The following is a list of some notable Old Ardinians, being former pupils of Ardingly College in the United Kingdom.

Politics

* Sir Andrew Bowden - Member of Parliament (Conservative) * Sir Robert Cary, 1st Baronet - Member of Parliament (Conservative) *

Jack Easter Jack Stuart Easter (21 November 1907 – 1 January 1979) was an Australian politician who represented the National Party in the Parliament of New South Wales. He was educated at Ardingly College and at Regent Street Polytechnic. He was a ...

- Member of the Legislative Assembly in New South Wales * Sir John Gorst - Member of Parliament (Conservative) * Sir Joseph Simpson - Cabinet Minister in Uganda * Sir Robert Tasker - Member of Parliament (Conservative)

Diplomacy

Robert Alston Robert John Alston, (born 10 February 1938) is a retired British diplomat. Alston was educated at Ardingly College and New College, Oxford. He is Chairman of Governors at Ardingly College. He served as British Ambassador to Oman between (1986 ...

- UK High Commissioner to New Zealand and UK Ambassador to Oman * Chris Gunness -

UNRWA The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a UN agency that supports the relief and human development of Palestinian refugees. UNRWA's mandate encompasses Palestinians displaced by the 1948 ...

chief spokesperson * Sir Claude Hayes - civil servant for overseas territories * Sir Edward Jackson - UK Ambassador to Belgium and UK Ambassador to Cuba *

Ian Mackley Ian Warren Mackley (31 March 1942 – 2 January 2014) was a British diplomat. Mackley was educated at Ardingly College. He was British Chargé d'Affaires to Afghanistan between 1987 and 1989, and went on to serve as British High Commissione ...

- UK High Commissioner to Ghana and UK Chargé d'Affaires to Afghanistan * Sir David Manning - UK Ambassador the United States and UK Ambassador to Israel * Sir Robin McLaren - UK Ambassador to China and UK Ambassador to the Philippines * Sir Andrew Wood - UK Ambassador to Russia and UK Ambassador to Yugoslavia

Sciences

* Harold Comber - botanist * Mike Pitts - archaeologist *

John Paul Wild Dr John Paul Wild AC CBE MA ScD (Cantab.) FRS FTSE FAA (17 May 192310 May 2008) was a British-born Australian scientist. Following service in World War II as a radar officer in the Royal Navy, he became a radio astronomer in Australia for ...

- radio astronomer

Academia

Mark Bevir Mark Bevir (born 1963) is a British philosopher of history. He is a professor of political science and the Director of the Center for British Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he currently teaches courses on political th ...

- Professor of Political Science at the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

and the

United Nations University The (UNU) is the think tank and academic arm of the United Nations. Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, with diplomatic status as a UN institution, its mission is to help resolve global issues related to human development and welfare thr ...

* Frank Cowell - Professor of Economics at the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

* Robert Foley - Leverhulme Professor of Human Evolution at the

University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...

* Sue Hamilton - Professor of Prehistory at (and former director of) the

UCL Institute of Archaeology UCL's Institute of Archaeology is an academic department of the Social & Historical Sciences Faculty of University College London (UCL) which it joined in 1986 having previously been a school of the University of London. It is currently one o ...

Patrick Hanks Patrick Hanks (born 24 March 1940) is an English lexicographer, corpus linguist, and onomastician. He has edited dictionaries of general language, as well as dictionaries of personal names. Background Hanks was educated at Ardingly College, ...

- lexicographer

Arts

Terry-Thomas in Where Were You When the Lights Went Out

;Stage and screen *

Dick Allen Richard Anthony Allen (March 8, 1942 – December 7, 2020) was an American professional baseball player. During his fifteen-year-long Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he played as a first baseman, third baseman, and outfielder, most notably ...

- film editor * Charles Bryant - actor and film director * Josh Dylan - (actor) *

Creighton Hale Creighton Hale (born Patrick Fitzgerald; May 24, 1882 – August 9, 1965) was an Irish-American theatre, film, and television actor whose career extended more than a half-century, from the early 1900s to the end of the 1950s. Career Born in Cou ...

