Boston Grammar School - Notable Former Pupils

Notable Former Pupils

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  • George Bass — surgeon and explorer
  • Richard Budge — head of RJB Mining
  • Joseph Langley Burchnall — mathematician
  • Danny Butterfield — footballer
  • John Cridland — Director General of the Confederation of British Industry
  • Victor Emery, physicist
  • George Edward Hale Enderby, anaesthetist, who developed Hypotensive anaesthesia using an Oscillotonometer to measure low blood pressure
  • Simon Garner — footballer (Blackburn Rovers F.C., etc.)
  • Arthur James Grant, historian
  • Henry Hallam (briefly), historian
  • Wyn Harness (1971-8) Assistant editor, and a founder of The Independent
  • Carl Hudson — Musician (Keyboard player for Professor Green)
  • Richard Hurst — writer and director
  • John Leverett — governor of Massachusetts
  • Rev Dr John Newton CBE — former president of the Methodist Conference, President of The Wesley Historical Society
  • Oliver Ryan, footballer (ex Lincoln City footballer)
  • Simon Patrick — Bishop of Ely from 1691–1707
  • Michael John Pinner — footballer (Manchester United F.C., etc.)
  • Philip Priestley (1957–64) — former High Commissioner to Belize (2001-4)
  • Rt Rev Frank Pilkington Sargeant — Bishop at Lambeth from 1994-9 and Bishop of Stockport from 1984–94
  • Barry Spikings — Hollywood producer
  • David Ward, Lib Dem MP for Bradford East since 2010

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