King's College School, also known as Wimbledon, KCS, King's and KCS Wimbledon, is a

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, southwest

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. The school was established in 1829 by King George IV, as the junior department of

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and had part of the school's premises in

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, prior to relocating to Wimbledon in 1897. KCS is a member of the Eton Group of schools. It is predominantly a boys' school but accepts girls into the

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. In the Sixth Form, students can choose between the

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and

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qualifications. The school is included in

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as one of the 150 best private schools in the world and among the top 30 senior schools in the UK.

History

A royal charter by

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founded the school in 1829 as the junior department of the newly established

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. The school occupied the basement of the college in The Strand. Most of its original eighty-five pupils lived in the city within walking distance of the school. During the early

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, members of the teaching staff included

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, who taught

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. His son, Dante Gabriel, joined the school in 1837. The best known of the early masters was the water-colourist,

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. Nine of his pupils became practising artists and ten architects. By 1843 there were five hundred pupils and the need for larger premises eventually led to the move to Wimbledon in 1897. The school was progressive in its curriculum in many areas and appointed its first science master in 1855, at a time when very few schools taught science. The first

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, served the school 1831–1866. 99 of the school's pupils from this period appear in the

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surpassed the total of thirty

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Board examination certificates obtained by pupils at KCS. In 1897, falling numbers of pupils prompted the move to the school's present site in

, a suburb served by the railway lines from

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and south London. A separate junior school was opened on the same campus in 1912. During

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, many letters were written to the school, including some from the

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, the school's Great Hall was damaged by bomb shrapnel, and some of the damage can still be seen on the outside of the hall. The only remaining link between KCS and its former parent is that one of the KCS board of governors is nominated by

Academics

All members of the Sixth Form currently study either the

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or the

course, and all members of the Fifth Form take GCSE and iGCSE qualifications. Due to the impact of the

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results were not published during the 2019–2020 or 2020–2021 academic years. GCSE summary: 2018–2024 A level summary: 2018–2024 International Baccalaureate Results: 2018–2024

Facilities

KCS occupies a 20-acre site on the south side of Wimbledon Common and owns a

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on Putney Embankment and two additional playing-fields in

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and

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. In 2010 the school began to renovate and expand its facilities, which was completed in 2019. This included a new sports pavilion (2011), quadrangle and netball court (2015), classroom block (2016), music school (2018), and sports centre (2019).

King's College Junior School

King's College Junior School (also known as KCJS), is the preparatory school for King's College School located in

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, it is on the same campus as King's College Senior school. It was established in its own right in 1912, and educates boys from ages 7–11. The junior school admits about 85 boys each year in three groups: * At 7+ it takes about 54 boys. * At 8+ it takes about 14 boys. * At 9+ it takes about 12 boys. The first two years (3–4) are collectively referred to as 'Rushmere' (as they are taught in Rushmere House), while the final two years (5-6), are called 'Priory'. 2021/2022 fees are £6,425 per term for years 3–4, and £6,930 per term for years 5–6. As of September 2024 the headmaster is Ted Lougher.

Controversies

In 2021 a series of allegations were raised about a culture of misogyny and sexual harassment amongst King's male students. In an open letter to then headmaster Andrew Halls, Ava Vakil called out a 'a deep-rooted culture of misogyny' at the school, labelling King's as a "hotbed of sexual violence," with instances of groping even occurring on school grounds. Further allegations in the letter include catcalling, circulating nude photos of teenage women without their consent, and threatening rape. These allegations were further supported in online, anonymous testimonies alleging even worse behaviour including, but not limited to, rape, on the website Everyone's Invited, where King's was mentioned at least seven times. In response, the school established an independent panel of experts to review King's policies.

