An Old Gregorian (usually abbreviated OG) is a former member of Downside School, situated near Bath, Somerset, in the United Kingdom.
Alumni are so-named of St Gregory the Great who is the patron saint of the Downside monastic community, that used to run and own the school.
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Old Gregorians
A Sir Rudolph Agnew – former chairman of Consolidated Goldfields Michael J. Alexander – academic and poet Sir Mark Allen – United Kingdom spy, turned businessman and academic lecturer Rupert Allason – author (under the pen-name Nigel West) and former Conservative MP Antony Nicholas Allott – English academic, Professor of African Law at the University of London Alistair Asprey – Secretary for Security for Hong Kong Government, Commanding Officer of Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force
B Alex Barrow- cricketer Tom Bethell – editor of the American Spectator Robin Bennett - author and entrepreneur Fergus Blackie - Justice of The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe and Rhodesian Front MP Don Brennan – English cricketer Andrew Bonaparte-Wyse - Irish civil servant Sir Rowland Blennerhasset, 4th Baronet - Liberal Party politician Edward Cuthbert Butler - historian Norman Butler - polo player and thoroughbred owner
C Mark Canning- British diplomat and Former British Ambassador to Indonesia William Cash – author and journalist Denis Caulfield Heron - Irish lawyer and politician Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton - Scottish Rugby Union player Max Emanuel Cenčić - countertenor Alex Chisholm – Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and Chief Operating Officer of the Civil Service Desmond Chute – poet and artist John Clibborn – British Intelligence Officer, served as MI6 head of station in Washington D.C Ralph Clutton – cricketer George Cooper – British Army officer, served as Adjutant-General to the Forces Brian Cotter – former Liberal Democrat MP Archie Cotterell – cricketer and novelist Archbishop Maurice Noël Léon Couve de Murville – former Archbishop of Birmingham Thomas Clifford, 14th Baron Clifford of Chudleigh William Craven, 6th Earl of Craven Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre – British Conservative Party Politician
D John Charles Day – amongst the first Catholic judges in England to be appointed after the English Reformation Pete de Freitas – musician, member of Echo & The Bunnymen Christian Louis de Massay – Monegasque royalty Arthur Denaro – County Donegal-raised Commanding Officer of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars and later Commandant of Sandhurst Henry Eric Dolan – World War I flying ace John Drummond, 17th Earl of Perth – Minister for Colonial Affairs Neil Dexter – former captain of Middlesex County Cricket Club
E Dominick Elwes – portrait painter Barry England – novelist and playwright Sir Osmond Esmonde, 12th Baronet - Teachta Dála for Fine Gael Peter Evans-Freke, 11th Baron Carbery - Anglo Irish Peer Michael Evans-Freke, 12th Baron Carbery - Anglo Irish Peer
F Rocco Forte – British hotelier and entrepreneur Edward Fitzgerald KC James Percy FitzPatrick – South African author, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. Responsible for the two-minute silence observed on Armistice Day Nicolás Franco – nephew of Francisco Franco William Anthony Furness, 2nd Viscount Furness (1929–1995) Gerard Fairlie – writer, scriptwriter and Winter Olympian
G Joseph Gaggero – Gibraltarian businessman Francis Aidan Gasquet – Cardinal, Vatican librarian Jan Gawroński - Polish diplomat Carlos Gereda y de Borbón – Spanish aristocrat, engineering entrepreneur and philanthropist J. G. Greig – first-class cricketer, soldier, and Catholic priest Brion Gysin – author and artist
H Denis Hanley – electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician Jared Harris – actor Damian Harris – film director and screenwriter Jamie Harris – actor Simon Halliday – former England rugby player David Hawkins – Royal Air Force officer Steve Henderson – cricketer Bobby Henrey – child actor, star of 'The Fallen Idol''Through Grown-Up Eyes: Living With Childhood Fame' autobiography by Robert Henrey Denis Caulfield Heron - first Catholic Scholar at Trinity College, Dublin and MP for Tipperary Tristram Hillier – surrealist painter Patrick Holcroft – Lord-Lieutenant of Worcestershire Richard Holmes – biographer Henry Howard – first formal British envoy to the Vatican for over 300 hundred years Hubert Howard – intelligence officer Lord Hunt of Tanworth
I Andrew Ibrahim - terrorist
J Christopher Jamison – Abbot of Worth Philip Jebb – architect and Liberal Party politician
K Chris Kelly – TV presenter and producer[Who's Who on Television (ITV Publications); 1983] Norbert Keenan - Irish barrister and Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly Ivone Kirkpatrick - Irish born Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, British High Commissioner at Allied High Commission and Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Holy See David Knowles - Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge Halik Kochanski - historian and writer William Keatinge - military chaplain and bishop
L Sir John Leslie, 4th Baronet - Anglo-Irish baronet, soldier, and television presenter Dominic Lieven - professor at Cambridge University and Fellow of the British Academy John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton - British chartered surveyor, peer, and Member of the House of Lords
