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The Old Eleans' Club

Club Aim & Rules

Founded in 1889, The Old Eleans’ Club exists to ensure that those who have passed through King’s Ely remain connected to one another and to the School long after they leave.

All day and boarding pupils become automatic lifetime members upon leaving, with no annual subscription. Pupils from Year 9 upwards are invited to join the Club at a one-off cost of £120. These membership fees are carefully invested by the Club and, in addition to helping subsidise alumni events, contribute towards supporting the ongoing development of the School.

The Club operates as an independent body, while working in close partnership with King’s Ely to strengthen alumni engagement. Each year it hosts a black-tie dinner in the Monastic Barn, supports a summer drinks reception and annual cricket match, and sponsors two distinguished lectures within the School calendar: the Bowman Lecture in Arts and Humanities during Michaelmas Term, and the Osmond Lecture in STEM during Lent Term.

Old Eleans' Club Committee

Joanna Dick
President (2024 - Present), Trustee
OE 1997

Robert Le Grice
Treasurer, Trustee, Treasurer of Trust
OE 1974

Hannah Ritchie
Secretary
OE 2013

Committee Members

John Attwater
Principal of King's Ely
Ex Officio

Andrew Aus
Committee Member
OE 1994

Trevor Bedford
Committee Member, Trustee, Past President
OE 1978

Phoebe Bradbury
Committee Member
OE 2014

Kim Charter
Committee Member, Past President
OE 1976

Tristan Harding
Committee Member
OE 2019

Marc Hawes
Committee Member, Past President
OE 1985

Felix Hawes
Committee Member, Trustee
OE 2019

Bill Hunt
Committee Member, Past President
OE 1963

Alex Knowles
Committee Member, Trustee
OE 2008

Gytha Lodge
Committee Member
OE 2002

Mark Wilkinson
Committee Member, Trustee, Past President
Honourary Old Elean (Former Staff 1969 - 2009)

Past Presidents


Mark Southwell
(2022 - 2024)

Marc Hawes
(2019 - 2022)

Mark Wilkinson
(2017 - 2019)

Trevor Bedford
(2015 - 2017, 2006 - 2007)


Roy Wood
(2013 - 2015)


James Tilley
(2011 - 2013)


David Palmer
(2009 - 2011)


Antony Wright
(2008 - 2009)


Edward Hunter-Blair
(2004 -2005)


Kathryn Skoyles
(2002 - 2003)


Tony Merrifield
(2001)


John Cross
(1999-2000)


Kim Charter
(1997 - 1998)


Bill Hunt
(1995 -1996)


Jocelyn Howell
(1993 - 1994)


Robin Priest
(1992)


Barney Willis
(1990 - 1991)


David Broughton
(1988 - 1989)


John Angwin
(1986 - 1987)


Tony Merrifield
(1984 - 1985)


Jeremy Savage
(1982 - 1983)


John Bedford
(1981)


J M Smith
(1979 - 1980)


N R F Goodin
(1978)


Peter Boorman
(1977)


Sam Lawrence
(1976)


L W R Covey-Crump
(1975, 1963)


D J Gawthorne
(1973 -1974)


J M Smith
(1971 - 1972)


R Bridges
(1970)


Roy Wood
(1969)


S P Thomas
(1968)


N M Grimwood
(1967)


J E Grande
(1966)


B M Swift
(1965)


P S D Gowers
(1964)


F W Wilkinson
(1961-1962)

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