The following are notable Old Carthusians, who are former pupils of

Charterhouse Charterhouse may refer to: * Charterhouse (monastery), of the Carthusian religious order Charterhouse may also refer to: Places * The Charterhouse, Coventry, a former monastery * Charterhouse School, an English public school in Surrey London ...

(founded in 1611).

Politicians

Thomas Chataway Thomas Drinkwater Chataway (6 April 1864 – 5 March 1925) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Wartling, Sussex, he was educated at Charterhouse School before migrating to Australia in 1881, where he became a grazier and suga ...

(1864–1925),

Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

for Queensland (1907–1913) *

John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir David John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir, (13 February 1894 – 31 October 1954), was a Scottish Unionist politician, and industrialist. He was director of his family's steel and iron business, David Colville & Sons.Family relative. Early l ...

(1894–1954), politician,

Financial Secretary to the Treasury The financial secretary to the Treasury is a mid-level ministerial post in HM Treasury, His Majesty's Treasury. It is nominally the fifth most significant ministerial role within the Treasury after the First Lord of the Treasury, first lord of th ...

, 1936–1938,

Secretary of State for Scotland The secretary of state for Scotland ( gd, Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba; sco, Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Scottish secretary, is a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state in the Government of the Unit ...

, 1938–1940, and

Governor of Bombay Until the 18th century, Bombay consisted of seven islands separated by shallow sea. These seven islands were part of a larger archipelago in the Arabian sea, off the western coast of India. The date of city's founding is unclear—historians tr ...

, 1943–1948 *

Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie Fox Maule-Ramsay, 11th Earl of Dalhousie, (22 April 18016 July 1874), known as Fox Maule before 1852, as The Lord Panmure between 1852 and 1860, was a British politician. Ancestry Dalhousie was the eldest son of William Maule, 1st Baron Pan ...

(1801–1874),

Secretary at War The Secretary at War was a political position in the English and later British government, with some responsibility over the administration and organization of the Army, but not over military policy. The Secretary at War ran the War Office. Afte ...

, 1846–1852, and

Secretary of State for War The Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, which existed from 1794 to 1801 and from 1854 to 1964. The Secretary of State for War headed the War Office and ...

, 1855–1858 *

Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent Patrick Robin Gilbert Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent (26 October 1901 – 2 January 1986), was a British peer and Conservative politician. Derwent was the younger son of Hon. Edward Henry Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, younger son of Har ...

(1901–1986), politician *

Henry William Newman Fane Captain Henry William Newman Fane, OBE, JP, DL (6 February 1897 – 23 May 1976) was an English local politician who served as Chairman of Kesteven County Council and High Sheriff of Lincolnshire. Early life and family A member of the Fane fam ...

(1897–1976), Chairman of

Kesteven County Council Kesteven County Council was the county council of Parts of Kesteven in the east of England. It came into its powers on 1 April 1889 and was abolished on 1 April 1974. The county council was based at the County Offices in Sleaford. It was amalgama ...

(1962–1967) and

High Sheriff of Lincolnshire This is a list of High Sheriffs of Lincolnshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilitie ...

(1952) *

Thomas Milner Gibson Thomas Milner Gibson PC (3 September 1806 – 25 February 1884) was a British politician. Background and education Thomas Milner Gibson came of a Suffolk family, but was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, where his father, Thomas Milner Gi ...

(1806–1884), radical politician,

President of the Board of Trade The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade. This is a committee of the His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th centu ...

, 1859–1866 *Major

John Gouriet Major John Prendergast Gouriet (1 June 1935 – 4 September 2010) was a British Army officer, company director and political activist. He was best known as a founder of the National Association for Freedom (now known as The Freedom Association), ...

(1935–2010), Conservative political campaigner and founder of

The Freedom Association The Freedom Association (TFA) is a pressure group in the United Kingdom that describes itself as "a non-partisan, classically liberal campaign group, which has links to the Conservative Party and UK Independence Party (UKIP). TFA was founded in ...

William Haines Charles William Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973) was an American actor and interior designer. Haines was discovered by a talent scout and signed with Goldwyn Pictures in 1922. His career gained momentum when he received favo ...

(1810–1866),

Premier of Victoria The premier of Victoria is the head of government in the Australian state of Victoria. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria, and is the leader of the political party able to secure a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly ...

(1855–1857; 1857–1858) *

Richard Hope Hall Richard Brathwaite Hope Hall ICD (5 June 1924 – 17 November 2007) was a British-born merchant banker, businessman, and politician active in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1960s and 70s. A member of Prime Minister Ian Smith's UDI cabinet ...

(1924–2007), Deputy Speaker of the Rhodesia House of Assembly (1973–1977) *General

Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (21 June 1887 – 17 December 1965), was a diplomat and general in the British Indian Army who was the first Secretary General of NATO. He also was Winston Churchill's chief military assistant during the ...

(1887–1965), Secretary to the

Committee of Imperial Defence The Committee of Imperial Defence was an important ''ad hoc'' part of the Government of the United Kingdom and the British Empire from just after the Second Boer War until the start of the Second World War. It was responsible for research, and som ...

, 1938–1946, Chief of Staff to the Viceroy of India, 1947–1948, and first Secretary General of NATO, 1952–1957 * Kenneth Jeyaretnam (born 1959), Singaporean politician * Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1729–1808),

, 1778–1782, first

, 1786–1804, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1786–1803 *

Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, (7 June 1770 – 4 December 1828) was a British Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1812 to 1827. He held many important cabinet offices such as Foreign Secret ...

(1770–1828), Prime Minister, 1812–1827 * Sir Horatio Mann, 2nd Baronet (1744–1814), politician and patron of

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners Thomas Manners-Sutton, 1st Baron Manners, (24 February 1756 – 31 May 1842) was a British lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1807 to 1827. Background and education Manners-Sutton was the sixth son of Lord Ge ...

(1756–1842),

Lord Chancellor of Ireland The Lord High Chancellor of Ireland (commonly known as Lord Chancellor of Ireland) was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801, it was also the highest political office of ...

(1807–1827) * Hartland Molson (1907–2002), brewer and Canadian senator * Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster (1906–1975), Paymaster General *

Matthew Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay Matthew Alan Oakeshott, Baron Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (born 10 January 1947), is a British investment manager and member of the House of Lords, formerly sitting in Parliament as a Liberal Democrat. Early life and education Matthew Alan Oakesh ...

(born 1947), Labour peer and Treasury minister in the 2010 Coalition government *

Ralph Bernal Osborne Ralph Bernal Osborne of Newtown Anner House, County Tipperary, MP (26 March 1808 – 4 January 1882), born and baptised with the name of Ralph Bernal, Jr., was a British Liberal politician. Life He was the eldest son of London Sephardic Spani ...

(c. 1808–1882), politician,

Secretary of the Admiralty The Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty also known as the Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Board of Admiralty was a position on the Board of Admiralty and a civil officer of the British Royal Navy. It was usually ...

, 1852–1858 *

Ivan Power Ivan McLannahan Cecil Power (29 November 1903 – 13 February 1954) was a British diplomat and politician, who served on London County Council. The son of the Conservative Member of Parliament Sir John Power, 1st Baronet, Power was educate ...

(1903–1954), British diplomat and London County Councillor *Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake (1881–1964), Mayor of Maidstone, zoo keeper * James Vernon (c. 1646–1727), Secretary of State * James Stuart-Wortley, 1st Baron Wharncliffe (1776–1845), politician and

Lord President of the Council The lord president of the Council is the presiding officer of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom and the fourth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the ...

, 1841–1845

MPs

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John Archer-Houblon John Archer-Houblon (1 December 1773 – 31 May 1831) of Welford Park and Great Hallingbury, Hallingbury Place was a British Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament. Early life Houblon was the eldest son of merchant Jacob Ho ...

(1773–1831), MP for Essex (1810–1820) * William Bagot, 3rd Baron Bagot (1811–1887), MP for Denbighshire (1835–1852) * Thomas Barrett-Lennard (1788–1856), MP for Ipswich (1820–1826) and

Maldon Maldon (, locally ) is a town and civil parish on the River Blackwater, Essex, Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. It is the seat of the Maldon District and starting point of the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation. It is known for Maldon Sea ...

(1826–1837; 1847–1852) *

Richard Fellowes Benyon Richard Fellowes Benyon (17 November 1811 – 26 July 1897), born Richard Fellowes, was a British Conservative politician and civil servant. Richard was born at Haveringland Hall in Norfolk, the third son of William Henry Fellowes of Ramsey Ab ...

(1811–1897), MP for

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

(1860–1876) * Reginald Blaker (1900–1975), MP for

Spelthorne Spelthorne may refer to: * Borough of Spelthorne, a local government district in the county of Surrey, England * Spelthorne (UK Parliament constituency), Surrey constituency in the British House of Commons * Spelthorne College, was a single-cam ...

(1931–1945) * John Gordon Drummond Campbell (1864–1935), MP for Kingston-upon-Thames (1918–1922) * Douglas Carswell (born 1971), MP for

Harwich Harwich is a town in Essex, England, and one of the Haven ports on the North Sea coast. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the north-east, Ipswich to the north-west, Colchester to the south-west and Clacton-on- ...

(2005-10) and Clacton (2010–17) *

Ronald Cartland Major John Ronald Hamilton Cartland (3 January 1907 – 30 May 1940) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for King's Norton in Birmingham from 1935 until he was killed in action, aged 33. He was the ...

(1907–1940), MP and rebel against Chamberlain's appeasement policies, killed near Dunkirk in 1940; portrayed in Lynne Olson's "Troublesome Young Men." *

Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart Arthur Stuart, 7th Earl Castle Stewart, MC (6 August 1889 – 5 November 1961), styled Viscount Stuart from 1915 to 1921, was an Anglo-Irish peer and Unionist politician. Background and education Stuart was the third son of Andrew John Stuart, ...

(1889–1961), MP for Harborough *

Henry Cautley, 1st Baron Cautley Henry Strother Cautley, 1st Baron Cautley KC (9 December 1863 – 21 September 1946), known as Sir Henry Cautley, Bt, from 1924 to 1936, was a British barrister, judge and Conservative politician. Background and education Cautley was the son of ...

(1863–1946), MP for Leeds East and East Grinstead * Sir Charles Clifford, 4th Baronet (1821–1895), MP for Isle of Wight (1857–1865) and

Newport Newport most commonly refers to: *Newport, Wales *Newport, Rhode Island, US Newport or New Port may also refer to: Places Asia *Newport City, Metro Manila, a Philippine district in Pasay Europe Ireland *Newport, County Mayo, a town on the ...

(1870–1885) * Thomas Cobbold (1833–1883), MP for Ipswich (1876–1883) and diplomat * Anthony Coombs (born 1952), MP for Wyre Forest *

Coningsby Disraeli Coningsby Ralph Disraeli (25 February 1867 – 30 September 1936), was a British Conservative politician, and MP for Altrincham. Early life and education Disraeli was born in Kensington, London, in February 1867, to Ralph Disraeli (1809–1 ...

(1867–1936), MP for Altrincham * Ralph Etherton (1904–1987), MP for

Stretford Stretford is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, south of Manchester city centre, south of Salford and north-east of Altrincham. Str ...

Clavering Fison Sir Frank Guy Clavering Fison (11 December 1892 – 13 April 1985) was an English businessman and Conservative Party politician. He was chairman of the family business, Fisons, from 1929 to 1962. He was also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Woodb ...

(1892–1985), MP for

Woodbridge Woodbridge may refer to: Places Australia *Woodbridge, Western Australia formerly called ''West Midland'' *Woodbridge, Tasmania Canada *Woodbridge, Ontario England *Woodbridge, Suffolk, the location of ** Woodbridge (UK Parliament constituency ...

* Walter Fletcher (1892–1956), MP for

Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...

(1945–1950) and Bury and Radcliffe (1950–1955) *

Stephen Furness Stephen Furness may refer to: * Sir Stephen Furness, 1st Baronet (1872–1914), ship-owner and Member of Parliament for The Hartlepools 1910–1914 * Stephen Furness (Sunderland MP) (1902–1974), Member of Parliament for Sunderland 1935–1945 *Ste ...

(1902–1974), MP for

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

(1935–1945) * Richard Gardner (1812–1856), MP for

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city l ...

(1847–1848; 1852–1856) *

Mark Garnier Mark Robert Timothy Garnier (born 26 February 1963) is a British Conservative Party politician and former banker. He was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wyre Forest at the 2010 general election. Garnier was re-elected at the 20 ...

(born 1963), MP for Wyre Forest * George Gipps (1783–1869), MP for Ripon (1807–1826) * Charles Goodson-Wickes DL (born 1945), former soldier, businessman, consulting physician, and former Conservative MP for

Wimbledon Wimbledon most often refers to: * Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London * Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships Wimbledon may also refer to: Places London * ...

Sir Douglas Hall, 1st Baronet Sir Douglas Bernard Hall, 1st Baronet (24 December 1866 – 30 June 1923) was a British Conservative Party politician. The son of Bernard Hall, Mayor of Liverpool, he was a justice of the peace and lived at Burton Park, Petworth, Sussex. He ...

(1866–1923), MP for Isle of Wight (1910–1922) *

Sir George Hamilton, 1st Baronet Sir (Collingwood) George Clements Hamilton, 1st Baronet (1 November 1877 – 12 January 1947) was an English electrical engineer and Conservative Party politician. Born in Northumberland, he was the son of a prominent Church of England cleric, ...

(1877–1947), MP for Altrincham (1913–1923) and Ilford (1928–1937) *

Henry Handley Henry Handley (17 March 1797 – 29 June 1846) was a British Whig politician. Handley was the third, but first surviving, son of Benjamin Handley, an attorney and banker, and his wife Frances née Conington. He began his education at Charterh ...

(1797–1846), MP for Heytesbury (1820–1826) and South Lincolnshire (1832–1841) *

George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

(1680–1759), MP for

Hertford Hertford ( ) is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. The parish had a population of 26,783 at the 2011 census. The town grew around a ford on the River Lea, ne ...

(1727–1734; 1741–1759) * Edward Hicks (1814–1889), MP for Cambridgeshire (1879–1885) *

Frederick Hindle Frederick Hindle may refer to: * Frederick Hindle (politician, born 1848) (1848–1925), British Liberal politician, MP for Darwen January–December 1910 * Frederick Hindle (politician, born 1877) (1877–1953), British Liberal politician, MP for ...

(1877–1953), MP for Darwen (1923–1924) *

Geoffrey Hirst Geoffrey Audus Nicholson Hirst TD (14 December 1904 – 18 June 1984) was a British industrialist and politician who was a maverick Conservative Member of Parliament. Early career Hirst, from a Yorkshire military family, was educated at Charterh ...

(1904–1984), MP for Shipley (1950–1970) *

Kirkman Hodgson Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, JP (1814 – 11 September 1879) was an East India merchant and banker, becoming a partner in the mercantile firm of Baring Brothers and Co. He later became Deputy Governor and Governor of the Bank of England (1863–1865 ...

(1814–1879), MP for Bridport and Bristol, and Governor of the Bank of England *

Sir Henry Hoghton, 7th Baronet Sir Henry Philip Hoghton, 7th Baronet (1768–1835) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1795 to 1802. Hoghton was the elder son of Sir Henry Hoghton, 6th Baronet and his second wife Fanny Booth, daughter of Daniel Boot ...

(1768–1835), MP for

Preston Preston is a place name, surname and given name that may refer to: Places England *Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement **The City of Preston, Lancashire, a borough and non-metropolitan district which contains the settlement **County Boro ...

(1795–1802) *

Henry Thomas Howard Henry Thomas Howard (16 January 1808 – 29 January 1851) was a British soldier and politician. The second son of Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk, he was educated at Charterhouse School. On 21 July 1825, he purchased a commission as an ensig ...

(1808–1851), MP for Cricklade (1841–1847) * Jeremy Hunt (born 1966), MP for South West Surrey and

Chancellor of the Exchequer The chancellor of the Exchequer, often abbreviated to chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of His Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Chancellor is ...

Edward John Hutchins Edward John Hutchins (27 December 1809, in Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire – 11 February 1876, in Hastings) was a Liberal MP, railway director and Freemason. Birth and education Hutchins was the son of Edward Hutchins of Gloucester and his wife, ...

(1809–1876), MP for Penryn and Falmouth (1840–1841) and Lymington (1850–1857) * William Fletcher-Vane, 1st Baron Inglewood (1909–1989), MP for

Westmorland Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...

and government minister * John Jenkinson (1734?–1805), MP for Corfe Castle (1768–1780) *Sir Geoffrey Johnson-Smith (1924–2010), MP for Holborn and St Pancras South,

East Grinstead East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...

and Wealden * David Jones (1810–1869), MP for Carmarthenshire (1852–1868) *

Sydney Jones Sydney Ionoval Jones (23 May 1894 – 28 April 1982) was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. Early life Jones was born in 1894 at Makotoku, a locality some south of Napier in the Waipawa district. He received his education from ...

