Henry Watson Fox (1817–1848), famous missionary in Masulipatam. Pupil and friend of Dr.Thomas Arnold at Rugby School. Author of Chapters on Missions in South India.[25]
Bishop John Graham (1794–1865), Bishop of Chester. Clerk of the closet to Queen Victoria. Taught classics and mathematics as a fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. Vice-chancellor of Cambridge University. Chaplain to Prince Albert.[30]
Sir Henry Evan Murchison James (1846–), author, director general of Post Office of India (1886). Author: The Long White Mountain; or Travels in Manchuria, 1889.
Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay (1793–1872), Author Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character. Chief founder of the Scottish Episcopalian Church Society in 1838.Vice-president Royal Society of Edinburgh.[51]
Edward Bannerman Ramsay
Dr.James Raine (1791–1858). Not an Old Dunelmian, but second master at Durham School. Antiquarian, historian, topographer. Principle judge of the consistory court.
James Raine (1830–1896). Antiquarian, archeologist, historian.
John D. Rayner (1924–2005), Rabbi Emeritus of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue.[52]
Granville Sharp (1735–1813), 18th-century initiator of the movement for the abolition of slavery and founder of Sierra Leone as a land for returned slaves, originator of Sharp's rule, still used as Biblical proof of Christ's divinity.[3][5][56]
Mark Stockley-Haylock 13 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Guild Master of World of Warcraft esports clan and mythic plus team Digital Doom 13 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine World rank 52.
Robert Smith Surtees (1805–1864), comedy novelist, sports editor and founder of New Sporting Magazine.[59]
There have been claims for certain individuals to be ODs over the years, research has not been able to rule them out, but not in either.
John Balliol, King of Scotland, possibly attended Durham School before its official foundation in 1414.[65]
John Balliol
Michael Scot, alias Scotus, Scott, and Michael the wizard, 13th-century mathematician, alchemist, scientist, linguist, philosopher and a character in Dante's Inferno
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^"World War II unit histories & officers". unithistories.com. Retrieved 18 August 2010. Aarvold, (His Honour Sir) Carl Douglas ... Education: Durham School; Emmanuel College, Cambridge (Hon. Fellow, 1976).
^ ab"Campion the wonder school". BBC News. 30 March 2001. Retrieved 18 August 2010. Durham School claim to be the fourth oldest rugby outfit in the world, and have been touring for 150 years. Alumni include England lock Gareth Archer and British Lions great Mike Weston.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqr"Distinguished Old Dunelmians". Durham School. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
^ The Armstrong and Miller Show/. Archived from the original on 11 August 2010. Retrieved 18 August 2010. Alexander attended Mowden Hall Preparatory School in Northumberland where he picked up a lively interest in music and acting. So much so that he transferred at the age of 11 to St Mary's Music School in Edinburgh where he specialised in singing and playing the piano, the cello, and the giddy goat. He proceeded to Durham school on a music scholarship where he dropped the Cello in favour of the much more masculine Oboe but continued to hone his love of showing off.
^ abcdefgh"Durham School". Guide to Independent Schools. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009. Former pupils: Granville Sharp (involved in the abolition of the American slave trade); Sir Peter Vardy (chairman of the Vardy Group plc); Mike Weston, Michael Stephenson (rugby players); Charles Spedding (Olympic athlete); Alexander Armstrong (actor); Jamie Atkinson (show jumper); William Todd (composer).
^ abEarle, Charles S (1912). Durham School Register (2nd ed.). London: Bradbury, Agnew & Co Ltd. pp. 126–337.
^Durham County Rugby Union. Records 1876–1936, C.B Cowell and Watts Moses
^"Player profile: Jack Askew". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
^Stearn, Roger T. "Bennett, Sir Ernest Nathaniel (1868–1947)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (September 2004, online edn, May 2007). Retrieved 22 September 2009. Ernest Bennett was educated at Durham School (1881–5), becoming a king's scholar, a school monitor, and captain of the rugby fifteen.
^"Best Lee". Bath Rugby Heritage. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^Power, D'A.; rev. Ian R. Whitehead. "Bowlby, Sir Anthony Alfred, first baronet (1855–1929)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004, online edn, May 2008). Retrieved 12 October 2009. Anthony Bowlby was educated at Durham School and entered St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, in October 1876.
^McCord, Norman. "Burn, William Laurence (1904–1966)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 19 October 2009. ...born on 15 October 1904 at Bombay House, Angate Street, Wolsingham, co. Durham, the only son of Laurence Burn (1864–1920) and his wife, Annie (1871–1931), daughter of William Coates of Oakcroft, Wolsingham. Burn's father was a minor landowner and tradesman, possessing a local quasi-patriarchal position which his son was to inherit. Burn was educated at Wolsingham grammar school (1914–19), Durham School (1919–22), and Merton College, Oxford (1922–5). He graduated with a second-class degree in modern history in 1925 and was appointed assistant in history at the University of St Andrews.
^"CARTER, THE REV. EDMUND SARDINSON". The Wisden Archive of Cricketers' Lives 2010 (2010). Retrieved 17 August 2010. Going up from Durham Grammar School Mr. Carter was a double blue at Oxford, playing in the eleven in 1866 and 1867 and rowing in the boat in 1867 and 1868.
^. Newcastle Falcons. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2010. School/university: Durham School, Newcastle University.
^ abcHooley, Jim (6 March 2003). "Andrew delight at Barney success". Northern Echo. Retrieved 18 August 2010. Their progress has not gone unnoticed at Newcastle, who discovered players such as Michael Stephenson, Hall Charlton and James Isaacson playing for Durham [School] and someone called Jonny Wilkinson at Lord Wandsworth.[dead link]
^Cooper, Thompson; rev. Richard Sharp. "Cooke, Thomas (1722–1783)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 4 October 2009. After He received his education as king's scholar at Durham School, and afterwards entered Queen's College, Oxford (22 February 1743), where he never took a degree.
^Crowder, C. M. D. "Creighton, Mandell (1843–1901)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 4 October 2009. His father was a stern parent and, despite companionship at school, Creighton seems to have had a solitary adolescence, taking long walks, a relaxation that he enjoyed throughout his life (in his youth he walked from Oxford to Durham in three days), and forming decided, independent opinions. He went first to the cathedral school in Carlisle in 1852 and in 1858, with a scholarship, to the grammar school of Durham.
^"CUMBERLEGE, BARRY STEPHENSON". The Wisden Archive of Cricketers' Lives 2010 (2010). Retrieved 16 August 2010. who died on September 22 [1970], aged 79, was in the Durham School XI before going up to Cambridge, where he got his Blue in 1913.
^Gimson, Andrew (15 May 2014). "A profile of Dominic Cummings, friend of Gove and enemy of Clegg". Conservative Home.
