Apollo University Lodge No 357 is a Masonic Lodge based at the University of Oxford aimed at past and present members of the university. It was consecrated in 1819, and its members have met continuously since then.

University of Oxford

Membership of the lodge is restricted to those who have matriculated as members of the University of Oxford. The Lodge's historic records, from its foundation until 2005, are housed in the university's

Bodleian Library The Bodleian Library () is the main research library of the University of Oxford, and is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. It derives its name from its founder, Sir Thomas Bodley. With over 13 million printed items, it is the second- ...

. The lodge is primarily a part of university social life, but is also involved in other areas of university life through projects such as the Apollo Bursary, administered by the university, through which lodge members provide financial support to certain students. Due to its association with the university it has had famous members such as

Cecil Rhodes Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. An ardent believer in British imperialism, Rhodes and his Br ...

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

, and

Albert Edward, Prince of Wales Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. The second child and eldest son of Queen Victoria and ...

. To celebrate the bicentenary of the Lodge in 2019, a comprehensive history book was written. It was published in February 2019 by the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Entitled "Oxford Freemasons: A Social History of the Apollo University Lodge", the book is co-authored by Professor J. Mordaunt Crook, an architectural historian, former Slade Professor and Waynflete Lecturer at the University of Oxford, and former Public Orator and Professor of Architectural History at the University of London (who is not a Freemason), and Dr James Daniel, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, who has been a member of the Lodge for over fifty years, and is also a former Grand Secretary (chief executive) of the United Grand Lodge of England.

Character

The Lodge (together with the parallel

Isaac Newton University Lodge Isaac Newton University Lodge No 859 is a Masonic Lodge based at the University of Cambridge for matriculated members of the university. As of 2013 there were approximately 200 members. This is about half the 397 subscribing members in 1955. The ...

in Cambridge University) has traditionally enjoyed certain privileges, including the right to initiate matriculated members of the university regardless of their age (other Lodges in England and Wales are restricted to candidates aged 21 or older, except by special permission), and the right to initiate candidates in large groups (other lodges are restricted to a maximum of two candidates at a time, except by special permission). In 2005 the Universities Scheme was established, inspired by the long success of Apollo University Lodge and Isaac Newton University Lodge, and now brings similar privileges to more than eighty university masonic lodges in universities across England and Wales.

Other lodges

Apollo University Lodge is the principal masonic lodge for members of the University of Oxford. Other Oxford University lodges include Churchill Lodge No 478 (consecrated 1841) for senior members of the university, St Mary Magdalen Lodge No 1523 (consecrated 1875) for members of

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

, and Aedes Christi Lodge No 9304 (consecrated 1989) for members of

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

. The Oxford and Cambridge University Lodge No 1118 (consecrated 1866) is a London-based lodge for members of both universities.See lodge entry in th
Universities Scheme
.

Notable members

Michael Hicks Beach, Lock & Whitfield woodburytype, 1876-84

John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough

Oscar Wilde portrait by Napoleon Sarony - albumen

, later King Edward VII * Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Baronet, educational reformer and politician * Richard Acland, Labour politician and founder of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament *

William Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray, Baron Kilmany, MC PC (5 March 1905 – 6 August 1985) was a Scottish Unionist Party politician. Life The only son of Col William Anstruther-Gray of Kilmany and Clayre Jessie Tennant, he was educated a ...

, Unionist politician * Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston, Conservative Home Secretary * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, philanthropist and social reformer * Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk, Conservative politician * Jonathan Baker,

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Bishop of Fulham The Bishop of Fulham is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London in the Church of England. The bishopric is named after Fulham, an area of south-west London; the see was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated ...

* Augustus Bampfylde, 2nd Baron Poltimore, Liberal politician *

Henry Barnes, 2nd Baron Gorell Major Henry Gorell Barnes, 2nd Baron Gorell, DSO, (21 January 1882 – 16 January 1917) was a barrister and an officer in the Territorial Force. He served on the Western Front in World War I where he was mortally wounded. Education and legal c ...

