GOC I Airborne Corps, 1945, and Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine, 1952–1956 James Mardall (1899–1988), first-class cricketer and British Army officer Thomas Rice Henn (1901–1974), literary scholar and writer Lawrence P. Williams (1905–1996), film production designer Raleigh Ashlin Skelton (1906–1970), cartographical historian Geoffrey Longfield (1909–1943), first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force officer Jack de Manio (1914–1988), radio broadcaster John Blake (1917–1944), first-class cricketer and Royal Marines officer John Debenham Taylor (1920–2016), Secret Intelligence Service officer Sir Michael Kerr (1921–2002), High Court Judge and Lord Justice of Appeal Flying Officer Leslie Thomas Manser VC (1922–1942), RAF officer and bomber pilot, awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross for saving the lives of his crew. Sir Denys Roberts (born 1923), Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong, 1973–1978, and Chief Justice of Hong Kong, 1978–1988 Churton Fairman, known as Mike Raven (1924–1997), radio disc jockey, author, actor and artist David Blake (1925–2015), first-class cricketer Peter Haigh (1925–2001), BBC Television presenter Colonel Sir Michael McCorkell (1925–2006), Northern Irish soldier Sir Kenneth Warren (1926–2019), politician Sir David Mitchell (1928–2014), politician Geoffrey Hewlett Thompson (born 1929), Bishop of Exeter, 1985–1999 Field Marshal Richard Vincent, Baron Vincent of Coleshill (1931–2018), Chief of the Defence Staff, 1991–1992 Robert St Clair Grant (1932–2003), comedian, writer and actor. Al-Sultan Abdullah (born 1959), 6th Sultan of Pahang Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir (born 1948), 11th Yang Di Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan Peter Dawes, Bishop of Derby, 1988–1995 Sir Hugh Laddie (1946–2008), High Court Judge Sir Martin Sweeting, Director of the Surrey Space Centre and chief executive officer of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd Dale Winton (1955–2018), television presenter, BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Daniel Chatto (born 1957), actor turned artist; husband of Lady Sarah Armstrong-Jones Adrian Nicholas (1962–2005), skydiver Marcus Buckingham (born 1966), author and motivational speaker Baroness Karren Brady (born 1969), Managing Director of West Ham United FC Leo Green (born 1972), British musician and broadcaster Matt Wallace (born 1990), golfer References External links Aldenham School Website Old Aldenhamian Society Website BBC School Profile UK Boarding Schools Guide Profile Profile at the Good Schools Guide Preparatory schools in Hertfordshire Private schools in Hertfordshire Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Boarding schools in Hertfordshire Educational institutions established in the 1590s 1597 establishments in England Church of England private schools in the Diocese of St Albans Aldenham