Alumni of Uppingham School are known as Old Uppinghamians.Uppingham School is a co-educational independent school situated in the small market town of Uppingham in Rutland, England. The school was founded in 1584 by Robert Johnson, the Archdeacon of Leicester who also established Oakham School.Notable former pupils include:A Robert Adley, Member of Parliament for Bristol North East and Christchurch Jonathan Agnew, England, Leicestershire cricketer and Chief Cricket Correspondent for BBC Radio (The Lodge) John Aldridge, Royal Academician Anthony Armstrong, author, essayist, dramatist Rowan Atkinson, actor and comedian, Uppingham theatre actor-in-residence, and Sir William Mitchell Acworth KCSI, British railway economist, barrister and politicianBAdrian Bell, author of Corduroy Robin Blaze, countertenor Brian Boobbyer, England rugby player and evangelist for Moral Re-Armament Thomas George Bonney, geologist Ernle Bradford, historian and writer Captain Edward Brittain MC, older brother of Vera Brittain, whose stories are told in her autobiography Testament of Youth (The Lodge) Toby Butterfield, attorney