, British Army officer * Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, colonial governor of Southern Rhodesia and Kenya * John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, chairman of BP * Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe,

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Bramston Beach Oundle School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) for pupils 11–18 situated in the market town of Oundle in Northamptonshire, England. The school has been governed by the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the C ...

, Conservative politician and

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* Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 8th Baronet, Conservative politician * Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn, Conservative politician,

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, and

* Tim Beaumont, Green politician and

clergyman * William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford,

clergyman and antiquary * Sir Henry Bellingham, 4th Baronet,

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Conservative politician * Henry Beresford, 3rd Marquess of Waterford,

peer and first to "Paint the Town Red" * Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose, newspaperman * John Edward Courtenay Bodley, civil servant * Edward Bootle-Wilbraham, 1st Earl of Lathom, Conservative politician and Lord Chamberlain *

Robin Bourne-Taylor Robin Edwin Geoffrey Bourne-Taylor, CGC (born 22 July 1981) is a former British officer and sportsman. He is a three times Boat Race winner, and for his service in Afghanistan he was awarded the second-highest British gallantry medal. He is ma ...

, Olympic rower * George Boscawen, 2nd Earl of Falmouth, Irish peer * William Brabazon, 11th Earl of Meath, Whig politician * Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey, Governor of Victoria * Lionel Brett, justice on the Supreme Court of Nigeria * Edward George Bruton, architect * John Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, naturalist * Ulick de Burgh, 1st Marquess of Clanricarde, Whig politician and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard * William Burdett-Coutts, Conservative politician * Peter Butler, Conservative politician * Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet, Liberal politician * Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia,

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* Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, Scottish peer and socialite * Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning, Governor-General of India *

Robert Carew, 2nd Baron Carew Robert Shapland Carew, 2nd Baron Carew KP (28 January 1818 – 9 September 1881) was an Irish Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1840 to 1847, and a member of the Irish and United Kingdom peerages. He was born in Du ...

, Irish Whig politician *

Lewis Cave Sir Lewis William Cave (3 July 1832 – 7 September 1897) was a British judge on the Queen's Bench during the reign of Queen Victoria. Biography He was born in Desborough, Northamptonshire, the eldest son of William Cave, a local landowner, and ...

, judge on the

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Peter Cazalet Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Grenville Lyon Cazalet KBE CB DSO DSC (29 July 1899 – 17 February 1982) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Reserve Fleet. Naval career Cazalet joined the Royal Navy in 1917 and served as a midshipman ...

, cricketeer, jockey, and racehorse trainer *

William Champneys William Weldon Champneys (6 April 1807 – 4 February 1875) was an Anglican priest and author in the 19th century. He served as Dean of Lichfield from 1868 until his death. Early life and education Champneys was born in Camden Town, St Pancras ...

clergyman and author * Charles Chetwynd-Talbot, 19th Earl of Shrewsbury, Conservative politician and Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms * Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey, banker, Conservative politician, and

Governor of New South Wales The governor of New South Wales is the viceregal representative of the Australian monarch, King Charles III, in the state of New South Wales. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governors of the ...

* George Child Villiers, 9th Earl of Jersey, peer who donated Osterley Park to the National Trust * Esmé Chinnery, cricketeer and aviator * William Cholmondeley, 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley, Conservative politician * Lionel Cohen, Baron Cohen, High Court Judge * Arthur Collins, courtier and

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William Costin William "Billy" Costin ( - May 31, 1842) was a free African-American activist and scholar who successfully challenged District of Columbia slave codes in the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia. Early life Little is known of Costin's u ...

President of St John's College, Oxford A list of presidents of St John's College, Oxford: * Rev. Alexander Belsyre (1557–1559) * Rev. William Eley (1559–1560) * Rev. William Stock (1560–1564) * Rev. John Robinson (1564–1572) * Rev. Tobias Matthew (1572–1577) * Rev. Fran ...

* Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper,

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* Albert Curtis Clark, Corpus Christi Professor of Latin * Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche, traveller across the

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* Sir Jervoise Clarke-Jervoise, 2nd Baronet, Liberal politician * Tubby Clayton, founder of Toc H *

John Stanhope Collings-Wells Lieutenant-Colonel John Stanhope Collings-Wells VC DSO (19 July 1880 – 27 March 1918) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to Bri ...

VC, soldier *

St Vincent Cotton Sir St Vincent Cotton, 6th Baronet (6 October 1801 – 25 January 1863) was a British cavalry officer, sportsman, stagecoach driver and gambler, and the last of the Cotton baronets of Landwade. Educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, ...

, gambler, sportsman, socialite, and soldier * Arthur Cowley,

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* William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven, peer * John Crichton, 4th Earl Erne, Conservative politician *

George Bernard Cronshaw George Bernard Cronshaw (1872–1928) was a Chaplain, Fellow and Bursar of The Queen's College Oxford University and later Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He was well known for his charitable works outside of university life holding govern ...

, Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford * Harry Crookshank, Conservative politician and Minister for Health * Robert Dillon, 3rd Baron Clonbrock, peer * Luke Dillon, 4th Baron Clonbrock, peer * Douglas Dodds-Parker, Conservative politician and expert in irregular warfare *

Claude Gordon Douglas Claude Gordon Douglas FRS (26 February 1882 in Leicester – 23 March 1963 in Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford) was a British physiologist, known for his research on respiratory physiology and the invention of the Douglas Bag. Biography C. Gordon D ...

, physiologist * George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk, Conservative politician and First Lord of the Admiralty * Cospatrick Douglas-Home, 11th Earl of Home. Scottish diplomat and nobleman *

Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham Lieutenant-Colonel Charles William Reginald Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (8 May 1879 – 15 September 1916), known as Viscount Helmsley from 1881 to 1915, was a British Conservative Party politician and soldier. Origins Feversham was the son ...

, Conservative politician and soldier * David Dundas, Liberal politician and agricultural improver *

Hugh Alexander Dunn Hugh Alexander Dunn (20 August 1923 – 5 November 2005) was a career Australian diplomat known for his knowledge of China; namely Taiwan (1969–1972) and of the People's Republic of China (1980–1984). Biography Dunn was born in Rockhamp ...

, Australian diplomat *

Jack Duppa-Miller Lieutenant-Commander John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller, GC (born Miller; 22 May 1903 – 15 December 1994) was a Royal Navy officer who was awarded the George Cross for his "great gallantry and undaunted devotion to duty" in bomb disposal work durin ...

GC, Royal Navy officer * Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, Conservative politician,

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, and namesake for

Ellesmere Island Ellesmere Island ( iu, script=Latn, Umingmak Nuna, lit=land of muskoxen; french: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and List of Canadian islands by area, third largest island, and the List of islands by area, tenth largest in the world. ...

, Canada *

William Ellison-Macartney Sir William Grey Ellison-Macartney, (7 June 1852 – 4 December 1924) was an Irish-born British politician, who also served as the Governor of the Australian states of Tasmania and Western Australia. Early life Born as William Grey Ellison ...

, Governor of Tasmania and Western Australia *

Godfrey Elton Godfrey Elton, 1st Baron Elton (29 March 1892 – 18 April 1973), was a British historian, academic and Labour Party politician. Having served in the British Army during the First World War, he was elected a fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford ...

, historian * Walter Erskine, Earl of Mar and Kellie, peer *

William John Evelyn William John Evelyn JP DL (27 July 1822 - 26 July 1908) was a British Member of Parliament, landowner and philanthropist. He was MP for Surrey West in 1849 and again for Deptford in 1885.

, Conservative politician * Geoffrey Faber, publisher and poet *

John Fawcett John Fawcett may refer to: *John Fawcett (theologian) (1739–1817), British theologian, pastor and hymn writer *John Fawcett (of Bolton) (1789–1867), composer/musician *John Fawcett (organist) (1825–1857), his son, English organist *John Fawce ...

