Paisley Grammar School - Notable Former Pupils

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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