List of Old Alleynians - Politics, Law and Business

Politics, Law and Business

• Sir William Searle Holdsworth, OM, KC, DCL, HON LL.D, FBA, (1871 to 1944) – legal historian and Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford University. Author of the 12 volume History of English Law.
• Cecil Whiteley (1875–1942) – Common Serjeant of London; Judge at Mayor's and City of London Court
• Sir Edward Harding – former Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Dominions and High Commissioner in South Africa.
• Maung Tin Tut – First High Commissioner for Burma in London.
• Eric Arthur Cleugh, (1894–1964) (at school 1907–1913) – Diplomat and former Ambassador to Panama
• Edward George (1938–2009) Governor of the Bank of England: 49–57
• William Leslie Comyn (1877– ) Shipbuilder and shipowner – built first concrete ship in California USA
• Sir Horatio Davies KCMG, (1842–1912) – Victorian London Businessman and Lord Mayor of London.
• Horace Brooks Marshall, 1st Baron Marshall of Chipstead – Lord Mayor of London from 1918 to 1919
• Mr Justice Sir A F Peterson- Judge of the Chancery Division.
• Sir Clement Hindley KCIE, former Chairman of the Race-course Betting Control Board and Chief Commissioner of Railways in India.
• Alistair Macdonald – a British Labour Party politician.
• Sir George Vandeleur Fiddes – Former Permanent Under Secretary for the Colonies (1916–1921).
• Lord Luke of Pavenham KBE JP – Businessman and did much for the British Charities Association
• Sir Arthur Hirtzel GCB, Permanent Secretary of State for India. (1870–1937)
• Chris Mole, Member of Parliament for Ipswich
• Robert Craven, author and entrepreneur 68-77
• Philip Hollobone, Member of Parliament: 76–83
• Peter Lilley (born 1943), Member of Parliament: 83-
• His Excellency Anand Panyarachun (born 1932), Prime Minister of Thailand
• Hartley Shawcross (1902–2003), lawyer and Labour politician, lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials
• John Silkin (1923–1987), Member of Parliament, brother of the below
• Samuel Silkin, Baron Silkin of Dulwich (1918–1988), Member of Parliament
• John Spellar (born 1947), Member of Parliament for Warley
• David Ford, Leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland and Minister of Justice for Northern Ireland
• Nigel Farage, Leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party and Member of the European Parliament
• Jon Benjamin (born 1964), Chief Executive, Board of Deputies of British Jews (1974–83)
• Sir John Ritblat FRICS FSVA (born 1935), property tycoon, principal donor to the John Ritblat Gallery of the British Library
• Alex Singleton, Director-General of the Globalisation Institute
• Sam Owens Chief Executive Officer, Petit Tinqueur Holdings
• Edward James Dolman (born 1960), Chief Executive Officer, Christie's International
• Sir Alexander Colin Cole, KCB, KCVO, (1922 to 2001) – long serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London and Garter Principal King of Arms, the highest heraldic office in England.
• Iain Vallance, Baron Vallance of Tummel – a British businessman and a Liberal Democrat politician.
• Ian Frederic Hay Davison CBE (born 1931)
• Sir John Leonard Hunt, (born 1929) – British Conservative Party politician.
• Ken Frost MA FCA FIPFM – a Director of Phoenix Commercial Ventures
• Peter Prescott, (born 1943) – barrister, Queen's Counsel and Deputy High Court Judge of England and Wales.
• Sir Colin Rimer, (born 1944) – Lord Justice of Appeal.
• Sir Nicholas Wall, (56–63) President of the Family Division, a judge in England and Wales