Notable Alumni

Canford aims to prepare pupils for their future lives along whatever path they choose.  Below are just some of the numerous alumni who have moved on to successful careers in a variety of different sectors.   Canford only became fully co-educational in the mid 1990s, which explains why there are currently more men than women on the list below, but as a dynamic record we update it on a regular basis.

Academic, Educational, Church
Rutherford Aris	Regents Professor Emeritus	S 1943-1946
Prof. Anthony  Bryer	Professor of Byzantine Studies, University of Birmingham; Fellow, King's College London	C 1951-1955
Iain Campbell	Headmaster, King's College, Auckland; England Hockey	SH 1941-1946
Edmund Cooke-Yarborough	Physicist and WW2 radar and computer pioneer	F 1933-1937
Neil Hirst	Senior Policy Fellow for Energy and Mitigation at the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London	M 1959-1964
John Irwin	Keeper, Indian Section, Victoria and Albert Museum	M 1931-1935
Very Rev. Henry Lloyd	Dean of Truro	W 1924-1930
Prof. David Miller	Professor of Political Theory, University of Oxford	S 1959-1964
Paul Taylor	Headmaster, Framlingham College	B 1975-1980

Activism
Stan Brock	Philanthropist, Founder of Remote Area Medical	S 1949-1953
David Littman	Historian and human rights advocate	W 1946-1951
David Sheldrick	Anglo-Kenyan Conservationist	SH 1934-1935

Armed Forces
Capt. Nicholas Barker	Captain of HMS Endurance during the Falklands War	C 1947-1951
Second Lieutenant Paul GC Benner	Awarded the George Cross	C 1948-1953
Sir Christopher Crossley	Lieutenant-Commander, Royal Navy	C 1945-1949
Rear-Admiral Jeremy De Halpert	Naval Commander	F 1960-1964
Admiral Sir Ian Garnett	Commandant, Royal College of Defence Studies	W 1958-1962
General Sir Brian Kenny	GOC of British Army of the Rhine	M 1947-1952
Hector Maclean	Battle of Britain pilot	SH 1927-1931
Air Chief Marshal Sir Roger Palin	Commander-in-Chief RAF Germany and Second Tactical Air Force	SH 1952-1957
Major-General Leo Plummer	Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery	F 1937-1941
Rear-Admiral Rodney Sturdee	Flag Officer Gibraltar	W 1933-1937
Rear-Admiral John Templeton-Cotill	Nato commander, SE Area Mediterranean	SH 1934-1939

Arts and Entertainment
Julian Belfrage	Impressario and Producer; Actors Agent	F 1947-1952
Ian Bradshaw	Photographer and winner of the World Press Photo Award	SH 1956-1960
Miranda Cooper	Singer, songwriter and director of Xenomania	W 1991-1993
Sir John Drummond	Arts administrator; Controller of BBC Radio 3	B 1948-1952
Giles Duley	Photojournalist	SH 1985-1990
Anthony Eyton	Painter,  Artist in Residence for construction of Eden Project	B 1937-1941
Paul Feiler	Abstract Artist	C 1934-1938
Simon Hilton	Music film and video director	M 1980-1985
Derek Jarman	Painter and film director	M 1955-1960
Michael Medwin	Actor	W 1937-1941
Ore Oduba	BBC Sports presenter and winner of Strictly Come Dancing 2016	L 1999-2004
Simon John Preston	Organist and composer	F 1952-1956
Charles Rawlinson	Deputy Chairman, Britten Sinfonia	B 1947-1952
Richard Walker	Painter	SH 1967-1971

Business
Robert Adam	Director, Robert Adam Architects	M 1961-1965
Peter Dugdale	Managing Director, Guardian Royal Exchange plc	W 1941-1946
Alan Pearce Greenaway	Chairman, Daniel Greenaway & Sons Ltd	SH 1927-1931
Sir Ronald Hampel	Chairman, ICI plc	C 1945-1950
Sir Derek Hornby	Chairman, Rank Xerox; Chairman, London and Continental	S 1943-1946
Gerald Jackson	Managing Director, NCB (Ancillaries) Ltd	W 1930-1931
Yvonne Lui	Property magnate, philanthropist	Ma 1994-1996
Jeremy Mogford	Managing Director, Mogford Ltd	B 1991-1964
Graham Newman	Chairman, Tatham Bromage & Co. Ltd	B 1938-1942
Nicholas Robertson	Chief Executive Officer, ASOS.com	C 1981-1985
Stephen Rubin	Founder of Pentland Industries	B 1951-1955
Timothy Stevenson	Chairman, Travis Perkins plc	F 1961-1966
Tony Whitehorn	President and CEO of Hyundai UK	S 1973-1978