Overseas expansion

King's has supported the Shanghai-based education provider Dipont in establishing schools in China. The first two schools, RDFZ King's College School Hangzhou and Nanwai King's College School Wuxi, opened in September 2018. Both schools cater for local Chinese and international students aged 3–18. King's College International School Bangkok opened in September 2020 to over 300 boys and girls aged 2–10. In August 2023, the school opened for over 1,600 students, including its first Sixth Form pupils. In August 2024, its seventh opened. At capacity, the school will cater to roughly 2,400 students from preschool to Year 13. XET will operate the school and King's Wimbledon. Founded in 1994, the International School of Monaco (ISM) is a co-educational school with approximately 670 students aged 3–18. There is a bilingual programme for English and French in its early years and primary school. In the senior school the medium of instruction is English, offering IGCSEs in years 10 and 11 and the IB Diploma programme in the sixth form.

Heads of King's College School

Dr. Anne Cotton, a former headmistress of Portsmouth Grammar School, has been the head of King's College School since September 2022. The following have been heads of King's College School:Frank Miles and Graeme Cranch ''King's College School: The First 150 Years.'' London: King's College School, 1979.

Other notable masters

* J.S. Cotman (1782–1842), art master * G.P.G. Rossetti (1783–1854), Italian master * M.E. Cotman (1810–1858), assistant art master * A.J. Fletcher (1941–), history master * R. Hiller (1942–), mathematics master * G.P. Butcher (1975–), cricket master

Notable alumni

19th-century births

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(1863–1944), actor *

George Hillyard George Whiteside Hillyard (6 February 1864 – 24 March 1943) was a male tennis player from the United Kingdom. Under his supervision as secretary of the All England Club from 1907 to 1925, the Wimbledon Championships moved to its current site ...

(1864–1943), tennis player, Olympic gold medallist, Middlesex cricketer and naval officer *

Charles Sanford Terry Charles Sanford Terry may refer to: * Charles Sanford Terry (historian) (1864-1936), English historian and authority on Johann Sebastian Bach * Charles Sanford Terry (translator) Charles Sanford Terry (1926–1982) was an American translator ...

(1864–1936), historian and musicologist *

Ernest Starling Ernest Henry Starling (17 April 1866 – 2 May 1927) was a British physiologist who contributed many fundamental ideas to this subject. These ideas were important parts of the British contribution to physiology, which at that time led the world. ...

(1866–1927), physiologist, discovered

hormone A hormone (from the Ancient Greek, Greek participle , "setting in motion") is a class of cell signaling, signaling molecules in multicellular organisms that are sent to distant organs or tissues by complex biological processes to regulate physio ...

s, developed the 'law of the heart', and involved in the

Brown Dog Affair The Brown Dog affair was a political controversy about vivisection that raged in Britain from 1903 until 1910. It involved the infiltration of University of London medical lectures by Swedish feminists, battles between medical students and the ...

* Rowland Blades, 1st Baron Ebbisham (1868–1953), Conservative Party politician and

Lynwood Palmer James Lynwood Palmer (1868–1941)Known as "Lynwood Palmer", for example his portrait of ''Golden Corn'' signed and dated 'Lynwood Palmer/1922' (lower left), per Christie's catalogue description, lot 51, Christie's,!June 27, 2012, London ht ...

(1868–1941), painter of racehorses and carriage horses. * Skinner Turner (1868–1935), Chief Judge of the

British Supreme Court for China The British Supreme Court for China (originally the British Supreme Court for China and Japan) was a court established in the Shanghai International Settlement to try cases against British subjects in China, Japan and Korea under the principles o ...

George Holt Thomas George Holt Thomas (31 March 1869 – 1 January 1929) was an aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor. In 1911, Holt Thomas founded the business which became Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited or Airco. Son and grandson of succes ...

(1869–1929), aviation pioneer and founder of

Imperial Airways Imperial Airways was an early British commercial long-range airline, operating from 1924 to 1939 and principally serving the British Empire routes to South Africa, India, Australia and the Far East, including Malaya and Hong Kong. Passengers ...

Percy Newberry Percy Edward Newberry (23 April 1869 – 7 August 1949) was a British Egyptologist. Biography Percy Newberry was born in Islington, London on 23 April 1869. His parents were Caroline () and Henry James Newberry, a woollen warehouseman. Newbe ...

