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This is a '''List of Old Rugbeians''', they being notable former students – known as "Old Rugbeians" of the [[Church of England]] school, [[Rugby School]] in [[Rugby, Warwickshire]], England.
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== Academia ==
* [[Lawrence Arthur Adamson|L.A. Adamson]], Headmaster of [[Wesley College, Melbourne]]
* [[Donald Beves]] (1896–1961), English modern linguist<ref>'Mr. D. H. Beves' (obituary) in ''[[The Times]]'', issue 55127 dated 7 July 1961, p. 18</ref>
* [[R. G. Collingwood]], English historian and Professor of Metaphysics at the [[University of Oxford]]
* [[Richard Congreve]] (1818–1899), English philosopher
* [[Marcus Flather]], Clinical Professor in Medicine at the [[University of East Anglia]]
* [[Henry Watson Fowler]], English lexicographer, author of ''[[Fowler's Modern English Usage]]''
* [[T. H. Green]], moral and political philosopher and reformer
* [[R. M. Hare]], English moral philosopher
* [[Fenton John Anthony Hort]], English theologian
* [[F. L. Lucas]], Reader in English Literature at the [[University of Cambridge]], scholar, critic and writer
* [[Edward Ellis Morris]], Educationist, second Headmaster of [[Melbourne Grammar School]] (1875–83), and miscellaneous writer<ref name=EEMorries>{{cite web |url=http://www.mgs.vic.edu.au/about/mgs_history_crest.php |title=School Crest and Motto |accessdate=2008-02-02 |work=History |publisher=Melbourne Grammar School |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501222616/http://www.mgs.vic.edu.au/about/mgs_history_crest.php |archivedate=2008-05-01 }}</ref>
* [[Edward Morris (historian)|Edward Samuel Morris]] (1940–2016), art historian<ref name="Times">{{cite news|title=Edward Morris|work=[[The Times]]|date=22 July 2016}}</ref>
* [[Frederick York Powell]], [[Regius Professor of Modern History (Oxford)]]
* [[Henry John Stephen Smith]], Irish mathematician
* [[Jon Stallworthy]], Professor of English at the [[University of Oxford]]
* Sir [[Percy Sykes]] soldier, diplomat, writer and scholar
* [[Richard Henry Tawney]], one of Britain's leading Christian Socialist thinkers and writers, and a prominent British economic and social historian
* [[Henry Wace (Anglican priest)|Henry Wace]], [[Principal (university)|Principal]] of [[King's College London]] (1883–1897), former [[Dean of Canterbury]]
* [[Wynne Godley]], economist
* Sir [[Will Spens]], educationalist and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (1927-1952)
* [[Hew Strachan|Sir Hew Francis Anthony Strachan]], [[Chichele Professor of the History of War]]

