Victoria Cross Holders Seven Stonyhurst Alumni have won the
Victoria Cross. •
Malakand Frontier War,
India 1897 •
Lieutenant Edmond William Costello V.C. •
Sudan Campaign 1898 •
Captain Paul Aloysius Kenna V.C. •
Alfred Austin (1835 - 1913),
Poet Laureate, following Tennyson, when others had caused controversy or refused. His poems are little remembered today.
Wilfred Scawen Blunt (see below) wrote of him, "He is an acute and ready reasoner, and is well read in theology and science. It is strange his poetry should be such poor stuff, and stranger still that he should imagine it immortal”. •
Brittany Ashworth, British film and theatre actress, best known for her roles in
Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution and
The Crucifixion B •
Patrick Baladi (b.1971), British actor. Most famous for his role as Neil in
The Office. •
Iain Balshaw (b.1979) English rugby union football international, 35 caps for England and 3 for the
British and Irish Lions, winner 2003
Rugby World Cup •
Joseph Cyril Bamford (1916 - 2001), founder and Chairman of heavy equipment manufacturer J. C. Bamford Excavators Ltd better known as JCB. •
Philip Bell (1900 - 1986), Conservative
Member of Parliament 1951 - 1960. •
Count Michael de la Bédoyère (1900 - 1973) author and journalist, editor of the
Catholic Herald for over 30 years. •
John Desmond Bernal,
FRS (1901 - 1971) scientist known for pioneering X-ray crystallography, Master of
Birkbeck, University of London,
Professor of
Physics and
Crystallography,
Fellow of the Royal Society,
Communist, awarded the
Lenin Peace Prize, joint inventor of the
Mulberry Harbour. Nominated for 3 Nobel Prizes - physics 1959 and 1966; chemistry 1970. • Sir
Rowland Blennerhassett (1839–1909), 4th baronet, politician and author.
Liberal Member of Parliament for
Galway 1865 – 74. • Sir
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840–1922), diplomat, poet, traveler; opposed British rule in Egypt and British policy in the Sudan; Muslim sympathiser; championed
Irish Home Rule; founder of
Crabbet Arabian Stud. • Fr Charles Boarman, S.J., sub-editor of Jesuit publication,
The Month; founding rector of the mission of St Wilfred, Longridge. • HRH
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893 - 1970) consort of
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg father of Jean,
Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Eldest son of Robert I,
Duke of Parma and member of the House of Bourbon-Parma, descendant of Philip V of Spain. Longest ever serving consort of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. •
Kyran Bracken (b.1971) English Rugby Union International, 51 caps for England and World Cup Winner 2003. Captained England on 3 occasions. • Fr
Charles Brigham, S.J., author of
The Enormities of the Confessional Examined. • Sir
Edward Bulfin KCB CVO (1862 - 1939)
general during
World War I, established a reputation as an excellent commander; noted for his actions during the
First Battle of Ypres, when he organized impromptu forces to slow down the German assault. •
Norman Butler (1918 - 2011) industrial heir, international polo player and thoroughbred breeder, who won several classic races including the
Irish 1,000 Guineas,
Irish St. Leger and
Pretty Polly Stakes. He also served as a U.S. Navy Lieutenant during WW2, and was decorated three times with the
Air Medal,
Bronze Star Medal and Presidential Unit Citation. • Mullah
John Butt (b.1950) Islamic scholar and broadcaster, known as the first Westerner to graduate from
Darul Uloom Deoband, former
Cambridge University Islamic chaplain.