(1869–1949),

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

, introduced

Howard Carter Howard Carter (9 May 18742 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptology, Egyptologist who Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered Tomb of Tutankhamun, the intact tomb of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty Pharaoh ...

to Egypt, and served on staff

Tutankhamun Tutankhamun or Tutankhamen, (; ), was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during the late Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Eighteenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt. Born Tutankhaten, he instituted the restoration of the traditional polytheistic form of an ...

excavations *

Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer) Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Laurence Field, (18 April 1871 – 24 October 1945) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served in the Boxer Rebellion as commander of a raiding party and in the First World War as commanding officer of the batt ...

, (1871–1945),

First Sea Lord First Sea Lord, officially known as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff (1SL/CNS), is the title of a statutory position in the British Armed Forces, held by an Admiral (Royal Navy), admiral or a General (United Kingdom), general of the ...

* Henry Poole (1873–1928), sculptor * Ellis Martin (1881–1977), map cover illustrator for

Ordnance Survey The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for Great Britain. The agency's name indicates its original military purpose (see Artillery, ordnance and surveying), which was to map Scotland in the wake of the Jacobite rising of ...

John Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen, and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly a ...

(1882–1942), actor and member of the famed

Barrymore family The Barrymore family, and the related Drew family, form a British–American acting dynasty that traces its acting roots to the mid-19th-century London stage. After migrating across the Atlantic Ocean to the United States, members of the family ...

Walter Layton, 1st Baron Layton Walter Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton (15 March 1884 – 14 February 1966), was a British economist, editor, newspaper proprietor and Liberal Party politician. Background and education Layton was the son of Alfred John Layton of Woking, Surre ...

(1884–1966), statesman and editor *

Gilbert Szlumper Major General Gilbert Savil Szlumper, (18 April 1884 – 19 July 1969) was a British railwayman, and the penultimate general manager of the Southern Railway. He served as secretary of the Railway Executive Committee in World War I and left ...

(1884–1969), general manager of the Southern Railway *

Henry Monck-Mason Moore Sir Henry Monck-Mason Moore (18 March 1887 – 26 March 1964) was a British colonial administrator of British Sierra Leone, Kenya and Ceylon. Biography The son of Rev. Edward William Moore, he was educated at Rokeby, KCS, Wimbledon and Jesu ...

(1887–1964), British governor of

Sierra Leone Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered to the southeast by Liberia and by Guinea to the north. Sierra Leone's land area is . It has a tropical climate and envi ...

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

and

Ceylon Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

Victor Negus Sir Victor Ewings Negus, MS, FRCS (6 February 1887 – 15 July 1974) was a British surgeon who specialised in laryngology and also made fundamental contributions to comparative anatomy with his work on the structure and evolution of the larynx. H ...

(1887–1974), laryngologist, surgeon and comparative anatomist * Frederick Sowrey (1893–1968),

flying ace A flying ace, fighter ace or air ace is a military aviation, military aviator credited with shooting down a certain minimum number of enemy aircraft during aerial combat; the exact number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ...

Richard Walther Darré Richard Walther Darré (born Ricardo Walther Óscar Darré; 14 July 1895 – 5 September 1953) was one of the leading Nazism, Nazi "Blood and Soil, blood and soil" () ideologists and served as Reich Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Reich ...

(1895–1953),

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

ideologist and long-serving Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture *

Robert Graves Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were b ...

(1895–1985), poet and novelist, who mentions his brief spell at the school in his autobiography '' Goodbye to All That'' *

John G. Bennett John Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) was a British academic and writer. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G. I. Gurdjieff. Bennett met Gurdjieff in Istanbul in O ...

(1897–1974), mathematician, scientist, technologist, industrial research director, and author * Edwin Flavell (1898–1993), military commander

20th-century births

Khalid Abdalla Khalid Abdalla (; born 26 October 1980) is a British actor and activist. He became known after starring in the 2006 film '' United 93''. Abdalla starred as Amir in '' The Kite Runner'' (2007) and acted with Matt Damon in ''Green Zone'' (2010), ...

