Notable Former Pupils
Notable former pupils include:
- Michael Barratt – television presenter
- Colin Campbell – former Member of the Scottish Parliament (SNP)
- Rev James Carlile (1795–1841) – Irish Commissioner of National Education
- Alasdair Fraser – aquaculture pioneer and businessman
- Fred Goodwin – former CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland
- Peter Howitt – actor and film writer/director
- Omer Hussain – Scottish cricket internationalist
- John Jackson (1887–1958) – astronomer
- Jacqui Lait (née Harkness) – former Member of Parliament (Conservative) and first ever female Conservative Party Whip
- Lord McEwan – former Judge in Scottish Court of Session and High Court of Justiciary.
- Ann McKechin – Member of Parliament (Labour)
- John Macquarrie (1919–2007) – sometime Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, and Canon Residentiary, Christ Church, Oxford
- Alexander Munro MacRobert KC (1873–1930) – former Lord Advocate and Member of Parliament (Conservative)
- Jim Mather – former Member of the Scottish Parliament (SNP)
- Andrew Neil – journalist and broadcaster
- David Nish – Chief Executive of Standard Life plc
- Brian Reid – former professional footballer and present manager of Ayr United Football Club.
- Andrew Robertson (1827-90) – former President of the Montreal Board of Trade etc.
- Suhayl Saadi – author and dramatist
- Brian Smith – former professional cyclist
- David Stow (1793–1864) – educationalist
- David Tennant – actor, (the tenth Doctor in Doctor Who)
- Kenyon Wright – former Chairman of the Scottish Constitutional Convention
- Lord Wylie (1923–2005) – former Lord Advocate and former Member of Parliament (Scottish Unionist Party)
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