University College School - Notable Old Gowers (Old Boys)

Notable Old Gowers (Old Boys)

Former pupils are known as Old Gowers, which was derived from Gower Street where the school was originally founded. Notable Old Gowers include people in the following broad categories:

Politics / Judiciary

4 UK Cabinet Ministers, a Viceroy of India, a Speaker of the British House of Commons, a Lord Chief Justice, a Master of the Rolls, 2 Japanese Cabinet Ministers, a Premier of Tasmania, and a Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Academia / Medicine

Vice-Chancellors of the University of London (3), Victoria, Dacca and University of Cambridge (2). Provosts of University College London, a Rector of Imperial College and two Honorary Surgeons to the King. Many Fellows of the Royal Society. Several academic OGs have been inducted into the Order of Merit.

The Arts

A president of the Royal Academy and several members of it, one of the four founders of the BBC, at least one Academy Award winner, film and television stars, broadcasters, musicians, artists, playwrights and composers.

Military

A recipient of the Victoria Cross, a Marshal of the Royal Air Force - the highest rank in the Royal Air Force and Chief of the Air Staff, an Air Vice Marshal, many Generals (including 'the originator' of the Tank), and several Admirals.

Sport

An England Cricketer (and Wisden Cricketer of the Year), a leading Mountaineer and the first man to run the sub-4 minute mile.

Religion

Several Archbishops including a Primate of All Canada and Bishops including a General Secretary of the British Council of Churches who also deputised for the Archbishop of Canterbury as chairman of the board of governors of the Church Commissioners.

A Chief Rabbi of the UK as well as the current head Masorti Rabbi of the UK. A Christian spiritualist leader.

Business

A CEO of the UK's leading ATM deployer, a Chairman of British Airways, one of the founders of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the founder of Yarrows, a proprietor of the Daily Telegraph.