The alumni of Bryanston School are known as Old Bryanstonians or OBs. Bryanston School is a co-educational

independent school An independent school is independent in its finances and governance. Also known as private schools, non-governmental, privately funded, or non-state schools, they are not administered by local, state or national governments. In British Eng ...

for both day and boarding pupils in Blandford, north

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

, near the village of Bryanston.

Notable OBs

* Adrian Heath (1920–1992), painter * Amy Studt (born 1986), singer * Angus John Mackintosh Stewart (1936-1998), author of ''Sandel'' *

Anne Marie Morris Anne Marie Morris (born 5 July 1957) is a British politician and former lawyer. She has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Newton Abbot since 2010. She was elected as a Conservative, though the party whip has twice been withdrawn from her, once ...

(born 1957), politician * Ben Fogle (born 1973), television presenter, adventurer *

Carolyn Fairbairn Dame Carolyn Julie Fairbairn DBE (born 13 December 1960) is a British businesswoman, former director-general of the Confederation of British Industry and a former non-executive director of the Competition and Markets Authority, Lloyds Banking G ...

(born 1961), director-general of the

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* Cerys Matthews (born 1969), singer-songwriter *

Charles Handley-Read Charles Harry Ralph Handley-Read (1916 – 17 October 1971) was an architectural writer and collector and the first serious 20th-century student of the work of William Burges, "a pioneer in Burges studies who was the first to assess the historica ...

(1916-1971), architectural critic *

Chris Beckett Chris Beckett (born 1955) is a British social worker, university lecturer, and science fiction author. He has written several textbooks, dozens of short stories, and six novels. Background Beckett was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford ...

(born 1955), science fiction author *

Clive Barda Clive Blackmore Barda OBE, FRSA (born 14 January 1945) is a London-based, British freelance photographer best known for capturing the performances of classical musicians and artists of the stage (opera, ballet and theatre). During his career sp ...

OBE (born 1945), photographer *

Clive Seale Clive Seale (born 1955) is a British Sociology, sociologist. He is Professor of Sociology at Brunel University. Until 2012, he was Professor of Medical Sociology in the Institute of Health Sciences Education at Queen Mary, University of London, Q ...

(born 1955), sociologist *

David Campbell Bannerman David Campbell Bannerman (born 28 May 1960 in Bombay, India) is a British Conservative Party politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England from 2009 to 2019. He is currently Chairman of The Freedom Asso ...

(born 1960), Conservative MEP *

David Lipsey, Baron Lipsey David Lawrence Lipsey, Baron Lipsey (born 21 April 1948) is a British journalist and Labour Party politician. After attending Bryanston School, Dorset (1962–67), Lipsey won an Exhibition in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) at Mag ...

, (born 1948) politician, journalist, Labour life peer * Drummond Matthews (1931–1997),

geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althou ...

and marine

geophysicist Geophysics () is a subject of natural science concerned with the physical processes and physical properties of the Earth and its surrounding space environment, and the use of quantitative methods for their analysis. The term ''geophysics'' som ...

* Eliot Paulina Sumner (born 1990), singer *

Ella Marchment Ella Marchment (born 30 May 1992) is a British opera director, artistic director, and an associate professor. She is a co-founder of the campaign charity SWAP'ra, Supporting Women and Parents in Opera, and the artistic director of Opera Festiva ...

(born 1992), opera and theatre director *

Emilia Fox Emilia Rose Elizabeth Fox (born 31 July 1974) is an English actress and presenter whose film debut was in Roman Polanski's film '' The Pianist''. Her other films include the Italian–French–British romance-drama film ''The Soul Keeper'' (20 ...

(born 1974), actress * Freddie Fox (born 1989), actor *

Frederick Sanger Frederick Sanger (; 13 August 1918 – 19 November 2013) was an English biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice. He won the 1958 Chemistry Prize for determining the amino acid sequence of insulin and numerous other p ...

(1918–2013),

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

; the fourth person to become a double

Nobel Laureate The Nobel Prizes ( sv, Nobelpriset, no, Nobelprisen) are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Swedish Academy, the Karolinska Institutet, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals and organizations who make out ...

Geoffrey Hoyle Geoffrey Hoyle (born 12 January 1941) is an English science fiction writer, best known for the works which he co-wrote with his father, the astronomer Sir Fred Hoyle. About half of Fred Hoyle's science fiction works were co-written with his son. ...

(born 1942), science fiction writer (son of Fred Hoyle) *

Giselle Norman Giselle Isabella P. Norman is an English fashion model. Early life Norman is the oldest of four girls. She grew up in Petworth, West Sussex. Career After struggling academically, Norman decided to drop out of Bryanston School and model fu ...