== The Armed Forces ==
* [[Field marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[James Cassels (British Army officer)|Sir Archibald James Cassels]], former Chief of the General Staff & Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine
* [[Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort|Admiral Granville Proby, 3rd Earl of Carysfort]], fought during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
* [[Geoffrey Oliver|Admiral Sir Geoffrey Oliver]], British officer during the Second World War
* [[Guy Grantham|Admiral Sir Guy Grantham]], [[List of senior officers of the Royal Navy#Vice Chiefs of the Naval Staff|Vice Chief of the Naval Staff]]; [[Mediterranean Fleet|Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet]]; [[Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth]] and [[List of Governors of Malta|Governor of Malta]]
* [[Arthur Benjamin Clifton|General Arthur Clifton]], general who was a regimental commander during the Napoleonic Wars, and took over command of the [[2nd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|Union Brigade]] during the Battle of Waterloo
* [[Ivor Maxse|General Sir Ivor Maxse]], General Officer Commanding [[XVIII Corps (United Kingdom)|XVIII Corps]] during World War I; renown for his innovative and effective training methods
* [[James Marshall-Cornwall|General Sir James Marshall-Cornwall]], General Officer Commanding, [[British Troops in Egypt]] during World War II
* [[George Giffard|General Sir George Giffard]], Commander-in-Chief, [[11th Army Group]] in World War II
* [[Thomas Cubitt (British Army officer)|General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt]],  commanded [[19th (Western) Division#57th Brigade|57th Brigade]] and then [[38th (Welsh) Division]] during World War I and later was appointed [[Governor of Bermuda]]
* [[Harold Franklyn|General Sir Harold Edmund Franklyn]], General Officer Commanding, [[5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|5th Infantry Division]] during the withdrawal to Dunkirk & later [[Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces]]
* [[John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort|General John Proby, 2nd Earl of Carysfort]], British General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars; also a [[Whig Party (<span class="ltr">UK</span>)|Whig]] politician
* [[Richard Goodbody|General Sir Richard Wakefield Goodbody]], [[Northern Command (United Kingdom)|Commander-in-Chief, Northern Command]] and [[Adjutant General]]
* [[Horatio Shirley|General Sir Horatio Shirley]] , fought in the Crimean War
* [[Ian Corder|Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder]], [[List of Permanent Representatives of the United Kingdom to NATO|UK Military Representative to NATO]]
* [[Ralph Abercromby|Lieutenant General Sir Ralph Abercromby]], General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars who was [[Commander-in-Chief, Ireland]]; he was also MP for [[Clackmannanshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Clackmannanshire]], and [[Governor of Trinidad]]
* [[William Augustus Johnson|Lieutenant General William Augustus Johnson]], fought as a junior officer in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
* [[Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] [[Arthur Ernest Percival]], the General Officer Commanding, Malaya during World War II who [[Battle of Singapore|surrendered Singapore]] to the Imperial Japanese Army
* [[Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant General]] [[Knight|Sir]] [[Henry Royds Pownall]], former Vice Chief of the Imperial General Staff & Chief of Staff for the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] during the [[Battle of France]]
* [[Henry Sarel|Lieutenant General Henry Andrew Sarel]] fought in the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857|Indian Mutiny]] and [[Second Opium War]]; later [[Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey]]
* [[Jonathan Peel|Lieutenant General Jonathan Peel]], general and politician
* [[Henry Hope Crealock|Lieutenant General Henry Hope Crealock]] , commanded a division in the Anglo-Zulu War
* [[Lewis Pelly|Lieutenant General Sir Lewis Pelly]], [[British East India Company|East India Company]] army officer and Conservative MP
* [[Charles George Arbuthnot|Lieutenant General Sir Charles Arbuthnot]] , [[Bombay Army|Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army]] and [[Madras Army|Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army]]
* [[Robin Carnegie|Lieutenant General Sir Robin Carnegie]], a former [[Military Secretary (United Kingdom)|Military Secretary]]
* [[Tim Radford (British Army officer)|Lieutenant General Timothy Radford]], current Commander, [[Allied Rapid Reaction Corps]]
* [[Willoughby Cotton|Lieutenant General Willoughby Cotton]] Commander-in-Chief, Bombay Army
* [[George Forestier-Walker|Major-General Sir George Forestier-Walker]] , commanded [[21st Division (United Kingdom)|21st Division]] and [[27th Division (United Kingdom)|27th Division]] on the Western Front and as part of the [[British Salonika Army]] during World War I
* [[William Donovan Stamer|Major-General William Donovan Stamer]], commanded [[Essex Brigade|161st Infantry Brigade]], [[Sudan Defence Force]] and [[131st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|131st Infantry Brigade]] during World War II
* [[Charles Parsons (British Army officer)|Major-General Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons]], [[Commander of the British Troops in Canada]]
* [[Harcourt Mortimer Bengough|Major-General Sir Harcourt Mortimer Bengough]], fought in the Crimean War, Anglo-Zulu War and Third Anglo-Burmese War
* [[William Eyre (British Army officer)|Major-General Sir William Eyre]], commanded [[3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|3rd Brigade]] and later [[3rd Division (United Kingdom)|3rd Division]] in the [[Crimean War]]; later [[Commander-in-Chief, North America]]
* [[Ernest Swinton|Major-General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton]], instrumental in the development of the tank
* [[Major-general (United Kingdom)|Major-General]] [[Philip de Fonblanque]], commanded the Lines of Communication for the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] during the [[Battle of France]]
* [[Geoffrey Bruce (mountaineer)|Major-General Geoffrey Bruce]], Deputy Chief of Staff of the British Indian Army; also a member of the [[1922 British Mount Everest expedition]] and [[1924 British Mount Everest expedition]]
* [[Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin|Major-General Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin]], Divisional Commander in Persia, Iraq, Madagascar and Italy during World War II
* [[John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough|Major General John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough]]
* [[Godwin Michelmore|Major-General Sir William Godwin Michelmore]], commanded [[Devon and Cornwall County Division]], [[77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|77th Infantry Division]] and [[45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|45th Holding Division]] during World War II; later Lord Mayor of Exeter
* [[Victor Campbell (British Army officer)|Major-General Victor Campbell]]
* [[Augustus Orlebar|Air Vice Marshal Augustus Henry Orlebar]] , [[British Army]] and [[Royal Air Force]] officer who served in both world wars
* [[Percy Sykes|Brigadier-General Sir Percy Molesworth Sykes]], soldier, diplomat, and scholar with a considerable literary output
* [[John Tyson Wigan|Brigadier-General John Tyson Wigan]], commanded [[12th Cavalry Brigade (British Indian Army)|12th Cavalry Brigade]]. After the war he was the MP for Abingdon, 1918–1921
* [[George Macarthur-Onslow|Brigadier-General George MacLeay Macarthur-Onslow]], commanded [[5th Light Horse Brigade]] of the Australian Army during World War I
* [[Alexander Gibb|Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb]], Chief Engineer Ports Construction to the British Army in France and Civil Engineer-in-Chief to the Admiralty
* [[Anthony Courage|Brigadier-General Anthony Courage]], Regimental Colonel of the [[15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars]].
* [[Philip Bowden-Smith|Brigadier Philip Bowden-Smith]], Commander of [[125th (Lancashire Fusiliers) Brigade|125th Infantry Brigade]] which later became [[10th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)|10th Armoured Brigade]]; he also represented Great Britain at the [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Olympic Games]]
* [[Raymond Sandover|Brigadier Raymond Ladais Sandover]], Commander [[2/11th Battalion (Australia)]] and [[6th Australian Infantry Brigade]]
* [[Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet|Colonel Sir Henry Wilmot, 5th Baronet]], awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] during the [[Indian Mutiny]]
* [[Osmond Barnes|Colonel Osmond Barnes]], [[Herald|Chief Herald]] of the [[British Raj|Indian Empire]]
* [[Lionel Beaumont Thomas|Colonel Lionel Beaumont-Thomas]], [[British Army]] officer during both World Wars and [[Conservative Party (<span class="ltr">UK</span>)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for [[Birmingham King's Norton (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham King's Norton]]
* [[James Duff (North Norfolk MP)|Colonel James Duff]] Army Officer who fought in the Crimean War and later became a Conservative MP
* [[Evan Henry Llewellyn|Colonel Evan Henry Llewellyn]], commander of the 2nd (Central African) Battalion, King's African Rifles
* [[Robin Evelegh|Colonel Robin Evelegh]], [[British Army]] officer who authored 'Peace-Keeping in a Democratic Society'
* [[William Proby, Lord Proby]], a British [[Royal Navy]] [[officer (armed forces)|officer]] and [[Whig Party (<span class="ltr">UK</span>)|Whig]] politician
* [[Christopher Bushell|Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Bushell]], won the [[Victoria Cross]] and [[Distinguished Service Order]] during World War I
* [[Gerald Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading|Lieutenant-Colonel Gerald Rufus Isaacs, 2nd Marquess of Reading]], Liberal then Conservative politician and barrister who fought in World War I
* [[Kanwar Singh|Lieutenant-Colonel Kanwar Shumshere Singh]], doctor in the [[Indian Medical Service]]
* [[Alec Ogilvie|Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander "Alec" Ogilvie]], early aviation pioneer
* [[Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare|Lieutenant Colonel Henry Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare]], British officer during the First World War
* [[Robert Selby Armitage|Lieutenant Commander Robert Selby Armitage]], won both the [[George Cross]] and [[George Medal]] for his bomb disposal work during the Second World War
* [[Jack Duppa-Miller|Lieutenant Commander John Bryan Peter Duppa-Miller]], [[Royal Navy]] officer who was awarded the [[George Cross]] for bomb disposal work during the [[The Blitz|Blitz]]
* [[Arthur Keen (aviator)|Major Arthur Willan Keen]] , British World War I flying ace credited with fourteen aerial victories
* [[William Stephen Raikes Hodson|William Hodson]], commander during the 1857 Indian mutiny and founder of [[Hodson's Horse]]
* [[Bruce Shand|Major Bruce Shand]], officer in the British Army and father of [[Camilla, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall]]
* [[William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson|Squadron Leader William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson MC and Bar, DFC]], army officer in World War I before joining the RFC and RAF in both World Wars
* [[Hedley Fowler|Squadron Leader Hedley Fowler]], RAF officer who escaped from [[Oflag IV-C|Colditz]]
* [[John Norwood|Captain John Norwood]] won the [[Victoria Cross]] during World War I
* [[Charles Lupton|Captain Charles Roger Lupton]], British World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories
* [[Kenneth Barbour Montgomery|Captain Kenneth Barbour Montgomery]], British World War I flying ace credited with twelve aerial victories
* [[Frank de Pass|Lieutenant Frank Alexander de Pass]], the first [[Jewish|Jew]] and the first officer of the Indian Army to receive the [[Victoria Cross]] during World War I
* [[Alfred Gordon Clark|Lieutenant Alfred Gordon Clark]], won the [[Victoria Cross]] during World War I
* [[Arthur Conolly|Lieutenant Arthur Conolly]], British Officer in 6th Bengal Native Light Cavalry. Coined the phrase 'The Great Game'
* [[Donald Hankey|Lieutenant Donald Hankey]], wrote two volumes of essays about the British volunteer army in World War I both titled 'A Student in Arms'
* Sir [[James Arnold Stacey Cleminson]]
* [[Edmund Musgrave Barttelot]], British Army officer who was part of Henry Stanley's Emin Pasha Relief Expedition of 1886-89
* [[Henry Ward, 5th Viscount Bangor]] British Army Officer who fought in the Xhosa Wars

== Aviation ==
* [[Christopher Orlebar]], British [[Concorde]] pilot, aviation lecturer and writer
* [[John Gillespie Magee, Junior]], Anglo-American poet and aviator

== Building, Engineering and Architecture ==
* [[Sir Charles Brett]], architectural historian
* [[Will Butler-Adams]], managing director of [[Brompton Bicycle]] Limited
* [[William Grierson (engineer)|William Grierson]], civil engineer
* [[Sir Charles Nicholson, 2nd Baronet|Sir Charles Nicholson]], ecclesiastical designer and architect 
* [[David Ogle]], industrial designer and car designer
* [[Thomas Henry Poole]], architect of numerous churches and schools in New York City
* [[Reid Railton]], automotive engineer and designer of land and water speed record vehicles
* [[Harry Ricardo|Sir Harry Ricardo]], designer of the internal combustion engine and patentee of the [[two-stroke]] engine
* [[Clement E. Stretton]], consulting engineer and author.

