Old Wykehamists are former pupils of

Winchester College Winchester College is a public school (fee-charging independent day and boarding school) in Winchester, Hampshire, England. It was founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 and has existed in its present location ever since. It is the oldest of ...

, so called in memory of the school's founder,

William of Wykeham William of Wykeham (; 1320 or 1324 – 27 September 1404) was Bishop of Winchester and Chancellor of England. He founded New College, Oxford, and New College School in 1379, and founded Winchester College in 1382. He was also the clerk of wor ...

. He was

Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire. The Bishop of Winchester has always held ''ex officio'' (except ...

and

Lord Chancellor The lord chancellor, formally the lord high chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking traditional minister among the Great Officers of State in Scotland and England in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the prime minister. Th ...

of England. He used the wealth these positions gave him to establish both the school and a university college,

New College, Oxford New College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as its feeder school, New College is one of the oldest colleges at ...

, in 1382; both of them were set up to provide an education for 70 scholars. Winchester College opened in 1394. William of Wykeham provided that up to two pupils a year who could prove they were his descendants could attend the school at its expense; they were known as ''Consanguineus Fundatoris'', "Founder's Kin". Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes records that the tradition ended in 1868, by which time fourteen members of his family had received a free education. At first only a small number of pupils other than scholars were admitted; by the 15th century the school had around 100 pupils in total, nominally the 70 scholars, 16 choirboys and the rest "commoners". Demand for places for commoners was high, and though at first restricted, numbers gradually rose. From the 1860s, ten boarding houses, each for up to sixty pupils, were added, greatly increasing the school's capacity. By 2020, the number of pupils had risen to 690. The school's traditions include a 600-year-old ceremony in which the Warden, wearing the Founder's Ring, admits each new Scholar; "Illumina", an autumn celebration, in which candles are placed into niches all over the medieval walls around the playing fields; and "Morning Hills", held once a year, when all the school's pupils and teachers climb St Catherine's Hill for a roll call and prayers. The ''Ad Portas'' ("At the Gates") ceremony is held as an honour for distinguished guests and alumni; all members of the school stand in the medieval Chamber Court to hear the speeches. In 2011, nineteen alumni (and six more honoured in their absence), all

Fellows of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge, including mathemati ...

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, were welcomed ''Ad Portas'', with speeches in Latin and English. Among the Old Wykehamists listed here are four

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s, including one of the school's earliest pupils,

Henry Chichele Henry Chichele ( , also Checheley; – 12 April 1443) was Archbishop of Canterbury (1414–1443) and founded All Souls College, Oxford. Early life Chichele was born at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, in 1363 or 1364; Chicheley told Pope Eug ...

; four

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s; commanders of both Fighter Command and Bomber Command during the

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— Hugh Dowding and

Charles Portal Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, (21 May 1893 – 22 April 1971) was a senior Royal Air Force officer. He served as a bomber pilot in the First World War, and rose to become fi ...

, respectively; and two

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Archibald Wavell Field Marshal Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, (5 May 1883 – 24 May 1950) was a senior officer of the British Army. He served in the Second Boer War, the Bazar Valley Campaign and the First World War, during which he was wounded i ...

and Frederic Thesiger. The many politicians include six Chancellors of the Exchequer:

Henry Addington Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, (30 May 175715 February 1844) was an English Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. Addington is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, a ...

for the Tory Party;

Robert Lowe Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, GCB, PC (4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892), British statesman, was a pivotal conservative spokesman who helped shape British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William E ...

for the Liberal Party;

Stafford Cripps Sir Richard Stafford Cripps (24 April 1889 – 21 April 1952) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister, and diplomat. A wealthy lawyer by background, he first entered Parliament at a by-election in 1931, and was one of a handful of La ...

and

Hugh Gaitskell Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant ...

for the Labour Party; and

Geoffrey Howe Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015) was a British Conservative politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990. Howe was Margaret Thatch ...

and

Rishi Sunak Rishi Sunak (; born 12 May 1980) is a British politician who has served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since October 2022. He previously held two cabinet positions under Boris Johnson, lastly as ...

for the

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. Of these Henry Addington and Rishi Sunak went on to become

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. The individuals listed are classified by decade or century of birth, with a note of how each distinguished himself. Those who won military medals are listed at the foot of the page; six Old Wykehamists have won Britain's highest military award, the

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. Individuals are included here only if they have distinguished themselves at the highest level within their profession or achieved national recognition. Thus, for example, politicians are included only if they are members of the privy council or have a cabinet position; sportspeople, only if they have distinguished themselves in a national competition or represented their country; for soldiers, that they have reached a rank equivalent to major-general, or won a gallantry award; members of a profession, that they are recognised as distinguished by their profession's leading institution, such as being a fellow of the

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or the

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. As another example, national recognition in business means being chair or chief executive of a

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company.

Fourteenth century

Henry Chichely, Archbishop of Canterbury

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Thomas Beckington Thomas Beckington (also spelt Beckynton; c. 139014 January 1465) was the Bishop of Bath and Wells and King's Secretary in medieval England under Henry VI. Life Beckington was born at Beckington in Somerset, and was educated at Winchester a ...

, statesman

Fifteenth century

* Thomas Chaundler, playwright and illustrator *

William Horman William Horman (c. 1440 – April 1535) was a headmaster at Eton and Winchester College in the early Tudor period of English history. He is best known for his Latin grammar textbook the ''Vulgaria'', which created controversy at the time due to ...

, translator * William Grocyn, scholar * William Warham,

Hugh Inge Hugh Inge or Ynge(c. 1460 – 3 August 1528) was an English-born judge and prelate in sixteenth century Ireland who held the offices of Bishop of Meath, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Biography Inge was born at Shepton Malle ...

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Richard Pace Richard Pace (c. 148228 June 1536) was an English clergyman and diplomat of the Tudor period. Life He was born in Hampshire and educated at Winchester College under Thomas Langton. He attended the universities of Padua and Oxford. In 1509, he ...

, diplomat * Richard Risby, friar SirHenryWotton

Sixteenth century

* Henry Cole, Roman Catholic priest *

Nicholas Udall Nicholas Udall (or Uvedale Udal, Woodall, or other variations) (1504 – 23 December 1556) was an English playwright, cleric, schoolmaster, the author of ''Ralph Roister Doister'', generally regarded as the first comedy written in the English ...

, Headmaster of Eton and playwright * Henry Garnet, complicit in the

Gunpowder Plot The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was a failed assassination attempt against King James I by a group of provincial English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who sough ...

