# List of alumni of Hatfield College, Durham

Hatfield College, Durham is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University. The following is a list of notable people to have matriculated at the college.

## Academia
### Academic administrators

* Gordon Cameron – Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (1988–1990)
* Sydney Holgate – Master of Grey College, Durham (1959–1980)
* David Jasper – Principal of St Chad's College, Durham (1989–1991)
* Stephen Moulsdale – Principal of St Chad's College, Durham (1904–1937)
* Arthur Prowse – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1965–1972)
* Ian Taylor – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1999–2000)
* Andrew Teverson – Pro-Vice Chancellor of University of the Arts London (2022–)

### Professors and researchers
#### Humanities and Social Science

* John Atkinson – Emeritus Professor of Classics at the University of Cape Town
* Philip Booth – Dean of the Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences at St Mary's University, Twickenham
* Richard Calland – Emeritus Associate Professor of Public Law at the University of Cape Town; Head of Political Monitoring & Information Service at IDASA (1995–2011)
* Tim Carter – David G. Frey Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
* Cecil William Davidge – Professor of English at University College of Commerce, Kobe (1907–1930); Tutor of Hirohito
* Brian Dobson – Reader Emeritus of Archaeology at Durham University; President of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle
* Paul Edwards – Professor of English and African Literature at the University of Edinburgh
* Allan M. Findlay – Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of St Andrews
* Simon J. Gathercole – Reader in New Testament Studies and Director of Studies at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
* George Gretton – Lord President Reid Professor of Law at the University of Edinburgh (1994–2016); Commissioner of the Scottish Law Commission (2006–2011)
* Mark Reginald Hull – archaeologist and curator of the Colchester and Essex museum
* Michael Jarrett – Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University
* Paul D. Murray – Professor of Systematic Theology at Durham University
* Harold Orton – Professor of English Language and Medieval English Literature, University of Leeds (1946–64)
* Angelo Raine – clergyman scholar active in the Yorkshire Philosophical Society
* David Reeder – Lecturer in Urban History, University of Leicester
* Gareth Stansfield – Professor of Middle East Studies at University of Exeter
* Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock – pioneering ecologist and former President of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union
* Ted Wragg – Professor of Education at the University of Exeter (1978–2003)

#### Science

* Cliff Addison – Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at University of Nottingham (1960–78)
* Richard Arculus – Professor in School of Earth Sciences at Australian National University
* David Axon – Professor at the University of Hertfordshire and Rochester Institute of Technology
* Gilbert Ronald Bainbridge – Wolfson Professor of Energy Studies at Newcastle University
* Keith Clark – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London
* Kingsley Dunham – Director of the British Geological Survey (1967–75); Wollaston Medal (1976)
* Nigel Glover – Professor of Physics at Durham University
* Rebecca Goss – Professor of Organic Chemistry at University of St. Andrews (2018–)
* Joseph Holden – Professor of Physical Geography at University of Leeds (2007–)
* Joanne Johnson – British Antarctic Survey geochemist; Polar Medal (2023)
* Basil Charles King – Professor of Geology at Bedford College; Bigsby Medal (1959)
* Peter Kyberd – Biomedical engineer; Head of the School of the Built and Natural Environment at University of Derby
* Mosobalaje Oyawoye – Professor of Geology at the University of Ibadan (1966–1977)
* Brian Scarlett – Professor of Chemical Technology at Delft University of Technology (1983–2000)
* Joe Smartt – Reader in Biology at Southampton University (1990–96)
* Mark A. Smith – Professor of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University
* W C Swinbank – Meteorological physicist; Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO Australia (1961–1971)
* David Vaughan – Scientist at British Antarctic Survey; Lead Author on IPCC Fourth Assessment Report
* Stan Woodell – Lecturer in Botany at Oxford University (1959–88); emeritus Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford (1989–2004)
* Philip Woodworth – Oceanographer; former Director of the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level

## Business

* David Arkless – President of End Human Trafficking Now (2011–)
* Jonathan Beckett – Chief Executive of Burgess Yachts
* Mark Cunliffe-Lister, 4th Earl of Swinton – Owner of Swinton Park Hotel
* Ian Marchant – Chairman of Thames Water (2018–2023)
* Peter Owen Edmunds – telecoms entrepreneur in Russia; co-founded Peterstar
* Richard Paniguian – Group Vice-president at BP (2002–2008), Head of Defence and Security Organisation (DSO) (2008–2015)
* Richard Pease, 4th Baronet – Head of Crux Asset Management (2015–2023)
* Tim Smit – co-creator of Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project
* Oliver Tress – founder of Oliver Bonas
* Rachel Skinner – President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (2020–2021)
* Stephen Welton – CEO of Business Growth Fund (2011–)

