List of Old Alleynians explained

The following is a list of notable Old Alleynians, former pupils of Dulwich College, in south London, England.

Years of birth and death (when listed) are given in full. Years at the college are given last, using two digits if unambiguous. All entries are placed in alphabetical order by surname, paying particular attention to any double-barrelled surnames, in which the letters of the first surname take priority.

Arts and entertainment

Art and photography

Drama

Entertainment & media

Literature

Music

Exploration

Military

Victoria Cross and George Cross holders

Seven Old Alleynians have won the Victoria Cross, five in the First World War, 1914–18 (of whom four were killed in action) and two in the Second World War, 1939–45. Also in the Second World War one OA won the George Cross.[21]

Philosophy and academia

Politics, law and business

Religion

Science and medicine

Sport

Athletics

Cricket

Hockey

Rugby union

See Also Old Alleynian Football Club

NameCountryCapsFirst cappedLast cappedNotes
Kendrick Stark
(1904–1988)
099[57] 192715 Jan 1927192817 Mar 1928
Eric Cyprian Perry Whiteley
(1904–1973)
022[58] 193121 Mar 193119316 Apr 1931
Ian Coutts
(born 1928)
022[59] 195113 Jan 1951195215 Mar 1952
Nick Easter
(born 1978) 91–96[60]
4747[61] 200710 Feb 2007201110 Oct 2015professional club NEC Harlequins
Andrew Sheridan
(born 1979) 90–98

British and Irish Lions
4040
2[62]
200413 Nov 2004201110 Sep 2011professional club Sale Sharks
David Flatman
(born 1980)
088[63] 200017 Jun 2000200222 Jun 2002
Andy Mullins0111989198919891989
C. H. Scott0111922192219221922
E. A. Cleugh0111922192219221922
C. T. Mold0111910191019101910
Cyril Mowbray Wells
(1871–1963)
066[64] 18934 Mar 1893189713 Mar 1897as well as being a first-class cricketer (represented Cambridge University, Surrey and Middlesex as a right-handed batsman and bowler.)
Cyril Nelson "Kit" Lowe MC DFC RAF
(1891–1983)
2525[65] 19134 Jan 191319232 Apr 1923representing England in 25 consecutive matches, First World War flying ace, and supposedly the inspiration for W. E. Johns' character "Biggles".
Sidney Ellis
(1859–1937)
011[66] 188030 Jan 1880188030 Jan 1880
Henry Braddon
(1863–1955)
033188431 May 1884[67] 188414 July 1884The first New Zealand team was selected in 1884, for a tour to New South Wales. The team played its first match at home, against a Wellington XV, before recording eight wins in eight matches in Australia.
William David Doherty
(1893–1966)
077[68] 192014 Feb 192019219 Apr 1921Later captained Ireland
David Grahame Donald
(1891–1976)
022[69] 19147 Feb 1914191428 Feb 1914
William Leake
(1865–1942)
033[70] 18913 Jan 189118917 Mar 1891
Nelson Henderson
(1865–1943)
011[71] 189220 Feb 1892189220 Feb 1892
Albert Wade
(1884–1917)
011[72] 190821 Mar 1908190821 Mar 1908
G. A. M. Isherwood
(1889–1974)
BritishBritish Isles033[73] 19106 Aug 191019103 Sep 1910
Eric Loudoun-Shand
(1893–1972)
011[74] 191315 Mar 1913191315 Mar 1913
J. E. "Jenny" Greenwood
(1891–1975)
1313[75] 19128 Apr 1912 192020 Mar 1920Later captained England.
Jock Hartley
(1879–1960)
022[76] 19019 Mar 1901190215 Mar 1902
Henry Gedge
(1870–1943)
066[77] 18943 Feb 1894189411 Mar 1899
JEC Partridge
(1879–1965)
011[78] 190326 Aug 1903190326 Aug 1903Born in Wales, "Birdie" Partridge was a lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment in the Boer War and joined Pretoria Harlequins then the Transvaal and was capped by the Springboks against the British Team of 1903. He played 18 times for the Barbarians between 1905–15 and was in their first international match (vs Wales). He also found the Army Rugby Union.
David Trail
(1875–1935)
British Anglo-Welsh044[79] 19042 Jul 1904190413 Aug 1904

