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. The abbreviation OKS is sometimes used.
Aristocracy
- Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
- Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
- Hubert Chesshyre
- Robert Edward Gasgoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne
Clergy
- Richard Boys
- William Grant Broughton
- David L. Edwards
- Michael Mayne
- Howard Mowll, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney
Academic
- Sir Tony Hoare, computer scientist
- Jeremy Lawrance, linguist and historian
- William Wyse[1]
Music
- Stephen Barlow
- Simon Carrington
- Harry Christophers
- John Wesley Harding
- George Miles
- Stephen Varcoe
- Christopher Seaman
- Andrew Marriner
Explorer
Writers, poets, playwrights and journalists
- Sebastian Barker
- Oz Clarke
- Michael Cordy
- David L. Edwards
- Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Dyneley Hussey
- Alaric Jacob
- Edward Lucie-Smith
- Christopher Marlowe
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Leslie Mitchell
- Michael Morpurgo
- Walter Pater
- James Hamilton-Paterson
- Anthony Price
- Shoo Rayner
- Hugh Walpole
- Alan Watts
- Tom Ward
- Thomas Wheatley
Military
- John Day (RAF officer)
- Field-Marshal Montgomery[2]
- Bertram Arthur "Jimmy" James (RAF, (MC, Great Escapee))
Science and engineering
Government
- Sir Patrick Walker, former Director general of MI5
- Sir Anthony Parsons
- Natascha Engel
- Tristan Garel-Jones
- George Gipps
- Charles Powell
- Jonathan Powell
- Hugh Robertson
Directors
Business
- Ian Cheshire, Chief Executive, Kingfisher
Other
- Myles Jackman, lawyer
- Arthur Luxmoore, Lord Justice of Appeal
- Richard Pleming , Headmaster of Charterhouse School
- George Sale
- Antony Worrall Thompson
- Jacquetta Wheeler
- Peter, Hereditary Prince of Yugoslavia
Victoria Cross
Three Old King's Scholars have won the Victoria Cross.[2]
- Victoria Cross
- Second Afghan War
- Captain William John Vousden, VC, CB (1848–1902). He later achieved the rank of major general. (KS 1859-60)
- First World War
- Second lieutenant Alfred James Terence Fleming-Sandes, VC (1894–1961). He later achieved the rank of Major. (KS 1907-13)
- Second World War
- Lieutenant Peter Scawen Watkinson Roberts, VC (1917 to 1979). (KS 1931-35)
- Second Afghan War
Sportsmen
- David Gower, England cricketer
- Bob Haines, cricketer
- Frances Houghton, Olympic rower
- Tom Ransley, Olympic rower
- Fred Scarlett, Olympic rower
- Millie Knight, Paralympic skier
- M.J. "Jim" Parsons, England Rugby Football
References
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