* John White, bishop * Nicholas Harpsfield, Roman Catholic apologist *

Richard Reade Sir Richard Reade (1511–1576) was an English-born judge in sixteenth-century Ireland, who held the office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Background and early career He was born at Nether Wallop in Hampshire, second son of Richard Reade (d ...

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 ...

Nicholas Sanders Nicholas Sanders (also spelled Sander; c. 1530 – 1581) was an English Catholic priest and polemicist. Early life Sanders was born at Sander Place near Charlwood, Surrey, one of twelve children of William Sanders, once sheriff of Surrey, who ...

, Roman Catholic priest, missionary and historian *

Thomas Bilson Thomas Bilson (1547 – 18 June 1616) was an Anglican Bishop of Worcester and Bishop of Winchester. With Miles Smith, he oversaw the final edit and printing of the King James Bible. Life Years under the Tudors (1547–1603) Thomas Bilson's fa ...

, bishop *

John Harmar John Harmar (ca. 1555–1613) was an English classical scholar and Warden of Winchester College. Life Harmar was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, (BA 1577, MA 1582) under the patronage of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leiceste ...

Warden A warden is a custodian, defender, or guardian. Warden is often used in the sense of a watchman or guardian, as in a prison warden. It can also refer to a chief or head official, as in the Warden of the Mint. ''Warden'' is etymologically identic ...

of Winchester College, one of the translators of the

Authorised Version The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version, is an English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England, which was commissioned in 1604 and published in 1611, by sponsorship of ...

of the Bible * John Owen, Welsh

epigrammatist An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. The word is derived from the Greek "inscription" from "to write on, to inscribe", and the literary device has been employed for over two millen ...

* Henry Wotton, author and diplomat * Arthur Lake, bishop * John Davies, poet * Thomas James, librarian *

Thomas Coryat Thomas Coryat (also Coryate) (c. 15771617) was an English traveller and writer of the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean age. He is principally remembered for two volumes of writings he left regarding his travels, often on foot, through ...

, travel writer, court jester to

James I James I may refer to: People *James I of Aragon (1208–1276) *James I of Sicily or James II of Aragon (1267–1327) *James I, Count of La Marche (1319–1362), Count of Ponthieu *James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347) *James I of Cyprus (1334–13 ...

* Henry Marten, Judge of Admiralty * Thomas Ryves, lawyer * Richard Zouch, judge and politician *

Edward Nicholas Sir Edward Nicholas (4 April 15931669) was an English officeholder and politician who served as Secretary of State to Charles I and Charles II. He also sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629. He served as secretary ...

, statesman NathanielFiennes

Seventeenth century

* Nathaniel Fiennes,

Roundhead Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651). Also known as Parliamentarians, they fought against King Charles I of England and his supporters, known as the Cavaliers or Royalists, who ...

politician * Thomas Ken, bishop, non-juror and hymnwriter * Francis Turner, bishop and non-juror * Thomas Otway, dramatist *

Thomas Browne Sir Thomas Browne (; 19 October 160519 October 1682) was an English polymath and author of varied works which reveal his wide learning in diverse fields including science and medicine, religion and the esoteric. His writings display a deep curi ...

, doctor, polymath, scholar, prose stylist * Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, politician and author *

William Somervile William Somervile or Somerville (2 September 167517 July 1742) was an English poet who wrote in many genres and is especially remembered for "The Chace", in which he pioneered an early English georgic. Life Somervile, the eldest son of a long es ...

, poet *

Edward Young Edward Young (c. 3 July 1683 – 5 April 1765) was an English poet, best remembered for ''Night-Thoughts'', a series of philosophical writings in blank verse, reflecting his state of mind following several bereavements. It was one of the mo ...

, poet

Eighteenth century

Robert Lowth Robert Lowth ( ; 27 November 1710 – 3 November 1787) was a Bishop of the Church of England, Oxford Professor of Poetry and the author of one of the most influential textbooks of English grammar. Life Lowth was born in Hampshire, England, ...

Bishop of London A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

Hebraist A Hebraist is a specialist in Jewish, Hebrew and Hebraic studies. Specifically, British and German scholars of the 18th and 19th centuries who were involved in the study of Hebrew language and literature were commonly known by this designation, a ...

and English grammarian * William Whitehead,

Poet Laureate A poet laureate (plural: poets laureate) is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. Albertino Mussato of Padua and Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch ...

* William Collins, poet *

Joseph Warton Joseph Warton (April 1722 – 23 February 1800) was an English academic and literary critic. He was born in Dunsfold, Surrey, England, but his family soon moved to Hampshire, where his father, the Reverend Thomas Warton, became vicar of Bas ...

, literary critic and Headmaster of Winchester * William Douglas, 4th Duke of Queensberry, nobleman, and a noted gambler * Thomas Warton,

* James Eyre, judge * Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Speaker of the House of Commons * James Woodforde, clergyman and diarist *

George Isaac Huntingford George Isaac Huntingford (1748–1832) was successively of Bishop of Gloucester and Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is c ...

Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Cathedral Church of Sa ...

and

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east o ...

* Thomas Burgess, author * Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth,

John Hawkins John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

, geologist, traveller, and Fellow of the

William Lisle Bowles William Lisle Bowles (24 September 17627 April 1850) was an English priest, poet and critic. Life and career Bowles was born at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was vicar. At the age of 14 he entered Winchester College, where ...

, poet who revived the sonnet * William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury * William Sturges Bourne, Tory politician, Home Secretary *

Sydney Smith Sydney Smith (3 June 1771 – 22 February 1845) was an English wit, writer, and Anglican cleric. Early life and education Born in Woodford, Essex, England, Smith was the son of merchant Robert Smith (1739–1827) and Maria Olier (1750–1801) ...

, essayist and satirist * Richard Mant,

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bishop and writer * John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton, Field Marshal and colonial governor *

William Buckland William Buckland DD, FRS (12 March 1784 – 14 August 1856) was an English theologian who became Dean of Westminster. He was also a geologist and palaeontologist. Buckland wrote the first full account of a fossil dinosaur, which he named ' ...

, theologian and geologist * William Ward, record-scoring cricketer *

Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold (13 June 1795 – 12 June 1842) was an English educator and historian. He was an early supporter of the Broad Church Anglican movement. As headmaster of Rugby School from 1828 to 1841, he introduced several reforms that were wide ...