== Business ==
* [[Richard Jewson]], businessman and [[Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk]]
* [[Charles Tertius Mander]], first baronet, manufacturer, public servant and philanthropist.
* [[Clive Schlee]], businessman, CEO of [[Pret a Manger]]
* [[Nusli Wadia]], businessman, Chairman of the [[Wadia Group]], son of [[Neville Wadia]] and [[Dina Wadia]], grandson of [[Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] and [[Rattanbai Jinnah]]

== Civil Service ==
* [[Christopher Bullock|Sir Christopher Bullock]], [[Permanent Under-Secretary]] at the [[British Air Ministry|Air Ministry]]
* [[Bertram Cubitt|Sir Bertram Blakiston Cubitt]] , civil servant in the [[War Office]]
* [[George Coldstream|Sir George Coldstream]], [[Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office]]
* [[Dick Franks|Sir Arthur Franks]] , [[Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service]]
* [[Ernest Gowers|Sir Ernest Gowers]], civil servant and author of ''[[The Complete Plain Words]]''
* [[Godfrey Lushington|Sir Godfrey Lushington]], [[Permanent Under-Secretary]] of the [[Home Office]] 1886–1895; championed prison reform
* [[Nicholas Montagu|Sir Nicholas Montagu]], Chairman of H.M. [[Inland Revenue]], 1997–2004
* [[Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey]], Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence; and 1st Cabinet Secretary
* [[J. M. Bruce Lockhart]], intelligence officer<ref>John Taylor, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituaryjohn-bruce-lockhart-1619285.html OBITUARY: John Bruce Lockhart] in ''[[The Independent]]'' dated 12 May 1995, accessed 12 April 2018.</ref>

== Colonial Service and Imperial Administration ==
* Sir [[Alexander John Arbuthnot]] , colonial administrator and writer
* [[Crawford Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch]], the 25th Governor of Hong Kong
* [[Jervoise Athelstane Baines|Sir Jervoise Athelstane Baines]], member of the [[Indian Civil Service]]
* [[Henry Conway Belfield|Sir Henry Conway Belfield]] , Resident of Negeri Sembilan; Resident of Selangor; [[List of British Residents of Perak|British Resident of Perak]] and  finally [[Governor of Kenya|Governor of the British East Africa Protectorate]]
* [[Maurice Collis]] colonial administrator in Burma; later a writer on South-East Asia
* [[Arthur Conolly]] (1807–1842), captain in the East India Company's service
* [[Henry Valentine Conolly]], member of the [[Indian Civil Service]]
* [[Ashley Eden|The Honourable Sir Ashley Eden]], [[Chief Commissioner]] of British Crown Colony of [[Burma]] and [[List of British rulers and high officials in Bengal|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal]]
* [[Thomas Douglas Forsyth|Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth]], Administrator of the British Raj
* [[Patrick William Forbes]], Commander of the [[British South Africa Police]], who invaded Matabeland in the [[First Matabele War]]; later Magistrate of Mashonaland 1893–1894; Administrator of North-Western Rhodesia 1895–1897
* [[Robert Allason Furness|Sir Robert Allason Furness]], classicist and representative of the [[British Council]] in Egypt, 1945-1950
* [[Paul Harvey (diplomat)|Sir Henry Paul HarveyKCMG]], Egyptian Financial Advisor from 1907 to 1912 and 1919–1920
* [[Frederick James Halliday|Sir Frederick James Halliday]], first [[List of British rulers and high officials in Bengal|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal]]
* [[Stephen Rumbold Lushington]],  [[Governor of Madras]] 1827–1832 and Tory politician
* [[Leonard Fielding Nalder]] colonial administrator who served as Governor of Fung Province 1927–1930 and [[Mongalla, South Sudan|Mongalla]] province 1930–1936 in [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]]
* [[James Alexander Richey]], educational administrator in South Africa and India
* [[Sir Richard Temple, 1st Baronet]], [[Governor of Bengal|Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal]] 1874–1877; [[Governor of Bombay]] 1877–1880 and also an MP
* [[Theodore Hope|Sir Theodore Cracraft Hope]], civil servant of the Government of India, including Public Works
* [[George Chardin Denton|Sir George Chardin Denton]], Governor of Gambia
* [[John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby|John Loader Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby]], Chief Commissioner of the North-West Frontier Province; Governor-General of the Sudan; and Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
* [[John Arthur Godley, 1st Baron Kilbracken]], [[Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India]] 1883–1909
* [[William Frederick Gowers|Sir William Frederick Gowers]], Governor of Uganda
* [[John Claude White]], Deputy Commissioner of the Tibet Frontier Commission

== Diplomatic Service ==
* [[Charles Bagot|Sir Charles Bagot]], diplomat and administrator
* [[Thomas Eardley Bromley|Sir Thomas Bromley]], Ambassador to Somalia, Syria, Algeria & Ethiopia
* [[Julian Bullard|Sir Julian Bullard]], Ambassador to West Germany
* [[Arthur Nicolson, 1st Baron Carnock]], [[List of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Spain|Ambassador to Spain]]; [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia|to Russia]] and finally [[Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office|Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs]]
* [[Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle]], Consul to the Canton of Geneva
* [[Charles de Chassiron|Baron Charles de Chassiron]], [[Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps#List of His and Her Majesty's Vice-Marshals of the Diplomatic Corps|Vice Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps]], 2001–2006
* [[Leycester Coltman|Sir Leycester Coltman]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Cuba|Ambassador to Cuba]] from 1991 to 1994 and [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia|to Colombia]] 1994–1998; author of ''The Real Fidel Castro''
* [[John Coulson (diplomat)|Sir John Coulson]], [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden|Ambassador to Sweden]] and [[European Free Trade Association|Secretary-General of the European Free Trade Association]]
* [[Moore Crosthwaite|Sir Moore Crosthwaite]], [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Lebanon|Ambassador to Lebanon]] and [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden|to Sweden]]
* [[Patrick Dean (diplomat)|Sir Patrick Henry Dean]], [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations|Permanent Representative to the UN]] 1960–1964; [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United States|Ambassador to the United States]] 1965–1969 and also Chairman of the [[Joint Intelligence Committee (United Kingdom)|Joint Intelligence Committee]]
* [[Henry Drummond Wolff|Sir Henry Drummond Wolff]] [[Most Honourable Order of the Bath|GCB]] [[GCMG]] [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|PC]], High Commissioner to Egypt; [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Iran|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Teheran]]; and [[List of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Spain|Ambassador to Spain]]; also a [[Conservative Party (<span class="ltr">UK</span>)|Conservative]] Politician
* [[Ewen Fergusson|Sir Ewen Fergusson]], [[Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs|Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary]] 1975–1978; [[List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to South Africa|Ambassador to South Africa]] 1982–1984 and [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to France|to France]] 1987–1992
* [[Anthony Figgis|Sir Anthony Figgis]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Austria|Ambassador to Austria]] 1996–2000; [[Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps]] 2001–2008 and the current [[Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod]]
* [[Sir Edward Goschen, 1st Baronet]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Serbia|Ambassador to Serbia]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Denmark|to Denmark]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Austria|to Austria-Hungary]] and [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Germany|to Germany]]; later [[Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State]]
* [[Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey]], [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Sweden|Ambassador to Sweden]] 1954–1960
* [[James Hudson (diplomat)|Sir James Hudson]], Ambassador to Turin
* [[Augustus Henry Mounsey]], [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia|Minister Resident and Consul General to Colombia]]
* [[Owen O'Malley|Sir Owen O'Malley]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Hungary|Minister to Hungary]] 1939–1941;  [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Poland|British ambassador to the Polish government in exile]] during World War II; and [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Portugal|Ambassador to Portugal]] 1945–1957
* [[Maurice Peterson|Sir Maurice Peterson]], [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria|Minister to Bulgaria]] 1936–1938; [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Iraq|Ambassador to Iraq]] 1938–1939; [[List of ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Spain|to Spain]] 1939–1940; [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Turkey|to Turkey]] 1944–1946 and [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia|to Russia]] 1946–1949
* [[Frank Roberts (diplomat)|Sir Frank Roberts]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Serbia|Ambassador to Yugoslavia]], 1954–1957; Permanent Representative on the [[North Atlantic Council]] 1957–1960; Ambassador to the USSR 1960–1962; to West Germany 1963–1968
* [[Ian Samuel]], diplomat and RAF officer during World War II
* [[William Seeds|Sir William Seeds]], Ambassador to Brazil 1930–1935; and [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Russia|Ambassador to Russia]] 1939–1940
* [[Alan Urwick|Sir Alan Urwick]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Jordan|Ambassador to Jordan]] 1979–1984; [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Egypt|to Egypt]] 1985–1987; [[List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Canada|British High Commissioner to Canada]] 1987–1989 and [[Serjeant-at-Arms of the British House of Commons|Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons]] 1989–1995
* [[Charles Richard Vaughan|Sir Charles Richard Vaughan]], [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Switzerland|Minister to Switzerland]] 1823–1825 and [[List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United States|Minister to the United States]] 1825–1835
* [[Peter Wilkinson (diplomat)|Sir Peter Wilkinson]], Ambassador to Vietnam in 1966–1967; also a SOE agent during World War II
* [[Michael S. Williams|Sir Michael S. Williams]], [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Guatemala|Ambassador to Guatemala]] 1962–1963; and [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See|Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See]] 1965–1970

