List of old boys of The King's School, Parramatta
This is a List of Notable Old Boys of The King's School, Sydney, former students of the Anglican school, The King's School in North Parramatta, Sydney, Australia.
Business
Hugh Mosman
- Hugh Mosman, discovered gold in Charters Towers[1]
- David Droga, Founder & Chairman of Droga5
- Basil Fairfax-Ross - Australian Businessman
- Eudo Carlile Fox AM CEO The English Electric Company of Australasia, professional engineer
- Lionel Lee - Current CEO of Bing Lee[2]
Media, entertainment and the arts
- Bruce Beresford – Film director
- Michael Blakemore AO OBE – Freelance theatre and film director
- Richard Brancatisano - Actor
- David Campbell – Poet[4]
- Robert Crawford – Poet
- John Marsden – Author; founder and principal of Candlebark School
- Andrew Upton – Playwright and screenwriter; husband of Cate Blanchett
- John Farquharson - Journalist
- Charles Mackerras - Conductor
- Tas Costi - Star of Luxe Listings Sydney
Medicine and science
- James Charles Cox – Physician and oncologist
- Stephen John James Frank Davies – Adjunct Professor, Division of Science at Murdoch University; Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Biology at Curtin University of Technology (also attended The Elms School)
Edward Pierson Ramsay
- James W. Lance – Neurologist; specialist in headache and migraine
- Gregory Macalister Mathews CBE – Ornithologist; elected Fellow of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union and served as President[5]
- Edward Pierson Ramsay – Zoologist; specialist in ornithology
- Greg Retallack (senior year 1969) – Professor of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon; specialist in paleopedology and paleobotany.
- Thomas Griffith Taylor – Pioneering geographer; physiographer; weather service's official representative on the Terra Nova Expedition; foundation head of Australia's first university geography department (also attended Sydney Grammar School)[6]
Military
- Vice Admiral Sir John Gregory Crace KBE, CB – officer of the British Royal Navy (RN); commanded the Australian–United States Support Force (Task Force 44) at the Battle of the Coral Sea
- Lieutenant John Steel ("Jock") Lewes – British Army officer and founding principal training officer of the British Special Air Service; killed in action, 1941.[7]
- Major-General Sir Denzil Macarthur-Onslow CBE, DSO,[8] commander of the 1st Armoured Brigade during World War II.
- Major-General Sir Granville Ryrie KCMG, CB – served in both the Second Boer War and World War I.
- Sydney Christian - Australian Army Colonel
Politics, public service and the law
Joseph Palmer Abbott
- Sir Joseph Palmer Abbott KB KCMG – Politician and solicitor; Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New South Wales for the district of Maitland; Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as member for Gunnedah, and later for Wentworth[9]
- John Anderson – MHR (Nat); Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the National Party (1999–2005)[10]
- John Douglas Anthony AC, CH – MHR (Nat) (1957–1984); Deputy Prime Minister (1971–72) and (1975–83); Leader of the National Party (1971–84)[11]
- Mike Baird – Former Premier of NSW
- Sir Joshua Peter Bell – Pastoralist and parliamentarian
- Sir Nigel Bowen AC KBE – Politician; Member for Parramatta (Liberal); Appointed Attorney-General of Australia in the Second Holt Ministry
- Francis Stewart Boyce – Barrister, Supreme Court judge and politician (also attended Sydney Grammar School and Rugby School)[12]
- Dr Arthur Chesterfield-Evans – NSW MLC (Dem) (1998–2007)
- Russell Cooper – Premier of Queensland (Sept–Dec 1989); Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly (Nat)(1983–2001)
- Alfred Cox – New Zealand politician.
- Somerset de Chair – MP, philanderer and author
- Frederick Augustus Forbes – Store-keeper, grazier and politician; Member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland[13]
- William Forster – Politician; Premier of New South Wales (1859–60); Author of poetry and prose[14]
- Sir Joseph George Long Innes – Politician, elected to the Legislative Assembly for Mudgee; Queensland District Court judge[15]
- Stewart Wolfe Jamieson – Official secretary at the Australian High Commission, Ottawa (1947–50); Officer-in-charge of the information and defence liaison branches, Canberra (1950–52); Consul-general in San Francisco, United States of America; Chargé d'affaires in Dublin; Australia's first high commissioner to Ghana[16]
- Jeremy Kinross – NSW MLA (Lib) (1992–99)
- Eric Walwyn Ormsby Martin – Solicitor; mayor of Taree; flying officer in the Royal Air Force[17]
- Sir David Maughan – Barrister; President of the Law Council of Australia[18]
- John Frederick McDougall, Member of the Queensland Legislative Council (1860-1895)[19]
- Sandy McPhie – Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba North (1983–1989) (Nat)
- Robert Darlow Pring – Judge of the Supreme Court of New South Wales[20]
- Leon Ashton Punch – Former NSW deputy premier and minister of the crown[21]
- Bernard Blomfield Riley – Barrister; Judge of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy; Judge of the Federal Court of Australia[22]
- John Randall Sharp – Former National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives representing Gilmore and Hume; Business Executive
- The Hon. Keith Mason QC, former President of the NSW Court of Appeal
- John Anderson - Former Australian Politician
- Horace Berry- Former Australian Politician
George Thorn
- Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor – Pastoralist and politician; Elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Bathurst
- Angus Taylor – Australian Shadow Treasurer
- George Thorn – Premier of Queensland (1876–77), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
- John Lloyd Waddy, OBE, DFC (1916–1987), a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) who later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Minister of the Crown.