, organist * Sir James Fergusson, 6th Baronet, Conservative politician

and South Australia * Sir Edmund Filmer, 8th Baronet, Conservative politician * George Finch, chemist and mountaineer, the first man to climb over 8,000 meters * Charles FitzGerald, 4th Duke of Leinster, peer * Charles FitzRoy, 3rd Baron Southampton, peer * Sir Henry Ralph Fletcher-Vane, 4th Baronet, peer *

Adrian Flook Adrian John Flook (born 9 July 1963) is a British Conservative politician, and a former Member of Parliament (MP). Early life Flook was educated at King Edward School, Bath and Mansfield College, Oxford where he studied (BA) Modern History. H ...

, Conservative politician *

Sir Samuel Fludyer, 3rd Baronet Sir Samuel Fludyer, 3rd Baronet (1800–1876) was the grandson of the first Baronet, Sir Samuel Fludyer, who was reckoned at the time of his death to be the richest man in the country with a wealth of £900,000. He was the only son of Sir Samu ...

, peer * Richard Fort, Liberal politician *

Hubert Freakes Hubert Dainton 'Trilby' Freakes (2 February 1914 – 10 March 1942) was an England, English rugby union international. Born and bred in South Africa, he played first-class cricket with Eastern Province cricket team, Eastern Province before going ...

, South African rugby player * Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, Labour politician and Lord Chancellor * Sir William Geary, 3rd Baronet, Conservative politician * Alban Gibbs, 2nd Baron Aldenham, Conservative politician *

Philip Glazebrook Major Philip Kirkland Glazebrook, DSO (24 December 1880 – 7 March 1918) was a British businessman and Conservative politician. He was killed in action in the First World War. He was the son of John Knowles Glazebrook and Cecilia Anne Esthe ...

, Conservative politician * George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton, Liberal politician and Paymaster General * Sir Alexander Grant, 10th Baronet, historian and Principal of the University of Edinburgh *

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, (25 April 1862 – 7 September 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British Liberal statesman and the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of the First World War. An adher ...

, Liberal politician and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs * Leslie Green, philosopher of law * Frederick William Hall, classicist and President of

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Frederick Halsey Sir Thomas Frederick Halsey, 1st Baronet, (9 December 1839 – 12 February 1927) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1906. Background and education Halsey came from one of the most promine ...

, Conservative politician * James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, Conservative politician and

* James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, peer and socialite * William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, peer * Walter Kerr Hamilton, Bishop of Salisbury * Basil Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Conservative politician * Stuart Hampson, chairman of John Lewis Partnership * Charles Harbord, 5th Baron Suffield, Liberal politician * William Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt, businessman * Harold B. Hartley, physical chemist * Charles Harris, Church of England Bishop of Gibraltar *

Edmund Samuel Hayes Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet MP (2 July 1806 – 23 June 1860) of Drumboe Castle, County Donegal was a Baronet in the Baronetage of Ireland and Member of Parliament for County Donegal from 1831 to 1860. Family He was born on 2 July 1806 ...

Irish Conservative politician * Roger Fleetwood-Hesketh, Conservative politician * John Hely-Hutchinson, 5th Earl of Donoughmore, Irish peer *

John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore John Michael Henry Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore (12 November 1902 – 12 August 1981), known until 1948 by his courtesy title Viscount Suirdale, was a British politician who later sat as a hereditary peer The hereditary peers form ...

, Conservative politician * Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Conservative politician,

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, and

Robert Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold Robert Trotter Hermon-Hodge, 1st Baron Wyfold, (23 September 1851 – 3 June 1937) was a British Conservative politician. Born Robert Trotter Hodge, he was the son of G W Hodge of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was educated at Clifton College and Wor ...

, Conservative politician *

Edward Hewetson Edward Pearson Hewetson (27 May 1902 – 26 December 1977) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1919 and 1934 for Oxford University and Warwickshire. A right-arm fast bowler and right-handed batsman, Hewetson took 163 ...

, cricketeer * James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford, Irish peer *

Bertram Maurice Hobby Bertram Maurice Hobby (23 October 1905 – 19 July 1983) was an English entomologist who worked in University of Oxford, Oxford University and served as an editor of the ''Entomologist's Monthly Magazine''. He was a specialist on predatory insects ...

