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List of Old Stonyhursts

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This article lists notable former pupils of Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, England, and its lineal antecedents at St Omer, Bruges and Liège. Former pupils are referred to in school contexts as O.S. (Old Stonyhurst). Inter alia the school counts among its most distinguished former pupils: three Saints,[1] twelve Beati,[1] twenty-two martyrs,[1] seven archbishops, and seven Victoria Cross winners.[1]

Alumni of the College at St Omer, Bruges, & Liège (1593–1794)

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Saints, beati and martyrs

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Philip Evans
 
Father John Fenwick, SJ

Others

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Aedanus Burke
 
Christopher Grant Champlin
 
Henry Gage

Alumni of the College at Stonyhurst (1794–present)

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Edmund Costello

Victoria Cross Holders

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Seven Stonyhurst Alumni have won the Victoria Cross.

 
Gabriel Coury

Others

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B

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Alfred Austin
 
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
 
Charles Allston Collins

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Arthur Conan Doyle

D

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Frank Gavan Duffy
  • Charles Gavan Duffy (1855–1932), Australian public servant, Assisted drafting the Commonwealth of Australia's Constitution; Clerk of the House of Representatives; Clerk of the Senate.[49]
  • Sir Frank Gavan Duffy, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia.
  • John Gavan Duffy (1844–1917), Australian solicitor and politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly; President of the Board of Land and Works, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey and Minister of Agriculture; Postmaster-General; Attorney-General.[50]
  • Archibald Matthias Dunn, Catholic ecclesiastical architect.[51]

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F

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Frank Foley

G

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Oliver St John Gogarty

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I

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  • Bruce Kent, British peace campaigner; chairman of the CND; laicised priest
  • Miles Gerard Keon, journalist, novelist, Colonial secretary and lecturer
  • Thomas Kenny, Canadian Member of Parliament (Conservative Party)

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  • Victor Santa Cruz, Chilean law professor, member of the Chilean Congress (1945-1949), Chilean Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1958-1970)
  • Sir Edward Strickland, CB, Army officer, author, vice-president of the Geographical Society of Australasia, a founder and president of the society's New South Wales branch, president of the Australian Geographical Conference in 1884 and vice-president of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science; Promoted to Commissary-General (ranking with Major-General); served in Ireland as senior commissariat officer. The Strickland River in New Guinea is named after him[50]
  • Charles Sturridge, British film/television director (best known for the television adaptation of Brideshead Revisited)
  • Francis L. Sullivan, British-American actor, known for his portrayals of Dickensian characters such as Jaggers in Great Expectations and Bumble in David Lean's Oliver Twist (1948).[61]
  • Major Francis Suttill, British special agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) inside France; organized and coordinated the Physician network, better known by his own code name "Prosper"; captured and killed by the Nazis

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Charles Waterton
  • Fr James Waterworth, missionary priest who published "Faith of Catholics", a translation of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent and of Veron's "Rule of Faith"; his last book, England and Rome was on the relations of the Popes to post-Reformation England. He was made canon and later provost of Nottingham.
  • Sir Frederick Weld, New Zealand politician; elected to the first House of Representatives; member of the Stafford Executive; Native Affairs Minister; Prime Minister; Governor of West Australia; Governor of Tasmania; Governor of the Straits Settlements; Knight of the Order of St Pius.
  • Christopher Wenner, journalist and television presenter for the BBC's Blue Peter programme and an overseas correspondent for ITN's Channel 4 News; under the nom-de-guerre "Max Stahl",[63][64] Wenner has become a war correspondent, whose footage brought the plight of the East Timorese to world attention; winner of the Rory Peck Award for his journalism.[65]
  • George J. Wigley, architect, journalist, co-founder of the Society of St Vincent de Paul, co-founder of the Peterspence Association, awarded the Cross of St Gregory the Great by Pius IX.[66]
  • Douglas Wilmer, British actor (primarily associated with the role of Sherlock Holmes)
  • Paul Woodroffe, stained glass artist and book illustrator, produced the 15 windows for the Lady Chapel of St. Patrick's Cathedral (NYC)
  • Hugh Wooldridge, theatre and television director and producer
  • Sir Thomas Wyse, Member of Parliament (Liberal and second Irish Roman Catholic), advocate of Catholic Emancipation; Junior Lord of the Treasury; Secretary to the Board of Control; British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Greece

Fictional alumnus

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Miscellaneous accolades

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The following were awarded to former Stonyhurst pupils: 1914-1918 war:

Second World War:

Six O.S. were killed serving in the Second Boer War.

See also

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References

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