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The following comprises lists of notable people associated with Balliol College, Oxford, namely alumni and those who taught at the College or were based at the College or were involved in college life. The main source of information is the relevant edition of The Balliol College Register which lists Fellows and students by year of matriculation, thus providing evidence of existence, dates and some biographical information.
- 1st edition [1] 1832 - 1914
- 2nd edition [2] 1833 - 1933
- 3rd edition [3] 1900 - 1950
- 4th edition [4] 1916 - 1967
- 5th edition [5] 1950 - 1980
- 6th edition [6] 1940 - 1990
- 7th edition [7] 1950 - 2000
Other sources of information include the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography and Who's Who and Who was Who both published by Oxford University Press.
Each name links to its Wikipedia page where it exists. The alumni are grouped into categories corresponding to fields of work and are arranged chronologically.
The lists of notable alumni consists almost entirely of men, because women were admitted to the college only from 1979.[8]
Alumni
[edit]Categories
[edit]- Academics – University dons and school teachers
- Economists – Economists and money people
- Historians – Political, social, economic, colonial, modern, early modern, medieval historians and classicists
- Lawyers – Judges and lawyers
- Media – Newspapers, journalism, radio, TV and film
- Philosophers – Philosophers and theorists
- Politicians
- Religious – Clergy and theologians
- Scientists – Mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine
- Sports – Olympians, field sports, mind sports
- Writers – Novelists, playwrights and screenwriters, biographers, literary scholars and poets
Security, Military and Intelligence
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- Cressida Dick, (1979) commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police and daughter of Balliol Senior Tutor Marcus Dick
- Lieutenant-General Simon Mayall (c1975) Defence Senior Advisor Middle East
- Nigel Sheinwald (1972) Ambassador to the United States
- John Holmes Chairman of the Electoral Commission
- Martin Fido 1963 Fellow, True crime writer
- John Keegan 1953 Military historian
- Sir Nigel Foulkes, 1938 Chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority[9]
- R. V. Jones 1934 FRS "the father of scientific intelligence"
- Sir John Rennie 1932 Director MI6
- Group Captain Archie Hope 1930 DFC, RAF pilot WW2
- Hon Richard Gilbert Hare Head of Russian propaganda, Ministry of Information WW2
- Lieutenant Arthur Rhys-Davids 1916 MC declined scholarship to join the Royal Flying Corps
- Captain John Aidan Liddell 1908 VC MC Royal Flying Corps
- Lieutenant-General Adrian Carton de Wiart 1899 VC left before graduating to fight in Boer War
- Vice-Admiral William Monson 1581 his Naval Tracts describe Navy life
Social and political theorists
[edit]- Raj Patel (1991) social justice
- Geoff Mulgan 1979 Collective intelligence
- Graeme Garrard (1990) political thought
- Stephen Macedo (1980) liberalism
- Michael Sandel (1975) social justice
- Michael E. Rosen 1970 Hegel and the Frankfurt school
- Alex Callinicos (1968) Trotskyist political theorist
- Aly Kassam-Remtulla (1999) cultural anthropologist and non-profit executive
- David Miller 1967 social justice
- Robert Putnam 1963 Fulbright Fellow, two-level game theory, "Bowling Alone"
- Steven Lukes FBA 1958 Fellow, sociology
- Peter Sedgwick 1952 The politics of psychiatric services
- Norman O. Brown 1932 Freudo-Marxism
- Sir Leon Simon 1900 Zionist
- Sir Ernest Barker 1893 FBA political science
- Robert Ranulph Marett 1885 cultural anthropology
Colonial administrators
[edit]- Crawford Murray MacLehose Joined 1936. Diplomat: ambassador to South Vietnam 1967–9, to Denmark 1969–71, Governor of Hong Kong 1971-82 (longest serving ever) .Life peer 1982 (crossbench). Died 2000.