- actor *

Alan Howard Alan Howard may refer to: * Alan Howard (actor) (1937–2015), English actor * Alan Howard (cricketer) (1909–1993), English cricketer * Alan Howard (engineer) (1905–1966), American engineer * Alan Howard (hedge fund manager) (born 1963), hedge f ...

- actor *

Mark Letheren Mark Vincent Letheren (born 6 February 1971) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as journalist Simon Kitson in ITV's drama ''The Bill'', as Ben Harding in the BBC One drama ''Casualty'' and for his recurring role as DS Kevin Geo ...

- actor *

Ed Sanders Edward Sanders (born August 17, 1939) is an American poet, singer, activist, author, publisher and longtime member of the rock band the Fugs. He has been called a bridge between the Beat and hippie generations. Sanders is considered to have be ...

- actor *

Terry-Thomas Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English character actor and comedian who became internationally known through his films during the 1950s and 1960s. He often portrayed disreputable members of t ...

- actor * Frank Williams - actor * Suhana Khan - actress ;Writers Kyle-cassidy-neil-gaiman-April-2013

* Nicholas Fisk - children's author * Neil Gaiman - author and screenwriter * Thomas Meech - author and journalist * Ed Whitmore - screenwriter ;Music * Alex Cartana - singer * Mike Christie - singer *

Julian Clifford Julian Seymour Clifford (London, 28 September 1877 – Hastings, 27 December 1921) was an English conductor, composer and pianist particularly associated with the orchestras at Harrogate and Hastings, which he carried to a high level of accompl ...

- conductor * James Lancelot - organist * Stephen Oliver - composer * Victor Silvester - composer and band leader *

Ed Welch Edward William Welch (born 22 October 1947) is an English songwriter, composer, conductor and arranger. Early life and education Ed Welch had a classical music upbringing. He attended Christ Church Cathedral School from 1957-1961, where he w ...

- composer ;Visual arts *

George Belcher George Frederick Arthur Belcher (19 September 1875 – 3 October 1947) was an English cartoonist, etcher and painter of genre, sporting subjects and still life. He was born in London on 19 September 1875 and studied at Bideford Art School and t ...

- artist * John Hayes - director of the National Portrait Gallery (1974–1994)

Media

* Sir Bill Cotton - controller of BBC One (1977–1981) *

Colin Griffiths Colin Griffiths (born 16 August 1983) is an English comedian, DJ, VJ and writer. He is most famous for his work as host of the MTV show ''Up, Up, Down, Down...'', the flagship program of MTV Flux which has also aired on TMF UK and MTV UK a ...

- broadcaster *

Ian Hislop Ian David Hislop (born 13 July 1960) is a British journalist, satirist, writer, broadcaster, and editor of the magazine ''Private Eye''. He has appeared on numerous radio and television programmes and has been a team captain on the BBC quiz sho ...

- editor of ''Private Eye'' and panelist on ''Have I Got News For You'' *

Nick Newman Nick Newman (born 17 July 1958) is a satirical British cartoonist and comedy scriptwriter. Early life The son of an RAF officer, Newman was born in Kuala Lumpur and schooled at Ardingly College where his satirical career began, working on ...

- cartoonist and scriptwriter *

Ed Petrie Edward Oliver James "Ed" Petrie (born 22 August 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and television presenter. Early life Petrie was born and raised in Rustington, West Sussex. He was educated at Broadwater Manor in Worthing, West Sussex, and ...

- children's television presenter * Paul Reynolds - BBC News correspondent * Jay Wynne - BBC weather forecaster

Sport

;Motor sports *

Max Chilton Maximilian Alexander Chilton (born 21 April 1991) is a British racing driver who last competed for Carlin Motorsport in the IndyCar Series, before announcing his retirement from IndyCar in February 2022. Prior to IndyCar, he competed in Formula ...