Government and Diplomacy
Sir Ashley Bramall	Leader of the Inner London Education Authority	M 1931-1935
Sir George Clark	Senator, Northern Ireland Parliament	SH 1928-1931
Rodney Dennys	Arundel Herald of Arms Extraordinary	W 1925-1928
John Douglas, 21st Earl of Morton	Deputy Lieutenant of West Lothian	B 1940-1942
Peter Grant	Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Home Office	SH 1935-1938
Baron Charles Hector Maclean	Privy Councillor; 27th Chief of Clan Maclean	W 1928-1931
Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm	MP for Dumfriesshire 1964-97; life peer	C 1936-1941
Stephen Phillips	MP for North Hykeham	W 1986-1988
Peter Thomson	HM Diplomatic service, High Commander Belize & Seychelles	M 1951-1954
Sir Ralph Verney	Chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council	F 1929-1935

Law
William Andreae-Jones	Recorder of the Crown Court	M 1956-1960
Sir Derek Bradbeer	President of the Law Society	S 1946-1950
Graeme Mcpherson	QC; Race horse trainer	S 1983-1988
Philip Moor	QC; Recorder; Chairman, Family Law Bar Association	S 1972-1977
Peter Peddie	Adviser to the Governor; Head of Legal Unit, Bank of England	SH 1945-1950
Graham Rose	QC; Judge, Queen's Bench; Master of the Supreme Court	W 1951-1955
Christopher Sharp	QC; Recorder	M 1966-1970

Medicine
Dr James Appleyard	President World Medical Association, Consultant Paediatrician	W 1949-1954
John Booth	Consultant Otolaryngologist	S 1951-1956
Ralph Kauntze	Consultant Physician Emeritus, Cardiology	SH 1935-1929
Stuart Mawson	Consultant Surgeon, Ear Nose and Throat	W 1931-1937
Basi Henry Page	Consultant Surgeon, Urology at North Middlesex Hospital	W 1923-1928
David Reeks	Reactor Thermal Engineer; Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Lanarkshire	W 1948-1953
Sir John Wakeley	Consultant Surgeon	SH 1940-1944

Sport
Tom Allen	Harlequins Rugby	C 1996-2001
Henry Cecil	Internationally renowned race horse trainer	F 1956-1960
Anastasia Chitty	GB Rowing; Captain of winning Oxford Boat Race crew 2015	B 2007-2012
Ben Gollings	England Rugby Sevens	L 1994-1999
Charles Clapp III	Rowing - Silver Medal in Los Angeles Olympics, 1984	W 1996-1997
Jon Hardy	County Cricketer (Hampshire)	B 1974-1979
Ian Elliot	GB Rowing VIII, Rome Olympics 1960	SH 1951-1956
Nick Makin	Newcastle Falcons	F 1992-1997
Felix Organ	County Cricketer (Hampshire)	SH 2012-2017
Peter Smith	England Hockey	SH 1939-1944
Brianna Stubbs	Lightweight Rower, World U23 Gold medallist 2013, World Senior Gold medallist 2016	L 2007-2009
Stuart Symington	County Cricketer (Leicestershire)	W 1939-1944
Steve White-Cooper	England and Harlequins Rugby	C 1988-1993

Writers
Sandy Grant	Writer; historian of Botswana	F 1950-1955
Robin Harris	Writer; journalist	B 1961-1965
Alan Hollinghurst	Writer; Booker Prize Winner	B 1967-1971
Paul Hyland	Writer; poet	S 1960-1965
Peter Parker	Writer; journalist	SH 1968-1973
Mike Randall	Editor of the Daily Mail & Sunday Times	M 1933-1937