, English entomologist * Samuel Reynolds Hole,

clergyman and horticulturist * Gordon Honeycombe, newscaster for

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* Sir Archibald Philip Hope, 17th Baronet, aviator * Henry Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield, Liberal politician * Henry Howard, 3rd Earl of Effingham, peer * George Ward Hunt, Conservative politician and

* Harry Irving, chemist * Thomas Graham Jackson, architect *

Walter James, 1st Baron Northbourne Walter Charles James, 1st Baron Northbourne (3 June 1816 – 4 February 1893), known as Sir Walter James, 2nd Baronet, from 1829 to 1884, was a British Member of Parliament. James was the son of John James, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ne ...

, Conservative politician * Douglas Jardine, captain of the England cricket team * Sir Frederick Johnstone, 7th Baronet, Conservative politician * Sir Frederick Johnstone, 8th Baronet, Conservative politician * Sir Love Jones-Parry, 1st Baronet, founder of Y Wladfa * Edmund Hegan Kennard, Conservative politician *

Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw (14 December 1915 – 29 April 2008) was a British Conservative MP for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, World War II cavalry officer, amateur rugby p ...

, Conservative politician *

Henry Kingsley Henry Kingsley (2 January 1830 – 24 May 1876) was an English novelist, brother of the better-known Charles Kingsley. He was an early exponent of muscular Christianity in an 1859 work, ''The Recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn''. Life Kingsley wa ...

, novelist *

Thomas Kilner Thomas Pomfret Kilner CBE, was an early plastic surgeon. One of the four who continued to practice in Britain between the world wars after training at the Queen's Hospital, Sidcup with Harold Gillies. Kilner continued to practice until 1957 The ...

, plastic surgeon *

Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 2nd Baron Brabourne Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen, 2nd Baron Brabourne (5 April 1857 – 29 December 1909) was a British peer and Liberal Party politician. Background and education Brabourne was born at Great Malvern, Worcestershire, the eldest son of Edward Knatch ...

, Liberal politician * Geoffrey Hugo Lampe, theologian * Osbert Lancaster,

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Lambert Blackwell Larking Lambert Blackwell Larking (2 February 1797 – 2 August 1868) was an English clergyman, writer and antiquarian. Life Larking was born in Clare House, East Malling, Kent, the eldest son of John Larking, High Sheriff of Kent, by Dorothy, daughter ...

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, youngest son of Queen Victoria *

Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, 3rd Baronet (8 December 1826 – 18 December 1894) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons between 1866 and ...

, Conservative politician * George Legh, Conservative politician * Francis Leighton, Warden of

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* Sir Baldwyn Leighton, 8th Baronet, Conservative politician *

Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, CH, PC, DL (18 November 1904 – 8 March 1983), was a British Conservative politician. Background, education and military service Lennox-Boyd was the son of Alan Walter Lennox-Boyd by his ...

, Conservative politician and

Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, (11 May 181531 March 1891), styled Lord Leveson until 1846, was a British Liberal statesman and diplomat from the Leveson-Gower family. He is best remembered for his service as Secretary ...

, Liberal politician and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs * Richard Lewis, Bishop of Llandaff * John Llewellin, 1st Baron Llewellin, Conservative politician,

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, and Governor-General of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland * Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long, Irish Unionist politician,

, and First Lord of the Admiralty *

Robert Lowe Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, GCB, PC (4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892), British statesman, was a pivotal conservative spokesman who helped shape British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William E ...

, Liberal politician,

, and Home Secretary * Roger Lumley, 11th Earl of Scarbrough, Conservative politician, British Army general, and

Governor of Bombay Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...

* Richard Lumley, 12th Earl of Scarbrough, peer and soldier *

Charles Lyell Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet, (14 November 1797 – 22 February 1875) was a Scottish geologist who demonstrated the power of known natural causes in explaining the earth's history. He is best known as the author of ''Principles of Geolo ...