C • Fr
Brendan Callaghan, SJ, (b.1948),
Theologian, Principal of
Heythrop College,
University of London 1985 - 1997, Master of
Campion Hall,
University of Oxford 2008 - 2013. • Captain
Arthur Edward Capel (1881–1919), CBE; known as “Boy Capel”, British polo player; best known as muse of
Coco Chanel, financed Chanel's first shops and his own clothing style, notably his blazers, inspired her creation of the Chanel look including the CC Chanel logo and
Chanel No 5 perfume bottle • Sir
William Cash, Kt,
CH (b.1940) Member of Parliament 1984 - 2024 (Conservative), Shadow Cabinet 2001 -2004, leading Brexiteer. •
Sir Arthur (Tim) Chessells (b.1941) Chairman
Legal Aid Board; Chairman
British Telecommunications Pension Scheme 1999 - 2007; Chairman London Implementation Group for
St. Bartholomew's Hospital and
Royal London Hospital •
Pratap Chitnis, Baron Chitnis (1936 - 2013) Life Peer; Chief Executive and Director of the
Liberal Party. • Sir
Charles Clifford (1813 - 1893) New Zealand politician, first Speaker of the House of Representatives. •
Hugh Clifford, 7th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh,
Whig politician, leading advocate of
Catholic Emancipation; accompanied
Cardinal Consalvi to the
Congress of Vienna. •
Colin Clive, (1900 – 1937) actor, most famous for his role as Dr Henry Frankenstein in the 1931 film
Frankenstein and its 1935 sequel,
Bride of Frankenstein) • Sir
Cecil Clothier KCB QC (1919 – 2010) Judge of Appeal on the Isle of Man, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman). First Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority. •
Charles Allston Collins (1828 - 1873) artist and author, proposed for membership of the
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood by
John Everett Millais but was rejected, son in law of
Charles Dickens •
Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles (1837 – 1908)
Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire 1880 - 1908 and
Lord-Lieutenant of Kirkcudbrightshire 1885 - 1908. Father in law to
15th Duke of Norfolk. • John Coope,
MBE (1929–2006), physician; founder of the Bollington Arts Centre and the Bollington Festival. •
John D. Cronin (1916 - 1986) Labour MP for Loughborough 1955 - 1979. •
Edward Micklethwaite Curr, Australian
pastoralist and
squatter. •
John da Cunha (1922 - 2006)
barrister and judge, member of the British delegation to the
Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. •
Charles Curran (1903 - 1971) Conservative MP for Uxbridge 1959 - 1966; 1970 - 1972.
D •
Bernard Dobson, first-class cricketer. • Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) author. He created the character
Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for
A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The
Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of
crime fiction. •
Fr William Doyle, S.J. MC (1873 – 1917) Irish Jesuit killed in action whilst serving as a military chaplain to the
Royal Dublin Fusiliers during the First World War. A candidate for sainthood in the Catholic Church. •
George Gavan Duffy (1882 – 1951); Irish politician, barrister and judge; President of the High Court 1946 - 51; Minister for Foreign Affairs 1922; Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin County 1921 - 23 and previously Member of Parliament (MP) for the Dublin South constituency 1918 - 21; appointed by
Éamon de Valera as one of the plenipotentiaries under
Michael Collins to negotiate the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1921; signatory of the Treaty; acted as an unofficial legal advisor to
Éamon de Valera drafting the 1937 Constitution of Ireland and was consulted on many issues pertaining to it. •
Charles Gavan Duffy (1855–1932), Australian public servant, Assisted drafting the Commonwealth of Australia's Constitution; Clerk of the House of Representatives; Clerk of the Senate. • Sir
Frank Gavan Duffy, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia. •
John Gavan Duffy (1844–1917), Australian solicitor and politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly; President of the Board of Land and Works, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey and Minister of Agriculture; Postmaster-General; Attorney-General. •
Archibald Matthias Dunn, Catholic ecclesiastical architect.
E • Sir
John Ennis, 1st Baronet (1800 – 1878), Independent Irish and Liberal MP 1857 - 65, first Catholic Governor of the
Bank of Ireland. •
Manuel Escandón y Barrón, Marqués de Villavieja, Mexican entrepreneur and sportsman, introduced
polo to Spain and Latin America. • Pablo Escandón y Barrón, Governor of Morelos (Mexico) and aide-de-camp of President
Porfirio Díaz. •
John Esmonde (1862 - 1915) physician and Irish nationalist politician.
Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament for
North Tipperary 1910 - 15
F •
Simon Fell (b.1981) Conservative Member of Parliament for
Barrow and Furness 2019 to 2024. •
Percy Fitzgerald author, sculptor, man of letters, socialite, historian of the
Garrick Club, close friend of
Charles Dickens •
Merrick Farran (1906-1991), British composer, arranger and violinist •
Frank Foley, British soldier and secret agent during
World War II. He was hailed as the "British
Schindler". As an undercover
passport control officer he helped thousands of Jews escape from Nazi Germany. In October 1999 he was accorded the status of a
Righteous Among the Nations by Israel's
Yad Vashem.