M Seán MacBride - Teachta Dála, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chief of Staff of the IRA and Nobel Peace Prize Winner Frank MacDermot - Teachta Dála and founder of Fine Gael Guy Malet - artist Alex Mapelli-Mozzi – alpine skier Patrick Marnham – writer, journalist and biographer Pierce McCan- Teachta Dála and Easter Rising Veteran Pierre Maréchal- racing driver who died during 24 Hours of Le Mans Patrick Mason- Director of the Abbey Theatre Alexander McDonnell, 9th Earl of Antrim Nicholas Mander – baronet, historian and businessman Gerald Maxwell MC – First World War flying ace Prince Emmanuel de Merode – Director of the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Midland - DJ and Producer James Miller – journalist and film-maker David Mlinaric – interior designer Joseph Molony - Chairman of the General Council of the Bar Richard More O'Ferrall - Governor of Malta and high level politician, of the prominent More O'Ferrall family.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Peter Morgan – Oscar nominated scriptwriter John Mullan – professor of English and writer Helenus Milmo – Irish lawyer and High Court Judge
N Albert Nelson, 6th Earl Nelson Henry Nelson, 7th Earl Nelson Martin Newland – former editor of The Daily Telegraph Barry Nicholas – classicist, former Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford William Nicholson – playwright and Oscar winner Marek Niedużak - lawyer Patrick Nixon – diplomat Michael Noakes – artist John Norman – first-class cricketer Stafford Northcote, 4th Earl of Iddesleigh
O Sir Tim O'Brien, 3rd Baronet- England Cricket Team player John O'Brien- Ireland Cricket Team player Daniel O'Connell - leader of the movement for Catholic emancipation, Irish Nationalist and MP Charles Owen O'Conor, O'Conor Don - Liberal MP for Roscommon and President of Gaelic League Denis Charles Joseph O'Conor - hereditary Chief of the Name O'Conor Denis Maurice O'Conor - Liberal MP for Sligo County Denis Armar O'Conor, O'Conor Don - Irish nobleman Denis Maurice O'Conor - former Lord Justice of Appeal Mervyn O'Gorman- British electrical and aircraft engineer Denis Ormerod- first Roman Catholic commander of the Ulster Defence Regiment
P Anthony Palliser – artist Tony Pearson – cricketer Nigel Poett – British Army Officer, commanded the 5th Parachute Brigade during the second world war John Bede Polding – first Archbishop of Sydney Francis Pollen – architect, worked on buildings at the Abbey and school Philip Pope – actor and composer James Pope-Hennessy – biographer and travel writer John Pope-Hennessy – former director of the British Museum Nicholas Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston – art connoisseur and aristocrat Jonathan Pugh – cartoonist Edmund Purdom – film actor
R Timothy Radcliffe – Master of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) from 1992 to 2001 Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell – Solicitor General and Attorney General George William Rendel – diplomat Dan Riddiford – New Zealand politician of the National Party Michael Richey – navigator and author Paul Richey – flying ace of the Second World War and author Michael Robinson – flying ace of the Second World War Jerome Roche – musicologist Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell – Conservative peer - Scottish rugby international Nicholas Rossiter – TV producer
S John de Salis, 9th Count de Salis-Soglio – ICRC delegate and envoy Hilary St George Saunders – author Wilfrid Sheed – novelist and essayist Todd Sharpville – musician Arthur Sidgreaves – businessman, head of Rolls-Royce during the Second World War Eugene Simon – actor Sir John Smythe, 8th Baronet – cricketer Sir Robert Stapylton – courtier, dramatic poet and translator Richard Stokes – former Lord Privy Seal Christopher Sykes – author John Sweetman - founder of Sinn Féin Roger Sweetman - Teachta Dála for Sinn Féin and abstentionist MP
T Artur Tarnowski - politician Edd Thrower – former professional rugby player Simon Tolkien – author and novelist Rudolph de Trafford – aristocrat and banker Maurice Turnbull – Welsh rugby international and Test cricketer Bernard Turnbull – former captain of Wales Rugby Team Paolo Tullio – writer, radio/TV personality and Michelin star-winning chef
U James Underwood – pathologist William Bernard Ullathorne – English prelate
V John Varley – former CEO of Barclays Hugh Vyvyan – captain of Saracens Rugby
W
Auberon Waugh – journalist Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe – former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Patrick Wall – Royal Marines officer and Conservative politician Charles Walmesley – Procurator General, astronomer and mathematician Dennis Walters – Conservative Party politician Charles Wegg-Prosser – politician and solicitor Bob Wellings – broadcaster Sir Christopher White - art historian and museum director Arthur B. Woods – film director Douglas Woodruff – editor of the Tablet
Z Adam Zamoyski – historian
References
Bibliography List of Boys at St Gregory's, Downside Abbey, Bath, 1972: covers 1614–1972. List of Boys at St Gregory's: First Supplement, Downside Abbey, Bath, 1983: covers 1967–1982 and lists corrections to the 1972 publication.
External links Official OG website