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- Science and medicine
- Military
- Politics and public service Members of Parliament Other public servants
- Business
- Other academics/writers
- Sport Olympians Other cricketers Other sports journalists Other sports players
- Theatre/music/art/broadcasting
- Clergy
- References
{{alumni|date=September 2012}}This is a list of notable Old Felstedians who are former pupils of Felsted School in Essex, England.[1] Science and medicine- John Wallis (1616–1703), Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician and Divine, Savilian Professor of Geometry, Oxford University
- Isaac Barrow (1630–1677), Fellow of the Royal Society, mathematician, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (1672–77), and 1st Lucasian Professor, Cambridge University (ODNBimage)
- William Byrd II (1674–1744), Fellow of the Royal Society, major Virginia Plantation owner, founder of Richmond, Virginia, diarist, author of the History of the Dividing Line, zoologist (ODNBimage)
- Percy Gilchrist, (1851–1935), Fellow of the Royal Society, inventor of steel-making from phosphorus-rich iron (ODNB)
- Charles Hose (1863–1929), zoologist and ethnologist (ODNB)
- C. V. Durell, (1882–1968), mathematician, prolific writer of school text books (ODNB)
- Reginald Pierson (1891–1948), Chief Aircraft Designer with Vickers-Armstrong from 1917 (ODNB)
- Frank Halford (1894–1955), aircraft designer, motor racing pioneer, Technical Director & Chairman de Havilland (ODNB)
- Joseph Henry Woodger (1894–1981), research biologist, prolific author (ODNB)
- Stephen Robert Nockolds (1909–1990), Fellow of the Royal Society, Geologist (Who's Who)
- David Stafford-Clark (1916–99), psychiatrist, BBC & ITV psychiatry programme maker, Consultant Emeritus Guy's Hospital & United Hospitals, London University, Consultant Bethlem Royal Hospital & Maudsley Hospital (ODNB)
- Robert Macmillan (b. 1934), Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Geometrical Symmetry) Cambridge, Professor of Vehicle Design & Automotive Studies, Dean of Engineering, Cranfield Institute (1980–82), Asst. Professor & Fulbright Fellow MIT (1951–52) (Who's Who)
- Tony Hunter (b 1943), Fellow of the Royal Society, biochemist and cancer biologist, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology, Salk Institute, California (Who's Who)
- Sir Marcus Setchell (b. 1943), CVO, HM The Queen's Surgeon-Gynaecologist (Who's Who)
- Patrick Sissons (b. 1945), Regius Professor of Physic, Cambridge University (Who's Who)
- Peter Kopelman (b. 1951), Principal of St George's, University of London, Professor of Clinical Medicine, London Hospital (Who's Who)
- Alex Haslam (b. 1961), Professor of Social Psychology, Exeter University
- Antony Galione (b. 1968), Professor of Pharmacology, Fellow of New College, Oxford University (Who's Who)
Military- Nathaniel Rich (d. 1701), Colonel in Cromwell's New Model army, MP for Cirencester 1647-1650
- Major-General William Goodday Strutt (1762–1848), Governor Stirling Castle and Governor of Quebec (1837–48) (ODNB)
- General Sir Alfred Gaselee (1844–1918) GCB, GCIE, former aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria, action Afghan Wars, Boxer Uprising, China and India (ODNB)
- Walter Richard Pollock Hamilton (1856–1879), VC, Lt. Corps of Guides, 2nd Afghan War, portrayed in M.M. Kaye's novel The Far Pavilions and film of same
- Henry L. Hulbert (1867–1918), US Marine, awarded US (Congressional) Medal of Honor 1899, Croix de Guerre (France) 1918, Distinguished Service Cross (US) 1918, Purple Heart (US) 1918; US Navy destroyer ship named in his memory