^Lee, Stephen M.; rev. Sinéad Agnew. "Eden, William, first Baron Auckland (1744–1814)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (September 2004, online edn, May 2009). Retrieved 8 November 2009. Eden was educated at Durham School (1755–8) and Eton College (1758–62) before going up to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1762.
^Himsworth, Harold. "Elliott, Thomas Renton (1877–1961)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (September 2004). Retrieved 18 August 2010. born at Willington, co. Durham, on 11 October 1877, the eldest son of Archibald William Elliott, retailer, and his wife, Anne, daughter of Thomas Renton, of Otley, Yorkshire. He went to Durham School where he was head boy, played rugby and cricket for the school, and won the fives challenge cup. He obtained a leaving exhibition to Cambridge, where his father's two elder brothers, Sir John Eliot and Thomas Armstrong Elliott, in their time had been second and eighth wrangler respectively.
^"FERENS, HENRY CECIL, C.B.E." The Wisden Archive of Cricketers' Lives 2010 (2010). Retrieved 16 August 2010. died at Durham on June 4 [1975], aged 76. A good batsman, he was in the XI at Durham School and later played for some years for the county, captaining the side in 1929, 1930 (when they won the championship) and 1931. At the time of his death he was Chairman of the County Club.
^Elizabeth Grice (17 February 2007). "Rogue's Recipe". telegraph.co.uk. Bill Fowler was a gifted, spoilt boy. He hated his public school in Durham and confided that he sometimes thought of throwing himself off the bridge. Though naturally left-handed, he was made to write with his right hand and this caused him to stammer
^Prior, Katherine. "Fox, Henry Watson (1817–1848)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 6 November 2009. ...born at Westoe, co. Durham, on 1 October 1817, a younger son of George Townshend Fox (d. 1848), of Durham. He was educated at Durham grammar school and at Rugby School (1831–6), where he came under the influence of Thomas Arnold and first contemplated life as a missionary. He took his BA from Wadham College, Oxford, in December 1839 and a year later was ordained deacon with a view to entering the service of the Church Missionary Society (CMS).
^Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Vol. 65 (1969) – Item Notes, Page 361
^Hal Erickson (2012). . Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2009. Education: Wye Agricultural College, England; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, England, Major – drama; Durham School, England; Rose Hill School, Kent, England
^Eric Shorter (17 March 2011). "Michael Gough obituary". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 21 April 2011. Michael Gough, actor, born 23 November 1916; died 17 March 2011 ... He was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, where his father was a rubber planter. After attending Rose Hill school, Tunbridge Wells, and Durham school, he dropped out of Wye Agricultural College in Kent in order to study acting at the Old Vic.
^Boase, G. C.; rev. Ellie Clewlow. "Graham, John (1794–1865)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 6 November 2009. ...was born in Claypath, Durham, on 23 February 1794, the only son of John Graham, managing clerk to Thomas Griffith of the Bailey, in the city of Durham. He was educated at the grammar school in Durham and matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1812, being elected to a scholarship in 1813.
^Burns, Arthur. "Greenwell, William (1820–1918)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 3 November 2009. His education commenced under the Revd George Newby at Witton-le-Wear, continuing at Durham grammar school. He matriculated at University College, Durham, in October 1836, graduating BA in 1839. He entered the Middle Temple, but owing to ill health returned to University College in 1841, obtaining his LTh in 1842 and MA in 1843.
^Ransome, Eleanor. "Hardcastle, William [Bill] (1918–1975)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 8 November 2009. William (Bill) Hardcastle's education at Durham School was cut short when, aged sixteen, he contracted osteomyelitis, and was in and out of hospital for the next four years.
^Howlett, David J. "Hardinge, Henry, first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore (1785–1856)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (September 2004, online edn, January 2008). Retrieved 9 September 2009. Hardinge passed much of his childhood at The Grove near Sevenoaks amid a deeply religious tradition and in the care of two maiden aunts, and went to school at Durham.
^Clark, Relf. "Harrison, Arthur (1868–1936)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (September 2004). Retrieved 18 August 2010. born on 21 February 1868 in College Street, Rochdale, Lancashire, the second of the seven children of Tom Hugh Harrison (1839–1912), organ builder, and his wife, Elizabeth Ann, née McDowell (d. 1921). In 1872 the family moved to Durham, and in 1882, after attending Durham School, Harrison followed his father into the craft of organ building, serving as an apprentice and eventually, in 1893, becoming his partner. The firm's business took him to many parts of the British Isles, but Durham remained his base for the rest of his life. ... The organs at Durham and Ely cathedrals (1905, 1908), All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1911), and St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol (1912), were outstanding in the pre-war period. Outstanding in the post-war period was his work at the Caird Hall, Dundee (1923), the Royal Albert Hall, London (1925–33), and King's College, Cambridge (1934). Throughout his career he built small organs of distinction, too, such as those at St John's, Keswick (1912), and All Saints, Maidenhead (1931). ... In November 1936 Harrison interrupted the finishing of the organ at Westminster Abbey in order to undergo an operation for a suspected ulcer.
^Murray, Patrick; rev. Katherine Mullin. "Beith, John Hay (pseud. Ian Hay) (1876–1952)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 13 September 2009. In 1901 Beith taught at Fettes before returning to Cambridge for a short period to study science. In 1902 as a junior science master he joined Durham School, where he also coached the rugby teams and river crews. A charming companion, with a developed social sense, he was extremely popular. Durham featured in one of his best books, Housemaster (1936).
^Haig, Catriona. "Hodgson, William Noel [pseud. Edward Melbourne] (1893–1916)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 12 October 2009. In September 1905 Hodgson entered Durham School as a king's scholar. He was a gifted student and a talented athlete, achieving several sporting prizes ... However, they were quickly made aware of the realities of war; their first important experience of battle, at Loos on 25 September 1915, resulted in the deaths of fifteen officers and 461 men. During the conflict Hodgson, with three other officers and a hundred men, defended a trench for thirty-six hours before reinforcements arrived. His poem 'Back to Rest', describing the exhilaration of war, was written soon after this experience. For his actions during the engagement Hodgson was awarded the Military Cross in October 1915 ... on 1 July 1916, the first day of the Somme offensive, he was killed near Mansel Copse outside Mametz while bringing forward the supply of grenades.
^"Ian Hogg Biography (1937–)". filmreference.com. Retrieved 8 November 2009. Education: Trained for the stage at Drama Centre, London, 1961–64; also attended Durham School and St. John's College, Durham, England.
^Thoma, Carol L. "Hogg, Thomas Jefferson (1792–1862)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 13 September 2009. A reserved boy acutely conscious of his status as a gentleman, Jefferson attended Durham grammar school from the age of twelve until 1810 before matriculating at Oxford in February 1810.
