Loughborough Grammar School - Old Loughburians

Old Loughburians

See also: Category:People educated at Loughborough Grammar School

The School has an old boys' association, the Old Loughburians Association (OLA). Notable Old Loughburians include:

  • Sir Thomas Abney (1640–1721), merchant, Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament.
  • Richard Pulteney FRS (1730–1801), botanist.
  • Thomas Green (1738–1788), geologist, Woodwardian Professor of Geology
  • Rev. George Davys (1780–1864) educator of Queen Victoria, later Dean of Chester and Bishop of Peterborough.
  • Joseph Shaw (1786–1859), Academic and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.
  • William Yates (1792–1845), Baptist missionary and orientalist.
  • Thomas Hassall (1840-1920), Australian politician.
  • Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847-1909), zoologist
  • Rt Hon. Sir John Winfield Bonser PC (1847-1914), barrister and Privy Councillor.
  • Edward Anthony Wharton Gill (1859-1944), author
  • Julius Hare (1859-1932), artist.
  • Charles McCurdy MP (1870–1941), Liberal MP and government minister.
  • G.W. Briggs (1875–1959), hymn author, author of school hymn.
  • George Harry Barrowcliff (1864-1924), architect.
  • Sir George Bailey (1879-1965), electrical engineer and industrialist.
  • Harry Linacre (1880–1957), footballer; Nottingham Forest and England goalkeeper
  • Sir William Coates (1882–1963), civil servant and businessman, director of ICI.
  • Sir Sidney Wadsworth (1888—1976), judge in the Indian Civil Service.
  • John Moss CBE, (1890-1976), lawyer.
  • Brig. Frederick Clarke DSO (1892-1972), British Army officer
  • Tom Hare MRCVS (1895-1959), veterinary pathologist.
  • Clifford Dyment (1914–1971), poet.
  • John Saxton CBE (1914-1980), physicist.
  • Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson CB CBE (1915–2001) senior RAF officer and top-scoring British Second World War flying ace.
  • A.D. Walsh FRS (1916–1977), chemist.
  • Thomas William Walker ONZM (1916-2010), soil scientist.
  • George W. Cooke FRS (1916–1992), chemist and deputy director of Rothamsted Research Station
  • Peter Carter (1921–2004), law professor.
  • William Barry Pennington (1923–1968), mathematician
  • John Stamper (1926–2003), aeronautical engineer.
  • Peter Preston (born 1938), journalist, former editor of The Guardian.
  • Timothy Cook OBE (born 1938), Clerk to the Trustees, City Parochial Foundation.
  • Richard Hudson (born 1939), linguist.
  • Hubert Lacey (born 1944), psychiatrist
  • Martin Goodman (born 1956), writer and Professor of Creative Writing at University of Hull
  • Tudor Parfitt (born 1944), professor of Modern Jewish Studies at University College London.
  • Julian Besag FRS (1945-2010), statistician
  • Robin Parfitt (1946–2006), educationalist and headmaster of Danes Hill School
  • Stephen Smith (born 1948), educationalist and headmaster of Bedford Modern School
  • Stephen Mitchell (born 1949), journalist, Head of Radio News at the BBC.
  • Lt Gen. Andrew Figgures CBE (born 1950), British Army officer.
  • Bruce Woolley (born 1953) performer/songwriter.
  • Nick Mills (1954-2008), veterinarian
  • Admiral Sir Trevor Soar KCB OBE (born 1957), senior Royal Navy officer
  • Marcus Rose, (born 1957) rugby player, former England full-back.
  • John Dickie (born 1963), author, historian and academic
  • Mike Nelson (born 1967), contemporary artist
  • Felix Buxton (born 1971), one half of the dance duo Basement Jaxx.
  • Wayne Dessaur (born 1971), cricketer, Nottinghamshire CCC.
  • Amit Gupta (born 1972), director of Resistance (2011 film)
  • Nigel Mills (born 1974) Conservative MP for Amber Valley since 2010.
  • Ben Hammersley (born 1976), journalist.
  • Anthony Clark (born 1977), England badminton player.
  • Mark Collett (born 1980), former Director of Publicity for the British National Party
  • Charlie Bewley (born 1981), actor.
  • Harry Gurney (born 1986), cricketer, Leicestershire CCC.
  • Jaimin Shah (born 1987), dentist, Leicestershire.
  • Sam Sweeney, (born 1989), folk musician, Bellowhead.
  • Will Hurrell (born 1990), rugby player, Leicester Tigers/Coventry RFC and England U20 wing three-quarter.
  • Shiv Thakor (born 1993), cricketer, Leicestershire CCC. - Youngest Ever Centurion For LCCC

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