, Liberal politician * Duncan Mackinnon, rower who won gold at the

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Angus Macnab John Angus Macnab (1906–1977) was a British fascist politician who embraced Roman Catholicism under the influence of G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc. He was a close associate of William Joyce and later became known as a Perennialist write ...

, perennialist philosopher *

William Macrorie The Rt Revd William Kenneth Macrorie (1831–1905) was bishop of Maritzburg, while John Colenso was bishop of the Diocese of Natal. Macrorie was born at Liverpool on 8 February 1831, was eldest son of David Macrorie, a Liverpool physician, by h ...

, Bishop of

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* David Maddock, Bishop of Dunwich * John Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm, Conservative politician *

John Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm of Poltalloch Lieutenant-Colonel John Wingfield Malcolm, 1st Baron Malcolm of Poltalloch, (16 April 1833 – 6 March 1902) was a British soldier and Conservative politician. Background and education Malcolm was the son of John Malcolm, 14th feudal baron of P ...

, Conservative politician * Sir Alexander Malet, 2nd Baronet, diplomat and writer *

Tony Marchington Anthony Frank Marchington (2 December 1955 – 16 October 2011) was an English biotechnology entrepreneur and businessman, famous as the co-founder of Oxford Molecular, and the former owner of the famous Class A3 4472 ''Flying Scotsman'' loco ...

, biotechnologist and owner of the LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman * Walter Marcon, cricketeer *

Roger Makins Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, (3 February 1904 – 9 November 1996), was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956. Background and early life Makins was the son of Brigadier-General S ...

, British ambassador to the United States *

Walter Mant Walter Bishop Mant (6 February 1808 – 6 April 1869) was an Anglican priest in Ireland during the 19th century. The son of Richard Mant, Bishop Richard Mant, he was born in Buriton and educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was Archdeacon of Conn ...

, Anglican priest * David Frederick Markham,

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* James Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast * Nevil Story Maskelyne, geologist and mineralogist * John Cecil Masterman, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford and spymaster in charge of the Double-Cross System * Schomberg Kerr McDonnell,

Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister The Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is a senior official in the United Kingdom Civil Service who acts as principal private secretary to the prime minister of the United Kingdom. The holder of this office is ...

* Sir Henry Meux, 2nd Baronet, Conservative politician and owner of the Horse Shoe Brewery *

Bobby Milburn Robert Leslie Pollington "Bobby" Milburn FSA (28 July 1907 – 14 February 2000) was an Anglican priest in the 20th century. Milburn was educated at Oundle School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and ordained in 1935. Between then and ...

priest and dean of Worcester Cathedral *

Charles Thomas Mills The Honourable Charles Thomas Mills (13 March 1887 – 6 October 1915) was Conservative Member of Parliament for Uxbridge, elected in January 1910 when he was the youngest MP. He was killed, serving as an officer with the Scots Guards on the W ...

, Conservative politician and Baby of the House *

Eric Archibald McNair Eric Archibald McNair VC (16 June 1894 – 12 August 1918) was a British soldier. He was a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Comm ...

VC, soldier * George Monckton-Arundell, 7th Viscount Galway, Conservative politician * William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly, Liberal politician and President of the Board of Health * William Monson, 1st Viscount Oxenbridge, Liberal politician * Archibald Montgomerie, 17th Earl of Eglinton, peer * Henry Moseley, physicist who provided the physical justification for the atomic number and discovered Moseley's law *

Charles Mott-Radclyffe Sir Charles Edward Mott-Radclyffe (25 December 1911 – 25 November 1992) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was the only son of Lt-Col Charles Edward Radclyffe DSO and Theresa Caroline Mott. Several generations of t ...

, Conservative politician * Francis Needham, 3rd Earl of Kilmorey, Conservative politician * Alexander Nicoll, Regius Professor of Hebrew * Henry Northcote, 1st Baron Northcote, Conservative politician,

Governors of Bombay Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...

, and

Governor-General of Australia The governor-general of Australia is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in Australia.John Norwood Captain John Norwood VC (8 September 1876 – 8 September 1914) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces ...

