Christ Church, Oxford - Notable Members

Notable Members

Listed alphabetically (or peerage if best known by that).

British Prime Ministers

• Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon (1897–1977)
• Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929)
• Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799–1869)
• George Canning (1770–1827)
• George Grenville (1712–1770)
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903)
• Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)
• Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995)
• Sir Robert Peel (1788–1850)
• William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738–1809)
• William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898)
• William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne (1737–1805)
• William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759–1834)
• George Oswald Bishop, Free Burgess of Surrey (1991-eternity)

Politics and Government

• Alan Clark (1928–1999), politician and diarist
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801–1885), politician and philanthropist
• Charles Abbot, 1st Baron Colchester (1757–1829), Speaker of the House of Commons
• Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (1746–1825), early American statesman, diplomat and presidential candidate
• Edward Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (1798–1877), politician
• Edward Pakenham, 6th Earl of Longford (1902–1961)
• Edward (Ted) Bigelow Jolliffe (1909–1998), Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
• Francis Godolphin Osborne, 5th Duke of Leeds (1759–1799), politician and Foreign Secretary
• Francis Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001), politician and social reformer
• Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell (1886–1957), physicist and cabinet minister
• Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe( 1951–), prominent Conservative Party statesman, was Defence Minister, Agriculture Minister, among others
• George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (1753–1813), statesman
• Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville (1815–1891), politician and Foreign Secretary
• Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington (1618–1685), diplomat and statesman
• Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773–1840), Whig politician and minister
• Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768–1854), soldier and politician
• John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690–1763), diplomat and statesman
• John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberley (1826–1902), politician and Foreign Secretary
• Jonathan Aitken (1942–), Conservative politician
• Maharaja Meghrajji III of Dhrangadhra-Halvad (1923–2010), Uprajprajpramukh (and sometime Acting Rajpramukh) of Saurashtra; Academician
• Michael Hicks-Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837–1916), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Nicholas Walter Lyell, Baron Lyell of Markyate (1938–2010), Attorney General
• Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson (1932–), politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001), Lord Chancellor
• Richard Lyons, 1st Viscount Lyons (1817–1877), diplomat
• Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (1927–), Head of the Civil Service
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (1946–), Conservative politician
• Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield (1904–1996), diplomat
• Sir Antony Acland (1930–), Head of the Diplomatic Service
• Sir Charles Brickdale (1857–1944), Chief Registrar of HM Land Registry
• Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1806–1863), writer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary
• Sir Gilbert Murray (1866–1957), classical scholar and diplomat
• Sir William Miles, 1st Baronet (1797–1878), politician
• Thomas Pinckney (1750–1828), early American statesman and diplomat
• Tom Driberg, Baron Bradwell (1905–1976), politician and writer
• William Dowdeswell (1721–1775), Chancellor of the Exchequer
• William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705–1793), Lord Chief Justice and Chancellor of the Exchequer
• William Wingfield (1772–1858), MP, Chief Justice of the Brecon Circuit
• Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (1928–1979), Pakistani statesman, Founder chairman Pakistan Peoples Party

Philosophy

• Daniel Dennett (1942–), philosopher
• Gilbert Ryle (1900–1976), philosopher
• John Locke (1632–1704), philosopher
• John Rawls, (1921–2002), philosopher
• John Searle (1932–), philosopher
• John Theophilus Desaguliers (1683–1744), philosopher
• Sir Alfred Ayer (1910–1989), philosopher
• Sir Michael Dummett (1925–2011), philosopher
• John Lane Bell (1945-), logician

Viceroys and Governors General

• Charles John Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812–1862), politician and Governor-General of India
• Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881–1959), Foreign Secretary and Viceroy of India
• Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826–1902), Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India
• George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784–1849), politician and Governor-General of India
• Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751–1814), politician and Governor-General of India
• James Andrew Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812–1860), politician and Governor-General of India
• James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811–1863), Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India
• Lord William Bentinck (1774–1839), soldier and Governor-General of India
• Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842), Foreign Secretary and Governor-General of India
• Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826–1904), Viceroy of India and First Lord of the Admiralty
• William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (1773–1857), Governor-General of India

Theology

• Adam Blakeman (1596–1665), preacher and American settler
• Bernard Gilpin (1517–1583), 'Apostle of the North'
• Charles Wesley (1707–1788), Methodist preacher and hymnist
• Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882), churchman and progenitor of the Oxford Movement
• Eric Lionel Mascall (1905–1993), Anglo-Catholic theologian
• George William Kitchin (1827–1912), theologian and Dean of Durham Cathedral
• John Charles Ryle (1816–1900), evangelical Anglican leader and first Bishop of Liverpool
• John Macquarrie (1919–2007), Christian Existentialist
• John Wesley (1703–1791), leader of the Methodist movement
• Lancelot Blackburne 1658–1743), reputed pirate and 'jolly' Archbishop of York
• Percy Dearmer (1867–1936), priest and liturgist
• Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499–1562), theologian
• Rowan Williams (1950–), Archbishop of Canterbury
• Trevor Huddleston (1913–1998), Archbishop of Mauritius and anti-Apartheid campaigner

