Strathallan School

School roll

History

Headmasters

• Harry Riley FRSE
• W. E. Ward
• A. J. Shaw
• A. N. Hamilton
• Wilfred Hoare
• Duncan McCallum
• David Pighills
• Angus McPhail
• Bruce Thompson
• Mark Lauder

  Academics

Sixth form subjects

Extracurricular activities

Notable alumni

• Jamie Cachia, Scotland hockey international with >50 caps
• Mike Allingham, Scotland cricket international.
• David Anderson, former vice-chairman of the London Commodity Exchange.
• Sir George Baker, High Court judge.
• Chris Baur, editor of The Scotsman.
• William Hugh Beeton, Chief Commissioner of Ashanti ; vice-president of the Royal African Society.
• Professor Alan Brash, Professor of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University.
• JJ Chalmers, Scottish television presenter and Invictus Games medallist.
• John Cochrane, Concorde test pilot.
• Nicki Cochrane, Scottish international hockey player.
• Brigadier David Cranston, British Army officer and businessman.
• Hamish Dawson, Scotland rugby union international.
• Dominik Diamond — Television Presenter
• Professor Alasdair Drysdale, Professor Emeritus of Geography at the University of New Hampshire.
• Ronald Duncan, British Olympic alpine skier.
• Tessa Dunlop, television presenter and historian
• Matt Fagerson, Scotland international rugby union player.
• Zander Fagerson, Scottish international rugby union player.
• John Forrest, Scotland rugby union international.
• Bill Fraser, Laurence Olivier Award winning actor.
• Jim Gellatly, radio presenter.
• Sir Ian Grant, former chairman of the Crown Estate and Scottish Tourist Board.
• John Grant, writer and editor.
• Professor Peter Grant, Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh; awarded 82nd Faraday Medal.
• John Malcolm Gray, chairman of HSBC.
• Charlie Guest, Scottish World Cup alpine ski racer.
• Thomas Hart, Financial Secretary to Singapore; Scotland cricket and rugby union international.
• Chris Hartley, Queensland Bulls and Australia A cricketer.
• Ashley Harvey-Walker, Warwickshire and Derbyshire county cricketer.
• Donny Hay, Scotland hockey international.
• Richard Henderson, president of the Law Society of Scotland.
• George Horne, Scotland international rugby union player.
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Angus Houston, Royal Australian Air Force; former Chief of the Defence Force.
• 'Lord' Tim Hudson, DJ, voice actor and talent agent.
• Sir William Jardine, 13th Baronet, 24th Chief of Clan Jardine.
• Robert Smith Johnston, Lord Kincraig, High Court Judge.
• Ian Jones, co-founder and former chairman of Quayle Munro merchant bank.
• Archibald Angus Charles Kennedy, 8th Marquess of Ailsa, 19th Earl of Cassilis, 21st Lord Kennedy, 8th Baron Ailsa, known as Charles Cassilis when a pupil
• Major General Lamont Kirkland, British Army officer; former Commander 4th Infantry Division.
• Gilmour Leburn, MP Conservative, Kinross and West Perthshire ; Under-Secretary of State for Scotland.
• Nicholas Lydon, awarded the Lasker Clinical Award and Japan Prize for the development of Gleevec.
• Murray McCallum, Scottish international rugby union player.
• Barbie MacLaurin, BAFTA nominated television producer and director.
• Ian MacNaughton, BAFTA winning television and film director, notably of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
• Professor Morris McInnes, Professor Emeritus of Accounting at the Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, Boston, USA.
• Professor Hugh Miller, Professor Emeritus of Forestry at the University of Aberdeen; IUFRO Scientific Award.
• Doug Mitchell, Academy Award nominated film producer for Babe.
• David Mitton, BAFTA nominated director and screenwriter, including Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends.
• Colin Montgomerie, Scottish professional golfer; World golf hall of fame.
• Michael Moore, MP Liberal Democrat, Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk ; Secretary of State for Scotland.
• Peter Niven, 1,000 race-winning National Hunt jockey and racehorse trainer.
• Robert Reid, winner of the 2001 World Rally Driving Championship.
• Jamie Ritchie Scotland international rugby union player.
• Air Commodore John Buchan Ross, Royal Air Force officer.
• Ninian Sanderson, winner of the 1956 24 Hours of Le Mans.
• Duncan Scott is a British swimmer representing Great Britain at the FINA World Aquatics Championships and the Olympic Games, and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
• Professor Sir John Shaw, Johnstone Smith Professor of Accountancy at the University of Glasgow; Governor Bank of Scotland.
• Professor John Sinclair, Emeritus Professor of Conveyancing at the University of Strathclyde.
• Iain Steel, Malaysian professional golfer.
• Struan Stevenson, Conservative MEP.
• Gareth Trayner, British Olympic alpine skier.
• Lawrence Urquhart, former chairman of Castrol, Scottish Widows and BAA]
• Gavin Vernon, renowned for the Removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950.
• Eric McKellar Watt, founder of the 'McKellar Watt' meat pie company.
• Professor Nairn Wilson, former Dean and Head of King's College London Dental Institute; numerous awards for dentistry.
• Michael Yellowlees, Scotland field hockey international.

  Controversies