Peter, attended Brentwood School and won a place at Oxford University. Brentwood School with a history spanning almost 500 years. The School statutes, signed in 1622 by John Donne, Dean of St Paul’s and one of England’s finest poets, made it clear that pupils should be instructed in “Virtue, learning and manners”, values that permeate our entire history and can be found in the School prayer.  I think we would agree that Peter followed these words throughout his life and the school served him well.

Learn more about Brentwood school click on the link https://bit.ly/VirtueLearningManners 

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Notable alumni of the school can be seen at https://bit.ly/BrentwoodAlumni  and include:

COLONEL SIR NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Army Officer, Inspector General of the Royal Irish Constabulary and inventor of snooker.

CHARLES BEAN, Journalist, Correspondent and Official Historian of the Australian involvement in the First World War, and a founder of the Australian War Memorial. Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (18 November 1879 – 30 August 1968), usually identified as C.E.W. Bean, was an Australian World War 1 war correspondent and historian. He is remembered as the Editor of the 12-volume Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 and was instrumental in the establishment of the Australian War Memorial, and of the creation and popularisation of the ANZAC legend.

SIR HARDY AMIES, Couturier and Dressmaker by Appointment to Her Majesty The Queen, known as Hardy Amies, was an English fashion designer, founder of the Hardy Amies label and best known for his official title as dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II, from her accession to the throne 1952 until his retirement in 1989.

SIR DENIS ARTHUR HEPWORTH WRIGHT, British Ambassador, Sir Denis Arthur Hepworth Wright, GCMG (23 March 1911 – 18 May 2005) was a British diplomat. A long-serving ambassador to Iran, Wright's expertise and knowledge of Iran and Persian culture led him to write and edit several books on the region, as well as conduct a covert mission to inform the deposed Shah of Iran that he would not be granted asylum in Britain.

SIR ROBIN DAY, Broadcaster. Sir Robin Day (24 October 1923 – 6 August 2000) was a British political broadcaster and commentator. Day's obituary in The Guardian by Dick Taverne stated that "he was the most outstanding television journalist of his generation. He transformed the television interview, changed the relationship between politicians and television, and strove to assert balance and rationality into the medium's treatment of current affairs".

RT HON JACK STRAW, Former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Former Foreign Secretary

DOUGLAS ADAMS, Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

NOEL EDMONDS, Disc jockey, and broadcaster.

SIR PETER STOTHARD, Former editor of The Times

GRIFF RHYS JONES, Comedian and actor is a Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter.

KEITH ALLEN, Comedian, actor, singer and writer (father of singer Lily Allen)

ED WOODWARD, Former Executive Vice Chairman and a Director of Manchester United Football Club.

FRANK LAMPARD OBE, Professional Footballer

PETER BRIAN WRIGHT, For excellence as a human being