page_title: Chatham House Grammar School
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: Chatham House Grammar School / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: English: British Conservative leader Edward Heath at the Pentagon
context_page_description: Chatham House Grammar School was an all boys grammar school in Ramsgate, Kent, England, that was merged in September 2011 with its sister school Clarendon House Grammar School to become the Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School.
  It had a coeducational sixth form and shared teaching facilities and various A Level courses with Clarendon House Grammar School. The two schools worked together to provide subjects, bands, and outings. Both schools were co-ed from the sixth form.
context_section_description: Alumni of Chatham House are known as Old Ruymians. Chatham House has the sixth highest number of Who's Who entries for state schools.
  Well known Old Ruymians include:
  Iain Aitch, author and journalist
  Herbert William Allingham, Surgeon to the Household of King Edward VII, and Surgeon in Ordinary to the Prince of Wales (later King George V)
  Allan Butler, Ambassador to Mongolia from 1984–87
  Rear-Adm Timothy Chittenden, submariner and Director from 2000–03 of the Warship Support Agency
  Matt Corker, professional rugby union player for the London Wasps now Captain of London Welsh
  Maj-Gen Patrick Crawford GM, Commandant from 1989–93 of the Royal Army Medical College
  Jamie Davies, racing driver
  Matt Dunn, author
  Marc Gascoigne, fantasy writer
  Geoffrey Colin Guy CMG CVO OBE, Governor of Saint Helena (1976–81), and Commissioner of the Turks and Caicos Islands (1958–59, 1959–65)
  Sir Edward Heath, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974
  Stewart Jackson, Conservative MP for Peterborough (2005–2017)
  Sean Kerly, Olympic field hockey player
  Keith Parker, Former Deputy-Head, Town Close House School Norwich
  Lieutenant Marc Lawrence, Sea King observer of 849 Naval Air Squadron, killed on 21 March 2003 in a crash in Kuwait
  Ali Marchant, radio personality & DJ
  John Marek, Labour MP for Wrexham (1983–2001)
  Desmond Misselbrook CBE, Chairman from 1972–78 of Livingston Development Corporation
  Frank Muir, humourist
  Rev Dr Edward Norman, gave the BBC Reith Lecture in 1978
  John Ovenden, Labour MP for Gravesend (1974–79); Leader of Kent County Council (1994–97)
  Geoff Parsons, Olympic high jumper
  Charles Robson (1859–1943), Middlesex and Hampshire wicket-keeper, and secretary (manager) of Southampton Football Club
  Prof Robert Tavernor, Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the London School of Economics (LSE)
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Terry, Station Commander from 1968 to 1970 of RAF El Adem in Libya;  Governor of Gibraltar (1985–89).
  Nik Turner, founder of the space rock band Hawkwind
  Most Rev Gregory James Venables, Archbishop Primate of South America and Bishop of Argentina (2002–present)
  Air Chief Marshal Sir Bill Wratten CBE CB - Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of RAF Strike Command during the first Gulf War, Station Commander from 1980–82 of RAF Coningsby
caption: Former Prime Minister Edward Heath was an Old Ruymian
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