Bolton School
Bolton School
Distinguished Old Boltonians

Bolton School has a history of producing top-class scholars and achievers that go out into the world and really make a difference.  Here is a list of distinguished Old Boltonians:  

Sir Ian McKellen CBE

Actor 

Lord Haslam

Former Chairman of the Coal Board and British Steel

Professor Sir Harry Kroto FRS

Nobel Prize-winner for Chemistry

Nigel Short MBE

Runner-up World Chess Championship

Baron Smith of Leigh

 

Sir Ernest Ryder

High Court Judge 

Judge Mark Brown

Chairman Scottish National Heritage

Robert Whitehead

Inventor of the torpedo purchased by the Royal Navy in 1871

David Ruffley

MP for Bury St Edmunds

Adam Noble

Deputy Consul General, Hong Kong 

Arno Kitts

Director of UK Institutional Marketing, Henderson Global Investors

John Willman

Chief Leader Writer, Financial Times; Associate Editor, Economist

Lionel Price

Economist, The Bank of England; Chief Economist, Fitch Ratings

Sir Malcolm Williamson

President and Chief Executive Officer, Visa International

Stephen Dale 

VAT specialist - Price Waterhouse Coopers, Paris

David Quysner

Former Chairman, British Venture Capital Association

Nigel Wightman

Chief Executive -  Rothschild Asset Management Association

Alex Brogden

Head of Equity Derivatives, Abbey

Martin Brown

HM Customs and Excise Commissioner

David Leather

Chief Finance Officer, Olympic Delivery Authority;

Audit Partner, Ernst & Young

Andy Paterson Oscar-winning Film Producer (Restoration, Girl With a Pearl Earring, Hilary and Jackie etc)
Roger Draper CEO, Lawn Tennis Association; former CEO, Sport England 

Andrew 'Chubby' Chandler

MD, International Sports Management Limited

(clients include Darren Clarke, Andrew Flintoff)

Eric Stones

Vice-President MBI Inc

(world's largest licensee of the US Postal Service)

Professor Norman Davies

Polish History, London; distinguished author

Professor Malcolm Horner

Engineering Management, Deputy Principal, Dundee

Professor David Norburn

Management, Imperial College, London

Professor Ronald Hinchcliffe

Emeritus Professor of Audiological Medicine,

University College London

Professor David Chadwick

Neurology, Liverpool

Professor Rodney Croft

Surgery, London

Professor Nigel Slater

Chemical Engineering, Cambridge

Professor Chris Higson

Accounting, London Business School

Professor David Crompton OBE

Environmental & Evolutionary Biology, Glasgow

Professor Stuart Pawley

Emeritus Professor of Computational Physics, Edinburgh

Professor Peter Robson

Emeritus Professor of Electronic Engineering, Sheffield

Professor David Allan

Emeritus Professor of Law, Bond University, Queensland

Professor Robin Ali

Genetics, University College, London 

Professor Barry Smith

Philosophy, University of Buffalo, USA

Professor Roy Jackson FRS

Emeritus Professor of Engineering, Princeton University, USA

Robert Carrington

Director of British Council, Porto

David Hargreaves

Chief Executive, Qualifications & Curriculum Authority

Tim Johnston

Dean of Arts & Sciences, University of South Carolina

Robert Haworth

Headmaster, Hull Grammar School

David Dunn

Headmaster, Yarm School, Stockton-on-Tees     

Ralf Little

Actor; made famous playing ‘Anthony" in BBC comedy

‘The Royle Family’

Bryan Appleyard 

Award-winning journalist, The Times, The Sunday Times,

The Independent

James Ducker

Young Journalist of the Year - Press Gazette Regional Press 

Awards 2003

Simon Holt

Composer - twice commissioned to write orchestral pieces for BBC Proms

Arun Ghosh

Composer & accomplished clarinettist; performances at Barbican, Octagon

John Boulter 

Great Britain athlete semi-final 800m Tokyo Olympics; European record holder ½ mile

Julian Darby

Footballer, Bolton Wanderers; Preston North End First Team Coach

John Derbyshire

Royal Yachting Association Racing Manager; Olympic Team Coach Sailing 2000

Nik Goodfellow

British Karting Championships; now with Falcon for Formula Renault Series

Mark Radcliffe

Broadcaster, BBC Radio One & Two

Ian Jones

Award-winning royal press photographer

Richard Myers

TV journalist

George Darby

Editorial Projects Director, The Telegraph Group 

Paul Horrocks

Editor, Manchester Evening News

Irving Wardle

Drama Critic, The Times 

Leslie Halliwell

Author of Halliwell’s Film Guide

Nick Britton

Editor of "That’s Shanghai”

Robert Cole

Foreign News Editor, BSkyB

Mark Gregory

Deputy Editor, The Money Programme

Mark Williams

Assistant sub-Organist St Paul’s Cathedral

Tim Oldershaw

Marketing Manager, London Symphony Orchestra

Martin Milner OBE

Leader, Hallé Orchestra   

Mark Almond 

International French Horn Soloist (and qualified GP)

Clive Crook

Deputy Editor, The Economist 

Sir Philip Craven MBE

Chairman British Paralympic Association 

Jack Bond

Captain Lancashire County Cricket Club, 1968 - 1972

Harry Whittle

Captain Great Britain Athletics team, 1948 Olympics

John Amatt

Mount Everest Expedition leader & climber

Andrew Crawford 

Great Britain Olympic Water Polo team

Ed Scott

Great Britain Olympic Water Polo team 

Paul Wheatcroft

Footballer, Bolton Wanderers 

Martin Robinson

Tennis - Davis Cup

Craig Randall

Salford Reds Super League (Rugby)

Phil Hassan

Halifax Blue Sox (Rugby centre) 

Sean McAllister 

Footballer, Sheffield Wednesday 

Paul Dugdale

Great Britain Distance & Cross Country runner 

Michael Hill 

Great Britain Distance & Cross Country runner

Jack Forster

Gloucester Rugby Club

Simon Ralph

Great Britain Sailing Team

Nigel Platt

Great Britain Sailing Team

Eric Forsyth  

Sailed twice around the world single-handed 

Adam Bleakley

England Table Tennis