, headmaster of

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* Walter Farquhar Hook, Tractarian vicar of

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popul ...

* Thomas Oliphant, musician and lyricist

Nineteenth century

James Edwards Sewell, Vanity Fair, 1894-04-05

1800–1819

* William Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley,

* George Moberly, Headmaster of Winchester College, later

Bishop of Salisbury The Bishop of Salisbury is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Salisbury in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers much of the counties of Wiltshire and Dorset. The see is in the City of Salisbury where the bishop's seat ...

* William Sewell, divine and author *

Christopher Wordsworth Christopher Wordsworth (30 October 180720 March 1885) was an English intellectual and a bishop of the Anglican Church. Life Wordsworth was born in London, the youngest son of Christopher Wordsworth, Master of Trinity, who was the youngest b ...

Bishop of Lincoln The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary (diocesan bishop) of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury. The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...

* Thomas Adolphus Trollope, author *

James Edwards Sewell James Edwards Sewell (181029 January 1903) was an English academic, Warden of New College, Oxford, from 1860.SEWELL, Rev. James Edwards', in ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, acc ...

of New College, Oxford. *

Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke, GCB, PC (4 December 1811 – 27 July 1892), British statesman, was a pivotal conservative spokesman who helped shape British politics in the latter half of the 19th century. He held office under William E ...

, statesman * William George Ward, prominent in the

Oxford Movement The Oxford Movement was a movement of high church members of the Church of England which began in the 1830s and eventually developed into Anglo-Catholicism. The movement, whose original devotees were mostly associated with the University of ...

* William Monsell, 1st Baron Emly, Liberal politician *

Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, (27 November 1812 – 4 May 1895) was an English lawyer and politician. He served twice as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Background and education Palmer was born at Mixbury in Oxfordshire, whe ...

* Arthur Farmer, cricketer *

Anthony Trollope Anthony Trollope (; 24 April 1815 – 6 December 1882) was an English novelist and civil servant of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the '' Chronicles of Barsetshire'', which revolves ar ...

, novelist * Nicholas Darnell, cricketer * John Strange, cricketer

1820–1839

* William Grasett Clarke, cricketer and clergyman *

Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 – 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the celebrated headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, lit ...

, poet * James Freeling, cricketer and clergyman * Frank Buckland, naturalist * Arthur Ridding, cricketer, educator and librarian *

George Ridding George Ridding (16 March 1828 – 30 August 1904) was an English headmaster and bishop. Life He was born at Winchester College, of which his father, the Rev. Charles Ridding, vicar of Andover, was a fellow. He was educated at Winchester ...

, Headmaster of Winchester, later

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* Henry Furneaux, scholar of

Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his two major works—the ...

* William Tuckwell, Christian socialist clergyman and author of ''Reminiscences of Oxford'' *

Samuel Rawson Gardiner Samuel Rawson Gardiner (4 March 1829 – 24 February 1902) was an English historian, who specialized in 17th-century English history as a prominent foundational historian of the Puritan revolution and the English Civil War. Life The son of ...

, historian * Richard Bickerton Pemell Lyons, 2nd Baron Lyons, 1st Viscount and Earl Lyons, diplomat *

Philip Lutley Sclater Philip Lutley Sclater (4 November 1829 – 27 June 1913) was an English lawyer and zoologist. In zoology, he was an expert ornithologist, and identified the main zoogeographic regions of the world. He was Secretary of the Zoological Socie ...

, lawyer, ornithologist (founder of ''

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''), zoogeographer, Secretary of the

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for 42 years * Ford North, Judge of the

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and member of the

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Ashley Eden Sir Ashley Eden (13 November 1831 – 8 July 1887) was an official and diplomat in British India. Background and education Eden was born at Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire, the third son of Robert Eden, 3rd Baron Auckland, Bishop of Bath ...

, colonial administrator, member of the

Council of India The Council of India was the name given at different times to two separate bodies associated with British rule in India. The original Council of India was established by the Charter Act of 1833 as a council of four formal advisors to the Governo ...

Cecil Fiennes Cecil Brownlow Twisleton Wykeham Fiennes (20 August 1831 – 13 March 1870) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman. The son of Frederick Fiennes and his wife, Emily Wingfield, he was born in August 1831 at Adlestrop, Gloucestershi ...

, cricketer, descendant of William of Wykeham * Philip Reginald Egerton, founder of Bloxham School * Arthur Faber, headmaster of

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* Wingfield Fiennes, cricketer and clergyman, descendant of William of Wykeham

1840–1859

Herbert Stewart Major-General Sir Herbert Stewart (30 June 1843 – 16 February 1885) was a British soldier. Early life Stewart, the eldest son of the Rev. Edward Stewart, was born at Sparsholt, Hampshire. He was the grandson of Edward Richard Stewart an ...

, soldier *

Robert Campbell Moberly Robert Campbell Moberly (26 July 1845 – 8 June 1903) was an English theologian and the first principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford (1876–1878). Life He was the son of George Moberly, Bishop of Salisbury, and faithfully maintained the tradit ...

, theologian *

Samuel Rolles Driver Samuel Rolles Driver (2 October 1846 – 26 February 1914) was an English divine and Hebrew scholar. He devoted his life to the study, both textual and critical, of the Old Testament. He was the father of Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver, also a disti ...

, biblical scholar *

Thomas Hughes Thomas Hughes (20 October 182222 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel ''Tom Brown's School Days'' (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. ...

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugb ...

who won the

FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football compet ...

twice in the 1870s * William Lindsay, England footballer and three times

winner *

Leonard Howell Leonard Percival Howell (16 June 1898 – 23 January 1981), also known as The Gong or G.G. Maragh (for ''Gangun Guru''), was a Jamaican religious figure. According to his biographer Hélène Lee, Howell was born into an Anglican family. He was o ...

, Wanderers and England footballer * Charles Marriott, cricketer and barrister *

Francis Birley Francis Hornby Birley (14 March 1850 – 1 August 1910) was an English footballer who played as a half back. He won the FA Cup three times in the 1870s and made two appearances for England in 1874 and 1875. Career Winchester College Birley w ...

who won the

three times in the 1870s * Theodore Dyke Acland, physician-in-ordinary to Queen Victoria * Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor,

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, ranking below the Lord High Treasurer but above the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal. The Lord ...