Other

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Dulwich College- Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Drama.
  3. Web site: Dulwich College – Old Alleynians – Angus Imrie Joins The Archers. https://web.archive.org/web/20170215203629/http://www.dulwich.org.uk/old-alleynians/news/2014/11/12/angus-imrie-joins-the-archers. dead. 15 February 2017. Dulwich College, London. 12 November 2014. 21 January 2018.
  4. Web site: The Times & The Sunday Times.
  5. http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_News_1.aspx?news=8:1085&id=1:29433&id=1:29431&month=9&year=2006 Dulwich College official site – Jonathan Head reporting from Bangkok
  6. Web site: Dulwich College – Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Entertainment.
  7. Laytone . Sidney . 1898-06-25 . Truth in Extremes . Lucifer, the Light Bearer . 11 . 25.
  8. Web site: Dulwich College – Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Literature.
  9. http://library.dulwich.org.uk/website/news/visits.htm Dulwich College Libraries, Author Visits
  10. British Museum, Jenny Lewis, Arts Council of Great Britain, (1967), Poetry in the Making: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Poetry Manuscripts in the British Museum, page 56, (Turret Books for the Arts Council of Great Britain and the British Museum)
  11. The Alleynian, Spring 2008
  12. News: Professor Peter Branscombe – obituary. The Herald. Glasgow. 4 February 2009. 28 December 2011.
  13. Web site: Dulwich College – Old Alleynians in Music. https://web.archive.org/web/20071025195419/http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_Document_1.aspx?id=1:29461&id=1:29454&id=1:29431/. dead. 25 October 2007. 25 October 2007.
  14. Web site: Dulwich College- Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Sir Ernest Shackleton.
  15. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, page 101, (Heinemann: London)
  16. Webster F.A.M., (1937), Our Great Public Schools, page 91, (Butler & Tanner: London)
  17. 'Goddard, Lt-Gen. Eric Norman' in Who's Who 1991 (London: A. & C. Black)
  18. Webster F.A.M., (1937), Our Great Public Schools, page 92, (Butler & Tanner: London)
  19. Web site: Rimbault, Geoffrey [Acworth] ]. unithistories.com . 14 May 2019.
  20. News: News . London . The Daily Telegraph. 15 March 2016 .
  21. Web site: Old Alleynian website.
  22. Darby, W., (1967), Dulwich: A Place in History, p.95, (William Darby: Dulwich)
  23. Web site: Dulwich College – Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Military Service.
  24. Darby, W., (1967), Dulwich: A Place in History, p.43, (William Darby: Dulwich)
  25. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, pages 87–88, (Heinemann: London)
  26. http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_Document_1.aspx?id=1:29464&id=1:29454&id=1:29431/ Dulwich College – Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Academe
  27. http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_News_1.aspx?news=8:5165&id=1:29433&id=1:29431&month=4&year=2010 Dulwich College Official website – News – Dominic Shellard named Vice Chancellor
  28. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, pages 88, (Heinemann: London)
  29. Book: Costello, John. The Mask of Treachery. Collins. 1998. 978-0-00-217536-4. 359. Cambridge boasted the flamboyant homosexual John Tresidder Sheppard of King's…. registration.
  30. Book: Annan, Noel. Noel Annan

    . The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses. Noel Annan. University of Chicago Press. 2001. 978-0-226-02108-9. 115. Sheppard, when a young fellow…went about proclaiming his infatuation with various handsome young men and tried to convince Lytton Strachey that to fall for a philistine was not necessarily evidence of a bad state of mind..