G •
Gerald Gallagher, Colonial Administrator Service, noted as the first officer-in-charge of the
Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme, the last colonial expansion of the
British Empire. •
Eulogio Gillow y Zavala, Archbishop of
Antequera (Oaxaca, Mexico). •
Peter Glenville (1913 – 96); theatre and film director; nominated for four Tony Awards. His first film,
The Prisoner (1955), was nominated for Best Film and Best British Film at the 9th British Academy Film Awards (
BAFTA); nominated for a Best Director
Oscar and a
Golden Globe for
Becket. Two of his other films,
Summer and Smoke (1961) and
Term of Trial (1962), were both nominated for the
Venice Film Festival's
Golden Lion. In 2013 critic
Rupert Christiansen posthumously described him as a "forgotten giant of mid-20th-century directing." •
Oliver St John Gogarty (1878 - 1957) poet, author and wit;
Irish Free State Senator of the
Irish Free State; surgeon; Olympic medal for Poetry; inspiration for
Buck Mulligan in
James Joyce's masterpiece
Ulysses. •
Maurice Gorham (1902 - 75) journalist and broadcaster; Director of
BBC Light Programme; first post-war Director of the BBC Television Service; Director of
Radio Éireann. •
Michael Gough, (1916 - 73) archaeologist; Director of the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara (1961-1968). As Director of the BIAA Gough pioneered the archaeology of early Christian sites in Turkey in anticipation of changes in academic viewpoints which were to follow in the 1990s. •
Morgan Grace (1837 – 1903); member of the
Legislative Council of New Zealand 1870 - 1903. •
Matt Greenhalgh (b.1972) screenwriter; best known for biopic films, including
Control (2007),
Nowhere Boy (2009),
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017), and
Back to Black (2024); five BAFTA nominations, winning once for Most Promising Newcomer for
Control —which also earned him an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay. •
Richard Gwyn (1934 – 2020); British-Canadian journalist, author, historian; awarded the
Order of Canada.
H • Archduke
Franz Karl Habsburg, Austrian noble •
Sir William Hackett (1824 – 1877); Irish judge;
Chief Justice of Fiji;
Chief Justice of Ceylon. •
John Harbison (1935 - 2020);
State Pathologist of
Ireland •
Macdonald Hastings, British journalist;
World War II war correspondent •
Tim Hetherington, British photojournalist and documentary maker, Oscar nominee • Sir
Michael Joseph Hogan,
Chief Justice of Hong Kong •
Vyvyan Holland son of
Oscar Wilde • Major Genenal Hopkinson (1931 - 2016); Seaforth Highlanders; Chief of Staff HG Allied Forces Northern Europe; Major-General with seniority and Colonel of the
Queen’s Own Highlanders throughout his service. •
William Horton, English cricketer; represented Middlesex and the Europeans in India •
Sir John Hughes (1857–1912), Australian solicitor and politician; Knight Commander of the Order of St Gregory; Member of the Legislative Council; Vice-President of the Executive Council; Minister of Justice •
Sir Thomas Hughes, first
Lord Mayor of Sydney.
Edward VII conferred the title of
Lord Mayor on the position of Mayor; the first Lord Mayoralty created outside the
British Isles •
Michael D. Hurley, academic, Professor of Literature and Theology at the
University of Cambridge, and a Fellow and Director of Studies in English at
Trinity College, Cambridge •
Giles Hussey, artist, painted a number of portraits, specializing in drawings in profile. Examples of his portraiture in oils include a portrait of
Sir John Swinburne and a portrait of
William Meredith I •
Leonard Ingrams, founder of the
Garsington Opera Festival •
Albert Isola, Gibraltarian politician; Minister for Financial Services and Gaming •
Peter Isola, Gibraltarian politician; member of the House of Assembly; leader of the
Democratic Party of British Gibraltar; Minister for Education; Leader of the Opposition; Deputy Chief Minister; appeared before the UN to resist demand to integrate
Gibraltar into Spain • Valentine Irwin, introduced
polo to the British Isles
J • Dom
Bede Jarrett OP (1881 - 1934) Dominican friar and historian. Founded
Blackfriars Hall,
University of Oxford 1921, formally reinstating the
Dominican Order at the university for the first time since King
Henry VIII. Close friend of
Graham Greene. •
Paul Johnson CBE, (1928 – 2023) journalist, popular historian, speechwriter and author. Associated with the political left in his early career, he became a popular conservative historian. Editor of the
New Statesman 1965 - 70. Awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S.