VC, soldier * Frederick Oakeley, Church of England Canon of Westminster before converting to the Roman Catholic Church * James Adey Ogle, physician *

Ralph T. O'Neal Ralph Telford O'Neal, OBE (15 December 1933 – 11 November 2019) was a British Virgin Islander politician. He was the longest ever serving elected representative in the British Virgin Islands, and served as Chief Minister (when the office was ...

, Premier of the Virgin Islands * George Osborne, 8th Duke of Leeds, peer * Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, Labour Party politician, Leader of the House of Lords, and

* Walter Parratt, organist and

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William D.M. Paton Sir William Drummond Macdonald Paton CBE FRS (5 May 1917 – 17 October 1993) was a British pharmacologist and vivisection activist. Biography Paton was born in Hendon and educated at Repton School and New College, Oxford, where he was awarded ...

, pharmacologist * Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies *

Henry Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Alexander Pelham-Clinton, 6th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne (25 January 1834 – 22 February 1879) was an English nobleman, styled Lord Clinton until 1851 and Earl of Lincoln until he inherited the dukedom in 1864. Pelham-Clinton was ...

, peer * Charles Perceval, 7th Earl of Egmont, Conservative politician * Henry Percy, 7th Duke of Northumberland, Conservative politician, Lord High Steward, and Treasurer of the Household * William Pery, 3rd Earl of Limerick, Conservative politician and Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard * Edmund Pery, 5th Earl of Limerick, soldier and sportsman * Sir Henry Peyton, 3rd Baronet, Conservative politician * John Platts-Mills, Labour politician who helped form the

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Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 4th Earl of Radnor (18 September 1815 – 11 March 1889) was a British nobleman and army officer. He was the son of William Pleydell-Bouverie, 3rd Earl of Radnor and Judith Anne St John-Mildmay. He was styled Viscount Fol ...

, peer * Frederick Pottinger, police inspector in New South Wales who fought the Bushrangers * Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt, physician, sportsman who won a bronze medal in the

100 m sprint The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...

at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

, and

* Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, ornithologist * Arthur Purey-Cust, Church of England priest and author *

, imperialist, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, and mining magnate * Matthew White Ridley, 2nd Viscount Ridley, Conservative politician * Arthur Rivers, dean of St David's Cathedral, Hobart *

Ellis Robins, 1st Baron Robins Thomas Ellis Robins, 1st Baron Robins KBE, DSO (31 October 1884 – 21 July 1962), known as Sir Ellis Robins between 1946 and 1958, was an American-born British businessman and public servant, mainly based in Rhodesia. Background and educati ...

, businessman * John Rous, 4th Earl of Stradbroke, peer * George Rushout, 3rd Baron Northwick, Conservative politician * Oliver Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, imperial administrator, Governor of Madras and Viceroy of India * William Russell, 8th Duke of Bedford, Whig politician * Bulmer de Sales La Terriere, soldier * Daniel Sandford, classicist * Duncan Sandys, Conservative politician, Secretary of State for Defence, and

* James Edwards Sewell, Warden of

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at th ...

Ernest Hamilton Sharp Ernest Hamilton Sharp, OBE, KC (1861 – 9 February 1922) was a barrister in Hong Kong. Education He was educated at Lincoln College of the Oxford University and was called to the Bar of the Inner Temple in 1891. He practised in the Midland C ...

, barrister in Hong Kong *

Walter Francis Short Walter Francis Short (1832–1910) was an English academic, schoolmaster, clergyman and rowing (sport), rower. Short was the son of Rev William Short, vicar of Chippenham and his wife Jane Awdry, eldest daughter of John Awdry of Notton, Wiltsh ...

, clergyman and schoolmaster * Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet, Liberal politician and president of the Canterbury Association *

William Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney William Meredyth Somerville, 1st Baron Athlumney, 1st Baron Meredyth PC (1802 – 7 December 1873), known as Sir William Somerville, Bt, between 1831 and 1863, was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician. He was born in 1802. Background and educati ...

