List of Old Oratorians explained

The following is a list of some notable Old Oratorians, being former pupils of The Oratory School in the United Kingdom.

Literature

• Hilaire Belloc, writer and historian.
• Christopher Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien's son.
• Michael Tolkien, J. R. R. Tolkien's son.^[1]
• Gregory Woods, poet.

Politics

• Francis Nicholas Blundell, conservative politician.
• Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, conservative politician.
• Peter Hope, diplomat.
• James Fitzalan Hope, 1st Baron Rankeillour, conservative politician.
• Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour, Soldier and Conservative politician.
• Igor Judge, Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.
• Edward Leigh, conservative politician.
• Pierse Loftus, conservative politician.
• Charles James Mathew, labour politician.
• Jack Miller, United States Senator.
• Edward Sheil, nationalist politician.

Military

• Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart, Lieutenant General and Victoria Cross holder.
• Rudolph Feilding, Viscount Feilding, Lieutenant-Colonel.
• George Henry Morris, Lieutenant-Colonel.
• Edward Noel, Lieutenant-Colonel.
• Sir Edmund Paston Bedingfeld, 9th Baronet.
• Cecil Pereira, army officer.
• Edmund Tempest, pilot.

Royalty and nobility

• Afonso de Santa Maria, Prince of Beira.
• Sir Richard Crichton Mitchell Cotts, 4th baronet.
• William Feilding, 10th Earl of Denbigh.
• Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 3rd Baron Howard of Glossop.
• Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk.
• Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk.
• Philip Kerr, 11th Marquess of Lothian.
• Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 4th Baronet.

Business

• Ed Conway, first economics editor of Sky News.
• George M. von Furstenberg, economist.

Sport

• Robert Berkeley, cricket player.
• John Pius Boland, tennis player and Olympic gold medal winner.
• Danny Cipriani, rugby union player.
• Stewart Davison, cricket player.
• Hubert Eaton, cricket player.
• Ayoola Erinle, rugby union player.
• Benny Howell, cricket player.
• George Macnamara, Irish cricket player.
• Tim Male, Olympic rower.
• Alex Pearce, football player.
• Michael Roberts, cricket player.
• Steve Tomlinson, rugby union player.
• Andy Vilk rugby union player.
• Tim Atkins, hockey player.

Arts and entertainment

• Jonathan Bailey, actor.
• Michael Berkeley, composer.
• Niccolo d'Ardia Caracciolo, painter.
• Gervase Elwes, tenor.
• Simon Elwes, painter.
• Arthur Hervey, composer.
• Steven Sykes, artist

Other

• Charles John Philip Cave, meteorologist.
• Michael Levey, historian.
• Theobald Mathew, lawyer.
• George Pereira, explorer.
• Edward Pereira, priest.
• Tom Sandars, television and radio presenter.
• John Hungerford Pollen, English Jesuit, known as a historian of the Protestant Reformation.
• Arthur Joseph Hungerford Pollen, English journalist, businessman.

In fiction

• George Balfour, one of the main characters in the play Posh and later film adaptation The Riot Club.

Notes and References

1. Book: Michael D. C. Drout. J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment. 2006. Routledge. 978-0-415-96942-0. 668.