President George W. Bush 2006. Father of businessman
Luke Johnson, former chairman of
Channel 4. •
Richard 'Rick' Jolly OBE (1946 - 2018)
Royal Navy surgeon who served in the
Falklands War 1982. Decorated by both the British and Argentinians for distinguished conduct. The only person to be decorated by both sides. • Richard and Antony Joseph founders of
Joseph Joseph a British houseware manufacturer best known for its design-led products
K •
Bruce Kent, British peace campaigner; chairman of the
CND; laicised priest •
Miles Gerard Keon, journalist, novelist, Colonial secretary and lecturer •
Thomas Kenny, (1833 – 1908), merchant and Conservative MP for Halifax in the Canadian House of Commons.
L •
Guillermo Landa y Escandón (1842 – 1927), Mexican politician and businessman. Governor of the
Federal District of Mexico, one of the
Porfirio Díaz administration's
Científicos. • The Hon.
Charles Langdale, one of the foremost leaders of
Catholic Emancipation,
Member of Parliament (Whig), wrote the memoirs of
Maria Fitzherbert •
Charles Laughton, (1899 – 1962) actor, winner
Academy Award “
Oscar” for best actor in a leading role (first British citizen to do so) and a
Grammy Award, nominated for two
BAFTA Awards and a
Golden Globe Award, earned a motion star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. • Professor
Gabriel Leung, GBS, JP, physician and epidemiologist, longest-serving dean of medicine at the University of Hong Kong, Professor in Population Health. Formerly Hong Kong's first undersecretary for food and health and director of the Office of the Chief Executive at the Government of Hong Kong • James Lomax, Lord of the Manor of Great Harwood, benefactor of Stonyhurst College •
Eduardo López de Romaña, President of Peru (brother of Alejandro López de Romaña, see above) • Giuseppe Lorenzo 6th Marquis de Piro, Chamberlain to
Pope Leo XIII,
Knight of Malta •
Robert Loughnan, Member of the Legislative Council (New Zealand), Member of Parliament, journalist, critic and inventor. •
Enoch Louis Lowe, Governor of the state of
Maryland (USA) (1851–1854)
M • The
Dermot MacDermot Prince of Coolavin KCMG CBE (1906–1989), Chief of the Name, Head of the MacDermot Clan and descendant of the
Kings of Moylurg; British Ambassador to
Indonesia (1956–59) and
Thailand (1961–65) •
Henry McGee (1928 - 2006) British actor, best known as straight man to
Benny Hill; announcer on Hill's TV programme, delivering the upbeat intro "Yes! It's The Benny Hill Show!" •
Paddy McNally (b.1937), businessman and former racing driver. He was chief executive of
Allsport Management, a Swiss-based company that controlled
Formula One advertising and hospitality via the
Paddock Club. •
Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish nationalist politician; Member of Parliament (Repeal Party); accredited with introducing the tricolour of green, white and orange to Ireland - based on the French tricolour; General in the
American Civil War, later Governor of the State of
Montana. •
Charles Meldon (1841 – 1892) barrister and Irish nationalist politician.
