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List of Old Gregorians

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An Old Gregorian (usually abbreviated OG) is a former member of Downside School, situated near Bath, Somerset, in the United Kingdom.

Alumni are so-named of St Gregory the Great who is the patron saint of the Downside monastic community, that used to run and own the school.

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Old Gregorians

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  • John Charles Day – amongst the first Catholic judges in England to be appointed after the English Reformation
  • Pete de Freitas – musician, member of Echo & The Bunnymen{{Cite web|title=Pete de Freitas|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9a0fe101-f7a4-47fc-a3a2-1606588cec6c|publisher=BBC|access-date=8 October 2012|archive-date=25 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225193717/https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/9a0fe101-f7a4-47fc-a3a2-1606588cec6c|url-status=dead}}
  • Christian Louis de Massay – Monegasque royalty
  • Arthur Denaro – County Donegal-raised Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars and later Commandant of Sandhurst
  • Henry Eric Dolan – World War I flying ace
  • John Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth – Minister for Colonial Affairs{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1414633/The-Earl-of-Perth.html |title=Obituary: The Earl of Perth |website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
  • Prince Jonathan Doria Pamphilj{{Cite news|last=Jones|first=Tobias|title=Who will inherit the Doria Pamphilj family's legacy?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/mother-tongue/6348571/Who-will-inherit-the-Doria-Pamphilj-familys-legacy.html|access-date=8 October 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=17 October 2009|location=London}}
  • Neil Dexter – former captain of Middlesex County Cricket Club

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  • Rocco Forte – British hotelier and entrepreneur{{Cite web|title=Sir Rocco Forte MA, FCA|url=http://www.cps.org.uk/about/board/rocco-forte/|publisher=Centre for Policy Studies|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • Edward Fitzgerald KC
  • James Percy FitzPatrick – South African author, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. Responsible for the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day
  • Nicolás Franco – nephew of Francisco Franco{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZfODwAAQBAJ&dq=nicolas+franco+pobil+1937&pg=PT422|title=La Corte de los prodigios: Los cuadernos de la Transición Democrática|first=Josep Carles|last=Clemente|date=15 January 2020|publisher=Antonio Machado Libros|isbn=9788491143031 |via=Google Books}}
  • William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (1929–1995){{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-viscount-furness-1619161.html|title=OBITUARY: Viscount Furness|date=12 May 1995|website=The Independent}}
  • Gerard Fairlie – writer, scriptwriter and Winter Olympian

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  • Joseph Gaggero – Gibraltarian businessman{{cite news|title=Joseph Gaggero|url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/joseph-gaggero-xvkkp8ld8kq|access-date=2 January 2018|work=Times|date=22 March 2012}}
  • Francis Aidan Gasquet – Cardinal, Vatican librarian{{Cite web|title=The awesome advantage of monastic schools|url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/6th-november-1998/7/the-awesome-advantage-of-monastic-schools|work=Catholic Herald|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • Jan Gawroński - Polish diplomat{{Cite web |last=Teler |first=Marek|title=Jan Gawroński – polityk na trudne czasy |url=https://histmag.org/Jan-Gawronski-polityk-na-trudne-czasy-14193 |access-date=15 May 2022}}
  • Carlos Gereda y de Borbón – Spanish aristocrat, engineering entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • J. G. Greig – first-class cricketer, soldier, and Catholic priest
  • Brion Gysin – author and artist{{Cite web|title=About Brion Gysin|url=http://briongysin.com/?category_name=about-brion-gysin|publisher=Brion Gysin|access-date=8 October 2012}}

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  • Denis Hanley – electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician
  • Jared Harris – actor{{Cite news|last=Gilbert|first=Gerard|title=Mad about the boy: Jared Harris divulges a few secrets from the set of Mad Men|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/mad-about-the-boy-jared-harris-divulges-a-few-secrets-from-the-set-of-mad-men-7544023.html|access-date=8 October 2012|newspaper=Independent|date=11 March 2012|location=London}}
  • Damian Harris – film director and screenwriter
  • Jamie Harris – actor
  • Simon Halliday – former England rugby player{{Cite web|title=Downside boys kicked out of touch|url=http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/10th-november-1995/3/downside-boys-kicked-out-of-touch|work=Catholic Herald|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • David Hawkins – Royal Air Force officer{{cite news |title=Air Vice-Marshal David Hawkins, head of the RAF Regiment who appeared on 'The Generation Game' with the Queen's Colour Squadron – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2019/03/07/air-vice-marshal-david-hawkins-head-raf-regiment-appeared-generation/ |access-date=22 September 2019 |work=The Telegraph |date=7 March 2019}}
  • Steve Henderson – cricketer
  • Bobby Henrey – child actor, star of 'The Fallen Idol''Through Grown-Up Eyes: Living With Childhood Fame' autobiography by Robert Henrey
  • Denis Caulfield Heron - First Catholic Scholar at Trinity College, Dublin and MP for Tipperary
  • Tristram Hillier – surrealist painter
  • Patrick Holcroft – Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire
  • Richard Holmes – biographer
  • Henry Howard – first formal British envoy to the Vatican for over 300 hundred years
  • Hubert Howard – intelligence officer
  • Lord Hunt of Tanworth{{Cite web|title=Requiem Mass celebrated for Lord Hunt|url=http://www.rcdow.org.uk/cardinal/default.asp?library_ref=1&content_ref=2036|publisher=Diocese of Westminster|access-date=8 October 2012}}