- Brigadier-General Robert McDouall (1871–1941), Governor Fort Mackinac (1914–18) (Who's Who)
- General Sir Hubert Huddleston (1880–1950), colonial administrator (ODNB)
- John Leslie Green (1888–1916), Capt. VC, 1916 RAMC, South Staffordshire Regiment
- Brigadier John Murray Rymer-Jones (1897–1993), CBE, MC (Bar), World War I, Assistant Commissioner, Metropolitan Police (1950–59)
- Air Vice-Marshal George Holford White (1904–1965) (Who's Who)
- Major-General Basil Coad (1906–1980) (Who's Who)
- General Sir Campbell Hardy (1906–84), Commandant Gen. Royal Marines (1955–59), Dir. Coal Utilization Council 1960-70 (Who's Who)
- Air Vice-Marshal Edward Crew (1917–2002), World War II Mosquito flying ace DSO with Bar, DFC (Who's Who)
- Anthony Morris Brooks (1922–2007) DSO, MC (United Kingdom), Croix de Guerre, Legion d'Honneur, (France), intelligence officer, undercover agent in France, WW2
- Jeremy Howard-Williams D.F.C. (1922–1995), Second World War fighter pilot, who later became a writer[2]
- Air Chief Marshal David Harcourt-Smith (b. 1931), Controller of Aircraft for United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, MoD Procurement Executive (Who's Who)
- Lt. General Sir Peter Beale (b. 1937), KBE, RAMC, formerly Queen's Honorary Physician, Chief Medical Officer for the Red Cross (1994–2000), Surgeon General to UK Armed Forces 1991-1994 (Who's Who)
- General Sir Richard Dannatt (b. 1950), Chief of the General Staff (2006–2009) (Who's Who)
Politics and public serviceMembers of Parliament- Henry Mildmay (1619-1692), MP for Maldon (1659), for Essex (1679–92), Governor of Cambridge Castle
- Richard Cromwell (1626–1712), Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland & Ireland 1658-59, son of Oliver Cromwell Snr. MP for Hampshire (1654), Chancellor, Oxford University (ODNB)
- Henry Cromwell (1628–1674), Lord Deputy of Ireland and son of Oliver Cromwell Snr. MP for Cambridge University (1654) (ODNB)
- Hender Robartes (or Roberts) (1635–1688), MP for Bodmin (1661–87)
- Robert Robartes (or Roberts) (1635–1681), MP for Bossiney (1661), Ambassador to the Court of Denmark
- Sir John Comyns (c.1667-1740), MP for Maldon (1701-08 & 1716-26), Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer (1736), judge
- Sir Charles Barrington, 5th Baronet (1671–1715), MP for Essex (1694–1715), Vice-Admiral for Essex (1702–05)
- Sir Anthony Abdy, 5th Baronet KC (1720–1775), MP for Knaresborough (1763–1775), barrister, anti-slave campaigner (ODNB)
- Bamber Gascoyne Snr. (1725–1791), MP for Maldon (1761–63), Midhurst (1765–70), Weobley (1770–74), Truro (1774–84) & Bossiney (1784–86), 1st Lord of the Admiralty (1780–81) (ODNBimage)
- Joseph Strutt (1756–1845), MP for Maldon (1790–1826), Okehampton (1826–30)
- General Isaac Gascoyne (1763–1841), MP for Liverpool (1802–31), pro-slavery campaigner, British Army officer (ODNB)
- Charles Western (1767–1844), Baron Western of Rivenhall MP for Maldon (1790–1812), Essex (1812–32)
- William Hughes (1777–1852), Baron Dinorben of Kenmel Park, Denbigh, MP for Wallingford (1802–31), ADC to the Queen
- Charles Gray Round (1797–1867), MP for N. Essex (1837–47)
- James Dampier Palmer (1851–1899), MP (Con) for Gravesend (1892–98), businessman & philanthropist
- John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids (1860–1938), financier & politician, Lib. MP for Mid Lanarkshire (1888–94) & Pembrokeshire (1898–1904), 13th Baronet of Picton Castle (from 1912) (ODNB)
- Rupert Brabner, DSO DSC (1911–1945), RN, Fleet Air Arm World War II pilot ace, MP for Hythe (1939–1945), Under Sec. of State for Forces. killed in flying accident in Canada (Who's Who)