(1980–), actor and star of '' United 93'', ''

The Kite Runner ''The Kite Runner'' is the debut novel of Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young Afghan boy from Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul. The story is set against a backdrop of tumul ...

'' and ''

Green Zone The Green Zone () is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It is a area in the Karkh, Karkh district of central Baghdad, Iraq. It is the chief government precinct and the seat of the Iraqi government. History Pre-200 ...

'' * Leonard Addison (1902–1975),

British Indian Army The Indian Army was the force of British Raj, British India, until Indian Independence Act 1947, national independence in 1947. Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, it was responsible for the defence of both British India and ...

officer *

Angus Allan Angus Peter Allan (22 July 1936 – 16 July 2007) was a British comic strip writer and magazine editor who worked on ''TV Century 21'' in the 1960s and ''Look-in'' magazine during the 1970s. Most commonly known as Angus Allan and sometimes cred ...

(1936–2007), comic strip writer *

Clive Aslet Clive Aslet (born 15 February 1955) is a writer on British architecture and life, a Visiting Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and publisher of Triglyph Books. For 13 years he was the Editor of Country Life magazine. Earl ...

(1955–), writer and former editor of Country Life * Tom Audley (1986–), Rugby Union Player for

London Welsh London Welsh Rugby Football Club () was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, after gaining promotion from ...

* Robert Ayling (1946–), former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

British Airways British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom. It is headquartered in London, England, near its main Airline hub, hub at Heathrow Airport. The airline is the second largest UK-based carrier, based on fleet size and pass ...

* Ben Barnes (1981–), actor and star of '' The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'' and ''Stardust'' *

Tom Basden Thomas William Basden (born 30 November 1980) is an English actor, writer and comedian. He is best known for co-creating and starring in ''Plebs'', which won the Royal Television Society award for Best Scripted Comedy in 2014. He was nominated ...

(1981–), comedian * Arthur Bell, paediatrician *

James Binney James Jeffrey Binney, Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, FInstP (born 12 April 1950) is a British astrophysics, astrophysicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Oxford and former head of the Sub-Department of Theoretical Physi ...

(1950–), astrophysicist * Andrew Black (1963–), founder of

Betfair Betfair is a British Gambling, gambling company founded in 2000. Its product offering includes betting exchange, sports betting, online casino, online poker, and online bingo. Business operations are led from its headquarters in London, alongsi ...

, an internet betting exchange * Sir Cyril Black (1902–1991), MP and financier *

Sir James Bottomley Sir James Reginald Alfred Bottomley, (12 January 1920 – 5 June 2013) was a British diplomat. Biography He was born in London,The village being Cheswardine. the son of Sir William Cecil Bottomley, one time Senior Crown Agent, and Alice Bottom ...

(1920–2013), diplomat * Tom Browne (1945–), broadcaster and actor *

Raymond Buckland Raymond Buckland (31 August 1934 – 27 September 2017), whose craft name was Robat, was an English writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult, and a significant figure in the history of Wicca, of which he was a high priest in both the Ga ...

(1934–2017), author *

Roger Casale Roger Mark Casale (born 22 May 1960) was the Labour Member of Parliament for Wimbledon, England from 1997 to 2005. In June 2013, Casale founded New Europeans, a pro- EU campaigning group. Early life He was educated at King's College School, ...

(1960–), MP for Wimbledon * Christopher Challis (1919–2012), cinematographer * Sir Neil Chalmers (1942–), former director of the

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history scientific collection, collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, Fungus, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleo ...

John Cloake John Cloake (2 December 1924 – 9 July 2014) was a historian and author of several works mostly relating to the local history of Richmond upon Thames and surrounding areas. He was also a former United Kingdom diplomatic representative i ...

(1924–2014), former ambassador of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria *

Sam Coates Sam Coates (born 22 April 1978) is a British journalist. He has worked for Sky News since 2019 as their Deputy Political Editor. Coates previously worked as a newspaper journalist for ''The Times'' from 2000 until 2019. __TOC__ Early life an ...