== Ecclesiastics ==
* [[Robert Barbour (minister)|Robert Barbour]], lecturer in theology, moderator of the church of Scotland, and holder of the Military Cross
* [[George Bradley (priest)|George Bradley]], [[Dean of Westminster]]
* [[Charles Boyd (archdeacon)|Charles Boyd]], Archdeacon of Colombo
* [[Godwin Birchenough]], [[Dean of Ripon Cathedral]]
* [[John Bickersteth]], [[Bishop of Bath and Wells]] and [[Clerk of the Closet]]
* [[Geoffrey Clayton (bishop)|Geoffrey Clayton]], [[Archdeacon of Chesterfield]]; [[Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg|Bishop of Johannesburg]] and [[Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town|Archbishop of Cape Town]]
* [[Thomas Legh Claughton]], [[Bishop of Rochester]] and [[Bishop of St Albans]].
* [[George Chase (bishop)|George Chase]], [[List of Masters of Selwyn College, Cambridge|Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge]] and [[Bishop of Ripon and Leeds|Bishop of Ripon]]
* [[William Lucas Collins|Reverend William Lucas Collins]]
* [[James Cotton (priest)|James Cotton]], [[Bangor Cathedral#Deans|Dean of Bangor]]
* [[Francis Cramer-Roberts]], [[Bishop of Nassau and The Bahamas|Bishop of Nassau]] and [[Archdeacon of Blackburn]]
* [[Sir Frederick Currie, 2nd Baronet|Reverend Sir Frederick Larkins Currie, 2nd Baronet]]
* [[Edwin Dodgson]]
* [[Alan Don|Alan Campbell Don]], [[Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons]] 1936–1946 and [[Dean of Westminster]] 1946–1959
* [[Nowell Twopeny]], Archdeacon of Flinders
* [[Edward Feild]], Bishop of Newfoundland and Archdeacon of Bermuda
* [[Launcelot Fleming]], [[Bishop of Portsmouth (Anglican)|Bishop of Portsmouth]] and [[Bishop of Norwich]]
* [[Thomas Valpy French|Rev. Thomas Valpy French]], first Bishop of [[Lahore]]
* [[Ronald Gordon|Archibald Ronald Gordon]], [[Bishop of Portsmouth (Anglican)|Bishop of Portsmouth]], [[Bishop at Lambeth]] and [[Bishop to the Forces]]
* [[Rupert Hoare]], [[Dean of Liverpool]] and [[Bishop of Dudley]]
* [[Percy Herbert (bishop)|Percy Mark Herbert]], the first [[Bishop of Blackburn]]; [[Bishop of Norwich]] and [[Clerk of the Closet]]
* [[Hugh Hornby]], [[Bishop of Hulme]]
* [[Phipps Hornby (priest)|Phipps Hornby]], [[Archdeacon of Lancaster]]
* [[Francis Jayne|Rev Francis Jayne]], [[Bishop of Chester]] and academic
* [[Thomas Jex-Blake]], [[Dean of Wells]] also a teacher and Headmaster of Rugby
* [[Michael Gresford Jones]], [[Bishop of Willesden]] and [[Bishop of St Albans]]
* [[Edwin Kempson]], [[Bishop of Warrington]]
* [[Francis Kilner]], [[Bishop of Richmond (Anglican)|Bishop of Richmond]]
* [[Carey Knyvett]], [[Archdeacon of Northampton]] and [[Bishop of Selby]]
* [[William Lake (Dean of Durham)|William Lake]], [[Dean of Durham]]
* [[John Lawton (priest)|John Lawton]], [[Archdeacon of Warrington]]
* [[Edward Legge (bishop)|Edward Legge]], [[Dean of Windsor]] and [[Bishop of Oxford]]
* [[William MacKennal]], [[List of Archdeacons of Ely|Archdeacon of Ely]]
* [[Hugh Montefiore]], [[Bishop of Kingston]] 1970–1978 and [[Bishop of Birmingham]] 1977–1987
* [[Frank Okell]], [[Bishop of Stockport]] and [[Archdeacon of Macclesfield]]
* [[Grandage Powell]], [[Archdeacon of Carlisle]] and [[Bishop of Penrith]]
* [[John Purchas]], Church of England priest who was prosecuted for ritualist practices
* [[Norman Rathbone]], [[Hereford Cathedral|Dean of Hereford]]
* [[Charles Sandford (bishop)|Charles Waldegrave Sandford]], [[Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe|Bishop of Gibraltar]]
* [[Augustus Shears]], clergyman who [[translation|translated]] part of the [[Book of Common Prayer|Prayer Book]] into [[Burmese language|Burmese]]
* [[Walter Waddington Shirley]], churchman and ecclesiastical historian
* [[Richard Fitzgeorge de Stacpoole, 1st Duc de Stacpoole]]
* [[Lovelace Stamer]], [[Archdeacon of Stoke]] and [[Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury|Bishop of Shrewsbury]]
* [[Arthur Penrhyn Stanley]], English churchman, and [[Dean of Westminster]]
* [[Arthur Stanton (priest)|Arthur Stanton]] Anglo-catholic priest
* [[John Stott]], [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] minister who later was a curate of [[All Souls, Langham Place|All Souls, Langham place]] and a leading figure involved in drafting the [[Lausanne Covenant]]
* [[Alfred Swann (priest)|Alfred Swann]], [[St. John's Cathedral (Hong Kong)|Dean]] and Archdeacon of Hong Kong
* [[Henry Herbert Symonds]], Anglican priest who was a driving force behind the creation of National Parks
* [[Freddy Temple|Frederick Stephen Temple]], [[St. John's Cathedral (Hong Kong)|Dean of Hong Kong]] and [[Bishop of Malmesbury]]
* [[William Temple (archbishop)|William Temple]],  [[Bishop of Manchester]] 1921–29; [[Archbishop of York]] 1929–42 and [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] 1942–44; an influential radical thinker, and father of the post-war Welfare State
* [[David Urquhart (bishop)|David Urquhart]], [[Bishop of Birkenhead]] and the current [[bishop of Birmingham]]
* [[Henry Wace (priest)|Henry Wace]], [[Dean of Canterbury]]
* [[Richard Watson (bishop of Burnley)|Richard Watson]], [[Bishop of Burnley]]
* [[Edward Were]], [[Bishop of Derby]] 1889–1909, and [[Bishop of Stafford]] 1909–1915
* [[Edward Winnington-Ingram]], [[Archdeacon of Hereford]]