Home Rule Party and later
Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament for
Kildare 1875 – 85 • James Monahan, dance critic Guardian newspaper; Director of the
Royal Ballet School (1978–83) • Joseph Sheridan Moore (1828–1891), Australian teacher, publicist •
Anthony Moorhouse (1935 – 1956) executed by Egyptians during the Crisis. Moorhouse's death was the model for the fate of "Mick Rice" in John Osborne's The Entertainer. It was also the inspiration for the depiction of Leslie Williams, a British conscript soldier seized by the IRA in Brendan Behan's play The Hostage. •
Chris Morris (b.1962) comedian, radio presenter, actor and filmmaker. Known for his deadpan, dark humour, surrealism and controversial subject matter, he has been praised by the
British Film Institute for his "uncompromising, moralistic drive"; creator of "
Brass Eye";
BAFTA winner (brother of Tom Morris; see below) •
Tom Morris OBE (b.1964), Tony Award-winning theatre director, writer and producer. Artistic Director at BAC (
Battersea Arts Centre) 1995 - 2004; Artistic Director
Bristol Old Vic 2009 - 22; Associate Director
Royal National Theatre from 2004; Associate Director of popular stage play
War Horse (brother of Chris Morris; see above) •
Bryan Mullanphy (1809 – 51) 10th Mayor of
St. Louis 1847 - 8, US philanthropist who established a collection of
Native American artefacts (now held in the
British Museum). •
Gonzalo de Aguilera Munro, 11th Conde de Alba de Yeltes (1886 – 1965),
Falangist and military officer who served with the nationalist faction of the Spanish Army during the Spanish Civil War. He served as the press officer for
General Francisco Franco and General
Emilio Mola. •
Marc Murtra (b.1972), British-born, Spanish engineer and businessman. Since January 2025, he has been the executive Chairman of
Telefónica; from 2021 -25 President of
Indra Sistemas; board member of Fundació Bancaria "la Caixa" and independent counselor of
Ebro Foods, S.A.
N •
Francis Neale, (d. 1837) President of
Georgetown University (1806-7). • Lt Col
John Nolan (1838 – 1912) landowner and Irish nationalist politician.
Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament for
Galway 1874 – 85; North Galway 1885 – 95 and 1900 – 06.
O •
Michael O'Donnell, British physician, journalist and
broadcaster. His daughter
Lucy O'Donnell was a childhood friend of
Julian Lennon and Julian's drawing of her inspired
John Lennon to write the
Beatles song
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. •
Barry O'Driscoll, (b.1943) Irish rugby union international (elder brother of John O'Driscoll, see below) •
John O'Driscoll, (b.1952) Irish rugby union international, British and Irish Lion, elected 136th President of the Irish Rugby Union Board 2025 (younger brother of Barry O'Driscoll, see above) • Rt Hon
Richard More O'Ferrall, Member of Parliament (
Whig) and
Privy Counsellor, he and the
Archbishop of Dublin were the only Catholics to sit on the
Royal Commission to report into the condition of the poor in Ireland; adviser to the
Catholic University. In 1835, under
Lord Melbourne he was appointed
Lord of the Treasury,
First Secretary of the Admiralty;
Secretary to the Treasury; he was the first civilian to hold the post of
Governor of Malta. •
Brendan O'Friel, Governing Governor of HM Prison Service, Governor of HM Prison Strangeways (renamed Manchester) during the "Strangeways riots" •
Henry O'Hara (1853–1921), Australian surgeon •
John Gage Rokewode, antiquarian,
Fellow of the Royal Society; Fellow, and later Director, Society of Antiquaries •
Ted Russell, (1912 - 2004) Irish TD and later Senator, businessman; five times Mayor of Limerick City; played rugby for Munster
S • Victor Santa Cruz, Chilean law professor, member of the Chilean Congress (1945-1949), Chilean Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1958-1970) • Sir
Edward Strickland,
CB, Army officer, author, vice-president of the Geographical Society of Australasia, a founder and president of the society's New South Wales branch, president of the Australian Geographical Conference in 1884 and vice-president of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science; Promoted to Commissary-General (ranking with Major-General); served in Ireland as senior commissariat officer. The
Strickland River in New Guinea is named after him • Major
Francis Suttill, British special agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) inside France; organized and coordinated the Physician network, better known by his own code name "Prosper"; captured and killed by the Nazis
T •
John Talbot, 16th Earl of Shrewsbury • Pierre-Emmanuel
Taittinger (b.1953) CEO of
Taittinger champagne 2006 - 2019. • Sir
Mark Thompson (b.1957) CEO of
CNN. Formerly President and CEO of The New York Times;
Director-General of the BBC and Chief Executive of
Channel 4. •
William Tobin (1859–1904), Australian Cricket International player • Rt Hon Sir
Colman Treacy (b.1949) Lord Justice of Appeal and Chairman of the Sentencing Council 2012 - 18. •
Arthur Turcotte, Quebec lawyer, journalist and politician;
Mayor of Trois-Rivières; member of the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec (independent Conservative; later Liberal); Speaker of the Assembly; helped found La Concorde, becoming its editor; minister without portfolio and attorney general under
Honoré Mercier; appointed
protonotary for the
Superior Court in Montreal district
U •
Sir Edgar Unsworth KBE,
CMG,
QC (1906 – 2006), lawyer and judge;
Attorney-General for
Northern Rhodesia;
Chief Justice of
Gibraltar.
