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The following is a list of some notable Old Harrovians, former pupils of Harrow School in the United Kingdom.
Twenty Old Harrovians have been awarded the Victoria Cross: [397]
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He was educated at Harrow and at the military college of the East India Company at Addiscombe.
Henry Bulwer was educated at Harrow
He was educated at Harrow, and entered the diplomatic service.
In the summer of that year he was sent home, and at the beginning of the Michaelmas term was placed at Mr. Drury's house at Harrow, where he spent five years.
He was educated for a short time at Harrow
He was educated at Harrow School
Educated at Harrow and Sandhurst
...educated at Harrow...
After having been educated at Harrow...
He was educated at Harrow school, which he entered in September 1831, but left in 1834 at sixteen years of age for India...
Educated at Harrow, and sent abroad to learn languages
...educated at Harrow.
He'd had the best education money could buy – Harrow, Cambridge, LSE, Sandhurst.
The Crown Prince was educated at the Doon School, Dehradun, and later at Harrow.
After Harrow and Sandhurst, Forbes joined the "family regiment", the Grenadier Guards.
He was born in the parish of St. George, Hanover Square, London, on 22 March 1767, and was educated at Harrow
Abercorn was educated at Harrow
Educated at Harrow and Oriel, Oxford
He was educated at Harrow; was articled to his father without proceeding to a university
He was sent to Harrow
Educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge
Thomas Henry Sutton Estcourt was born on 4 April 1801, and was educated at Harrow and at Oriel College, Oxford
John Farr was born in Nottingham in 1922, and educated at Harrow.
Hope was educated at Harrow, where he obtained a scholarship and prizes.
He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge
It is said that he was also educated at Harrow, that he was expelled from both schools, and that he knocked down the private tutor to whom he was subsequently sent.
He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge
educ. Harrow 1776; St. John's, Camb. 1781; L. Inn 1781, called 1789; I. Temple 1784.
educ. Harrow 1774.
He entered Harrow, under Dr. Drury, at the age of ten, having for fellow scholars Lord Byron and Sir Robert Peel.
educ. Harrow c.1711
Born on 8 Sept. 1801, he was educated at Harrow
He is said to have been at Harrow school, but to have left through ill-health.
After being educated at Harrow and at Balliol College, Oxford...
He received his early education at Harrow...
CLIFFORD, Sir AUGUSTUS WILLIAM JAMES (1788–1877), usher of the black rod, was born 26 May 1788, and educated at Harrow
He was born in St. James's Palace on 13 July 1787, educated at Harrow
received his early education at Harrow
...was educated at Harrow School and at the university of Göttingen.
He was educated at Harrow...
...educated at Harrow School...
Educated at Harrow and in Germany
He was educated at Harrow School, where he made the acquaintance of Dr. Parr, Gilbert Wakefield, and Sir William Jones
In 1812 he went to Harrow
After passing through Harrow with distinction he was admitted minor pensioner of Caius College, Cambridge
He was educated at Harrow and at St. John's College, Cambridge
whence he went for a short time to Harrow
Educated at Ramsgate and at Harrow
In the beginning of 1816 he was sent to Twyford school, and in 1819 to Harrow.
COFFIN, ROBERT ASTON, D.D. (1819–1885), catholic prelate, was born at Brighton on 19 July 1819. and educated at Harrow School and at Christ Church
in 1827 he proceeded to Harrow, then under Dr. Longley, afterwards archbishop of Canterbury, to whom he acknowledged deep obligations.
He was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained a classical scholarship on 27 Nov. 1846.
From 1817 Williams was at Harrow, where he became conspicuous for his skill in Latin verse
McCririck was [...] educated at [...] Harrow school in London (where he and I were fellow pupils).
After prep school, Wheen was sent to Harrow which was "academically terrible
At Harrow school he was a contemporary of John McCririck, who was to become the flamboyant betting pundit on Channel 4 Racing.
He was for six years under John Pickering, vicar of Mackworth, Derby, and entered Harrow in 1773.
After Harrow school and Cambridge university, where he read agriculture, he returned home to manage the family's 800 acres after his father's death.
Ion was educated first at home, and afterwards at Cheam, under the Rev. R. S. Tabor, whence he passed to Harrow at the age of thirteen, obtaining an entrance scholarship.
Chandos, born in London on 27 June 1791, was educated at Harrow School, where he was a schoolfellow of Byron.
...educated at Harrow School...
Francis was educated at Harrow...
He distinguished himself at Harrow, but, unfortunately, at the sacrifice of his health.
He was educated at Harrow, where he had for contemporaries Lord Byron and Sir Robert Peel.
In 1762 he was sent to Harrow school, where he remained till 1768, two years after his mother's death.
Yorick Smythies, another first cousin of my father, was a devoted amanuensis of the philosopher Wittgenstein.. dissuaded by Wittgenstein (along with most of his other pupils) from a career in philosophy, Yorick worked as a librarian in the Oxford forestry department ... He had eccentric habits, took to snuff and Roman Catholicism, and died tragically. … Yorick, as I have already mentioned, was eccentric and possibly unhappy; but then, he went to Harrow, which – to say nothing of the pressures of association with Wittgenstein – might explain everything.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)He was sent at first as a day boy to Harrow school...