(born 2001), fashion model *

Greg Hersov Gregory A. "Greg" Hersov (born 1956) is a British theatre director. Hersov was educated at Bryanston School and Mansfield College, Oxford. Overview Hersov has been associated with the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester since 1979. He became an ...

(born 1956), theatre director * HRH Princess Haya of Jordan (born 1974), daughter of

King Hussein I of Jordan Hussein bin Talal ( ar, الحسين بن طلال, ''Al-Ḥusayn ibn Ṭalāl''; 14 November 1935 – 7 February 1999) was King of Jordan from 11 August 1952 until his death in 1999. As a member of the Hashemite dynasty, the royal family of ...

Henry Pyrgos Henry Benjamin Pyrgos (born 9 July 1989) is a Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship. Rugby Union career Amateur career Pyrgos was drafted to Stirling County in the Scottish Pr ...

(born 1989), rugby player for Glasgow and captain for Scotland *

Humphrey Kay Humphrey Edward Melville Kay (10 October 1923 – 20 October 2009) was an English pathologist and haematologist who oversaw clinical trials for leukaemia treatments for the Medical Research Council in the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Kay was bor ...

(1923–2009), pathologist and haematologist *

Huw Bennett Huw Bennett (born 11 June 1983) is a former Wales international rugby union hooker, who played most of his rugby career for the Ospreys. Starting his club rugby in Clevedon, Somerset, Bennett has since represented both Wales and England at var ...

(born 1983), rugby player for Ospreys and Wales *

Iain Tuckett Iain Tuckett MBE is a regeneration and community housing pioneer in London, England. Early life Iain Tuckett was a pupil at Bryanston School in Dorset, and then studied at the University of Bristol. Career Tuckett is Executive Director of Coin St ...

, pioneer in

urban regeneration Urban renewal (also called urban regeneration in the United Kingdom and urban redevelopment in the United States) is a program of land redevelopment often used to address urban decay in cities. Urban renewal involves the clearing out of blighte ...

Jago Cooper Jago Cooper (born 1 June 1977) is a British archaeologist. He is the Executive Director of the Sainsbury Centre and professor of Art and Archaeology at the University of East Anglia. Formerly, he was Curator of the Americas at the British Museum ...

(born 1977), archaeologist *

James Scott James Scott may refer to: Entertainment * James Scott (composer) (1885–1938), African-American ragtime composer * James Scott (director) (born 1941), British filmmaker * James Scott (actor) (born 1979), British television actor * James Scott (Sh ...

(born 1941), filmmaker * Jasper Conran (born 1959), fashion designer *

Jasper Morrison Jasper Morrison (born 1959) is an English product and furniture designer. He is know for the refinement and apparent simplicity of his designs. In a rare interview with the designer, he is quoted as saying: "Objects should never shout". Ear ...

(born 1959), designer * John Eliot Gardiner (born 1943), conductor * John Nissen (born 1942), founder of Cloudworld *

Jonathan Bowen Jonathan P. Bowen FBCS FRSA (born 1956) is a British computer scientist and an Emeritus Professor at London South Bank University, where he headed the Centre for Applied Formal Methods. Prof. Bowen is also the Chairman of Museophile Limited ...

(born 1956), computer scientist *

Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy (17 May 1933 – 16 July 2019) was a British author, known for biographies, including one of Alfred Kinsey, and books of social history on the British nanny and public school system. For his autobiography, ''Half an Arc ...

(1933-2019), author *

Julian Vereker Julian Charles Prendergast Vereker Order of the British Empire, MBE (7 May 1945 – 14 January 2000) was an English self-taught designer of audio equipment, and the founder of Naim Audio, Naim Audio Ltd. of Salisbury, Wiltshire. He was an influent ...

(1945–2000), electronic engineer *

Justin Urquhart Stewart Justin Alun Urquhart Stewart (born January 1955) is a British investment manager and business commentator who was the co-founder and Head of Corporate Development at the investment fund 7IM. Urquhart Stewart foundeRegionallyin 2020. Urquhart Ste ...

(born 1955), investment manager * Kevin Crossley-Holland (born 1941), children's author and poet *

Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Akroma-Ampim Kusi Anthony Appiah ( ; born 8 May 1954) is a philosopher, cultural theorist, and novelist whose interests include political and moral theory, the philosophy of language and mind, and African intellectual history. Appiah wa ...

(born 1954), philosopher and novelist *

Lara Cazalet Lara Imogen Leonora Cazalet (born 25 May 1973) is an English actress, known for portraying Zandra Plackett in '' Bad Girls'' and Annie Quick in '' New Street Law''. Early life Cazalet is the daughter of Sir Edward Cazalet, a retired High Court ...

