List of Old Bridgnorthians

List of Old Bridgnorthians

The following is a list of notable Old Bridgnorthians, former pupils of Bridgnorth Grammar School (now Bridgnorth Endowed School) in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England.

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Army

  • General Sir Charles Warren, GCMG, KCB, FRS (1840–1927), Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and General in the Second Boer War.

Church

  • Rev. Robert William Eyton (1815-1881), Rector of Ryton and author of The Antiquities of Shropshire (1853-60).
  • Bishop James Fraser (1818–1885), reforming Bishop of Manchester.
  • Rev. Osborne Gordon (1813-83), Rector of Easthampstead and influential Oxford don.
  • Bishop Thomas Percy (1729-1811), Bishop of Dromore and author of Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (1765).
  • Bishop Francis Henry Thicknesse (1829-1921), inaugural Suffragan Bishop of Leicester.

Medicine

  • Thomas Beddoes (1760–1808), physician and scientific writer.
  • William Macmichael (1783–1839), physician to Kings George IV and William IV and author of The Gold-Headed Cane (1827)

Politics

  • Sir John Josiah Guest, 1st Baronet, MP (1785–1852), engineer, entrepreneur, and Member of Parliament.
  • Lord Lingen 1st Baron Lingen of Lingen KCB (1819–1905), influential civil servant.
  • Henry John Roby, MP (1830–1915), classical scholar, writer on Roman law, and Member of Parliament.

Science

  • Professor Peter Bullock (1937-2008), Nobel Peace Prize winning scientist who was keen for soil to be used as a sustainable resource.

Sport

  • Cyril Washbrook, CBE (1914–1999), cricketer who played for Lancashire and England.

Stage and Screen


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