(1978–), journalist * Sir Ralph Cusack (1916–1978), High Court judge * Sir John Vivian Dacie (1912–2005), haematologist *

Nick D'Aloisio Nicholas D'Aloisio (born 1 November 1995) is a British computer programmer and internet entrepreneur. He is the founder of Summly, a mobile app which automatically summarises news articles and other material, which was acquired by Yahoo for $30M, ...

(1995–), entrepreneur and youngest person to have raised VC funding in the world *

Guy de la Bédoyère Guy Martyn Thorold Huchet de la Bédoyère (born November 1957) is a British historian who has published widely on Roman Britain and other subjects and appeared regularly on ''Time Team'', an archaeological television series first broadcast o ...

(1957–), writer and broadcaster * Nigel Don (1954–), SNP MSP for Angus North and Mearns *

Jimmy Edwards James Keith O'Neill Edwards, DFC (23 March 19207 July 1988) was an English comedy writer and actor of stage, radio, television and film, known for his roles as Pa Glum in '' Take It from Here'' and as headmaster "Professor" James Edwards in ' ...

(1920–1988), 1950s British radio and television comedy actor * George S. J. Faber (1959–), television producer *

Ed Gamble Edward Stephenson Gamble (born 10 March 1986) is an English comedian and television presenter. He is best known for co-presenting the ''Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, Off Menu'' podcast with James Acaster as well as his appearances ...

(1986–), comedian * Sir Victor Goodhew (1919–2006), politician,

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

MP for

St Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major ...

* Anthony Gordon FMedSci (1969–), clinician scientist *

Nigel Green Nigel McGown Green (15 October 192415 May 1972) was an English actor. Because of his strapping build, commanding height () and regimental demeanour he would often be found playing military types and men of action in such classic 1960s films as ...

(1924–1972), actor * Conal Gregory (1947–), politician, MP for York * Cifford Hall (1904–1973), painter * The Right Reverend David Halsey (1919–2009), former

bishop of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary (officer), 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 Episcop ...

* Frank Robinson Hartley (1942–), chemist,

vice-chancellor A vice-chancellor (commonly called a VC) serves as the chief executive of a university in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, other Commonwealth of Nati ...

Cranfield University Cranfield University is a postgraduate-only public research university in the United Kingdom that specialises in science, engineering, design, technology and management. Cranfield was founded as the College of Aeronautics (CoA) in 1946. Throug ...

1989–2006 *

Rupert Hine Rupert Neville Hine (21 September 1947 – 4 June 2020) was an English record producer and musician. He produced albums for artists including Rush, Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, the Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nic ...

(1947–2020), musician, former chairman of The Ivor Novello Awards *

Robin Holloway Robin Greville Holloway (born 19 October 1943) is an English composer, academic and writer. Early life Holloway was born in Leamington Spa. From 1953 to 1957, he was a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral and was educated at King's College School, ...

(1943–), composer *

Peter Horrocks Peter John Gibson Horrocks CBE (born 8 October 1959) is a broadcast executive and a former Vice-Chancellor (chief executive) of The Open University. He was educated at the independent King's College School in Wimbledon and at Christ's College, ...

(1959–), former director of

BBC World Service The BBC World Service is a British Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster owned and operated by the BBC. It is the world's largest external broadcaster in terms of reception area, language selection and audience reach. It broadcas ...

* David Hughes (1930–2005), novelist *

Ross Hutchins Ross Dan Hutchins (born 22 February 1985) is a retired British professional tennis player, known best as a doubles player, who achieved a highest doubles ranking of 26. He competed for England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi where he w ...

(1985–), professional tennis player * Robert Jay (1959–), Counsel to the

Leveson Inquiry The Leveson Inquiry was a judicial public inquiry into the culture, practices, and ethics of the British press following the News International phone hacking scandal, chaired by Lord Justice Leveson, who was appointed in July 2011. A serie ...

