Old Etonians
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List of former pupils of Eton College, UK
This is a list of notable former pupils of Eton College, a 13–18 public fee-charging and boarding secondary school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, England. Former pupils of the school are known as Old Etonians.
Politics
- Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, first Prime Minister of Great Britain
- John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, former Prime Minister of Great Britain
- George Grenville, former Prime Minister of Great Britain
- William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham, former Prime Minister of Great Britain
- Frederick North, Lord North, former Prime Minister of Great Britain
- William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- George Canning, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- William Ewart Gladstone, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- David Cameron, Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of Thailand
- Kwasi Kwarteng, former Chancellor of the Exchequer[1]
- Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Lord Curzon, former Viceroy of India
- Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, former Governor General of Canada
- Tam Dalyell, former Labour MP
- Jacob Rees-Mogg, former Conservative MP and Leader of the House of Commons
Eton has produced twenty British prime ministers. All of them are shown above.[2]
Royalty and nobility
This is an incomplete list of pupils from aristocratic and royal families, some of whom have been sending their sons to Eton for generations.
British
- Lord William Beauchamp Nevill (1860–1939)
- Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879–1953)
- Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883-1938)[3]
- Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900–1974)
- George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923–2011), son of Mary, Princess Royal and Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood[4]
- John Spencer-Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough (1926–2014)[5]
- Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (born 1935)
- Prince William of Gloucester (1941–1972)
- Prince Michael of Kent (born 1942)[6]
- Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)
- Henry Alan Walter Richard Percy, 11th Duke of Northumberland (1953 – 1995)
- George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (born 1962)[7]
- James Ogilvy (born 1964), son of Princess Alexandra and the Rt Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy
- Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (born 1964), brother of Diana, Princess of Wales[8]
- Alexander Windsor, Earl of Ulster (born 1974)
- Lord Frederick Windsor (born 1979)
- William, Prince of Wales (born 1982)[9]
- Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (born 1984)[10]
- Edward Windsor, Lord Downpatrick (born 1988)[11]
- Lord Max Percy (born 1990), son of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
- Samuel Chatto (born 1996), son of Lady Sarah Chatto and Daniel Chatto
- Arthur Chatto (born 1999), son of Lady Sarah Chatto and Daniel Chatto
- Charles Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley (born 1999)[12]
Foreign
- Prince Tokugawa Iesato (1863–1940)
- Aga Khan III (1877–1957)[13]
- Prince Eustachy Sapieha (1881–1963)[citation needed]
- Prajadhipok, King Rama VII of Siam (1893–1941)[14]
- Leopold III of Belgium (1901–1983)
- Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903–1978)
- Prince Bira of Siam (1914–1985), Formula One driver from 1950 to 1954[15]
- Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001)
- Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1945)[16]
- Zera Yacob Amha Selassie, Head of the Imperial House of Ethiopia[17]
- Dipendra of Nepal (1971–2001)[18]
- Prince Nirajan of Nepal (1978–2001)[19]
Writers
- Robert Bridges
- John Carter
- Cyril Connolly
- William Douglas Home
- Henry Fielding
- Ian Fleming
- Gilbert Frankau
- Thomas Gray
- Aldous Huxley
- Pico Iyer
- Montague Rhodes James
- Ronald Knox
- Richard Mason
- Douglas Murray
- Musa Okwonga
- Dillibe Onyeama
- George Orwell
- Anthony Powell
- Benedict Rattigan
- Leslie Stephen
- Andrew Robinson
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- Osbert Sitwell
- Sacheverell Sitwell
- Horace Walpole
- Guy Walters
Scientists
- Robert Boyle, chemist
- John Gurdon, biologist and Nobel laureate
- J. B. S. Haldane, biologist and statistician
- Henry Moseley, physicist
- John Maynard Smith, biologist and geneticist
- John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, physicist and Nobel laureate
- Stephen Wolfram, computer scientist
- Richard Wrangham, biological anthropologist
Journalists
- Timothy Brinton, 1950s BBC newsreader and 1960s ITN newscaster
- Nicholas Coleridge, president of Conde Nast International and managing director of Condé Nast UK
- Geordie Greig, current editor of The Mail on Sunday
- Julian Haviland, former political editor of ITN and The Times
- David Jessel, BBC current affairs presenter
- Ludovic Kennedy, former ITN newscaster and BBC Panorama presenter
- James Landale, current BBC diplomatic correspondent
- Charles Moore, Baron Moore of Etchingham, former editor of The Daily Telegraph
- Ferdinand Mount, former editor of The Spectator
- John Oaksey, former chief ITV and Channel 4 racing commentator
- David Shukman, BBC science editor
- Corbet Woodall, 1960s BBC newsreader
Actors
- Amrou Al-Kadhi
- Sebastian Armesto
- Michael Bentine
- Jeremy Brett
- John R. Buckmaster[20]: 238–240
- Christopher Cazenove
- Jeremy Child
- Jeremy Clyde
- Adetomiwa Edun
- Clement von Franckenstein
- Harry Hadden-Paton
- Nyasha Hatendi
- Jonah Hauer-King
- Charles Hawtrey
- Tom Hiddleston
- Hugh Laurie
- Damian Lewis
- Harry Lloyd
- Patrick Macnee
