List of Old King's Scholars

This is a list of some notable former pupils of The King's School, Canterbury, known as Old King's Scholars (abbreviated as OKS). The term King's Scholar referred to the few boys who, by their academic ability at a very young age, won scholarships to King's.

Art

Shoo Rayner (born 1956), children's author and illustrator
Edmund de Waal (born 1964), artist, potter, and author

Business

Sir Ian Cheshire (born 1959), chairman of Barclays UK and former CEO of Kingfisher plc
Nicholas Lyons (born 1958), financier and 694th Lord Mayor of London
Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater, KCMG (born 1941), diplomat, businessman and foreign policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher
Sir Hugh Robertson (politician) (born 1962), chairman of the British Olympic Association and the Camelot Group, former MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, Minister of State, and Minister for Sport

Engineering, science and medicine

Roger C. Field (born 1945), inventor
Michael Foale (born 1957), astrophysicist and former NASA astronaut
William Harvey (1578–1657), physician
Sir Tony Hoare (born 1934), computer scientist
Thomas Linacre (c. 1460–1524), humanist scholar and physician
Thomas Stapleton (1920-2007), paediatrician^[1]
John Tradescant the Younger (1608–1662), botanist and gardener

Film, television and theatre

Derek Bond (1920-2006) actor
Oz Clarke (born 1949), wine writer and television presenter and broadcaster
Charles Frend (1909–1977), film director and editor
David Gower (born 1957), cricket commentator, former cricketer and captain of the England cricket team
John Lloyd (born 1951), television and radio comedy writer and producer
Leslie Mitchell (1905–1985), British radio and television announcer
Christopher Neame (writer/producer) (1942-2011), film producer and screenwriter
Michael Powell (1905–1990), filmmaker
Sir Carol Reed (1906–1976), film director
Tom Ward (born 1971), film, stage and television actor
Antony Worrall Thompson (born 1951), restaurateur, celebrity chef, television presenter and radio broadcaster

History and philosophy

Catherine Conybeare (born 1966), academic and philologist
Hugh Honour (1927–2016), art historian
Jeremy Lawrance (born 1952), linguist and historian
Thomas Linacre (c. 1460–1524), humanist scholar and physician
Walter Pater (1839–1894), essayist, literary and art critic, fiction writer and humanist
George Sale, (1697–1736), Orientalist scholar and solicitor
Alan Watts (1915–1973), writer and philosopher
William Wyse^[2] (1860–1929), classical scholar

Literature

Sebastian Barker (1945–2014), poet
Richard Boys (1785–1867), Anglican clergyman, chaplain on St. Helena and author
Oz Clarke (born 1949), wine writer and television presenter and broadcaster
Michael Cordy, novelist
David Edwards (1929–2018), former Dean of Norwich, Speaker's Chaplain, Sub-Dean at Westminster Abbey, Dean of Southwark and author
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011), author, scholar and soldier
James Hamilton-Paterson (born 1941), poet and novelist
John Wesley Harding (born 1965), singer-songwriter and author
Dyneley Hussey (1893–1972), war poet, journalist and critic
Alaric Jacob (1909–1995), writer, journalist and war correspondent
John Lloyd (born 1951), television and radio comedy writer and producer
Edward Lucie-Smith (born 1933), writer, poet, art critic and curator
John Lyly (c1553–1606), playwright, courtier and parliamentarian
Christopher Marlowe (1565–1593), playwright and poet
Somerset Maugham (1874–1965), playwright, novelist and short story writer
Tristan McConnell, journalist
Michael Morpurgo (born 1943), author, poet, playwright and librettist
Walter Pater (1839–1894), essayist, literary and art critic, fiction writer and humanist
Anthony Price (1928–2019), author
Shoo Rayner (born 1956), children's author and illustrator
Edmund de Waal (born 1964), artist, potter and author
Sir Hugh Walpole (1884–1941), novelist
Alan Watts (1915–1973), writer and philosopher

Military

John Day (born 1947), former Royal Air Force commander and military advisor to BAE Systems
Patrick Leigh Fermor (1915–2011), author, scholar and soldier
Arthur Fleming-Sandes[3] (1894–1961), British Army major and Victoria Cross recipient during World War I
Harry Gardner (1890–1939), British Army first-class cricketer and officer
Bernard Montgomery[3] (1887–1976), British Army field marshal
Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts[3] (1917–1979), Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander and Victoria Cross recipient during World War II
William Vousden[3] (1848–1902), British Indian Army major general and Victoria Cross recipient during the Second Anglo-Afghan War