(1872–1947), MP for

Liverpool West Derby Liverpool, West Derby is a List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, UK Parliament since 2019 by Ian Byrne ...

(1923–1924)''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 * Seymour King (1852–1933), MP for Kingston upon Hull Central (1885–1911) *

Timothy Kitson Sir Timothy Peter Geoffrey Kitson (28 January 1931 – 18 May 2019) was a British Conservative politician who was Member of Parliament for Richmond, North Yorkshire. He was first elected at the 1959 general election, and stood down at the 19 ...

(1931–2019), MP for Richmond, North Yorkshire (1959–1983) *Sir Frederick Knight (1812–1897), MP *

Sir Edmund Lechmere, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, 3rd Baronet (8 December 1826 – 18 December 1894) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons between 1866 and ...

(1826–1894), MP *

William Cunliffe Lister William Cunliffe Lister (13 December 1809 – 12 August 1841) was a British Whig politician, and barrister. Born in Addingham, Yorkshire, Lister was the son of Ellis Cunliffe Lister—who, between 1832 and 1841, was a Whig Member of Parliamen ...

(1809–1841), MP for

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

(1841) *

James Martin (1807–1878) James Martin (1807 – 1878) was a British Liberal Party politician and banker. Early life and family Martin was the third son of former Whig Tewkesbury MP John Martin (1774–1832) and Frances (née Stone), and brother of John Martin (1805– ...

, MP for Tewkesbury (1859–1865) *

William Meeke William Meeke (3 January 1758 – 15 July 1830) was a Member of Parliament for Callan in the Irish Parliament from 1790 to 1797 and for Penryn, Cornwall, firstly in the House of Commons of Great Britain (1796–1800) and then in the House of C ...

(1758–1830), MP for Penryn (1796–1802) * John Mills (1879–1972), MP for New Forest and Christchurch (1932–1945) *

John Pretyman Newman Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Robert Pretyman Newman (born John Robert Bramston Newman; 22 August 1871 – 12 March 1947) was an Irish-born British Army officer and Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of John Adam Richard Newman of Newb ...

(1871–1947), MP for Enfield (1910–1918) and

Finchley Finchley () is a large district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Barnet. Finchley is on high ground, north of Charing Cross. Nearby districts include: Golders Green, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, Whetstone, Mill Hill and H ...

(1918–1923) *

Sir Charles Nicholson, 1st Baronet, of Harrington Gardens Sir Charles Norris Nicholson, 1st Baronet (30 July 1857 – 29 November 1918) was the Liberal Member of Parliament for Doncaster from 1906 to 1918. Background He was born in 1857 a son of William Norris Nicholson and Emily Daniel, daughter of J ...

(1857–1918), MP for Doncaster (1906–1918) * Reginald Nicholson (1869–1946), MP for Doncaster (1918–1922) * George Palmer (1772–1853), MP for *

Thomas Erskine Perry Sir Thomas Erskine Perry (20 July 1806 – 22 April 1882) was a British Liberal politician and judge in India. After serving as chief justice of the supreme court in Bombay and as a Member of Parliament in Britain, he served as a member of the C ...

(1806–1882), MP for Devonport (1854–1859) *

Vivian Phillipps Henry Vivian Phillipps (13 April 1870 – 16 January 1955) was a British teacher, lawyer and Liberal politician. Family and education Phillipps was born in Beckenham, Kent, the son of Henry Mitchell Phillipps. In 1883, he went to Charterhouse ...

(1870–1955), MP for Edinburgh West (1922–1924) * Richard Pilkington (1908–1976), MP for Widnes (1935–1945) and

Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...

(1951–1964) * William Pole-Carew (1811–1888), MP for East Cornwall (1845–1852) * Rafton Pounder (1933–1991), MP for Belfast South (1963–1974) * Uvedale Tomkins Price (1685–1764), MP for

Weobley Weobley ( ) is an ancient settlement and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Formerly a market town, the market is long defunct and the settlement is today promoted as one of the county's black and white villages owing to its abundance of ...

(1713–1715; 1727–1734) * Jim Prior, Baron Prior (1927–2016), MP for

Lowestoft Lowestoft ( ) is a coastal town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district of Suffolk, England.OS Explorer Map OL40: The Broads: (1:25 000) : . As the most easterly UK settlement, it is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and sou ...

and

Waveney Waveney may refer to: * River Waveney, a river that forms the boundary between Suffolk and Norfolk, England * Waveney District, a local government district in Suffolk, England * Waveney (UK Parliament constituency) * Waveney class lifeboat, a class ...

, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1970–72),

Secretary of State for Employment The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. In 2001 the employment functions w ...

(1979–81) * David Ricardo (1803–1864), MP for

Stroud Stroud is a market town and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is the main town in Stroud District. The town's population was 13,500 in 2021. Below the western escarpment of the Cotswold Hills, at the meeting point of the Five ...

(1832–1833) * Thomas Rider (1785–1847), MP for Kent (1831–1832) and

West Kent Kent is a traditional county in South East England with long-established human occupation. Prehistoric Kent Kent has been occupied since the Lower Palaeolithic as finds from the quarries at Fordwich and Swanscombe attest. The Swanscombe skul ...

(1832–1835) *

Benjamin Rodwell Benjamin Bridges Hunter Rodwell QC (17 January 1815 – 6 February 1892) was a British lawyer and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1874 to 1881. Rodwell was the son of William Rodwell, an Ipswich banker, and his wi ...

(1815–1892), MP for Cambridgeshire (1874–1881) * George Schuster (1881–1982), MP for Walsall (1938–1945) *

McInnes Shaw Colonel Sir Archibald Douglas McInnes Shaw, (15 March 1895 – 10 June 1957) was a Scottish soldier, businessman and Unionist Party politician. He served in both World Wars, and sat in the House of Commons from 1924 to 1929. Career Shaw was t ...

(1895–1957), MP for Western Renfrewshire (1924–1929) *

Sir John Shelley, 7th Baronet Sir John Villiers Shelley, 7th Baronet (18 March 1808 – 28 January 1867) was an English Tory landowner and politician. Early life He was born the eldest son of Sir John Shelley, 6th Baronet and the former Frances Winkley (1787–1873), a note ...

(1808–1867), MP for Gatton (1830–1831), Great Grimsby (1831–1832), and Westminster (1852–1865) *

Waldron Smithers Sir Waldron Smithers (5 October 1880 – 9 December 1954) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was a member of Parliament for more than 30 years and an active anti-communist. Early life and family Smithers was educated ...

(1880–1954), MP for

Chislehurst Chislehurst () is a suburban district of south-east London, England, in the London Borough of Bromley. It lies east of Bromley, south-west of Sidcup and north-west of Orpington, south-east of Charing Cross. Before the creation of Greater L ...

(1924–1945) and Orpington (1945–1954) *

Edward Richard Stewart Edward Richard Stewart (5 May 1782 – 27 August 1851) was a Scottish Member of Parliament (MP) in the Parliament of the United Kingdom and a Commissioner of the Victualling Board from 1809 to 1813. and Paymaster and Inspector-General of the Marin ...

(1782–1851), MP for

Wigtown Burghs Wigtown Burghs, also known as Wigton Burghs,. was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885. It was represent ...

(1806–1809) *

Dick Taverne Dick Taverne, Baron Taverne, (born 18 October 1928) is a British politician and life peer who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln from 1962 to 1974. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was a Labour MP until his deselection in 19 ...

, Baron Taverne, (born 1928), MP for Lincoln, founder of Democratic Labour, co-founder of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, and Liberal Democrat peer *

William Thompson (1792–1854) William Thompson (baptised 23 January 1792 – 10 March 1854) was an English businessman who was Lord Mayor of London and Member of Parliament. Baptised on 23 January 1792, he was the son of James Thompson of Grayrigg, Kendal, Westmorland and edu ...

, MP for

Callington Callington ( kw, Kelliwik) is a civil parish and town in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom about north of Saltash and south of Launceston. Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had inc ...

(1820–1826), London (1826–1832),

(1833–1841), and

(1841–1854), and Lord Mayor of London (1828–1829) * Mike Thornton (born 1953), MP for Eastleigh *

Lord Edward Thynne Lord Edward Thynne (23 January 1807 – 4 February 1884) was an English nobleman. After a short career as an army officer, he sat in the House of Commons for two periods, separated by 26 years, and opposed parliamentary reform on both occasions. ...

(1807–1884), MP for

(1831–1832) and Frome (1859–1865) *

Anthony Trafford, Baron Trafford Joseph Anthony Porteous Trafford, Baron Trafford of Falmer, FRCP (20 July 1932 – 16 September 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician and physician. He was usually known as Anthony Trafford, sometimes shortened to "Tony". Trafford w ...

(1932–1989), MP for The Wrekin *

George James Turner Sir George James Turner (5 February 1798 – 9 July 1867) was an English barrister, politician and judge. He became a Lord Justice of Appeal in chancery. Life Born at Great Yarmouth on 5 February 1798, he was the youngest of eight sons of Richa ...

(1798–1867), MP *

Philip Twells Philip Twells (1808 – 8 May 1880) was a Conservative Party politician. Life He was the second son of John Twells and his wife Mary Line. He attended Charterhouse School, and matriculated in 1827 at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating B.A ...

(1808–1880), MP for City of London (1874–1880) * Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan (1873–1933), MP for Fulham East (1922–1933) * John Wakeham, Baron Wakeham, (born 1932), MP for

and South Colchester and Maldon and government minister *

Thomas Spencer Wilson General Sir Thomas Spencer Wilson, 6th Baronet (25 January 1727 – 29 August 1798) was an officer of the British Army and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1774 to 1780. The son of Sir Thomas Wilson, 4th Baronet, he was educated at ...

(1727–1798), MP for

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

(1774–1780) *

Henry Wilson-Fox Henry Wilson-Fox FRGS (18 August 1863 – 22 November 1921) was an English lawyer, journalist, tennis player, and businessman. He built his career in Rhodesia, where he became an associate of Cecil Rhodes, manager of the British South Africa Com ...

(1863–1921), MP for Tamworth *

Ian Winterbottom, Baron Winterbottom Ian Winterbottom, Baron Winterbottom (6 April 1913 – 4 July 1992), was a Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Charterhouse School and Clare College, Cambridge. He was elected at the 1950 United K ...

(1913–1992), MP for Nottingham Central *

Edmund Workman-Macnaghten Sir Edmund Charles Workman-Macnaghten, 2nd Baronet (1 April 1790 – 6 January 1876) was an Irish baronet and Conservative Party politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim from 1847 to 1852. He was the son of Sir Francis Workman- ...

(1790–1876), MP for Antrim (1847–1852) * Tim Yeo (born 1945), MP for South Suffolk and former chairman of the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee *

Henry Redhead Yorke Henry Redhead Yorke, in early life Henry Redhead (1772–1813) was an English writer and radical publicist. Life Redhead was born and brought up in Barbuda, to a mother who was a freed slave from Barbuda and a father who was an Antiguan planta ...

(1802–1848), MP for City of York (1841–1848) *

Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (16 March 1810 – 2 August 1873), styled The Honourable Robert Curzon between 1829 and 1870, was an English traveller, diplomat and author, active in the Near East. He was responsible for acquiring several import ...

(1810–1873), MP for Clitheroe

Political scholars, activists, and others

* John Campbell (born 1947), political writer and biographer *

Adam Curle Charles Thomas William Curle (4 July 1916 – 28 September 2006), better known as Adam Curle, was a British academic, known for his work in social psychology, pedagogy, development studies and peace studies. After holding posts at the University ...

(1916–2006), British academic and Quaker peace activist * Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson (1862–1932), political scholar *

Charles Evenden Charles Evenden (1 October 1894 – 1 April 1961) was an English cartoonist, known as the founder and guiding inspiration of the ex-servicemen organisation known as the Memorable Order of Tin Hats. Early life Charles Alfred Evenden, the eldest ...

(1894–1961), British soldier who was the founder of the

Memorable Order of Tin Hats The Memorable Order of Tin Hats (M.O.T.H.) was founded in 1927 by Charles Evenden as a brotherhood of South African former front-line soldiers. The ideal is to help comrades in need, either financially or physically; and to remember all service ...

Garry Thomson Robert Howard Garry Thomson CBE, (13 September 1925 – 23 May 2007) was a conservator and a Buddhist. Biography Robert Howard Garry Thomson (known as Garry Thomson) was born on Carey Island, Malaya, where his father was a planter producing p ...

(1925–2007), British conservator and Buddhist * Patrick Trevor-Roper (1916–2004), British eye surgeon and pioneer

gay rights Rights affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people vary greatly by country or jurisdiction—encompassing everything from the legal recognition of same-sex marriage to the death penalty for homosexuality. Notably, , 3 ...

activist (witness before the

Wolfenden Committee The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (better known as the Wolfenden report, after Sir John Wolfenden, the chairman of the committee) was published in the United Kingdom on 4 September 1957 after a suc ...

)

Royalty

* Yashwant Rao Holkar II (1907–1990), Maharaja of Indore * Prince Dilok Nobaratana (1884-1912), son of King Rama V of Siam

Nobility

Sir Robert Abdy, 5th Baronet The Abdy Baronetcy, of Albyns, in the County of Essex, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 December 1849 for Thomas Neville Abdy who sat for Lyme Regis in the British House of Commons. It was a second creation for the sea ...

(1896–1976) * Niall Campbell, 10th Duke of Argyll (1872–1949), hereditary peer *

Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell Arthur Robert Peter Baden-Powell, 2nd Baron Baden-Powell, (known as Peter; 30 October 1913 – 9 December 1962) was the son of Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, and Olave Baden-Powell, Ola ...

(1913–1962), hereditary peer *

Maxwell Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook Maxwell William Humphrey Aitken, 3rd Baron Beaverbrook (born 29 December 1951), is a British peer and politician. Family Maxwell Aitken is the grandson of The 1st Baron Beaverbrook and the only son of Sir Max Aitken, by his third marriage to ...

(born 1951), hereditary peer * Adrian Buckmaster, 4th Viscount Buckmaster (born 1949), hereditary peer *

Horace Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan The Venerable Horace Edward Samuel Sneade Lambart, 11th Earl of Cavan, TD (25 August 1878 – 9 December 1950), was an Anglo-Irish soldier and Anglican priest. Early life and education Lambart was born at Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire,Part of ...

(1878–1950), Irish peer *

Sir Charles Clarke, 2nd Baronet Reverend Sir Charles Clarke, 2nd Baronet (15 June 1812 – 25 April 1899) was the eldest son of Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke, 1st Baronet of Dunham Lodge, Norfolk. Educated at Charterhouse School, Surrey and Trinity College, Cambridge. Wikisource ...

(1812–1899) * Robert Boyle, 11th Earl of Cork (1864–1934) *

Mark Pepys, 6th Earl of Cottenham Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finn ...

(1903–1943), racing driver *

Edward Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough Commander Edward Downes Law, 5th Baron Ellenborough (9 May 1841 – 9 December 1915), was a British Royal Navy officer and member of the House of Lords. Naval career Law was educated at Charterhouse and entered the Royal Navy in 1854 aged just 13 ...

(1841–1915) * Charles Campbell, 2nd Baron Glenavy (1885–1963), hereditary peer *

David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking David Hacking, 3rd Baron Hacking (born 17 April 1938), is a British arbitrator, barrister and hereditary peer. Education and military career He was educated at Aldro preparatory school, Charterhouse and Clare College, Cambridge, from where h ...

(born 1938), hereditary peer *

Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester Walter Angelo Fox-Strangways, 8th Earl of Ilchester 24 September 1887 – 4 October 1970), was a British peer. He also held the subsidiary titles of Baron Ilchester, Baron Strangways and Baron Ilchester and Stavordale. Fox-Strangways inher ...

(1887–1970) * Richard Milner, 3rd Baron Milner of Leeds (born 1959), hereditary peer * Simon Russell, 3rd Baron Russell of Liverpool (born 1952), crossbench peer * Granville Eliot, 7th Earl of St Germans (1867–1942), hereditary peer *

Montague Eliot, 8th Earl of St Germans Montague Charles Eliot, 8th Earl of St Germans, (13 May 1870 – 19 September 1960) was a British peer and courtier. Eliot was born in Pimlico, Middlesex to Charles George Cornwallis Eliot (16 October 1839 – 22 May 1901) and his wife Constanc ...

(1870–1960), hereditary peer *Sir

Gervais Tennyson d'Eyncourt Sir Eustace Gervais Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 2nd Baronet FRSA (19 January 1902 – 21 November 1971). Early life Tennyson d'Eyncourt was the son of Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 1st Baronet, and of his wife Janet (died 1909), the elder daughter of ...

, 2nd Baronet (1902–1971), landowner, Prime Warden of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers *

Henry Fowler, 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton Henry Ernest Fowler, 2nd Viscount Wolverhampton (4 April 1870–9 March 1943) was a peer in the peerage of the United Kingdom. Fowler was the only son and heir of Henry Hartley Fowler, 1st Viscount Wolverhampton and Ellen Thorneycroft. He wa ...