- Sir Charles Gregory Wade KCMG – Premier of New South Wales (1907–1910); Judge (also attended All Saints College, Bathurst)[23]
- Bret William Walker SC – Barrister; Member of the NSW Health Clinical Ethics Advisory Panel; Former President of the NSW Bar Association; Former President of the Law Council of Australia
- Sir William Charles Windeyer – Politician and judge[24]
- John Ewing - Former Australian Politician
- John Gunther - Public servant
- Hovenden Hely - Australian Explorer and politician
- Jerome Laxale - Federal Member for Bennelong
- Reginald (Reg) Edward Frederick Uhr - Magistrate and Queensland Native Policeman; leader of massacres on Aboriginal people[25]
Religion
- Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick – Anglican bishop (also attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School)[26]
- William James Gunther – Anglican clergyman[27]
- Robert Lethbridge King – Church of England clergyman; Principal of Moore Theological College[28]
- George Fairfowl Macarthur – Anglican clergyman and schoolmaster[29]
- Percival Stacy Waddy – Anglican clergyman; Cricketer; Headmaster of The King's School[30]
- Geoffrey Cranswick - Anglican Bishop
- George Cranswick - Bishop
Royalty
Sport
Australian football
Athletics
- Nicholas Hough – winner of 110m hurdles 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.
Basketball
- Josh Green – NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks
Cricket
- Baxter Holt – Current player for Sydney Thunder and New South Wales cricket team
- Reg Bettington - Former Australian Cricketer
Soccer
- Travis Cooper – Currently playing for GHFA Spirit FC
Rowing
- John Ryrie – Australian men's eight 1912 Olympics
- Robert Waley – cox of Australian men's eight 1912 Olympics
- Robert Paver – dual Olympian, Australian men's eight 1972 and 1976 Olympics
- Samuel Loch – dual Olympian, Australian men's eight 2008 and 2012 Olympics
- Matt Ryan – Australian men's four 2008 Olympics (silver medalist) and men's eight 2012 Olympics
- Nick Hudson – Australian quad scull, sliver medallist 2008 World Championships
- Cam Girdlestone – Olympic Medalist at 2016 Olympic Games
- Andrew Cox - Former Australian Coxswain
Rugby league
- Daniel Conn – Former Rugby League player for the Gold Coast Titans[31]
- Joseph Suaalii – Rugby League Player for the Sydney Roosters
- Will Penisini – Rugby League Player for the Parramatta Eels
Rugby union
- Ben Batger – ACT Brumbies[32]
- Will Caldwell – NSW Waratahs[33]
- Mitchell Chapman – Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs and ACT Brumbies[34]
- Tim Davidson – Western Force, NSW Waratahs[35]
- Daniel Halangahu – NSW Waratahs[33]
- Ben Hand – NSW Waratahs[33]
- James Hilgendorf – Western Force[36]
- Julian Huxley – ACT Brumbies, Queensland Reds and Wallabies[37]
- Nicholas Phipps – Melbourne Rebels, New South Wales Waratahs and Wallabies
- Stirling Mortlock – ACT Brumbies and Wallabies[38]
- Dean Mumm – NSW Waratahs[33] and Wallabies
- Benn Robinson – NSW Waratahs and Wallabies[39]
- Jon White – Wallabies (1958-1965).[40]
Shooting
- Glenn Kable – Fijian sport shooter, competitor in the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics in Men's Trap. World Cup winner 2001 Korea..
- Reg Roberts - Great Britain (GB) & England Fullbore Rifle Marksman (1989-Present). World Championship GB Team Gold Medallist 2007 & 2015. Captain of GB 2005 & 2016. GB Shooting Hall of Fame 2016.[41][42]
Tennis
- Rinky Hijikata - Japanese-Australian tennis player, whose career high ATP singles ranking is World No. 82. (2013-2016).[43]
See also
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- "Ben Batger". HSBC Waratahs Player Profiles. NSW Rugby. 2007. Archived from the original on 22 December 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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- "Rowperfect Challenge 2006 – More Records Tumble". Newsletter. NSW Rowing. 12 December 2006. Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
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- "Benn Robinson". Player Profile. Dural Rugby Club Inc. 2007. Archived from the original on 18 October 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2007.
- Jack Pollard; Australian Rugby Union – The Game and the Players; Angus and Robertson; 1984
- Reg Roberts https://nra.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Big5.pdf
- "Alumni Spotlight | Reg Roberts".
- "Rinky Hijikata - Men's Tennis". University of North Carolina Athletics. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
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