List of alumni of Hatfield College, Durham

Hatfield College, Durham is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University.

Founded in 1846 by the reformist clergyman David Melville as Bishop Hatfield's Hall, the college is known for pioneering the system of catered student halls with prices for board and lodgings fixed in advance.

While early Hatfield students tended to follow careers in the church, contemporary alumni also include figures in academia, government, business, the arts, and sport. The following is a list of notable people to have matriculated.

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)
• Arthur Robinson – Vice-Chancellor of Durham University (1922–1924); Master of Hatfield College (1923–1940)
• Ian Taylor – Principal of Van Mildert College, Durham (1999–2000)

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
• Sam Challis – Director of the Rock Art Research Institute (RARI) at the University of the Witwatersrand
• 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
• Robert Malcolm Errington – Emeritus Professor of Ancient History at the University of Marburg
• Allan M. Findlay – Emeritus Professor of Geography at the University of St Andrews
• Simon J. Gathercole – Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity 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
• John Spaul – epigrapher and scholar on the Army of the Roman Empire
• Gareth Stansfield – Professor of Middle East Studies at University of Exeter
• Maurice Whitehead – Director of Heritage Collections and Schwarzenbach Research Fellow at English College, Rome
• 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
• Christopher Burn – Emeritus Chancellor's Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University; Polar Medal of Canada (2018)
• Tristram Chivers – Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at University of Calgary
• Keith Clark – Emeritus Professor in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London
• Bethan Davies – Professor of Glaciology at Newcastle University
• 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)
• Geoffrey King – Senior Research Professor in Geophysics at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
• 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)
• Graham Smith – Particle physicist; Head of Instrumentation Division at Brookhaven National Laboratory (2012–2017)
• 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–)
• Mohammad Faiz Azmi – Executive Chairman of Securities Commission Malaysia (2024–)
• Jonathan Beckett – Chief Executive of Burgess Yachts
• Richard Burge – Founder of ESG Validation; CEO of Countryside Alliance (1999–2003)
• Mark Cunliffe-Lister, 4th Earl of Swinton – Owner of Swinton Park Hotel
• Simon Hill-Norton – co-founder and CEO of Sweaty Betty
• 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 and CEO 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, television and theatre

• George Auckland – longtime BBC television and digital media executive
• Delaval Astley, 23rd Baron Hastings – played Cameron Fraser on The Archers
• Kieron Barry – playwright; Stockwell (2009)
• 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 (2019–2024)

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 (2010–2024); 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 (2019–2024); 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)
• Alexander MacKenzie – Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness (1918–1949)
• 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)
• Kate Peacock – Archdeacon of Stansted (2023–)
• 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)
• Tony Wilds – Archdeacon of Plymouth (2001–2010)
• 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
• James Sunter – rector of St Paul's Church, Adelaide (1890–1909)

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 Moyes – Cumberland (1994–2001) and Cambridge University (2002)
• 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 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)

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