List of people associated with Balliol College, Oxford
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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 — 1832–1914[1]
- 2nd edition — 1833–1933[2]
- 3rd edition — 1900–1950[3]
- 4th edition — 1916–1967[4]
- 5th edition — 1950–1980[5]
- 6th edition — 1940–1990[6]
- 7th edition — 1950–2000[7]
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]Lists for specific categories
[edit]- Academics
- Economists
- Historians
- Lawyers
- Media
- Philosophers
- Politicians
- Religious
- Scientists
- Sports
- Writers
Balliol Chancellors of Oxford University
[edit]- Richard FitzRalph (1332)
- William de Wilton (1374)
- Thomas Chace (1426)[9]
- 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)
College Alumni
[edit]Security, Military and Intelligence
[edit]| Image | Name | Join Date | Field of work | Comments | Refs |
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Cressida Dick | 1979 | police | commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police daughter of Balliol Senior Tutor Marcus Dick |
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Lieutenant-General Simon Mayall | 1975 | army | Defence Senior Advisor Middle East | |
| Sir John Rennie | 1932 | intelligence | Director MI6 | ||
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Group Captain Archie Hope | 1930 | RAF | DFC RAF pilot WW2 |
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| Hon Richard Gilbert Hare | 1925 | propaganda | Head of Russian propaganda, Ministry of Information WW2 Russian art historian |
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Lieutenant Arthur Rhys-Davids | 1916 | RFC | MC declined scholarship to join the RFC |
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Captain John Aidan Liddell | 1908 | RFC | VC MC | |
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Lieutenant-General Adrian Carton de Wiart | 1899 | army | VC left before graduating to fight in Boer War |
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| Vice-Admiral William Monson | 1581 | navy | his Naval Tracts describe Navy life |
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 |
[10]: 55 |
| Sir Harold Boulton | 1878 | songwriter | "Skye Boat Song" | [11]: 4 |
| John Farmer | 1885 | Director of Music | organist, composer and keyboardist | [12] |
| Ernest Walker | 1887 | composer | Honorary Fellow | [11]: 22 |
| Donald Tovey | 1895 | composer | Essays in Musical Analysis | [11]: 43 |
| F. S. Kelly | 1900 | composer | Olympic gold medallist in rowing | [13]: 62 |
| Victor Hely-Hutchinson | 1920 | composer, conductor, pianist | switched to RCM after one year "Carol Symphony" |
[13]: 219 |
| Inglis Gundry | 1923 | composer | lecturer on musical appreciation | [11]: 30 |
| Sydney Carter | 1933 | songwriter | "Lord of the Dance" | [11]: 90 |
| Richard Buckle | 1934 | Ballet | Founded Ballet magazine | [11]: 98 |
| George Malcolm | 1934 | harpsichordist | Master of Music, Westminster Cathedral | [11]: 102 |
| Edward Heath | 1935 | organist, conductor | Prime Minister | [11]: 107 |
| Vernon Handley | 1951 | conductor | supported British composers | [11]: 246 |
| Nicholas Kenyon | 1969 | BBC Radio 3 | Organiser BBC Proms | [11]: 450 |
| Miron Fyodorov | 2004 | hip hop | Russian artist Oxxxymiron | [14] |
Fictional alumni
[edit]- Sir Humphrey Appleby (from TV series Yes Minister)
- Sir Arnold Robinson (from TV series Yes Minister)
- The Rev Francis Arabin (from Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope)
- John Blaylock (from Whitley Streiber's The Hunger)
- Captain Hook from Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
- Captain John Charity Spring (from Flash for Freedom! by George MacDonald Fraser)
- Lord Peter Wimsey (from short stories by Dorothy L. Sayers)
Notable applicants who did not matriculate
[edit]- Isaiah Berlin – British philosopher (1909–1997)[15]
- Tony Blair – Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007[16]
- Bill Clinton – President of the United States from 1993 to 2001[17]
- Daniel Dennett – American philosopher (1942–2024)[18]
- A. Hyatt Mayor – American art historian and curator (1901–1980)[19]
- Avrion Mitchison – British zoologist and immunologist (1928–2022)[20]
- Colin McGinn – British philosopher (born 1950)[21]
- Lytton Strachey – English writer and critic (1880–1932)[22]
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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