- Formula One, WEC, and IndyCar racing driver *

Clifford Earp Walter Thomas Clifford Earp (1879–1921) was a British pioneer racing motorist. He was born in 1879, in Lambeth, Surrey, England. His parents were Arthur Clifford Earp (1855–1886), a sculptor, and Emily Wood. He attended Ardingly College, Sus ...

- racing driver *

Mike Hawthorn John Michael Hawthorn (10 April 1929 – 22 January 1959) was a British racing driver. He became the United Kingdom's first Formula One World Champion driver in 1958, whereupon he announced his retirement, having been profoundly affected by the ...

- Formula One racing driver and World Champion (1958) ;Football *

George Brann George Brann (23 April 1865 – 14 June 1954) was an English amateur cricketer and footballer who had a long career with Sussex County Cricket Club at the end of the 19th century, and played three matches for the England national football team. ...

- England footballer and Sussex cricketer * Donald Coles - footballer *

Adam Virgo Adam John Virgo (born 25 January 1983) is a former professional footballer, who now works as a pundit and commentator. Playing career Early career From the age of seven Virgo played for the St. Aubyns Preparatory School football team. At 13 h ...

- footballer ;Cricket * Walter Bettesworth - Scotland and Sussex cricketer * William Blackman - Sussex cricketer * Ben Brown - Sussex and Hampshire cricketer *

Dale de Neef Dale Nicholas de Neef (born 21 March 1956) is a Trinidadian-born Scottish former cricketer. de Neef was born in British Trinidad at Pointe-à-Pierre in March 1956. He was educated in Trinidad at St Peter's School, before emigrating to England ...

- Trinidadian-born Scottish cricketer *

Alex Gregory Alexander John Gregory, (born 11 March 1984) is an English rower and a two-time Olympic Gold medallist from 2012 and 2016 in the Coxless four. Education Alex Gregory was educated at the Richard Pate School in Cheltenham, then Bredon Hill Mi ...

- South Australia cricketer * Arthur Kneller - Hampshire cricketer * Billy Newham - England and Sussex cricketer * Toby Peirce - Sussex cricketer * Paul Phillipson - Sussex cricketer * Abidine Sakande - Sussex and Leicestershire cricketer * Valentine Sewell - Dorset cricketer * Thomas Symington - Rhodesia cricketer

Industry and commerce

* Sydney Allard - founder of Allard Motor Company * Charles Cruft - founder of Crufts dog show * Sir Charles Fairey - founder of Fairey Aviation Company * Sir Richard Morris - industrialist

Military

* Lieutenant Commander Peter Piper - submarine commander * Lieutenant Colonel George Starr - Special Operations Executive agent and leader * Major General Robert Whittaker - Anti Aircraft divisional commander

Ecclesiastical

* Walter Adams, Archbishop of British Columbia and Yukon * George Browning, Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn *

Dennis Ede The Ven. Dennis Ede (8 June 1931 - 23 January 2021) was a British clergyman who served as Archdeacon of Stoke 1990 to 1997. He was educated at Ardingly College, the University of Nottingham (BA Theology 1955) and Ripon Hall, Oxford. He was orda ...

, Archdeacon of Stoke *

Gordon Mursell Alfred Gordon Mursell (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British Anglican bishop and author. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Bishop of Stafford in the Church of England. Mursell was educated at Ardingly College and Brasenose College, Oxford.‘MURSELL, ...

, Bishop of Stafford *

Andrew Norman Andrew Norman (born October 31, 1979) is an American composer of contemporary classical music whose texturally complex music is influenced by architecture and the visual arts. His string trio '' The Companion Guide to Rome'' (2010), was a runne ...

, Principal of

Ridley Hall, Cambridge Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge (United Kingdom), which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and membe ...

Other

* John Hooper - President of the

British Orthodontic Society The British Orthodontic Society (BOS) is a medical association for orthodontists in England. It publishes the '' Journal of Orthodontics''. The British Orthodontic society represents all orthodontists and dentists carrying out orthodontics ...

References

{{Reflist People educated by school in West Sussex Ardinians