Hilton College is a South African private boarding school for boys located near the town of Hilton in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. It was founded in 1872 by Gould Arthur Lucas and Reverend William Orde Newnham as a non-denominational Christian boys school.

Sports

International Sportsmen

  • Note: for international sportsmen all dates refer to year of national selection
Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Charles Hime 1892 South African Cricketer [1]
Rolland Beaumont 1912 South African Cricketer [1]
Jock Cameron 1927 South African Cricketer [1]
Herby Wade 1935 South African Cricketer [1]
Billy Wade 1938 South African Cricketer [1]
Jack Hart-Davis 1945 South African Cricketer [1]
Ian Smith 1947 South African Cricketer [1]
Michael Melle 1949 South African Cricketer [1]
John Waite 1951 South African Cricketer [1]
Roy McLean 1951 South African Cricketer [1]
Mike Macaulay 1964 South African Cricketer [1]
Mike Procter 1966 South African Cricketer [1]
Derek Crookes 1988 South African Cricketer [1]
Preston Mommsen 2010 Scottish Cricketer [1]
Ebbo Bastard 1937 South African Rugby Player [1]
Paul Johnstone 1951 South African Rugby Player [1]
fr:Nick Labuschagne 1953 English Rugby Player [1]
Clive Ulyate 1955 South African Rugby Player [1]
Brian Pfaff 1955 South African Rugby Player [1]
Hentie Martens 1994 South African Rugby Player [1]
Gary Teichmann 1994 South African Rugby Captain [1]
Wayne Fyvie 1996 South African Rugby Player [1]
Bobby Skinstad 1997 South African Rugby Captain and South African Sevens Player [1]
Roddy Grant 2006 Scottish Sevens Player [1]
T.J.Drummond 2010 South African Hockey Player [1]
S.R.Coppinger 2006 South African Squash Player [1]
Eustace Fannin 1937 South African Tennis Player [1]
George Weightman-Smith 1928 South African Athlete in the 1928 Summer Olympics [1]
Sean Gunn 2011 Zimbabwean swimmer at the 2016 Summer Olympics [2]
Nicholas Spooner 2009 South African Hockey Player [3]

Other Sportsmen

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Keagan Africa First-class cricketer, played for The Dolphins [4]
Duncan Bradshaw First-class cricketer, played for Marylebone Cricket Club and Oxford MCCU [5]
Marc Milligan First-class cricketer, played for Oxford MCCU [6]>
Sven Koenig First-class cricketer [7]
Russel Symcox First-class cricketer, played for The Dolphins [8]
Sean Conway Endurance swimmer, first person to swim the length of Great Britain [9]

Government

South African Justices

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
John Didcott 1948 Constitutional Court judge [10]
Arthur Chaskalson 1948 Constitutional Court judge, member of Nelson Mandela's defence team during the Rivonia Trial [11]
Nigel Willis 1970 Supreme Court of Appeal judge [12]
Eric Leach 1969 Supreme Court of Appeal judge [13]
John Milne 1946 Supreme Court of Appeal judge [14]

Politicians

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Tim Harris 1997 Member of Parliament for the Democratic Alliance and Shadow Minister of Finance [15]

Armed Forces

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Sir Duncan McKenzie Brigadier-General. Leader of the Natal forces during the Bambatha Rebellion [16]
D'Urban Armstrong World War I Captain and flying ace. [17]
Reginald Hayward Lieutenant-Colonel and first South African to be awarded Victoria Cross in World War I [16]
Guy Jamieson 1977 Rear Admiral (JG) in the South African Navy [18]

Business

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
David Hathorn Director of Anglo American and Chief Executive of Mondi Group [19]
Paul Maritz Senior executive at Microsoft from 1986 to 2000 [20]
Michael Pfaff 1979 Chief Executive of Rand Merchant Bank [21]
Bruce Hemphill Chief Executive of Liberty Group [22]

Arts & Literature

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Conor McCreedy Internationally renowned South African artist. [23]
Robert Berold Poet, editor and author [24]
Imraan Coovadia 1987 Poet and author. Winner of The Sunday Times Fiction Prize. [25]
Riky Rick 2005 renowned south African rapper

Other

Name Class year Notability Reference(s)
Mike Melvill Test pilot for SpaceShipOne and world's first commercial Astronaut. [26]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Old Boy International Sportsmen, archived from the original on 2014-08-10
  2. ↑ "Hilton College - 2016 Olympic Games". Hilton College. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "Hockey SPOONER Nicholas". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  4. ↑ Garrun, Theo. "Rare double for Penzhorn". iol.co.za. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Duncan Bradshaw". LinkedIn.com. LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013."Player profile: Duncan Bradshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Player profile: Marc Milligan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sven Koenig". espncricinfo.com. ESPN EMEA Ltd. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Russel Symcox". CricketArchive.com. CricketArchive Oracles. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "OH swims length of Britain". Hilton College. Archived from the original on 2014-07-23. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Justice John Mowbray Didcott". SAHistory.org.za. South African History Online. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  11. ↑ Herbstein, Dennis (10 December 2012). "Arthur Chaskalson obituary". guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  12. ↑ Rabkin, Franny. "Surprise JSC nod to Willis for appeal court post". bdlive.co.za. Retrieved 20 May 2013."OH: Supreme Court of Appeal". HiltonCollege.com. Hilton College. Archived from the original on 2013-06-03. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  13. ↑ "Judges of the Supreme Court of Appeal". justice.gov.za. SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL OF SOUTH AFRICA. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  14. ↑ "Alexander John Milne (1929-1993)" (PDF). Natalia. Natal Society Foundation. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  15. ↑ "Tim Harris, Vice President". Liberal International. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  16. 1 2 Falcon, Lionel (2002), Hilton Heritage, Johannesburg: Stirling Publications, ISBN 0-620-29381-0
  17. ↑ Peacock, M (1972), Some Famous South African Schools, Cape Town: Longman Southern Africa, ISBN 0582-64126-8
  18. ↑ Letaoana, Lebohang (April 2006). "The commissioning of SAS AMATOLA" (PDF). SA Soldier. 13 (4): 16.
  19. ↑ "David Hathorn". yatedo.com. Yatedo. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  20. ↑ "Paul Maritz". In.com. In.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  21. ↑ "Michael Pfaff". whoswho.co.za/. Who's Who Southern Africa. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  22. ↑ Liberty. "Who is Bruce Hemphill?". moneyweb.co.za. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "SA artist gets bite of Big Apple". Times Live Magazine.
  24. ↑ "Robert Berold". poetryinternationalweb.net. Poetry International. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  25. ↑ "Midlands Writers Trail". KZN Literary Tourism. KZN Literary Tourism. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  26. ↑ "Bio of Mike Melvill" (PDF). Washington Pilots Association.
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