Lacrosse Club, who currently play in the North of England Men's Lacrosse Association Premier 2 division. The team play their home games at Disley Amalgamated Sports Club. Notable Old Stopfordians John Amaechi OBE (1970-), English retired NBA basketball player and broadcaster in the USA David Armitage (1965-), Professor of History at Harvard University. Thomas Ashe (1836–1889), English poet Admiral Sir George Back FRS (1796 - 1878), British naval officer and Arctic explorer Sir Victor Blank (1942-), British businessman and philanthropist Peter Boardman (1950 - 1982), British Himalayan mountaineer and author, died on Everest Martin Bourke (1947-), former British diplomat and Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands Geoff Downes (1952-), English rock keyboard player and songwriter for the bands Yes and Asia Marianne Elliott (1966-), Tony Award-winning theatre director Peter Firth (1953-), former Suffragan Bishop of Malmesbury Michael Gilbertson (1961-), current Archdeacon of Chester Roger Hammond (1936-2012), English film, television and stage actor Nicholas Henshall (1944-2015) Historian Mark Isherwood (1959-), Conservative member of the National Assembly for Wales for the region of North Wales Chris Jones (1982-), English rugby union rugby player for The Worcester Warriors Cecil Kimber (1888-1945), automobile engineer, founder of The MG car company Sir Horace Lamb FRS (1849-1934), British applied mathematician and author of several influential texts on classical physics Gordon Marsden (1953-), Labour Party politician who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackpool South Paul Morley (1957-), English music journalist who wrote for the New Musical Express from 1977 to 1983 and has since written for a wide range of publications Samuel Perry (1877-1954), Labour Co-operative politician and father of the British tennis champion Fred Perry Neil Andrew Megson (1950- 2020), English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, writer and performance artist Genesis P-Orridge. Andy Stanford-Clark (1966-), leading British information technology research engineer for IBM and IBM Master Inventor Di Stewart (1979-), television presenter on Sky Sports William Tobin (1953-2022), astronomer and political candidate Sir Frederic Calland Williams CBE (1911-1977), engineer and computer pioneer, who developed radar in World War II and the first stored-program digital computer Headmasters References External links Stockport Grammar School Flickr: Stockport Grammar School's Photostream ISI Inspection Reports - Junior School & Senior School Ancient grammar schools of Cheshire Educational institutions established in the 15th century Private schools in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport 1487 establishments in England Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Schools in Stockport