List of people educated at Ampleforth College

This is a list of notable people educated at Ampleforth College in Yorkshire, England.

Arts, entertainment, writing

• Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun (1942–2012), British-Australian farmer made famous in the documentary Britain's Real Monarch^[1]
• Peter Bergen (born 1962), author, print and TV journalist, CNN, adjunct professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Ian Birrell, former Deputy Editor-in-Chief, The Independent; Contributing Editor, The Mail on Sunday^[2]
• Mark Burns (1936–2007), actor^[3]
• John Bunting (1927–2002), sculptor and teacher^[4]
• Mark Coreth (born 1959), animal sculptor
• Lord Anthony Crichton-Stuart (born 1961), art historian
• Vincent Cronin (1924–2011), historical writer and biographer^[5]
• Lu Edmonds (born 1957), musician (Public Image Ltd., The Damned, The Mekons, The Spizzles, The Waterboys, among others)
• Rupert Everett (born 1959), actor^[6]
• Mark Ezra (born 1950), film producer and writer
• Julian Fellowes, Baron Fellowes of West Stafford (born 1949), actor, writer and creator of Downton Abbey; Conservative peer of the House of Lords (2011–)^[6]
• Andrew Festing (born 1941), British Royal Portrait painter
• Sir Antony Gormley (born 1950), sculptor^[6]
• Harman Grisewood (1906–1997), Chief Assistant to the Director-General of the BBC, 1955–1964
• Albert Read, newspaper and magazine executive for Condé Nast
• Patrick Reyntiens (born 1925), stained glass artist
• Edward Holcroft (born 1987), film, television and stage actor
• James Honeyborne (born 1970), TV and film director
• Henry Hudson (born 1982), artist
• Geoffrey Huskinson (1935–2018), cartoonist^[7]
• Martin Jennings (born 1957), sculptor
• Andrew Knight (born 1939), journalist, editor, and media magnate
• Guy Mankowski (born 1983), writer
• John Micklethwait (born 1962), editor-in-chief of The Economist
• Red Morris, 4th Baron Killanin (born 1947), film producer
• Paul Morrissey (born 1938), film director, best known for his association with Andy Warhol.
• James Norton (born 1985), film, television and stage actor^[8]
• James O'Brien (born 1972), radio presenter and journalist
• Roderic O'Conor (1860–1940), artist
• Herbert Railton (1857–1910), illustrator^[9]
• Benedict Read (1945–2016), art historian, Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Leeds. Brother of Piers Paul Read (see below).
• Piers Paul Read (born 1941), writer
• Stuart Reid (born 1942), journalist, pundit
• Joe Simpson (born 1960), mountaineer and autobiographer
• Edward Stourton (born 1957), journalist
• Julian Wadham (born 1958), actor
• Tom Waller (born 1974), film producer
• Michael Whitehall (born 1940), producer, agent, television personality; father of comedian Jack Whitehall
• Hugo Young (1938–2003), journalist

Politics, law, business and nobility

• Michael Ancram, 14th Marquess of Lothian (1945–2024), Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party, 2001–2005
• Dominic Asquith (born 1957), Ambassador to Iraq, 2006—2007, Ambassador to Egypt, 2007–present.
• Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (1916–2011), diplomat^[10]
• Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (born 1952), former diplomat and businessman
• Anthony Bamford, Lord Bamford (born 1945), Chairman, J.C.Bamford (Excavators) Ltd.
• Andrew Bertie (1929–2008), first British Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller since 1258 (1988–2008)
• Richard Bertie, 14th Earl of Lindsey (born 1931), soldier and hereditary peer
• John Burnett, Baron Burnett (born 1945), Liberal Democrat MP for Torridge and West Devon, 1997–2001, 2001–5, Life Peer (2006–present)
• John Crichton-Stuart, 6th Marquess of Bute (1933–1993), Chairman, Historic Buildings Council for Scotland, 1983–1988, and National Museums of Scotland, 1985–1993
• Alexander Fermor-Hesketh, 3rd Baron Hesketh (born 1950), landowner and UKIP politician
• Matthew Festing (born 1949), second British Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller since 1258 (2008–2017)
• Edward Fitzalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk (born 1956), Earl Marshal
• Major-General Miles Fitzalan-Howard, 17th Duke of Norfolk (1915–2002), Earl Marshal
• Francis Fitzherbert, 15th Baron Stafford (born 1954), landowner, peer and deputy lieutenant
• Sir Hugh Fraser (1918–1984), Secretary of State for Air, 1962–1964
• David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham (born 1932), Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, 1973–1974
• Auberon Herbert (1922–1974), campaigner for Eastern European causes
• Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian (1922–2004), Scottish peer, landowner and politician
• John George (1930–2012), HM Kintyre Pursuivant of Arms, herald and author
• Sir Arthur Goodall, GCMG (born 1931), British diplomat, High Commissioner to India 1987–1991
• Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg (1921–2019), Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1964–2000
• Don Agustín Jerónimo de Iturbide y Huarte (1807–1866), Prince Imperial of Mexico
• Sir Jeremy Johnson (born 1971), High Court judge^[11]