(2011–2012), and now High Court Judge *

William Joyce William Brooke Joyce (24 April 1906 – 3 January 1946), nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Fascism, fascist and Propaganda of Nazi Germany, Nazi propaganda broadcaster during the World War II, Second World War. After moving from ...

(1906–1946),

propagandist (as "

Lord Haw-Haw Lord Haw-Haw was a nickname applied to William Joyce and several other people who broadcast Nazi propaganda to the United Kingdom from Germany during the Second World War. The broadcasts opened with "Germany calling, Germany calling," spoken i ...

"), and

fascist Fascism ( ) is a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology and movement. It is characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural soci ...

politician *

Alvar Lidell Tord Alvar Quan Lidell (11 September 1908 – 7 January 1981) was an English radio announcer and newsreader for the BBC and compere. He joined BBC Birmingham as chief announcer in 1932 before moving to London the following year. Lidell was made ...

(1908–1981),

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

radio announcer *

Roger Lockyer Roger Lockyer (27 November 1927 – 28 October 2017) was an English historian, academic, and writer. He had been educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was a reader in history at Royal Holloway, University of London for many years, speci ...

(1927–2017), historian *

Ben Lovett Ben Lovett (born May 3, 1978) is an American singer, film composer, songwriter and producer. Lovett is the founder of record label, Lovers Label. His non-film compositions are released under the names Lovett and Lovers & Friends. Previous wor ...

(1987–), musician and member of the band

Mumford and Sons Mumford may refer to: Places ;In the United States *Mumford, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Mumford, New York, a hamlet in the town of Wheatland, New York *Mumford, Texas, an unincorporated community *Mumford High School in Detroit, Michi ...

* Mark Lowen,

news correspondent * James Mitchell (1989–), professional poker player, took part in the Irish Poker Open. * Jonathan Montgomery (1962–), British legal scholar who specialises in health care law. * Peter G. Moore (1928–2010), British soldier, actuary, academic and statistician *

Simon Conway Morris Simon Conway Morris (born 1951) is an English palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, and astrobiologist known for his study of the fossils of the Burgess Shale and the Cambrian explosion. The results of these discoveries were celebrated ...

FRS (1951–), evolutionary

palaeobiologist Paleobiology (or palaeobiology) is an interdisciplinary field that combines the methods and findings found in both the earth sciences and the life sciences. An investigator in this field is known as a paleobiologist. Paleobiology is closely rel ...

Buster Mottram Christopher "Buster" Mottram (born 25 April 1955 in Kingston upon Thames) is an English former tennis player and UK number 1, who achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 15 on 17 July 1978 and again on 7 February 1983. Early life M ...

(1955–), professional tennis player, who achieved a highest world ranking of fifteenth. *

Marcus Mumford Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is an American-born British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the folk band Mumford & Sons. He also plays a number of instruments with ...

(1987–), musician and founder of the band

Andrew Hunter Murray Andrew Hunter Murray (born 1987) is a British writer, podcaster and comedian. Early life Murray went to school at King's College School in Wimbledon. Career Murray is a writer and researcher for the BBC panel show '' QI'', as a member of the t ...

(1987–), QI,

Austentatious Austentatious (An Improvised Jane Austen Novel) is a long-form improvised comedy show, in the style of a Jane Austen novel, where each show is improvised by a six-strong cast, based on a title suggested by a member of the audience. Beginning i ...

* David Nokes (1948–2009), literary scholar and biographer * Dudley Owen-Thomas (1948–), lawyer and former first-class cricketer *

Richard Pasco Richard Edward Pasco (18 July 1926 – 12 November 2014) was a British stage, screen and television actor. Early life Pasco was born in Barnes, Surrey, the only child of insurance company clerk Cecil George Pasco (1897–1982) and milliner Ph ...

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(1926–2014), stage, screen and TV actor *

Roy Plomley Francis Roy Plomley ( ; 20 January 1914 – 28 May 1985) was an English radio broadcaster, producer, playwright and novelist. He is best remembered for creating the BBC Radio series ''Desert Island Discs'', which he hosted from its inception in ...