^"HUMPHREYS, CAPT. NOEL FORBES". The Wisden Archive of Cricketers' Lives 2010 (2010). Retrieved 16 August 2010. born 1890; died of wounds March 27 [1918]. Durham School XI. Visited South Africa with the English Rugby XV.
^"Wilkinson joins others in the wings". Northern Echo. 11 December 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2010. James Isaacson ... The 24-year-old Durham School product, who made his senior debut in 2001, ...[dead link]
^"LAWS, Rt Hon Lord Justice; Hon Sir John Grant McKenzie". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 20 August 2010. b. 10 May 1945 ... Education: Durham Sch (King's scholar), Exeter Coll Oxford (Sr open classical scholar, BA, MA)[permanent dead link]
^"English LTA: Mr. Lohden Elected Chairman". Malayan Saturday Post. newspapers.nl.sg. 11 March 1933. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
^Hamilton, J. A.; rev. Sinéad Agnew. "Manisty, Sir Henry (1808–1890)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 19 October 2009. ...born at Vicarage House, Edlingham, Northumberland, on 13 December 1808, the second son of James Manisty BD, vicar of Edlingham, and his wife, Eleanor, née Foster, of whom little is known. He was educated at Durham Cathedral grammar school, and was later articled in the offices of Thorpe and Dickson, attorneys, of Alnwick, Northumberland.
^Doyle, Sheila. "Mickleton, James (1638–1693)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (September 2004). Retrieved 16 August 2010. He was educated at Durham School, admitted to Gray's Inn in 1652, and to Christ's College, Cambridge, and the Inner Temple in 1656. He was called to the bar in 1663. He was appointed keeper of the seal of the county palatine of Durham in 1689.
^Bonney, T. G.; rev. Robert A. Stafford. "Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, baronet (1792–1871)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004, online edn, May 2009). Retrieved 9 September 2009. In 1799 Roderick was placed at the grammar school, Durham, where he led in mischief more often than in his class.
^Bywater, Ingram; rev. Roger T. Stearn. "Nettleship, Henry (1839–1893)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004, online edn, May 2006). Retrieved 4 October 2009. Nettleship attended Mr Darnell's Preparatory School, Market Harborough, before going in 1849 to the new Lancing College, and then in 1852 to Durham School, whose headmaster was Edward Elder, for whose character and attainments Nettleship always retained the utmost admiration. In 1854 Nettleship followed Elder to Charterhouse, and became a 'gown-boy' by winning an open foundation scholarship in 1855.
^"OWEN, Hon Mr Justice; Sir Robert Michael". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 20 August 2010. b. 19 September 1944 ... Education Durham Sch, Univ of Exeter (LLB)[permanent dead link]
^Rawlinson, A. E. J.; rev. Marc Brodie. "Parsons, Richard Godfrey (1882–1948)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 8 November 2009. ...born at Pendleton, Lancashire, on 12 November 1882, the only son of William Parsons, merchant, of Calcutta, who became secretary of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, and his wife, Bertha Best, of Thetford, Norfolk. Educated at Durham School (1895–1901), he became in 1901 a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, obtaining in 1903 a second class in honour moderations and in 1905 and 1906 first-class honours in literae humaniores and theology, and being elected to a Liddon studentship. Postgraduate work in Germany was followed by residence at the deanery, Westminster, as the pupil of the dean, J. Armitage Robinson, and at Cuddesdon College.
^"PATTIE, Sir Geoffrey Edwin". Debrett's People of Today. Retrieved 17 August 2010. b. 17 January 1936 ... Education: Durham Sch, St Catharine's Coll Cambridge[permanent dead link]
^. BBC Film Network. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2011. He was educated at Durham School and read politics at the University of Leeds.
^Mackay, A. J. G.; H. C. G. Matthew. "Ramsay [formerly Burnett], Edward Bannerman (1793–1872)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 3 November 2009. Edward Ramsay spent much of his boyhood with his great-uncle, Sir Alexander, who lived on his Yorkshire estate. He was sent to the village school at Halsey after his uncle's death, and in 1806 to the cathedral grammar school at Durham. He completed his education at St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1816.
^Neuberger, Julia. "Rayner, John Desmond (1924–2005)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edn, January 2009). Retrieved 6 November 2009. Hans Rahmer went to live with the family of Robert William Stannard, rector of Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham, who soon became his family—Uncle Will and Aunt Muriel. They succeeded in getting a nursing place for his sister Erica at Sunderland Royal Infirmary, and she arrived on 25 August 1939. Hans attended Durham School, and, later, with restrictions in place for German refugees in case they were Nazi agents, was transferred to Giggleswick School, from which he won an open scholarship in modern languages to Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He took that up in 1947, after four years in the Durham light infantry, during which he changed his name from Rahmer to Rayner.
^Courtney, W. P.; rev. A. I. Doyle. "Rud, Thomas (1667/8–1733)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 8 November 2009. After being educated at Durham grammar school, he was admitted as subsizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, on 2 February 1684, and graduated BA in 1688; he proceeded MA in 1691. ... In 1710 Rud returned to Durham School until 1711, when he was instituted to the vicarage of St Oswald, where he catalogued the library left to it by a predecessor, John Cock. From 1716 to 1725 he was librarian to the dean and chapter.
^Durham County Rugby Union. Records 1876–1936. C.B Cowell and Watts Moses
^Holder, Richard. "Salvin, Anthony (1799–1881)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 22 September 2009. After education at Durham School Salvin was placed as a pupil with John Paterson of Edinburgh during the latter's restoration work on Brancepeth Castle.
^Ditchfield, G. M. "Sharp, Granville (1735–1813)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (September 2004, online edn, January 2008). Retrieved 9 September 2009. According to Prince Hoare, his first biographer, Granville: was at a very early age withdrawn from the public grammar-school at Durham, before he had gained more than the first rudiments of the learned languages, and was sent to a smaller school, to be instructed more particularly in writing and arithmetic.
^Carlyle, E. I.; rev. Marc Brodie. "Shortt, Edward (1862–1935)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004, online edn, October 2009). Retrieved 9 September 2009. Shortt was educated at Durham School and at Durham University, where he was Lindsay scholar and graduated in classics in 1884.
^Williamson, Karina. "Smart, Christopher (1722–1771)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 4 October 2009. Smart was educated at Durham School under the mastership of a classical scholar, Richard Dongworth, and showed early accomplishment as a writer of Latin verse. In 1739 he left school to enter Pembroke College, Cambridge, as a sizar, with a supplementary allowance of £40 granted by the duchess of Cleveland, Henry Vane's sister-in-law.
^Gash, Norman. "Surtees, Robert Smith (1805–1864)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 11 October 2009. For some years he was a boarder in a private school at Ovingham, Northumberland, and in 1818–19 he briefly attended Durham grammar school.
