Irvine Royal Academy Former Pupils

The following former pupils have succeeded in various areas:
 

Sir Hilary Rudolph Robert Blood CMG (1893-1967) - Governor of Mauritius (1949-54)

Sir Brian Donohoe MP (1948-   ) - Labour MP (2005-2015)

Sir Andrew Duncan

Julie Graham (1965-   ) - actress

Sir Alexander MacAra (1932-2012) - professor of epidemiology

Sir Thomas MacKillop (1943-   ) - chemist and chairman of RBS

Edgar Allan Poe - author

James Wilson (1895-1917) - footballer

 

Rectors - Headmasters - Head Teachers

The following gives a list of the headteachers or rectors of Irvine Royal Academy plus Ravenspark Academy.

1814-1826   Dr J. Lockhart Brown

1826-1844   David Stewart

1844-1877   George Paulin (1812-1898)

1877-1883   Zachary M. H. Ross

1883-1911   Thomas Robert Stewart (1859-1911)

1911-1914   Peter Monie

1914-1930   J. W. Bryson MA

1930-1953   James Porter 

1953-1970   Alexsnder W. McMillan (1906-1978)

1970-1972   J. Hay

1972-1984   W. Iain Foulds

1984-1988   A. A. Crawford

1988-2003   Robert Reid

2003-2014   Stirling T. Mackie

2014-2017   Tracey Stewart

2017-2019   Alison Sutherland (nee Crawford) BA SQH MSc

2020-           Linzie Sloan

 

Ravenspark Academy

1974-        B. MacCormack

                 P Milne

 

Irvine Royal Academy Dux Pupils

1947 Andrew D. C. Allan

1948 John Hannah

1949 Janet Bingham

1950 Margaret MacGregor

1951 James Cochrane

1952 Anna Richmond & Charles Blakeley

1953 James R. Mitchell & Ernest Burns

1954 John Carnduff

1955 Ronald Campbell

1956 Margaret A. Campbell

1957 Jennifer P. Stevely & John R. Wilson

1958 Brian McGillivray

1959 Margaret C. C. Walker & Jean McKeand

1960 Thomas F. W. McKillop

1961 Joyce Caulfield

1962 Janet Cornelius

1963 Ruth I. Adams

1964 David Montgomery

1965 Ian D. Hay

1966 William Black

1967 Allan Sim

1968 Clive G. Lambie

1969 Janet H. Urquhart

1970

1971 Anne C. McKee

1972 Jane Smith-Briggs

1973 Linda M. Bryson

1974 J. Clifford Patterson

1975 Janet D. Gallacher

1976 John H. Gemmell

1977 Linda Blower

1978 Colin Hamilton

1979 Morag Stewart

1980 Aileen Blower

1981 Clyde Douglas

1982 Gordon Blower

1983 Hugh Wark

1984 Derek Logan

1985 Thomas Carolan

1986 Morag McCrorie & Muir Watson

1987 Elizabeth Cairns

1988 Fiona Duncan

1989 Keith Drynan

1990 Karen King & Gerald Hearns

1991 Evonne Shek

1992 Lindsay Cairns & Brian Rogers

1993 Graham Holt & Bryan Scott

1994 Lynne Connor & Keith Rogers

1995 Rory Vennard

1996 Peter Jeffrey

1997 Ross Vennard

1998 Debbie Alexander & David Hogg

1999 Jan Turnbull

2000 Laurence Carson & Daniel McGregor

2001 Scott Burns

2002 Kristeen Barker

2003 Ryan Scott

2004 Ian Donaldson

2005 Nicky Harty

2006 James Hubbert

2007 Martin Cardno

2008 Ross McLatchie & Sarah Brown

2009 Mhairi Hawksworth

2010 Jack Fleming

2011 Ross Adrain

2012 Kate McFetridge

2013 Lisa Lennox & Danielle Sloan

2014 Robert Mackay

2015 Amy Johnstone

2016 Ashleigh McLachlan & Jodie Robertson

2017 Tyler G. Kedens

2018 Charlotte Taylor

2019 Aaron Boyd & Payton McGrath

2020 Ross McCulley

2021 Lucy Millsopp

2022 Ava Hardy

 

Ravenspark Academy Dux Pupils

1969 Janet H. Urquhart

1970 Judith H. Steven

1971 Ian G. Rubie

1972 Morag McKendrick

1973 Rachel C. Brown

1974 T. Wilson Aitken

1975 Graeme A. Leiper

1976 Colin McKendrick

1977 Kenneth G. McKendrick

1978 Eleanor Steele

1979 Nancy C. H. Morrison

1980 Noel J. Darlow

1981 Valery Occardi

1982 Lesley Scott

1983 Colin A. Howe

1984 Drew Smith

1985 Anne Cornelius

1986 Pamela M. Haddow

1987 Teresa T. Turner

1988 JenniferM. McKenzie

1989 Alan C. McGimpsey

1990 Louise Scott

1991 John Hunt

1992 Amanda McCulley & Stacey Sutton