* John Bain, England footballer and 1877 FA Cup Finalist * John Hewett, Lieutenant Governor of Agra and Oudh * Ponsonby Ogle, writer and journalist *

Montague John Druitt Montague John Druitt (15 August 1857 – early December 1888)His body was discovered on 31 December 1888 about a month after his death. A train ticket dated 1 December was found in his pocket. His gravestone reads 4 December 1888; his death ...

, suspected of being

Jack the Ripper Jack the Ripper was an unidentified serial killer active in and around the impoverished Whitechapel district of London, England, in the autumn of 1888. In both criminal case files and the contemporaneous journalistic accounts, the killer w ...

* David Samuel Margoliouth, orientalist * G. E. M. Skues, pioneer of

fly fishing Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight fishing lure, lure—called an artificial fly—to catch fish. The fly is Casting (fishing), cast using a fly rod, Fishing reel#Fly reel, reel, and specialized Fly line, weighted line. T ...

with nymphs *

William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Eng ...

Percival Parr Percival Chase Parr (2 December 1859 – 3 September 1912) was an English footballer who earned one cap for the national team in 1882. Parr played club football usually as goalkeeper but later as centre-forward for Oxford University, taking part ...

, footballer and barrister

1860–1869

* Francis J. Haverfield, historian of Roman BritainSabben-Clare, 1981. p. 187 *

Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, (25 April 1862 – 7 September 1933), better known as Sir Edward Grey, was a British Liberal statesman and the main force behind British foreign policy in the era of the First World War. An adhe ...

, Foreign Secretary 1905–16Leach, 1899. p. 510 *

Arthur Cayley Headlam Arthur Cayley Headlam (2 August 1862 – 17 January 1947) was an English theologian who served as Bishop of Gloucester from 1923 to 1945. Biography Headlam was born in Whorlton, County Durham, the son of its vicar, Arthur William Headlam (18 ...

, 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 ...

(1903–16) Bishop of Gloucester (1923–45)Wainewright, 1907. p. 335 *

Frederic G. Kenyon Sir Frederic George Kenyon (15 January 1863 – 23 August 1952) was a British palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar. He held a series of posts at the British Museum from 1889 to 1931. He was also the president of the British Academy f ...

, classical scholar * Robert Laurie Morant, administrator and educator * Arthur Cobb, wicket-keeper on early tour of America * John Beresford Leathes, physiologist * Harold Goodeve Ruggles-Brise, cricketer and soldier *

H. A. L. Fisher Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher H.A.L. Fisher: ''A History of Europe, Volume II: From the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to 1935'', Glasgow: Fontana/Collins, 1984, p. i. (21 March 1865 – 18 April 1940) was an English historian, educator, a ...

, historian, politician * Arthur Pearson, newspaper magnate, founder of the ''

Daily Express The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet ...

'' * Herbert Lyon, cricketer *

Frederic Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, (12 August 1868 – 1 April 1933) was a British statesman. He served as Governor of Queensland from 1905 to 1909, Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1 ...

, Colonial Governor and

Viceroy of India The Governor-General of India (1773–1950, from 1858 to 1947 the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, commonly shortened to Viceroy of India) was the representative of the monarch of the United Kingdom and after Indian independence in 19 ...

* Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster, Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor 1915–1944 * General

Reginald Byng Stephens General Sir Reginald Byng Stephens, (10 October 1869 – 6 April 1955) was a British Army general of the First World War and later Commandant of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1919 to 1923, Major-General commanding the 4th Di ...

, soldier'Stephens, General Sir Reginald Byng', in '' Who Was Who, 1951–1960'' (London: A. & C. Black, 1984 reprint, ) *

Ernest Makins Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Makins, (14 October 1869 – 18 May 1959) was a British military officer, statesman and Conservative Party politician. Military career Making was commissioned a second lieutenant in the 1st (Royal) Dragoons on 23 ...

, soldier, statesman and politician

1870–1879

* Bernard Granville Baker, soldier, author, military artist * Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas, poet and companion of

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

* Edmund Fellowes, musicologist, clergyman * Alnod Boger, cricketer *

Thomas Case Thomas Case (1598–30 May 1682) was an English clergyman of Presbyterian beliefs, a member of the Westminster Assembly, where he was one of the strongest advocates of Christian government. Although earlier a strong defender of the Parliamentary ...

, cricketer and brewer * Udny Yule, statistician * Edmund Backhouse, "The Hermit of Peking" *

William Case William Case (August 10, 1818 – April 19, 1862) was an American politician of the Whig Party and served as the 12th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio from 1850 and 1851. He was the first Cleveland-born citizen to become mayor. In his early career, ...

, cricketer * Vyner Brooke, Rajah of

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ...

Ewart Grogan Ewart Scott Grogan (1874–1967) was an English explorer, politician, and entrepreneur. He was the first person in recorded history to walk the length of Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo. Biography Ewart Grogan was educated at Winchester College ...

, explorer and colonist * Thomas Henderson, cricketer and surgeon * Rupert D'Oyly Carte, Savoy opera producer, hotelier *

William Sealy Gosset William Sealy Gosset (13 June 1876 – 16 October 1937) was an English statistician, chemist and brewer who served as Head Brewer of Guinness and Head Experimental Brewer of Guinness and was a pioneer of modern statistics. He pioneered small sa ...

, statistician with

Guinness Guinness () is an Irish dry stout that originated in the brewery of Arthur Guinness at St. James's Gate, Dublin, Ireland, in 1759. It is one of the most successful alcohol brands worldwide, brewed in almost 50 countries, and available in ov ...

(inventor of

Student's t-test A ''t''-test is any statistical hypothesis test in which the test statistic follows a Student's ''t''-distribution under the null hypothesis. It is most commonly applied when the test statistic would follow a normal distribution if the value of ...

) * G. H. Hardy, mathematician and mentor of RamanujanSabben-Clare, 1981. pp. 186–187 * Robert Lock Graham Irving, schoolmaster, writer and mountaineer *

Leopold George Wickham Legg Leopold George Wickham Legg (22 March 187719 December 1962) was an English academic historian specializing in diplomatic history. An Oxford don from 1908 to 1948, for the Great War Legg was commissioned into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. Apa ...

, historian and editor of the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' *

Henry Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk Henry Molyneux Paget Howard, 19th Earl of Suffolk, 12th Earl of Berkshire (13 September 1877 – 21 April 1917) was a British peer, styled Viscount Andover until 1898. Early life The eldest son of Henry Howard, 18th Earl of Suffolk and Mary Elea ...