(1870–1943), hereditary peer

Royal household and ceremonial positions

*Sir (Marsom)

Henry Boyd-Carpenter Sir (Marsom) Henry Boyd-Carpenter (born 11 October 1939) is a son of Francis Henry Boyd-Carpenter by his wife Nina (née Townshend). Nina Boyd-Carpenter's sister was the gardener and writer Margery Fish; Henry Boyd-Carpenter inherited his aunt's ho ...

(born 1939), courtier * Hubert Chesshyre (born 1940), courtier *

John Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington John Francis Donaldson, Baron Donaldson of Lymington, (6 October 1920 – 31 August 2005) was a senior British judge who served as Master of the Rolls for ten years, from 1982 to 1992. He is best known in some circles for his role as presiding ...

(1920–2005), Master of the Rolls * Arthur Erskine (1881–1963),

Crown Equerry The Crown Equerry is the operational head of the Royal Mews of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He is responsible for the provision of vehicular transport for the Sovereign, both cars and horse-drawn carriages. Train tr ...

(1924–1941) *

Charles Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool Charles Cecil Cope Jenkinson, 3rd Earl of Liverpool (29 May 1784 – 3 October 1851), styled The Honourable Charles Jenkinson between 1786 and 1828, was a British politician. Background Liverpool was the son of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of L ...

(1784–1851), Lord Steward (1841–1846) * Derek Keppel (1863–1944), Master of the Household (1913–1936) *

David McCorkell David William McCorkell (born 26 February 1955) is a British businessman and Lord Lieutenant of County Antrim, the third successive generation of the McCorkell family to be appointed as one of Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenants. Early life McCo ...

(born 1955), Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim and former Board Director of Brewin Dolphin plc *

John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland, (1 June 175915 December 1841), styled Lord Burghersh between 1771 and 1774, was a British Tory (political faction), Tory politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, who served in most of the cabine ...

(1759–1841), Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, 1789–1794, and

Lord Privy Seal The Lord Privy Seal (or, more formally, the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal) is the fifth of the Great Officers of State (United Kingdom), Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and abov ...

, 1798–1827 * Fiske Goodeve Fiske-Harrison (1793–1872), High Sheriff of Essex (1827) *

Charles Young Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

(1795–1869),

Garter Principal King of Arms The Garter Principal King of Arms (also Garter King of Arms or simply Garter) is the senior King of Arms, and the senior Officer of Arms of the College of Arms, the heraldic authority with jurisdiction over England, Wales and Northern Ireland. ...

(1842–1869)

Colonial administration

* John Adam (1779–1825), acting Governor-General of the British East India Company (1823) * Oswald Raynor Arthur (1905–1973), Governor of the Falkland Islands (1954–1957) and Governor of the Bahamas (1957–1960) *

Edward Beetham Sir Edward Betham Beetham (19 February 1905 – 19 February 1979) was a British colonial official who was Resident Commissioner in Swaziland from 1946 to 1950 and in the Bechuanaland Protectorate from 1950 to 1953. He was educated at Charterh ...

(1905–1979), Governor of the Windward Islands (1953–1955) and Governor of Trinidad and Tobago (1955–1960) *

James Samuel Berridge James Samuel Berridge (24 September 1806 – 5 November 1885) was a British planter, businessman, judge and politician who served as Governor of Saint Kitts. Early life Born 24 September 1806 on St Kitts, he was the eldest son of an immigrant fro ...

(1806–1885), Governor of Saint Christopher (1872–1873) *

George Bowen Sir George Ferguson Bowen (; 2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899), was an Irish author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.R. B. Joy ...

(1821–1899), Chief Secretary of the Ionian Islands, 1854–1859, first Governor of Queensland, 1859–1867, Governor of New Zealand, 1867–1873, Governor of Victoria, 1873–1879, Governor of Mauritius, 1879–1882, and Governor of Hong Kong, 1882–1885 *

Cavendish Boyle Sir Charles Cavendish Boyle (29 May 1849 – 17 September 1916) was a British civil servant, magistrate, and colonial administrator who served as Colonial Governor of Newfoundland, Mauritius and British Guiana. He wrote the lyrics for the ant ...

(1849–1916), Governor of Newfoundland (1901–1904) and of Mauritius (1904–1911) *Sir

Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer Sir Henry Ernest Gascoyne Bulwer, (11 December 1836 – 30 September 1914), the nephew of Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer and brother to Edward Earle Gascoyne Bulwer, was a British colonial administrator and diplomat. Bulwer was educated at Charterh ...

(1836–1914), Governor of Natal 1882–1885 *Major-General Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet (1779–1838), Governor of the Bahamas (1829–1833) and Governor of British Guiana (1833–1838) * Geoffrey Francis Taylor Colby (1901–1958),

Governor of Nyasaland List of Colonial Heads of Malawi (Nyasaland) (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation of office) For continuation after independence, ''see: '' List of heads of state of Malawi References See also *History of Malawi *Governor-Ge ...

(1948–1956) *

Elliot James Dowell Colvin Lieutenant-Colonel Elliot James Dowell Colvin, CIE (27 July 1885 in London, England – 1950 in Delhi, India) was a British Indian Army and Indian Political Service officer who served as Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. Early life and educ ...

(1885–1950), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir *

Robert Henry Davies Sir Robert Henry Davies, (20 September 1824 – 23 August 1902), known as Sir Henry Davies, was a British colonial official in British India, who served as Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab. Biography Davies was born in 1824, the son of a We ...

(1824–1902), Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab (1871–1877) *

William Des Vœux Sir George William Des Vœux (22 September 1834 – 15 December 1909) was a British colonial administrator who served as governor of Fiji (1880–1885), Newfoundland (1886–1887), and Hong Kong (1887–1891). Early life Des Vœux was born as ...

(1834–1909), Administrator of St Lucia, 1869–1878, Governor of Fiji, 1880–1885, Governor of Newfoundland, 1886–1887, and Governor of Hong Kong, 1887–1891 *Lieutenant-General Sir William Dobbie (1879–1964), Inspector,

Royal Engineers The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the ''Sappers'', is a corps of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support to the British Armed Forces and is heade ...

, 1933–1935, General Officer Commanding

Malaya Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia: Political entities * British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...

and Singapore, 1935–1939, and

Governor-General of Malta The governor-general of Malta ( mt, Gvernatur-Ġenerali ta' Malta) was the official representative of Elizabeth II, Queen of Malta, in the State of Malta from 1964 to 1974. This office replaced that of the governor, and it was replaced by that ...

, 1940–1942 * Edward Hay Drummond Hay (1815–1884), President of the British Virgin Islands (1839–1850),

Lieutenant Governor of Saint Christopher This is a list of viceroys in Saint Christopher (Saint Kitts), from the start of English colonisation in 1623 and French colonisation in 1625, until the island's independence from the United Kingdom as Saint Kitts and Nevis in 1983. English Gover ...

(1850–1855), and Governor of Saint Helena (1856–1863) * Charles Du Cane (1825–1889), Governor of Tasmania (1869–1874) *

Peter Fawcus Sir Robert Peter Fawcus KBE CMG (30 September 1915 – 22 April 2003) was a British colonial administrator in Bechuanaland Protectorate. Educated at Cambridge University, Fawcus was Government Secretary for Bechuanaland from 1954 to 1959, Res ...

(1915–2003), Resident Commissioner of Bechuanaland (1960–1965) * Laurence Guillemard (1862–1951),

British High Commissioner in Malaya In 1896, the post of High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States was created; the High Commissioner represented the British Government in the Federated Malay States, a federation of four British protected states in Malaya. The High Commissi ...

(1920–1927) * Frederick Seton James (1870–1934),

Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements The chief secretary of Singapore, known as the colonial secretary of Singapore before 1955, and the colonial secretary of the Straits Settlements before 1946, was a high ranking government official position in the Straits Settlements before 1946 ...

(1916–1924) and Governor of the Windward Islands (1924–1930) *

Henry Lushington Henry Lushington (1812–1855) was an English colonial administrator, chief secretary to the government of Malta. He was a Cambridge Apostle. Life Lushington was born in Singleton, near Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, 13 April 1812. His father, ...

(1812–1855), Chief Secretary of Malta, 1847–1855 * Henry Augustus Marshall (c. 1776–1841),

Civil Auditor General The Auditor General of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා විගණකාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā viganakādhipathi''; Tamil: இலங்கை கணக்காய்வாளர் தலைமை) is appointed by th ...

(1823–1841) *Field Marshal Sir George Nugent, 1st Baronet (1757–1849),

Lieutenant-Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

of Jamaica, 1801–1806, and Commander-in-Chief in India, 1811–1813 *

Aubrey Metcalfe Sir Herbert Aubrey Francis Metcalfe (1883–1957) was an administrator in British India. He was commissioned into the Royal Munster Fusiliers in 1903 and joined the ICS in 1908. In 1917, he was commissioned a Temporary Lieutenant in the 5th Pun ...

(1883–1957),

Chief Commissioner of Baluchistan Below is a list of chief commissioners of Baluchistan: Chief commissioners of Baluchistan *1877–1887: Sir Oliver St John (acting) *1887–1889: Sir Robert Sandeman *1889: Sir Harry Prendergast (acting) *1889–1891: Sir Robert Sandeman *189 ...

(1939–1943) * Arthur Wigram Money (1866–1951), Chief Administrator of Palestine (1918–1919) * John Giles Price (1808–1857), British penal governor at

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island (, ; Norfuk: ''Norf'k Ailen'') is an external territory of Australia located in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and New Caledonia, directly east of Australia's Evans Head and about from Lord Howe Island. Together with ...

Leslie Probyn Sir Leslie Probyn (23 February 1862 – 17 December 1938) was an administrator for the British Empire. Career Probyn was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1884. He began his career as a British colonial administrator in the Caribbean. F ...

(1862–1938),

Governor of Sierra Leone This is a list of colonial administrators in Sierra Leone from the establishment of the Cline Town, Sierra Leone, Province of Freedom Colony by the Committee for the Relief of the Black Poor which lasted between 1787 and 1789 and the list of colo ...

(1904–1910) and

Governor of Jamaica This is a list of viceroys in Jamaica from its initial occupation by Spain in 1509, to its independence from the United Kingdom in 1962. For a list of viceroys after independence, see Governor-General of Jamaica. For context, see History of Jamai ...

(1918–1924) * Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers (1887–1944), Governor of Victoria, 1926–1931, Deputy Chief Scout, 1936–1941, and Chief Scout, 1941–1944 *Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Knight Storks (1811–1874), last High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands, 1859–1863, Governor of Malta, 1864–1865,

, 1864–1866, Controller-in-Chief of the War Office, 1866–1870, and Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, 1870–1874 * Ronald Storrs (1881–1955), Oriental Secretary in Cairo, 1909–1915, Governor of Jerusalem, 1917–1926,

Governor of Cyprus This article lists the colonial governors and administrators of British Cyprus. Hitherto Ottoman Cyprus, a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of ...

, 1926–1932, and Governor of Northern Rhodesia, 1932–1934 * John Sturrock (1875–1937), Resident Commissioner in Basutoland (1926–1935) * Sir Charles Trevelyan, 1st Baronet (1807–1886), Assistant Secretary to HM Treasury & responsible for famine relief during the

Irish famine The Great Famine ( ga, an Gorta Mór ), also known within Ireland as the Great Hunger or simply the Famine and outside Ireland as the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852 that constituted a h ...

, 1840–1859,

Governor of Madras This is a list of the governors, agents, and presidents of colonial Madras, initially of the English East India Company, up to the end of British colonial rule in 1947. English Agents In 1639, the grant of Madras to the English was finalized be ...

, 1859–1860, and Minister of Finance of India, 1862–1865 *

William Douglas Young Sir William Douglas Young (27 January 1859 – 7 March 1943) was a colonial administrator from British Columbia who was Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1915 to 1920. Early life William Young was born in the newly created Colony of Brit ...

(1859–1943), Governor of the Falkland Islands

Diplomats

*Sir

John Banham Sir John Michael Middlecott Banham (22 August 1940 – 9 August 2022) was a British businessman. He was the chairman of the major brewer Whitbread from 2000 to 2005, and also chairman of ECI Ventures and Johnson Matthey. Biography Banham w ...

(born 1940), diplomat and business leader *

James Bowker Sir (Reginald) James Bowker (2 July 1901 – 15 December 1983) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Burma, Turkey and Austria. Career Bowker was educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic Serv ...

(1901–1983),

UK Ambassador to Burma The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Burma is the United Kingdom's chief diplomatic representative in Burma, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission. The government of Burma changed the name of the country to Myanmar on 18 June 1989, but ...

(1948–1950), Turkey (1954–1958), and Austria (1958–1961) * Francis Cornish (born 1942), diplomat and courtier *

Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet Sir Frederick Currie, 1st Baronet (3 February 1799 – 11 September 1875) was a British diplomat, who had a distinguished career in the British East India Company and the Indian Civil Service. His posts included Foreign Secretary to the Governmen ...

(1799–1875), British diplomat * Thomas Drew (1970–), UK Ambassador to Pakistan (2016–present) and Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2012–2014) *

Gai Eaton Charles le Gai Eaton (also known as Hasan le Gai Eaton or Hassan Abdul Hakeem; 1 January 1921 – 2010) was a British diplomat, writer, historian, and Sufi Islamic scholar. Life and career Early life Born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and raised ...

(1921–2010), diplomat, writer and Sufist Islamic scholar *Sir

Leonard Figg Sir Leonard Clifford William Figg (17 August 1923 – 11 August 2014) was a British diplomat. Figg was the son of Sir Clifford Figg, a tea and rubber planter, and was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Oxford. He served with t ...

(1923–2014), diplomat *

William Kerr Fraser-Tytler Lt-Col Sir William Kerr Fraser-Tytler KBE CMG MC (26 December 1886 – 23 August 1963) was a British soldier and diplomat. He was Envoy to Afghanistan from 1935 to 1941. Life He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford and ...

(1886–1963), envoy to Afghanistan (1935–1941) * Donald Gainer (1891–1966), British ambassador to Venezuela (1939–1944), Brazil (1944–1947), and Poland (1947–1950) *

George Dixon Grahame Sir George Dixon Grahame (28 April 1873 – 9 July 1940) was a British diplomat. Life Grahame was the only son of Richard Grahame of Alderley Edge, and was educated at Charterhouse, in Hodgsonite House, between summer 1887 and autumn 1888. ...

(1873–1940), UK Ambassador to Belgium (1920) and

UK Ambassador to Spain The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Spain is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Kingdom of Spain, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Spain. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassad ...

(1928–1935) *

John Hay Drummond Hay Sir John Hay Drummond Hay (1 June 1816 – 27 November 1893) was the United Kingdom's Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Morocco in the 19th century. Early life John Drummond Hay was born in 1816 in Valenciennes, France, where his father ...

(1816–1893),

British Ambassador to Morocco The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Morocco is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Morocco, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission there. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Mo ...

(1845–1886) *

George Labouchère Sir George Peter Labouchere (London, 2 December 1905 – Dudmaston Hall, Shropshire, 14 June 1999) was a British diplomat and collector of modern art. Career Labouchere was educated at Charterhouse School and the University of Paris, Sorbonne, ...

(1905–1999), British diplomat and collector of modern art * Ronald Macleay (1870–1943), British diplomat *

Guy Millard Sir Guy Elwin Millard (22 January 1917 – 26 April 2013) was a British diplomat who was closely involved in the Suez crisis, and afterwards ambassador to Hungary, Sweden and Italy. Career Guy Elwin Millard was educated at Wixenford, Charterho ...

(1917–2013), British diplomat * Hubert Montgomery (1876–1942), Ambassador to the Netherlands *

William Frederick Travers O'Connor Lieutenant-Colonel Sir William Frederick Travers O'Connor (30 July 1870 – 14 December 1943) was an Irish diplomat and officer in the British and British Indian armies. He is remembered for his travels in Asia, cartography, study and publicati ...

(1870–1943), Irish diplomat involved in the British expedition to Tibet and the Nepal–Britain Treaty of 1923 *

Augustus Paget Sir Augustus Berkeley Paget Order of the Bath, GCB (16 April 1823 – 11 July 1896) was a British diplomat. In 1876, Paget was appointed a member of Queen Victoria's privy council. Biography Augustus Berkeley Paget was born on 16 April 1823, ...

(1823–1896),

British Ambassador to Austria-Hungary The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Austria is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Austria, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Vienna. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador ...

(1884–1893) * David Aubrey Scott (1919–2010),

High Commissioner to New Zealand The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand is the United Kingdom's foremost Diplomat, diplomatic representative in New Zealand, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in New Zealand. As the United Kingdom and New Zealand are f ...

(1973–1975) and

British Ambassador to South Africa The British High Commissioner to South Africa is the head of the United Kingdom's diplomatic mission in the Republic of South Africa. As fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, the United Kingdom and South Africa exchange high commissione ...

(1976–1979) *

Walford Selby Sir Walford Harmood Montague Selby (19 May 1881 – 7 August 1965) was a British civil servant and diplomat. Career Selby was educated at Charterhouse School and Christ Church, Oxford, and joined the Diplomatic Service in 1904 as an attaché. ...

