Blundell's School is a British public school, located in Tiverton in the county of Devon. It was founded by Peter Blundell in 1604, and relocated to its present location on the outskirts of town in 1882. The Old Blundell's School is now in the care of the National Trust, and its forecourt is usually open to visitors. One ex-Blundell's boy was the writer R. D. Blackmore — in Lorna Doone he used the Blundell's triangular lawn as the stage for a fight between John Ridd and Robin Snell.

Notable Old Blundellians

• Richard Newte (c.1613–1678), clergyman
• John Newte (1656–1716), clergyman
• Richard Venn (1691–1739), clergyman
• Bampfylde Moore Carew (1693–1759), impostor and swindler
• Thomas Hayter (c.1702–1762), Bishop of Norwich, 1749–1761, and Bishop of London, 1761–1762
• Benjamin Incledon (c.1730–1796), Devon antiquary and genealogist
• Richard Beadon (1737–1824), Archdeacon of London, 1775–1789, Bishop of Gloucester, 1789–1802, and Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1802–1824
• Martin Dunsford (1744–1807), serge maker, Local Historian, Jacobin and antiquary
• Stephen Weston (1747–1830), antiquary and classicist
• John Rendle (1758–1815), classicist
• Thomas Northmore (c.1766–1851), geologist and writer
• George Richards (c.1767–1837), poet and clergyman
• Sir Matthew Wood (1768–1843), druggist, politician, and Lord Mayor of London, 1815–1816
• John Penrose (1778–1859), theologian
• William Buckland (1784–1856), Reader in Mineralogy, University of Oxford, 1813–1850, Reader in Geology, University of Oxford, 1818–1850, and Dean of Westminster, 1845–1850
• Lieutenant-Colonel William Harding (1792–1886), antiquary and soldier
• Sir John Jeremie (1795–1841), Chief Justice of Saint Lucia, 1824–1831, Governor of Sierra Leone, 1840–1841, and anti-slavery campaigner
• Jack Russell (1795–1883), clergyman, huntsman, and breeder of the Jack Russell Terrier
• Walter Farquhar Hook (1798–1875), Vicar of Coventry, 1828–1837, Vicar of Leeds, 1837–1859, and Dean of Chichester, 1858–1875
• Henry Boase (1799–1883), geologist and chemist
• Abraham Hayward (1801–1884), barrister, essayist and translator
• James Jeremie (1802–1872), Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1850–1870, and Dean of Lincoln, 1864–1872
• Richard Hoblyn (1803–1886), scientific writer
• Alexander Knox (1818–1891), journalist and police magistrate
• Frederick Temple (1821–1902), Headmaster of Rugby School, 1857–1869, Bishop of Exeter, 1869–1885, Bishop of London, 1885–1896, and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1896–1902
• R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900), novelist
• Brevet Colonel Charles Cornwallis Chesney (1826–1876), military historian
• General Sir George Chesney (1830–1895), soldier
• Samuel Reynolds (1831–1897), clergyman and journalist
• James Body (1840–1911), clergyman
• Edward Hillier (1857–1924), Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation representative in Peking, 1891–1924
• Morris Travers (1872–1961), chemist
• Eric Gill (1882–1940), typeface designer, sculptor, draughtsman, wood engraver, and social critic
• Sir John Squire (1884–1958), poet and literary editor
• A.V. Hill (1886–1977), Foulerton Research Professor in Physiology, Royal Society, 1926–1951, and Nobel laureate
• C. E. M. Joad (1891–1953), philosopher and broadcaster
• Frederick Le Gros Clark (1892–1977), social and industrial reformer
• Vernon Bartlett (1894–1983), journalist and broadcaster
• Sir Wilfrid Le Gros Clark (1895–1971), Dr Lee's Professor of Anatomy, University of Oxford, 1934–1962
• Sir Rex Niven (1898–1993), Senior Resident in Nigeria, 1947–1954, and President and Speaker of the Northern House of Assembly, Nigeria, 1952–1959
• John Wyndham (1903–1969), author
• Sir Gordon Newton (1907–1998), Editor, Financial Times, 1949–1972
• Sir Stephen Spender (1909–1995), poet
• Geoffrey Willans (1911–1958), humorist and creator of Nigel Molesworth
• G. W. H. Lampe (1912–1980), Edward Cadbury Professor of Theology, University of Birmingham, 1953–1959, Ely Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1959–1970, and Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1970–1979
• Michael Gilbert (1912–2006) Lawyer and crime writer
• General Sir Walter Walker (1912–2001), General Officer Commanding 17th Gurkha Division, 1959–1965, and Commander-in-Chief, Allied Forces, Northern Europe, 1969–1972
• Sir Giles Bullard (1926–1992), diplomat
• Michael Shanks (1927–1984), journalist and economist
• Clem Thomas (1929–1996), Wales rugby player
• Christopher Ondaatje (born 1933), author
• Michael Mates (born 1934), politician
• Richard Sharp (born 1938), rugby union player
• Malcolm Moss (born 1943), Conservative MP
• Jon Swain (born 1948), journalist and writer (expelled)
• Charles Kent (1953–2005), rugby union player
• John Van der Kiste (born 1954), author
• Miles Tredinnick (born 1955), playwright and rock singer
• Vic Marks (born 1955), cricketer
• Ben Rice (born 1972), author
• Claire Marshall (born 1975), journalist

External links

• Blundell's School website
• 2001 UK:Independent Schools Inspectorate Report
• Current Information from UK:Independent Schools Council

Educational institutions established in the 1600s | Public schools in Devon | 1604 establishments