== The Law ==
* [[Hubert Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington]], [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]]
* [[Mark Colville, 4th Viscount Colville of Culross]], judge and politician. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999.
* [[Charles Bowen, 1st Baron Bowen]], Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
* [[Horace Davey, Baron Davey]], Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
* [[David Hope, Baron Hope of Craighead]], Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
* [[Edward Marshall-Hall|Sir Edward Marshall-Hall]], English barrister and orator
* Sir [[Michael Kerry]], former [[Treasury Solicitor|HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor]]
* [[Robert Barton]], Irish lawyer and statesman who worked on the Anglo-Irish Treaty
* [[Thomas Hetherington|Major Sir Thomas Hetherington]], barrister and first head of the [[Crown Prosecution Service]]
* [[Yorke Prize|Edmund Yorke]], Legal scholar and barrister
* [[Robert Akenhead|Sir Robert Akenhead]], High Court Judge and Head of the Technology and Construction Court
* [[Wilfred Baugh Allen]], judge
* [[Lewis Cave|Sir Lewis Cave]], judge
* Sir [[George Farwell (judge)|George Farwell]], [[Lord Justice of Appeal]]
* [[James Fawcett (barrister)|Sir James Edmund Sandford Fawcett]], barrister and member of the [[European Commission for Human Rights]]
* [[Alfred Gordon Clark]], judge
* [[Charles Sprengel Greaves]]
* [[Philip Guedalla]], barrister
* [[Alfred Lucie-Smith|Sir Alfred van Waterschoodt Lucie-Smith]], colonial judge who became [[Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago]]
* [[Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne]], [[Lord Chancellor]] 1872–1874 & 1880–1885; [[Attorney General for England and Wales]] 1863–1866; and [[Solicitor General for England and Wales]] 1861–1863
* [[Lawrence Peel (judge)|Sir Lawrence Peel]],  [[Advocate-General of Bengal]] and [[Chief Justice of Bengal]]
* [[Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle]], county court judge and liberal party politician
* [[Thomas Bateman Napier]] county court judge and politician
* [[John Sandford (cricketer)|John Sandford]], judicial commissioner of Burma and Mysore
* [[Leslie Scott (British politician)|Sir Leslie Frederic Scott]], [[Lord Justice of Appeal]] and Liberal MP
* [[Patrick Spens, 1st Baron Spens]], [[Chief Justice of India]]
* [[John Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd|Roger John Laugharne Thomas, Baron Thomas of Cwmgiedd]], [[President of the Queen's Bench Division]] and the current [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]]
* [[Jonathan D. C. Turner|Jonathan David Chattyn Turner]], barrister specialising in intellectual property and competition law
* [[Dudley Ward (judge)|Dudley Ward]], New Zealand judge and politician

==Literature==
* [[Matthew Arnold]], Victorian poet and critic (son of Headmaster Dr [[Thomas Arnold]])
* [[Rupert Brooke]], English poet
* [[Arthur Hugh Clough]], English poet
* Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as [[Lewis Carroll]], famous for ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''
* [[Richard Doyle (author)|Richard Doyle]], English author
* [[Dominic Hibberd]], English critic and biographer
* [[Anthony Horowitz]], English writer
* [[Edmund George Valpy Knox]], editor of [[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]
* [[Walter Savage Landor]], English writer and poet
* [[Wyndham Lewis]], British painter and author
* [[John Gillespie Magee, Junior]], Anglo-American poet and aviator
* [[Arthur Ransome]], British children's author
* [[Mario Reading]], author
* [[Salman Rushdie|Sir Salman Rushdie]], author and essayist, Booker Prize winner for ''[[Midnight's Children]]''. Said of his time: "Almost the only thing I am proud of about going to Rugby school was that Lewis Carroll went there too."<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/jun/26/salman-rushdie-luka-fatwa-tim-adams ''Salman Rushdie: 'The Arab spring is a demand for desires and rights that are common to all human beings'''], Telegraph</ref>
* [[J.K. Stanford]], English author
* [[Francis Stuart]], IRA member, Nazi collaborator and Irish novelist.
* [[Thomas Hughes]], English lawyer and author of ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays]]''
* [[Geoffrey Moss|Major Geoffrey Cecil Gilbert McNeill-Moss]] British army officer and novelist

== Media, Entertainment and the Arts ==
* [[Charles Acton (critic)|Charles Acton]], music critic at ''[[The Irish Times]]''
* [[Faris Badwan]], aka Faris Rotter, vocalist from band [[The Horrors]]
* [[Roy Beddington]], painter, illustrator, author, and journalist
* [[William Bullock (cricketer)|William Bullock]], journalist at ''[[The Daily News (<span class="ltr">UK</span>)|The Daily News]]''
* [[David Carritt]] (1927–1982), British art historian, dealer and critic
* [[Charlie Charters]], Author, rugby union official, sports executive and journalist
* [[The Horrors|Tom Cowan]]/Furse, Bassist from band [[The Horrors]]
* [[The Vaccines|Freddie Cowan]], Guitarist from band [[The Vaccines]]
* [[Frank Barrington Craig]], British portrait painter
* [[David Croft (TV producer)|David Croft]], (born David Sharland) Television writer, producer and director
* [[David Haig]], English actor and writer
* [[Arthur fforde]], [[BBC]] chairman
* [[Isabel Fay]], comedy actress and writer
* [[Dan Haigh]], bassist, [[Fightstar]], [[Gunship (band)]]
* [[Robert Hardy]], English stage and film actor
* [[John Hawkesworth (producer)|John Hawkesworth]], television producer, ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]''
* Sir [[Charles Hawtrey (stage actor)|Charles Hawtrey]], [[Victorian era]] stage actor
* [[Marmaduke Hussey]], BBC chairman
* [[Hugh Johnson (wine)|Hugh Johnson]], British wine writer
* [[Pete Kember]], musician, [[Spacemen 3]]
* [[John Kentish (tenor)|John Kentish]], English operatic tenor
* [[Wyndham Lewis]], British painter and author
* [[Richard Hey Lloyd]], British organist and composer
* [[William Charles Macready]], English stage actor
* [[Robin Milford]], British musician
* [[Sydney Nicholson]], British musician
* [[Sir Anthony Quayle]], British actor
* [[Andrew Rawnsley]], British political journalist
* [[Andy Richards]], British / Australian musician, composer and organist
* [[Adnan Sami]], singer, pianist, actor and composer<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/play-it-again-sami-/articleshow/815558.cms|title=Play it again Sami...|work=The Times of India|accessdate=31 January 2009|date=15 August 2004}}</ref>
*[[F. H. S. Shepherd]], painter<ref>[https://d3d00swyhr67nd.cloudfront.net/_file/art_detective/1948-05-31-the-times-obit-fredk-hs-shepherd.pdf "Mr. F. H. S. Shepherd"], ''[[The Times]]'' (London), Issue 51085, 31 May 1948, p. 7</ref> 
* [[Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly|Richard Talbot Kelly]], soldier and artist<ref name="NAM">{{cite web |title=Lieutenant Richard Talbot Kelly |url=http://ww1.nam.ac.uk/stories/lieutenant-richard-talbot-kelly/ |website=National Army Museum, London |accessdate=6 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[Alex Westaway]], guitarist and singer, Fightstar, [[Gunship (band)]]
* [[A. N. Wilson]], English writer and newspaper columnist
* [[Sophie Xeon]], Singer and musician

