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List of Old Shirburnians born in the 19th century

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Sherborne is a British full boarding Public School located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset.

Founded in 705 AD by Aldhelm and, following the dissolution of the monasteries, re-founded in 1550 by King Edward VI, it is one of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom and also in England.

The following are some of the notable old boys of Sherborne School who were born in the 19th century.[1]

Speaker of the House of Representatives, New Zealand Sir William Fitzherbert
QC and Conservative MP William Forsyth (barrister)


1801 to 1809

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1810s

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Diplomatist and intelligence officer in the Crimea Charles Robert Cattley
International lawyer Mountague Bernard
Crown Equerry in the Royal Household Colonel Sir George Ashley Maude
Designer of the Metford rifling William Ellis Metford

1820s

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Anglo-Indian administrator and diplomat Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth
Professor of Greek and Latin at Johns Hopkins University Charles D'Urban Morris

1830s

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academic, politician and poet Sir Lewis Morris
  • Sir Lewis Morris, (1833-1907), son of Lewis Edward William Morris, a Welsh academic and politician, also a popular poet of the Anglo-Welsh school.
  • Lt-Colonel Alfred Wyndham, son of Captain Alexander Wyndham of West Lodge, Blandford, emigrated to Canada, Commanded 12th Battalion of the York Rangers in the North West Rebellion of 1885, artist.
  • Charles Gresford Edmondes, (1838–1893), son of Rev Thomas Edmondes of Llanblethian, Professor of Classics, archdeacon and college principal.

1840s

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literary scholar and poet Ernest Hartley Coleridge

1850s

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British colonial administrator in Africa Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden
Commander-in-Chief of India, Governor of Gibraltar General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro Bt
First class cricketer Sir Francis Eden Lacey
president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Sir James William Beeman Hodsdon
  • Brigadier-General Sir Edward Raban, CB KCB KBE (1850-1927), on staff of Lord French 1916–1917.
  • Sir Godfrey Yeatman Lagden KCMG KBE (1851-1934), a British colonial administrator in Africa.
  • Edward Smith (1854–1909), first-class cricketer and clergyman
  • Arthur Younghusband (1854-1931), son of Lieutenant-General Robert Romer Younghusband, British civil servant of the Raj.
  • Dr Philip Arthur Ashworth, BA MA Dr Jur (1853-1921), son of Rev John Ashworth Ashworth of Berkshire, international lawyer, Barrister, jurist, and author, editor and translator of important works on jurisprudence, constitutional law and military theory.
  • Henry Brougham Guppy, FRS FRSE FLS (1854-1926), British surgeon, geologist, botanist and photographer, awarded the Linnean Medal in 1917.
  • Lord John Henry Loftus, (1851–1925), 5th Earl of Ely, 5th Viscount Loftus, 5th Baron Loftus, son of Rev the Lord Adam Loftus of Loftus Hall, Wexford.
  • Sir Edward William Wallington, KCVO GCVO (1854-1933), son of Colonel Sir John Wallington of Trowbridge, Oriel College, Oxford, private secretary to Governor of New South Wales (Lord Carrington); to Governors of Victoria (Lord Hopetoun and Lord Brassey); to-Governors of South Australia (Sir T. F.Buxton and Lord Tennyson), to Governor-General of Australia (Lord Linlithgow, Groom of the Bedchamber to Prince of Wales, Groom-in-Waiting to the King, Private Secretary to the Queen, Treasurer to the Queen.
  • Arthur Upcott, DD, MA (1857-1922), son of J. S. Upcott of Cullompton, an Anglican priest and educationalist.
  • Henry Whitehead DD CBE, (1853-1947), Bishop of Madras, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, author of Christ in the Indian Villages.
  • Francis William Galpin FLS DLitt, (1858-1945), son of John Galpin of Dorchester, English cleric and antiquarian musicologist.
  • Henry Henn, (1858-1931), son of Professor T R Henn of Kildysart QC of co Clare, Bishop of Burnley.

1860s

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British Army officer in WWI Field Marshall Sir Claud William Jacob
Conservative MP and Governor-General of New Zealand Charles Bathurst, Viscount Bledisloe
Liberal MP, barrister, administrator, journalist, historian and writer Sir Harry Evan Auguste Cotton

1870s

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Philosopher, lecturer, novelist, literary critic, and poet John Cowper Powys
Last admiral to command Home Fleet during World War II Admiral Sir Henry Ruthven Moore

1880s

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Novelist and crime writer Anthony Berkeley Cox

1890s

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  • Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971), novelist and crime writer who wrote under several pen-names including Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley and A. Monmouth Platts.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The Sherborne Register 1550-1950" (PDF). Old Shirbirnian Society. Retrieved 2 March 2019.