(1881–1965), British diplomat *Sir

Eric Teichman Sir Eric Teichman (born Erik Teichmann; 16 January 1884 – 3 December 1944 in Norfolk, England) was a British diplomat, orientalist, travel writer and photographer. He was a son of Emil Teichmann and Mary Lydia Schroeter, and younger b ...

(1884–1944), diplomat and traveller in Central Asia, Chinese Secretary in Peking, 1922–1936 * Michael Walker (1916–2001), High Commissioner to Ceylon/Sri Lanka (1962–1966), Malaysia (1966–1971), and India (1974–1976) *

Charles Wingfield Sir Charles John FitzRoy Rhys Wingfield (18 February 1877 – 26 March 1960) was a British diplomat who was envoy to several countries. Career Charles Wingfield was educated at Charterhouse School, Charterhouse and wished to join the British ...

(1877–1960), British diplomat

Civil servants

Sir George Barrow, 2nd Baronet Sir George Barrow, 2nd Baronet, (22 October 1806 – 1876) was an English civil servant. Life Barrow was the eldest son of Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet and Anna Maria Truter. Sir George was born in Mayfair, educated at Charterhouse, and appoin ...

(1806–1876), civil servant * William Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge (1879–1963), civil servant, politician, economist and social reformer,

Permanent Secretary A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant of a department or Ministry (government department), ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day ...

to the Ministry of Food, 1919, director of the London School of Economics, 1919–1937, and Master of University College, Oxford, 1937–1944 * James Brooks (1863–1941), Director of Victualling (1911–1923) *

Harry Chester Harry Chester (1 October 1806 – 5 October 1868) was a British civil servant who spent most of his career in the Privy Council Office. He published one book, ''The Lay of the Lady Ellen, a tale of 1834'', and is best remembered as the founder of ...

(1806–1868), Secretary to the Privy Council *

Richard Dean Richard Dean (''né'' Cowen; May 15, 1956 – December 27, 2006) was an American athlete, model and photographer, who co-hosted ''Cover Shot'', a television makeover show on the American cable TV network TLC. Early life and education Dean was b ...

(1772–1850), British civil servant *

Denis Dobson Sir Denis William Dobson (17 October 1908 – 15 December 1995) was a British solicitor, barrister and civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department and Clerk of the Crown in Chancery from 5 April 1968 to 1 ...

(1908–1995), Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office (1968–1977) *

George Engle Sir George Lawrence Jose Engle (13 September 1926 – 14 September 2016) was a British barrister and First Parliamentary Counsel between 1981 and 1987. Engle was a contemporary at Charterhouse (where he was in Hodgsonites) of Gerald Priestla ...

(1926–2016), First Parliamentary Counsel (1981–1987) *

Edward Anthony Hawke Sir Edward Anthony Hawke (26 July 1895 – 25 September 1964) was a British judge and the Common Serjeant of London from 1954 to 1959 and Recorder of London from 1959 to 1964.Fred E. Pritchard, ‘Hawke, Sir (Edward) Anthony (1895–1964)’, rev. ...

(1895-1964), Common Serjeant of London and Recorder of London *

Neville Leigh Sir Neville Egerton Leigh (4 June 1922 – 1 August 1994) was a senior British civil servant, descended from a Cheshire gentry family of medieval origin. Life The younger son of Captain Cecil Egerton Leigh and Gladys Durell Barnes, Neville Lei ...

(1922–1994), Clerk of the Privy Council (1974–1984) *

Evan MacGregor Sir Evan MacGregor, (31 March 1842 – 21 March 1926) was a British civil servant. Biography MacGregor was born on 31 March 1842, the third son of Sir John Athol Bannatyne Murray MacGregor, 3rd Baronet, and his wife Mary Hardy, daughter of Vic ...

(1842–1926), British civil servant *Sir William Hay Macnaghten (1793–1841), Chief Secretary, Indian Secret and Political Department, 1833–1841 *

Samuel March Phillipps Samuel March Phillipps (1780–1862) was an English civil servant and legal writer. Life The second son of Thomas March of More Crichel in Dorset, he was born at Uttoxeter on 14 July 1780. His father assumed the additional surname of Phillipps on ...

(1780–1862), English civil servant *Sir

Reginald Palgrave Sir Reginald Francis Douce Palgrave (28 June 1829 – 13 July 1904) was a British civil servant who was Clerk of the House of Commons. Life Reginald Palgrave was born in Westminster, London, the fourth son of Francis Palgrave (born Cohen) and hi ...

(1829–1904), Clerk of the House of Commons, 1886–1900 *

C. K. Rhodes Charles Kenneth Rhodes CIE ICS (5 May 1889 – 6 January 1941) was a British civil servant who worked for the British Empire's Indian Civil Service (ICS). Early life Rhodes was the only sonCharterhouse School Register Vol 2 1872-1910:- 1902 page ...

(1889–1941), British civil servant for the Indian Civil Service * Martin Rowlands (1925–2004), Secretary for the Civil Service in Hong Kong (1978–1985) * Patrick Shovelton (1919–2012), British civil servant and transport executive *

Sir Charles Trevelyan Sir Charles Edward Trevelyan, 1st Baronet, (2 April 1807 – 19 June 1886) was a British civil servant and colonial administrator. As a young man, he worked with the colonial government in Calcutta, India. He returned to Britain and took ...

(1807-1886) Administrator of relief during the Irish potato blight famine who believed that the disaster was God's judgement. Also during Highland Potato Famine. *Sir John Lovegrove Waldron (1910–1975),

Commissioner A commissioner (commonly abbreviated as Comm'r) is, in principle, a member of a commission or an individual who has been given a commission (official charge or authority to do something). In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...

of the

Metropolitan Police The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...

, 1968–1972

Businesspeople

Eric Vansittart Bowater Sir Eric Vansittart Bowater, FRSA (16 January 1895 – 30 August 1962), was an English businessman, who took the family firm Bowater from a paper merchant to the world's largest paper products company in his 40 years as its CEO and chairman. Earl ...

(1895–1962), English businessmen who was CEO and chairman of Bowater * Christopher Buxton (1929–2017), British property developer who pioneered the subdivision of

English country house An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside. Such houses were often owned by individuals who also owned a town house. This allowed them to spend time in the country and in the city—hence, for these peopl ...

s into smaller units that enabled their owners to continue to live in part of their former home *

John Cazenove John Cazenove (1788–1879) was an English businessman and political economist. Life He was the elder brother of Philip Cazenove, who in 1823 founded Cazenove the firm of stockbrokers. Cazenove was educated at Charterhouse School. He is thoug ...

(1788–1879), English businessman and political economist * Ian Davies (born 1951), chairman of Rolls-Royce Group plc *

Basil Eddis Sir Basil Eden Garth Eddis (17 September 1881 – 5 November 1971) was an Anglo-Indian businessman from Calcutta who served as president of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1927 to 1928. He was also a keen sportsman, playing a sin ...

(1881–1971), Anglo-Indian businessman who was president of the

Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a non-governmental trade association and advocacy group based in West Bengal, India. It is the oldest chamber of commerce in India, and one of the oldest in Asia. Established in 1853, finding its ...

(1927–1928) * Dudley Hooper (1911–1968), British accountant, early promoter of electronic data processing, and President of the British Computer Society *

Philip Jeyaretnam Philip Antony Jeyaretnam (born 1964) is a Singaporean judge, lawyer and author who has been serving as a Judge of the High Court of Singapore since 1 November 2021, having been first appointed to the Bench as a Judicial Commissioner on 4 Januar ...

(born 1964), Singaporean businessman and CEO of

Dentons Dentons is the largest multinational law firm in the world. Dentons was ranked as the world's 4th- largest law firm by revenue, with $2.9B gross revenue by Global 200 ranking in the fiscal year 2021. The firm is called Dentons in all languages o ...

* William Madocks (1773–1828), property developer and politician, founder of

Tremadog Tremadog (formerly Tremadoc) is a village in the community of Porthmadog, in Gwynedd, north west Wales; about north of Porthmadog town-centre. It was a planned settlement, founded by William Madocks, who bought the land in 1798. The centre of ...

and Porthmadog *

Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet Sir William Hepburn McAlpine, 6th Baronet, (12 January 1936 – 4 March 2018) was a British businessman who was director of the construction company Sir Robert McAlpine. Early life and career Born in London in 1936 at the family-owned Dorches ...

(1936–2018), British businessman who was director of Sir Robert McAlpine * John Murray III (1808–1892), British publisher associated with the company of the same name *

Anthony Nares Anthony James Nares (17 December 1942 - 19 February 1996) was a British publisher. Early life Anthony James Nares was born on 17 December 1942, the son of John George Alastair Nares. His grandfather was Vice-Admiral John Dodd Nares, and his gre ...

(1942–1996), British publisher *

Robin Niblett Sir Robin Christian Howard Niblett (born 20 August 1961) is a British specialist in international relations. He has been the Director of Chatham House (the Royal Institute of International Affairs) since January 2007. Education and personal lif ...

(born 1961), Director of Chatham House *

Archie Norman Archibald John Norman (born 1 May 1954) is a British businessman and politician. He is the only person to have been chairman of an FTSE 100 company and a Member of the House of Commons (MP) at the same time. From January 2010 to January 2016, N ...

(born 1954), businessman, chairman of ITV plc and former Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells * Harry Oppenheimer (1908–2000), Chairman of

De Beers De Beers Group is an international corporation that specializes in diamond mining, diamond exploitation, diamond retail, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. The company is active in open-pit, large-scale alluvial and c ...

* Shirish Saraf (born 1967), entrepreneur * Peter de Savary (born 1944), entrepreneur and former chairman of

Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club () is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name ...

George Samuel Fereday Smith George Samuel Fereday Smith (7 May 1812 – 26 May 1891) was an English industrialist and canal manager who from 1837 to 1887 was the Deputy Superintendent of the Bridgewater Trustees and their successors, whose major source of income came from the ...

(1812–1891), industrialist and canal manager *

Brian Harold Thomson Colonel Brian Harold Thomson (21 November 1918 – 7 November 2006) was a newspaper proprietor of D. C. Thomson & Co. and soldier in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry. He was widely known as "Mr Brian" within D. C. Thomson & Co. and throughout the bus ...

(1918–2006), British newspaper proprietor for DC Thomson

Economists, financiers and bankers

* William Blake (1774–1852), English

classical economist Classical economics, classical political economy, or Smithian economics is a school of thought in political economy that flourished, primarily in Kingdom of Great Britain, Britain, in the late 18th and early-to-mid 19th century. Its main thinkers ...

who contributed to the early theory of

purchasing power parity Purchasing power parity (PPP) is the measurement of prices in different countries that uses the prices of specific goods to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currency, currencies. PPP is effectively the ratio of the price of ...

* Ronald Colville, 2nd Baron Clydesmuir (1917–1996), soldier, Governor of the Bank of Scotland * Brien Cokayne, 1st Baron Cullen of Ashbourne (1864–1932), Governor of the Bank of England * Arthur Lowes Dickinson (1859–1935), British chartered accountant who was senior partner of Price Waterhouse *

Maurice Dobb Maurice Herbert Dobb (24 July 1900 – 17 August 1976) was an English economist at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He is remembered as one of the pre-eminent Marxist economists of the 20th century. Dobb was bo ...

(1900–1976), economist *Sir

John Gieve Sir Edward John Watson Gieve, (born 20 February 1950) is a former British civil servant, who served as Deputy Governor for Financial Stability of the Bank of England and an ''ex officio'' member of the Monetary Policy Committee from 2006 to 200 ...

KCB, (born 1950), Deputy Governor of the

Bank of England The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker, and still one of the bankers for the Government of ...

* Jonathan Goodwin (born 1975), British banker and investor * Robert Neild (1924–2018), Cambridge economist and peace researcher *Sir Inglis Palgrave (1827–1919), economist and banker *

John Horsley Palmer John Horsley Palmer (7 July 1779 – 7 February 1858) was an English banker and Governor of the Bank of England. Life Palmer was the fourth son and seventh child of William Palmer of Wanlip, Leicestershire (1748?–1821) and later of Nazeing Park, ...

(1779–1858), Governor of the Bank of England

Academics

Sheldon Amos Sheldon Amos (1 June 1835 – 3 January 1886) was an England, English jurist. Life and career Sheldon Amos was born in St Pancras, London, the son of lawyer Andrew Amos (lawyer), Andrew Amos and his wife, Margaret. He was educated at Clare Colleg ...

(1835–1886), Professor of Jurisprudence, University College, London, 1869–1879, and University of London, 1873–1879, and lawyer and judge in Egypt * Cardale Babington (1808–1895), Professor of Botany, University of Cambridge, 1861–1895 *

Gregory Bateson Gregory Bateson (9 May 1904 – 4 July 1980) was an English anthropologist, social scientist, linguist, visual anthropologist, semiotician, and cyberneticist whose work intersected that of many other fields. His writings include '' Steps to an ...

(1904–1980),

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

and co-founder of

cybernetics Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson m ...

*Sir William Blackstone (1723–1780), first Vinerian Professor of English Law, University of Oxford, 1758–1766, politician and judge * Richard Lynch Cotton (1794–1880), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford * Edward Craig (born 1942), English academic philosopher, editor of the '' Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy'', and cricketer who played one List-A and 50 first-class matches * John Davies (1679–1732), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge *

Edward Eastwick Edward Backhouse Eastwick CB (181416 July 1883, Ventnor, Isle of Wight) was an English orientalist, diplomat and Conservative Member of Parliament. He wrote and edited a number of books on South Asian countries. These included a Sindhi vocabular ...

(1814–1883),

orient The Orient is a term for the East in relation to Europe, traditionally comprising anything belonging to the Eastern world. It is the antonym of ''Occident'', the Western World. In English, it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the c ...

alist, diplomat and politician, Professor of Urdu, East India College, 1845–1857 *Sir Alan Gardiner (1879–1963), Egyptologist * Herbert Giles (1845–1935),

Sinologist Sinology, or Chinese studies, is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of China primarily through Chinese philosophy, language, literature, culture and history and often refers to Western scholarship. Its origin "may be traced to the ex ...

, Professor of

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

, University of Cambridge, 1897–1932, co-inventor of Wade–Giles transliteration system *

Geoffrey Gorer Geoffrey Edgar Solomon Gorer (26 March 1905 – 24 May 1985) was an English anthropologist and writer, noted for his application of psychoanalytic techniques to anthropology. Born into a non-practicing Jewish family, he was educated at Charterhou ...

(1905–1985),

and author * Thomas Greaves (1612–1676), English orientalist and a contributor to the '' London Polyglot'' *

Philip Seaforth James Philip Seaforth James (28 May 1914 – 5 May 2001) was an English barrister, academic, author and soldier. Early life James was born in Surrey, England. He was the son of Dr. Philip William James MC, a doctor in the Royal Army Medical Corps, an ...

(1914-2001), an English Lawyer and Academic * John Robert Kenyon (1807–1880), Vinerian Professor of English Law (1844–1880) *

Henry Liddell Henry George Liddell (; 6 February 1811– 18 January 1898) was dean (1855–1891) of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1870–1874), headmaster (1846–1855) of Westminster School (where a house is now named after h ...

(1811–1898), Dean of

Christ Church, Oxford Christ Church ( la, Ædes Christi, the temple or house, '' ædēs'', of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniqu ...

, 1855–1891, editor of the '' Greek-English Lexicon'' *

Edmund Law Lushington Edmund Law Lushington (10 January 1811 – 13 July 1893) was a classical scholar, a professor of Greek, and Rector of the University of Glasgow. Life Edmund Law Lushington was born on 10 January 1811 in Singleton, Lancashire, England. He was the ...

(1811–1893), Rector of the University of Glasgow (1884–1887) * John Sinclair Morrison (1913–2000), Professor of Greek, University of Durham, 1945–1950, Vice-Master of

Churchill College, Cambridge Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It has a primary focus on science, engineering and technology, but still retains a strong interest in the arts and humanities. In 1958, a trust was establish ...

, 1960–1965, first President of University College (later Wolfson College), Cambridge, 1965–1980, expert on Greek triremes *

Paul Oppé Adolph Paul Oppé, (22 September 1878 – 29 March 1957) was a British art historian, critic, art collector and museum official. Born in London, the son of a silk merchant, he was educated at Charterhouse, the University of St Andrews, and New ...

(1878–1957), English art historian, critic, art collector and museum official *

Arthur Rook Arthur Rook may refer to: * Arthur Rook (equestrian) (1921–1989), English equestrian and Olympic champion * Arthur Rook (dermatologist) (1918–1991), British dermatologist and author See also * Arthur Rooke (fl. 1910s–1920s), British a ...

(1918–1991), British dermatologist and the principal author of ''

Rook's Textbook of Dermatology ''Rook's Textbook of Dermatology'' is a leading textbook of dermatology published by Wiley. The ninth edition was published in 2016. History The first edition of ''Rook's'' was published in two volumes by Blackwell Scientific Publications in Oxfo ...

