- Rocco Forte
Sir Rocco Forte is a British hotelier born in Bournemouth. He went to Downside School in England as a child and went on to read modern languages at Oxford University. He is the son of Lord Forte from whom he took over as CEO of the Forte Group in 1992. In the mid-Nineties, the Forte Group was faced with a hostile takeover bid from Gerry Robinson's Granada. - Adam Zamoyski
Count Adam Zamoyski (born January 11, 1949, New York City, United States) is a historian and a member of the ancient Zamoyski family of Polish nobility. Zamoyski was born in New York City but reared in England and educated at Downside School and Queen's College in Oxford. He is Chairman of the Board of the Princes Czartoryski Foundation. On June 16, 2001, in London, England, he married Emma Sergeant. - Simon Tolkien
Simon Tolkien (born 1959) is a British barrister and novelist. He is the grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien. Simon Tolkien is the eldest son of Christopher Tolkien (b. 1924). He was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford and then Downside School. He studied modern history at Trinity College, Oxford. Since 1994, he has been a barrister in London, where he lives with his wife and their two children. - Tom Bethell
Tom Bethell (born 1936) is an journalist specializing in economic issues, known for his support of the market economy, political conservatism, and unorthodox science. Born and raised in England, Bethell was educated at Downside School and the University of Oxford. He is a senior editor of the "The American Spectator", correspondent for "National Review", and member of the Hoover Institution. - John Varley
John Silvester Varley (born c.1956) is a British banker, currently Group Chief Executive of Barclays Bank. Varley attended the Catholic Downside School and has a Master's degree in history and attended London's College of Law. In 1981 he married Carolyn Thorn Pease, daughter of Sir Richard Thorn Pease, and in so doing married into the Quaker Pease family, whose bank became part of Barclays in 1902. - Hugh Vyvyan
Hugh Donnithorne Vyvyan (born 8 August 1976 in Guildford) is a rugby union player who plays on at number 8 for Saracens and England. The former England fullback Jon Callard heavily influenced Hugh's early career while at Downside School, moving him from fly-half to number 8. Brother Charlie, was a number 8 for Sale Sharks, and was another big influence on his career. He also plays lock. - Silvia Dimitrova
Silvia Dimitrova (born 1970) in Pleven) is an icon painter. She won a place at the prestigious School of Applied Arts at Troyan at the age of 13. She graduated in 1989. She then studied icon painting in Sofia under the tuition of Georgi Tchouchev, the grand master of Bulgarian icons, and was invited to exhibit her work in Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, amongst the elite group of icon painters. She held a successful solo exhibition in Paris, … - Robert Walker Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe
Robert Walker, Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe, QC, PC, (born 17 March 1938) is a British barrister and judge. The son of Ronald Robert Antony and Mary Helen Walker, was educated on the Downside School and the Trinity College, Cambridge, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in classics and law in 1959. Walker worked as barrister in Lincoln's Inn from 1960 and was made a Queen's Counsel in 1982. From 1994 to 1997, he was High Court Judge, Chancery Division. - Tremayne Rodd 3rd Baron Rennell
John Adrian Tremayne Rodd, 3rd Baron Rennell (28 June 1935 - 9 December 2006) was a Scottish rugby union player. He succeeded his uncle as 3rd Baron Rennell in 1978, and sat on the Conservative Party benches in the House of Lords. John Adrian Tremayne Rodd was the younger son of Gustaf Guthrie Rennell Rodd, a Commander in the Royal Navy, and his wife, the former Yvonne Mary Marling, a singing teacher and co-author of "Singing, the Physical Nature of the Vocal Organ". - Sir John Leslie 4th Baronet
Sir John Norman Ide Leslie, 4th Bt. was born on 6 December 1916. He is the eldest son of the late Sir John Randolph Shane Leslie, 3rd Bt. and Marjorie Ide. He became the fourth baronet when his father died in 1971. Educated at Downside School, he has never married or had children. - John Hunt Baron Hunt of Tanworth
John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth GCB (born 23 October 1919), is a British civil servant and politician. He was educated at Downside School and Magdalene College, Cambridge, then joined the Civil Service in 1946. He was Secretary of the Cabinet from 1973 to 1979. He was created a life peer with the title Baron Hunt of Tanworth, … - Murder Of John Monckton
John Victor Monckton (October 13, 1955-November 29, 2004) was a successful City financier who was murdered in his own house in November 2004, by Elliott White and Damien Hanson, whilst the latter was on probation serving half his 12 year sentence for attempted murder. Educated at Downside and Lincoln College, Oxford, he went into the City and rose to the position of Managing Director of Bonds at Legal & General Group PLC, … - Robert Berkeley