^Buckland, A. R.; rev. Robin A. Butlin. "Tristram, Henry Baker (1822–1906)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004, online edn, May 2007). Retrieved 3 November 2009. Educated first at Durham School, Henry became a scholar of Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1839; he graduated BA with a second class in classics in 1844, and proceeded MA in 1846.
^Fowler, Rev. J. T., ed. (1886). Memorials of the Church of SS. Peter and Wilfrid, Ripon; THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE SURTEES SOCIETY. VOL, LXXVIII. The Surtees Society. Thomas Hutchinson Tristram (Q.C.), D.C.L., was appointed 1883. Dr. Tristram was born at Eglingham, Northumberland, September 24, 1825, being the secood son of Henry Baker Tristram, M.A., formerly student of Christ Church, and then vicar of Eglingham. His elder brother is Dr. H. B. Tristram, canon of Durham, the well-known traveller and naturalist. He was educated as a King's Scholar at Durham School, and proceeded to Lincoln College, Oxford, as one of Lord Crewe's Exhibitioners; the date of his matriculation is October 11, 1843.
^VARDY, Sir Peter in Who's Who 2007 online at xreferplus.com . Retrieved 20 October 2007.
^Buckland, A. R.; rev. Rowan Strong. "Wilkinson, George Howard (1833–1907)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 18 October 2009. Scottish Episcopal bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane, was born at Durham on 12 May 1833, the eldest son of George Wilkinson of Oswald House, Durham, and his wife, Mary, youngest child of John Howard of Ripon, Yorkshire. On his father's side he was from a long-established gentry family in co. Durham and Northumberland. Educated at Durham grammar school, Wilkinson went to Brasenose College, Oxford, in October 1851, but in November was elected to a scholarship at Oriel College.
^. Newcastle Falcons. Archived from the original on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2010. Attending Brierton Community School in Hartlepool before joining Durham School Sixth Form and Northumbria University, Young represented England at Under-16s level in 2005. Having played for Durham School in the final of the Daily Mail Cup at Twickenham, Young graduate to England Under-18s level.
^Stell, G. P. "John [John de Balliol] (c.1248x50–1314)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 9 September 2009. Balliol was evidently present at this dispute, since he rebutted Neville's claims for precedence and privileges, declaring that he had for a long time attended the schools of Durham but had not heard of the privileges which the lord of Raby claimed. This may well have been the novices' school, which, as described in the later rites of Durham, provided education for intending monks, though it is also possible that he was taught in the Durham almonry school.
^"The Jameson Raid". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 July 1896.
^"Lord Wyfold is Dead". The Montreal Gazette. 5 June 1937.
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This is a list of notable Old Dunelmians former students of Durham School at Durham England Contents 1 A to E 2 F to J 3 K to O 4 P to T 5 U to Z 6 Speculative ODs 7 Citation needed 8 References 9 External linksA to E editSir Carl Douglas Aarvold 1907 1991 Recorder of London England International rugby player British and Irish Lions rugby player 1 Garath Archer England International rugby player 2 3 Adil Arif Emirati cricketer Alexander Armstrong actor and comedian 4 5 Charles Adamson 6 Barbarians and British Lions rugby footballer Killed in action Brother in law to Lewis Vaughan Lodge 7 John Askew 1908 1942 cricketer and England rugby union international 8 Jamie Atkinson International Show Jumper 3 5 Sir Ernest Nathaniel Bennett 1868 1947 politician and journalist 9 Lee Best 1978 England rugby player 10 Sir Anthony Alfred Bowlby KCMG CB KCVO KCB 1855 1929 Surgeon General Mentioned in despatches five times Distinguished Service Medal US 11 Ralph Bradley 1717 1788 pioneer of English conveyancing law William Browne Author and President of College of Physicians William Laurence Burn 1904 1966 historian and lawyer 12 Edmund Carter 1845 1923 Oxford University Victoria and Yorkshire first class cricketer and rower 13 Hall Charlton 1979 Newcastle Falcons RFC 3 14 15 Rod Clements 1947 Musician guitarist Founder of folk rock band Lindisfarne Thomas Cooke 1722 1783 18th century eccentric divine author and playwright published two comedies 1722 83 and also sermons 16 Sir William Fothergill Cooke 1806 79 co inventor of the Cooke Wheatstone electrical telegraph founder of the world s first public telegraph company 17 Bishop Mandell Creighton 1843 1901 Bishop of London Historian Author 18 nbsp Mandell Creighton Barry Cumberlege 1891 1970 cricketer and England rugby footballer 19 Dominic Cummings 1971 British political advisor and strategist 20 John Robert Davison MP QC 1826 15 April 1871 barrister and Liberal politician Christopher Beckett Denison 9 May 1825 30 October 1884 politician director of GNR Siege of Lucknow 6 William Eden 1744 1814 first Baron Auckland penal reformer and diplomatist 21 nbsp William Eden 1st Baron Auckland Thomas Renton Elliott 1877 1961 physician and physiologist 22 F to J editHenry Cecil Ferens c 1899 1975 Cricketer gave his name to Ferens House until 2003 a house for junior boys 23 WMW Fowler bomber pilot and POW culinary author 24 Henry Watson Fox 1817 1848 famous missionary in Masulipatam Pupil and friend of Dr Thomas Arnold at Rugby School Author of Chapters on Missions in South India 25 Sir William Fox 1812 1893 KCMG three times Prime Minister of New Zealand Statesman and social reformer 26 nbsp William Fox Edward Pritchard Gee discovered Gee s golden langur nbsp Gee s golden langur influential in creation of Chitwan National Park 27 Michael Gough 23 November 1916 17 March 2011 actor 28 29 Bishop John Graham 1794 1865 Bishop of Chester Clerk of the closet to Queen Victoria Taught classics and mathematics as a fellow of Christ s College Cambridge Vice chancellor of Cambridge University Chaplain to Prince Albert 30 William Greenwell 1820 1918 archaeologist and librarian 31 William Hardcastle 1918 1975 journalist and radio broadcaster co founder of The World at One radio programme 32 Field Marshal Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge 1785 1856 succeeded The Duke of Wellington as Commander in Chief of the British Army Governor general of India First Anglo Sikh War 33 nbsp Henry Hardinge 1st Viscount Hardinge Arthur Harrison 1868 1936 organ builder of note those at Durham Cathedral Ely Cathedral and Westminster Abbey to name a few Partner in Harrison amp Harrison 34 nbsp The pipes of Ely Cathedral organ by Arthur Harrison Ian Hay MC 1876 1952 not an OD but a master at Durham School humorist and author 35 William Noel Hodgson MC 1893 1916 war poet on the Somme mentioned in despatches Killed in action 36 nbsp William Noel Hodgson Ian Hogg 1937 actor 37 Thomas Jefferson Hogg 1792 1862 biographer and friend of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley 38 Noel Forbes Humphreys MC 1890 1918 England and British Lions rugby footballer Killed in action 39 James Isaacson 1980 Newcastle Falcons RFC Leeds RFC 3 15 40 Sir Henry Evan Murchison James 1846 author director general of Post Office of India 1886 Author The Long