- Sir Eric Edwards Baron Chelmer, of Margaretting (1914–1997), Conservative Party joint-Treasurer and Deputy Chairman
- David Evan Trent Luard (1926–1991), Labour MP for Oxford (1966–70) and (1974–79), Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Foreign Office), Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford and Labour, subsequently SDP politician (ODNBimage)
- Hugh Patrick Thompson (b. 1935), MP for Norwich North (Con) (1983–97), frmr Master at Manchester GS and Gresham's (Who's Who)
- Andrew Tyrie (b. 1957), MP for Chichester, (Con), Chairman Treasury Select Committee (2010 - ) (Who's Who)
- Charlie Elphicke (b. 1971- ), MP for Dover, (Con) (2010- )
Other public servants- Edward Strutt Abdy (1791–1846), legal academic notable as an author on racism and race relations in the US (ODNB)
- Sir Charles Richard Mackey O'Brien (1859–1935), Governor of the Seychelles (1912–18) and Barbados (1918–25) (Who's Who)
- Sir Charles Stevenson-Moore (1866–1947), Colonial Administrator, Director Criminal Intelligence for India, Chief Secretary Bengal (1910–14). Killed in Alps. (Who's Who)
- Richard James Wilkinson (1867–1941), Malay scholar & lexicographer, Colonial administrator - Governor Sierra Leone (1915–21) (ODNB)
- Sir Arnold Weinholt Hodson (1881–1944), Governor of Falkland Isles (1926–30), Sierra Leone (1930–34) & Gold Coast (1934–41), Knight of St. John, African explorer, author (Who's Who)
- Sir Maurice Holmes (1911–1997), Chairman of London Transport Executive (1965–69) (Who's Who)
- Sir Roger Jackling (1913–86), HM Diplomatic Service, Permanent UK Rep. to UN, 1963–67 and former HM Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany (Who's Who)
- Sir Terence Garvey (1915–86), HM Ambassador to USSR 1973-75 (Who's Who)
- Oliver Everett (b. 1942), CVO, Librarian Emeritus Windsor Castle, former Private Secretary to Princess of Wales (1981–83) (Who's Who)
- Sir Robert Finch (b. 1944), Lord Mayor of London 2003 (Who's Who)
- John Smedley (b. 1947), Brigadier, Private Secretary to the Earl and Countess of Wessex
- Howard Brush Dean III (b. 1948), Governor of Vermont (1991–2002), Democratic candidate United States presidential election, 2004
- Matthew Kirk (b. 1960), HM Ambassador to Finland (2002–06), Director External Relations Vodafone Group (since 2006) (Who's Who)
- Fergus Cochrane-Dyet (b. 1965), diplomat, British High Commissioner to the Republic of Malawi (2009–2011) (Who's Who)
Business- Sir Allen George Clark (1898–1962), industrialist, former MD and pioneer at Plessey telecommunications (ODNB)
- John Beresford Fowler (1906–1977), interior decorator (ODNB)
- Sir Frederick Wood (1926–2003), Industrialist, Managing director of Croda International (1953-1986), Chairman of National Express (1972-1978)
- George Bartram Kiddell (1933-2013), President, Chairman, and Managing Partner Gryphon Investment Counsel, Toronto, Ontario[3]
- Sir Martyn Arbib, (b. 1938), financier, philanthropist, racehorse owner, founder Perpetual PLC now Invesco Perpetual Investment company (Who's Who)
Other academics/writers- George Waldron (1690 – c. 1730), antiquary, author Description of The Isle of Man (1726) and Compleat works in Verse and Prose (1731), inspiration for Sir Walter Scott (ODNB)
- Thomas Cooke (1703–1756), translator of the classics, writer, playwright (ODNB)
- Thomas Brand Hollis (1719–1804), Fellow of the Royal Society, radical, Protestant dissenter, electoral reformist, Freeman of Glasgow (1741) (ODNB)
- Samuel Jackson Pratt (1749–1814), poet, playwright, novelist and early animal welfare campaigner.
