- List of Old King's Scholars
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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.
Contents
Aristocracy
Clergy
- Richard Boys
- William Grant Broughton
- David L. Edwards
- Michael Mayne
- Most Rev Howard Mowll, Archbishop of Sydney
Academic
- William Wyse[1]
Music
- Stephen Barlow
- Harry Christophers
- John Wesley Harding (singer)
- George Miles
- Stephen Varcoe
- Christopher Seaman
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
- Michael Morpurgo
- Walter Pater
- James Hamilton-Paterson
- Anthony Price
- Hugh Walpole
- Alan Watts
Military
Science and engineering
Government
- Natascha Engel
- Tristan Garel-Jones
- George Gipps
- Charles Powell
- Jonathan Powell
- Hugh Robertson
Directors
Other
- Arthur Luxmoore, Lord Justice of Appeal
- George Sale
- Antony Worrall Thompson
- Jacquetta Wheeler
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
- Fred Scarlett, Olympic Rower
References
Categories:- Old King's Scholars
- Lists of British people by school affiliation
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