Denstone College is an independent, coeducational boarding school in Denstone, Staffordshire, England. Its alumni are known as Old Denstonians (ODs). The Denstone Association looks after the College's alumni.
ODs edit
- Peter Brinson – writer and lecturer on dance[1]
- Sir Vandeleur Molyneux Grayburn – Chief Manager of the HSBC Bank and member of the Hong Kong Resistance who died a prisoner of the Japanese in 1943
- Nigel Grindley FRS - Emeritus Professor in Genetics, Yale University.
- Peter Gerald "Spam" Hammersley CB OBE – Rear Admiral, Royal Navy[2]
- Frederick George Jackson – Arctic explorer[3]
- John Makepeace OBE – furniture designer[4]
- Keith Mant – forensic pathologist and war crime investigator[5]
- William Whitehead Watts – President of the Geological Society (1910–1912)[6]
- Lieutenant General Ralph Wooddisse – British Army officer
Churchmen edit
- Charles Copland – clergyman[7]
- Philip Pasterfield – Bishop of Crediton (1974–1984)[8]
- Dennis Victor – Bishop of Lebombo[9]
Politicians and lawyers edit
- Geoffrey Cheshire FBA – barrister and jurist[10]
- Warren Hawksley – Conservative Member of Parliament
- Asda Jayanama – diplomat
- Lord Justice Kay – Lord Justice of Appeal[11]
Sportsmen edit
- Arthur Berry – England footballer, double Olympic gold medallist and former Chairman of Liverpool Football Club[12]
- Phil Davies – rugby player
- Alastair Hignell – rugby union and cricket player[13]
- Harvey Hosein – English cricketer
- N. F. Humphreys – 1910 British Lions player (died in World War I)[14]
- Tommy Kemp – rugby union fly half for England 1931–1948
- Sam Lewis – rugby union lock/flanker for Leicester Tigers
- Tim Mason – cricketer
- David Short – Derbyshire cricketer
- Jeremy Snape – England cricketer[15]
- George Stocks – Argentine cricketer
- Alex Thomson (cricketer) - cricketer
- Ben White – rugby union scrum half for Leicester Tigers
Writers and broadcasters edit
- Quentin Crisp – writer and actor[16]
- René Cutforth – journalist
- Alex Lester – broadcaster
- Petre Mais (S. P. B. Mais) – author and broadcaster
- Tim Marlow – writer, broadcaster and art historian
- Richard Morris – archaeologist and writer
- Guy Thorne – pseudonym: Cyril Arthur Edward Justice Waggoner Ranger Gull, (1876–1923), novelist and journalist[17]
Musicians edit
- Peter Godfrey – choral conductor
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Robinson, Ken (2004). "Brinson, Peter Neilson (1920–1995)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 22 October 2009.(subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ "Hammersley, Rear-Adm. Peter Gerald". Who's Who 2020. Oxford University Press; A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. 19 February 2020. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U18815. ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- ^ Savitt, Ronald. Legacies of the Jackson-Harmsworth expedition, 1894–1897. Polar Record 43 (224): 55–66 (2007)
- ^ The Furniture Society – John Makepeace biography
- ^ The Guardian – Keith Mant obituary, 16 November 2000
- ^ William Whitehead Watts. 1860–1947. Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 6, No. 17 (Nov. 1948), pp. 263–279
- ^ Who was Who 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Who's Who 1992 "(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- ^ Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ The Times – Obituary: Professor G. C. Cheshire—Influential writer on the law, 28 October 1978
- ^ Downing Street – Privy Council Appointments Archived 2 January 2004 at the Wayback Machine, 19 May 2000
- ^ Daily Post, Liverpool FC's Javier Mascherano wants gold Archived 14 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 2008-08-22, accessed 14 February 2010
- ^ University of Bristol – Honorary degrees awarded at the University today, 12 July 2004
- ^ Captain Noel Forbes Humphreys
- ^ Cricinfo – Jeremy Snape player profile
- ^ The Independent – Quentin Crisp, 2 November 1999
- ^ Philip J. Waller, Writers, Readers and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain, 1870–1918, Oxford University Press, 2006, p.1011 ISBN 0-19-820677-1 ISBN 978-0198206774 [1]