He was elected a scholar of Winchester in 1826, but his father, having settled at Harrow, removed his son to Harrow school next year.
Aubrey Hunt was at a private tutor's at Ambleside, and afterwards a contemporary of Byron and Peel at Harrow.
Born in London, Fior learned typesetting as a public schoolboy at Harrow.
He was educated at Harrow School, and was intended for the bar.
After two years at Harrow he entered the navy, but quitted it from distaste, after a few days on board the frigate Amelia.
Frederick's uncle, Charles Henry Hall [q. v.], was dean of Christ Church, and the boy was educated successively at Eton and Harrow, and destined for the church.
Jack was educated in Johannesburg and spent a term at Harrow school, north-west London.
A pupil at Harrow School, he was thinking about A-levels when casting directors arrived looking for a boy to play a minor role in the second Harry Potter film.
Timothy was educated at Berkhamsted and Harrow Schools before moving on to study History of Art at the University of East Anglia.
Cellier, Peter (b Barnet, 1928). Actor. Harrow-educated, trained with Leatherhead Rep...
Benedict Cumberbatch's privileged background was actually detrimental to his acting ambitions, the Oscar nominee's drama teacher at Harrow public school has claimed.
Denison was educated at Harrow before going to Oxford.
Bert and I met at school in Harrow when we were about 13, playing servants in a production of Romeo and Juliet – roles so inconsequential I can't remember who we were.
Valentine was born in London and educated at Harrow and Christchurch, Oxford
I almost didn't get into Harrow.
Fox – like Cumberbatch, an Old Harrovian – dismissed any criticism as "complete balls"
Harrow-educated actor Laurence Fox has claimed his former school tried to stop him speaking out about his time there, it was reported today.
At Harrow School, Lange gained an interest in the theatre through his friendship with the cricket team captain, Terence Rattigan
One of nine children, Jeffrey was born in Bristol and educated at Harrow school and Pembroke College, Oxford
He went to Harrow; his best friend Spencer Matthews went to Eton.
Harrow's long-established and vibrant theatrical tradition has nurtured the talents of [...] actors including [...] Simon Williams (Newlands 19601)
As teenagers, Tarka and Barney were shipped off to Harrow for a high-class education.
He was sent to St. Paul's School in February 1785 at the age of thirteen, and afterwards was removed to Harrow.
William was educated at Harrow...
Webb was [...] educated at Harrow..,
He was educated at Harrow, then went up to Trinity, Cambridge, where he read French, German and History.
He was educated at Harrow, whence he went in 1864 to Exeter College, Oxford.
Walter Calverley Trevelyan was educated at Harrow.
Brodie was educated at Harrow and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1838.
...educated at Harrow School.
When he proceeded to Harrow at the very late age of eighteen, he could neither read nor understand one word of any language but Welsh.
He was sent to schools in England — Summer Fields in Oxford and Harrow
He was educated at Harrow, and among his schoolfellows were Sir William Jones (with whom he afterwards continued to be intimate) and Dr. Parr.
He was sent to Harrow in 1718, and placed upon the foundation at Eton in 1721.
At Easter 1752 he was sent to Harrow School as a free scholar
After studying at Harrow, where he was accidentally lamed for life
He was educated at Harrow, where he became fascinated with ancient archaeology and, after National Service, he studied Archaeology at Trinity College, Cambridge.
He was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained a declamation prize
He was educated at Harrow School
Educated at Harrow
He was educated at Harrow under Joseph Drury...
Compton's career has failed to develop – at its worst, descending from Harrow to harrowing
Sam Northeast, 16, who has been prolific for Harrow School and already made a mark for Kent 2nd XI
Michael was educated at Harrow and Kent School, Connecticut.
[Astaire] was educated at Wellesley House in Kent and Harrow School – two pillars of the English public school system
Apart from training as a chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen, where he went after Harrow, it was effectively the young Beckwith's first job.
Though Bonham Carter followed Duffield through Harrow school – he still sits on its investment committee – it is hard to find much else in common.
His education at Harrow school had prepared him well for the rigours of army life
In the early years of their relationship, friends of Mr. Heywood said he helped her son gain admission to Harrow
Richard decided to continue in the family tradition, and after Harrow he took up an apprenticeship at a jewellery firm
Another Harrow friend was Prince Hussein of Jordan, who arrived as a 16-year-old
NICHOLAS WRIGLEY FACTFILE [...] Education: Harrow School
Sent to Harrow school, near which his father was then living, in 1825, at the early age of seven, he spent nine years there, leaving as a monitor in 1834.
He was educated at Harrow
...educated at Harrow School
He was educated at Harrow
He was placed at Harrow under Dr. Sumner in 1770, but owing to his father's heavy pecuniary losses was unable to proceed to a university.
Educated at Harrow, he won an exhibition to read history at Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge University
John Bruce Norton was educated at Harrow
He was educated at Harrow and at Trinity College, Cambridge
He was educated at Harrow and Oxford
He was educated at Harrow...
...his mother placed him at Harrow School under a feigned name...
Educated first at Astbury in Cheshire, and later at Harrow, and with a Mr. Preston near Cambridge
He was educated at Harrow...
After being educated at Harrow...
He was educated at Harrow, and at Christ Church, Oxford
He left Harrow public school in 1971 with just three O-levels
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