Categories: British people by school | Public schools in Berkshire The following famous old boys of Eton College were born in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. ... The following famous old boys of Eton College were born in the 18th century. ... The following famous old boys of Eton College were born in the 19th century. ... The following famous old boys of Eton College were born in the 20th century. ... Sir Antony Arthur Acland KG GCMG GCVO is a British diplomat. ... Jonathan Aitken (born August 30, 1942) is a former Conservative minister, and convicted perjurer. ... Harold Julian Amery, Baron Amery of Lustleigh (March 27, 1919 - 1997) was a British conservative politican. ... The Right Honourable James Norwich Arbuthnot (August 4, 1952) A British politician. ... Robert Temple Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster GCB, CVO(born 30 March 1927) is a British life peer and former civil servant. ... Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-March 5, 1778) was an English composer, best known for the popular patriotic song, Rule Britannia, which is still frequently sung, notably at the Last Night of the Proms; and also his musical settings of songs from the plays of William Shakespeare. ... Sir Nigel Clive Cosby Trench (born October 27, 1916) succeded as the 7th Baron Ashtown in 1990. ... John Astor (September 26, 1923 - 1987) was a Conservative MP for Newbury and member of the prominent Astor family, being the son of John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever. ... Hon. ... The Blessed Thomas Aufield (1552–6 July 1585), also called Thomas Alfield, was an English Roman Catholic martyr. ... Categories: People stubs | 1928 births | Green politicians | UK Liberal Party politicians | UK Liberal Democrat politicians | Life peers ... John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead (b. ... Anthony Fitzhardinge Gueterbock, 18th Baron Berkeley, OBE (b. ... Henry Calthorpe Blofeld (born at Hoveton Home Farm in Norfolk on 23 September 1939) (known as Blowers) is a cricket commentator for BBC Radio 4, although he also commentated for ITV in the 1960s and for Sky Television from 1991 to 1994. ... Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678 - December 12, 1751) was an English statesman and writer. ... ... Robert Boyle The Honourable Robert Boyle (January 25, 1627 - December 30, 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, noted for his work in physics and chemistry. ... William Clive Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman (31 December 1864 - 14 August 1935) was a British Conservative politician. ... George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (17 June 1753 - 1813) was a British statesman; he was the second son of George Grenville and a brother of William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville. ... Guy Francis De Moncy Burgess (1911-1963) was a flamboyant, homosexual, British-born intelligence officer and double agent who worked for the Soviet Union, was part of the Cambridge Five spy ring within the MI5. ... Sir (Nicholas) Dominic Cadbury (born 12 May 1940) is a British businessman and member of the Cadbury chocolate manufacturing dynasty. ... Sir Alexander Cadogan (1884-1968) was a graduate of Eton College. ... David Cameron MP The Right Honourable David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician, Leader of the Conservative Party, and Leader of Her Majestys Loyal Opposition in the House of Commons. ... (Florence Estienne) Meric Casaubon (August 14, 1599 - July 14, 1671), son of Isaac Casaubon, was an English classical scholar. ... Christopher Cazenove (born December 1945) is a British cinema, television and stage actor. ... Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, previously known as Lord Robert Cecil (September 14, 1864 – November 24, 1958) was a lawyer, politician and diplomat. ... Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston, GBE (October 21, 1851) - (January 15, 1926) was a British Conservative statesman and politician. ... Sir Joseph William Chitty (1828 - February 15, 1899), was an English judge. ... John Rhodes Cobb (December 2, 1899 - September 29, 1952) was a British racing motorist. ... John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (3 December 1820- 14 June 1894), Lord Chief Justice of England, was the eldest son of Sir John Taylor Coleridge. ... This page is about Anthony Collins the philosopher. ... William Johnson Cory (1823 - 1892) was a poet, born at Torrington, and educated at Eton, where he was afterwards a master. ... Ronald Hibbert Cross (1896-1968 was a British politician who held a number of ministerial posts during the Second World War. ... John Crowder was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Finchley from its creation in the 1950 general election until the 1959 general election, when he was succeeded by Margaret Thatcher. ... Sir Thomas Dalyell of the Binns, 11th Baronet (born August 9, 1932), more commonly known as Tam Dalyell (pronounced ), is a British politician and was a Labour member of the House of Commons from 1962 to 2005. ... George Geoffrey Dawson (October 25, 1874, Skipton-in-Craven, Yorkshire - November 7, 1944, London) was editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and again from 1923 until 1941. ... Arms of Edward Smith-Stanley Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC (March 29, 1799 - October 23, 