Robert George Wilmot Berkeley (23 April 1898 - 28 August 1969) was an English cricketer who played four first-class games for Worcestershire shortly after the First World War. Three of these came in friendly matches in 1919, with the other being his only County Championship appearance three years later. He did very little in any of these games, three of which his county lost by an innings. Outside cricket, he was Deputy Lieutenant for Worcestershire, … - Desmond Chute
Father Desmond Macready Chute (1895-1962) was an English artist, who became a Catholic priest in 1927. He was born in Bristol, where his father James Macready Chute ran a theatre. He was educated at Downside School, and the Slade Art School in Manchester. He was a friend of Stanley Spencer, from 1915. From 1918 became a close colleague and assistant of Eric Gill, and a founder of the Ditchling craftsmen's community, where he taught David Jones engraving. - Theobald Mathew
Theobald David Mathew, Esq, MA, (7 April 1942 - 24 December 1998) was an officer of arms at the College of Arms in London. Theobald Mathew was the son of solicitor Robert Mathew, and great-nephew of Sir Arthur Cochrane, Clarenceux King of Arms from 1928 to 1954. He was educated at Downside and Balliol College, Oxford. Mathew was a Green Staff Officer at the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969. - Jenico Preston 17th Viscount Gormanston
Jenico Nicholas Dudley Preston, 17th Viscount Gormanston (born 19 November,1939), is the only son of Jenico William Preston, 16th Viscount Gormanston (1914-1940) and Pamela Hanly, daughter of Captain Edward Hanly and Lady Marjorie Feilding. A Roman Catholic Anglo-Irish aristocrat, he is the Premier Viscount of Ireland. Like his forebears, Lord Gormanston attended the Benedictine academy of Downside School. - Stafford Northcote 4th Earl of Iddesleigh
Sir Stafford Henry Northcote, 4th Earl of Iddesleigh (born 14 July 1932, died 8 July 2004) was a British member of the House of Lords. He was the only child of Sir Henry Stafford Northcote, 3rd Earl of Iddesleigh (1901-1970) and his wife Elizabeth Susan Angela Mary Lowndes, and the grandson of the Reverend John Stafford Northcote, a younger son of Stafford Henry Northcote, 1st Earl of Iddesleigh (1818-1887). - Dennis Walters
Sir Dennis Murray Walters (born November 1928) was a British Conservative Party politician. Walters was educated at Downside School and St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was a company director with interests in advertising, public relations and travel Walters contested Blyth in 1959 and at a 1960 by-election. He was Member of Parliament for Westbury for 28 years from 1964 until he retired in 1992. - Stuart Rendel 1st Baron Rendel
Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel of Hatchlands (2 July 1834-4 June 1913) was the Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire between 1880 and 1894. Rendel was the son of the civil engineer James Meadows Rendel and his wife Catherine Jane Harris. He was educated at Downside School and Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in Modern History in 1911. He was the Liberal Party Member of Parliament for Montgomeryshire between 1880 and his retirement in March 1894. - Charles Owen O'Conor
Charles Owen O'Conor (7 May 1838 - 30 June 1906) was an Irish Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The eldest son of The O'Conor Don. O'Conor was educated at Downside School in England and became a Liberal MP for Roscommon from March 1860 until defeated in 1880. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Wexford (borough) in 1883. - Brian Cotter Baron Cotter
Brian Joseph Michael Cotter, Baron Cotter is a politician in the United Kingdom. He was Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Weston-super-Mare, from the 1997 election until 2005. Born in London, the son of a doctor from Weston-super-Mare, he was educated at Downside School in Somerset, where at age sixteen he ran a 4½ minute mile. On leaving school he entered the British Army, serving two years National Service, spending time stationed in Germany. - Denis Maurice O'Conor
Denis Maurice O'Conor (1840-26 July 1883) was an Irish politician, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The second son of The O'Conor Don, O'Conor was educated at Downside School and the University of London, gaining an MA in 1861 and LLD in 1866. A barrister, he was called to the bar at Middle Temple, 1866. He was a member of the Reform Club. O'Conor served as a Liberal (pro-Home Rule) MP for County Sligo from December 1868 until his death - John Charles Day
