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Kirkcudbright Academy is a state funded, six-year secondary school in Kirkcudbright, Scotland with about 400 pupils and 87 staff including teaching, support and administration.




Notable alumni



Jennie Adamson, Labour Party politician, junior minister in Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government
Samuel Anderson (Australian settler), first settler in Westernport, Victoria
John Brown of Wamphray, exiled minister of the Church of Scotland, the most important Scottish theologian of the period known as the Killing Time (1660–1688). One of the strongest defenders of the Covenanter cause
Katrina Bryan, actress
Malcolm Caldwell, (1931-1978) academic and Marxist writer, twice chair of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Murdered a few hours after meeting Pol Pot in Cambodia. Dux of the academy in 1949.
Finlay Carson, Scottish Conservative Party MSP for the Galloway and West Dumfries constituency
Robert Carson, leading expert on Roman coins, and Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum from 1978 to 1983
John Corrie, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party politician, former MP & MEP
David Coulthard, former Formula One racing driver
James Craik, Physician General (precursor of the Surgeon General) of the United States Army, and George Washington's physician and friend
John Duncan, Adventurer, explorer and author
John Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine of Rerrick, banker, Governor of Northern Ireland
Dr Maxwell Garthshore, Scottish physician who practiced as an Accoucheur and was a Fellow of the Royal Society
Bazil Gordon, tobacco merchant who by the time of his death was believed to be America's richest man and its first millionaire
Thomas Gordon, Scottish writer and Commonwealth man
Sir Robin Gray, former MP and 23rd Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
William Greggan, Olympian who won a silver medal as a member of the Liverpool Police team in the Tug of war at the 1908 Summer Olympics
George Henry, artist
Edward Atkinson Hornel, painter
Innes Ireland, former Formula One racing driver. Winner of the 1961 United States Grand Prix
David S. Kennedy, former New York Merchant Banker - in the early 1800s his bank Kennedy & Maitland was known as one of the "greatest commercial houses in the United States". Served in several roles including as the 23rd President in the charitable Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York.
George Kerr (New Brunswick politician)
Robert Lenox, brother of David above, American businessman and property investor; held civil positions including two periods as an Alderman of New York; being one of the founders of the Lying-in Hospital, along with Alexander Hamilton, and later its president; President of New York Chamber of Commerce and a trustee of Princeton College
Bert MacLachlan, former professional football player who played for Aston Villa F.C., Aberdeen F.C. and Heart of Midlothian F.C.
David MacMyn, former rugby union international, captain of the British and Irish Lions on the 1927 British Lions tour to Argentina later a Selector as President of the Scottish Rugby Union
Bob McDougall, former professional football player who played for Liverpool FC
Stafford McDowall, rugby player currently playing with Scotland and Glasgow Warriors
Sir John McMichael FRSE LLD, cardiologist. He developed the Royal Postgraduate Medical School at Hammersmith.
James McMonies, former Canadian businessman and politician
Alexander Manson FRSE physician based in Nottingham who pioneered the use of iodine in medicine
Robert Milligan, Liberal Party politician and the first mayor of Bradford
William Mouncey, artist
Sir John Nairne, 1st Baronet, former Chief Cashier then Director of the Bank of England and a BBC Governor
Emma Pollock, singer-songwriter, musician, and a founding member of the bands The Delgados, The Burns Unit and The Fruit Tree Foundation
Arthur Smith (rugby union), former rugby union player winning 33 caps for Scotland including some as captain, twice selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions, as a player on the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa and as captain on the 1962 British Lions tour to South Africa
Samuel Smith, Liberal politician, former MP and co-founder of Edge Hill University
Edward Telfair, American Revolutionary, slave owner, three time Governor of the state of Georgia, member of the Continental Congress, and signatory to the Articles of Confederation
George Thompson (Scottish National Party politician), MP and Roman Catholic priest
James Williamson (Victorian politician), banker, pastoralist and politician in Australia
James Wolffe QC, Scottish lawyer who was Lord Advocate from 2016-2021.




Notable staff


Christian Jane Fergusson, artist taught for a year between 1905 and 1906 on secondment
George Thompson, taught French and German.




See also


List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom




References






External links


Official website

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Norah Neilson Gray
• David Coulthard
• Kirkcudbright Academy
• Kirkcudbright
• Stafford McDowall
• Malcolm Caldwell
• David Coulthard
• List of oldest schools
• Dumfries and Galloway
• List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom
• James Wolffe
• Finlay Carson