White Mountain or Travels in Manchuria 1889 K to O editGraham Kerr Scotland international rugby union player John Kingston Head Coach and Director of Rugby of Harlequins R F C Sir John Grant McKenzie Laws 1945 2020 Lord Justice of Appeal 3 41 Sir Donald Limon Clerk of the House of Commons 3 Lewis Vaughan Lodge 21 December 1872 21 October 1916 represented the England national football team He also played first class cricket with Hampshire Frederick Lohden OBE England and Barbarians rugby footballer 42 Sir Henry Frederick Manisty 1808 1890 judge 43 James Mickleton 1638 1693 antiquary and lawyer 44 Gordon Muchall Durham county cricketer 3 Sir Roderick Impey Murchison 1792 1871 scientist and geologist who served in the Peninsular War 45 nbsp Sir Roderick Impey Murchison William Andrews Nesfield 1793 1881 landscape architect and artist Henry Nettleship 1839 1893 influential classical scholar 46 nbsp Henry Nettleship Sir Robert Owen 1944 High Court Judge 47 3 P to T editGeoff Parling Leicester Tigers RFC England British and Irish Lions Tour of Australia 2013 3 Richard Godfrey Parsons 1882 1948 Bishop of Middleton Bishop of Southwark Bishop of Hereford 48 Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley KCB Admiral in Royal Navy Sir Geoffrey Pattie 1936 politician 3 49 Sir Robert Ker Porter 1777 1842 Painter and travel author 17 Max Pugh 1977 British film and television director 50 John Ranson England Rugby Union International Dean Edward Bannerman Ramsay 1793 1872 Author Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Chief founder of the Scottish Episcopalian Church Society in 1838 Vice president Royal Society of Edinburgh 51 nbsp Edward Bannerman Ramsay Dr James Raine 1791 1858 Not an Old Dunelmian but second master at Durham School Antiquarian historian topographer Principle judge of the consistory court James Raine 1830 1896 Antiquarian archeologist historian John D Rayner 1924 2005 Rabbi Emeritus of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue 52 Mike Roseberry Middlesex and Durham county cricketer 3 Thomas Rudd 1667 8 1733 master of Durham School important historian and librarian of Durham cathedral and city rector 53 John Warburton Sagar 1878 1941 England rugby player in 1901 season Governor of Kordovan and Wadi Halfa in Sudan 54 Anthony Salvin 1799 1881 19th century architect who restored or extended Windsor Castle Alnwick Castle Warwick Castle Rockingham Castle and the Tower of London 55 nbsp Anthony Salvin Prideaux John Selby 1788 1867 Botanist ornithologist illustrator 17 Granville Sharp 1735 1813 18th century initiator of the movement for the abolition of slavery and founder of Sierra Leone as a land for returned slaves originator of Sharp s rule still used as Biblical proof of Christ s divinity 3 5 56 nbsp Granville Sharp Edward Shortt MP 1862 1935 Chief Secretary for Ireland and Home Secretary 57 nbsp Edward Shortt Christopher Smart 1722 1771 18th century poet 58 nbsp Christopher Smart Robert Spearman 1703 71 philosopher eccentric theologian author of An Enquiry After Philosophy and Theology Charlie Spedding winner of the 1984 London Marathon and bronze medal winner at the 1984 Olympic Games 3 5 Michael Stephenson 1981 Newcastle Falcons RFC Bath RFC 3 5 15 Joseph Stevenson 27 November 1806 8 February 1895 English Catholic archivist and editor of historical texts Nigel Stock Bishop to the Forces Bishop at Lambeth Bishop for the Falkland Islands Mark Stockley Haylock Archived 13 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine Guild Master of World of Warcraft esports clan and mythic plus team Digital Doom Archived 13 April 2019 at the Wayback Machine World rank 52 Robert Smith Surtees 1805 1864 comedy novelist sports editor and founder of New Sporting Magazine 59 Charles Thorp FRS 13 October 1783 10 October 1862 anti slavery campaigner environmentalist educationalist Fellow of the Royal Society first warden of the University of Durham Will Todd musician and composer 5 Dr Henry Baker Tristram 1822 1906 canon naturalist travel writer missionary and fellow of the Royal Society Masonic Grand Chaplain of England Founding member of British Ornithologists Union 60 Dr Thomas Hutchinson Tristram Chancellor of London for 40 years Doctor of Law Last member of The Society of Doctor s Commons founded in 1511 61 U to Z editSir Peter Vardy entrepreneur and philanthropist 5 3 62 George Walker mathematician Mathematician orator preacher abolitionist composer theologian Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole 13 March 1884 1 June 1941 CBE Author collector of art Mike Weston Captain of British Lions and Manager of England Rugby in the first World Cup 1987 2 3 5 Robin Weston Derbyshire Durham and Middlesex county cricketer 3 Phil Weston Derbyshire Gloucestershire and Worcestershire county cricketer 3 Bishop George Howard Wilkinson 1833 1907 Bishop of St Andrews Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church formerly Bishop of Truro 63 nbsp George Howard Wilkinson Micky Young Bath Rugby England Saxons England 7s 64 Speculative ODs editThere have been claims for certain individuals to be ODs over the years research has not been able to rule them out but not in either John Balliol King of Scotland possibly attended Durham School before its official foundation in 1414 65 nbsp John Balliol Michael Scot alias Scotus Scott and Michael the wizard 13th century mathematician alchemist scientist linguist philosopher and a character in Dante s InfernoCitation needed editThese are believed to be ODs but do not have references at this point They are here so that editors can assist by finding references to support their inclusion and move them into the relevant sections above Sir Raleigh Grey KBE CMG CVO pioneer of Rhodesia who took part in the Jameson Raid 66 a great grandson of the first Earl Grey citation needed John Wesley Hales editor man of letters citation needed Thomas Knaggs 17th century preacher citation needed Alan Redpath Christian evangelist and author citation needed Andrew Roseberry Glamorgan and Leicestershire county cricketer citation needed John Warburton Sagar England international rugby union player and diplomat citation needed Lord Wyfold of Accrington c 1851 1937 67 formerly Colonel Sir Robert Trotter Hermon Hodge Bart raised to the peerage for public services in the Great War citation needed References edit World War II unit histories amp officers unithistories com Retrieved 18 August 2010 Aarvold His Honour Sir Carl Douglas Education Durham School Emmanuel College Cambridge Hon Fellow 1976 a b Campion the wonder school BBC News 30 March 2001 Retrieved 18 August 2010 Durham School claim to be the fourth oldest rugby outfit in the world and have been touring for 150 years Alumni include England lock Gareth Archer and British Lions great Mike Weston a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Distinguished Old Dunelmians Durham School Retrieved 16 August 2010 A Personal Introduction from Xander amp Ben The Armstrong and Miller Show Archived from the original on 11 August 2010 Retrieved 18 August 2010 Alexander attended Mowden Hall Preparatory School in Northumberland where he picked up a lively interest in music and acting So much so that he transferred at the age of 11 to St Mary s Music School in Edinburgh where he specialised in singing and playing the piano the cello and the giddy