Old Denstonians
Alumni of Denstone College
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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.
Old Denstonians
- 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
- Charles Copland – clergyman[7]
- Philip Pasterfield – Bishop of Crediton (1974–1984)[8]
- Dennis Victor – Bishop of Lebombo[9]
Politicians and lawyers
- Geoffrey Cheshire FBA – barrister and jurist[10]
- Warren Hawksley – Conservative Member of Parliament
- Asda Jayanama – diplomat
- Lord Justice Kay – Lord Justice of Appeal[11]
- Alfred F. Adderley - Bahamian lawyer, Member of Parliament and acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court [12][13]
Sportsmen
- Arthur Berry – England footballer, double Olympic gold medallist and former Chairman of Liverpool Football Club[14]
- Phil Davies – rugby player
- Alastair Hignell – rugby union and cricket player[15]
- Harvey Hosein – English cricketer
- N. F. Humphreys – 1910 British Lions player (died in World War I)[16]
- 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[17]
- George Stocks – Argentine cricketer
- Alex Thomson (cricketer) - cricketer
- Ben White – rugby union scrum half for Leicester Tigers
Writers and broadcasters
- Quentin Crisp – writer and actor[18]
- 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[19]
- Bill Arthur - Sky Sports journalist and broadcaster
Musicians
- Peter Godfrey – choral conductor