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  • Seán MacBride - Teachta Dála, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chief of Staff of the IRA and Nobel Peace Prize Winner{{cite journal |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/studies-in-church-history/article/abs/an-irish-benedictine-adventure-dom-francis-sweetman-18721953-and-mount-st-benedict-gorey/B4FE6EDD112D561B0365DFA7CBAFF5BD |doi=10.1017/S0424208400008809|title=An Irish Benedictine Adventure: Dom Francis Sweetman (1872-1953) and Mount St Benedict, Gorey |year=1989 |last1=Bellenger |first1=Dominic Aidan |journal=Studies in Church History |volume=25 |pages=401–415 |s2cid=163383147 }}
  • Frank MacDermot - Teachta Dála and founder of Fine Gael
  • Guy Malet - Artist
  • Alex Mapelli-Mozzi – alpine skier
  • Patrick Marnham – writer, journalist and biographer
  • Pierce McCan- Teachta Dála and Easter Rising Veteran
  • Pierre Maréchal- Racing Driver who died during 24 Hours of Le Mans
  • Patrick Mason- Director of the Abbey Theatre
  • Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim{{Cite web|title=Our Patron: Alexander McDonnell, The Earl of Antrim|url=http://www.artssocietyofulster.com/society/patron|publisher=Arts Society of Ulster|access-date=8 October 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211155130/http://www.artssocietyofulster.com/society/patron|archive-date=11 February 2012}}
  • Nicholas Mander – Sir Charles Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet
  • Gerald Maxwell MC – First World War flying ace{{Cite web|title=Open Days|url=http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1y892/CliftonLifeN147/resources/77.htm|publisher=Clifton College|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • Prince Emmanuel de Merode – Director of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Midland - DJ and Producer
  • James Miller – journalist and film-maker{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/may/07/guardianobituaries.middleeastthemedia | last=Henshaw | first=David | title=James Miller: Renowned filmer of recent conflicts | work=The Guardian | access-date=19 November 2012 | location=London | date=7 May 2003}}
  • David Mlinaric – interior designer{{Cite book|last=Cecil|first=Mirabel|title=Mlinaric on Decorating|year=2008|publisher=Frances Lincoln|isbn=978-0711225411|pages=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OyjVcUo_JC4C&dq=Downside+School+David+Mlinaric&pg=PA9}}
  • Joseph Molony - Chairman of the General Council of the Bar
  • Richard More O'Ferrall - Governor of Malta and high level politician, of the prominent More O'Ferrall family.[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20565?docPos=1 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]
  • Peter Morgan – Oscar nominated scriptwriter{{Cite web|title=Meet the Filmmakers — Peter Morgan Biography|url=http://www.mi6-hq.com/sections/articles/biography_peter_morgan.php3?t=&s=biography&id=02450|publisher=MI6|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • John Mullan – professor of English and writer{{cite news | url=http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1uxsi/PiNewspaperIssue37/resources/content/5.swf | title=Pi Diary | date=2 December 2012 | page=5|access-date=19 November 2012}}
  • Helenus Milmo – Irish lawyer and High Court Judge