, peer *

Percy Bates Sir Percy Elly Bates, 4th Baronet, GBE (12 May 1879 – 16 October 1946) was an English shipowner. Bates was born in Wavertree, Liverpool, the second son of Sir Edward Percy Bates, 2nd Baronet. He was educated at Winchester College from 1892 ...

, shipbuilder and Inkling * Warren Fisher, Permanent Secretary of the Treasury, first Head of the Home Civil Service * Edward Grigg, 1st Baron Altrincham, colonial administrator and politician * Eric Maclagan, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum * Alan Reynolds, cricketer and soldier * Jack White, trade union organiser,

Irish republican Irish republicanism ( ga, poblachtánachas Éireannach) is the political movement for the unity and independence of Ireland under a republic. Irish republicans view British rule in any part of Ireland as inherently illegitimate. The developm ...

and socialist who co-founded the Irish Citizen Army * Ralph Williams, cricketer and barrister * Alfred Eckhard Zimmern, Zionist historian and political scientist

1880–1889

* Maurice Bonham-Carter, politician and cricketer * Robert Darling, Scottish cricketer *

Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman Frank Boyd Merriman, 1st Baron Merriman of Knutsford (28 April 1880 – 18 January 1962), known as Boyd Merriman, was a British Conservative politician and judge. Education Merriman was born in Knutsford, Cheshire, and educated at Winchester Co ...

, politician * Hugh Dowding, 1st Baron Dowding,

Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (german: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defende ...

commanderSabben-Clare, 1981. p. 172 * Henry Morshead, Himalayan explorer and mountaineer *

, 1st Earl Wavell, Field Marshal and

Adam Fox Adam Fox (born February 17, 1998) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Fox was selected by the Calgary Flames, 66th overall, in the 2016 NHL Ent ...

, theologian and Inkling *

Robert Hamilton Moberly Robert Hamilton Moberly was the 7th Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 1936 until 1952 when he was appointed Dean of Salisbury. He was born into an eminent ecclesiastical family in 1884His grandfather was Bishop George Moberly and his father the ...

, bishop * Charles Malan, postmaster-general of the United Provinces. * Clarence Bruce, 3rd Baron Aberdare, peerLamb, 1974. p. 275 *

George Mallory George Herbert Leigh Mallory (18 June 1886 – 8 or 9 June 1924) was an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest in the early 1920s. Born in Cheshire, Mallory became a student at Winche ...

, mountaineer on first three British expeditions to

Mount Everest Mount Everest (; Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border runs across its summit point. Its elevation (snow hei ...

Sabben-Clare, 1981. p. 110 * William Reginald Halliday, Principal of

(1928–1952) * Apsley Cherry-Garrard Member of Captain Scott's expedition of 1912Sabben-Clare, 1981. p. 190 * Arthur Stanley-Clarke, soldier * Roundell Palmer, 3rd Earl of Selborne,

Minister of Economic Warfare The Minister of Economic Warfare was a British government position which existed during the Second World War. The minister was in charge of the Special Operations Executive and the Ministry of Economic Warfare. See also * Blockade of Germany (193 ...

* Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough,

Prime Minister of Northern Ireland The prime minister of Northern Ireland was the head of the Government of Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920; however, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, as with governo ...

* Charles Bewley, Irish diplomatWainewright, 1907. p. 602 *

Christopher Dawson Christopher Henry Dawson (12 October 188925 May 1970) was a British independent scholar, who wrote many books on cultural history and Christendom. Dawson has been called "the greatest English-speaking Catholic historian of the twentieth century ...

, Roman Catholic historian *

, Labour politicianSabben-Clare, 1981. p. 179 * Armstrong Gibbs, composer * Charles Scott Moncrieff, translator of

Proust Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (; ; 10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist who wrote the monumental novel '' In Search of Lost Time'' (''À la recherche du temps perdu''; with the previous ...

Geoffrey Toye Edward Geoffrey Toye (17 February 1889 – 11 June 1942), known as Geoffrey Toye, was an English conductor, composer and opera producer. He is best remembered as a musical director of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and for his association with ...

, composer and conductor *

Arnold J. Toynbee Arnold Joseph Toynbee (; 14 April 1889 – 22 October 1975) was an English historian, a philosopher of history, an author of numerous books and a research professor of international history at the London School of Economics and King's Colleg ...

, historian * Ralph H. Fowler, mathematical physicist Charles Portal 1947

1890–1899

* A. P. Herbert, humorist and law reformer * John William Fisher Beaumont, Chief Justice of the

Bombay High Court The High Court of Bombay is the high court of the states of Maharashtra and Goa in India, and the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is seated primarily at Mumbai (formerly known as Bombay), and is one of the ...

* John Campbell, cardiologist * Olaf Caroe, writer and colonial administrator * Spencer Leeson, headmaster and bishop *

Godfrey Rolles Driver Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver (20 August 1892 – 22 April 1975), known as G. R. Driver, was an English Orientalist noted for his studies of Semitic languages and Assyriology.J. A. Emerton, 'Driver, Sir Godfrey Rolles (1892–1975)'. In ''Oxfo ...

, biblical scholar * Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the Royal Air Force *

Maxwell Woosnam Maxwell may refer to: People * Maxwell (surname), including a list of people and fictional characters with the name ** James Clerk Maxwell, mathematician and physicist * Justice Maxwell (disambiguation) * Maxwell baronets, in the Baronetage of ...

, Olympic and Wimbledon lawn tennis champion and England football captain * Robert Nichols, war poet * Malcolm Trustram Eve, 1st Baron Silsoe, barrister *

George MacLeod George Fielden MacLeod, Baron MacLeod of Fuinary, (17 June 1895 – 27 June 1991) was a Scottish soldier and clergyman; he was one of the best known, most influential and unconventional Church of Scotland ministers of the 20th century. He ...

, Very Rev Lord MacLeod of Fuinary, Moderator, Church of Scotland *

A. G. Macdonell Archibald Gordon Macdonell (3 November 1895 – 16 January 1941) was a Scottish people, Scottish writer, journalist and broadcaster, whose most famous work is the gently satirical novel ''England, Their England'' (1933). Early life and educatio ...

, author, journalist and playwright *

Egon Pearson Egon Sharpe Pearson (11 August 1895 – 12 June 1980) was one of three children of Karl Pearson and Maria, née Sharpe, and, like his father, a leading British statistician. Career He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College ...