'' *

Kenneth Searight Kenneth Searight (born Arthur Kenneth Searight) (15 November 1883–28 February 1957) was the creator of the international auxiliary language Sona. His book ''Sona; an auxiliary neutral language'' outlines the language's grammar and vocabulary. ...

(1883–1957), linguist * Horace Geoffrey Quaritch Wales (1900–1981), Southeast Asian studies *

Patrick Wilkinson Patrick Wilkinson (born May 19, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays for the Saint Louis Billikens. Career Wilkinson signed with United Soccer League side Swope Park Rangers on August 18, 2016. He made his debut on August ...

, classical scholar * Francis Wollaston (1762–1823), Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Cambridge, 1792–1813 *

Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld (27 March 1870–26 January 1945) was a notable English lexicographer and philologist. Early life Wyld was born in 1870 and attended Charterhouse School from 1883 to 1885; he was then privately educated in Lausanne f ...

(1870–1945), philologist and lexicographer, first Baines Professor of English Language and Philology, University of Liverpool, 1904–1920, Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 1920–1945

Education leaders

* Samuel Berdmore (1739–1802), Master of Charterhouse School, 1769–1802 *

William Lloyd Birkbeck William Lloyd Birkbeck (27 March 1806 – 25 May 1888) was an English legal scholar at the University of Cambridge, who served as Downing Professor of the Laws of England from 1860 and as Master of Downing College, Cambridge 1885–1888. The son ...

(1806–1888), Master of Downing College, Cambridge (1885–1888) *

Ronald Burrows Ronald Montagu Burrows (16 August 1867 – 14 May 1920) was a British archaeologist and academic, who served as Principal of King's College London from 1913 to 1920. Biography He was born on 16 August 1867 in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, t ...

(1867–1920), Principal of

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

(1913–1920) *

Warin Foster Bushell Warin Foster Bushell MA (Cantab.) FRAS (18 April 1885 – 21 November 1974) was a schoolmaster and educationalist who was headmaster of leading schools in England and South Africa and a president of the Mathematical Association.''BUSHELL, Warin Fo ...

(1885–1974), educationalist and president of the Mathematical Association *

Walter Empson Walter Empson (19 February 1856 – 14 June 1934) was a New Zealander teacher, headmaster and educationalist. Early life and family Empson was born in Eydon, Northamptonshire, England, on 19 February 1856. He was the eldest of the eight ch ...

(1856–1934), New Zealand headmaster * Andrew Graham (born 1942), Master of

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

Michael Hoban Brian Michael Stanislaus Hoban (7 October 1921 in British Guiana – 6 July 2003), was a teacher of classics, and Headmaster of Harrow School from 1971–81. His father died when he was a small child and he spent two years in an orpha ...

(1921–2003), headmaster of

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

*Sir

Cyril Jackson (educationist) Sir Cyril Jackson Order of the British Empire, KBE (6 February 1863 – 3 September 1924) was a British educationist, important in the development of education in Western Australia. Jackson, the eldest son of Laurence Morris Jackson and Louisa ...

(1863–1924), Inspector-General of Schools, Western Australia, 1896–1903, Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools, 1903–1905, and Chairman of London County Council, 1915–? * Edmund Keene (1714–1781), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Bishop of Chester and

Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with a section of nort ...

* John King (c. 1655–1737), Master of Charterhouse 1715-1737 *

Alexander Nowell Alexander Nowell (13 February 1602, aka Alexander Noel) was an Anglican priest and theologian. He served as Dean of St Paul's during much of Elizabeth I's reign, and is now remembered for his catechisms. Early life He was the eldest son of John ...

(c. 1517–1602), Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford (1595–1596) *

J. F. Roxburgh John Fergusson Roxburgh (5 May 1888 – 6 May 1954) was a Scottish schoolmaster and author, first headmaster of Stowe School. Early life Roxburgh was a younger son of Archibald Roxburgh, an importer and merchant, by his marriage to Janet Briggs ...

(1888–1954), first head master of

Stowe School , motto_translation = I stand firm and I stand first , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent school, day & boarding , religion = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster ...

, 1923–1949 * John Russell (1787–1863), Headmaster of Charterhouse *

Augustus Saunders Augustus Page Saunders FRS (1 March 1801 – 21 July 1878), was a British Headmaster of Charterhouse School and Dean of Peterborough Cathedral. Life A son of Robert Saunders, of Lewisham, and his wife, Margaret Keble, he was educated at Charte ...

(1801–1878), Headmaster of Charterhouse * Andrew Tooke (1673–1732), headmaster of Charterhouse (1728–1732), Gresham Professor of Geometry, Fellow of the Royal Society and translator of

Tooke's Pantheon ''Tooke's Pantheon'', full title ''Tooke's Pantheon of the Heathen Gods and Illustrious Heroes'', was a work on Greek mythology. Authored by the Jesuit François Pomey (1619–1673), the ''Pantheum mythicum seu fabulosa deorum historia'' became t ...

* George Waddington (1793–1869), Warden of Durham University (1862–1869)

Scientists

Max Barclay Maxwell V L Barclay FRES is a British entomologist, and Curator and Collections Manager of Coleoptera and Hemiptera at the Natural History Museum in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, and a member of the editorial boar ...

(born 1970),

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

Isaac Barrow Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for proof of the fundamental theorem ...

(1630–1677), mathematician and theologian * Richard Henry Beddome (1830–1911), British naturalist who was chief conservator of the Madras Forest Department * Hugh Bostock (born 1944), British neuroscientist and Emeritus Professor of Neurophysiology at University College, London * James Clark (born 1964), British computer programmer known for his open-source software work and writing groff *

J. Norman Collie Professor John Norman Collie FRSE FRS (10 September 1859 – 1 November 1942), commonly referred to as J. Norman Collie, was an English scientist, mountaineer and explorer. Life and work He was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, the second of ...

(1859–1942), organic chemist and mountaineer, Professor of Organic Chemistry, University College, London, 1902–1928 * Charles John Cornish (1858–1906), English naturalist and author * William Rutter Dawes (1799–1868), astronomer *

Edward A. Guggenheim Edward Armand Guggenheim FRS (11 August 1901 in Manchester – 9 August 1970) was an English physical chemist, noted for his contributions to thermodynamics. Life Guggenheim was born in Manchester 11 August 1901, the son of Armand Guggenheim and ...

(1901–1970), English physical chemist noted for his contributions to thermodynamics * William Hamilton (1805–1867), geologist and politician *Sir

Henry Head Sir Henry Head, FRS (4 August 1861 – 8 October 1940) was an English neurologist who conducted pioneering work into the somatosensory system and sensory nerves. Much of this work was conducted on himself, in collaboration with the psychiatrist ...

(1861–1940), neurologist * George Hampson (1860–1936), British entomologist * Henry Hayter (1821–1895), English-born Australian statistician *

Terence Kealey George Terence Evelyn Kealey (born 16 February 1952) is a British biochemist who was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Buckingham, a private university in Britain. He was appointed Professor of Clinical Biochemistry in 2011. Prior to his tenur ...

(born 1952),

biochemist Biochemists are scientists who are trained in biochemistry. They study chemical processes and chemical transformations in living organisms. Biochemists study DNA, proteins and Cell (biology), cell parts. The word "biochemist" is a portmanteau of ...

Bernard Kettlewell Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell (24 February 1907 – 11 May 1979) was a British geneticist, lepidopterist and medical doctor, who performed research on the influence of industrial melanism on peppered moth (''Biston betularia'') coloration, sho ...

(1907–1979),

lepidopterist Lepidopterology ()) is a branch of entomology concerning the scientific study of moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies. Someone who studies in this field is a lepidopterist or, archaically, an aurelian. Origins Post-Renaissance, t ...

Robert Heath Lock Robert Heath Lock (19 January 1879 – 26 June 1915) was an English botanist and geneticist who wrote the first English textbook on genetics. Life Robert Heath Lock was the son of John Bascombe Lock, a priest and Eton College schoolmaster who ...

(1879–1915), English botanist and geneticist who wrote the first English textbook on genetics *

C. N. H. Lock Christopher Noel Hunter Lock (21 December 1894 – 27 March 1949) was a British aerodynamicist, after whom the Lock number is named. Biography Lock was born at Herschel House, Cambridge, the youngest son of John Bascombe Lock (18 March 1849 – ...

(1894–1949), English aerodynamicist * Guy Anstruther Knox Marshall (1871–1959), Indian-born British entomologist and authority on

Curculionidae The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera and 83,000 species described worldwide. They are the sister group to the family Brentidae. T ...

Peter Nye Peter Hague Nye FRS (16 September 1921 – 13 February 2009) was a British soil scientist. He was educated at Charterhouse School, Balliol College, Oxford and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was a Lecturer in Soil Science at the University ...

(1921–2009), soil scientist * Chris Perrins (born 1935), ornithologist and

Her Majesty Her Majesty may refer to: * Majesty, a style used by monarchs (or a wife of a king) ** Margrethe II of Denmark (born 1940), Queen of Denmark ** Queen Camilla (born 1947), Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms; wife of Kin ...

Warden of the Swans The Warden of the Swans is an office in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, created in 1993 when the ancient post of Keeper of the Kings Swans (which dated from the 13th century) was divided into two new posts. The seco ...

Bruce Ponder Sir Bruce Anthony John Ponder FMedSci FAACR FRS (born 25 April 1944) is an English geneticist and cancer researcher. He is Emeritus Professor of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and former director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge ...

(born 1944), English geneticist and cancer researcher *

William Fleetwood Sheppard William Fleetwood Sheppard FRSE LLM (20 November 1863 – 12 October 1936) Australian-British civil servant, mathematician and statistician remembered for his work in finite differences, interpolation and statistical theory, known in partic ...

(1863–1936), Australian-British mathematician and statistician known for Sheppard's correction *

James Smithson James Smithson (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829) was an English chemist and mineralogist. He published numerous scientific papers for the Royal Society during the late 1700s as well as assisting in the development of calamine, which would eventually ...

(1764–1829), mineralogist, traveller and founder of the Smithsonian Institution (probable Old Carthusian) * William Hyde Wollaston (1766–1828),

metallurgist Metallurgy is a domain of materials science and engineering that studies the physical and chemical behavior of metallic elements, their inter-metallic compounds, and their mixtures, which are known as alloys. Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...

, crystallographer and

physiologist Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical a ...

, discoverer of palladium and rhodium, researcher into platinum * James Wood-Mason (1846–1893), English zoologist who was the director of the Indian Museum at Calcutta

Engineers

Geoffrey Binnie Geoffrey Morse Binnie FRS FEng (13 November 1908 – 5 April 1989) was a British civil engineer and writer particularly associated with dams and reservoirs. Binnie was the third generation of his family to enter civil engineering (his grandfa ...

(1908–1989), British civil engineer *Colonel Sir Proby Cautley (1802–1871),

civil engineer A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering – the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructure while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing ...

and palaeontologist, Superintendent of the Doab Canal, India, 1831–1843, and Superintendent of Canals, North-Western Provinces, 1843–1854, architect of the Ganges Canal *

George Thomas Clark Colonel George Thomas Clark (26 May 1809 – 31 January 1898) was a British surgeon and engineer. He was particularly associated with the management of the Dowlais Iron Company. He was also an antiquary and historian of Glamorgan. Biography C ...

(1809–1898),

and

antiquary An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ...

, Manager, Dowlais Ironworks, 1855–1897 *

John Dewrance Sir John Dewrance GBE FKC (13 March 18587 October 1937) was a British inventor and mechanical engineer. Early life John Dewrance was born in 1858 at Peckham, London, the only son of pioneering locomotive engineer John Dewrance and his wif ...

(1858–1937), British inventor and mechanical engineer *Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt FRS (1868-1951), distinguished British Naval Architect and Engineer and Director of naval Construction for the Royal Navy 1912-1924. *

Alfred Giles Alfred Giles may refer to: * Alfred Giles (architect) (1853–1920), Texas architect * Alfred Giles (civil engineer) (1816–1895), British civil engineer and politician * Alfred Giles (explorer) (1846–1931), South Australian bushman, drover and ...

(1816–1895), President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (1893–1894) and MP for Southampton (1878–1880; 1883–1892) *

Francis McClean Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Kennedy McClean, (1 February 1876 – 11 August 1955) was a British civil engineer and pioneer aviator. Sir Francis was one of the founding members of the Royal Aero Club and one of the founders of naval aviatio ...

(1876–1955), British civil engineer and pioneer aviator * Robert Sinclair (1817–1898), Locomotive Superintendent of the Caledonian Railway (1847–1856), of the Eastern Counties Railway (1856–1862), and of the

Great Eastern Railway The Great Eastern Railway (GER) was a pre-grouping British railway company, whose main line linked London Liverpool Street to Norwich and which had other lines through East Anglia. The company was grouped into the London and North Eastern R ...

(1862–1865) *

Wallace Thorneycroft Wallace Thorneycroft (1864–1954) was a 19th/20th century British mining engineer, businessman, coal-mine owner and geologist. He was President of the Institute of Mining Engineers. As a geologist and archaeologist he was an expert on vitrif ...

(1864–1954), President of the

Institution of Mining Engineers The Institution of Mining Engineers (IMinE) was a former British professional institution. History It began as the Federated Institution of Mining Engineers in 1889, comprising the Chesterfield and Midland Counties Institution of Engineers; Midla ...

Physicians

George Francis Abercrombie George Francis Abercrombie, (25 June,1896 – 25 September,1978) was a British physician who worked as a general practitioner (GP). In 1952, he co-founded the College of General Practitioners, later granted the royal prefix and renamed the Roy ...

(1896–1976), British physician who co-founded the Royal College of General Practitioners * Benjamin Guy Babington (1794–1866), physician and

alist, inventor of the laryngoscope *

John Carr Badeley John Carr Badeley (1794–1851) was an English physician. Biography After education at King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford and at Charterhouse, he matriculated on 16 March 1812 at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He graduated there M ...

(1794–1851), English physician * Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet (1783–1862),

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

and

Sergeant-Surgeon The Serjeant Surgeon is the senior surgeon in the Medical Household of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. The origin of the post dates back to 1253. Early serjeant surgeons were military surgeons who followed their king ...

to William IV and Queen Victoria, 1832–1862 *Sir

Farquhar Buzzard Sir Edward Farquhar Buzzard, 1st Baronet, (20 December 187117 December 1945) was a prominent British physician and Regius Professor of Medicine at the University of Oxford (1928–1943). Career Farquhar Buzzard was born on 20 December 1871, ...

(1871–1945), physician, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford, 1928–1943 *

Thomas Spencer Cobbold Thomas Spencer Cobbold FRS (26 May 182810 March 1886) was an English biologist. Life He was born at Ipswich, the third son of Rev. Richard Cobbold, author of the ''History of Margaret Catchpole''. After graduating in medicine at the Univers ...