## Media and performing arts
### Film, radio and television

* George Auckland – longtime BBC television and digital media executive
* Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings – played Cameron Fraser on The Archers
* Fergus Beeley – BBC Natural World producer and documentarian
* Benedict Bermange – Sky Sports cricket statistician
* Bill Bunbury – ABC radio producer
* James Cary – TV and radio comedy writer, Think the Unthinkable and Bluestone 42
* Stuart Draper – theatre actor and director
* Mark Durden-Smith – Channel 5 sports presenter
* Ed Gamble – stand-up and performer, The Peacock and Gamble Podcast and Mock the Week
* Jonathan Gould – sports presenter; MLB on Five (1997–2008)
* Mark Pougatch – ITV Sport presenter
* Ian Sharp – film and television director known for Who Dares Wins (1982) and his second-unit work on GoldenEye (1995)
* Richard Teverson – character actor who has appeared in Coalition, Red Joan and The Crown
* Jeremy Vine – broadcaster and journalist; Panorama (2007–2010) Eggheads (2008–present)

### Music

* Jonathan Darlington – Generalmusikdirektor of the Duisburg Philharmonic (2002–2011)
* Tim Exile – drum and bass producer
* Malcolm Goldring – conductor and musical director
* Paul Keenan – composer of contemporary classical music
* Shelly Knotts – composer and performer of electronic, live coded and networked music
* Alec Roth – composer best known for Arion and the Dolphin (1994)
* Riva Taylor – jazz singer-songwriter; This Woman's Heart .1 (2020) and This Woman's Heart .2 (2021)
* Jake Thackray – folk musician; The Last Will and Testament of Jake Thackray (1967)

### Writing and journalism

* Poppy Adams – author and television director; The Behaviour of Moths (2008)
* Oliver Balch – author and freelance journalist; Viva South America! A Journey Round a Restless Continent (2009)
* Thomas Blackburn – poet, novelist and memoirist; A Clip of Steel (1969)
* Dominic Carman – legal affairs journalist; former feature writer for The Times
* Alexander Frater – author and travel editor; Chasing the Monsoon (1990)
* Frederick Grice – writer of children's literature; The Bonny Pit Laddie (1960)
* John Kay – chief reporter for The Sun
* Colin McDowell – former Fashion Editor of The Sunday Times
* Katharine Preston – writer and public speaker; Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice (2013)
* Rosa Rankin-Gee – novelist; The Last King of Sark (2011) and Dreamland (2021)
* Alan Schom – popular historian; Napoleon Bonaparte, A Biography (1997)
* Ruth Sherlock – journalist; international correspondent for NPR
* David Shukman – Science Editor of BBC News (2012–2021); Reporting Live from the End of the World (2010)
* Owen Slot – sports journalist; Chief Rugby Correspondent at The Times

## Military personnel
### British Army

* General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith – Chief of the General Staff (2018–2022)
* General Sir Richard Dannatt – Chief of the General Staff (2006–2009)
* Major-General Peter Grant Peterkin – Military Secretary (2000–2004)
* Major-General Alex Taylor – Director, Army Legal Services (2019–)

### Royal Air Force

* Air Marshal Peter Walker – Commander of Joint Warfare Centre (2005–2007); Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (2011–2015)

### Royal Navy

* Rear Admiral Andrew Burns – Fleet Commander (2021–)
* Rear Admiral Matthew Parr – Commander Operations (2013–2015)

## Politicians and civil servants
### Parliament of the United Kingdom
#### Members of the House of Commons

* Robert Buckland – Conservative MP for South Swindon (2010–); Secretary of State for Justice (2019–2021)
* Robert Strother Stewart – Liberal MP for Stockton-on-Tees (1923–1924)
* Edward Timpson – Conservative MP for Crewe and Nantwich (2008–2017) and for Eddisbury (2019–); Solicitor General for England and Wales (2022)

#### Members of the House of Lords

* Patrick Carter, Baron Carter of Coles – Labour Party life peer (2004–)
* James Timpson, Baron Timpson – Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation (2024–)

### European Parliament
#### Members of the European Parliament

* Jake Pugh – Brexit Party MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber (2019–2020)