, statistician *

Gilbert Ashton Gilbert Ashton MC (27 September 1896 – 6 February 1981) was an English cricketer who played 62 first-class matches between the wars, mostly for Cambridge University (whom he captained in 1921, and also captained at football) and Worcestersh ...

, cricketer and schoolmaster * Oswald Mosley, British

fascist Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist political ideology and movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the ...

leader * Henry Gurney, colonial administrator, assassinated in Malaya * John Sinclair, former Head of the

Secret Intelligence Service The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6 ( Military Intelligence, Section 6), is the foreign intelligence service of the United Kingdom, tasked mainly with the covert overseas collection and analysis of human intellige ...

(MI6) * Edward Tennant, war poet * Ronald Tree, Conservative MP and founder of Sandy Lane,

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estima ...

* Henry Mond, 2nd Baron Melchett, industrialist *

Gerard Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth Gerard Vernon Wallop, 9th Earl of Portsmouth (16 May 1898 – 28 September 1984), styled Viscount Lymington from 1925 until 1943, was a British landowner, writer on agricultural topics, and politician involved in right-wing groups. Early life G ...

, landowner, far-right writer and politician *

Hubert Ashton Sir Hubert Ashton (13 February 1898 – 17 June 1979) was an English first-class cricketer, footballer and politician. Biography Early life Ashton was born in Calcutta, India on 13 February 1898. Ashton's mother, Victoria Alexandrina Inglis ...

, footballer, cricketer and politician * Charles Brutton, cricketer *

Arthur Norrington Sir Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington (27 October 1899 – 21 May 1982) was a British publisher, President of Trinity College, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, and originator of the Norrington Table. Life Norrington was born at Normandy V ...

, President of

Trinity College, Oxford (That which you wish to be secret, tell to nobody) , named_for = The Holy Trinity , established = , sister_college = Churchill College, Cambridge , president = Dame Hilary Boulding , location = Broad Street, Oxford OX1 3BH , coordinates ...

Twentieth century

1900–1909

* Douglas Jardine, England cricketer *

David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles David McAdam Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles (18 September 1904 – 24 February 1999), was an English Conservative politician. Education and early career Eccles was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he obtained a sec ...

, Minister of State for the Arts * Cecil Harmsworth King, newspaper publisher *

Claude Ashton Claude Thesiger Ashton (19 February 1901 – 31 October 1942) was an English amateur footballer and first-class cricketer. As footballer he played for Corinthians in several different positions including goalkeeper and centre forward, although h ...

, Essex cricketer and England footballer * Anthony Asquith, film director * E. E. Evans-Pritchard,

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 an ...

, author of ''Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande'' *

Francis Festing Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places *Rural Mu ...

, Field Marshal *

Nowell Myres John Nowell Linton Myres (27 December 1902 – 25 September 1989) was a British archaeologist and Bodley's Librarian at the Bodleian Library in Oxford from 1948 until his resignation in 1965; and librarian of Christ Church before his Bodleian ap ...

, archaeologist,

Bodley's Librarian The head of the Bodleian Library, the main library at the University of Oxford, is known as Bodley's Librarian: Sir Thomas Bodley, as founder, gave his name to both the institution and the position. Although there had been a university library at ...

* John Dring, Prime Minister of

Bahawalpur Bahawalpur () is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. With inhabitants as of 2017, it is Pakistan's 11th most populous city. Founded in 1748, Bahawalpur was the capital of the former princely state of Bahawalpur, ruled by the Abbasi fa ...

* George D'Oyly Snow, headmaster of

Ardingly College Ardingly College () is an independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition located near Ardingly, West Sussex, England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Woodard ...

and Bishop of Whitby *

Charles Bosanquet Charles Bosanquet (23 July 1769 – 20 June 1850) was an English colonial official and writer. Life He was born at Forest House, Essex, the second son of Samuel Bosanquet and Eleanor Hunter. He was educated at Newcome's School and then in Swi ...

, academic * Kenneth Clark, art historian and broadcaster * Frank Ramsey, philosopher, mathematician, economist * Patrick Balfour, 3rd Baron Kinross, writer on Islamic history * John Snagge, Second World War BBC announcer * Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, ambassador * Colin Clark, economist and statistician *

Charles Francis Christopher Hawkes Charles Francis Christopher Hawkes, FBA, FSA (5 June 1905 – 29 March 1992) was an English archaeologist specialising in European prehistory. He was Professor of European Archaeology at the University of Oxford from 1946 to 1972. He was e ...

, archaeologistSabben-Clare, 1981. p. 136 * William Goodenough Hayter, diplomat, ambassador and

* John Sparrow, literary critic and

of All Souls * William Empson, literary critic *

, leader of the Labour Party * Richard Wilberforce, Baron Wilberforce,

Law Lord Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House ...

* Richard Crossman, Labour politician and diarist * Douglas Jay, Baron Jay, Labour politician *

Evelyn Shuckburgh Sir Charles Arthur Evelyn Shuckburgh, GCMG, CB (26 May 1909 – 12 December 1994), better known as Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh, was a British diplomat. In the 1950s he was at the heart of affairs in London, as Principal Private Secretary to the Forei ...

, diplomat *

Douglas Dodds-Parker Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker (5 July 1909 – 13 September 2006) was a British imperial administrator, a wartime soldier involved in irregular warfare, and Conservative politician. Between the wars, he served in the Sudan, in the prestigi ...

, soldier and politician

1910–1919

* Nicholas Monsarrat, naval officer, diplomat and author of ''The Cruel Sea'' * John Stephenson,

Lord Justice of Appeal A Lord Justice of Appeal or Lady Justice of Appeal is a judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, the court that hears appeals from the High Court of Justice, the Crown Court and other courts and tribunals. A Lord (or Lady) Justic ...

* John Fiennes, lawyer and parliamentary draftsman *

Roger Tredgold Roger Francis Tredgold (23 October 1911 – 24 December 1975) was a British fencer. He competed at the 1936, 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a six times British fencing champion, winning the sabre title at the British Fencing Champion ...

, fencer and psychiatrist * John Pringle, zoologist *

Bruce Campbell Bruce Lorne Campbell (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor and director. He is known for portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's ''Evil Dead'' franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film ''Within the Woods''. He has starred in many low-b ...

, ornithologist, writer and broadcaster *

D. G. Champernowne thumbail, right David Gawen Champernowne, (9 July 1912 – 19 August 2000) was an English economist and mathematician. Champernowne was the only child of Francis Gawayne Champernowne (1866–1921), M.A. (Oxon.), a barrister and bursar of Kebl ...

