List of members of Peterhouse, Cambridge

This is a list of notable members of Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, England. It includes alumni, fellows and Masters of the college.

Alumni

Public servants

• Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss - First female Lord Justice of Appeal, 1988–1999, President of the Family Division, High Court of Justice, 1999–2005
• The Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1768–1770
• Elijah Mudenda, Prime Minister of Zambia, 1975–1977
• Michael Howard, Leader of the Conservative Party, 2003–2005
• Christopher Meyer, British Ambassador to the United States, 1997–2003
• Michael Portillo, Cabinet Minister, 1992–1997
• Nicholas Stern, author of the Stern Review on climate change
• Conrad Swan, Garter Principal King of Arms
• John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1583–1604
• David Wilson, Governor of Hong Kong, 1987–1992

Academics, artists, writers

• Kingsley Amis, writer
• Richard Baker (broadcaster), broadcaster
• Denis Brogan, historian
• Herbert Butterfield, historian, Master of Peterhouse, 1955–1968, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1959–1961, and Regius Professor of Modern History, 1963–1968
• Thomas Campion, 16th century composer
• John Ashton Cannon, historian
• Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden, official historian of the Conservative Party
• Patrick Cosgrave, journalist, author and advisor to Margaret Thatcher
• Maurice Cowling, historian
• Mike Dash, historian
• Marius De Vries, composer and producer, best known as music director of La La Land
• Roger Deakin, naturalist writer
• Robert Dudley Edwards, historian
• Richard Eyre, director, former artistic director of the National Theatre
• Ronan Fanning, historian
• John Finnemore, writer and actor
• Michael Gough, archaeologist
• Thomas Gray, poet
• Colin Greenwood, Radiohead bassist
• Luke Hughes, furniture designer
• Harold James, historian
• David Knowles, Regius Professor of Modern History, 1954–1963
• Denis Mack Smith, historian
• F.X. Martin, historian and first Catholic priest admitted to Cambridge since the Reformation
• James Mason, actor
• Simon McBurney, theatremaker, founder of Complicité
• Sam Mendes, Academy Award-winning film director (for American Beauty) and four-time Laurence Olivier Award winner
• David Mitchell, actor, comedian and writer
• A. L. Morton, Marxist historian
• Michael Postan, historian
• William Ridgeway, classical scholar and Disney Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge University
• Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American political historian.
• Karl Schweizer, historian and author.
• Peter Whitehead, filmmaker
• W. David McIntyre, OBE, historian, author, professor, Professor Emeritus, University of Canterbury

Scientists and inventors

• Nick Barton, evolutionary biologist
• Christopher Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft
• Peter Guthrie Tait, mathematician
• William Hopkins, mathematician
• Joseph E. Pesce, astrophysicist
• Edward John Routh, mathematician
• Klaus Roth, mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal
• Philip Charles Woodland, engineer

Fellows

Masters

References