- Cornelius Walford (1827–85), insurance writer & pioneer (ODNB)
- Arthur William a Beckett (1844–1909), humorist and journalist, editor of 'Punch' magazine (ODNB)
- Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (1851–1942), Gothic revival architect and designer, social reformer, Arts and Crafts stylist, friend of Ruskin (ODNB)
- George Gordon Coulton (1858–1947), historian (ODNBimage)
- Hugh Chisholm (1864–1948), journalist, editor Encyclopædia Britannica (editions 11 & 12) (ODNB) (Who's Who)
- Thomas Seccombe (1866–1923), writer, longtime deputy editor ODNB, Professor English Literature, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada (ODNB)
- Albert Pollard (1869–1948), Founder Historical Assoc. (1906), Professor of Constitutional History, London Univ. (1903–31) (ODNBimage)
- John Weaver (1882–1965), President of Trinity College, Oxford (1938–54), Editor ODNB (1928–37)
- Douglas Goldring (1887–1960), English writer and journalist (ODNB)
- Walter 'Sebastian' Sprott (1897–1971), sociologist, philosopher, psychologist, sometime member Bloomsbury group (ODNB)
- Sir Colin Alexander St John ("Sandy") Wilson (1922–2007), architect British Library, artist, art benefactor, Emeritus Professor of Architecture, Cambridge University (Who's Who)
- John Shearman (1931–2003), art historian, specialist in Italian renaissance, prolific author, Professor at Harvard (ODNB)
- Anthony Marriott (b. 1931), playwright, author of TV plays, also 'No Sex Please, We're British'
- Peter Goldie (1946–2011), Samuel Hall Professor of Philosophy, Manchester University, since (2005) (Who's Who)
- Jeremy Horder (b. 1962), Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford, Professor Criminal Law, LSE (Who's Who)
- Patrick Redmond (b. 1966), playwright, novelist, writer of psychological thrillers including The Wishing Game
- Leslie Greener (1900 - 1974), soldier, Egyptologist, author and artist[4]
SportOlympians- J W H T Douglas (1882–1930), English Test Cricket (capt.) and Olympic boxer (Gold Medal 1908), Football for England (Amateur) (ODNBimage)
- Norman Hallows (1886–1968), Olympic athlete, bronze 1500m winner 1908, former Olympic record holder 1500m
- Ivo Fairbairn-Crawford (1896–1998), Olympic athlete, 800m & 1500m (disqualified finalist) 1908, engineer, pilot, Executive Foreign Armament Department for Vickers Armstrong, International Half-Mile Champion 1906-07, One Mile International Champion 1909, Skiing for GB, International Roller-Skater Champion at Olympia, London 1914-19
- Herbert Perry (1899–1964), Olympic shooter, Gold Medal 1924 (team running deer double shots)
- Peter Decker (b. 1941), Olympic skier for USA, Winter 1960
- David Jones (b. 1941), Olympic 4x100m Bronze Medal 1960, Commonwealth Gold Medal, and Silver (200m) 1962
- Robert Cattrall (b. 1959), Olympic hockey player for Great Britain (captain), 1984 (bronze medal)
Other cricketers- Daniel Grose (1903-1971), first-class cricketer
- Arthur Jewell (1888–1921), English cricketer for Orange Free State and Worcestershire
- Robert King (1909–1992), played for Essex
- Nick Knight (b. 1969), English Test cricketer from Warwickshire, Young Cricketer of the Year (1988), Capt. HMC Schools' XI, 1987, Sky broadcaster[5]
- Martin Olley (b. 1963), Cricketer, HMC Schools XI 1982, 1st Class Cricket for Northants and Middlesex
- Tim Phillips (b. 1982), professional cricketer for Essex
- Derek Pringle (b. 1958), English Test cricketer from Cambridge University & Essex, journalist for Observer and Daily Telegraph (Who's Who)
- John Stephenson (b. 1965), English Test cricketer from Essex & Hampshire, Director of Cricket, MCC
- William Tomlinson (1901–84), Cricketer for Derbyshire & Cambridge University (1920–24), Headmaster St. Cyprian's Preparatory School, Eastbourne (1938–48)