Music

Stephen Barlow (born 1954), conductor and former Artistic Director of the Buxton Festival
Simon Carrington (born 1942), conductor, musician, and former founding member of The King's Singers
Harry Christophers (born 1953), conductor
John Wesley Harding (born 1965), singer-songwriter and author
William Lewarne Harris (1929-2013), composer and teacher
Andrew Marriner (born 1954), former principal clarinettist of the London Symphony Orchestra
George Miles (1913–1988), organist
Christopher Seaman (born 1942), conductor
Stephen Varcoe (born 1949), classical singer

Politics

Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden (1762–1832), barrister and judge
Natascha Engel (born 1967), former MP for North East Derbyshire
Catherine Fall, Baroness Fall, political advisor and former Downing Street Chief of Staff under David Cameron
Tristan Garel-Jones (1941–2020), former MP for Watford
George Gipps (1790–1847), Governor of New South Wales
Fairfax Luxmoore (1876–1944), barrister and judge who sat as Lord Justice of Appeal
Anthony Parsons (1922–1996), diplomat, former British ambassador to Iran, and former British Permanent Representative to the UN
Charles Powell (born 1941), diplomat, businessman, and foreign policy adviser to Margaret Thatcher
Jonathan Powell (born 1956), diplomat and former Downing Street Chief of Staff under Tony Blair
Hugh Robertson (born 1962), chairman of the British Olympic Association and the Camelot Group, former MP for Faversham and Mid Kent, Minister of State, and Minister for Sport
Patrick Walker (born 1932), former Director General of MI5

Religion

Gavin Ashenden (born 1954), former Anglican priest and continuing Anglican bishop
Richard Boys (1785–1867), Anglican clergyman, chaplain on St. Helena, and author
William Broughton (1788–1853), Anglican Bishop of Australia
David Edwards (1929–2018), former Dean of Norwich, Speaker's Chaplain, Sub-Dean at Westminster Abbey, Dean of Southwark, and author
Reginald Glennie, first-class cricketer and clergyman
Michael Mayne (1929–2006), former Dean of Westminster
Howard Mowll (1890–1958), former Anglican Archbishop of Sydney

Sport

Ronald Binny (1910–1979), first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer
Harry Gardner (1890–1939), first-class cricketer and British Army officer
Reginald Glennie (1864–1953), first-class cricketer and clergyman
David Gower (born 1957), cricket commentator, former cricketer and captain of the England cricket team
Bob Haines (1906–1965), cricketer
Frances Houghton (born 1980), Olympic rower and World Champion
Millie Knight (born 1999), Paralympic skier
Cecil Paris (1911–1998), first-class cricketer; chairman of the Test and County Cricket Board (1968–1969) and president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (1975)
Tom Ransley (born 1985), former Olympic rower and World Champion
Ollie Robinson (born 1993), England cricketer^[4]
Fred Scarlett (born 1975), Olympic rower

Other

Gregory Blaxland (1778–1853), pioneer settler, explorer, and co-leader of the first crossing of the Blue Mountains
John Blaxland (1769–1845), pioneer settler and explorer
Hubert Chesshyre (1940–2020), retired British officer of arms found to have committed child sexual abuse[5]
Myles Jackman, (born 1974/75), lawyer
Jacquetta Wheeler (born 1981), model
Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia (born 1980)

References

^ Davis, John A (1 March 2008). "Thomas Stapleton". BMJ. 336 (7642): 513. doi:10.1136/bmj.39491.712014.BE. PMC 2258391.
^ Venn Cambridge University database^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "www.kings-school.co.uk". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.
^ "Ollie Robinson". ESPNcricinfo. 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
^ Jamie Doward (30 March 2019). "Honours system under scrutiny after sex abuser kept title for years". The Observer. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

[Davis-1] Davis, John A (1 March 2008). "Thomas Stapleton". BMJ. 336 (7642): 513. doi:10.1136/bmj.39491.712014.BE. PMC 2258391.

[2] Venn Cambridge University database^{[permanent dead link]}

[www.kings-school.co.uk-3] "www.kings-school.co.uk". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 26 June 2007.

[4] "Ollie Robinson". ESPNcricinfo. 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

[5] Jamie Doward (30 March 2019). "Honours system under scrutiny after sex abuser kept title for years". The Observer. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

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