, Liberal politician and

* Henry Southwell, Bishop of Lewes * Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead, historian * George Spencer, Bishop of Madras * John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough, Conservative politician,

Lord President of the Council The lord president of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the ...

, and

* Krishnan Srinivasan, Indian diplomat and civil servant, Foreign Secretary of India, and Commonwealth Deputy Secretary-General *

Haldane Stewart Haldane Campbell Stewart (28 February 1868 – 14 June 1942) was an English musician, composer and cricketer. He was organist and choirmaster of Magdalen College, Oxford,West, John E. (1921)''Cathedral organists past and present'' Preface, p. x ...

, composer and cricketeer * Randolph Stewart, 9th Earl of Galloway, Lord Lieutenant of Kirkcudbright * Alan Stewart, 10th Earl of Galloway, Irish peer and Conservative politician *

James Stubbs Sir James Wilfrid Stubbs, KCVO, TD (1910–2000) was an English freemasonry administrator. He was Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England from 1958 to 1980. Early life and education Born on 13 August 1910,"Sir James Stubbs", ''T ...

, Grand Secretary of the United Grand Lodge of England * Ernest Swinton, soldier who developed the term tank and Chichele Professor of Military History at

* Thomas Taylour, Earl of Bective, Conservative politician * Lord Alexander Thynne, Conservative politician * Henry Tizard, chemist, President of Imperial College London, and helped develop radar * Henry James Tollemache, Conservative politician * Hugh Trevor-Roper, historian and

Regius Professor of History Regius may refer to: * Regius Professor, "Royal" Professorships at the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Dublin * Raphael Regius (c.1440–1520), Venetian humanist * Henricus Regius (1598–1679), Dut ...

* Charles Arthur Turner, Chief Justice of the

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* Henry Baker Tristram, parson-naturalist,

ornithologist Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the "methodological study and consequent knowledge of birds with all that relates to them." Several aspects of ornithology differ from related disciplines, due partly to the high visibility and th ...

, and traveller across North Africa and the

* Richard St John Tyrwhitt, Church of England clergyman and

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George Upton, 3rd Viscount Templetown General George Frederick Upton, 3rd Viscount Templetown (5 August 1802 – 4 January 1890), styled The Honourable George Upton until 1863, was an Irish soldier and politician. Military career Upton was the second son of John Upton, 1st Visco ...

soldier and peer * George Vane-Tempest, 5th Marquess of Londonderry, Conservative politician and diplomat * Henry de Vere Vane, 9th Baron Barnard, peer * Sir Harry Vernon, 1st Baronet, Liberal politician *

Walter Wardle Walter Thomas Wardle (born Southsea 22 July 1900; died 12 February 1982) was Archdeacon of Gloucester from 1949 until his death. Wardle was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford; and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was ordained Deacon in 1926; and Pr ...

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George Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley George Fleming Warren, 2nd Baron de Tabley PC (28 October 1811 – 19 October 1887) was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Treasurer of the Household under William Ewart Gladstone between 1868 and 1872. Background Born George ...

, Liberal politician and Treasurer of the Household *

John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley John Byrne Leicester Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley (26 April 1835 – 22 November 1895) was an English poet, numismatist, botanist and an authority on bookplates. Biography He was eldest son of George Fleming Leicester (afterwards Warren), Lord ...

, poet, numismatist, botanist and an authority on bookplates * Thomas Dewar Weldon, philosopher *

, poet and playwright *

Robert Williams Robert, Rob, Robbie, Bob or Bobby Williams may refer to: Entertainment Film * Robert Williams (actor, born 1894) (1894–1931), American stage and film actor * Robert B. Williams (actor) (1904–1978), American film actor * R. J. Williams (born ...

, Conservative politician * Watkin Williams, Bishop of Bangor * Walter Bradford Woodgate, sportsman who founded Vincent's Club and invented the coxless four * John Wolfenden, Baron Wolfenden, educationalist who wrote the Wolfenden report * Edward Murray Wrong, historian and vice-president of

* Windham Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl, Irish Conservative politician and soldier, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and founder of the Irish Reform Association

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