Battersea Grammar School - Former Pupils

Former Pupils

Former pupils, sometimes referred to as Old Grammarians, include:

• Anthony Allen CBE, Chief Executive of the NHBC from 1994-6
• Prof Robert Audley, Professor of Psychology at University College London from 1964-95, President of the British Psychological Society from 1969-70, and Editor of the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology from 1965-70
• Prof Michael R. Ayers, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1996-2002
• Prof Robert Bartlett, Professor of History at St Andrews University, (born 1950), MA (Cantab.), DPhil (Oxon.), FRHistS, FBA, FRSE, FSA, is an English historian and medievalist from 1961-68
• Colin Bennetts, clergyman and Bishop of Coventry from 1998-2008
• C. W. A. Scott, famous Aviator, winner of the MacRobertson Air Race, Spring - Autumn, 1916
• Gerald Bowden, Conservative MP for Dulwich from 1983-92
• Michael Bryant, actor
• Oliver Bulman, Woodwardian Professor of Geology at the University of Cambridge from 1955-66, and President of the Palaeontological Association from 1960-2
• Councillor David Stephen Butler (Liberal Democrat), Chaplain RN, Portsmouth City Councillor, Hampshire Police Authority, Vice Chair of Planning and Governance & Audit from 1967-74
• Sir Norman Costar CMG, High Commissioner to Cyprus from 1967-9 and to Trinidad and Tobago from 1962-6
• Maurice Cowling, historian
• David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone, Chairman of Ofcom from 2002-9
• Steven Downes, journalist
• John Gloag, architect
• Sir Walter Godfrey CBE, Ambassador to Korea from 1961-66
• Hugh Gray, Labour MP for Great Yarmouth from 1966-70
• John Howell, Conservative MP for Henley since 2008
• Phillip Jones, musician, musical administrator, leader of the Phillip Jones Brass Ensemble
• Sir Frederick Lawton, Lord Justice of Appeal 1972-86
• Dr. Leonard Lefkovitch, developer of the Lefkovitch Matrix (1929-2010)
• Raymond Mander, theatre journalist
• Albert Mansbridge, founded the Workers' Educational Association in 1903
• Roger Moore, actor famous for his role as Simon Templar in the 1960s television series The Saint, and for 12 years as 007 in seven films in the James Bond strand of movies
• Joshua Raj, physician, clergyman, author
• Reg Revans, 1928 Olympic athlete and pioneer of Action Learning
• Prof Trevor Robbins, Professor of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge since 2002
• Bryan Robertson, art curator and manager
• Prof Ronald Robinson, historian and Beit Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth at the University of Oxford from 1971-87
• Leroy Rosenior, professional footballer for Fulham, QPR and Sierra Leone, and manager
• Mike Selvey, cricketer for Middlesex, Glamorgan and England, and cricket correspondent of The Guardian since 1987
• Adrian Sindall CMG, Ambassador to Syria from 1994-6, and High Commissioner to Brunei from 1991-4
• David Smith, cricketer for Surrey, Worcestershire, Sussex and England
• Edward Thomas, poet
• Clark Tracey, jazz drummer
• Rt Rev John Yates, Bishop of Gloucester from 1975-91
• Stewart Arnott, stage manager for The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket, London