, economist and mathematician. * Charles Madge, poet,

Communist Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, ...

, sociologist *

Basil William Robinson Basil William Robinson, FBA, FSA, FRAS (20 June 1912 – 29 December 2005) was a British art scholar and author, specializing in Asian art and history. Life Robinson was born in London, and attended Winchester College and Corpus Christi Colle ...

, Asian art scholar and author * Basil Martin Wright, inventor of the

Peak flow meter The peak expiratory flow (PEF), also called peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR), is a person's maximum speed of expiration, as measured with a peak flow meter, a small, hand-held device used to monitor a person's ability to breathe out air. It measure ...

* Shaun Wylie, mathematician and Second World War Enigma and Tunny codebreaker * Robert Irving, conductor * Richard Synge, Nobel prize winning biochemist * Lord Aldington, politician and businessman *

Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft Stormont Mancroft Samuel Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft (27 July 1914 – 14 September 1987), born Stormont Mancroft Samuel, was a British Conservative politician. Early life Mancroft was the son of Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft, and Pho ...

, government minister * Michael Carver, Baron Carver, Field Marshal and philosopher * Robert Conquest, historian specialising in

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet Union, Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as Ge ...

's purges * Monty Woodhouse, Philhellene and politician *

Julian Faber Julian Tufnell Faber (6 April 1917 – 11 January 2002) was a leading figure in the insurance business. Early life He was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He served with the Welsh Guards during the Second World W ...

, businessman * James Joll, historian * Willie Whitelaw, politician * George Jellicoe, aka Viscount Brocas, soldier, statesman, businessman, diplomat *

M. R. D. Foot Michael Richard Daniell Foot, (14 December 1919 – 18 February 2012) was a British political and military historian, and former British Army intelligence officer with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Biography The ...

, historian * Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, politician

1920–1929

* Henry Brandon,

* Frank Thompson, SOE officer * Anthony Storr, psychiatrist and author * John Latham, artist * Horace Barlow, neuroscientist *

Mark Bonham Carter Mark Raymond Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-Carter (11 February 1922 – 4 September 1994) was an English publisher and politician. He was created a life peer in 1986. Early life He was the son of the Liberal activists Sir Maurice Bonham-Ca ...

, publisher and politician * Tony Pawson, angler and cricketer * Paul Britten Austin, translator of Swedish literature *

Peter Fowler Peter Randall Fowler (born 9 June 1959) is an Australian golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia and European Senior Tour. Career Fowler was born in Hornsby, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1977 and won the Australian Open i ...

, physicist working on elementary particles * Hugh Beach, soldier, researcher into disarmament and ethics of war * Freeman Dyson, physicist and mathematician * H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins, theoretical chemist and cognitive scientist * Geoffrey Warnock, philosopher and academic * James Lighthill, applied mathematician working on fluid dynamics * Michael Gow, general *

Brian Trubshaw Ernest Brian Trubshaw, CBE, MVO (29 January 1924 – 24 March 2001) was a leading test pilot, and the first British pilot to fly Concorde, in April 1969. Biography Brian Trubshaw was born in Liverpool in 1924 although he grew up in Llan ...

, Concorde test pilot * Michael S. Longuet-Higgins, mathematician and oceanographer *

Hubert Doggart George Hubert Graham Doggart (18 July 1925 – 16 February 2018) was an English sports administrator, first-class cricketer and schoolmaster. Background Doggart was born into a sporting family at Earl's Court, London, the elder son of t ...

, cricketer and schoolmaster *

Michael Dummett Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett (27 June 1925 – 27 December 2011) was an English academic described as "among the most significant British philosophers of the last century and a leading campaigner for racial tolerance and equality." He ...

, philosopher *

John Balcombe Sir Alfred John Balcombe, PC (29 September 1925 – 9 June 2000) was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1985 to 1995. Career He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, 1950 (Bencher, 1977; Treasurer, 1999); he practised at the Chancery Bar, 1951–7 ...

* Jack Boles, Director-General of the

National Trust The National Trust, formally the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, is a charity and membership organisation for heritage conservation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In Scotland, there is a separate and ...

, Lord Howe of Aberavon, politician *

Edgar Anstey Edgar Anstey (16 February 1907 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England – 26 September 1987 in London, England), was a leading British documentary film-maker. Anstey was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and Birkbeck College. He spen ...

Civil Service The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil servants hired on professional merit rather than appointed or elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leaders ...

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the pre ...

to the

Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis (of 1962) ( es, Crisis de Octubre) in Cuba, the Caribbean Crisis () in Russia, or the Missile Scare, was a 35-day (16 October – 20 November 1962) confrontation between the United S ...

Ian Macdonald Ian MacCormick (known by the pseudonym Ian MacDonald; 3 October 1948 – 20 August 2003) was a British music critic and author, best known for both '' Revolution in the Head'', his critical history of the Beatles which borrowed techniques from ...

, mathematician *

Martin Beale Evelyn Martin Lansdowne Beale FRS (8 September 1928 – 23 December 1985) was an applied mathematician and statistician who was one of the pioneers of mathematical programming. Career He was educated at Winchester College and at Trinity Coll ...

, applied mathematician and statistician *

Jeremy Morse Sir Christopher Jeremy Morse KCMG (10 December 1928 – 4 February 2016) was an English banker, cruciverbalist and chess composer who was Chancellor of the University of Bristol from 1989 to 2003, and was chairman of Lloyds Bank. Early life a ...

, banker and university chancellor * John Lucas, philosopher *

Raymond Bonham Carter Raymond Henry Bonham Carter (19 June 1929 – 17 January 2004) was a British banker and a member of the prominent Bonham Carter family. Early life He was born in Paddington, London, to Sir Maurice Bonham-Carter (1880–1960), a politician and ...

, banker * Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, politician

1930–1939

Alasdair Milne Alasdair David Gordon Milne (8 October 19308 January 2013) was a British television producer and executive. He had a long career at the BBC, where he was eventually promoted to Director-General, and was described by ''The Independent'' as "one ...

, BBC Director General * George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie,

Secretary of State for Defence The secretary of state for defence, also referred to as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the business of the Ministry of Defence. The incumbent is a membe ...

Reginald Bosanquet Reginald Tindal Kennedy Bosanquet (9 August 1932 – 27 May 1984) was a British journalist and broadcaster who was an anchor of '' News at Ten'' for ITN from 1967 to 1979.Eddie Dyj"Bosanquet, Reginald (1932–1984)" BFI screenonline Early ...

