List of Old Paulcathes

The following is a list of former pupils, known as Old Paulcathes, of St Paul's Cathedral School (London).

16th century

*Carew, Peter (1514–1575); adventurer
*Gresham, Thomas (1519–1579); founder of the Royal Exchange
*John Leland (1506–1555); antiquary

17th century

*Milton, John (1608–1674); poet
*Pepys, Samuel (1633–1703); civil servant and diarist
*Jeffreys, George (1645–1689); Lord Chief Justice
*Churchill, John (1650–1722); army officer and Duke of Marlborough
*Halley, Edmond (1656–1742); astronomer, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist
*Compton, Spencer (1674–1743); Earl of Wilmington and Prime Minister of Great Britain
*Greene, Maurice (1696–1755); composer, Master of the King's Musick

18th century

*Boyce, William (1711–1779); composer, Master of the King's Musick
* Toulmin, Joshua (1740–1815); Dissenting minister
*Dance, George (1741–1825); architect
*Clarkson, Thomas (1760–1846); anti-slavery campaigner

19th century

*Blakesley, Joseph Williams (1808–1885); clergyman
*Jowett, Benjamin (1817–1893); Master of Balliol
*Smith, Cecil Clementi (1849–1916); colonial administrator
*Dawson, Lord Bertrand (1864–1945); Royal physician
*Beazley, Charles Raymond (1868–1955); Historian and academic
*Binyon, Laurence (1869–1943); poet
*Geldart, William Martin (1870–1922); jurist
*Aurobindo Ghose (1872–1950); Indian mystic, philosopher, poet, yogi and guru
*De La Mare, Walter (1873– 1956); poet and novelist
*Chesterton, Gilbert K. (1874–1936); writer
*Bentley, Edmund Clerihew (1875–1956); journalist and poet
*Thomas, Edward (1878–1917); poet
*Shepard, Ernest H. (1879–1976); illustrator of "Winnie the Pooh"
*Woolf, Leonard (1880–1969); civil servant and political theorist
*Ayrton, Edward (1882–1914); Egyptologist and archaeologist
*Mackenzie, Sir Compton (1883–1972); writer
*Littlewood, John Edensor (1885–1977); mathematician
*Clayton, Rev. Philip (1885–1972), founder of Toc H
*Grant, Duncan (1885– 1978), Bloomsbury painter
*Watson, George Neville (1886–1965); mathematician
*Cole, George D. H. (1889–1959), political philosopher
*Hodgson, Leonard (1889–1969), theologian
*Montgomery, Field Marshal Bernard (1887–1976); World War II General
*Low, Archibald, (1888–1956); scientist and inventor
*Nash, Paul (1889–1946); artist
*Rosenberg, Isaac; (1890–1918);poet
*Gollancz, Sir Victor (1893–1967); publisher
*Daniell, Henry (1894 –1963), actor
*Barnes, Leonard (1895–1977); anticolonialist writer and educationalist
*Catlin, George E. G. (1896–1979); political scientist and philosopher
*Roy, Indra Lal (1898–1918); World War I fighter ace

20th century

*Pyke, Magnus (1908 – 1992) ; author, scientist
*Berlin, Sir Isaiah (1909–1997); political philosopher and historian of ideas
*Beloff, Max (1913 –1999), historian
*Newby, Eric (1919 – 2006); writer
*Russell, John (born 1919); Chief art critic, NY Times
*Chadwick, John (1920–1998); linguist, assisted Michael Ventris in the 1953 decipherment of Linear B.
*Brain, Dennis (1921–1957); horn player
*Hinds, Anthony (born 1922); film producer and scriptwriter, known for Hammer Films
*Sinclair, Lister (1921–2006); writer, actor, playwright and presenter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
*Parsons, Nicholas (born 1923); actor and television presenter
*Freud, Sir Clement (born 1924); writer, broadcaster and politician
*Hilton, Peter (born 1925); mathematician
*Roth, Klaus (born 1925); mathematician, Fields medallist
*Shaffer, Anthony (1926–2001); author, playwright
*Shaffer, Sir Peter (born 1926); author, playwright
*Korner, Alexis (1928–1984); blues musician
*James, Ioan (born 1928); mathematician
*Janner, Greville (born 1928), politician (Labour)
*Dunwoody, John (1929–2006); politician (Labour)
*Sadie, Stanley (1930–2005); musicologist, editor of the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
*Barber, Chris (born 1930); trombonist, jazz band leader
*Sacks, Oliver (born 1933); neurologist, author
*Bream, Julian (born 1933); classical guitarist
*Miller, Dr Jonathan (born 1934); theatre and opera director
*Winston, Professor Robert (born 1940); biologist and television presenter
*Simpson, John (born 1944); journalist
*Dorfman, Lloyd (born 1951); billionaire, philanthropist
*Davenport-Hines, Richard (born 1953); historian, writer
*Manzoli, Rob (born 1954); musician, lead guitarist Right Said Fred
*Sisman, Adam (born 1954); biographer
*Woudhuysen, James (born 1954); future theorist, broadcaster
*Caulfield, Maxwell (born 1959); actor
*Watt, Ben (born 1962); musician
*Goodchild, William (born 1964); composer and orchestrator
*Kennard, James (born 1964); rabbi and educationalist
*Marber, Patrick (born 1964); playwright
*Thistle, Mark (born 1967); journalist and author(Schools split St Paul's Cathedral School (London) and St Paul's School (London)
*Max, James (born 1970); broadcaster, journalist
*Cox, Alan (born 1970); actor
*Osborne, George (born 1971); politician (Conservative)
*Neate, Patrick (born 1971); novelist
*Mulligan, Simon (born 1972); concert pianist
*Tarter, Sascha (born 1972); actor and screenwriter
*Hobson, Theo (born 1972); theorist
*Bamber, Jamie (born 1973); actor
*Dennis, Simon (born 1976); rower and Olympic gold medalist
*Snow, Dan (born 1978); television presenter
*Lobel, Mark (born 1979); Newsnight producer
*Kinnear, Rory (born 1978); actor
*Kash, Tim (born 1982); television presenter

Victoria Cross Holders

Three Old Paulcathes have been awarded the Victoria Cross.

*Captain Randolph Cosby Nesbitt, VC, (1867 - 1956), British South Africa Police. Later promoted to Major during the South African War. Awarded for act that took place during the Mashona Rebellion (Rhodesia) of 1896–1897. (OP 1880-1882) ["Pauline Magazine No 452", (November 1956), p.154 and p.161]
*Major Cuthbert Bromley, VC, (1878 - 1915) 1st Lancashire Fusiliers. Awarded for act that took place during the First World War. (OP 1890-1895) ["Pauline Magazine No 231", (April 1917), p.29 and "Pauline Magazine No 220", (October 1915), pages 183]
*Major Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, VC, DSO, (1876 - 1918),Yeomanry, attached King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Later promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel. Awarded for act that took place during the First World War. (OP 1888-95) ["Pauline Magazine No.239", (June 1918), page 59 and 64 and 71]

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