== Medicine and Science ==
* [[William Bateson]], English geneticist
* [[Miles Joseph Berkeley]], English botanist
* [[Humphry Bowen]], British botanist and chemist
* [[Peter Brinsden|Dr Peter Brinsden]], fertility expert
* [[Abel Chapman]], big game hunter and naturalist who started South Africa's first game reserve
* [[Alex Hankey]], English theoretical physicist
* [[Walter W. Holland]], public health physician
* [[Andrew Karney]], scientist, chartered engineer, businessman and entrepreneur
* [[Geoffrey Keynes|Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes]], physician and scholar, brother of economist [[John Maynard Keynes]]
* [[Philip Manson-Bahr|Sir Philip Henry Manson-Bahr]], [[zoologist]] and [[Doctor of Medicine]]
* [[David Marr (psychologist)|David Marr]], British psychologist
* [[Donald Michie]], British researcher in [[artificial intelligence]] who during World War II, worked for the [[Government Communications Headquarters#Government Code and Cypher School|Government Code and Cypher School]] at [[Bletchley Park]], to break "[[Lorenz SZ 40/42|Tunny]]", a German teleprinter cipher
* [[George Mitchell Seabroke]], British astronomer
* [[Frederick Courteney Selous]], British explorer, officer, hunter, and conservationist, known for his exploits in South-East Africa
* [[George Shuckburgh-Evelyn|Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet]], won the [[Copley Medal]]
* [[Nevil Sidgwick]], English theoretical chemist
* [[E. Barton Worthington]] (1905-2001), ecologist and science administrator
* [[Babulal Sethia]], [[Royal Society of Medicine|President of the Royal Society of Medicine]] and cardiac surgeon