### Civil Service
#### Ambassadors and High Commissioners

* Bruce Bucknell – British Ambassador to Belarus (2012–2016)
* David Carter – British High Commissioner to Bangladesh (2000–2004)
* Kim Darroch – UK Permanent Representative to the European Union (2007–2011), British Ambassador to the United States (2016–2019)
* David Fitton – British High Commissioner to Jamaica (2013–2017)
* William Quantrill – British Ambassador to Cameroon (1991–1995)

#### Colonial Service

* John Rawling Todd – Secretary for Housing, British Hong Kong (1986–1988)
* John Francis Yaxley – Hong Kong Commissioner in London (1989–1993)

#### Governors of British Overseas Territories

* Peter Waterworth – Governor of Montserrat (2007–2011)

## Religion
### Anglican Communion
#### Bishops

* John Boys – Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman (1951–1960)
* David Chellappa – Bishop of Madras (1955–1964)
* Peter Dawes – Bishop of Derby (1988–1995)
* Arthur Douglas – Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney (1883–1905)
* David Edwardes Davies – Bishop of Bangor (1944–1949)
* Morris Gelsthorpe – Bishop in the Sudan (1945–1952)
* Frederick Goldie – Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway (1974–1980)
* Temple Hamlyn – Bishop of Accra (1908–1910)
* Clive Handford – Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf (1997–2007)
* Ralph Hawkins – Bishop of Bunbury (1957–1977)
* Robert Hay – Bishop of Tasmania (1919–1943)
* Francis Johnston – Bishop of Egypt (1952–1958)
* Oliver Simon – Bishop of Antsiranana (2012–2015)
* Proctor Swaby – Bishop of Guyana (1893–1899); Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands (1899–1916)
* Gordon Tindall – Bishop of Grahamstown (1964–1969)

#### Deans and Provosts

* Dominic Barrington – Dean of York (2022–)
* William Kay – Provost of Blackburn Cathedral (1936–1961)
* Roderick Mackay – Dean of Edinburgh (1939–1954)
* Hugh McIntosh – Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow (1966–1970)
* Leslie Weatherhead – Dean of Nassau (1965–1972)
* Bill Williams – Provost of Coventry Cathedral (1958–1981)

#### Archdeacons

* Henry Carden – Archdeacon of Lahore (1929–1934)
* Alexander Chisholm – Archdeacon of Carlisle (1947–1958)
* Richard Blundell Comins – Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia (1900–1910)
* Herbert Edmonds – Archdeacon of Madras (1937–1940)
* Hugh Edwardes – Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth (1933–1944)
* Glyndwr Hackett – Archdeacon of Monmouth (2001–2008)
* Thomas Hodgson – Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1915–1921)
* Robert Jones – Archdeacon of Worcester (2014–2023)
* George MacDermott – Archdeacon of Norwich (1921–1938)
* Henry Marriott – Archdeacon of Bermuda (1925–1951)
* Frederic Murray – Archdeacon of Belize (1907–1918)
* Andrew Ritchie – Archdeacon of Surrey (1949–1955)
* Morris Rodham – Archdeacon of Warwick (2010–2019)
* Richard Ross-Lewin – Archdeacon of Limerick (1919–1921)
* Edward Leslie Seager – Archdeacon of Dorset (1955–1974)
* Andrew Spens – Archdeacon of Lahore (1892–1900)
* Basil Stratton – Archdeacon of Lichfield (1959–1974)
* David Williams – Archdeacon of Cardigan (1928–1936)

#### Other clerics

* Francis ffolkes, 5th Baronet – royal chaplain to King Edward VIII and King George VI
* Jonas Pilling – grossly incompetent vicar of St Mark's Church, Huddersfield

### Catholic Church
#### Bishops

* Michael Houghton – Bishop of Ebbsfleet (1998–1999)

## Sport
### Athletics

* Mark Hudspith – long-distance runner; bronze medallist in the Marathon at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
* Jon Solly – gold medallist in the 10,000 metres at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