goat He proceeded to Durham school on a music scholarship where he dropped the Cello in favour of the much more masculine Oboe but continued to hone his love of showing off a b c d e f g h Durham School Guide to Independent Schools Archived from the original on 13 September 2012 Retrieved 8 November 2009 Former pupils Granville Sharp involved in the abolition of the American slave trade Sir Peter Vardy chairman of the Vardy Group plc Mike Weston Michael Stephenson rugby players Charles Spedding Olympic athlete Alexander Armstrong actor Jamie Atkinson show jumper William Todd composer a b Earle Charles S 1912 Durham School Register 2nd ed London Bradbury Agnew amp Co Ltd pp 126 337 Durham County Rugby Union Records 1876 1936 C B Cowell and Watts Moses Player profile Jack Askew CricketArchive Retrieved 9 April 2012 Stearn Roger T Bennett Sir Ernest Nathaniel 1868 1947 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography September 2004 online edn May 2007 Retrieved 22 September 2009 Ernest Bennett was educated at Durham School 1881 5 becoming a king s scholar a school monitor and captain of the rugby fifteen Best Lee Bath Rugby Heritage Retrieved 27 November 2023 Power D A rev Ian R Whitehead Bowlby Sir Anthony Alfred first baronet 1855 1929 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 online edn May 2008 Retrieved 12 October 2009 Anthony Bowlby was educated at Durham School and entered St Bartholomew s Hospital London in October 1876 McCord Norman Burn William Laurence 1904 1966 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 19 October 2009 born on 15 October 1904 at Bombay House Angate Street Wolsingham co Durham the only son of Laurence Burn 1864 1920 and his wife Annie 1871 1931 daughter of William Coates of Oakcroft Wolsingham Burn s father was a minor landowner and tradesman possessing a local quasi patriarchal position which his son was to inherit Burn was educated at Wolsingham grammar school 1914 19 Durham School 1919 22 and Merton College Oxford 1922 5 He graduated with a second class degree in modern history in 1925 and was appointed assistant in history at the University of St Andrews CARTER THE REV EDMUND SARDINSON The Wisden Archive of Cricketers Lives 2010 2010 Retrieved 17 August 2010 Going up from Durham Grammar School Mr Carter was a double blue at Oxford playing in the eleven in 1866 and 1867 and rowing in the boat in 1867 and 1868 1st XV Squad Newcastle Falcons Archived from the original on 16 May 2011 Retrieved 18 August 2010 School university Durham School Newcastle University a b c Hooley Jim 6 March 2003 Andrew delight at Barney success Northern Echo Retrieved 18 August 2010 Their progress has not gone unnoticed at Newcastle who discovered players such as Michael Stephenson Hall Charlton and James Isaacson playing for Durham School and someone called Jonny Wilkinson at Lord Wandsworth dead link Cooper Thompson rev Richard Sharp Cooke Thomas 1722 1783 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 4 October 2009 After He received his education as king s scholar at Durham School and afterwards entered Queen s College Oxford 22 February 1743 where he never took a degree a b c Full text of Durham School register Crowder C M D Creighton Mandell 1843 1901 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 4 October 2009 His father was a stern parent and despite companionship at school Creighton seems to have had a solitary adolescence taking long walks a relaxation that he enjoyed throughout his life in his youth he walked from Oxford to Durham in three days and forming decided independent opinions He went first to the cathedral school in Carlisle in 1852 and in 1858 with a scholarship to the grammar school of Durham CUMBERLEGE BARRY STEPHENSON The Wisden Archive of Cricketers Lives 2010 2010 Retrieved 16 August 2010 who died on September 22 1970 aged 79 was in the Durham School XI before going up to Cambridge where he got his Blue in 1913 Gimson Andrew 15 May 2014 A profile of Dominic Cummings friend of Gove and enemy of Clegg Conservative Home Lee Stephen M rev Sinead Agnew Eden William first Baron Auckland 1744 1814 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography September 2004 online edn May 2009 Retrieved 8 November 2009 Eden was educated at Durham School 1755 8 and Eton College 1758 62 before going up to Christ Church Oxford in 1762 Himsworth Harold Elliott Thomas Renton 1877 1961 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography September 2004 Retrieved 18 August 2010 born at Willington co Durham on 11 October 1877 the eldest son of Archibald William Elliott retailer and his wife Anne daughter of Thomas Renton of Otley Yorkshire He went to Durham School where he was head boy played rugby and cricket for the school and won the fives challenge cup He obtained a leaving exhibition to Cambridge where his father s two elder brothers Sir John Eliot and Thomas Armstrong Elliott in their time had been second and eighth wrangler respectively FERENS HENRY CECIL C B E The Wisden Archive of Cricketers Lives 2010 2010 Retrieved 16 August 2010 died at Durham on June 4 1975 aged 76 A good batsman he was in the XI at Durham School and later played for some years for the county captaining the side in 1929 1930 when they won the championship and 1931 At the time of his death he was Chairman of the County Club Elizabeth Grice 17 February 2007 Rogue s Recipe telegraph co uk Bill Fowler was a gifted spoilt boy He hated his public school in Durham and confided that he sometimes thought of throwing himself off the bridge Though naturally left handed he was made to write with his right hand and this caused him to stammer Prior Katherine Fox Henry Watson 1817 1848 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 6 November 2009 born at Westoe co Durham on 1 October 1817 a younger son of George Townshend Fox d 1848 of Durham He was educated at Durham grammar school and at Rugby School 1831 6 where he came under the influence of Thomas Arnold and first contemplated life as a missionary He took his BA from Wadham College Oxford in December 1839 and a year later was ordained deacon with a view to entering the service of the Church Missionary Society CMS Sinclair Keith Dalziel Raewyn Fox William Dictionary of New Zealand Biography Ministry for Culture and Heritage Retrieved 27 April 2020 William is thought to have attended the grammar school at Durham and went from there to Wadham College Oxford in 1828 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Vol 65 1969 Item Notes Page 361 Hal Erickson 2012 Michael Gough Movies amp TV Dept The New York Times Archived from the original on 2 November 2012 Retrieved 8 November 2009 Education Wye Agricultural College England Bristol Old Vic Theatre School England Major drama Durham School England Rose Hill School Kent England Eric Shorter 17 March 2011 Michael Gough obituary guardian co uk Retrieved 21 April 2011 Michael Gough actor born 23 November 1916 died 17 March 2011 He was born in Kuala Lumpur Malaya where his father was a rubber planter After attending Rose Hill school Tunbridge Wells and Durham school he dropped out of Wye Agricultural College in Kent in order to study acting at the Old Vic Boase G C rev Ellie Clewlow Graham John 1794 1865 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 6 November 2009 was born in Claypath Durham