== Politics ==
* [[Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker]], Liberal Party MP
* [[Leonard Behrens]] Liberal Party Politician
* [[William Noel-Hill, 3rd Baron Berwick]], Tory politician and [[List of diplomats from the United Kingdom to Sardinia|British Minister to Sardinia]]
* [[Sir Thomas Birch, 2nd Baronet]] Whig politician
* [[Sir Noël Bowater, 2nd Baronet|Sir Noël Vansittart Bowater, 2nd Baronet]], [[Lord Mayor of London]]
* [[Sir Orlando Bridgeman, 2nd Baronet]] Whig politician
* [[Arthur Montagu Brookfield]] Conservative Politician, diplomat and army officer
* [[Sir William Cunliffe Brooks, 1st Baronet]], Conservative Politician
* [[Esmond Bulmer]], Conservative MP
* [[Marston Clarke Buszard]] Liberal Party MP and barrister
* [[William John Dalzell Burnyeat]], Liberal Party politician
* [[Charles Howard, 10th Earl of Carlisle]] Liberal Unionist politician and army officer
* [[Sir Thomas Cave, 5th Baronet]], politician and lawyer
* [[Harold Cawley]] Liberal Party MP, killed in World War I
* [[Oswald Cawley]] Liberal Party MP, killed in World War I
* [[Austen Chamberlain]], British statesman and recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]
* [[Neville Chamberlain]], politician and former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]]
* Sir [[Sydney Chapman (politician)|Sydney Chapman]], [[Conservative Party (<span class="ltr">UK</span>)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] (<span class="ltr">MP</span>) for [[Birmingham Handsworth (UK Parliament constituency)|Birmingham Handsworth]] and  [[Chipping Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)|Chipping Barnet]]
* [[James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin|James Thomas, 1st Viscount Cilcennin PC]], Conservative MP and [[List of the First Lords of the Admiralty|First Lord of the Admiralty]]
* [[Samuel Clowes (Conservative politician)|Samuel Clowes]], Conservative politician
* [[Herbert James Craig]] Liberal politician
* [[George Harpur Crewe|Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet]] Tory politician
* [[William John Evelyn (Conservative politician)|William John Evelyn]], Conservative politician
* [[Frederick Fison|Sir Frederick William Fison, 1st Baronet]], Conservative politician
* [[Charles Berkeley, 3rd Baron FitzHardinge]], Liberal politician
* [[Tetley Gant]], Tasmanian politician and Chancellor [[University of Tasmania]]
* [[Euan Geddes, 3rd Baron Geddes]], Current Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords
* [[Sir Richard Gilpin, 1st Baronet]], Conservative Politician and Lieutenant Colonel in the British Army
* [[George Goschen, 1st Viscount Goschen]], Liberal Unionist politician; served as [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] 1887–1892, [[List of the First Lords of the Admiralty|First Lord of the Admiralty]] 1871–1874 and 1895–1900
* [[Alan Graham (British politician)|Captain Alan Graham]] Conservative politician
* [[Frank Gray (politician)|Frank Gray]], inter-war Liberal politician
* [[Ronald Greville|The Honourable Ronald Greville]], Conservative MP
* [[Arthur Griffith-Boscawen|Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC]] Conservative politician
* [[Jeremy Hanley|Sir Jeremy James Hanley]], Conservative MP; [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]] 1994–1995 and [[Minister without portfolio]] 1994–1995
* [[Reginald Hanson|Sir Reginald Hanson]], Conservative politician and [[Lord Mayor of London]]
* [[Henry Peirson Harland]] Unionist politician
* [[William Harrison-Broadley]] Conservative MP
* [[Edward John Littleton, 1st Baron Hatherton]], [[Canningite|Canningite Tory]] and later Whig politician, [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]], also a major [[Staffordshire]] landowner, farmer and businessman
* [[Arthur Haworth|Sir Arthur Adlington Haworth, 1st Baronet]], Liberal politician
* [[Hubert Douglas Henderson|Sir Hubert Douglas Henderson]] Liberal political advisor and economist
* [[Charles Hendry]], British politician and the [[Conservative Party (<span class="ltr">UK</span>)|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)|Wealden]]
* [[William Holbech (MP for Banbury)|William Holbech]] Member of Parliament for Banbury
* [[Edward Horsman]], MP and [[Chief Secretary for Ireland]]
* [[Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport]], Labour Party politician
* [[Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe]], Conservative health spokesman in the House of Lords
* [[Thomas Gair Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde]], Edwardian Liberal Party politician and industrialist
* [[Herbert Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel|Colonel Herbert Merton Jessel, 1st Baron Jessel]], Liberal Unionist and later Conservative politician; the third [[List of Lord Mayors of Westminster|Mayor of Westminster]]
* [[Edgar Keatinge|Lieutenant Colonel Sir Edgar Mayne Keatinge]] Soldier who was a Conservative politician
* [[Wilfred Byng Kenrick]], [[Lord Mayor of Birmingham]] and industrialist
* [[Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater]], Conservative Party politician
* [[William Kingan]], Unionist politician
* [[Henry King-Tenison, 8th Earl of Kingston]], Irish peer and Victorian Conservative Party politician
* [[Isaac Cowley Lambert]] Conservative MP and solicitor
* [[Ian Lang|Ian Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton]], Conservative Party politician
* [[Francis Charles Lawley]] Liberal party politician and journalist
* [[Henry Lefroy]], Western Australian politician
* [[Evan Henry Llewellyn|Colonel Evan Henry Llewellyn]] Conservative politician
* [[William Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton]] Whig politician
* [[Miles MacInnes]] Liberal MP and railway director
* [[Charles Tertius Mander|Sir Charles Tertius Mander, 1st Baronet]], four times  [[List of Mayors of Wolverhampton|Mayor of Wolverhampton]] and an industrialist
* [[Sir Arthur Markham, 1st Baronet]] Liberal MP and industrialist
* [[Angus Maude|Angus Maude, Baron Maude of Stratford-upon-Avon]], Conservative Party politician and father of Conservative Cabinet member [[Francis Maude]]
* [[George Melly (<span class="ltr">MP</span>)|George Melly]] Liberal MP and shipowner
* [[Arthur Mills (<span class="ltr">MP</span>)|Arthur Mills]] Conservative MP
* [[Charles Mills (1755–1826)|Charles Mills]] MP and Director of the East India Company
* [[Andrew Mitchell]], British Conservative politician and [[Secretary of State for International Development]] (from May 2010)
* [[Edmund Morris (MP for Leicestershire)|Edmund Morris]] MP
* [[George Herbert Morrell]] Conservative MP and lawyer
* [[Thomas Bateman Napier]] Liberal MP and judge
* [[John Osborn (politician)|Sir John Holbrook Osborn]] Conservative MP
* [[Francis Otter]] Liberal MP
* [[Sukhumbhand Paribatra]], Thai politician, 15th [[Governor of Bangkok]]
* [[Sir William Pearce, 2nd Baronet]] Conservative politician and industrialist
* [[Jonathan Peel]] Conservative MP;  [[Surveyor-General of the Ordnance]] 1841–1846 and [[Secretary of State for War]] 1858–1859 & 1866–1867
* [[Albert Pell]] Conservative MP and solicitor
* [[Edward Penton|Sir Edward Penton]], Mayor of St Marylebone; Superintendent of the Royal Army Clothing Department (Boot Section) 1914–1919 and Chief Inspector of Clothing for the Central Ordnance Depot
* [[Edwin Berkeley Portman]] Liberal MP and barrister
* [[Thomas Bayley Potter]] Liberal MP
* [[Walter Powell (politician)|Walter Powell]], Conservative MP and colliery owner
* [[David Pugh (British politician)|David Pugh]], Liberal MP
* [[Cuthbert Snowball Rewcastle]] Liberal politician
* [[John Bonfoy Rooper]] MP
* [[Shane Ross]], Irish politicians and journalist
* [[Henry Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe|Henry Bucknall Betterton, 1st Baron Rushcliffe]], conservative politician and barrister who was [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]] 1931–1934
* [[Harold Rushworth]] New Zealand politician from the County Party
* [[Henry Samuelson|Sir Henry Bernhard Samuelson, 2nd Baronet]] Liberal MP
* [[Leslie Scott (British politician)|Sir Leslie Frederic Scott]], [[Lord Justice of Appeal]] and Liberal MP
* [[Alexander Craig Sellar]] MP
* [[Evelyn Shirley (1788–1856)|Evelyn Shirley]] MP
* [[Walter Shirley Shirley]] Liberal MP and barrister
* [[George Shuckburgh-Evelyn|Sir George Augustus William Shuckburgh-Evelyn, 6th Baronet]] MP,  mathematician and astronomer
* [[Ernest Simon, 1st Baron Simon of Wythenshawe]], politician and industrialist
* [[Sir Thomas Skipwith, 4th Baronet]] MP
* [[Samuel George Smith]] Conservative MP and banker
* [[Edward Smith (<span class="ltr">MP</span>)|Edward Smith]] Tory MP
* [[Tim Smith (Australian politician)|Tim Smith]], [[Liberal Party of Australia]] member of the [[Victorian Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Richard Spooner (<span class="ltr">MP</span>)|Richard Spooner]] MP
* [[Harry Grey, 4th Earl of Stamford]] MP and peer
* [[Edward Henry Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby]], prominent 19th century statesman
* [[Lewis Randle Starkey]], Conservative MP
* [[George Russell Strauss|George Strauss]], Baron Strauss, Labour politician and [[Father of the House of Commons]]
* [[Arthur Steel-Maitland|Sir Arthur Herbert Drummond Ramsay Steel-Maitland, 1st Baronet]] Conservative MP, [[Chairman of the Conservative Party]] and [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour]]
* [[Charles Hanbury-Tracy, 1st Baron Sudeley]] Whig politician
* [[Henry Tancred (New Zealand politician)|Henry Tancred]], 19th-century New Zealand politician.
* [[John Stradling Thomas|Sir John Stradling Thomas]], Welsh Conservative Party politician
* [[Andrew Turner (politician)|Andrew Turner]], British Conservative Party politician
* [[Yevhenia Tymoshenko]] (Eugenia), Ukrainian entrepreneur and lobbyist on behalf of her mother, former [[Prime Minister of Ukraine]] [[Yulia Tymoshenko]]<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/sep/23/eugenia-tymoshenko-fight-to-save-mother-yulia Eugenia Tymoshenko: the fight to save my mother Yulia], ''[[The Guardian]]'' (23 September 2012)</ref>
* [[William Henry Waddington]], French statesman (eventually [[Prime Minister of France]])
* [[George Gustavus Walker|Sir George Gustavus Walker]], Conservative MP
* [[Cathcart Wason]] MP in both New Zealand and Great Britain
* [[Eugene Wason]] Liberal MP and lawyer
* [[Samuel Whitbread (1830–1915)|Samuel Whitbread]], Liberal MP
* [[Edward Whitley (politician)|Edward Whitley]], Conservative MP
* [[James Wigley]], Tory MP
* [[George Wilbraham]], Whig MP
* [[John Charles Williams]] Liberal Unionist MP
* [[Nicholas Winterton|Sir Nicholas Winterton]] Conservative MP
* [[Henry Christopher Wise]] Conservative MP
* [[Sir John Wood, 1st Baronet]] Conservative MP
* [[Dennis Kwok]] Hong Kong Legislative Council Member