Academia

• A. L. Rowse (1903–1997), historian
• Edmund Gunter (1581–1626), mathematician
• Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre (1914–2003), historian
• Jan Morris (1926–), writer and historian
• Prince Dmitriy Obolensky (1918–2001), historian
• Norman Cohn (1915–2007), historian
• Richard Carew (1555–1620), translator and antiquary
• Charles Dennis Fisher (1877–1916), classical scholar
• Richard William Jelf (1798–1871), Principal of King's College London (1843–1868)
• Robert Blake, Baron Blake (1916–2003), historian
• Robert Burchfield (1923–2004) scholar, writer, and lexicographer
• Ronald Montagu Burrows (1867–1920), Principal of King's College London (1913–1920)
• Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones (1922– ) classical scholar
• Sir Michael Howard (1922–), historian
• Sir Raymond Carr (1919–), historian
• Sir Roy Harrod (1900–1978), economist
• Sir William Deakin (1913–2005), historian and diplomat
• Spencer Barrett (1914–2001), classical scholar
• William Camden (1551–1623), antiquarian and historian

Science

• Albert Einstein (elected to a 5-year Research Studentship in 1931)
• John Freind (1675–1728), physician and chemist
• John Kidd (1775–1851), physician, chemist and geologist
• Robert Hooke (1635–1703), scientist and inventor
• Sir Archibald Garrod (1857–1936), physician and pioneer molecular geneticist
• Sir Denys Wilkinson (1922–), nuclear physicist
• Sir Francis Simon (1893–1956), physicist
• Kenneth Callow (1901-1983), biochemist
• Sir John Maddox (1925–2009), science writer
• Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), botanist
• Sir Martin Ryle (1918–1984, radio astronomer
• Sir Martin Wood (1927–), engineer
• Sir Richard Doll (1912–2005), epidemiologist
• Thomas Willis (1621–1675), physician and neurologist
• William Buckland (1784–1856), geologist, palaeontologist and omnivore
• John B. Gurdon (1933- ), developmental biologist, co-winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Other

• Ambrose St. John (1815–1875), close companion of John Henry Newman
• Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (1981-), twins associated with the founding of Facebook
• Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893–1971) Marshal of the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Air Staff, Second World War
• Edward VII (1841–1910), King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India
• General Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748–1843), commander in the Peninsular War
• James Thomas Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797–1868), Soldier and Commander of the Light Brigade at Balaclava
• John Boyd (1718–1800), art collector and sugar merchant
• Jonathan Hancock (1972–), Memory champion
• Jonny Searle MBE (1969–), Gold Medallist, Coxed Pair, 1992 Summer Olympics
• Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720–1760), last member of the House of Lords hanged in England
• Prince Abbas Hilmi (1941–), Egyptian prince and financial manager
• William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania

Arts and media

• Adrian Mitchell (1932–2008), poet, novelist and playwright
• Anthony Howard (1934–2010), journalist and broadcaster
• Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886–1959), Antarctic explorer and writer
• Auberon Waugh (1939–2001), author and journalist
• Barney Hoskyns (1959-) acclaimed music journalist
• Bryan Guinness 2nd Lord Moyne (1905–1992), poet and brewer.
• Charles Greville (1794–1865), diarist and cricketer
• Clere Parsons (1908–1931), poet
• David Dimbleby (1938–), broadcaster
• David Ogilvy(1929–) Iconic advertisement guru; known as the 'Pope of Advertising', he founded Ogilvy & Mather
• Desmond Guinness (1931–), conservationist and author.
• Donald Swann (1923–1994), composer, musician and entertainer
• F. W. Bain (1863–1940), writer of fantasy stories
• Francis Hastings, 16th Earl of Huntingdon (1901-1990), artist
• Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), publisher
• Giles Farnaby (c. 1563–1640), composer and virginalist
• Harry Lloyd (1983–), actor
• Henry Hitchings (1974-), author and critic
• Howard Goodall (1958–), composer and broadcaster
• Hugh Quarshie (1954–), actor
• J. I. M. Stewart (Michael Innes) (1906–1994), literary critic and novelist
• James Twining (1972–), novelist
• John Dowland (1563–1626), lutenist and composer
• John Ruskin (1819–1900), critic, poet and artist
• John Taverner (1490–1545), composer
• Kenneth Barnes (1878–1957), Director of R.A.D.A.
• Laurence Cummings - conductor, organist, harpsichordist
• Lennie Lee (1958–), artist
• Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), (real name, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), writer, clergyman and mathematician
• Marina Hyde, journalist at The Guardian
• Mark Worthington (journalist) (1977-), BBC Correspondent
• Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775–1818), novelist and dramatist
• Michael Flanders (1922–1975), actor, writer and broadcaster
• Norman Painting (1924–2009), radio actor
• Peter Fleming (1907–1971), traveller and writer
• Peter Warlock (1894–1930), composer and critic
• Philip Stanhope, 5th Earl Stanhope(1805–1875), founder of the National Portrait Gallery
• Richard Curtis (1956–), comedy writer
• Richard Hakluyt (1552–1616), writer
• Robert Burton (1577–1640), writer of 'The Anatomy of Melancholy'
• S. P. B. Mais (1885–1975), author, journalist and broadcaster
• Sheridan Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 5th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1938–1988), art patron
• Sir Adrian Boult (1889–1983), conductor
• Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994) writer and scholar
• Sir John Masterman (1891–1977), academic, sportsman, author and spymaster
• Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), broadcaster and writer
• James Ross, conductor
• Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586), poet and soldier
• Sir Thomas Armstrong (1898–1994), musician
• Sir William Walton (1902–1983), composer
• Stanley Weyman (1855–1928), novelist
• W. H. Auden (1907–1973), poet

Business

• Russi Mody (1918-), Chairman and Managing Director, Tata Steel (formerly TISCO), India

See also Category: Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford and Students (i.e. Fellows) of Christ Church, Oxford