• King Letsie III of Lesotho (born 1963), King of Lesotho (1990–1995, 1996–present)
• Paul Moore, (born 1958), whistleblower sacked from HBOS
• King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938–1996), King of Lesotho (1966–1970, 1970–1990, 1995–96)
• George Nelson, 8th Earl Nelson (1905–1981)
• Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan (1928–2007), Law Lord and first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life
• Richard Norton, 8th Baron Grantley (born 1956), banker and politician
• William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel (born 1947), Lord Chamberlain
• Peter Hope, 4th Baron Rankeillour (1935–2005), Scottish landowner and peer^[12]
• Nick Read (born 1966), business executive, CEO of Post Office Limited
• John Home Robertson (born 1948), former Labour MP and currently Member of the Scottish Parliament
• John Scott, 4th Earl of Eldon (1899–1976)^[13]
• John Scott, 5th Earl of Eldon (1937–2017)^[13]
• Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray (1923–2006), a representative hereditary peer
• Edward Stourton, 27th Baron Mowbray (1953–2021)
• Sir Swinton Barclay Thomas (1931–2016), British judge, privy councillor, and the Interception of Communications Commissioner

Military

• Michael Allmand (1923–1944), Victoria Cross recipient (posthumous). Killed In Action on 24 June 1944, in Burma
• Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles (born 1939), soldier
• Brigadier Simon Fraser, 15th Lord Lovat (1911–1995), pioneering officer of the British Army's commandos
• Major General Lord Michael Fitzalan-Howard (1916–2007), Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 1972–1981
• Major General Christopher John Ghika, Major-General commanding the Household Division 2019-present
• Major-General Sir Freddie de Guingand (1900–1979), Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Montgomery, 1942–1945
• Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Johnston, Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's office
• Wing Commander Tony Lovell (1919–1945), flying ace of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
• Captain Robert Nairac (1948–1977), George Cross, intelligence officer murdered by the Provisional Irish Republican Army
• Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin (born c.1947), Sergeant at Arms of the House of Commons
• Major General Sir Sebastian Roberts (1954–2023), GOC The Household Division 2003–2007
• Colonel Sir David Stirling (1915–1990), founder of the SAS
• Major Gus March-Phillipps (1908–1942), founder of No. 62 Commando^[14]

Philosophy, history and academia

• Michael Clanchy (1936–2021), Professor of Medieval History, University of London
• William Dalrymple (born 1965), historian
• John Keay (born 1941), historian, journalist and radio presenter
• Angus Loughran (born 1966), journalist, commentator and pundit
• Robert Maximilian de Gaynesford (born 1968), philosopher
• Fred Halliday, (1946–2010), academic, Fellow of the British Academy, Montague Burton Professor of International Relations at London School of Economics
• Philip Lawrence (1947–1995), headmaster and murder victim
• Gabriel Turville-Petre (1908–1978), Professor of Ancient Icelandic Literature and Antiquities, University of Oxford, 1953–1975
• Henry Wansbrough (1934), Master of St Benet's Hall, Oxford, 1990–2004

Religion

• Athanasius Allanson (1804–1876), Benedictine monk, and Abbot of Glastonbury, 1874–1876
• Thomas Burgess (1791–1854), Roman Catholic Bishop of Clifton, 1851–1854
• Columba Cary-Elwes (1903–1994), monastery founder, ecumenist and author
• Sheikh Abdur Raheem Green (born 1962), convert to Islam and founder of the iERA^[15]
• Ambrose Griffiths (1928–2011), Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle
• John Cuthbert Hedley (1837–1915), Roman Catholic Bishop of Newport, 1881–1915^[16]
• Basil, Cardinal Hume (1923–1999), Abbot of Ampleforth Abbey, 1963–1975, and Archbishop of Westminster, 1975–1999

Science and medicine

• Peter Christopher Caldwell (1927–1979), zoologist
• Thomas Cecil Gray (1913–2008), pioneered modern anaesthetic techniques
• Bill Inman (1929–2005), pharmacovigilance pioneer
• John William Polidori (1795–1821), physician and writer

Sport

• Christopher Bartle, (born 1952) equestrian, member of the GB team at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• John Bean (1913–2005), first-class cricketer and British Army officer
• John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (1958–2021), a Scottish peer and former racing driver ("Johnny Dumfries")^[17]
• Lawrence Dallaglio (born 1972), former captain of the English national rugby team^[6]
• John Dalrymple (born 1957), cricketer
• Howard Dunbar (1904–1942), cricketer
• Simon Easterby (born 1975), former member of the Ireland national rugby union team
• Guy Easterby (born 1972), former member of the Ireland national rugby union team
• Maurice Fitzgerald (born 1976), former rugby player for Biarritz and England A
• Tomas Francis, rugby player for Wales national rugby union team
• Charles Grieve (1913–2000), cricketer who played for Oxford University and Guernsey
• Edward O'Donovan Crean (born 1887), English rugby union player who was part of the first official British and Irish Lions team that toured South Africa in 1910^[18]
• Jonathan Pearce (born 1957), cricketer