(born 1971), actress * Lucian Freud (1922-2011), painter * Mark Scott (1923–2013), rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics * Sir Mark Elder CBE (born 1947), conductor * Martin Checksfield (1939-2002), first-class cricketer * Max Irons (born 1985), actor * Michael Yates (1919–2001), stage and television designer and executive *

Myles Burnyeat Myles Fredric Burnyeat (1 January 1939 – 20 September 2019) was an English scholar of ancient philosophy. Early life and education Myles Burnyeat was born on 1 January 1939 to Peter James Anthony Burnyeat and Cynthia Cherry Warburg. He rece ...

(1939-2019), classicist and philosopher * Nicholas Logsdail (born 1945), art dealer * Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers (born 1938), Master of the Rolls, 2000–2005, and

Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, chief, or ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are ...

from 2005-2008 *

Nick Meers Nick Meers (born 1955) is a British landscape photographer and is the co-author of many published books that include his photography.

(born 1955), landscape photographer * Nick Willing (born 1961), filmmaker * Nigel Barker (born 1972), fashion photographer, judge on America's Next Top Model *

Ollie Devoto Oliver Jonathan Devoto (born 22 September 1993) is an English rugby union player, who plays for Exeter Chiefs as a utility back primarily as a centre and fly-half. Early life Devoto was born in Yeovil, Somerset and grew up in Sherborne in Dors ...

(born 1993), rugby player for Bath and Exeter *

Paul Thompson Paul Thompson may refer to: Education *Paul Thompson (professor) (born 1951), British management professor at the University of Strathclyde *Paul B. Thompson (philosopher) (born 1951), American philosopher at Michigan State University *Paul H. Tho ...

(born 1959), Rector of the

Royal College of Art The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It offe ...

Phil de Glanville Philip Ranulph de Glanville (born 1 October 1968 in Loughborough) is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England. Rugby career de Glanville played for Durham University while an Economics and Politics stude ...

(born 1968), rugby player for Bath and England, 38 caps, captain of England *

Philip Trevelyan Philip Erasmus Trevelyan (born 22 August 1943) is a British organic hill farmer, entrepreneur and former film and television director, most noted for the 1971 documentary film ''The Moon and the Sledgehammer''. Early life He is the son of the art ...

(born 1943), film director * Prince Alastair of Connaught (1914–1943), member of the British Royal Family *

Quinlan Terry John Quinlan Terry Order of the British Empire, CBE (born 24 July 1937) is a British architect. He was educated at Bryanston School and the Architectural Association School of Architecture. He was a pupil of architect Raymond Erith, with whom ...

(born 1937), architect *

Richard Bawden Richard Bawden (born 1936) is an English painter, printmaker and designer with a graphic, linear quality. His work includes book illustration, murals, etched glass church windows and doors, posters, mosaic and furniture. His work is in the collec ...

(born 1936), painter, printmaker *

Robert Saxton Robert Saxton (born 8 October 1953 in London) is a British composer. Biography Robert Saxton was born in London and started composing at the age of six. He was educated at Bryanston School. Guidance in early years from Benjamin Britten and El ...

(born 1953), composer * Robert Baden-Powell, 3rd Baron Baden-Powell (1936-2019) grandson of

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, ( ; (Commonly pronounced by others as ) 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, foun ...

(1857-1941) * Roger Hammond (1936–2012), actor *

Saira Shah Saira Shah (born 5 October 1964) is a British author, reporter and documentary filmmaker. She produces, writes and narrates current affairs films. Life Shah was born in London and raised in Kent, England. She was educated at Bryanston Schoo ...

(born 1964), journalist and documentary filmmaker *

Sebastian Conran Sebastian Orby Conran (born 5 April 1956) is a British designer, entrepreneur and inventor. Early life Sebastian Conran was born in London, the son of British designer, restaurateur and retailer Terence Conran and Superwoman author Shirley Co ...

(born 1956), designer * Simon Napier-Bell (born 1939), pop group manager, writer and journalist * Sir Francis Ferris QC (1932–2018), High Court Judge * Sir

Howard Hodgkin Sir Gordon Howard Eliott Hodgkin (6 August 1932 – 9 March 2017) was a British Painting, painter and printmaker. His work is most often associated with Abstract art, abstraction. Early life Gordon Howard Eliot Hodgkin was born on 6 August 1 ...

(1932-2017), painter * Sir Terence Conran (1931-2020), designer, restaurateur and retailer * Sir

Tony Durant Sir Robert Anthony Bevis Durant (9 January 1928 – 18 February 2016), also known as Tony Durant, was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician. Political career Durant stood unsuccessfully for Rother Valley (UK Parliame ...

(1928-2016), politician * Tahir Shah (born 1966), writer and television presenter * William Herbert, 18th Earl of Pembroke politician and aristocrat

References

{{reflist * Bryanston School Dorset-related lists