(1914–1985), broadcaster and creator of the BBC radio programme

Desert Island Discs ''Desert Island Discs'' is a radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4. It was first broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme on 29 January 1942. Each week a guest, called a " castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight audio recordin ...

Andrew Powell Andrew Powell (born 18 April 1949) is a British musical composer, arranger and performer, born of Welsh parents. He moved to Wales in 2003. Early life Powell was born in Surrey, England. He began piano lessons at the age of four and later atte ...

(1949–), musician *

Gaby Rado Gaby Rado (17 January 1955, in Budapest – 30 March 2003, in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq) was a Hungarian-British television journalist who died in Iraq during the 2003 invasion. Life Gábor András Rado was born in Budapest, Hungary, and emigrated wit ...

(1955–2003), television journalist * Sir Stephen Richards (1950–), Appeal Court judge * Prince Alexander Romanov (1929–2002), great nephew of the last Russian Emperor,

Nicholas II Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. He married ...

Joe Salisbury Joe Salisbury ( ; born 20 April 1992) is a British professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open and the 2021, 2022 and 2023 US Opens in men's do ...

(1992-), professional tennis player *

Ronald A. Sandison Ronald Arthur Sandison (1 April 1916 – 18 June 2010) was a British psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Among his other work, he is particularly noted for his pioneering studies and use of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) as a psychotheraputic d ...

(1916–2010), psychiatrist, pioneered the clinical use of

LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, commonly known as LSD (from German ; often referred to as acid or lucy), is a semisynthetic, hallucinogenic compound derived from ergot, known for its powerful psychological effects and serotonergic activity. I ...

in the UK. *

Michael Scott Michael Scott, Michael Scot, or Mike Scott may refer to: Academics * Michael Scot (1175 – c. 1232), mathematician and astrologer * Michael L. Scott (born 1959), American academic and computer scientist * Mike Scott, British linguist and designer ...

(1981–), classicist, author and broadcaster * David Shaw (1950–2022), politician, former MP for Dover * Dan Smith (1986–), lead singer of indie band Bastille * Andrew Stuart (1962–), mathematician *

Joby Talbot Joby Talbot (born 25 August 1971) is a British composer. He has written for a wide variety of purposes, with a broad range of styles, including instrumental and vocal concert music, film and television scores, pop arrangements and works for dan ...

(1971–), composer *

Simon Treves Frederick Simon Treves (born 19 June 1957) is an English actor, director and writer, best known for playing Harold 'Stinker' Pinker in three series of ITV's ''Jeeves and Wooster''. In 2018 he played Aleister Crowley in the short film ''Boc ...

(1957–), actor and writer *

Mark Urban Mark Lee Urban (born 26 January 1961) is a British journalist, historian, and broadcaster. He is a writer and commentator for The Sunday Times, specialising in defence and foreign affairs. Until May 2024 he was Diplomatic Editor and occasional ...

(1961–), journalist, author & Diplomatic Editor of BBC's

Newsnight ''Newsnight'' is the BBC's news and current affairs programme, providing in-depth investigation and analysis of the stories behind the day's headlines. It is broadcast weeknights at 10:30 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel; it is also avail ...

programme *

Stuart Urban Stuart Urban (born 1958) is a British film and television director. Early life and education Urban was educated at Rokeby Preparatory School, Kingston upon Thames and King's College School, Wimbledon. At the age of 13, he became the youngest ...

(1959–), film and television director *

Chris van Tulleken Christoffer Rodolphe van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken (born 18 August 1978), known as Dr. Chris, is a British physician, television presenter, and identical twin brother of Alexander "Xand" van Hoogenhouck-Tulleken. Van Tulleken became well known for his ...

(1978–), Doctor and TV presenter including

CBBC CBBC is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 to 12. Its sister c ...

series

Operation Ouch! ''Operation Ouch!'' is a British comedy children's television series on the human body, showing what happens in A&E, what doctors sometimes have problems with and medical experiments. The first series of ''Operation Ouch!'' aired on CBBC in Octo ...