- Ian Ogilvy
- Julian Ovenden
- Eddie Redmayne
- John Standing
- Freddie Thorp
- Moray Watson
- Dominic West
Music
- Thomas Arne, composer
- Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt, 14th Lord Berners, composer and novelist
- George Butterworth, composer
- John Macleod Campbell Crum, priest and hymnwriter
- Thomas Dunhill, composer
- Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer and conductor
- Frederick Septimus Kelly, musician and composer
- Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz trumpeter
- Hubert Parry, writer of the hymn "Jerusalem" and the coronation anthem "I was glad"
- Roger Quilter, composer
- Donald Tovey, musicologist
- Frank Turner, musician
- Atticus Ross, musician and film composer
- Philip Heseltine, Anglo-Welsh composer and writer (pseudonym Peter Warlock)
- David Watson, music producer
Others
- Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Nazi SA Obergruppenführer
- Francis Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame, ambassador
- Thomas Bevan, soldier and cricketer
- Henry Blofeld, cricket commentator
- Beau Brummell, dandy
- Guy Burgess, diplomat and spy
- Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, WWI commander and Governor-General of Canada
- Alan Clark, MP and author
- John Collier, painter
- James Colthurst, radiologist and friend of Diana, Princess of Wales
- Piers Courage, Formula 1 racing driver
- Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, father of Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home
- Ranulph Fiennes, explorer
- Alexander Fiske-Harrison, bullfighter and author
- Timothy Gowers, mathematician
- Ivo Graham, comedian
- Bear Grylls, adventurer
- Sir Algernon Guinness, 3rd Baronet, racing driver
- Sir Kenelm Guinness, 4th Baronet, engineer
- Quintin Hogg, philanthropist
- William Inge, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral
- Brian Johnston, cricket commentator
- John Maynard Keynes, economist
- Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, footballer and FA chairman
- Richard Layard, Baron Layard, economist
- Oliver Leese, WWII commander 8th Army
- Frederick Stanley Maude, WWI commander
- Stewart Menzies, WWII head of MI6
- Alexander Nix, CEO of Cambridge Analytica
- Nigel Oakes, CEO of Behavioural Dynamics Institute and SCL Group
- Lawrence Oates, Antarctic explorer
- Derek Parfit, philosopher
- Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, WWI commander
- Paul Raison, art historian and former chairman of Christie's
- Timothy Raison, MP and government minister
- Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baron Rawlinson, WWI commander, ultimately Commander in Chief India
- Charles Studd, cricketer and missionary
- Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Henry Maitland Wilson, WWII commander
- Timothy Yates, theological educator, vicar and historian
- Humphrey Smith, owner of Samuel Smith Old Brewery
Thirty-seven Old Etonians have been awarded the Victoria Cross—the largest number to alumni of any school (see List of Victoria Crosses by school).
See also
References
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- ↑ "Eton Prime Ministers". windsorlocalhistorygroup.org. Retrieved 26 February 2026.
- ↑ https://queenvictoriaroses.co.uk/2025/01/13/a-future-little-soldier-the-life-of-prince-arthur-of-connaught/
- ↑ Sutcliffe, Tom (11 July 2011). "The Earl of Harewood obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "The Duke of Marlborough obituary". The Guardian. London. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "The Prince". Prince Michael of Kent. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ↑ Specter, Francesca (10 January 2018). "Lady Amelia Windsor parents: Who are the Instagram famous royal's parents?". Daily Express. London. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Silverman, Rosa (2 January 2015). "I wished I'd been sent to state school, says Earl Spencer". The Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Smithers, Rebecca (28 August 1999). "Eton's reputation takes another knock as its A-level ranking plunges". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Maley, Jacqueline (14 February 2006). "£45,000 damages for Prince Harry teacher". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "Louis Spencer, the Duke of Westminster and many more – now Prince Harry is off the market, who are our most eligible bachelors?". The Telegraph. London. 23 May 2018. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Colacello, Bob (10 March 2017). "How the Earl of Snowdon Turned His Heritage into a Lifestyle". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Sowers, Richard (25 February 2014). The Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes: A Comprehensive History. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7698-5.
- ↑ Suwannathat-Pian, Kobkua (16 December 2013). Kings, Country and Constitutions: Thailand's Political Development 1932–2000. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-85523-8.
- ↑ Birabongse, Princess Ceril (1998). The Prince and I: My Life with Prince Bira of Siam. Veloce Publishing. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-845845-69-8.
- ↑ "Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia, globe-trotting playboy prince – obituary". The Telegraph. London. 18 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ "Lost: one Lion Emperor, last seen in the Isle of Dogs". The Independent. London. 26 January 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Sharma, Madhusudan (2 June 2001). "Eton's royal connection". BBC News. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
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- ↑ Buckmaster, Herbert (1933). Buck's Book : Ventures – Adventures and Misadventures (hardcover). London: Grayson & Grayson.
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