The Royal High has educated many notable celebrities.  The following are a small selection from the early days through to the present

Click on any of the following for an RHS-oriented biography

Sir Walter Scott

Alexander Graham Bell

Ronnie Corbett

Robin Cook

Ian Charleson

Sarah Boyack

Overview - up to 1900

Overview - 1900 onwards

28th February 1946 - 6th August 2005

Former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook attended the Royal high for four years between 1961 to 1964, but was somewhat reticent about his RHS schooling and it failed to make his entry in Who's Who.   He is however remembered by some of his schoolmates, two of whom provided the following anecdotes

Robin Boog (Club President) wrote "Robin Cook was at Royal High from, I think, 1961 to 1964 when his father
was one of the Science teachers. Around Easter 1964 his father moved on and Robin finished his sixth year in the Boarding House. I know this because I had to move to accommodate him !"
 

Peter Nisbet, who is now resident in Blaenavon, South Wales shared the same leaving ceremony as Robin in 1964, and his traditional RHS Club leaving gift - the History of the School by W C Ross inside back cover shows Robin's signature among others in class 6X.    The inside front cover was signed by teachers of the time and is also reproduced here.

He was for some time a member of the RHS London Club

A detailed life history can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Cook

Robin Cook collapsed and died while climbing Ben Stack mountain in Scotland on 6 August 2005