* Xand van Tulleken (1978–), Doctor and TV presenter including

series

* Donald Walker (1912–1941), first-class cricketer *

Patrick Wolf Patrick Wolf (born Patrick Denis Apps; 30 June 1983) is an English singer-songwriter from South London. Wolf uses a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano, and viola. He is known for combining electronic samp ...

, né Patrick Apps (1983–), singer-songwriter *

Nadhim Zahawi Nadhim Zahawi (; ; born 2 June 1967) is an Iraqi-born British former politician who served in various ministerial positions under prime ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak from 2018 to 2023. He most recently served ...

(1967–), MP for

Stratford-on-Avon Stratford-upon-Avon ( ), commonly known as Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-west of ...

21st-century births

Arthur Fery Arthur Fery (; born 12 July 2002) is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 229 achieved on 19 August 2024. Education Fery attended King's College School before enrolling at Stanford University, playing ...

(2002–), professional tennis player

Victoria Cross holders

Five Old King's have been awarded the

Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom, British decorations system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British ...

.T. Hinde ''A Great Day School in London: a history of King's College School'' pg 132 James and James Publishers 1995 *

Mark Sever Bell Colonel Mark Sever Bell, (15 May 1843 – 26 June 1906) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Born in the Australian col ...

Ashanti War The Anglo-Ashanti wars were a series of five conflicts that took place between 1824 and 1900 between the Ashanti Empire—in the Akan people, Akan interior of the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast—and the British Empire and its African ...

, awarded the

William George Cubitt Colonel William George Cubitt, (19 October 1835 – 25 January 1903) was a senior officer in the British Indian Army and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British ...

Indian Mutiny The Indian Rebellion of 1857 was a major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company, which functioned as a sovereign power on behalf of the British Crown. The rebellion began on 10 May 1857 in the form ...

, awarded the

Philip Salkeld Philip Salkeld VC (13 October 1830 – 10 October 1857) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He w ...

, awarded the

* Arthur Scarf,

, awarded the

* Robert Haydon Shebbeare,

, awarded the

Notable governors

Sir Trevor McDonald Sir Trevor Lawson McDonald (born George McDonald; 16 August 1939) is a Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist, best known for his career as a news presenter with Independent Television News (ITN). McDonald began his career working as a ...

, journalist and newsreader

Alumni associations

The principal society for former pupils of the school is the Old King's Club, founded in 1884. The school promotes membership amongst recently departed pupils, for whom membership of the club is free. A number of alumni also join the

East India Club The East India Club is a gentlemen's club founded in 1849 and situated at 16, St James's Square in London. The full title of the club is East India, Devonshire Club, Devonshire, Sports and Public Schools Club, Public Schools' Club due to mergers ...

, formerly the Public Schools Club, on discounted membership. King's College School Lodge number 4257 is the

masonic lodge A Masonic lodge (also called Freemasons' lodge, or private lodge or constituent lodge) is the basic organisational unit of Freemasonry. It is also a commonly used term for a building where Freemasons meet and hold their meetings. Every new l ...

associated with King's College School. It is governed by the

United Grand Lodge of England The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masonic lodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales, and the Commonwealth of Nations. Claiming descent from the Masonic Grand Lodge formed 24 June 1717 at the Goose & Gridiron ...

and administered by the Metropolitan Grand Lodge. Meetings are held four times per year at the school. The Warrant of the Lodge was issued on 23 February 1921 and it was consecrated at

Freemasons' Hall, London Freemasons' Hall in London is the headquarters of the United Grand Lodge of England and the Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of England, as well as being a meeting place for many Masonic Lodges in the London area. It is located in G ...

, on 3 May 1921.W. Bro. J.G. Amo
"United Grand Lodge of England; Warrant Date and Consecration Date Chart"
freemasonry.london.museum, 6 October 2016. Retrieved on 6 March 2017.

References

External links

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King's Club website

Old King's Club website

KCS Lodge website

KCS Old Boys RFC website
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Heads of King's College School

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Alumni associations

See also

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