== Sport ==
* [[John Anton (cricketer)|John Anton]], English cricketer
* [[George Barker (cricketer, born 1831)|George Barker]], English cricketer
* [[Robert Barlow (cricketer)|Robert Barlow]] (1827–1907), cricketer<ref>{{cite book |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses |first=John |last=Venn |date=2011 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=156 |isbn=978-1108036146 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OuU54j4aT6QC |language=en}}</ref>
* [[David Barttelot]] (1821–1852), English cricketer
* [[Samuel Bateson]], Irish cricketer
* [[Denis Bingham]], Irish cricketer
* [[Henry Boden]], cricketer and founding member of [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club]]
* [[Frederick Bowden-Smith]], first-class cricketer
* [[Trevor Bowring]], first-class cricketer
* [[Edward Bradby (cricketer)|Edward Bradby]], first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Bradby]], first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Brandt]], first-class cricketer
* [[Chris Brasher]], Olympic gold medalist in the [[Steeplechase (athletics)|steeplechase]] at the [[1956 Summer Olympics]], co-founder of the [[London marathon]] and pace setter in [[Roger Bannister]]'s world record mile
* [[John Bridger]], first-class cricketer
* [[William Bullock (cricketer)|William Bullock]], first-class cricketer
* [[Walter Byles]], first-class cricketer
* [[Frederick Capron]], first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Cholmondeley]], first-class cricketer
* [[Giles Clarke]], the chairman of the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]]
* [[John Clayton (rugby union)]], international who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match|First international rugby match]].
* [[Richard Clement (cricketer)|Richard Clement]], first-class cricketer
* [[Louis Cockerell]], first-class cricketer
* [[Granville Coghlan]], rugby union international, represented [[British and Irish Lions|Great Britain]] on [[1927 British Lions tour to Argentina]] (1907–1983)
* [[George Cooke (cricketer)|George Cooke]] (1826–1862), cricketer
* [[Fulwar Craven, 4th Baron Craven]], English nobleman and sportsman
* [[Frederick Crowder (cricketer, born 1845)|Frederick Crowder]] (1845–1938), cricketer and tennis player
* [[James Crowdy (cricketer)|James Crowdy]], first-class cricketer
* [[Joseph Dacre]], first-class cricketer
* [[Peter Dowson]], first-class cricketer
* [[John Marshall Dugdale]], [[rugby union]] international who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches|first international rugby match in 1871]].<ref name="Football">Marshall, Francis, ''Football; the Rugby union game'', p141, (1892) (London Paris Melbourne, Cassell and company, limited)</ref>
* [[Frederick Morton Eden (cricketer)|Frederick Morton Eden]], first-class cricketer
* [[Edmund Ellis (cricketer)|Edmund Ellis]], first-class cricketer
* [[Francis Evelyn]], first-class cricketer
* [[Nigel Fenton]], first-class cricketer
* [[Patrick Fraser (cricketer)|Patrick Fraser]], Scottish first-class cricketer
* [[Cornelius Fryer]], first-class cricketer
* [[Miles Giffard]], English cricketer who was hanged for the murder of his parents.
* [[Joseph Fletcher Green]], [[rugby union]] international who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches|first international rugby match in 1871]].<ref name="Football"/>
* [[James Ford (cricketer, born 1836)|James Ford]] (1836–1877), cricketer
* [[Alex Grove]], rugby player for [[Worcester Warriors]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team]]
* [[A. G. Guillemard]], [[rugby union]] international who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches|first international rugby match in 1871]]<ref name="Football"/> and later president of the [[Rugby Football Union]].
* [[Thomas Hale (cricketer)|Thomas Hale]] (1829–1899), first-class cricketer
* [[Octavius Hanbury]] (1826–1882), first-class cricketer
* [[William Harrison (cricketer, born 1838)|William Harrison]] (1838–1912), first-class cricketer
* [[George Hughes (cricketer)|George Hughes]] (1821–1872), first-class cricketer and the basis for the literary character [[Tom Brown (character)|Tom Brown]]
* [[Rupert Edward Inglis]] (1863–1916), England rugby international who was killed at the [[Battle of the Somme]]<ref name=REI>{{cite web|title=Rupert Edward Inglis|url=http://www.inglis.uk.com/RUPERT%20EDWARD%20INGLIS%20thiepval.htm|publisher=www.inglis.uk.com|accessdate=17 April 2011}}</ref>
* [[Kenneth Jackson (sportsman)|Kenneth Jackson]], Scottish rugby union international and first-class cricketer
* [[Edward Kenney (cricketer)|Edward Kenney]], first-class cricketer
* [[Charles Langton]], first-class cricketer
* [[Alexander Law]], first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Lindow]], first-class cricketer
* [[Algernon Lushington]], first-class cricketer
* [[Arthur Lyon (rugby union)]], who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the first [[1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match]].
* [[Dar Lyon]], first class cricketer
* [[John Macartney-Filgate]], Irish first-class cricketer
* [[Charles McCarthy (cricketer)|Charles McCarthy]], cricketer who played in [[Burma national cricket team|Burma's]] only [[first-class cricket]] match in 1927.
* [[Douglas Mackessack]] (1903–1987), Scottish first-class cricketer, brother of the below
* [[Kenneth Mackessack]] (1902–1982), Scottish first-class cricketer, brother of the above
* [[Richard Montgomerie]], English cricketer
* [[David Noble (cricketer)|David Noble]], first-class cricketer
* [[Rollo O'Dwyer]], Argentine first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Pickard]], first-class cricketer
* [[Abram Rawlinson]], first-class cricketer
* [[Gerard Rotherham]], recipient of the [[Wisden Cricketer of the Year]] award in 1918.
* [[Samuel Ruddock (paralympian)|Samuel Ruddock]], Paralympic sprinter<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel Ruddock – UK Paralympian and School Sports Mentor |url=http://www.samruddock.co.uk/|accessdate=17 April 2014}}</ref>
* [[Eustace Rutter]], first-class cricketer
* [[John Sandford (cricketer)|John Sandford]] (1832–1892), first-class cricketer
* [[Richard Seaman]] (1913–1939). One of the greatest British pre-war motor racing drivers. Infamously suffered a fatal crash at the 1939 Belgian Grand Prix.
* [[Alfred Seymour (cricketer)|Alfred Seymour]] (1843–1897), first-class cricketer
* [[Ian Shield]] (1914–2005), first-class cricketer
* [[Frank Smallwood]] (1867–1919), first-class cricketer
* [[Stephen Soames]] (1826–1908), first-class cricketer
* [[Francis Speed (cricketer, born 1859)|Francis Speed]], first-class cricketer
* [[Frederick Stokes (rugby union)|Frederick Stokes]] (1850–1929)<ref name="one">Steve Lewis, ''One Among Equals'', 2008, pp9-10 (Vertical Editions:London)</ref> the first captain of the [[England national rugby union team]].
* [[Adrian Stoop]], English rugby player
* [[William Surtees]], World Rackets Champion
* [[Richard Sykes (Rugby player)|Richard Sykes]], Rugby player and founder of towns in [[North Dakota]]
* [[Theodore Tapp]], first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Taswell]], first-class cricketer
* [[Henry Tubb]], first-class cricketer
* [[Dawson Turner (rugby union)|Dawson Turner]], [[rugby union]] international who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches|first international rugby match in 1871]].<ref name="Football"/>
* [[Frank Tobin]], [[rugby union]] international who represented [[England national rugby union team|England]] in the [[1870–71 Home Nations rugby union matches|first international rugby match in 1871]].<ref name="Football"/>
* [[Richard Townsend (cricketer)|Richard Townsend]] (1829–1852), first-class cricketer
* [[Rowland Venables]], first-class cricketer
* [[Sir Pelham Warner]], England cricket captain and cricket administrator
* [[William Webb Ellis]], the credited inventor of rugby football
* [[John Weston (cricketer)|John Weston]], cricketer
* [[Tom Wills]], the inventor of [[Australian rules football]]
* [[Alfred Wilson (cricketer)|Alfred Wilson]] (1828–1908), first-class cricketer
* [[William Yardley (cricketer)|William Yardley]], cricketer and dramatist

== Fictional Old Rugbeians ==
* [[Harry Paget Flashman]], fictional Victorian anti-hero, originally created by author [[Thomas Hughes]] in his semi-autobiographical ''[[Tom Brown's Schooldays]]''
*  [[Tom Brown (character)|Tom Brown]], fictional hero from the novel Tom Brown's school days, which was created by author [[Thomas Hughes]] who is also an old Rugbeian.

== See also ==
* [[List of schools in the West Midlands]]

== References ==

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== External links ==
* [http://www.rugbyschool.net/ Rugby School website]
* [http://www.rugsoc.com/ The Rugbeian Society]

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