39 Notable alumni of
Royal Agricultural University
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Royal Agricultural University is 979th in the world, 342nd in Europe, and 66th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 39 notable alumni from Royal Agricultural University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Mark Phillips
- Occupations
- event ridermilitary officer
- Biography
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Mark Anthony Peter Phillips is an English Olympic gold medal-winning horseman for Great Britain and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal, with whom he has two children. He remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles, a noted eventing course designer, and a columnist for Horse & Hound magazine.
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James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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Charles James Spencer-Churchill, 12th Duke of Marlborough, styled Earl of Sunderland until March 1972 and Marquess of Blandford until October 2014, and often known as Jamie Blandford or Jamie Marlborough, is a British peer and the current Duke of Marlborough.
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Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 57)
- Occupations
- aristocrat
- Biography
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Torquhil Ian Campbell, 13th and 6th Duke of Argyll, styled as Earl of Campbell before 1973 and as Marquess of Lorne between 1973 and 2001, is a Scottish peer.
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Jonathan Dimbleby
- Occupations
- broadcastertelevision presenterbiographer
- Biography
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Jonathan Dimbleby is a British presenter of current affairs and political radio and television programmes, author and historian. He is the son of Richard Dimbleby and younger brother of television presenter David Dimbleby.
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Simon Coveney
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Simon Coveney is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment from 2022 to 2024. He served as deputy leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024. He has been in the cabinet since 2011, holding a range of ministerial portfolios, including as Tánaiste from 2017 to 2020.
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James Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife
- Occupations
- politicianaristocrat
- Biography
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James George Alexander Bannerman Carnegie, 3rd Duke of Fife was a British landowner, farmer and peer. He was the grandson of Louise, Princess Royal, a daughter of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra. As a female-line great-grandson of a British sovereign, he did not carry out royal or official duties or receive any funds from the Civil List. He was the second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, and King Harald V of Norway. Through his maternal grandfather, he was also a descendant of William IV and Dorothea Jordan.
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James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn
- Occupations
- politicianaristocrat
- Biography
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James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn, KG, styled Viscount Strabane until 1953 and Marquess of Hamilton between 1953 and 1979, is a British peer, courtier and politician.
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Henry FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton
- Occupations
- promoteraristocrat
- Biography
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Henry Oliver Charles FitzRoy, 12th Duke of Grafton, known as Harry Grafton, is an English peer and music promoter. He inherited the Dukedom of Grafton from his grandfather, Hugh FitzRoy, 11th Duke of Grafton, on 7 April 2011. He is also a direct male-line descendant of Charles II of England.
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Dwijendralal Ray
- Occupations
- composerpoetteachercivil servantwriter
- Biography
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Dwijendralal Ray, also known as D. L. Ray, was a Bengali poet, playwright, and musician. He was known for his Hindu mythological and nationalist historical plays and songs known as Dwijendrageeti or the Songs of Dwijendralal, which number over 500, create a separate subgenre of Bengali music.
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Richard Drax
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistplantation owner
- Biography
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Richard Grosvenor Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax is a British Conservative Party politician, landowner, journalist, and former Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dorset between 2010 and 2024.
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Antony Penrose
- Occupations
- photographerwriter
- Biography
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Antony William Roland Penrose is a British photographer. The son of Sir Roland Penrose and Lee Miller, Penrose is director of the Lee Miller Archive and Penrose Collection at his parents' former home, Farley Farm House.
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William Peel, 3rd Earl Peel
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- politicianaristocratland ownerbusinessperson
- Biography
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William James Robert Peel, 3rd Earl Peel, styled Viscount Clanfield until 1969, is a British hereditary peer who was a Conservative peer from 15 May 1973 until October 2006 when, on his appointment as Lord Chamberlain of the Royal Household, he became a crossbench (non-partisan) member of the House of Lords.
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Richard Benyon, Baron Benyon
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Richard Henry Ronald Benyon, Baron Benyon, GCVO, PC, is a British politician who has served as Lord Chamberlain of the Household since 4 November 2024. He previously was Minister of State for Climate, Environment and Energy from 2023 to 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 2005 to 2019.
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Simon Hart
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Simon Anthony Hart is a British Conservative politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire from 2010 to 2024. He served as the Chief Whip of the House of Commons and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury from October 2022 to July 2024. He previously served as Secretary of State for Wales in the Johnson government from 2019 to 2022.
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James Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Enrolled in Royal Agricultural University
- Studied in 1978
- Occupations
- land agent
- Biography
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James Donald Charteris, 13th Earl of Wemyss and 9th Earl of March, DL, also known as Jamie Neidpath, is a British peer and landowner.
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Nicky Henderson
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- horse trainer
- Biography
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Nicholas John Henderson LVO OBE is a British racehorse trainer. He has been British jump racing Champion Trainer six times.
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Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole
- Occupations
- military personnelpolitician
- Biography
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Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole was a prince of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi until it was overthrown by a coalition of American and European businessmen in 1893. He later went on to become the delegate of the Territory of Hawaii to the United States Congress, and as such is the only royal-born member of Congress.
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Richard Abel Smith
- Biography
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Colonel Richard Francis Abel Smith DL was a British Army officer.