V •
Fr Bernard Vaughan, Jesuit social reformer who worked among the poor of
Westminster and in the
East End. His sermons on "The Sins of Society" attracted large audiences. He preached at
Montreal in 1910, traveled in
Canada, the
United States, and
Alaska, and lectured in
China,
Japan,
Italy and
France. In 1915 he became chaplain to Catholic troops of the British expeditionary army on the
Continent (brother of Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, see below) •
Herbert Cardinal Vaughan,
Archbishop of Westminster (brother of Fr Bernard Vaughan, see above)
W • Sir
George Wakeman,
physician to Queen
Catherine of Braganza, accused by
Titus Oates of trying to poison her husband Charles II, subsequently acquitted •
George Herbert Walker, banker and businessman; President of the
United States Golf Association–the Walker Cup (the famous biennial golf match) acquired Walker's namesake for his role in the event's creation; descendants include grandson
George H. W. Bush and great-grandson
George W. Bush, both of whom served as
President of the United States • General
Vernon A. Walters, General,
United States Army; Deputy Director of the
CIA; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations • Sir
Christopher Waterlow, Camera Supervisor at
QVC UK; Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Videography •
Edmund Waterton, antiquary, formed a collection of rings, awarded the Order of Christ (the highest
Papal decoration) •
Charles Waterton, Naturalist and creator of the world's first national park • Fr
James Waterworth, missionary priest who published "Faith of Catholics", a translation of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent and of Veron's "Rule of Faith"; his last book,
England and Rome was on the relations of the Popes to post-Reformation England. He was made canon and later provost of Nottingham. • James Waugh son of
Evelyn Waugh • Sir
Frederick Weld, New Zealand politician; elected to the first House of Representatives; member of the Stafford Executive; Native Affairs Minister; Prime Minister; Governor of West Australia; Governor of Tasmania; Governor of the Straits Settlements; Knight of the Order of St Pius. •
Christopher Wenner, journalist and television presenter for the
BBC's
Blue Peter programme and an overseas correspondent for
ITN's
Channel 4 News; under the nom-de-guerre "Max Stahl", Wenner has become a war correspondent, whose footage brought the plight of the
East Timorese to world attention; winner of the
Rory Peck Award for his journalism. •
George J. Wigley, architect, journalist, co-founder of the
Society of St Vincent de Paul, co-founder of the
Peterspence Association, awarded the Cross of
St Gregory the Great by
Pius IX. •
Douglas Wilmer, British actor (primarily associated with the role of
Sherlock Holmes) •
Paul Woodroffe, stained glass artist and book illustrator, produced the 15 windows for the Lady Chapel of
St. Patrick's Cathedral (NYC) •
Hugh Wooldridge, theatre and television director and producer • Sir
Thomas Wyse, Member of Parliament (Liberal and second Irish Roman Catholic), advocate of Catholic Emancipation; Junior Lord of the Treasury; Secretary to the Board of Control; British Ambassador to the
Kingdom of Greece Y • Yuan Yermo (b.1972), Chief of Staff of the
OECD (
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) 2020 - 22; currently Director General of Farmaondustrai, Madrid.
Fictional alumnus • Lord
Brideshead, the Earl of
Brideshead, heir to the Marquess of Marchmain; "Bridey" – fictional character from
Evelyn Waugh's
Brideshead Revisited ==Miscellaneous accolades==