Sir John Deane's College - Old Wittonians and Former Schoolmasters

Old Wittonians and Former Schoolmasters

See also: Category:People educated at Sir John Deane's College

Old boys of the Grammar School are referred to as 'Old Wittonians', also the name of the school magazine, and this is used for old members of the College. Notable men linked associated with the school (Old Wittonians unless noted) include:

• Sir John Berkenhead, Cavalier journalist, poet and politician
• Sir George Cory, 19th/20th century chemist and historian, taught at the school sometime between 1884 and 1886.
• Gareth Ellis, comedian, half of double-act Ellis & Rose
• John Greenway MP, 20th/21st century Conservative politician for Ryedale
• Eaton Hodgkinson, a 19th century engineer, had a brief and unhappy time at the school
• Philip Holland, 20th century Conservative politician
• Charles James Hughes JP, pioneer of Association Football, co-founder of Northwich Victoria F.C., FA Cup Finals referee.
• Diana Johnson, Labour MP for Hull North
• Phil Leeson, 20th century development economist and Communist activist
• Dr Terence Melia CBE, Chairman of the Learning and Skills Development Agency from 2000-3
• Nathan Paget, 17th century physician and Puritan activist
• Thomas Pierson, 17th century conformist Puritan presbyter
• John Sharps, 20th century Gaskell scholar
• Sir Brian Smith CBE, Freeman of the City of London
• Richard Steele, 17th century Presbyterian minister and Puritan writer, buried at Great St Bartholomew's)
• Stuart Thompson, 21st century engineer on the Three Gorges Dam
• Robert Westall, 20th century children's author and longstanding Head of Art at the school, wrote a short story entitled Sir John Deane's in 2010. In 2007, the manuscript was displayed at the Weaver Hall Museum, a few minutes' walk from the College.
• Percy Young, 20th century writer and musicologist
• Edwin Haslam, author
• Martin Edwards (author), crime novelist