The following notable old boys of Eton College were born in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.

15th century

* Thomas Rotherham (1423–1500), Keeper of the Privy Seal, 1467–1474,

Bishop of Rochester The Bishop of Rochester is the ordinary of the Church of England's Diocese of Rochester in the Province of Canterbury. The town of Rochester has the bishop's seat, at the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, which was foun ...

, 1468–1472, Bishop of Lincoln, 1472–1480, Lord Chancellor, 1474–1483, and Archbishop of York, 1480–1500 * Oliver King (c.1432–1503),

Bishop of Exeter The Bishop of Exeter is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. Since 30 April 2014 the ordinary has been Robert Atwell.

, 1492–1495, and Bishop of Bath and Wells, 1495–1503 *

John Doget John Doget (c. 1435–1501) was an English diplomat, scholar and Renaissance humanist. He was the nephew of Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born in Sherborne, Dorset, and was probably educated in Bourchier's household b ...

(c.1434–1501), humanist scholar * Robert Wydow (c.1446–1505), poet and church musician *

Walter Lambe Walter Lambe (1450–1? – after Michaelmas 1504) was an English composer. His works are well represented in the Eton Choirbook. Also the Lambeth Choirbook and the Caius Choirbook include his works. Born in Salisbury, elected King's Scholar ...

(c.1450-c.1504), composer and church musician * John Browne (1453-c.1500) composer * Robert Hacomblen (c.1455-1528) classical scholar and composer, Provost of King's College, Cambridge * John Barker (fl. c.1471–1482), logician * Nicholas West (c.1461–1533),

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 ...

, 1535–1538, and diplomat * John Kite (died 1537),

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, 1513–1521, and

Bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle in the Province of York. The diocese covers the county of Cumbria except for Alston Moor and the former Sedbergh Rural District. The see is in the city of Car ...

, 1521–1537 * Richard Croke (or Crocus) (c.1489–1558), classical scholar * Edward Fox (c.1496–1538),

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 Hereford, City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Hereford Cathedr ...

, 1535–1538

16th century

John Frith John Frith may refer to: * John Frith (assailant) (fl. 1760–1791), English petitioner and asylum inmate *John Frith (cartoonist) (), Australian cartoonist, at the ''The Herald'' in Melbourne in the 1950s and 1960s * John Frith (martyr) (1503–1 ...

(1503–1533), Protestant clergyman and martyr *

Sir Thomas Pope Sir Thomas Pope (c. 150729 January 1559), was a prominent public servant in mid-16th-century England, a Member of Parliament, a wealthy landowner, and the founder of Trinity College, Oxford. Early life Pope was born at Deddington, near Ban ...

(1507–1558), founder of Trinity College, Oxford *

Edward Aglionby Edward Aglionby may refer to: * Edward Aglionby (died c. 1591) (1520–c. 1591), MP for Carlisle, and for Warwick, and poet *Edward Aglionby (died 1553), MP for Carlisle *Edward Aglionby (died 1599), MP for Carlisle * Edward Aglionby (1587–1648), ...

(1520–c.1587), poet *

Thomas Tusser Thomas Tusser (c. 15243 May 1580) was an English poet and farmer, best known for his instructional poem ''Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry'', an expanded version of his original title, ''A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie'', first publishe ...

(1524–1580), poet and farmer * Robert Glover (died 1555), Protestant martyr * Laurence Saunders (died 1555), Protestant preacher and martyr * Sir Thomas Sutton (c.1532–1611), founder of

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* Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c.1539–1583),

coloniser Colonization, or colonisation, constitutes large-scale population movements wherein migrants maintain strong links with their, or their ancestors', former country – by such links, gain advantage over other inhabitants of the territory. When ...

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

* Ralph Sherwin (1550–1581),

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priest, martyr and Catholic saint * Thomas Aufield (1552–1585), Roman Catholic priest and beatified martyr * John Cowell (1554–1611), Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Cambridge, 1594–1611 * Sir John Harington (1561–1612), author and inventor of the water closet *

Sir Thomas Posthumous Hoby Sir Thomas Posthumus Hoby (1566 – 30 December 1640), also spelt Hobie, Hobbie and Hobby, Posthumous and Postumus, was an English gentleman and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1589 and 1629. A Puritan, he has ...

