List of Old Greshamians

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The following is a list of notable Old Greshamians, former pupils of Gresham's School, an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt, Norfolk, England.

Public life

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Armed forces

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Church

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Medicine

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Academics

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Writers

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  • W. H. Auden – poet
  • John Henry Colls, 18th century poetChambers, John, ed., A General History of the County of Norfolk Volume II (Norwich & London, 1829) pp. 781-782
  • Andrew Jefford – poet and wine writer[http://www.andrewjefford.com/cv.htm Andrew Jefford CV] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913140818/http://www.andrewjefford.com/cv.htm |date=2007-09-13 }} at andrewjefford.com (accessed 15 October 2007)
  • Michael Laskey – poet[http://www.michael-laskey.co.uk/#bio Biography of Michael Laskey] at michael-laskey.co.uk (accessed 9 September 2007)
  • John Pudney – poet and novelist
  • Sir Stephen Spender – poet

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=Novelists=

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Music

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Artists

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  • Michael Cummings – cartoonist
  • Richard Chopping – book cover illustrator, painter and novelist [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/richard-chopping-versatile-illustrator-best-known-for-his-distinctive-bond-book-jackets-813974.html Richard Chopping: Versatile illustrator best known for his distinctive Bond book jackets – Obituaries, News – The Independent]
  • William Lionel Clause, landscape artist[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U223830, "Clause, William Lionel"]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in Who Was Who 1920–2007; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 6 May 2008
  • Sir Philip Dowson – architect and president of the Royal Academy
  • Edward Frank Gillett – sporting artist[https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=270 GILLETT Edward Frank 1874-1927] at suffolkartists.co.uk, accessed 27 March 2019
  • Robert Medley RA – artist
  • Ben Nicholson, OM – artist
  • Christopher Nicholson – architect
  • Christopher Perkins – artist
  • Humphrey Spender – photographer"Humphrey Spender: Artist whose photographs of the working classes became regarded as an invaluable historical record", The Daily Telegraph (London, England) March 15, 2005, from [http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodId=SPN.SP00 "Humphrey Spender"] at Newspapers Online Gale (accessed 22 August 2007)
  • Tony Tuckson – artist
  • Charles Mayes Wigg – artist

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Sport

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Performing arts

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Business

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Other

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  • Robert Aagaard – furniture maker and founder of the youth movement Cathedral Camps"[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U4890 Aagaard, Robert]", in Who Was Who, A. & C. Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007: (subscription required), accessed 10 August 2008
  • Theodore Acland – headmaster of Norwich School"[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U233888 Acland, Rev. Theodore William Gull]", in Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007 (subscription required), accessed 23 August 2008
  • Sir John Agnew, 6th Baronet – landowner, festivals organizer
  • Sir George Anthony Agnew, 7th Baronet – landowner
  • Jeremy Bamber – convicted murdererAllison, Eric. [https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/26/jeremy-bamber-murder-appeal-thrown-out?newsfeed=true "Jeremy Bamber murder appeal bid thrown out], The Guardian, 26 April 2012.Powell, Claire, Murder at White House Farm (Headline Book Publishing, 1994)
  • Bill Bell – chief legal adviser to Lloyds Bank[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9814456/Colonel-Bill-Bell.html Colonel Bill Bell], from The Daily Telegraph dated 20 January 2013, accessed 3 February 2013
  • Thomas Blanco White QC, British patent lawyer
  • John Bradbury, 3rd Baron Bradbury
  • Martin Burgess FSA – master clockmaker
  • Rupert Byron, 11th Baron ByronByron, Rupert Frederick George Byron in Who Was Who 1897-2006 online, from [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6135341 Byron, Rupert Frederick George Byron] (accessed 22 August 2007)
  • Trevor Roberts, 2nd Baron Clwyd"[http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6138957 Clywd, John Trevor Roberts]" in Who Was Who 1897-2006 online, from(accessed 22 August 2007)
  • Anthony Coke, 6th Earl of LeicesterWho's Who 1993 (A. & C. Black, London, 1993)
  • Sir Weldon Dalrymple-Champneys CB DM FRCP
  • David W. Doyle – CIA officer and author{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
  • James Halman (died 1702), Master of Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeVenn, James, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College vol. 1 (Cambridge, 1898) [https://books.google.com/books?id=0m08AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA110 p. 110] at books.google.com, accessed 27 January 2009
  • Christopher NewburyCouncil of Europe[http://www.westwilts-communityweb.com/site/Christopher-Newbury/CV.htm Biography] at westwilts-communityweb.com (accessed 5 September 2007)
  • John Carnegie, 12th Earl of Northesk"Northesk, 12th Earl of" in Who Was Who, A. & C. Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U158040 NORTHESK, 12th Earl of], accessed 11 August 2008
  • Ian Proctor – yacht designer
  • 8th Baron Suffield[http://www.xreferplus.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6199904 "Suffield, John Harbord, 8th baron"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in Who Was Who 1897-2006 (A. & C. Black, London)

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In fiction

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Among fictional OGs, John Mortimer's television barrister Rumpole sent his son Nick to the school during the 1970s.

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Notable Gresham's masters

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Notable governors of the school

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See also

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References

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