Lancaster Royal Grammar School - Notable Former Pupils

Notable Former Pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Former pupils are known as "Old Lancastrians". Notable Old Lancastrians include:

• Joe Abercrombie, author;
• Prof. Roger Ainsworth, Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford and Professor of Engineering Science from 1998;
• Robert Ascroft, Conservative MP for Oldham from 1895-9;
• Brian Ashton, England rugby union team former Head Coach;
• John Bateson, Chief Executive of AMEC from 1988–95;
• Brigadier Alexander Birtwistle CBE, Army officer;
• Roger Bradley, President of the Institute of Chartered Foresters from 1996-8;
• Prof. Harold Burrow, Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College from 1944–63;
• Phil Christophers, England rugby international;
• Sean Cox, plays for Sale Sharks Rugby Union team;
• Sir James Crosby, former chief executive of the HBOS Group and former Deputy Chairman of the FSA;
• Prof. David Dernie, Head of the Manchester School of Architecture since 2005;
• Prof. Peter Dornan, Professor of Physics at Imperial College London since 1991;
• Most Rev. Edward Dunn, Archbishop of the West Indies from 1936–43;
• Don Foster, Liberal Democrat MP;
• Sir Edward Frankland (1825–1899), chemist;
• Robert Guymer CBE, Leader of Surrey County Council from 1977–81;
• Lewis Henry Isaacs (1830–1908), architect, surveyor and Conservative MP;
• Air Vice-Marshal George Lamb CB CBE, Station Commander of RAF Lyneham from 1969–71;
• Magnus Lund, England rugby international;
• Erik Lund, Norwegian rugby international captain;
• Nigel Morris, co-Founder and former COO of Capital One;
• Sir Richard Owen (1804–1892), naturalist;
• Lord Parkinson, former Conservative Party Chairman and Cabinet Minister
• Prof. Hugh Pennington Eminent biologist, head of the 1996 Pennington Enquiry, Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen from 1979–2003;
• Colin Povey, chief executive of Warwickshire County Cricket Club and former chief executive of Carlsberg;
• Jason Queally, gold medal-winning cyclist at the 2000 Summer Olympics;
• Prof. Peter Ratcliffe, Nuffield Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford since 2004;
• Jon Richardson, one of the country's top comedians; Appeared on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Have I Got News For You - 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee;
• Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide Saatchi & Saatchi;
• Sir John Rutherford, 1st Baronet, Conservative MP for Darwen from 1895–1922;
• David Roy Shackleton Bailey (1917–2005), Latin Scholar;
• Prof. Richard Shaw CBE, Principal of the University of Paisley from 1992–2001;
• Bob Shennan, BBC radio executive and Controller of BBC Radio 2;
• Douglas Smallwood, Chairman of Diabetes UK since 2004;
• Prof. Paul Wellings, Vice-Chancellor of University of Lancaster since 2002;
• William Whewell (1794–1866), scientist;
• John Wrathall (1913–1978), President of Rhodesia;
• Karl Oyston, Chief Executive of Blackpool Football Club;
• Henry Wilson, Co-Founder of White Star Line, the owners of the Titanic;