1869) was a British statesman, three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and is to date the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. ... The Most Noble William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire (27 April 1808 —21 December 1891) (known previously as 2nd Earl of Burlington of the second creation), was the great-grandson of the 4th Duke of Devonshire and grandson of the 1st Earl of Burlington of the second creation, whom he... Sir Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne, Bt, KC, PC (August 1, 1905-September 7, 1980) was, as the 1st Baron Dilhorne, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1962 to 1964. ... His Majesty King Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev of Nepal (June 27, 1971 – June 4, 2001) was the reigning yet comatose monarch of Nepal from June 1 to June 4, 2001. ... The Right Honourable Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT,1 PC (2 July 1903–9 October 1995), 14th Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963, was a British politician, and served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for a year from October 1963 to October... Sir Thomas Lionel Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne, PC (20 July 1897-26 March 1977) was a British Conservative politician. ... The Right Honourable Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG, MC, PC (June 12, 1897– January 14, 1977), British politician, was Foreign Secretary during World War II and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the 1950s. ... Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, (January 11 1591 – 14 September 1646), was the son and heir of the unfortunate Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and succeeded to his fathers title in 1604, three years after the previous earl had been executed for treason. ... Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. ... William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam in Ireland, 2nd Earl Fitzwilliam in Great Britain (30 May 1748 - 8 February 1833) was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... Ian Fleming Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was an English author, best remembered for writing the James Bond series of novels as well as a childrens story, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. ... The Right Honourable Charles James Fox (13 January 1749–13 September 1806) was a British Whig politician. ... Edward Fox (c. ... Hugh Fraser ( February 22, 1837– June 4, 1894) headed the British Legation in Tokyo as Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary in the final stages of the negotiations which led to the signing on July 16, 1894 of the revised treaty (called the Anglo-Japanese Treaty of Commerce and Navigation) between... John Frith (1503–1533) was an English Protestant priest and martyr. ... Bamber Gascoigne (born January 24, 1935) is a British television presenter and author. ... The Most Honourable Robert Michael James Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, PC (born September 30, 1946), is a Conservative politician and a former Leader and Shadow Leader of the House of Lords. ... Sir Humphrey Gilbert (c. ... Herbert John Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, GCB, GCMG, GBE, PC (February 18, 1854 - March 6, 1930) was a British Liberal statesman. ... The Right Honourable William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal statesman and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). ... Alexander Patrick Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie (born 26 November 1939) was a Conservative Party politician often known as Grey Gowrie; he works in the arts. ... William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (October 25, 1759 - January 12, 1834), was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister. ... The Right Honourable Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764–17 July 1845), known as Viscount Howick between 1806 and 1807, was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister. ... Sir Edmund Beckett, Bt. ... Darius Guppy is a convicted British fraudster. ... The Right Honourable Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC (October 9, 1907–October 12, 2001), formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham (1950–1963), was a British Conservative politician. ... Arthur Henry Hallam (February 1, 1811 - September 15, 1833) was an English poet, best known as the subject of In Memoriam A.H.H., a major work by his best friend, Alfred Tennyson. ... Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (March 30, 1785 - September 24, 1856), was a British field marshal and governor-general of India. ... William David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech (1918–1985) was a British Minister and politician. ... Dr. Adam John Hart-Davis (born July 4, 1943) is a British author, photographer, and broadcaster, well-known in the UK for presenting the television series Local Heroes and What the Romans Did for Us, the latter spawning several spin-off series involving the Victorians, the Tudors, and the Stuarts. ... George Procter Hawtrey was an actor, playwright and Pageant Master. ... Antony Henry Head, 1st Viscount Head (1906-1983) was a British peer and statesman. ... Clement Walker Heneage 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. ... Prince Henry of Wales (Henry