Marlburians Past & Present
Marlborough College has an extraordinarily rich history and numbers among its students some of the most eminent people of the past and present generations.
We can be sure that of the young men and women studying at the College today, many will reach equal eminence. This is just a small selection from those who were educated at the College:
| William Morris: |
artist, craftsman, socialist, one of the founders of the Arts & Crafts movement. |
| Siegfried Sassoon: |
World War One poet and author. |
| Sir Nigel Gresley: |
designer of the locomotive that holds the world speed record for steam. |
| Sir Francis Chichester: |
the world's first round the world yachtsman. |
| Lord Goddard: |
Lord Chief Justice of England from 1946-1958. |
| Sir John Betjeman: |
Poet Laureate from 1972-1984. |
| Lord 'Rab' Butler: |
Chancellor of Exchequer 1951-1955. |
| Sir Mark Tully: |
BBC foreign correspondent. |
| Sir Nicholas Goodison: |
Chairman of the Stock Exchange 1976-1988 and of TSB group from 1989. |
| Alexander Moulton: |
industrial designer, bicycling innovator. |
| Sir Peter Medawar: |
awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1960. |
| Beverley Nicholls: |
popular author and dramatist. |
| Michael Pennington: |
Shakespearean actor and director. |
| Chris de Burgh: |
Singer and recording star. |
| Sir Ellis Waterhouse: |
Professor of fine arts. |
| James Mason: |
film actor. |
| Norman Del Mar: |
orchestral conductor. |
| Lord Hunt: |
Everest mountaineer. |
| Nick Drake: |
songwriter and guitarist. |
| Bruce Chatwin: |
author, photographer, traveller. |
| Lord Fisher of Lambeth: |
Archbishop of Canterbury 1945-1961. |
| Gordon Welchman: |
Deputy Director at Bletchley Park, when breaking the German Enigma code. |
| Ian Balding: |
racehorse trainer to HM the Queen. |
| General Sir Patrick Palmer: |
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces North Europe. |
| Norris & Ross McWhirter: |
originators of the Guinness Book of Records. |
| Lord Brooke of Cumnor: |
Home Secretary 1989-1992. |