Selwyn College, Cambridge

Selwyn College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. It was founded in memory of the Rt Revd George Augustus Selwyn (1809–1878), the first Bishop of New Zealand (1841–1868) and, at the end of his life, Bishop of Lichfield (1868–1878). The Selwyn College coat of arms incorporates the arms of the Selwyn family impaled with those of the Diocese of Lichfield.

Famous alumni

• Clive Anderson (comedian and television show host)
• Ralph Chubb (poet and printer)
• John Selwyn Gummer (politician)
• Robert Harris (author)
• Karl Hudson-Phillips (judge)
• Simon Hughes (politician)
• Hugh Laurie (comedian and actor)
• Ivan Lloyd-Phillips (civil servant)
• Sir Richard May (jurist)
• Malcolm Muggeridge (author and journalist)
• Rob Newman (comedian)
• Graham Stuart (politician)
• Nick Tanner (actor)
• David K.R. Thomson of Canada's wealthiest family