Charles Albert David Mountbatten-Windsor) (born September 15, 1984), informally named Prince Harry by his parents, is the third in the line of succession to the British throne and the thrones of other Commonwealth Realms, behind his father, the Prince of Wales, and his elder... John Herschel Sir John Frederick William Herschel (7 March 1792 – 11 May 1871) was an English mathematician and astronomer. ... The Right Honourable John Adrian Louis Hope, 1st Baron Glendevon (7 April 1912-18 January 1996), was a British Conservative politician. ... Robert Spear Hudson, 1st Viscount Hudson (1886-1957) was a British politician who held a number of ministerial posts during the Second World War. ... The Honourable Nicholas Hurd (1962— ) is a United Kingdom Conservative Party Member of Parliament. ... Pico Iyer Pico Iyer is a British-born journalist and author. ... Boris Johnson on the cover of his 2002 book Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born 19 June 1964 in New York City), better known as Boris Johnson (and occasionally as Bo-Jo within the UK tabloid press) is a British Conservative politician and journalist, with a distinctive scatty and eccentric... Brian Alexander Johnston (June 24, 1912 - January 5, 1994) (known as Johnners) was a cricket commentator for BBC Radio 4 from 1970 until his death. ... Charles John Kean (January 18, 1811 - January 22, 1868), was born at Waterford, Ireland, the son of the actor Edmund Kean. ... John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes of Tilton (pronounced kānz / kAnze), ) (June 5, 1883 – April 21, 1946) was an English economist, whose ideas had a major impact on modern economic and political theory as well as on American and British fiscal policies. ... Alexander William Kinglake (August 5, 1809 _ January 2, 1891) was an English travel writer and historian. ... Lord Kinnaird The Right Honourable Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird KT (16 February 1847–30 January 1923) was a principal of the Football Association and a leading footballer. ... John Kite (died 1537) was successively Archbishop of Armagh, 1513–1521, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1521–1537. ... Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas William Parish Labalmondière CB (1815–8 March 1893) was the first Assistant Commissioner (Administrative) of the London Metropolitan Police and acted as Commissioner for three months in 1868–1869. ... Hugh Laurie as Lieutenant George in Blackadder Goes Forth. ... Sir Edward Alexander Henry Legge-Bourke, KBE (1914-1973) was a British politician. ... Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet (1806-1863), British statesman and man of letters, was born in London on 21 April 1806. ... Sir John William Lubbock (March 26, 1803 – June 21, 1865) was an English banker, mathematician and astronomer. ... John Lubbock. ... The Right Honourable Maurice Victor Macmillan, Viscount Macmillan of Ovenden (27 January 1921–10 March 1984) was a Conservative politician and Member of Parliament. ... The Rt Hon. ... John Maynard Smith Professor John Maynard Smith, F.R.S. (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British evolutionary biologist and geneticist. ... Arms of Lord Melbourne The Right Honourable William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC (15 March 1779–24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as home secretary (1830-1834) and prime minister (1834 and 1835-1841) of Britain, and mentor of Queen Victoria. ... Henry More. ... Ferdinand Mount (born 1939) is a British writer, columnist for the Sunday Times and commentator on politics, and Conservative Party politician. ... Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave (14 February 1755 - 7 April 1831) was a British statesman and politician. ... Airey Neave in his Nazi escape uniform. ... Sir Harold Anthony Nutting (January 11, 1920 _ February 24, 1999) was a British politician. ... George Orwell, on the cover of a 2005 biography by Gordon Bowker Eric Arthur Blair (June 25, 1903–January 21, 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was a British author and journalist. ... William Oughtred (March 5, 1575 – June 30, 1660) was an English mathematician. ... James Owen is a British author and journalist. ... Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry (February 27, 1848 – October 7, 1918) was an English composer, probably best known for his setting of William Blakes poem, Jerusalem. ... John Coleridge Patteson (1827 - 1871) was an Anglican bishop and martyr. ... Caricature from Punch, 10 December 1881 James Payn (February 28, 1830 - March 25, 1898), English novelist, was born at Cheltenham, his father being clerk to the Thames Commissioners and treasurer to the county of Berkshire. ... John Pearson (February 28, 1612 - July 16, 1686), English divine and scholar, was born at Great Snoring, Norfolk. ... Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lyons Otway Pearson CB (1831–30 May 1890) was Assistant Commissioner (Executive) of the London Metropolitan Police. ... Sidney Herbert, 14th Earl of Pembroke, 11th Earl of Montgomery (20 February 1853, Belgrave Square — 30 March 1913, Rome) was a British politician and peer. ... The Hon. ... Sir Matthew Pinsent (born October 10, 1970) is a British rowing champion and four-time Olympic gold medallist. ... Winthrop Mackworth Praed (July 28, 1802 - July 15, 1839) was an English politician and poet of political wit. ... Lord Rayleigh John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (November 12, 1842 - June 30, 1919) was a British physicist who (with William Ramsay) discovered the element argon, an achievement that earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1904. ... David Rendel at the Newbury declaration for the 2005 election David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949-) is a British politician. ... Andrew Robinson. ... Dr Thomas Rotherham (1423 - 1500) was an English cleric and minister. ... Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, OM, GBE (born 29 April 1936) is a British investment banker, philanthropist and a member of the prominent Rothschild family of Jewish bankers. ... Sir Charles Russell (1826–1883) was an English recipient of the British and Commonwealth forces. ... James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury (October 23, 1861 - April 4, 1947) was the eldest son and heir of the Victorian statesman Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. ... The Most Honourable Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, KG, GCVO, PC (3 February 1830–22 August 1903), known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868, was a British statesman and Prime Minister. ... Laurence Saunders (1500s - February 8, 1555), was the son of Thomas Saunders and Margaret Cave of Harrington, Northamptonshire, England. ... The Rt. ... William Shawcross (b. ... St Ralph Sherwin (1550–1 December 1581) was an English Roman Catholic martyr and saint. ... John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. ... Goldwin Smith (August 13, 1823-June 7, 1910), was a British historian and journalist. ... Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798-1857) was younger brother of John Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, and succeeded his brother, who was politically active in the House of Commons as Lord Althorp. ... William Spottiswoode William Spottiswoode (January 11, 1825, London - June 27, 1883)was an English mathematician and physicist. ... James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope (c. ... Sir Leslie Stephen (November 28, 1832 – February 22, 1904) was an English author and critic, the father of two famous daughters, Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. ... The Rt. ... Algernon Swinburne, Portrait by Rossetti Algernon Charles Swinburne (April 5, 1837 – April 10, 1909) was a Victorian era English poet. ... Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol (1685 - February 14, 1737) Great Britain, was the eldest son of William Talbot, bishop of Durham, a descendant of the 1st earl of Shrewsbury. ... Frederick Tennyson (1807 - 1898), poet, was the eldest son of the Rector of Somersby, Lincolnshire, and brother of Alfred Tennyson. ... The Right Honourable John Jeremy Thorpe (born April 29, 1929) is a British politician, former leader of the Liberal Party (1967-1976). ... Henry Thrale by Sir Joshua Reynolds Henry Thrale (born 1724-30, at the Alehouse in Harrow Corner, Southwark, died 4 April 1781, London) was an 18th century English MP and a close friend of Samuel Johnson. ... John Horne Tooke (June 25, 1736 - March 18, 1812), was an English politician and philologist. ... Charles is a very man who likes his sex. ... John de Vere Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, KG, GCMG (February 5, 1895 – October 30, 1970) was a British Conservative politician and administrator. ... Edmund Waller (March 3, 1606 – October 21, 1687) was an English poet. ... Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, more commonly known as Horace Walpole, (September 24, 1717-March 2, 1797), was a politician, writer and forerunner of the Gothic revival. ... The Right Honourable Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 – 18 March 1745), usually known as Sir Robert Walpole, was a British statesman who is generally regarded as having been the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. ... John Walter (1818 - November 3, 1894), eldest son of John Walter, editor of The Times, was born at Printing-house Square. ... Ralph Follett Wigram (1890 - December 31, 1936) was a British government official in the Foreign Office; he helped raise the alarm about German re-armament under Hitler during the period prior to World War II, and provided intelligence information about German re-armament to Winston Churchill while Churchill was out... The Right Honourable William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708–11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as war minister during the French and Indian War and who was later Prime Minister of Great Britain. ... Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis Mountbatten-Windsor), born 21 June 1982, is a member of the British Royal Family, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and first son of the Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales. ... Lord Frederick Freddie Michael George David Louis Windsor (April 6, 1979 in Paddington, London, United Kingdom) is the 30th in the line of succession to the British throne. ... Sir Mark Aitchison Young Sir Mark Aitchison Young (30 June 1886 - 12 May 1974) was a British administrator who became the Governor of Hong Kong during the years immediately before and after World War II. // Early Life, Service in War Young was educated at Eton and Kings College, Cambridge. ...