on 23 February 1794 the only son of John Graham managing clerk to Thomas Griffith of the Bailey in the city of Durham He was educated at the grammar school in Durham and matriculated at Christ s College Cambridge in 1812 being elected to a scholarship in 1813 Burns Arthur Greenwell William 1820 1918 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 3 November 2009 His education commenced under the Revd George Newby at Witton le Wear continuing at Durham grammar school He matriculated at University College Durham in October 1836 graduating BA in 1839 He entered the Middle Temple but owing to ill health returned to University College in 1841 obtaining his LTh in 1842 and MA in 1843 Ransome Eleanor Hardcastle William Bill 1918 1975 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 8 November 2009 William Bill Hardcastle s education at Durham School was cut short when aged sixteen he contracted osteomyelitis and was in and out of hospital for the next four years Howlett David J Hardinge Henry first Viscount Hardinge of Lahore 1785 1856 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography September 2004 online edn January 2008 Retrieved 9 September 2009 Hardinge passed much of his childhood at The Grove near Sevenoaks amid a deeply religious tradition and in the care of two maiden aunts and went to school at Durham Clark Relf Harrison Arthur 1868 1936 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography September 2004 Retrieved 18 August 2010 born on 21 February 1868 in College Street Rochdale Lancashire the second of the seven children of Tom Hugh Harrison 1839 1912 organ builder and his wife Elizabeth Ann nee McDowell d 1921 In 1872 the family moved to Durham and in 1882 after attending Durham School Harrison followed his father into the craft of organ building serving as an apprentice and eventually in 1893 becoming his partner The firm s business took him to many parts of the British Isles but Durham remained his base for the rest of his life The organs at Durham and Ely cathedrals 1905 1908 All Saints Margaret Street London 1911 and St Mary Redcliffe Bristol 1912 were outstanding in the pre war period Outstanding in the post war period was his work at the Caird Hall Dundee 1923 the Royal Albert Hall London 1925 33 and King s College Cambridge 1934 Throughout his career he built small organs of distinction too such as those at St John s Keswick 1912 and All Saints Maidenhead 1931 In November 1936 Harrison interrupted the finishing of the organ at Westminster Abbey in order to undergo an operation for a suspected ulcer Murray Patrick rev Katherine Mullin Beith John Hay pseud Ian Hay 1876 1952 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 13 September 2009 In 1901 Beith taught at Fettes before returning to Cambridge for a short period to study science In 1902 as a junior science master he joined Durham School where he also coached the rugby teams and river crews A charming companion with a developed social sense he was extremely popular Durham featured in one of his best books Housemaster 1936 Haig Catriona Hodgson William Noel pseud Edward Melbourne 1893 1916 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 12 October 2009 In September 1905 Hodgson entered Durham School as a king s scholar He was a gifted student and a talented athlete achieving several sporting prizes However they were quickly made aware of the realities of war their first important experience of battle at Loos on 25 September 1915 resulted in the deaths of fifteen officers and 461 men During the conflict Hodgson with three other officers and a hundred men defended a trench for thirty six hours before reinforcements arrived His poem Back to Rest describing the exhilaration of war was written soon after this experience For his actions during the engagement Hodgson was awarded the Military Cross in October 1915 on 1 July 1916 the first day of the Somme offensive he was killed near Mansel Copse outside Mametz while bringing forward the supply of grenades Ian Hogg Biography 1937 filmreference com Retrieved 8 November 2009 Education Trained for the stage at Drama Centre London 1961 64 also attended Durham School and St John s College Durham England Thoma Carol L Hogg Thomas Jefferson 1792 1862 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 13 September 2009 A reserved boy acutely conscious of his status as a gentleman Jefferson attended Durham grammar school from the age of twelve until 1810 before matriculating at Oxford in February 1810 HUMPHREYS CAPT NOEL FORBES The Wisden Archive of Cricketers Lives 2010 2010 Retrieved 16 August 2010 born 1890 died of wounds March 27 1918 Durham School XI Visited South Africa with the English Rugby XV Wilkinson joins others in the wings Northern Echo 11 December 2004 Retrieved 18 August 2010 James Isaacson The 24 year old Durham School product who made his senior debut in 2001 dead link LAWS Rt Hon Lord Justice Hon Sir John Grant McKenzie Debrett s People of Today Retrieved 20 August 2010 b 10 May 1945 Education Durham Sch King s scholar Exeter Coll Oxford Sr open classical scholar BA MA permanent dead link English LTA Mr Lohden Elected Chairman Malayan Saturday Post newspapers nl sg 11 March 1933 Retrieved 21 June 2013 Hamilton J A rev Sinead Agnew Manisty Sir Henry 1808 1890 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 19 October 2009 born at Vicarage House Edlingham Northumberland on 13 December 1808 the second son of James Manisty BD vicar of Edlingham and his wife Eleanor nee Foster of whom little is known He was educated at Durham Cathedral grammar school and was later articled in the offices of Thorpe and Dickson attorneys of Alnwick Northumberland Doyle Sheila Mickleton James 1638 1693 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography September 2004 Retrieved 16 August 2010 He was educated at Durham School admitted to Gray s Inn in 1652 and to Christ s College Cambridge and the Inner Temple in 1656 He was called to the bar in 1663 He was appointed keeper of the seal of the county palatine of Durham in 1689 Bonney T G rev Robert A Stafford Murchison Sir Roderick Impey baronet 1792 1871 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 online edn May 2009 Retrieved 9 September 2009 In 1799 Roderick was placed at the grammar school Durham where he led in mischief more often than in his class Bywater Ingram rev Roger T Stearn Nettleship Henry 1839 1893 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 online edn May 2006 Retrieved 4 October 2009 Nettleship attended Mr Darnell s Preparatory School Market Harborough before going in 1849 to the new Lancing College and then in 1852 to Durham School whose headmaster was Edward Elder for whose character and attainments Nettleship always retained the utmost admiration In 1854 Nettleship followed Elder to Charterhouse and became a gown boy by winning an open foundation scholarship in 1855 OWEN Hon Mr Justice Sir Robert Michael Debrett s People of Today Retrieved 20 August 2010 b 19 September 1944 Education Durham Sch Univ of Exeter LLB permanent dead link Rawlinson A E J rev Marc Brodie Parsons Richard Godfrey 1882 1948 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 8 November 2009 born at Pendleton Lancashire on 12 November 1882 the only son of William Parsons merchant of Calcutta who became secretary