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  • Rev. Timothy Radcliffe, OP – Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) from 1992 to 2001{{Cite web|title=Timothy Radcliffe Dominican friar and Master of the Order 1992–2001|url=http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2006/24-march/features/timothy-radcliffe-dominican-friar-and-master-of-the-order-1992-2001|work=Church Times|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell – Solicitor General and Attorney General{{Cite web|title=The Papers of Peter Rawlinson|url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FRWSN|publisher=University of Cambridge|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • George William Rendel – diplomat
  • Dan Riddiford – New Zealand politician of the National Party
  • Michael Richey – navigator and author
  • Paul Richey – flying ace of the Second World War and author
  • Michael Robinson – flying ace of the Second World War
  • Jerome Roche – musicologist
  • Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell – Conservative peer - Scottish rugby international{{Cite web|title=Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell|url=http://www.yatedo.com/p/Tremayne+Rodd%2C+3rd+Baron+Rennell/famous/27297e3a6a6e32bb592532854ec4d2ba|publisher=Yatedo|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • Nicholas Rossiter – TV producer{{Cite news|title=Nick Rossiter|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/aug/03/guardianobituaries.broadcasting|access-date=8 October 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=3 August 2004|location=London|first=Keith|last=Alexander}}

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  • John de Salis, 9th Count de Salis-Soglio – ICRC delegate and envoy
  • Hilary St George Saunders – author
  • Wilfrid Sheed – novelist and essayist{{Cite news|last=Barber|first=Michael|title=Wilfrid Sheed obituary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/feb/21/wilfrid-sheed-obituary|access-date=8 October 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|location=London|date=21 February 2011}}
  • Todd Sharpville – musician
  • Arthur Sidgreaves – businessman, head of Rolls-Royce during the Second World War
  • Eugene Simon – actor{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1638294/|title=Eugene Simon|publisher=IMDb | access-date=19 November 2012}}
  • Sir John Smythe, 8th Baronet – cricketer
  • Sir Robert Stapylton – courtier, dramatic poet and translator{{Cite web|title=Stapylton [Stapleton], Sir Robert |url=http://ingilbyhistory.ripleycastle.co.uk/ingilby_4/Stapylton%20Sir%20Robert%20(1607-69).pdf|publisher=Ingilby History|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • Richard Stokes – former Lord Privy Seal{{Cite web|title=Downside|url=http://guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/128/Downside/HMC/Downside-School-Stratton-on-the-Fosse-Radstock-Bath-BA3-4RJ|publisher=Guide to Independent Schools|access-date=8 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905161738/http://www.guidetoindependentschools.com/schools/view/128/Downside/HMC/Downside-School-Stratton-on-the-Fosse-Radstock-Bath-BA3-4RJ|archive-date=5 September 2011|url-status=dead}}
  • Christopher Sykes – author
  • John Sweetman - Founder of Sinn Féin
  • Roger Sweetman - Teachta Dála for Sinn Féin and abstentionist MP

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  • Artur Tarnowski - politician
  • Simon Tolkien – author and novelist{{Cite news|last=Thomas|first=David|title=A leaf torn from the family tree|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/donotmigrate/3590335/A-leaf-torn-from-the-family-tree.html|access-date=8 October 2012|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=24 February 2003|location=London}}
  • Rudolph de Trafford – aristocrat and banker
  • Maurice Turnbull – Welsh rugby international and Test cricketer{{Cite web|last=Hignell|first=A.K.|title=Profile of Maurice Turnbull|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Articles/0/792.html|publisher=Cricket Archive|access-date=8 October 2012}}
  • Bernard Turnbull – former captain of Wales Rugby Team
  • Paolo Tullio – writer, radio/TV personality and Michelin star-winning chef

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  • James Underwood – pathologist{{cite web |title=The Shortage of Pathologists |url=http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Society/documents/2003/07/14/Shipmancoronerreport.pdf |work=The Guardian |access-date=7 August 2018|page=223}}
  • William Bernard Ullathorne – English prelate

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  • John Varley – former CEO of Barclays{{Cite news|last=Treanor|first=Jill|title=Ping pong-playing banker chases a world ranking|url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/jun/15/8|access-date=8 October 2012|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 June 2007|location=London}}
  • Hugh Vyvyan – captain of Saracens Rugby{{Cite web|title=Hugh Vyvyan|url=http://web.onyxnet.co.uk/TonyKirlew-onyxnet.co.uk/playerVyvyan.htm|publisher=Newcastle Falcons Official Website|access-date=8 October 2012}}

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  • Count Adam Zamoyski – historian{{cite web | url=http://www.adamzamoyski.com/about.php | title=About Adam Zamoyski|publisher=Adam Zamoyski| access-date=1 November 2012}}

References

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Bibliography

  • List of Boys at St Gregory's, Downside Abbey, Bath, 1972: covers 1614–1972.
  • List of Boys at St Gregory's: First Supplement, Downside Abbey, Bath, 1983: covers 1967–1982 and lists corrections to the 1972 publication.

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100221203704/http://www.old-gregorian.com/ Official OG website]

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