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Roland Walker
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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General Sir Charles Roland Vincent Walker is a senior British Army officer, who has served as Chief of the General Staff, the professional head of the British Army, since 15 June 2024. Walker previously served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Military Strategy and Operations) from April 2021 until June 2024.
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Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough
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- 1952-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alan Henry Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough, KG, KStJ, DL is a Northern Irish peer and landowner. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers who remain in the House of Lords; he sits as a crossbencher. He is the current Lord Lieutenant of Fermanagh.
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Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 77)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Malcolm Ian Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness, PC, is a Scottish Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers. He is also 20th Lord Berriedale, 15th Baronet, of Canisbay, Co. Caithness, and chief of Clan Sinclair. He is the Chief Executive of the Clan Sinclair Trust.
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Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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Charles Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb, DL was a British politician and farmer who went into politics as a leader of the National Farmers' Union. He later became active in the Conservative Party and was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He served as an MEP from 1979 to 1999, and was President of the European Parliament from 1987 to 1989, the only Briton to hold the post.
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Patrick Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Patrick Montagu Burgoyne Winthrop Stopford, 9th Earl of Courtown, styled Viscount Stopford between 1957 and 1975, is an Irish peer and politician. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999 and sits for the Conservatives.
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Geoffrey Robert Clifton-Brown is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1992. He has represented North Cotswolds since 2024, having previously represented Cirencester and Tewkesbury, then The Cotswolds.
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Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 71)
- Occupations
- entrepreneurpoliticianland owner
- Biography
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Herbert Robin Cayzer, 3rd Baron Rotherwick, is a British landowner and estate manager. He sat as a hereditary peer in the House of Lords for the Conservative Party, from 1996 until his retirement in 2022.
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Roger Knapman
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Roger Maurice Knapman is a British politician who served as a Conservative MP before becoming Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
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Stuart Agnew
- Occupations
- farmerpolitician
- Biography
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John Stuart Agnew is a British politician who served as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the East of England region for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) from 2009 to 2019.
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Baillie Scott
- Occupations
- architectdesigner
- Biography
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Mackay Hugh Baillie Scott was a British architect and artist. Through his long career, he designed in a variety of styles, including a style derived from the Tudor, an Arts and Crafts style reminiscent of Voysey and later the Neo-Georgian.
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Edward Mountain
- Occupations
- land agentpoliticianfarmer
- Biography
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Sir Edward Brian Stanford Mountain, 4th Baronet is a Scottish Conservative politician who has been a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Highlands and Islands region since 2016.
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Tim Payne
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Timothy Adam North Payne is a former English rugby union footballer who played at prop for London Wasps.
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Eleanor Anne Ormerod
- Occupations
- editorbotanistlepidopterist
- Biography
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Eleanor Anne Ormerod was a pioneer English entomologist. Based on her studies in agriculture, she became one of the first to define the field of agricultural entomology. She published an influential series of articles on useful insects and pests in the Gardeners' Chronicle and the Agricultural Gazette along with annual reports from 1877 to 1900. These annual reports were produced by summarizing information provided by her network of correspondents from across Britain. Belonging to the landed gentry, she worked as an honorary consulting entomologist with the Royal Agricultural Society of England and received no pay for any of her work. She also promoted the use of paris green as an insecticide and called for the extermination of the house sparrow.
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Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony
- Occupations
- politicianbarrister
- Biography
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Pierce Charles de Lacy O'Mahony, known up to 1901 as Pierce Mahony, and from 1912 also as The O'Mahony of Kerry, was an Irish nationalist politician and philanthropist, who practised as a barrister from 1898 to 1900. He was remarkable in having had successively three names, two wives and three faiths, and for being honoured by the Kings of two opposing countries in World War I.
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Francis D. Egerton
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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Francis David Egerton is a British novelist from the Egerton family.
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Sir William Worsley, 6th Baronet
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 69)
- Biography
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Sir William Ralph Worsley, 6th Baronet, is a British forester, farmer and businessman.
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Archibald Weigall
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir William Ernest George Archibald Weigall, 1st Baronet, KCMG was a British Conservative politician who served as Governor of South Australia from 9 June 1920 until 30 May 1922.
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Augustus Voelcker
- Occupations
- chemist
- Biography
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John Christopher Augustus Voelcker FRS was a Royal Agricultural Society of England chemist. Voelcker was known for his methodical and precise analytical practices as applied to agricultural chemistry. He began a series of long-term experiments at Woburn on crop rotation and fertilization in 1876. This was continued after his death in 1884 by his son John Augustus Voelcker (1854-1937) who was also an agricultural chemist who headed a committee to investigate improvements to agriculture in India following famines there.
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Joseph-Xavier Perrault
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph-Xavier Perrault was a Quebec educator and political figure.
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William Bridges-Maxwell
- Occupations
- sociologistpoliticianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Crawford William Bridges-Maxwell was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1964 to 1969, representing the seat of Robertson for the Liberal Party. He was a veterinary scientist by profession.
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William Ivey
- Occupations
- academic administratorscientist
- Biography
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William Edward Ivey was a New Zealand agricultural scientist and director. He was the inaugural head of what is now Lincoln University.