- Cyril George Fox Cartwright[10]
- Sir Lionel Barnett Abrahams 1888 Senior civil servant, India Office
- Shyamji Krishna Varma 1879 India
- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 1878 viceroy of India
- Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (c1867) viceroy of India
- Henry Primrose private secretary to the Viceroy of India, chair Inland Revenue
- Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 1863 listed as Lord Kerry viceroy of India
- Roger Ludlow 1609 (spelt Ludlowe) US Colonial lawmaker
Music
[edit]| Name | Join Date | Field of work | Comments | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Sturgis | 1868 | librettist | "the best serious librettist of the day" (W.S.Gilbert) FA Cup Final winner |
[11]: 55 |
| Sir Harold Boulton | 1878 | songwriter | "Skye Boat Song" | [12]: 4 |
| John Farmer | 1885 | Director of Music | organist, composer and keyboardist | [13] |
| Ernest Walker | 1887 | composer | Honorary Fellow | [12]: 22 |
| Donald Tovey | 1895 | composer | Essays in Musical Analysis | [12]: 43 |
| F. S. Kelly | 1900 | composer | Olympic gold medallist in rowing | [14]: 62 |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson | 1920 | composer, conductor, pianist | switched to RCM after one year "Carol Symphony" |
[14]: 219 |
| Inglis Gundry | 1923 | composer | lecturer on musical appreciation | [12]: 30 |
| Sydney Carter | 1933 | songwriter | "Lord of the Dance" | [12]: 90 |
| Richard Buckle | 1934 | Ballet | Founded Ballet magazine | [12]: 98 |
| George Malcolm | 1934 | harpsichordist | Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral | [12]: 102 |
| Edward Heath | 1935 | organist, conductor | Prime Minister | [12]: 107 |
| Vernon Handley | 1951 | conductor | supported British composers | [12]: 246 |
| Nicholas Kenyon | 1969 | BBC Radio 3 | Organiser BBC Proms | [12]: 450 |
| Miron Fyodorov | 2004 | hip hop | Russian artist Oxxxymiron | [15] |
Other
[edit]- Johnny Acton (1989) cook
- Ghislaine Maxwell, socialite and convicted child sex trafficker[16]
- Aly Kassam-Remtulla Rhodes Scholar
Fictional
[edit]- Sir Humphrey Appleby
- The Rev Francis Arabin (from Barchester Towers)
- John Blaylock (from Whitley Streiber's The Hunger)
- Captain Hook
- Sir Arnold Robinson
- Captain John Charity Spring
- Lord Peter Wimsey
Notable applicants who did not matriculate
[edit]- Isaiah Berlin[17]
- Tony Blair[18]
- Bill Clinton[19]
- Daniel Dennett[20]
- A. Hyatt Mayor[21]
- Avrion Mitchison FRS immunologist[22]
- Colin McGinn[23]
- Lytton Strachey[24]
Balliol Chancellors of Oxford University
[edit]- Richard FitzRalph (1332)
- William de Wilton (1374)
- Thomas Chace (1426)[25]
- Richard Rotherham (1440)
- William Grey (1440)
- Robert Thwaytes (1445)
- George Neville (1453); (1461)
- John Morton (1494)
- George Nathaniel Curzon (1907)
- Alfred Milner (1925)
- Edward Grey (1928)
- Harold Macmillan (1960)
- Roy Harris Jenkins (1987)
- Christopher Francis Patten (2003)
References
[edit]- ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford); Jones, John; Viney, Sally; Hilliard, Edward; Elliott, Ivo d'Oyle; Lemon, Elsie (1914). The Balliol College Register (1st ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1914, covering matriculations 1832-1914)
- ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1934). The Balliol College Register (2nd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1934, covering matriculations 1833-1933)
- ^ Balliol College (University of Oxford) (1953). The Balliol College Register (3rd ed.). Oxford. Retrieved 25 March 2013.(1953, covering matriculations 1900-1950)
- ^ Lemon, Elsie (1 January 1969). Balliol College Register 1916-1967 (4th ed.). Balliol College.
- ^ John Jones and Sally Viney (November 1982). Balliol College Register 1950-1980 (5th ed.). Balliol College.
- ^ John Jones and Catherine Willbery (January 1993). Balliol College Register 1940-1990 (6th ed.). Balliol College.
- ^ Tom Bewley and John Jones (11 October 2005). Balliol College Register 1950-2000 (7th ed.). Balliol College.
- ^ "Balliol Women: Some Alumnae of the College | Balliol College, University of Oxford". www.balliol.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Foulkes, Sir Nigel (Gordon)" in Who's Who online, accessed 21 October 2023 (subscription required)
- ^ "Archives & Manuscripts - Memorial inscriptions". Balliol College. 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ Balliol College Register (Second Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1934
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition) by John Jones and Sally Viney 1983
- ^ History Balliol College Musical Society Society website. Accessed 1 January 2025
- ^ a b Balliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1953
- ^ Tsyptsyna, Iana. "More than punch lines and rhymes: Dizaster v Oxxxymiron". The Oxford Student. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
- ^ Selinger-Morris, Samantha (12 August 2020). "Who is Maxwell and what is she charged with?". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ Isaiah Berlin Old Pauline Club, 7 July 2020. Accessed 31 December 2024
- ^ Did Balliol Make Bill a President? Richard Jenkins, The Spectator, 15 July 2000, Page 15. Archive accessed 31 December 2024
- ^ Did Balliol Make Bill a President? Richard Jenkins, The Spectator, 15 July 2000, Page 15. Archive accessed 31 December 2024
- ^ What Makes a Philosopher, Daniel Dennett, Autobiography Part 1, Philosophy Now. Accessed 31 December 2024
- ^ Oral history interview with A. Hyatt Mayor, Smithsonian Archives of American Art, 1969. Accessed 31 December 2024
- ^ Avrion, Mitchison. "Getting into New College, Oxford". Web of Stories. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
- ^ As quoted in the book review by Anthony Campbell of Colin McGinn's autobiographical "The Making of a Philosopher, My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy" accessed 31 December 2024
- ^ Holroyd, Michael. Lytton Strachey, 1994, ISBN 0-09-933291-4 (paperback) p129
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas. National Archives.; CP 40 / 677; in 1430; Thomas Chace appears as first name, but as defendant in a case of debt, brought by Thomas Coventre.
