List of people educated at Glenalmond College explained

This is a list of former pupils of Glenalmond College in Perthshire, Scotland. They are known in some circles as "Old Glenalmonds".

A

• John Adams (Royal Navy officer)
• David Anderson (judge)
• John Archibald
• Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll
• Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
• Phil Ashby

B

• Anthony Babington (politician)
• Leslie Banks
• H. M. Bateman, Cartoonist
• Dennison Berwick
• Sir Ernley Robertson Hay Blackwell – lawyer and civil servant
• Crispin Bonham-Carter
• Carly Booth
• Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin – Viceroy of India
• Alick Buchanan-Smith – politician
• Turtle Bunbury, historian and author

C

• John Cameron, Lord Abernethy
• Dallas Campbell
• Duncan Campbell – journalist and author
• Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
• Alexander Cockburn
• Andrew Cockburn
• Patrick Cockburn
• Robbie Coltrane
• Sir Ninian Comper
• Edward Hubert Cunningham Craig FRSE geologist and cartographer
• Sir James Crichton-Browne – Lord Chancellor's Visitor in Lunacy 1875 – 1922
• James Cuthbertson – poet

D

• Logie Danson
• Beauchamp Duff

E

• Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin
• Derek Emslie, Lord Kingarth
• Nigel Emslie, Lord Emslie, former judge on the Supreme Courts of Scotland

F

• Charles Falconer, Baron Falconer of Thoroton – former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs
• John Fauvel – historian of mathematics
• Mark Fellowes - International DJ, drummer and record producer

G

• Sandy Gall – former ITN newscaster
• Christopher Geidt
• Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
• Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet – politician
• Francis Gregory (bishop)

H

• Dougie Hall – rugby player^[1]
• Jonathan Hammond – Olympic shooter
• John Hannah (Dean of Chichester)
• Patrick Hodge, Lord Hodge
• Gerald Howat – historian, teacher and cricket writer

J

• William Milbourne James
• Rupert Jeffcoat
• Alister Jack

K

• Phil Kay – comedian
• J. D. Kellie-MacCallum
• James Kennaway – novelist
• Miles Kington – writer and humorist
• William Kington – cricketer
• Norman Boyd Kinnear

L

• Graham Laidler - 'Pont of Punch' - cartoonist
• David Leslie – rugby player^[2]
• David Litchfield – writer
• Schomberg Kerr, 9th Marquess of Lothian
• Maurice Lyell
• Joseph Leycester Lyne – preacher

Sir Charles Stewart Loch - Secretary of the Charity Organisation Society

M

• Malcolm MacColl – clergyman and publicist
• Andrew Macdonald (producer)
• Kevin Macdonald – film director
• Henry Macintosh
• Thomas Mackay
• Alastair Mackenzie – actor
• Hugh Malcolm
• Alexander Mann – German bobsledder
• Alex Massie (journalist)
• Allan Massie – journalist and writer
• Frederick Matheson
• William Matthews (engineer)
• Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies
• John Michie – actor
• Reginald Mitchell-Innes
• Ander Monro – rugby player
• James Wolfe-Murray

P

• Duncan Vernon Pirie
• Gilbert E. Primrose
• Sir Henry Primrose (1846–1923), Scottish civil servant who became chairman of the board of Inland Revenue
• John Purvis – Conservative MEP

R

• Keith Raffan
• George Rickey – sculptor
• Walter Robberds
• James Robertson (novelist)
• Michael Rodd – TV presenter
• Vincent Rorison
• Frederick Campbell Rose
• Alex Russell (golfer)

S

• George Sayer
• James Stewart-Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth
• Graham Stuart, politician
• Dr Richard Simpson – Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament and former Justice Minister^[3]
• Noel Skelton – politician
• Arthur Wallace Skrine
• David Sole - rugby player^[2]
• Dennis Stevenson, Baron Stevenson of Coddenham
• Sir Nairne Stewart Sandeman, 1st Baronet
• Kenneth Strong
• Douglas Sutherland

T

• Hon. Richard Tedder FRCP - virologist and microbiologist
• Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell – businessman, Chairman of Financial Services Authority

W

• Rob Wainwright – rugby player, former Scotland captain^[2]
• William Campbell Walker
• Clement Wilson (writer)
• David Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn – diplomat and colonial administrator
• John Wilson (priest)
• John Wolfe-Barry
• Francis Wyatt (cricketer)

Notes and References

1. Book: Tozer. Malcolm. Physical Education and Sport in Independent Schools. John Catt Educational Ltd. 2012. 9781908095442. 291.
2. News: Eagles land Coll deal. Perthshire Advertiser. 11 September 2012.
3. Web site: Personal Information: Richard Simpson. Scottish Parliament website. 10 April 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120718162028/http://scottish.parliament.uk/msps/currentmsps/28496.aspx. 18 July 2012.