(1828–1886), first Professor of Helminthology, Royal Veterinary College, 1873–1886 *Sir Thomas Gery Cullum (1741–1831), surgeon, botanist, and Bath King of Arms, 1771–1800 *David Dane (1923–1998), virologist *Arthur Farre (1811–1887), English obstetric physician *Frederic John Farre (1804–1886), English physician *Edward Price Furber (1864–1940), British obstetrician and surgeon *Peter Alfred Gorer (1907–1961), British immunologist and pioneer of transplant immunology *William Heberden the Younger (1767–1845), physician to George III of the United Kingdom, George III *John Hunt, Baron Hunt of Fawley (1905–1987), founder of the Royal College of General Practitioners *Henry Levett (1668–1725), chief physician, Charterhouse 1712-1725 *Archie Norman (paediatrician), Archie Norman (1912–2016), British paediatrician *George Edward Paget (1809–1892), English physician and academic *William Wyatt Pinching (1851–1878), surgeon and early rugby union international who represented England national rugby union team, England in 1872. *David Prior, Baron Prior of Brampton (born 1954), current chair of NHS England, chairman of University College Hospital, and MP for North Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), North Norfolk (1997–2001) *Sir Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist), Harold Ridley (1906–2001), ophthalmic surgeon, inventor of the intraocular lens implant *W. H. C. Romanis (1889–1972), British surgeon and medical author *William Henry Stone (physician), William Henry Stone (1830–1891), English physician known for his studies on electro-therapy and the electrical properties of the human body *Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1824–1871), physician and medical writer *Hubert Maitland Turnbull (1875–1955), British pathologist *William Watson (physician), William Watson (1744–1824), English physician, naturalist, and Mayor of Bath (1801) *Frederick Parkes Weber (1863–1962), English dermatologist

Philosophers

*David Bostock (philosopher), David Bostock (born 1936), philosopher *Don Cupitt (born 1934), philosopher of religion and Christian theologian *Walking Stewart (1747–1822), philosopher, traveller and eccentric

Historians and antiquaries

*Henry Balfour (1863–1939), British archaeologist, the first curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum and President of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland *James Bindley (1737–1818), English antiquary and book collector *Rawdon Brown (1806–1883), historian in Venice *George Burges (1785 or 1786–1864), classicist *Charles Burney (schoolmaster), Charles Burney (1757–1817), English classical scholar who gathered the Burney Collection of Newspapers *Eric Christiansen (1937–2016), British medieval historian *Peter Cowie (born 1939), film historian *George Dennis (explorer), George Dennis (1814–1898), archaeologist and diplomat *John Ehrman (1920–2011), historian and biographer of William Pitt the Younger *I. H. N. Evans (1886–1957), British anthropologist, ethnographer and archaeologist *Professor Peter Green (historian), Peter Green (born 1924), classical scholar, historian and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature *George Grote (1794–1871), historian and radical politician *John Edward Jackson (antiquarian), John Edward Jackson (1805–1891), archivist at Longleat *Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841–1905), classicist and politician, Professor of Greek, University of Glasgow, 1875–1889, and Regius Professor of Greek (Cambridge), Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge, 1889–1905 *T. D. Kendrick (1895–1979), British archaeologist and art historian *G. E. R. Lloyd (born 1933), English historian *Sir Ellis Minns (1874–1953), archaeologist and palaeographer, Disney Professor of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, 1927–1939 *Henry Nettleship (1839–1893), classicist, Corpus Christi Professor of Latin, University of Oxford, 1878–1893 *Francis Peck (1692–1743),

*Charles Reed Peers (1868–1952), English architect and archaeologist *Michael Prestwich (born 1943), former Professor of Medieval History at the University of Durham *George Cecil Renouard (1780–1867), classicist and

alist *Henry Thomas Riley (1816–1878), English translator and antiquary *Joseph Rykwert (born 1926), English architectural historian *Sir Richard Sorabji (born 1934), historian of ancient philosophy *Maxwell Staniforth (1893–1985), British scholar and writer *Lawrence Stone (1919–1999), historian and Dodge Professor of History, Princeton University, 1963–1990 *Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914–2003), historian of early modern Britain and Nazi Germany, Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford, later Baron Dacre of Glanton *Simon Walker (historian), Simon Walker (1958–2004), British historian of late medieval England *Robert Walpole (classical scholar), Robert Walpole (1781–1856), English classical scholar *T. B. L. Webster (1905–1974), British archaeologist who studied Greek comedy *Daniel Wray (1701–1783), English antiquary *Claud William Wright (1917–2010), British civil servant, palaeontologist and archaeologist

Judges, barristers, and lawyers

Portrait of Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone

*Sir Edward Alderson (judge), Edward Hall Alderson (c. 1787–1857), judge *Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone (1842–1915), judge and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales, Attorney-General, 1885–1886, 1886–1892, 1895–1900, Master of the Rolls, 1900, and Lord Chief Justice, 1900–1913 *Joseph Arnould (1813–1886), British judge in India and great-uncle of Laurence Olivier *William Henry Ashurst (judge), William Henry Ashurst (1725–1807), English judge *Sir Philip Bailhache King's Counsel, KC (born 1946), Bailiff of Jersey and later Minister for External Relations *Sir William Bailhache KC (born 1953), Bailiff of Jersey *Edward Bearcroft (1737–1796), Chief Justice of Chester (1788–1796) and MP for Hindon (UK Parliament constituency), Hindon (1784–1790) and Saltash (UK Parliament constituency), Saltash (1790–1796) *Michael Briggs, Lord Briggs of Westbourne (born 1954), High Court judge (England and Wales), Justice of the High Court *Alfred Townsend Bucknill (1880–1963), English judge specialising in maritime law *John Alexander Strachey Bucknill (1873–1926), Attorney General of Hong Kong *James Cockle (1819–1895), Chief Justice of Queensland (1863–1879) and mathematician *Cresswell Cresswell (1793–1863), judge and politician *Nigel Davis (born 1951), Lord Justice of Appeal *Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750–1818), Lord Chief Justice, 1802–1818 *Robert Fane (1796–1864), English judge *John Samuel Martin Fonblanque, John Fonblanque (1787–1865), barrister and legal writer *Charles Freshfield (1808–1891), solicitor *Henry Ray Freshfield (1814–1895), solicitor and conservationist *Ralph Gibson (judge), Ralph Gibson (1922–2003), Lord Justice of Appeal (1985–1994) *Peston Padamji Ginwala (1918–2008), barrister *Sir Henry Gollan (1868–1949), Chief Justice of various British colonies, retired as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong *Sir James Goss (judge), James Goss Knight Bachelor, Kt King's Counsel, KC (born 1953), High Court judge (England and Wales), Justice of the High Court *Harold Hanbury (1898–1993), jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law, University of Oxford, 1949–1964 *Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth (1861–1936), judge and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales, Solicitor-General, 1919–1922, Attorney General for England and Wales, Attorney-General, 1922, and Master of the Rolls, 1923–1935 *Patrick Hastings (1880–1952), barrister and politician, first Labour Party (UK), Labour Attorney General for England and Wales, Attorney-General, 1924 *Lionel Heald (1897–1981), barrister and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales, Attorney-General, 1951–1954 *John Hill (British politician), John Hill (1912–2007), barrister, farmer and Conservative MP for South Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency), South Norfolk *Milner Holland (1902–1969), Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster (1951–1969) *David Jenkins, Baron Jenkins (1899–1969), Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster *Charles Shaw, Baron Kilbrandon (1906–1989), advocate and judge, Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, 1957–1959, Court of Session, Lord of Session, 1959–1965, Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission, 1965–1971, and Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, 1971–1976 *Alfred Lutwyche (1810–1880), first judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland *Herbert William Malkin (1883–1945), Legal Adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1929–1945) *Jonathan Mance, Baron Mance (born 1943), Law Lord and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom *John McNeill (lawyer), John McNeill QC (1899–1982), Crown Advocate of the British Supreme Court for China and chairman of the Hong Kong Bar Association *S. F. C. Milsom (1923–2016), English legal historian *Basil Montagu (1770–1851), author, barrister and Accountant-General in Bankruptcy, 1835–1846 *J. H. C. Morris (1910–1984), British legal scholar best known for his contributions to the conflict of laws *Kenneth Muir Mackenzie, 1st Baron Muir Mackenzie (1845–1930), barrister and civil servant, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery, 1880–1915, and

to the Lord Chancellor, 1884–1915 *Montague Muir Mackenzie (1847–1919), Scottish barrister and legal writer *Edward Sullivan Murphy (1880–1945), MP for Attorney General for Northern Ireland (1937–1939) and City of Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency), City of Londonderry (1929–1939) *Sir Reginald Neville, 1st Baronet (1863–1950), barrister and politician *Nicholas Padfield (born 1947), English barrister and deputy judge *Edward Pearce, Baron Pearce (1901–1990), Law Lord *John Pedder (1784–1859), Chief Justice of Van Diemen's Land (1824–1854) *Henry Pollock (1864–1953), Acting Attorney General of Hong Kong (1896–1901), Attorney General of Fiji (1901–1903), and Senior Unofficial Member (1917–1941) *Oliver Popplewell (born 1927), British judge and cricketer who played 41 first-class matches *Sir Christopher Rawlinson (judge), Christopher Rawlinson (1806–1888), Recorder (law), Recorder of Prince of Wales Isle, Prince of Wales Island, Singapore and Malacca, 1847–1850, and Chief Justice of Madras Presidency, Madras, 1850–1859 *Christopher Robinson (English judge), Christopher Robinson (1766–1833), Judge of the High Court of Admiralty (1828–1833) and MP for

(1818–1820) *Sir Henry Russell, 1st Baronet (1751–1836), Chief Justice of Bengal *L. Gordon Rylands (1862–1942), British criminologist *Eric Sachs (1898–1979), British barrister and judge *Terence Skemp (1915–1996), British lawyer and parliamentary draftsman *Sir Alfred Stephen (1802–1894), Solicitor, Solicitor-General of Van Diemen's Land, 1825–1833, Attorney-General of Van Diemen's Land, 1833–1837, Chief Justice of New South Wales, 1844–1873, and

of New South Wales, 1875–1891 *Thomas Strangman (1873–1971), British barrister who spent much of his career in India *Samuel Toller (1764–1821), Advocate-General of Madras (1812–1821) *Jeremy Varcoe (born 1937), ambassador to Somalia and Immigration Tribunal Appeal judge *George Stovin Venables (1810–1888), barrister and journalist *Thomas Webster (lawyer), Thomas Webster (1810–1875), English barrister known for his involvement in patent legislation and for committee work leading up to the Great Exhibition *John Walpole Willis (1793–1877), controversial judge in Canada, British Guiana and Australia *Sir William Yorke, 1st Baronet (c. 1700–1776), judge

Military

Baden-Powell USZ62-96893 (retouched and cropped)

*General Sir Frederick Adam (1784–1853), army officer, commander of the 3rd Brigade at the Battle of Waterloo, commander in the Mediterranean, 1817–1824, Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, 1824–1832, and

, 1832–1837 *Charles Philip de Ainslie (1808–1889), British Army general who was colonel of the 1st The Royal Dragoons (1869–1889) *General Sir Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer), Kenneth Anderson (1891–1959), General Officer Commanding British First Army, First Army, 1942–1943, GOC British Second Army, Second Army, 1943–1944, GOC Eastern Command, 1944–1945, GOC-in-C East Africa, 1945–1946, and Governor of Gibraltar, 1947–1952 *Lieutenant-General Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857–1941), soldier and founder of the Scouting Movement, commander of Siege of Mafeking, Mafeking garrison, 1899–1900, founder and first commander of the South African Constabulary, 1900–1902, Inspector of Cavalry, 1902–1908, General Officer Commanding Northumbrian Division, 1908–1910 *General Henry Bates (British Army officer), Henry Bates (1813–1893) *William Becke (1916–2009), British Army lieutenant-colonel best known for his role during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation *Edward Beddington-Behrens (1897–1968), British Army major and art patron *Geoffrey Biggs (1938–2002), British Royal Navy vice admiral who was Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet (1992–1995) *Sir David Bill (born 1954), British Army lieutenant-general who was Commandant Royal College of Defence Studies (2012–2014) *Brigadier Guy Boisragon (1864–1931), Victoria Cross *Major-General Patrick Brooking (1937–2014), British Army officer and List of Commandants of Berlin Sectors, Commandant of the British Sector in Berlin 1985–1989 *Brian Burnett (1913–2011), British RAF Air Chief Marshal who was Air Secretary (1967–1970) *Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (1775–1804), Royal Navy officer and rake (left after 9 days) *George Augustus Stewart Cape (1867–1918), British Army brigadier-general *William Henry Carmichael-Smyth (1780–1861), British Army major *Hubert Chevis (1902–1931), British Army lieutenant who died of strychnine poisoning after eating contaminated partridge *Dudley Clarke (1899–1974), leading World War II deception planner and founder of the Commandos *Colonel James Morris Colquhoun Colvin (1870–1945), Victoria Cross *Vaughan Cox (1860–1923), British general in the Indian Army *Richard Craddock (1910–1977), British Army lieutenant-general who was Commander British Forces in Hong Kong (1963–1964) and Western Command (United Kingdom), GOC-in-C Western Command (1964–1966) *Sir Hugh Cunningham (British Army officer), Hugh Cunningham (1921–2019), soldier and Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff, 1976–1978 *Major-General Philip Davies (British Army officer), Philip Davies (1932–), GOC North West District (British Army), North West District (1983–1986) *John Derry (1921–1952), British RAF Squadron Leader believed to be the first Briton to have exceeded the speed of sound in flight *Moore Disney (1765–1846), British Army general *Charles Macpherson Dobell (1869–1954), Canadian lieutenant-general served with the Royal Welch Fusiliers of the British Army *Lionel Dorling (1860–1925), British Army colonel *William Assheton Eardley-Wilmot, 3rd Baronet (1841–1896), Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in Ireland *George Erskine (1899–1965), British Army general and multi-GOC *Xan Fielding (1918–1991), Special Operations Executive, SOE officer and author *Sir Francis Fletcher-Vane, 5th Baronet (1861–1934), British military officer *Brigadier William Fraser (British Army officer), William Fraser (1890–1964), Chief of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration *Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game (1876–1961), Director of Training and Organisation, Royal Air Force, 1919–1923, Air Officer Commanding India, 1923, Air Member for Personnel, 1923–1929, Governor of New South Wales, 1930–1935, and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, 1935–1945 *General Sir Timothy Granville-Chapman (born 1947), Adjutant-General to the Forces, 2000–2003, Commander-in-Chief Land, 2003–2005, and Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, 2005–2009 *Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths (1923–2015), soldier, cricketer, barrister, judge and life peer *Alan Hartley (1882–1954), British Indian Army general *Major-General Sir Henry Havelock (1795–1857), commander in the Indian Mutiny *William Havelock (1793–1848), British Army lieutenant-colonel *Assistant Commissary-General Sir George Head (1782–1855), army commissary, Deputy Knight-Marshal to William IV and Queen Victoria, 1831–1855 *Lieutenant Richard Hill (RAF officer), Richard Hill (1899–1918), British World War I flying ace credited with seven aerial victories *Field Marshal Sir Richard Hull (1907–1989), Commander, Blade Force, 1942, General Officer Commanding 1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom), 1st Armoured Division, 1944–1945, GOC British 5th Infantry Division, 5th Infantry Division, 1945–1946, Commandant, Staff College, Camberley, 1946–1948, Director of Staff Duties, 1948–1950, Chief Army Instructor, Imperial Defence College, 1950–1952, Chief of Staff, Middle East Land Forces, 1953–1954, GOC British Troops in Egypt, 1954–1956, Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1956–1958, Commander-in-Chief, Far East Land Forces, 1958–1961, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1961–1965, and Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the Defence Staff, 1965–1967 *John Hulton (1882–1942), British Army officer *Thomas Humphreys (British Army officer), Thomas Humphreys (1878–1955), GOC 5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom), 5th Division (1931–1934) *James Bruce Jardine (1870–1955), British Army brigadier-general *Cecil Frederick King (1899–1919), British RAF captain who was a World War I fighter ace *Stanley Kirby (1895–1968), British Army major-general *George Lea (British Army officer), George Lea (1912–1990), Head of the British Defence Staff – US (1967–1970) *Lieutenant-Colonel Gerard Leachman (1880–1920), intelligence officer and traveller *Rodney Lees (born 1944), Defence Services Secretary (1998–2001) *Charles Longcroft (1883–1958), British RAF Air Vice-Marshal and GOC *Alastair Mackie (1922–2018), Royal Air Force officer and nuclear disarmament campaigner *Henry Maitland-Makgill-Crichton (1880–1953), British Army brigadier *Eric Archibald McNair (1894–1918), First World War Victoria Cross *Field Marshal Sir Archibald Montgomery-Massingberd (1871–1947), Chief of staff (military), Chief of Staff, British Fourth Army, Fourth Army, 1916–1918, Chief of Staff, British Army of the Rhine, 1918–1920, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, India, 1920–1925, General Officer Commanding Southern Command, Adjutant-General to the Forces, 1931–1933, and Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1933–1936 *Thomas Morland (1865–1925), British Army brigadier *W. Stanley Moss (1921–1965), Special Operations Executive, SOE officer, author and traveller *Robert Francis Brydges Naylor (1889–1971), British Army general who was Vice Quartermaster-General (1943–1944) *Oliver Newmarch (1934–1920), general who was Military Secretary to the India Office (1889–1899) *Lieutenant-General Edward F. Norton (1884–1954), soldier and mountaineer, Acting Governor of Hong Kong, 1940–1941, and General Officer Commanding Western Independent District, India, 1941–1942 *Thomas Pearson (British Army officer, born 1914), Thomas Pearson (1914–2019), Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe (1972–1974) *Arthur Potter (1905–1998), British Indian Army brigadier *John Murray Prain (1902–2001), soldier and Scottish businessman *Harry Pritchard (British Army officer), Harry Pritchard (1871–1953), GOC Malaya Command (1929–1931) *Neville Purvis (born 1936), Chief of Fleet Support (1991–1994) *Baron Rathdonnell, William Robert McClintock-Bunbury, 4th Baron Rathdonnell MC (1914–1959), soldier and Irish peer *Baron Rathdonnell, Thomas Leopold McClintock-Bunbury, 3rd Baron Rathdonnell (1881–1937), soldier and peer *Edward Ravenshaw (1854–1880), Scottish footballer *Colin Rawlins (1919–2003), British civil servant and RAF officer *General Brian Robertson, 1st Baron Robertson of Oakridge (1896–1974), Managing Director, Dunlop Rubber, Dunlop, South Africa, 1935–1940, Chief Administrative Officer, Allied Forces in Italy, 1944–1945, Deputy Military Governor of the British Zone of Germany, 1945–1947, Commander-in-Chief, British Army of the Rhine, 1947–1949, British Commissioner, Allied High Commission, 1949–1950, C-in-C Middle East Land Forces, 1950–1953, and Chairman of the British Transport Commission, 1953–1961 *Philip Robertson (British Army officer), Philip Robertson (1866–1936), GOC 17th (Northern) Division (1916–1919) and 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division (1919–1923) *William Victor Trevor Rooper (1897–1917), British World War I captain and flying ace *Richmond Shakespear (1812–1861), British Indian Army lieutenant-colonel who helped to influence the Khan of Khiva to abolish slavery in Khiva. *Freddie Sowrey (1922–2019), British Air Marshal who was Commandant of the Joint Service Defence College, National Defence College (1972–1975) *John Squire (British Army officer), John Squire (1780–1812), Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Engineers *Frank Noel Stagg (1884–1956), British Royal Navy commander known for his role in Danish resistance movement, Danish and Norwegian resistance movements *James Swaby (1798–1863), one of the first non-white commissioned officers in the British Army *Brigadier John Tiltman (1894–1982), cryptographer, Chief Cryptographer, Bletchley Park *Frank Weare (1896–1971), British RAF Flight Lieutenant who was a flying ace in World War I *Ronald Weeks, 1st Baron Weeks (1890–1960), Deputy Chief of the General Staff (United Kingdom), Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff *Christopher Welby-Everard (1909–1996), GOC Nigerian Army (1963–1965) *Major-General Orde Wingate (1903–1944), guerrilla warfare specialist, founder and commander of the Chindits *F. W. Winterbotham (1897–1990), intelligence officer