  31. News: Think tank to promote theological ideas. The Daily Telegraph. 10 November 2006. 2 September 2016.
  32. News: Burgess. Kate. Ashmore's reluctant debutante. 31 December 2014. FT. 27 February 2007.
  33. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, page 244, (Heinemann: London)
  34. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jun/05/nigel-farage-ukip-interview Simon Hattenstone Nigel Farage, Ukip: 'Other party leaders live in a PC world.' , guardian.co.uk, Friday 5 June 2009
  35. Web site: Dulwich College – Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Politics, Law & Business.
  36. (1944) The Law Quarterly Review, (Stevens)
  37. http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_News_1.aspx?news=8:6877&id=1:29433&id=1:29431&month=4&year=2010 Dulwich College, News of Old Alleynians, Lord Justice Wall appointed President of the Family Division
  38. Book: Brunei Darussalam . 1985 . Department of Information, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, Brunei Darussalam . 15 . en.
  39. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, page 87, (Heinemann: London)
  40. Web site: Dulwich College website.
  41. http://www.dulwich.org.uk/OA_Document_1.aspx?id=1:29462&id=1:29454&id=1:29431/ Dulwich College Web Site – Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Science & Medicine
  42. Peter Liddle, (1985), Home Fires and Foreign Fields: British Social and Military Experience in the First World War, page 98, (Brassey's Defence Publishers)
  43. Book: Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002. July 2006. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 0-902-198-84-X.
  44. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, pages 52, (Heinemann: London)
  45. Webster F.A.M., (1937), Our Great Public Schools, page 95, (Butler & Tanner: London)
  46. Web site: Dulwich College – Old Alleynians : Eminent Old Alleynians : Sport.
  47. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, pages 232, (Heinemann: London)
  48. Webster F.A.M., (1937), Our Great Public Schools, page 96, (Butler & Tanner: London)
  49. Hodges, S, (1981), God's Gift: A Living History of Dulwich College, pages 233, (Heinemann: London)
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  53. Web site: Alleyn Club Yearbook 2018 . 62 . www.dulwich.org.uk . 2020-06-22.
  54. http://www.dulwich.org.uk/Sport_Document_1.aspx?id=8:1212&id=8:1189&id=8:1181&id=8:1179&id=8:1789 Sporting Honours
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  58. Web site: Eric Cyprian Perry Whiteley. ESPN scrum.
  59. Web site: Ian Douglas Freeman Coutts. ESPN scrum.
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  61. Web site: Nicholas James Easter. ESPN scrum.
  62. Web site: Andrew John Sheridan. ESPN scrum.
  63. Web site: David Luke Flatman. ESPN scrum.
  64. Web site: Cyril Mowbray Wells. ESPN scrum.
  65. Web site: Cyril Nelson Lowe. ESPN scrum.
  66. Web site: Sidney Ellis. ESPN scrum.
  67. Web site: Stats - allblacks.com. stats.allblacks.com.
  68. Web site: William David Doherty. ESPN scrum.
  69. Web site: David Grahame Donald. ESPN scrum.
  70. Web site: William Ralph Martin Leake. ESPN scrum.
  71. Web site: Nelson Faviell Henderson. ESPN scrum.
  72. Web site: Albert Luvian Wade. ESPN scrum.
  73. Web site: George Aldwyn Metherson Isherwood. ESPN scrum.
  74. Web site: Eric Gordon Loudoun-Shand. ESPN scrum.
  75. Web site: John Eric Greenwood. ESPN scrum.
  76. Web site: Bernard Charles Hartley. ESPN scrum.
  77. Web site: Henry Theodore Sidney Gedge. ESPN scrum.
  78. Web site: Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge. ESPN scrum.
  79. Web site: David Herbert Trail. ESPN scrum.
  80. Web site: Oliver Lam-Watson heads to Paris for the 2024 Paralympic Games . 15 July 2024 . . 25 July 2024.