of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and his wife Bertha Best of Thetford Norfolk Educated at Durham School 1895 1901 he became in 1901 a demy of Magdalen College Oxford obtaining in 1903 a second class in honour moderations and in 1905 and 1906 first class honours in literae humaniores and theology and being elected to a Liddon studentship Postgraduate work in Germany was followed by residence at the deanery Westminster as the pupil of the dean J Armitage Robinson and at Cuddesdon College PATTIE Sir Geoffrey Edwin Debrett s People of Today Retrieved 17 August 2010 b 17 January 1936 Education Durham Sch St Catharine s Coll Cambridge permanent dead link Max Pugh BBC Film Network Archived from the original on 21 January 2016 Retrieved 6 February 2011 He was educated at Durham School and read politics at the University of Leeds Mackay A J G H C G Matthew Ramsay formerly Burnett Edward Bannerman 1793 1872 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 3 November 2009 Edward Ramsay spent much of his boyhood with his great uncle Sir Alexander who lived on his Yorkshire estate He was sent to the village school at Halsey after his uncle s death and in 1806 to the cathedral grammar school at Durham He completed his education at St John s College Cambridge where he graduated BA in 1816 Neuberger Julia Rayner John Desmond 1924 2005 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online edn January 2009 Retrieved 6 November 2009 Hans Rahmer went to live with the family of Robert William Stannard rector of Bishopwearmouth co Durham who soon became his family Uncle Will and Aunt Muriel They succeeded in getting a nursing place for his sister Erica at Sunderland Royal Infirmary and she arrived on 25 August 1939 Hans attended Durham School and later with restrictions in place for German refugees in case they were Nazi agents was transferred to Giggleswick School from which he won an open scholarship in modern languages to Emmanuel College Cambridge He took that up in 1947 after four years in the Durham light infantry during which he changed his name from Rahmer to Rayner Courtney W P rev A I Doyle Rud Thomas 1667 8 1733 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 8 November 2009 After being educated at Durham grammar school he was admitted as subsizar at Trinity College Cambridge on 2 February 1684 and graduated BA in 1688 he proceeded MA in 1691 In 1710 Rud returned to Durham School until 1711 when he was instituted to the vicarage of St Oswald where he catalogued the library left to it by a predecessor John Cock From 1716 to 1725 he was librarian to the dean and chapter Durham County Rugby Union Records 1876 1936 C B Cowell and Watts Moses Holder Richard Salvin Anthony 1799 1881 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 22 September 2009 After education at Durham School Salvin was placed as a pupil with John Paterson of Edinburgh during the latter s restoration work on Brancepeth Castle Ditchfield G M Sharp Granville 1735 1813 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography September 2004 online edn January 2008 Retrieved 9 September 2009 According to Prince Hoare his first biographer Granville was at a very early age withdrawn from the public grammar school at Durham before he had gained more than the first rudiments of the learned languages and was sent to a smaller school to be instructed more particularly in writing and arithmetic Carlyle E I rev Marc Brodie Shortt Edward 1862 1935 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 online edn October 2009 Retrieved 9 September 2009 Shortt was educated at Durham School and at Durham University where he was Lindsay scholar and graduated in classics in 1884 Williamson Karina Smart Christopher 1722 1771 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 4 October 2009 Smart was educated at Durham School under the mastership of a classical scholar Richard Dongworth and showed early accomplishment as a writer of Latin verse In 1739 he left school to enter Pembroke College Cambridge as a sizar with a supplementary allowance of 40 granted by the duchess of Cleveland Henry Vane s sister in law Gash Norman Surtees Robert Smith 1805 1864 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 11 October 2009 For some years he was a boarder in a private school at Ovingham Northumberland and in 1818 19 he briefly attended Durham grammar school Buckland A R rev Robin A Butlin Tristram Henry Baker 1822 1906 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 online edn May 2007 Retrieved 3 November 2009 Educated first at Durham School Henry became a scholar of Lincoln College Oxford in 1839 he graduated BA with a second class in classics in 1844 and proceeded MA in 1846 Fowler Rev J T ed 1886 Memorials of the Church of SS Peter and Wilfrid Ripon THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE SURTEES SOCIETY VOL LXXVIII The Surtees Society Thomas Hutchinson Tristram Q C D C L was appointed 1883 Dr Tristram was born at Eglingham Northumberland September 24 1825 being the secood son of Henry Baker Tristram M A formerly student of Christ Church and then vicar of Eglingham His elder brother is Dr H B Tristram canon of Durham the well known traveller and naturalist He was educated as a King s Scholar at Durham School and proceeded to Lincoln College Oxford as one of Lord Crewe s Exhibitioners the date of his matriculation is October 11 1843 VARDY Sir Peter in Who s Who 2007 online at xreferplus com Retrieved 20 October 2007 Buckland A R rev Rowan Strong Wilkinson George Howard 1833 1907 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 18 October 2009 Scottish Episcopal bishop of St Andrews Dunkeld and Dunblane was born at Durham on 12 May 1833 the eldest son of George Wilkinson of Oswald House Durham and his wife Mary youngest child of John Howard of Ripon Yorkshire On his father s side he was from a long established gentry family in co Durham and Northumberland Educated at Durham grammar school Wilkinson went to Brasenose College Oxford in October 1851 but in November was elected to a scholarship at Oriel College Mickey Young Newcastle Falcons Archived from the original on 14 June 2011 Retrieved 30 April 2010 Attending Brierton Community School in Hartlepool before joining Durham School Sixth Form and Northumbria University Young represented England at Under 16s level in 2005 Having played for Durham School in the final of the Daily Mail Cup at Twickenham Young graduate to England Under 18s level Stell G P John John de Balliol c 1248x50 1314 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004 Retrieved 9 September 2009 Balliol was evidently present at this dispute since he rebutted Neville s claims for precedence and privileges declaring that he had for a long time attended the schools of Durham but had not heard of the privileges which the lord of Raby claimed This may well have been the novices school which as described in the later rites of Durham provided education for intending monks though it is also possible that he was taught in the Durham almonry school The Jameson Raid The Sydney Morning Herald 30 July 1896 Lord Wyfold is Dead The Montreal Gazette 5 June 1937 External links editOld Dunelmians home page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Old Dunelmians amp oldid 1189934902, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