### Cricket
#### First-Class

* Chaitanya Bishnoi – Haryana (2015–2023) and Chennai Super Kings (2018–2019)
* Thomas Bruce – Durham UCCE (2005)
* Nick Compton – Middlesex (2001–2009), Somerset (2010–2014) and England (2012–2016)
* Graham Cowdrey – Kent (1984–1998)
* Tim Curtis – Cambridge University (1983) and Worcestershire (1979–1997)
* Peter Deakin – Cambridge University (1996) and Dorset (1999–2006)
* Paul Dixey – Kent (2005–2010), Durham UCCE (2007–2010) and Leicestershire (2011–2012)
* Edwin Hardy – Europeans (1915)
* George Harper – Durham UCCE (2009–2010) and Buckinghamshire (2008–2012)
* Steve Henderson – Worcestershire (1977–1981), Cambridge University (1982–1983) and Glamorgan (1983–1985)
* Thomas Jameson – Cambridge University (1970) and Warwickshire (1970)
* James Lawrence – Durham University (1995) and British Universities (1998)
* Harry McInley – Durham MCCU (2015)
* Gavin Moffat – Cambridge University (1996)
* James Rowe – Durham UCCE (2001) and Kent Cricket Board (2002)
* Andrew Strauss – Middlesex (1998–2012) and England (2003–2012)
* Frank Tyson – Northamptonshire (1952–1960) and England (1954–1959)
* Freddie van den Bergh – Surrey (2011–2019) and Durham MCCU (2012–2014)
* Charlie Wallis – Durham MCCU (2012–2013)
* Nathaniel Watkins – Oxfordshire (2011), Durham MCCU (2011–2013) and Jersey (2012–2019)
* James Wilkes-Green – Guernsey (2015)
* Michael Yeabsley – Cambridge University (1995)

#### List A

* Rodney Dethridge – Bedfordshire (1982)
* Kim Norkett – Glamorgan (1974)

### Cycling

* Katharine Ford – ultra-distance cyclist; 4 time world record holder on the Indoor Track

### Field Hockey

* Gavin Featherstone – coached United States at 1984 Olympics and South Africa at the 1996 Olympics
* Rui Saldanha – represented Great Britain at 1972 Olympics

### Football

* Warren Bradley – Manchester United (1958–1962) and England (1959)

### Rowing

* Simon Barr – Gold medallist for Germany in Lightweight men's eight at the 2014 and 2015 World Championships
* Angus Groom – Silver medallist in Quadruple sculls at at the 2020 Olympics
* Alice Freeman – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships, 5th place in Women's eight at the 2008 Olympics
* Louisa Reeve – Bronze medallist in Women's eight at 2007 World Championships
* Emily Taylor – Silver medallist in Women's eight at 2008 European Championships

### Rugby

* Toby Allchurch – represented England on tour of Japan, Fiji and Tonga (1979)
* Josh Basham – Newcastle Falcons (2018–2022)
* Beth Blacklock – Scotland women (2023–)
* Richard Breakey – Scotland (1978)
* Jeremy Campbell-Lamerton – Scotland B (1985–1986) and Scotland (1986–1987)
* Will Carling – Harlequins (1987–2000) and England (1988–1997)
* Will Greenwood – Harlequins (1994–1996 and 2000–2006), Leicester Tigers (1996–2000) and England (1997–2004)
* Mark Griffin – United States (2003–2005)
* Charlie Hannaford – England (1971)
* Fitz Harding – Bristol Bears (2020–)
* Stuart Legg – Newcastle Falcons (1997–2000)
* Peter Lillington – Scotland B (1981–1982), also represented Scotland on tour of New Zealand (1981)
* Andy Mullins – England B (1988) and England (1989)
* Marcus Rose – England (1981–1987)
* Roshini Turner – Hong Kong women (2019–)
* Dave Walder – Newcastle Falcons (1999–2006) and England (2001–2003)
* Peter Warfield – England (1973–1975)
* Ben Woods – Newcastle Falcons (2003–2008), Leicester Tigers (2008–2012) and England Saxons (2006–2012)

### Tennis

* Gabriela Knutson – Czech tennis player; career-high singles ranking of 155

## Miscellaneous

* Matthew Hedges – doctoral student imprisoned for spying by the United Arab Emirates
* Claude Hinscliff – noted suffragist and founder of the Church League for Women's Suffrage
* Jolyon Maugham – barrister and founder of Good Law Project
* Robin Medforth-Mills – UNESCO official also known for his marriage to Princess Elena of Romania
* Nigel Morgan – security consultant who gained notoriety for leaking the 2004 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt
* Tracy Philipps – Intelligence officer and conservationist; Secretary-General of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (1955–1958)
* Frederick William Sanderson – Headmaster of Oundle School (1892–1922)
* Percy Warrington – founder of various private schools; established Allied Schools financial trust
* Giles York – Chief Constable of Sussex Police (2014–2020)