Macdonald, soldier-diplomat Gregor MacGregor, England, Scotland, Cambridge University, Middlesex cricketer and rugby player Charles Mallam, cricketer Lionel Martineau, cricketer William Arnold Mathews, Anglican priest and writer 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
N Richard Lewis Nettleship, philosopher C. R. W. Nevinson, war artist in both world wars Ernest Newton, architect, president RIBA Anthony Nightingale, Taipan, Jardine Matheson & Co., Hongkong.
P William Pershke, cricketer Dickson Poon, businessman and non-executive Chairman of Harvey Nichols Peter Powell, Radio One disc jockey William Henry Pratt, who achieved fame under his stage name, Boris Karloff James Purves, cricketer
R 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 FameUppingham school roll, 1824–1894 (1894), (Uppingham school, Uppingham, England; Publisher: London, E. Stanford, ltd.) Guy Rowlands, historian (The Lodge)
S 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)
T Shiv Thakor, cricketer Richard Thorp, actor ('Emergency Ward 10'; 7 years, 'Emmerdale'; 30 years), writer Robert Thorogood, actor (Cambridge Footlights), writer Death in Paradise (Fircroft) Richard Tice, Reform UK Member of Parliament for Boston and Skegness Edward Timpson Conservative Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich Edward Titley, cricketer Arthur Treacher, film and stage actor Edward Beadon Turner (1854–1931), physician and England rugby union international. Sir George Robertson Turner (1855–1941), surgeon and England rugby union international
V Johnny Vaughan, television and radio presenter
W Anthony Way, former chorister, St Paul's Cathedral (School House) James Whitaker, Leicestershire and England cricketer (The Lodge) Jenny Willott, Member of Parliament for Cardiff Central Charles Plumpton Wilson (1859–1938), England footballer
Y William Yates, former member of both British and Australian Parliaments
See also :Category:People educated at Uppingham School
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