List of Old Derbeians

This is a list of notable Old Derbeians, former pupils and masters of Derby School (from the 12th century to 1989) and of Derby Grammar School (since 1994), in Derby, England. [ [http://www.oldderbeians.org/ Main page of the Old Derbeian Society web site] , accessed 27 February 2008] ----

Notable old boys

Born in the 16th century

* Blessed Edward James (1557-1588), Catholic martyr
*John Cotton (1585–1652), New England Puritan

Born in the 17th century

*John Flamsteed (1646-1719), England's first Astronomer Royal
*Anthony Blackwall (1672-1730), classical scholarDistinguished Alumni of Derby School by James Michael John Fletcher (Derby Reporter, 1872)]
*Henry Cantrell (1684-1773), clergyman and religious controversialist"Cantrell, Henry, Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist" by David L. Wykes in "Dictionary of National Biography" (OUP, 2004)]
*William Budworth (c. 1699-1745), schoolmaster [ [http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/cce/apps/persons/ theclergydatabase] accessed 28 April 2008]

Born in the 18th century

*Sir John Eardley Wilmot (1709-1792), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas [ [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29624?_fromAuth=1 Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1709–1792), judge] by James Oldham in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 4 November 2007)]
*Joseph Wright (1734-1797), artist ["Wright, Joseph, of Derby (1734–1797), painter" by Judy Egerton in "Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2004)]
*Daniel Coke (1745-1825), barrister and member of parliament"Coke, Daniel Parker (1745–1825), barrister and politician" by Mark Pottle in "Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2004)]
*Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839), diplomat
*Joseph Strutt (1765–1844), cotton manufacturer and philanthropist
*Sir William Gell (1777-1836), archaeologist

Born in the 19th century

*Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), surgeon and artist"The Derby School Register, 1570-1901", ed. Benjamin Tacchella (London, 1902)] ["Haden, Sir Francis Seymour [pseud. H. Dean] (1818–1910), etcher and surgeon" by A. M. Hind & E. Chambers in "Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2004)]
*Sir Henry Howe Bemrose (1827-1911), member of parliament for Derby [ [http://www.xreferplus.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6129270 BEMROSE, Sir Henry Howe] in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)]
*John Cook Wilson (1849-1915), philosopher ["Wilson, John Cook (1849–1915), philosopher and classical scholar" by H. A. Prichard & David Boucher in "Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2004)]
*J. M. J. Fletcher (1850-1934), historian
*E. W. Hobson FRS (1856-1933), mathematician
*Richard Mansfield (1857-1907), actor
*Hon. George Frederick Earp CBE (1858-1933), member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales [ [http://www.xreferplus.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6147091 EARP, Hon. George Frederick] in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)]
*John Atkinson Hobson (1858–1940), social theorist and economist
*Walter Weston (1860-1940), missionary and mountaineer ["Weston, Walter (1860–1940), mountaineer and missionary" by Peter H. Hansen in "Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2004)]
*Lawrence Beesley (1877-1967), RMS Titanic survivor and author
*Walter Greatorex (1877-1949), composer
*Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943), ichthyologist
*Sir George Simpson FRS (1878–1965), meteorologist
*William George Constable (1887-1976), art historian [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0275%2FConstable Papers of William George Constable] at janus.lib.cam.ac.uk, ref. GBR/0275, accessed 14 July 2007] ["Constable, William George (1887–1976), art historian and gallery director" by Alec Clifton-Taylor & Rosemary Mitchell in "Dictionary of National Biography" (Oxford University Press, 2004)]
*Sir Robert Howe (1893-1981), last British Governor-General of the Sudan, 1947-1955 ["Howe, Sir Robert George" in "Who Was Who 1897-2006" online, from [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6162676 HOWE, Sir Robert George] (accessed August 23, 2007)]

Born in the 20th century

*Sir Max Bemrose (1904-1986), Chairman of Bemrose Corporation and High Sheriff of Derbyshire [ [http://www.xreferplus.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6129271 BEMROSE, Sir Max (John Maxwell)] in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)]
*Canon Garrett Daniel Sweeney (1912-1979), Master of St Edmund's House, Cambridge [ [http://www.xreferplus.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6200274 SWEENEY, Very Rev. Canon Garrett Daniel] in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)]
*P. G. Ashmore (1916-2002), academic chemist"Who's Who 2002" (A. & C. Black, 2002)] [ [http://www.xreferplus.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6125925 ASHMORE, Prof. Philip George] in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)]
*Spencer Barrett FBA (1914-2001), classical scholar, Fellow and Sub-Warden of Keble College, Oxford ['BARRETT, (William) Spencer' in "Who Was Who", A & C Black, 1920–2007, online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007: " [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U6640 BARRETT, (William) Spencer] ", accessed 14 August 2008] Hollis, Adrian, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2001/oct/17/guardianobituaries.humanities Spencer Barrett, Oxford don devoted to classics and his college] , obituary in "The Guardian", October 17 2001, online at guardian.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008]
*George Bacon (born 1917), nuclear physicist ["Bacon, Prof. George Edward" in "Who's Who 2007", from [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6084022 Bacon, Prof. George Edward] (accessed August 23, 2007)]
*Alexander Morrison (born 1927), judge [ [http://www.xreferplus.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=6107436 MORRISON, His Honour Alexander John Henderson] in Who's Who 2007, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)]
*John Stobart (born 1929), maritime artist [Hawley, Zena, "Roy takes to the stage once again to pick up an honorary doctorate" in "Derby Evening Telegraph" dated January 19, 2008, p. 6]
*Robert William Grimley (born 1943), Dean of Bristol since 1997 ["Grimley, Very Rev. Robert William" in "Who's Who 2007", from [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6096887 "Who's Who 2007" online] (accessed August 23, 2007]
*Dr David Livesey (born 1944), Life Fellow and Vice-Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Secretary-General of the League of European Research Universities since 2005 ["Livesey, David Anthony" in "Who's Who 2007", from [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6103642 Livesey, David Anthony] (accessed August 23, 2007)] [ [http://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/teaching/fellows/display/index.cfm?fellow=45 Dr David Livesey : Vice-Master; Life Fellow] at emma.cam.ac.uk (accessed 28 February 2008)]

Notable masters of Derby School

*John Meade Falkner, novelist and poet
*Rev. Robert de Courcy Laffan (Senior Classical Master, 1880-1884), principal of Cheltenham College, member of the International Olympic Committee
*George Handel Heath-Gracie BMus (Dunelm) FRCO (Director of Music, 1938-1944), organist and conductor ["Heath-Gracie, George Handel" in "Who Was Who 1897-2006" online, from [http://www.credoreference.com/entry/6159475 Heath-Gracie, George Handel] (accessed 23 August 2007)]
*Henry Judge Hose (Maths master, 1867-1874), mathematician [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040483b.htm "Henry Judge Hose (1826-1883)"] by K. J. Cable in "Australian Dictionary of Biography" online, accessed 14 July 2007]

ee also

*Derby School
*List of Masters of Derby School
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*Derby Grammar School

References

*"Derby School: a Short History" by George Percy Gollin