Religion and theologians

Charles Manners-Sutton (1755–1828), Archbishop of Canterbury

*Thomas Gilbank Ackland (1791–1844), English clergyman *Gilbert Ainslie (1793–1870), clergyman, List of Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge *James Allen (priest), James Allen (1802–1897), Dean of St David's (1879–1895) *Arthur Anstey (1873–1955), Archbishop of the West Indies (1943–1945) *John Armstrong (bishop of Grahamstown), John Armstrong (1813–1856), Bishop of Grahamstown, 1853–1856 *William Alexander Ayton (1816–1909), clergyman, alchemist, and member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn *Frederick Beadon (1777–1879), English clergyman who centenarian, lived to 101 *Philip Bearcroft (1695–1761), English clergyman and antiquary *Martin Benson (bishop), Martin Benson (1689–1752), Bishop of Gloucester *John Ernest Bode (1816–1874), clergyman and poet *Henry Bonney (1780–1862), English churchman and author *Peter Bostock (1911–1999), Archdeacon of Mombasa and Doncaster *Henry Bowlby (1823–1894), Bishop of Coventry (suffragan), Bishop of Coventry (1891–1894) *Henry Bowlby (priest), Henry Bowlby (1864–1940), Headmaster of Lancing College (1909–1925) *George Boyle (priest), George Boyle (1828–1901), Dean of Salisbury (1880–1901) *Samuel Bradford (1652–1731), Bishop of Carlisle and Rochester *John Buckner (bishop), John Buckner (1734–1824), Bishop of Chichester *Andrew Burn (1864–1927), Dean of Salisbury *Hedley Burrows (1887–1983), Dean of Hereford *Leonard Burrows (1857–1940), Bishop of Lewes and Sheffield *Eyton Butts (–1779), Dean of Cloyne (1770–1779) *Sir Anthony Buzzard, 3rd Baronet (born 1935), biblical scholar and Christian theologian *Donald Campbell (priest), Donald Campbell (1886–1933), Archdeacon of Carlisle (1930–1933) *Edward Churton (1800–1874), Archdeacon of Cleveland (1846–1874) and Spanish language, Spanish scholar *Arthur Clarke (priest), Arthur Clarke (1848–1932), Archdeacon of Lancaster and Rochdale *Sir William Cockburn, 11th Baronet (1773–1858), Dean of York (1823–1858) *James Cropper (priest), James Cropper (1862–1938), Dean of Gibraltar *Christopher Cunliffe (born 1955), Archdeacon of Derby *William Davey (1825–1917), Dean of Llandaff (1897–1913) *Richard Eyre (priest), Richard Eyre (1929–2012), Dean of Exeter *Henry Felton (1679–1740), English clergyman *John Finney (born 1932), churchman and former Bishop of Pontefract *John Fisher (priest), John Fisher (1788–1832), Archdeacon of Berkshire *Henry FitzHerbert (priest), Henry FitzHerbert (1882–1958), Archdeacon of Derby *Henry Formby (1816–1884), English Roman Catholic priest and writer *Walter Frere (1863–1938), founder member of the Community of the Resurrection, Bishop of Truro, 1923–1935 *Alfred Gatty (1813–1903), clergyman and writer *Edgar Gibson (1848–1924), Bishop of Gloucester *Charles Green (bishop), Charles Green (1864–1944), Archdeacon of Monmouth, 1914–1921, first Bishop of Monmouth, 1921–1928, Bishop of Bangor, 1928–1944, and Archbishop of Wales, 1934–1944 *Charles Hahn (1870–1930), Archdeacon of Eshowe (1913–?) and Archdeacon of Damaraland (1924–1927) *William Hale (priest), William Hale (1795–1870), Archdeacon of St Albans (1839–1840), Archdeacon of Middlesex (1840–1842), Archdeacon of London (1842–1870) *Julius Hare (theologian), Julius Hare (1795–1855), theology, theological writer *Peter Harrison (priest), Peter Harrison (born 1939), Archdeacon of the East Riding (1999–2006) *William Hayter (priest), William Hayter (1858–1935), Dean of Gibraltar *Joseph Henshaw (1603–1679), Bishop of Peterborough, 1663–1679 *Mark Hiddesley (1698–1772), Bishop of Sodor and Man, 1755–1772 *Air Marshal Sir Jack Higgins (RAF officer), John Frederick Andrews Higgins (1875–1948), founder member of the Royal Flying Corps, Commander, No.2 Brigade, RFC, 1916–1918, Royal Air Force commander, British Army of the Rhine, Air Officer Commanding Northern Area, Director of Personnel, AOC Inland Area, 1922–1924, AOC Iraq, 1924–?, Air Member for Supply and Research, and AOC-in-C India, 1939–1940 *Samuel Hinds (bishop), Samuel Hinds (1793–1872), Bishop of Norwich, 1849–1857 *William Hornby (priest), William Hornby (1810–1899), Archdeacon of Lancaster *William Hurrell (1860–1952), Archdeacon of Loughborough *Murray Irvine (1924–2005), churchman and Provost (religion), Provost of Southwell Minster *Henry Jacobs (priest), Henry Jacobs (1824–1901), Dean of Christchurch (1866–1901) *Thomas James (bishop), Thomas James (1786–1828), Bishop of Calcutta, 1826–1828, and art historian *William Jones of Nayland (1726–1800), controversial clergyman *John Jortin (1698–1770), ecclesiastical historian and literary critic *Peter Judd (priest), Peter Judd (1949–), Dean of Chelmsford (1997–2013) *William Smyth King (1810–1890), Dean of Leighlin *Hubert Larken (1874–1964), Archdeacon of Lincoln (1933–1937) *George Henry Law (1761–1845), Bishop of Chester, 1812–1824, and Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1824–1845 *John Law (bishop), John Law (1745–1810), bishop *Henry Majendie (1764–1830), Bishop of Chester and Bangor *Charles Manners-Sutton (1755–1828), Bishop of Norwich, 1792–1805, and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1805–1828 *James Henry Monk (1784–1856), theologian and classicist, Bishop of Gloucester, 1830–1836, and Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, 1836–1856 *Thomas Mozley (1806–1893), clergyman and writer *Arthur Munro (1864–1944), Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford *William Foxley Norris (1859–1949), Dean of York and Westminster *Ronald O'Ferrall (1890–1973), Anglican Bishop of Madagascar, Bishop of Madagascar (1926–1940) *William Bruère Otter (1805–1876), Archdeacon of Lewes *Oswald Parry (1868–1936), Bishop of Guyana *John Pelloe (1905–1983), Archdeacon of Huntingdon and Wisbech *Lancelot Phelps (priest), Lancelot Phelps (1853–1936), Provost of Oriel College, Oxford (1914–1930) *Greville Phillimore (1821–1884), clergyman and author *William Phillpotts (1807–1888), Archdeacon of Cornwall *Venn Pilcher (1879–1961), Assistant bishops in the Diocese of Sydney#Suffragan bishops of Sydney, Bishop of Sydney (1935–1961) *Bertram Pollock (1863–1943), Bishop of Norwich *Kenrick Prescot (1703–1779), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1744–1745) *Arthur Preston (bishop), Arthur Preston (1883–1936), Bishop of Woolwich *John Pretyman (?–1817), Archdeacon of Lincoln (1793–1817) *William Forbes Raymond (1785–1860), Archdeacon of Northumberland *John Ryder (bishop), John Ryder (c. 1697–1775), Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and Connor, 1743–1752, and Archdiocese of Tuam (Church of Ireland), Archbishop of Tuam, 1752–1775 *Leonard Savill (1869–1959), Archdeacon of Tonbridge (1942–1968) *Alexander John Scott (1768–1840), English clergyman who was Horatio Nelson's personal chaplain at the Battle of Trafalgar *Charles Scott (bishop), Charles Scott (1847–1927), Bishop of North China (1880–1913) *Albert Seymour (1841–1908), Archdeacon of Barnstaple *Godfrey Smith (priest), Godfrey Smith (1878–1944), Bishop of Penrith (1926–1944) *Pat Smythe (priest), Pat Smythe (1860–1935), Provost of St Ninian's Cathedral (1911–1935) *Henry Southwell (bishop), Henry Southwell (1860–1937), Bishop of Lewes *Samuel John Stone (1839–1900), clergyman and hymn writer *William Strong (Archdeacon of Northampton), William Strong (1756–1842), Archdeacon of Northampton (1797–1842) *Edward Talbot (bishop), Edward Talbot (1844–1934), first Warden of Keble College, Oxford, 1869–1888, Vicar of Leeds, 1889–1895, Bishop of Rochester, 1895–1905, first Bishop of Southwark (Anglican), Bishop of Southwark, 1905–1911, and Bishop of Winchester, 1911–1923 *Connop Thirlwall (1797–1875), Bishop of St Davids, 1840–1874, and historian *John Thomas (bishop of Winchester), John Thomas (1696–1781), Bishop of Winchester *William Unwin (1745–1786), clergyman *Peter Vaughan (bishop), Peter Vaughan (born 1930), churchman and former Bishop of Ramsbury *Wilmot Vyvyan (1861–1937), Bishop of Zululand (1903–1929) *Thomas Wagstaffe (1645–1712), English clergyman *Hampton Weekes (1880–1948), Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight *John Wesley (1703–1791), founder of Methodism *Samuel Wix (1771–1861), English cleric and controversialist *George Wollaston (1738–1826), English Anglican priest *Michael Whinney (born 1930), churchman and former Bishop of Aston and Bishop of Southwell *George Whitaker (educator), George Whitaker (1811–1882), clergyman and first provost of University of Trinity College, Trinity College, Toronto *Herbert Wild (1865–1940), Bishop of Newcastle (England), Bishop of Newcastle (1915–1927) *Thomas Wilson (Archdeacon of Worcester), Thomas Wilson (1882–1961), Archdeacon of Worcester *John Wollaston (priest), John Wollaston (1791-1856), Archdeacon of Western Australia *John Woodhouse (1884–1955), Bishop of Thetford

Writers, novelists, and poets

*Joseph Addison (1672–1719), writer and politician *Martin Donisthorpe Armstrong (1882–1974), poet and novelist *Mordaunt Roger Barnard (1828–1906), translator and author *F. W. Bateson (1901–1978), English literary scholar and critic *Thomas Lovell Beddoes (1803–1849), English poet and dramatist *Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), satirist and caricaturist *James Beresford (writer), James Beresford (1764–1840), novelist *James Shergold Boone (1799–1859), English cleric and writer *T. E. B. Clarke (1907–1989), author and screenwriter *Alexander Clifford (1909–1952), journalist and author *Richard Crashaw (1612 or 1613–1648), poet *Arthur Shearly Cripps (1869–1952), English Anglican priest who lived in Southern Rhodesia *Patrick Cullinan (1932–2011), South African poet and biographer *Lewis Dartnell (born 1980), science writer *Thomas Day (writer), Thomas Day (1748–1789), author *George Harcourt Vanden-Bampde-Johnstone, 3rd Baron Derwent (1899–1949), English poet and peer *John Dighton (1909–1989), British playwright and screenwriter *Brian Glanville (born 1931), football writer and novelist *Richard Perceval Graves (born 1945), English biographer on his great-uncle Robert Graves *Robert Graves (1895–1985), poet and novelist *Peter Heyworth (1921–1991), American-born English music critic and biographer *Aubrey Hopwood (1863–1917), lyricist and novelist *Richard Hughes (British writer), Richard Hughes (1900–1976), novelist and dramatist *James Innes (author), James Innes (born 1975), author *Christopher Jackson (author), Christopher Jackson (born 1980), author and poet *Peter James (writer), Peter James (born 1948), crime writer *John Kenyon (patron), John Kenyon (1784–1856), English verse-writer and philanthropist best now known as a patron of Robert Browning *Nathaniel Lee (c. 1647–1692), dramatist and poet *Arthur Locker (1828–1893), English novelist and journalist *Richard Lovelace (poet), Richard Lovelace (1618–1657), poet and soldier *Henry Luttrell (wit), Henry Luttrell (1768–1851), wit and poet *Andrew Lycett, English biographer and journalist *Lachlan Mackinnon (born 1956), poet and critic *G. D. Martineau (1897–1976), English cricket writer *Gavin Menzies (born 1937), author *Kenneth Newton (1927–2010), novelist *Francis Turner Palgrave (1824–1897), critic and poet *Robert Paltock (1697–1767), writer *Omar Pound (1926–2010), Anglo-American writer, teacher, and translator *Jim Powell (British novelist), Jim Powell (born 1949), novelist *Henry Raper (1799–1859), writer on navigation *Frederic Raphael (born 1931), writer *Simon Raven (1927–2001), writer *Édouard Roditi (1910–1992), American poet, short-story writer and translator *William Seward (anecdotist), William Seward (1747–1799), anecdotist and conversationalist *Sir Richard Steele (c. 1672–1729), writer and politician, founder of ''Tatler (1709), The Tatler'' *A. S. J. Tessimond (1902–1962), poet *William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863), novelist *Edward Hovell-Thurlow, 2nd Baron Thurlow (1781–1829), poet *Ben Travers (1886–1980), dramatist *Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810–1889), poet and writer *Richard Usborne (1910–2006), British journalist and author regarded as the leading scholar of P. G. Wodehouse *William Edward Vickers (1889–1965), English mystery writer *Hilary Wayment (1912–2005), author and historian of stained glass

Actors

* George Asprey (born 1966), actor *Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson (1853–1937), actor-manager *Richard Goolden (1895–1981), British actor (''Toad of Toad Hall'', ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', et al.) *Basil Hallam (1889–1916), English actor and singer best known for the character of Gilbert the Filbert in ''The Passing Show'' *Nicky Henson (1945-2019), actor *Thomas Hull (actor), Thomas Hull (1728–1808), English actor and dramatist *Frederick Kerr (1858–1933), English actor *Cyril Maude (1862–1951), actor-manager *Sir Ronald Millar (1919–1998), actor, scriptwriter and speechwriter for Margaret Thatcher *Richard Murdoch (1907–1990), actor and comedian *Dennis Neilson-Terry (1895–1932), British actor and producer *Graham Seed (born 1950), actor who played Nigel Pargetter in BBC radio programme ''The Archers'' *Henry Siddons (1774–1815), English actor and theatrical manager now remembered as a writer on gesture *Hugh Sinclair (actor), Hugh Sinclair (1903–1962), British actor *Sir C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948), actor and

er *Geoffrey Toone (1910–2005), actor *Frederick Henry Yates (1797–1842), actor-manager *Sam Crane (actor), Sam Crane (Born 1979), actor

Journalists and presenters

*Richard Dennen (born 1982), journalist and editor of ''Tatler (1901), Tatler'' *David Dimbleby (born 1938), television presenter *Jonathan Dimbleby (born 1944), television and radio presenter *William Godwin the Younger (1803–1832), English journalist and author *Sir Max Hastings (born 1945), journalist, writer and broadcaster *Jonathan Holborow (born 1943), British newspaper editor *Philip Hope-Wallace (1911–1979), English music and theatre critic associated with ‘’The Manchester Guardian’’ *Tim Judah (born 1962), journalist and author *Henry Longhurst (1909–1978), golf journalist and commentator *Michael Melford (1916–1999), British sports journalist *Basil Murray (1902–1937), British journalist and editor *Cathy Newman (born 1974), journalist and Channel 4 presenter *Benedict Nightingale (born 1939), British journalist *Peter O'Sullevan (1918–2015), Irish-British horse racing commentator *John Peet (born 1954), John Peet (born 1954), journalist for ''The Economist'' *Gerald Priestland (1927–1991), broadcaster and writer *Adam Raphael (born 1938), journalist *William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg (1928–2012), public servant, journalist, and editor of The Times (1967–81) *Olly Smith (born 1974), wine writer and television presenter *Charles Spencer (journalist), Charles Spencer (1955–), British journalist *David Walter (journalist), David Walter (1948–2012), ''ITN'' and ''BBC'' correspondent, radio and television producer and later political advisor (President of the Oxford Union and winner of the Kennedy Scholarship, Kennedy Memorial Scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) *Kent Walton (1917–2003), wrestling commentator

