List of Old Rossallians

Academic

John Standish Fforde - Economist, historian and Chief Cashier at the Bank of England - as such his signature would have appeared on sterling banknotes for a period
Frank Fletcher - First person to be knighted for services to education
Sir Henry Stuart Jones - Classical scholar and lexicographer
Charles Lethbridge Kingsford - Historian
Geoffrey Kirk - Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge [1]
Charles Kay Ogden - Linguist, psychologist and philosopher and inventor of Basic English
Sir Herbert Isambard Owen - Nephew of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. First Vice Chancellor of Bristol University and founder of The University of Wales
Niall Shanks - Philosopher
Frederick Arthur Simpson- Historian and eccentric

Field Marshal Sir Charles Comyn Egerton - member of the Council of the India, Commander of the Somaliland Field Force [3]
Captain G.S.Henderson VC
General Sir Thomas Hutton (M.C. KCB, KCIE)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Edward Hasting Medhurst (KCB CB OBE MC) - Director of Allied Air Co-Operation (1940) and key figure in the RAF throughout WW2
John Moss MC [4]
Captain G.R.P.Roupell VC

Bill Ashton - Founder of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham - Conductor and founder of numerous orchestras including the London Philharmonic
Anthony Besch - opera director [5]
Christopher Whall - Founder of the New England School of Stained Glass craftsmanship. Helped William Morris establish the William Morris Arts and Crafts Society.

Lt.Colonel Arthur Anderson - A.D.C. to the Viceroy of India
Robert Bernays - Conservative MP
Arthur John Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham Private Secretary to Queen Victoria (1895-1901) and to George V (1910-1931)
Alfred Broughton - Long serving Labour MP - Key to the Labour Government downfall in 1979
Sir Alexander Carmichael Bruce - Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Sir Charles Noble Arden-Clarke - Colonial Governor, Last Governor of the Gold Coast
George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe - Governor of Bombay and Victoria
Frederick Lugard (GCMG, CB, DSO, PC) - governor of Hong Kong and Nigeria and founder of the University of Hong Kong.
Neil Marten - Conservative MP
William Rolleston [6] - Cabinet Minister in New Zeland who later became the Leader of the Opposition there.
Sir John Le Rougetel - Ambassador to Persia,Belgium and High Commissioner, South Africa.
John Ellis Talbot - Conservative MP
Benjamin Strachan - Ambassador to the Yemen,Lebanon and Algeria.
George Frederic Verdon (KCMG) - 19th Century Treasurer of Australia - Equivalent to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the UK
Derek Colclough Walker-Smith - Long Serving Conservative MP
Ralph Champneys Williams - Govenor of Newfoundland
Robert Armstrong Yerburgh - Unionist MP [7]

Father Thomas R.D. Byles - Catholic priest who refused to leave the Titanic so he could help fellow passengers. He perished as it sank.
William Henry Temple Gairdner - Missionary
Revd. John Pym - Chaplain to George V
John Hugh Smyth formerly Smyth-Pigott - Agapemonite leader
Alwyn Williams - Bishop of Oxford,Durham and Winchester. Chaplain to George V.Prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter

Sir William de Wiveleslie Abney - Astronomer, Chemist and Photographer
John Fleetwood Baker - Civil engineer and designer of the Morrison indoor shelter
William Blair-Bell - Co-Founder of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
David Brown - Engineer, entrepreneur and one-time owner of Aston Martin; his initials are still given to the finest models of Aston Martin cars. He also owned Lagonda.
Sir Frederick Brundrett - Chief Scientific adviser to the Ministry of Defence 1954-1960 [8]
Charles Craven OBE - Managing Director of Vickers-Armstrong
Ivan de Burgh Daly - Physiologist
Professor Sir William Boyd Dawkins - geologist and archaeologist and fellow of The Royal Society
Wilfred Fletcher C.B.E - Designer of the first Severn Bridge
George Garrett - Clergyman and Submarine Designer
Francis Graham-Smith - Astronomer Royal
Dikran Tahta - Maths teacher who inspired Stephen Hawking

Rex Crummack - 1920 Olympic Gold Medal Winning British hockey player [9]
Bob Bennett - Cricket for Lancashire. Chairman of Lancashire County Cricket Club. Chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board and tour manager of England's tour of the West Indies in 1998.
Liam Botham - (Son of Ian Botham.) Rugby Union, Rugby League and Cricket player at the highest professional levels in his own right.
Walter Clopton Wingfield - The 'Inventor of Lawn Tennis'
Robert Coar - Former Chairman of Blackburn Rovers, now director of football there, and Current Member of the English FA Governing Body
Paul Dalglish - Football player
Michael Dickinson - World Record Holding National Hunt trainer
Thomas Higson - Cricket for Lancashire and England. England test selector
Nigel Howard - Fleeting England Cricket Captain
Ham Lambert - Irish International cricketer, rugby player and referee
Michael Melluish MBE - Cricket for Cambridge University, Middlesex and Gentlemen. Past President and Treasurer of the MCC .Honorary Life Vice-President of the MCC.
Brian Redman - Racing Driver
A.B.Rowley - First President of Lancashire County Cricket Club
E.B.Rowley - First Captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club
Vernon Royle - England Test Cricketer
Peter Winterbottom - Former England Rugby Union Captain. He also played for the Lions.

John Ambrose Fleming - Inventor
Walter Besant - Novelist & Historian
Harry Dean - Cricketer (Coach at Rossall) [10]
Paul Grice - Philosopher
John Eldon Gorst - Politician
Owen Seaman - Poet + Journalist
Edward Henry Stanley - 15th Earl of Derby and Foreign Secretary (Son of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby and Prime Minister.)
Frederick Arthur Stanley - 16th Earl of Derby notable for donating the Stanley Cup
John Woolley
Every Earl of Derby since the 15th Earl of Derby has been President of the Corporation of Rossall School

On anecdotal evidence - Major-General Sir Richard Nelson Gale, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC - Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe - Gale's attendence at Rossall does need further investigation for full proof as it is also believed hat he attended Aldenham School - if someone could check it against the Rossall Register of the appropriate year please.

Note the story Staff-Sergeant Ernie Stocker gives half way down the page on this link - [11]