Worcester Old Elizabethans' Association
Worcester Old Elizabethans' Association or Old Elizabethans' Association is the Old Boys club for past pupils of the Royal Grammar School Worcester.
The Association was founded in 1889 as a dining society for past pupils of the school. An annual dinner has been held in Worcester ever since except during the War periods. 2002 was the 100th dinner. The association was reorganized in 1926 with the aims of increasing connections with the School and the Old Boys. The association was named because of the school's connection with Queen Elizabeth I in the granting of a Royal Charter in 1561. Today there are branches of the association in London and Oxford University. The association tie is navy blue with diagonal dark green and silver stripes and dates from 1926.
Famous OEs include:
- John Mark Ainsley (born 1963) Tenor
- Sir R G D Allen (1906–1980) Economist
- E J Bowen FRS (1898–1981) Chemist and Oxford don
- Augustine Bradshaw (1574–1618) Catholic missionary
- Sir Reginald Bray KG (died 1503) Statesman and architect
- Bishop Nicholas Bullingham (1520–1576) Bishop of Worcester
- E T Cook CBE FRCM (1880–1953) Organist and composer
- Tim Curtis (born 1960) Cricketer
- Sir George Dowty (1901–1975) Inventor
- Ian Gillies Mycroft; Quiz question setter
- Adam Lindsay Gordon (1833–1870) National poet of Australia
- Professor Jeremy Greenwood Director BTO
- Dean Headley (born 1970) Cricketer
- E T Judge Engineer (Sydney Harbour Bridge)
- Imran Khan (born 1952) Cricketer, Pakistani politician
- William Langland (1330–1387) Author
- Benjamin Williams Leader RA (1831–1923) Artist
- Sir Thomas Littleton (1407–1481) Lawyer
- Graham Robb (born 1958) Author
- T J Cobden Sanderson (1840–1922) Arts and Crafts movement pioneer
- Philip Serrell (born 1953) Bargain Hunt auctioneer
- Professor Michael Wilding (born 1942) Australian author
- Sir Edward Leader Williams (1828–1910) Ship canal engineer