John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day (June 20, 1826 - June 13, 1908) was purportedly the first Catholic judge in England to be appointed after the English Reformation. He was also known as a collector of art, including several works by James McNeill Whistler. Born at the Hague, son of Captain John Day and his wife Emilie (nee Hartsinck), Sir John Day completed his schooling at Downside, and, … - George William Rendel
Sir George William Rendel (1889-6 May 1979) was a British diplomat. Rendel, the son of the engineer George Wightwick Rendel was educated at Downside School and at Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in Modern History in 1911. He then entered the Diplomatic Service. He was head of the Eastern Department of the Foreign Office, 1930-1938. In 1937 he and his wife Geraldine (1884-1965) crossed Arabia. - Sir Nicholas Mander 4th Baronet
Sir (Charles) Nicholas Mander, 4th Baronet is a British Baronet. He is the elder son of Charles Marcus Mander, 3rd baronet of The Mount, by Maria Dolores (d. 2007), née Brödermann, of Hamburg, whom he succeeded in 2006 (though the claim remains unproven). He was educated at Downside School, Trinity College, Cambridge (senior scholar), and Grenoble University. He is a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. - Pierre Maréchal
Jean-Pierre Maréchal was an engineer and racing driver who died after his Aston Martin team car crashed in the first postwar running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Although often listed as French, he had British nationality. Son of the French entrepreneur, film producer and Titanic survivor of the same name, Pierre Maréchal won his first races — at Santander, Cantabria, driving hydroplanes owned by family friend Count Soriano — at the age of 13. - John Drummond 8th Earl of Perth
John David Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth (1907-2002) was a Scottish peer, banker and politician. Nephew of the sixth Earl of Perth and son of the 7th Earl, he was educated at Downside School and Trinity College, Cambridge. After beginning a banking career, in the Second World War he went to Paris to help Noel Coward in a propaganda office, then returned to London to work in the War Cabinet office and later at the Ministry of Production. After the war he joined Schroders. - Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet
His Eminence Francis Aidan Cardinal Gasquet, O.S.B. (1846–1929) was an English Benedictine monk and historical scholar. Educated at Downside School, he became a monk and Prior of Downside Abbey, 1878-1885. He was a member of the Pontifical Commission to study the validity of the Anglican ordinations (1896) leading to "Apostolicae Curae", to which his historical contribution was major. He was President of the Pontifical Commission for Revision of the Vulgate, 1907. - Augustine Bradshaw
Dom Augustine Bradshaw (1575-1618) was a Benedictine monk. Born John Bradshaw near Worcester in 1575 to recusant Roman Catholic parents, he was sent to Royal Grammar School Worcester (a "free school", i.e. with no religious affiliation). He was sent to St. Omer by the Jesuit Edward Oldcorne and then in 1596 to the English College at Valladolid. - Seamus
"Married to music, though perhaps unwisely - It will never last and she's far too good for me. She's far too good for me in all her ways, But I keep trying, before my dying, just to satisfy. Part-hedonist, part head-on collision. It's only confusion that's clouding my vision. Otherwise, The worldly-wise, Have started their assault on the true progress of life, While the rest of us worry about money, work, lust and wife. - Alexander
Currently on the GAP, receiving decks any moment so ready for spinning some vynil, into mainly liquid but don't mind expanding to the heavier stuff. - William
- David Nicholson
I'll get back to you on this one, after I have a cup of fresh mint tea and sit down to my smoked salmon sandwitches before taking my 1956 Jaguar Roadstar out for a drive in the beautiful countryside.. then write my best man's speach and organise the stag party.. - Jason Casseus
It puts the lotion in the basket... Let's talk about stuff. Often! - Richard Donaldson
- Rupert
I working in catering and so enjoy food and drink. I love to cook for other people, but can't be bothered to cook for just myself. I love a party, but enjoy my own company watching TV or going for walks. - Chris Read
Married - Karen 2 Children - Emma and James Live in Havant. - Adam Clarkson
Just finished at the University of Hertfordshire studying Law with Human Biology, awaiting the results!. Now at Thorpe Park, attempting to earn a respectable living - not happening. Great banter though. Until 2003, I was in the London Irish Rugby Academy and played in u19 and u21 games, and was part of the squad that won the u19 National Rugby Cup. Last year I captained the 1st XV Rugby Team at Uni, coming 3rd in the league. - James Ryan
I work hard and play even harder. I a very out going, spontaneous person who loves socialing, meeting new people and generally having a good laugh. - Arthur
i am 18 male live in a vally in wales.
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