, ITN newscaster * Guy Antony Jameson, aeronautical engineer and mathematician *

David Thouless David James Thouless (; 21 September 1934 – 6 April 2019) was a British condensed-matter physicist. He was the winner of the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael ...

Nobel prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; sv, Nobelpriset ; no, Nobelprisen ) are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." Alfr ...

winning physicist * Nicholas Mackintosh, experimental psychologist *

William Donaldson Charles William Donaldson (4 January 1935 – 22 June 2005) was a British satirist, writer, playboy and, under the pseudonym of Henry Root, author of '' The Henry Root Letters''. Life and career Son of Charles Glen Donaldson (1904–1956) a ...

, writer and satirist; creator of Henry Root *

Julian Mitchell Charles Julian Humphrey Mitchell, FRSL (born 1 May 1935) is an English playwright, screenwriter and occasional novelist. He is best known as the writer of the play and film '' Another Country'', and as a screenwriter for TV, producing many orig ...

, playwright and screenwriter * David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick, ambassador to the United Nations Bishop Richard Williamson

Jonathan D. Spence Jonathan Dermot Spence (11 August 1936 – 25 December 2021) was an English-born American historian, sinologist, and writer who specialized in Chinese history. He was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University from 1993 to 2008. His mo ...

, historian and

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 ...

* John Albery, scientist * Ian Gow, politician * Jonathan Parker,

* Paul Bergne, intelligence officer, linguist and diplomat * Peter Jay (diplomat), Peter Jay, economist, journalist and ambassador * Christopher Miles, film director

1940–1949

* Richard Williamson (bishop), Richard Williamson, controversial bishop * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, captain of India's cricket teamSabben-Clare, 1981. p. 95 * Tim Brooke-Taylor, comedian * Andrew Large, banker and businessman * Patrick Minford, economist * Hew Pike, soldier * Andrew Longmore,

* Madhavrao Scindia, Indian cabinet minister * Martin Nourse,

* Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme, Lord Jay of Ewelme, head of the Foreign Office * Antony Beevor, military historian * Richard Noble, designer of the ThrustSSC * Timothy Lloyd,

* Charles Sinclair (businessman), Charles Sinclair, businessman, Warden of Winchester College 2014–2019 * David Clementi, financier, Warden of Winchester College 2008–2014

1950–1959

* Christopher Suenson-Taylor, 3rd Baron Grantchester, Labour peer * Tim Eggar, Conservative politician * Anthony Pawson, biochemist * Nicholas Underhill,

* Robyn Hitchcock, singer, songwriter * Alan Lovell, businessman * Nicholas Shepherd-Barron, mathematician * James Mallet, evolutionary zoologist, winner of the Darwin–Wallace Medal * James Younger, 5th Viscount Younger of Leckie, peer and politician * Richard Stagg, ambassador,

of Winchester College 2019– * Nicholas Shakespeare, novelist and journalist * Michael Hofmann, poet and translator * J.G. Sandom, author and interactive advertising pioneer * Francis Pott (composer), Francis Pott, composer and pianist * John Whittingdale, Culture Secretary * John Y. Campbell, John Campbell, economist Joss Whedon by Gage Skidmore 7

* Seumas Milne, journalist * Jon Leyne, BBC foreign correspondent * James Bucknall, soldier * Peter Neyroud, police chief * Nick Carter (British Army officer), Nick Carter, Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom), Chief of the Defence Staff; ''Ad Portas'', 2021

1960–1969

* David Soskice, political economist * Korn Chatikavanij, banker and politician, finance minister of Thailand * Joss Whedon, screenwriter and film director * Nick Boles, Minister of State for Skills * Charles Edwards (English actor), Charles Edwards, actor

1970–1979

* Saif Ali Khan, actor * Alistair Potts, world champion cox * Simon Henderson, List of Head Masters of Eton College, Headmaster of Eton College * Hugh Dancy, actor

1980–1989

* James Forsyth (journalist), James Forsyth, journalist * Anthony Smith (sculptor), Anthony Smith, sculptor * George Nash (rower), George Nash, Olympic rower

Victoria Cross and George Cross holders

Six Old Wykehamists have won the

(VC), four in the First World War, 1914–18 (of whom three were killed in action) and two prior to 1914. Also in the Second World War one Old Wykehamist won the George Cross and one the George Medal, both in military circumstances. *

**Indian Mutiny ***Lieutenant Alfred Spencer Heathcote VC (1832–1912) for his conduct during the Siege of Delhi **Boer War ***Lieutenant Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson VC Distinguished Service Order, DSO (1879–1901) **First World War ***Captain Arthur Forbes Gordon Kilby VC, Military Cross, MC (1885–1915) ***Second Lieutenant Dennis George Wyldbore Hewitt VC, (1897–1917) ***Lieutenant Colonel Charles Hotham Montagu Doughty-Wylie VC, (1868–1915) ***Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Burges VC, DSO, Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France), Croix de guerre avec Palme (1873–1946) *George Cross **

***Sub-Lieutenant Peter Victor Danckwerts George Cross, GC (1916–1984) for gallantry defusing mines dropped on London *George Medal **

***Lieutenant Geoffrey Ambrose Hodges, RNVR (military, but for gallantry not in the face of the enemy)

References

Cited sources

* Badcock, C. F.; La Corrie, J. R. ''Winchester College: A Register for the Years 1930 To 1975''. Winchester College, 1992. * Dilke, Christopher.
Dr Moberly's Mint-Mark: A Study of Winchester College
'. London, 1965. * John Firth (cricketer), Firth, J. D'E. ''Winchester College''. Winchester, 1961. * Hardy, H. J.
Winchester College, 1867–1920
' P. and G. Wells, 1923. * Lamb, L. H. ''Winchester College A Register 1915–1960''. P. & G. Wells, 1974. * Leach, Arthur F.
A History of Winchester College
'. London and New York, 1899. * Maclure, P. S. W. K.; Stevens, R. P. ''Winchester College, A Register''. Winchester College, 2014. * Sabben-Clare, James. ''Winchester College''. Paul Cave Publications, 1981. * Wainewright, John Bannerman (ed).
Winchester College 1836–1906: A Register
'. P. and G. Wells, 1907. {{DEFAULTSORT:Old Wykehamists Lists of people by English school affiliation, Winchester People educated at Winchester College, * Winchester College Hampshire-related lists, Wykehamists