This is a list of notable Old Derbeians, former pupils and masters of Derby School (from the 12th century to 1989) and of Derby Grammar School (since 1994), in Derby, England.[1]
Notable old boys edit
Born in the 16th century edit
- Blessed Edward James (1557–1588), Roman Catholic martyr[2][3]
- John Cotton (1585–1652), New England Puritan[2][3]
Born in the 17th century edit
- George Sitwell (c.1600-1667), Ironmaster and High Sheriff[2]
- John Flamsteed (1646–1719), England's first Astronomer Royal[2][3]
- Anthony Blackwall (1672–1730), classical scholar[2][3]
- Henry Cantrell (1684–1773), clergyman and religious controversialist[3][4]
- William Budworth (c. 1699–1745), schoolmaster[5]
Born in the 18th century edit
- Sir John Eardley Wilmot (1709–1792), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas[2][3][6]
- Joseph Wright (1734–1797), artist[2][3][7]
- Daniel Coke (1745–1825), barrister and member of parliament[2][3][8]
- Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753–1839), diplomat[2][3]
- Joseph Strutt (1765–1844), cotton manufacturer and philanthropist[2][3]
- Sir William Gell (1777–1836), archaeologist[2][3]
Born in the 19th century edit
- Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818–1910), surgeon and artist[2][9]
- Henry Howe Bemrose (1827–1911), member of parliament for Derby[2][10]
- Unwin Sowter (1839–1910), maltster, cricketer and Mayor of Derby
- John Cook Wilson (1849–1915), philosopher[2][11]
- J. M. J. Fletcher (1850–1934), historian[2]
- Frank Styant Browne, chemist and photographer[12]
- E. W. Hobson FRS (1856–1933), mathematician[2]
- Richard Mansfield (1857–1907), actor[2]
- John Atkinson Hobson (1858–1940), social theorist and economist[2]
- Walter Weston (1860–1940), missionary and mountaineer[2][13]
- Frederic Creswell (1866–1948), mining engineer and South African Minister of Defence[14]
- Christopher Wilson (1874-1919), composer of theatre music and author, Shakespeare and Music (1922)[15]
- Stanley Hawley (1867-1916), pianist and composer.[16]
- Lawrence Beesley (1877–1967), RMS Titanic survivor and author[2]
- William Henry Ansell (1872–1959), architect, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1940 to 1943[17]
- Walter Greatorex (1877–1949), composer[2]
- Charles Tate Regan (1878–1943), ichthyologist[2]
- Sir George Simpson FRS (1878–1965), meteorologist[2]
- Geoffrey Shaw (1879–1943), composer and musician[2][18]
- Guy Wilson (1882–1917), cricketer and soldier[19]
- William George Constable (1887–1976), art historian[20][21]
- Frank Conroy (1890–1964), actor
- Robert Howe (1893–1981), last British Governor-General of the Sudan, 1947-1955[22]
- Ernest Sterndale Bennett (1884-1982), Theatre Director and member of the Order of Canada
Born in the 20th century edit
- Max Bemrose (1904–1986), Chairman of Bemrose Corporation and High Sheriff of Derbyshire[23]
- George Timms (1910–1997), clergyman
- P. G. Ashmore (1916–2002), academic chemist[24]
- Gilbert Hodgkinson (1913–1987), cricketer
- Spencer Barrett (1914–2001), classical scholar, Fellow and Sub-Warden of Keble College, Oxford[25][26]
- George Bacon (1917-2011), nuclear physicist[27]
- Ted Moult (1926–1986), farmer & TV personality
- Alexander Morrison (1927-2012), judge[28]
- John Stobart (born 1929), maritime artist[29]
- Robert Grimley (born 1943), Dean of Bristol since 1997[30]
Notable masters of Derby School edit
- John Meade Falkner, novelist and poet[2]
- Rev. Robert de Courcy Laffan (Senior Classical Master, 1880–1884), principal of Cheltenham College, member of the International Olympic Committee[2]
- Henry Judge Hose (Maths master, 1867–1874), mathematician[2][31]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Main page of the Old Derbeian Society web site, accessed 27 February 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa The Derby School Register, 1570-1901, ed. Benjamin Tacchella (London, 1902)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Distinguished Alumni of Derby School by James Michael John Fletcher (Derby Reporter, 1872)
- ^ Cantrell, Henry, Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist by David L. Wykes in Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
- ^ "Budworth, William (1723–1745) (CCEd Person ID 42313)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1709–1792), judge by James Oldham in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 4 November 2007)
- ^ Wright, Joseph, of Derby (1734–1797), painter by Judy Egerton in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ Coke, Daniel Parker (1745–1825), barrister and politician by Mark Pottle in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ Haden, Sir Francis Seymour [pseud. H. Dean] (1818–1910), etcher and surgeon by A. M. Hind & E. Chambers in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ "Bemrose, Henry Howe". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Wilson, John Cook (1849–1915), philosopher and classical scholar by H. A. Prichard & David Boucher in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ " Obituary. Mr. F. Styant-Browne. Chemist for Many Years" in Examiner (Launceston, Tasmania), p. 6; "Obituary. Mr. Styant Browne. Well-Known Citizen of Launceston" Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania), p. 2.
- ^ Weston, Walter (1860–1940), mountaineer and missionary by Peter H. Hansen in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ "Creswell, Frederic Hugh Page". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Musical Times, May 1895, p. 311
- ^ Ann Featherstone & Beverley Kilby. Ilkestone As it Was (2023)
- ^ "Ansell, William Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Enchiridion Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine at canamus.org, accessed 9 January 2009
- ^ Andrew Renshaw, Wisden on the Great War: The Lives of Cricket's Fallen 1914-1918 (2014), p. 374
- ^ Papers of William George Constable at janus.lib.cam.ac.uk, ref. GBR/0275, accessed 14 July 2007
- ^ Constable, William George (1887–1976), art historian and gallery director by Alec Clifton-Taylor & Rosemary Mitchell in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ "Howe, Robert George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Bemrose, Max (John Maxwell)". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Ashmore, Philip George". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Barrett, (William) Spencer". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Hollis, Adrian, Spencer Barrett, Oxford don devoted to classics and his college, obituary in The Guardian, 17 October 2001, online at guardian.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
- ^ "Bacon, George Edward". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Morrison, Alexander John Henderson". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Hawley, Zena, Roy takes to the stage once again to pick up an honorary doctorate in Derby Evening Telegraph dated 19 January 2008, p. 6
- ^ "Grimley, Robert William". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 October 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Henry Judge Hose (1826-1883) by K. J. Cable in Australian Dictionary of Biography online, accessed 14 July 2007
Sources edit
- Derby School: a Short History by George Percy Gollin