Notable Former Pupils
See also: Category:People educated at Westbourne House School Penarth- Adrian Goldsworthy (born 1969) - is a British historian and military writer. Goldsworthy attended Westbourne House School. Later, after studying ancient and modern history at St John's College, Oxford, he completed a D.Phil in ancient military history from Oxford University in 1994, using his doctoral thesis in his first book, The Roman Army at War 100 BC - AD 200. Goldsworthy was a Research Fellow at Cardiff University for two years and has taught in different university departments where he has produced various articles on Greco-Roman warfare.
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