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Encyclopedia > List of former pupils of Westminster

The following people were educated at Westminster School, and are sometimes listed with OW (Old Westminster) after their name (collectively, OWW): Motto: Dat Deus Incrementum Westminster School (in full, The Royal College of St. ...

All person are British unless otherwise stated. Portrait of Robert Cotton, commissioned 1626 and attributed to Cornelius Johnson (or Janssen), (1593-1661). ... Benjamin Jonson (June 11, 1572 – August 6, 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. ... Charles Chauncy (1592-1672) was an Anglo-American clergyman and educator. ... Harvard, see Harvard (disambiguation) Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... George Herbert (April 3, 1593 – March 1, 1633) was an English poet and orator. ... Thomas Randolph (June, 1605 - March, 1635), English poet and dramatist, was born near Daventry in Northamptonshire, and was baptized on June 18, 1605. ... Abraham Cowley (1618 - July 28, 1667), English poet, was born in the city of London late in 1618. ... John Dryden John Dryden (August 19, 1631 – May 12, 1700) was an influential English poet, literary critic, and playwright. ... John Locke John Locke (August 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704) was a 17th-century philosopher concerned primarily with society and epistemology. ... Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller, 1711. ... The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence. ... Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 - March 3, 1703), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the seventeenth century, played an important role in the scientific revolution. ... George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys (1648 – April 18, 1689), better known as Hanging Judge Jeffreys, became notorious during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor (and serving as Lord High Steward in certain instances). ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and in former times Chancellor of England, is one of the most senior and important functionaries in the government of the United Kingdom. ... The Tower of London, seen from the river, with a view of the water gate called Traitors Gate. ... Lancelot Blackburne (sometimes Blackburn or Blackbourne), (10 December 1658 - 23 March 1743) was an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and - in popular legend - a pirate. ... The Archbishop of York, Primate of England, is the metropolitan of the Province of York, and is the junior of the two archbishops of the Church of England, after the Archbishop of Canterbury. ... Henry Purcell (IPA: ; September 10 (?), 1659 (?)–November 21, 1695), a Baroque composer, is generally considered to be one of Englands greatest composers — indeed, he has often been called Englands finest native composer. ... Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (April 16, 1661 - May 19, 1715) was Chancellor of the Exchequer, poet, statesman, and Earl of Halifax. ... The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom, sometimes known as The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street or The Old Lady. The Bank of England // Functions of the bank It performs all the recognized functions of a central bank -- to maintain price stability, and subject to... William King (1663 - 1712) was an English poet. ... William Pulteney (1684 - July 7, 1764) was an English politician, created Earl of Bath in 1742 by King George II. The son of William Pulteney by his first wife, Mary Floyd, he was born in April 1684 into an old Leicestershire family. ... John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (April 22, 1690 - January 22, 1763), English statesman, commonly known by his earlier title as Lord Carteret, was the son of George Carteret, 1st Baron Carteret (1667 - 1695), by his marriage with Grace Granville (September 3, 1654 - October 18, 1744), daughter of Sir John Granville... Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and 1st Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyme (July 21, 1693 - November 17, 1768) was a Whig statesman, whose official life extended throughout the Whig supremacy of the 18th century. ... The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, usually but not always the Prime Minister. ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... The Right Honourable Henry Pelham (25 September 1694–6 March 1754) was a British Whig statesman, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 14 February 1743 to his death about ten years later. ... The Rt. ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... John Hervey, Lord Hervey (October 13, 1696 - August 5, 1743), English statesman and writer, was the eldest son of John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, by his second marriage. ... Charles Wesley (12 December 1707 - 29 March 1788) was a leader of the Methodist movement, the younger brother of John Wesley. ... The Methodist movement is a group of denominations of Protestant Christianity. ... Professor John Cleland is a consultant researcher from Hull who specialises in cardiology. ... Earl Waldegrave is a title created in the Peerage of Great Britain in 1729. ... A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives... Francis Lewis (March 21, 1713–December 30, 1803), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New York. ... U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... Engraving of Thomas Gage Sir Thomas Gage (1719 – April 2, 1787) was a British general and commander in chief of the North American forces from 1763 to 1775 during the early days of the American Revolution. ... John Burgoyne John Burgoyne (February 24, 1723–August 4, 1792) was a British general during the American Revolutionary War. ... Several places and events that have shared the name Saratoga. ... Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (March 8, 1726 – August 5, 1799) was a British admiral. ... Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (May 13, 1730 – July 1, 1782) was a British Whig statesman, most notable for his two terms as Whig Prime Minister of Great Britain. ... Portrait of William Cowper attributed to Romney. ... Charles Churchill (February, 1731 - November 4, 1764), was an English poet and satirist. ... George Colman (1732 - 14 August 1794) was an English dramatist and essayist, usually called the Elder, and sometimes George the First, to distinguish him from his son, George Colman the Younger. ... Bonnell Thornton (1725-1768) was an English poet, essayist and critic. ... Robert Lloyd (1733-1764) was an English poet and satirist. ... Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... The Nonsense Club was an infamous and scandalous club of 18th century British satirists centred around Westminster School. ... Warren Hastings (December 6, 1732 - August 22, 1818) was the first governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1786. ... Nevil Maskelyne. ... Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. ... Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (October 1, 1735 - March 14, 1811), was a British politician of the Georgian era. ... John Horne Tooke (June 25, 1736 - March 18, 1812), was an English politician and philologist. ... Edward Gibbon. ... William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (April 14, 1738 - October 30, 1809) was a British Whig and Tory statesman and Prime Minister. ... Arthur Middleton (June 26, 1742–January 1, 1787), of Charleston, South Carolina, was a signer of the Great Britain, at Westminster School, Hackney, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. ... U.S. Declaration of Independence The Declaration of Independence is a document in which the Thirteen Colonies declared themselves independent of the Kingdom of Great Britain and explained their justifications for doing so. ... Charles Cotesworth (C.C.) Pinckney (February 5, 1746 – August 16, 1825), was an early American statesman and a signer of the U.S. Constitution. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799) was an American planter, political figure, and military leader. ... Thomas Jefferson (April 13 (April 2 O.S.), 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third (1801–1809) President of the United States, second (1797–1801) Vice President, first (1789–1785) United States Secretary of State, and an American statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist, horticulturist, land owner, architect... For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ... Jeremy Bentham (IPA: ) (15 February 1748 – 6 June 1832) was an English gentleman, jurist, philosopher, eccentric, and legal and social reformer. ... Thomas Pinckney Thomas Pinckney (1750-1828), was an American soldier, politician, and diplomat. ... Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin and 11th Earl of Kincardine (July 20, 1766 - November 14, 1841) was a British nobleman and diplomat, notorious for the removal of marble sculptures from the Parthenon in Athens -- popularly known as the Elgin Marbles. ... Map of Constantinople. ... Metope from the Parthenon marbles depicting a Centaur and a Lapith fighting The Elgin Marbles is the popular term for the Parthenon Marbles, a large collection of marble sculptures brought to Britain between 1801 and 1805 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, the official British resident in Ottoman Athens... Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (17 May 1768 - 29 April 1854) was a British military leader and politician, now chiefly remembered for leading the charge of the heavy cavalry against dErlons column during the Battle of Waterloo. ... Waterloo The top of the knoll and the famous lion. ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ... Robert Southey, English poet Robert Southey (August 12, 1774 – March 21, 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, and one of the so-called Lake Poets. Although his fame tends to be eclipsed by that of his contemporaries such as William Wordsworth, Southeys verse enjoys enduring popularity. ... A Poet Laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events. ... Field Marshal Lord Raglan during the Crimean War, portrait by Roger Fenton, ca. ... Waterloo The top of the knoll and the famous lion. ... The Crimea (officially Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Russian transliteration: Avtonomnaya Respublika Krym, Russian: Автономная Республика Крым, Ukrainian: Автономна Республіка Крим, , pronounced cry-MEE-ah in English) is a peninsula and an autonomous republic of Ukraine on the northern coast of the Black Sea. ... Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet (1 June 1792 - 25 October 1861) was a British statesman. ... The Right Honourable John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (August 18, 1792 – May 28, 1878), known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was a British Whig and Liberal statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. ... John Nelson Darby John Nelson Darby, (November 18, 1800 - April 29, 1882) was a British evangelist, an influential figure of the original Plymouth Brethren, and considered the father of modern Dispensationalism. ... Benjamin Hall (1778-1817) was an industrialist and a prominent figure in south Wales. ... The Palace of Westminster, known also as the Houses of Parliament, is where the two Houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (the House of Lords and the House of Commons) conduct their sittings. ... Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811 – 1856) was an English comic writer. ... Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 - 25th July 1887) was an English journalist and one of the founders of the humorous magazine Punch, and the magazines editor for its beginning days. ... Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ... Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. ... Photograph of Lewis Carroll taken by himself, with assistance Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (January 27, 1832 – January 14, 1898), better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was a British author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. ... George Alfred Henty (1832-1902) was a British novelist. ... Sir Edward John Poynter (March 20, 1836 - July 26, 1919) was a British painter. ... The entrepreneur William Knox DArcy (October 11, 1849 - May 1, 1917) was one of the main founders of the oil and petrochemical industry in Persia (Iran). ... Alan Alexander Milne (January 18, 1882 – January 31, 1956), also known as A. A. Milne, is an English author best known for his books about the talking stuffed bear, Winnie-the-Pooh, and for various childrens poems, some of which also feature Winnie-the-Pooh and friends; Milne had... Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885 - 1959) was a British scientist and inventor. ... Sir Adrian Cedric Boult (April 8, 1889 _ February 22, 1983) was an English conductor. ... Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos (1893-1972) was a British businessman who was brought into government during the Second World War, holding a number of ministerial posts. ... A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... The Royal National Theatre from Waterloo Bridge The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain is a building and theatre company on Londons South Bank, located immediately east of the southern end of Waterloo Bridge. ... Patrick Hamilton (March 17, 1904 - September 23, 1962) was an English playwright and novelist. ... John Gielgud as photographed in 1936 by Carl Van Vechten Sir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH (April 14, 1904–May 21, 2000) was an English theatre and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest of his time. ... Harold Adrian Russell Kim Philby also H. A. R. Philby (January 1, 1912 – May 11, 1988) was a high ranking member of British intelligence who led a lifelong career as a spy for the Soviet Union. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sir Richard Doll Professor Sir William Richard Shaboe Doll, KBE CH FRS (28 October 1912–24 July 2005) was a British epidemiologist, physiologist, and a pioneer in the research linking smoking to health problems, being the first in the world to prove that smoking caused lung cancer, and increased the... Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson (August 11, 1913-1991) was a British novelist and short story writer. ... Norman Parkinkson (April 21, 1913 to 1990) was a celebrated English portait and fashion Photographer. ... Sir William Deakin ( 1913- 2005 ) was a historian, World War II veteran, and literary assistant to Winston Churchill, Deakin was educated at Westminster School, then at Christ Church, University of Oxford, where he began to develop a reputation as one of the most brilliant and dashing figures of his generation. ... The Right Honourable Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, FRS PC (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM FRS (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London, England, UK) is a British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve action potentials, the electrical impulses that enable the... Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (born Peter Alexander von Ustinov) (April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004) was a British-born and raised actor, writer, dramatist and raconteur. ... Michael Henry Flanders (March 1, 1922 - April 14, 1975) was a British actor, broadcaster, and writer and performer of comic songs. ... Donald Swann (September 30, 1923 - March 23, 1994) was a British composer, musician and entertainer. ... Richard Wollheim (d. ... Michael Hamburger (born 22 March 1924) is a noted British translator, poet, and academic, known in particular for his translations of Hölderlin, Paul Celan and W. G. Sebald from German, and his work as a literary critic. ... Tony Benn about to join March 2005 anti-war demo in London The Right Honourable Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (born April 3, 1925), known as Tony Benn, formerly 2nd Viscount Stansgate, is a British politician regarded as being on the left of the Labour Party. ... Peter Brook Peter Stephen Paul Brook (born 1925) is a noted and influential British theatrical producer and director. ... The Right Honourable Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC (born March 11, 1932), a British politician, was Chancellor of the Exchequer between June 1983 and October 1989. ... Anthony Michell Howard (born February 12, 1934) is a prominent British journalist, broadcaster and writer. ... Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington (born March 16, 1934) is a British conductor best known for performances of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music using period instruments and period style. ... Simon James Holliday Gray, CBE (October 21, 1936-) is an English playwright. ... Peter Asher (born on June 22, 1944 in London, England) is a guitarist, singer and record producer. ... Gordon Waller (born on June 4, 1945 in Braemar, Scotland) is singer, best known as Gordon of 1960s duo Peter & Gordon, whose biggest hit was World Without Love. While attending the Westminster School for Boys, he first met fellow student Peter Asher, and together they began playing together as a... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born March 22, 1948) is a highly successful British composer of musical theatre. ... Photo of Martin Amis by Robert Birnbaum Martin Amis (born August 25, 1949) is a British novelist. ... Photo of Stephen Poliakoff by Tristram Kenton Stephen Poliakoff (born December 1, 1952) is an acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter, widely judged amongst Britains foremost television dramatists. ... Adam Mars-Jones is a novelist and critic. ... Nigel Planer (born February 22, 1955) is a British actor, novelist and playwright. ... Dominic Ralph Campden Lawson (born December 17, 1956) is a British conservative journalist and writer, only son of the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Lawson, and brother of the TV chef Nigella Lawson. ... Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan (born December 25, 1957) is an Irish musician. ... Imogen Stubbs (born 21 November 1961) is a British actress. ... Matt Frei (born 26 November 1963 in Essen, Germany) is a BBC News correspondent, who reports from America. ... BBC News and Current Affairs (sometimes abbreviated BBC NCA) is a major arm of the BBC responsible for the corporations news gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. ... Gavin McGregor Rossdale (b. ... Bush was a British post-grunge band formed in 1991. ... Helena Bonham Carter (born on May 26, 1966) is a British actress renowned for her portrayal of pre- and early 20th century characters, particularly in Merchant Ivory films. ... Noreena Hertz (1967) (born in England) is a campaigner and economist. ... The Right Honourable Ruth Maria Kelly (born 9 May 1968) is a British politician. ... Marcel Theroux (born 1968) is a novelist and television presenter. ... Joe Cornish (born December 20, 1968) is a British comedian, who with his comedy partner Adam Buxton wrote and presented the Channel 4 series The Adam and Joe Show. ... Adam Offord Buxton (born June 7, 1969) is a British comedian, who together with his comedy partner Joe Cornish wrote and presented the Channel 4 comedy series The Adam and Joe Show. ... Louis Sebastian Theroux (born May 20, 1970) is an American television presenter who first came to public notice as a reporter on Michael Moores TV Nation and is best known for his series Louis Therouxs Weird Weekends and . ... Dido on the cover of her CD single White Flag Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong (born December 25, 1971 in London) is a British pop singer who performs under her nickname Dido. ... The World Trade Center on fire The September 11, 2001 attacks were a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001. ... Andrew Graham-Dixon (born 1971) is a well-known British art critic. ... Paul Roffman (born 1972) is a British actor. ... Martha Lane Fox (born February 10, 1973) is a British e-commerce business woman, daughter of Robin Lane Fox and great-niece of Charles Henry Alexander Paget, 6th Marquess of Anglesey. ...


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