Notable Old Laurentians Lawrence Sheriff School

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former pupils @ school called old laurentians , include:



steve beebee — author , journalist
arthur bostrom — crabtree in allo allo! (head boy @ school)
will carruthers — musician
prof michael claridge, professor of entomology @ cardiff university 1983 1999 , president of linnean society of london 1988 1991
wayne clarke — award-winning broadcaster
ben croshaw — producer of 0 punctuation
prof valentine cunningham, professor of english language , literature @ university of oxford since 1996
prof john l. harper cbe – plant biologist
thomas hedley — media magnate
prof robert george spencer hudson – geologist , president of paleontological association 1957-9
prof ralph hudson johnson frse (1933-1993) neurologist
mark mapletoft – former england rugby player , season top point scorer in english rugby union premiership
david mowat – conservative mp warrington south since 2010
mark pawsey – conservative mp rugby since 2010
jason pierce — singer
air vice-marshal john porter obe
mike powell — warwickshire cricketer
ric todd – former ambassador poland (2007–2011) , current governor of turks , caicos islands
andrew rawnsley (briefly) – political journalist
walter sweeney – conservative mp vale of glamorgan 1992-7 (by 19 votes)
maj-gen anthony trythall cb – director of army education 1980-4
prof kevin warwick — computer scientist
sir norman wooding cbe – chairman of courtaulds 1978 1983




^ biographical index of former fellows of royal society of edinburgh 1783 – 2002 (pdf). royal society of edinburgh. july 2006. isbn 0 902 198 84 x. 






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