Media producers and directors

*Colin Blumenau (born 1956), theatre director *Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan (1904–2003), film producer *John Mollo (1931–2017), costume designer for the film industry *Farhad Safinia (born 1975), film producer *Jack Whittingham (1910–1972), James Bond screenwriter *Peter Yates (1929–2011), film director

Artists

*Anthony Caro (1924–2013), sculptor *John Cobbett (1929–), Scottish-born sculptor *Adrian Daintrey (1902–1988), British portrait and landscape painter *Charles Lock Eastlake (1793–1865), painter and first Director of the National Gallery (London), National Gallery, 1855–1865 *Claud Lovat Fraser (1890–1921), artist and designer *Anthony Froshaug (1920–1984), English typographer and designer *Geoffrey Sneyd Garnier (1889–1970), English artist and printmaker *John Percival Gülich (1864–1898), illustrator, engraver and artist *David Nightingale Hicks (1929–1998), interior designer and author *Johnny Jonas (born 1948), painter *Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908–1961), cartoonist and designer *John Leech (caricaturist), John Leech (1817–1864), caricaturist *John Lewis (typographer) (1912–1996), typographer and illustrator *Sir Cedric Morris (1889–1982), painter and gardener *Charles William Dyson Perrins (1864–1958), art, porcelain and book collector and benefactor *Percy Robertson (1868–1934), English watercolour landscape painter and etcher *John Tunnard (1900–1971), painter

Architects

*Alfred Bossom, Baron Bossom (1881–1965), architect and politician *Richard Carpenter (architect), Richard Carpenter (1841–1893), English Gothic Revival architect *Richard Cromwell Carpenter (1812–1855), architect *Basil Champneys (1842–1935), architect and author *Francis William Deas (1862–1951), Scottish architect *Major Rohde Hawkins (1821–1884), English architect of the Victorian era *Owen Jones (architect), Owen Jones (1809–1874), architect, printer and designer *Russell Page (1906–1985), British gardener and architect *Richard Gilbert Scott (1923–2017), British architect *Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt (1868–1951), naval architect, Director of Naval Construction, 1912–1924 *Richard Tyler (architect), Richard Tyler (1916–2009), architect *Thomas Bostock Whinney (1860–1926), chief architect of the Midland Bank

Musicians and composers

*Ben Adams (born 1981), singer and member of A1 (band), a1 *Tom Allom (born TBC), record producer & engineer. Most notably Judas Priest *Tony Banks (musician), Tony Banks (born 1950), keyboardist and founding member of Genesis (band), Genesis *Mark Blatchly (born 1960), composer and organist at Charterhouse *Ray Cooper (singer-songwriter), Ray Cooper (born 1954), English singer-songwriter and member of Oysterband *Harold Fraser-Simson (1872–1944), composer *Peter Gabriel (born 1950), singer-songwriter and founding member of Genesis (band), Genesis *H. Balfour Gardiner (1877–1950), composer *Christopher Gibbons (c. 1615–1676), organ (music), organist and composer *John Allen Giles (1862–1903), English musician who developed the Liverpool Orchestral Society to become a large semi-professional orchestra of distinction *John R. Graham (composer), John R. Graham, American film composer *Peter Grant (music manager), Peter Grant (1935–1995), manager of Led Zeppelin *Basil Harwood (1859–1949), organ (music), organist and composer *Ernest Irving (1877–1953), musical director and composer *Rivers Jobe (1950–1979), bass guitarist and member of Anon (band), Anon *Jonathan King (born 1944), singer, writer, pop music, TV personality, film maker. Named & produced Genesis. *Dave Lawson (musician), Dave Lawson (1945–), English keyboardist and composer, member of Greenslade *Richard Macphail (born 1950), vocalist for Anon (band), Anon *Lionel Monckton (1861–1924), composer and songwriter *Peter Oundjian (1955-), Canadian violinist and conductor *Anthony Phillips (born 1951), guitarist and founding member of Genesis (band), Genesis *Rachel Portman (born 1960), composer *Clement Power (born 1980), conductor *Philip Radcliffe (1905–1986), composer and musicologist *Christopher Raeburn (producer), Christopher Raeburn (1928–2009), English record producer *Alfred Edward Rodewald (1862–1903), English musician who developed the Liverpool Orchestral Society to become a large semi-professional orchestra of distinction *Lettice Rowbotham (b. 1989), violinist, finalist in the 2014 season of ''Britain's Got Talent (series 8), Britain's Got Talent'' *Mike Rutherford (born 1950), guitarist and founding member of Genesis (band), Genesis and Mike + The Mechanics *Chris Stewart (author), Chris Stewart (born 1950), founding member of Genesis (band), Genesis *Ian Wallace (singer), Ian Wallace (1919–2009), singer and broadcaster *Karl Wallinger (born 1957), rock musician *Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), composer

Sportspeople

Cricketers

*Brigadier-General Anthony Abdy (cricketer), Anthony Abdy (1856–1924), English cricketer who played one first-class match in 1881 *Anthony Allom (1938–2017), English cricketer who played five first-class matches *Richard Bagge (1810–1891), English cricketer who played two first-class matches *Andrew Barker (cricketer), Andrew Barker (born 1945), English cricketer who played 6 List A and 44 first-class matches *Francis Barmby (1863–1936), English cricketer who played one first-class match *Aubrey Beauclerk (cricketer), Aubrey Beauclerk (1817–1853), English cricketer who played in two first-class matches in 1837 *Charles William Beauclerk (1816–1863), English cricketer who played ? first-class matches *James Bovill (born 1971), English cricketer who played 26 List A and 38 first-class matches *Robert Braddell (1888–1965), English cricketer who played 20 first-class matches *Trevor Branston (1884–1969), English cricketer who played 89 first-class matches *William Bristowe (born 1963), English cricketer who played 1 List A and 10 first-class matches *James Bruce-Jones (1910–1943), Scottish cricketer who played 2 first-class matches *John Buchanan (English cricketer), John Buchanan (1887–1969), South African-born English cricketer who played 34 first-class matches *Herbert Burrell (1866–1949), English cricketer who played three first-class matches *Tom Bury (born 1958), English cricketer who played 4 first-class matches *Arthur Ceely (1834–1866), English cricketer who played 3 first-class matches *William Chetwynd-Talbot (1814–1888), English cricketer who played one first-class match *Edward Colebrooke (cricketer), Edward Colebrooke (1858–1939), cricketer *Geoffrey Cooke (cricketer), Geoffrey Cooke (1897–1980), cricketer and British Army officer *Alexander Cowie (1889–1916), English cricketer who played 14 first-class matches *Wilfred Curwen (1883–1915), English cricketer who played 25 first-class matches *Alfred Dallas (1895–1921), English cricketer who played in one first-class match *William Davies (cricketer, born 1825), William Davies (1825–1868), English cricketer who played 9 first-class matches *Gilbert Sackville, 8th Earl De La Warr (1869–1915), hereditary peer and cricketer *Christian Doll (1880–1955), cricketer and architect *Mordaunt Doll (1888–1966), cricketer *John Dyson (cricketer, born 1913), John Dyson (1913–1991), first-class cricketer *Frederick Fane (1875–1960), Anglo-Irish cricketer who played 14 Test and 417 first-class matches *Leonard Furber (1880–1912), English cricketer who played 2 first-class matches *Tommy Garnett (1915–2006), Australian horticulturalist and English cricketer who played five first-class matches *Edward Garrow (1815–1896), English cricketer who played one first-class match *Humphrey Gilbert (cricketer), Humphrey Gilbert (1886–1960), Indian-born English cricketer who played in 118 first-class matches *Ivor Gilliat (1903–1967), English cricketer who played 13 first-class matches *Richard Gilliat (born 1944), English cricketer who played 269 first-class matches *Guy Goodliffe (1883–1963), English cricketer who played one first-class match *George Gowan (1818–1890), cricketer *Herbert Green (cricketer), Herbert Green (1878–1918), English cricketer and soldier who played in one first-class match *Guy Gregson-Ellis (1895–1969), English cricketer who played four first-class matches *Lancelot Grove (1905–1943), English cricketer who played four first-class matches *Sir Andrew Hamilton, 10th Baronet, Andrew Hamilton (born 1953), English cricketer who played 12 first-class matches *Charles Harvey (cricketer), Charles Harvey (1837–1917), English cricketer who played five first-class matches *Charles Hooman (1887–1969), English cricketer who played 38 first-class matches *Harry Hooper (cricketer), Harry Hooper (born 1986), English cricketer who played 7 first-class matches *Mike Hooper (cricketer), Mike Hooper (1947–2010), English cricketer who played 17 List A and 21 first-class matches *Campbell Hulton (cricketer, born 1877), Campbell Hulton (1877–1947), English cricketer who played one first-class match, brother of the below *John Hulton (1882–1942), English cricketer who played 3 first-class matches, brother of the above *Francis Inge (1840–1923), English cricketer and clergyman who played nine first-class matches *John Inge (cricketer), John Inge (1844–1919), English cricketer who played two first-class matches *Tony Jakobson (born 1937), English cricketer who played 14 first-class matches *Ben Jeffery (cricketer), Ben Jeffery (born 1991), English cricketer who played 6 first-class matches *Antony Kamm (1931–2011), English historian and cricketer *George Kemp-Welch (1907–1944), English cricketer who played 114 first-class matches *John Larking (1921–1998), English cricketer who played three first-class matches *Jeff Linton (1909–1989), Welsh cricketer who played two first-class matches *Michael Livock (1936–1999), English cricketer who played two first-class matches *John Lomas (cricketer), John Lomas (1917–1945), English cricketer who played 23 first-class matches *Christopher Lubbock (1920–2000), English cricketer who played nine first-class matches *Herbert Malkin (1836–1913), English cricketer who played two first-class matches in 1858 *Roger Marshall (cricketer), Roger Marshall (born 1952), English cricketer who played 12 List A and 24 first-class matches *Peter May (cricketer), Peter May (1929–1994), List of England cricket captains, England cricket captain *Alfred McGaw (1900–1984), English cricketer who played seven first-class matches *William Meryweather (1809–1841), English cricketer who played ? first-class matches *Niel Morgan (1904–1985), Welsh cricketer who played six first-class matches *Trevil Morgan (1907–1976), Welsh cricketer who played 83 first-class matches *John Stanton Fleming Morrison (1892–1961), English cricketer who played 38 first-class matches *Charles Nepean (1851–1903), English cricketer who played ten first-class matches *Henry Nethercote (1819–1886), English cricketer who played 19 first-class matches *Oswald Norris (1883–1973), English cricketer who played 11 first-class matches *Cecil Parry (1866–1901), English cricketer who played ? first-class matches *Cecil Payne (cricketer), Cecil Payne (1885–1976), English cricketer who played 29 first-class matches *Alec Pearce (1910–1982), cricketer (Kent County Cricket Club, Hong Kong national cricket team, and Marylebone Cricket Club) *Ernest Powell (1861–1928), English cricketer who played 21 first-class matches *Jack Pritchard (cricketer), Jack Pritchard (1895–1936), English cricketer who played 2 first-class matches *Bernard Randolph (cricketer), Bernard Randolph (1834–1857), English cricketer who played seven first-class matches *R. C. Robertson-Glasgow (1901–1965), Scottish cricketer who played 144 first-class matches and wrote several books on cricket *Gavin Roynon (1936–2018), English cricketer who played nine first-class matches and military historian *Charles Rucker (1894–1965), English cricketer who played five first-class matches *Patrick Rucker (1900–1940), English cricketer who played seven first-class matches *Martin Souter (born 1976), English cricketer who played one first-class match *Edward Spurway (1863–1914), English cricketer who played two first-class matches *Hugh Stanbrough (1870–1904), English footballer and cricketer *John Strachan (cricketer), John Strachan (1896–1988), English cricketer who played one first-class match and British Army officer *Edward Streatfeild (1870–1932), English cricketer who played nine first-class matches *Alexander Streatfeild-Moore (1863–1940), English cricketer who played first-class matches *Gilbert Vassall (1876–1941), English cricketer who played six first-class matches *Charles Vintcent (1866–1943), South African cricketer who played in 3 Test and 6 first-class matches *William Wakefield (cricketer), William Wakefield (1870–1922), cricketer *Algernon Whiting (1861–1931), English cricketer who played nine first-class matches *Reginald Wood (1860–1915), English cricketer who played one Test and 12 first-class matches *Anthony Wreford-Brown (1912–1997), English cricketer who played five first-class matches *Charles Wreford-Brown (1866–1951), English international football (soccer), football captain and cricketer *Charles Wright (cricketer), Charles Wright (1863–1936), English cricketer who played seven first-class matches *Teddy Wynyard (1861–1936), English cricketer who played 3 Test and 154 first-class matches

Other sports

*Andrew Amos (1863–1931), England national football team, England international footballer and clergyman *Woolf Barnato (1895–1948), British racing driver among the Bentley Boys *Alfred Bower (1895–1970), England national football team, England footballer *Oswald Carver (1887–1915), British Olympic rower who won bronze in the Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's eight, 1908 men's eight *Nevill Cobbold, William "Nuts" Cobbold (1862–1922), England international football (soccer), footballer *James Ogilvie Fairlie (1809–1870), Scottish golfer *Walter Gilliat (1869–1963), England national football team, England international footballer and clergyman *Richard Griffith (chess player), Richard Clewin Griffith (1872–1955), British chess champion (1912) and chess author *Alan Haig-Brown (footballer), Alan Haig-Brown (1877–1918), English footballer and British Army officer who served as commander of the Lancing Officers' Training Corps *Wyndham Halswelle (1882–1915), Sprint (running), sprinter who won Olympic gold in 1908 in the 400m and was killed in battle during World War One. The school refused an offer to host his Olympic medals and other trophies in 2008. They are now displayed in the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. *Thomas Hooman (1850–1938), English footballer *John Frederic Inglis (1853–1923), Scottish cricketer and footballer *Stewart Morris (1909–1991), British Olympic sailor who won Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow, gold in the 1948 men's swallow *Edward Hagarty Parry (1855–1931), English footballer *Basil Patchitt (1900–1991), English footballer *Vane Pennell (1876–1938), English Olympic rackets player who won Rackets at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's doubles, gold in the 1908 men's doubles *James F. M. Prinsep (1861–1895), footballer and holder of two 'youngest player' records until 2004 *Tom Rowlandson MC (1880–1916), England amateur football goalkeeper *G. O. Smith (1872–1943), English amateur footballer often referred to as "the first great centre forward" *Ulric Oliver Thynne (1871–1957), British colonel and champion polo player *Arthur Melmoth Walters (1865–1941), England national football team, England and Corinthian F.C., Corinthian footballer *Percy Melmoth Walters (1863–1936), England and Corinthian footballer *Peter Walwyn (1933–2017), racehorse trainer *Alicia Wilson (swimmer) (born 2000)

Adventurers, explorers, and colonists

*G. R. Blane (1791–1821), British surveyor and East India Company member *David Carnegie (explorer), David Carnegie (1871–1900), explorer and gold prospector in Western Australia *Augustine Courtauld (1904–1959), yachtsman and British Arctic explorer *Captain Mark John Currie (1795–1874), a figure in the formation of the Swan River Colony *Jeremy Curl (born 1982–), Anglo-Irish explorer *Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer (1852–1903), English colonial official and explorer *John Richard Hardy (1807–1858), English-born Australian pastoralist and gold commissioner *Wilfrid Noyce (1917–1962), mountaineer and writer, member of the Mount Everest, 1953 Everest Expedition *Gifford Palgrave (1826–1888), traveller and diplomat *Stephen Venables (born 1954), mountaineer and writer *John Washington (1633–1677), Virginia planter and great grandfather of George Washington *Roger Williams (c. 1603–1683), religious dissenter and co-founder of Rhode Island

Others

*Merlin Minshall (1906–1987), Lieutenant-Commander in the Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom), Naval Intelligence Division often claimed to have been one of the inspirations for James Bond *Peter Newton (winemaker), Peter Newton (1926–2008), winemaker *Amar Singh (art dealer), Amar Singh (born 1989), Non-fungible token, NFT art dealer

Fictional Old Carthusians

*Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off, Giles Wemmbley-Hogg (created 2002, born c. 1984), fictional BBC Radio 4 character * Major Quive-Smith (created 1939, born c.1900) from Geoffrey Household's Rogue Male (novel), Rogue Male; a British-educated gestapo officer and the book's chief antagonist.

References

* * *{{cite book, title=List of Carthusians, 1800–1879, editor1-first=William Douglas, editor1-last=Parish, editor1-link=William Douglas Parish, year=1879, publisher=Lewes, Farncombe & Co. People educated at Charterhouse School, Lists of people by English school affiliation, Charterhouse Surrey-related lists, Old Carthusians