(1566–1640), Member of Parliament, claimed as the inspiration for Malvolio in '' Twelfth Night''.J. L. Simmons, 'A Source for Shakespeare's Malvolio: The Elizabethan Controversy with the Puritans' in ''Huntington Library Quarterly'', vol. 36 (May 1973), pp. 181–201 * William Oughtred (1575–1660), mathematician *

Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, KB, PC (; 11 January 1591 – 14 September 1646) was an English Parliamentarian and soldier during the first half of the 17th century. With the start of the Civil War in 1642, he became the first Captain ...

(1591–1646), General, Parliamentarian Army, 1642–1645 * Méric Casaubon (1599–1671), classical scholar

17th century

Henry Hammond Henry Hammond (18 August 1605 – 25 April 1660) was an English churchman, who supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War. Early life He was born at Chertsey in Surrey on 18 August 1605, the youngest son of John Hammond (c. 155 ...

(1605–1660), clergyman * Bulstrode Whitelocke (1605–1675), lawyer and politician, prominent Parliamentarian during the Civil War * Edmund Waller (1606–1687), poet and anti- Parliamentarian conspirator * John Pearson (1613–1686), Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1661–1672, and Bishop of Chester, 1673–1686 * Henry More (1614–1687), theologian and philosopher * George Fane (c.1616–1663), Royalist commander * Antony Ascham (died 1650), Parliamentarian

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to Spain, 1650, and murder victim * Robert Boyle (1627–1691), natural philosopher and chemist *

Henry Godolphin Henry Godolphin (1648–1733) was a Provost of Eton College and Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, a position in which he clashed with Sir Christopher Wren in the period when the new cathedral had reached the finishing touches. Life He wa ...

(1648–1733), Provost of Eton, 1695–1707, 1726–1733, and Dean of St Paul's, 1707–1726 *

George Stanhope George Stanhope (5 March 1660 – 18 March 1728) was a clergyman of the Church of England, rising to be Dean of Canterbury and a Royal Chaplain. He was also amongst the commissioners responsible for the building of fifty new churches in Lond ...

(1660–1728), Dean of Canterbury, 1704–1728 *

John Rosewell John S. H. Rosewell (1 July 1882 – 20 November 1931) was an Australian rugby union and pioneer professional rugby league footballer and represented his country at both sports – a dual-code international. Rugby union career His rugby uni ...

Headmaster (1671–1682) * James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (1673–1721),

Secretary of State for the Southern Department The Secretary of State for the Southern Department was a position in the cabinet of the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Southern Department became the Home Office. History Before 1782, the responsibilities of ...

, 1714–1717, 1718–1721,

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, 1717–1718, and soldier * Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674–1738),

Secretary of State for the Northern Department The Secretary of State for the Northern Department was a position in the Cabinet of the government of Great Britain up to 1782, when the Northern Department became the Foreign Office. History Before the Act of Union, 1707, the Secretary of St ...

, 1714–1717, 1721–1730 * Anthony Collins (1676–1729), deist * Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford (1676–1745), Secretary at War, 1708–1710, Prime Minister and

, 1721–1742 * John Weldon (1676–1736), organist and composer *

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (; 16 September 1678 – 12 December 1751) was an English politician, government official and political philosopher. He was a leader of the Tories, and supported the Church of England politically des ...

(1678–1751), Secretary at War, 1704–1708 * Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol (1685–1737), Solicitor General, 1726–1733, and Lord Chancellor, 1733–1737 * Sir William Wyndham (1687–1740), Secretary at War, 1712–1713, and

, 1713–1714 *

Thomas Thackeray Thomas Thackeray (1693 – 25 August 1760) was a Church of England clergyman who taught at his old school, Eton College, and ended his career as Head Master of Harrow School. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity (DD). Life Born in 1693, ...

, 1693–1760, an 18th-century Head Master of

Harrow Harrow may refer to: Places * Harrow, Victoria, Australia * Harrow, Ontario, Canada * The Harrow, County Wexford, a village in Ireland * London Borough of Harrow, England ** Harrow, London, a town in London ** Harrow (UK Parliament constituency) ...

* William George (c.1698 – 1756) Dean of Lincoln, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, Head Master of

Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. Eton may also refer to: Places *Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England * Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States * Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...

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15th century

16th century

17th century

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