- Elliott Wilson (b. 1976), professional cricketer for Worcestershire, Capt. HMC Schools' XI, 1995, London Gallery exhibiting artist
Other sports journalists- Sean Fletcher (b. 1975), former BBC Sport and Sky Sports broadcaster, journalist
Other sports players- Robert Stuart King (1862–1950), clergyman and football for England (amateur)
Theatre/music/art/broadcasting- William Palmer aka Claud Allister (1891–1970), Hollywood film actor (1929–50) - 74 films including starring role in Oscar-winning Bulldog Drummond (1929)
- Stuart Burge (1918–2002), film director, producer, actor (ODNB)
- Kenneth Kendall (1924–2012), British broadcaster
- Richard Johnson (1927-2015), West End Theatre and film actor, writer and producer (Who's Who)
- John Alldis (1929–2010), Chorus Master of the London Philharmonic Choir (1969–82) and Guildhall School of Music Choir, also numerous major overseas ensembles inc. Danish & Dutch State Choirs, double Grammy award winner (Who's Who)
- Philip Latham (b. 1929), TV, film and West End actor
- Sam Walters (b. 1939) MBE, 1955 winner Public Schools' Mace (Debating), London theatre director, Founder Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond (Who's Who)
- Max Stafford-Clark (b. 1941), London Theatre director, former director of Royal Court Theatre (Who's Who)
- Andy Roberts (b. 1946), musician
- Richard Marson (b. 1960), British TV writer and producer, formerly Chief Editor Blue Peter children's TV programme
- Peter G. Dyson (b. 1968), Music Director Belmont Ensemble, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the South Bank Centre
- Sheila Nicholls (b. 1970), Lord's Cricket Ground streaker and singer/songwriter
- John Derek Sanders (1933–2003), composer, organist Gloucester Cathedral (Who's Who)
- James Doherty (b. 1966), TV, Film and West End actor
- Alecky Blythe (b.1972), playwright and screenwriter
Clergy- William Gouge (1575–1673), clergyman, prominent Calvinist preacher, writer (ODNB)
- Thomas Vincent (1634–1678), Puritan clergyman, dissident preacher (ODNB)
- Dr. Thomas Townson (1715–92), evangelist, scholar, writer (ODNB)
- Robert Carr Brackenbury (1752–1818), Methodist Puritan preacher, colleague of John Wesley (ODNB)
- William Barker Daniel (1754–1833), Rev., clergyman, writer on field sports (ODNB)
- Rev Robert Fellowes LLD (1771–1847), radical theologian, defender of Queen Caroline and benefactor of UCL
- Charles Smythies (1844–1894), Rt. Rev. Bishop of Zanzibar and East Africa
- Alymer Skelton (1884–89), Rt. Rev. Bishop of Lincoln (1942–46) (Who's Who)
- George Ernest Ingle (1895–1964), Rt. Rev. Suffragan Bishop of Willesden (Who's Who)
- Dom Illtyd Trethowan (1907–93) OSB, philosopher, sub-prior of Downside Abbey
- George Reindorp (1911–1990), Rt. Rev., Bishop of Salisbury (Who's Who)
- Richard Stanley Cutts (1922–97), Rt. Rev. formerly Bishop of Argentina and Eastern South America (Who's Who)
- John Neale (b. 1926), Rt. Rev., inaugural Bishop of Ramsbury from 1974 (Who's Who)
- (Geoffrey) Jeremy Walsh (b. 1929) Rt. Rev., Former Suffragan Bishop of Tewkesbury (Who's Who)
References1. ^'Alumni Felstedienses' (Beevor & Roberts) 2. ^{{cite web|title=Jeremy Howard-Williams |url=http://www.inglis.uk.com/jeremyhowardwilliamstelegraph.htm|work=Obituary from Daily Telegraph |publisher=www.inglis.uk.com|accessdate=29 June 2011|date=September 1995}} 3. ^http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20130803.93325403/BDAStory/BDA/deaths 4. ^http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greener-herbert-leslie-10358 5. ^{{cite book|editor-last=Tozer|editor-first=Malcolm|title=Physical Education and Sport in Independent Schools|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVCvtcUo4Y0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false|publisher=John Catt Educational Ltd|year=2012|isbn=9781908095442|pages=280}}
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