# List of people educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Haileybury and Imperial Service College is an independent school near Hertford in England. Originally a boys' public school, it is now co-educational, enrolling pupils at 11+, 13+ and 16+ stages of education. Over 750 pupils attend Haileybury, of whom more than 500 board.
The following are notable alumni of Haileybury:

## Arts

* Michael Aitkens, scriptwriter
* Alan Ayckbourn, dramatist
* John Bailey, literary critic
* Davy Burnaby, actor
* John Blofeld, Taoist and Buddhist author
* Reginald Blomfield, architect
* Bruce Bairnsfather (attended United Services College), humourist
* Erskine Childers, author of The Riddle of the Sands
* Harold Creighton, magazine proprietor
* Michael Davie, journalist and newspaper editor
* Edmund Fisher, architect
* Philip Franks, actor and director
* Charles Wellington Furse, artist
* Gerald Harper, actor
* John Howard Davies, TV director and producer
* Dom Joly, comedian and journalist
* Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
* Quentin Letts, journalist
* Chris Lowe, BBC journalist and news presenter
* Simon MacCorkindale, actor
* Stephen Mangan, actor
* Lionel Marson, actor
* John McCarthy, journalist
* David Meyer, actor
* Christopher Nolan, film director
* Hoyt Richards, model and actor
* Alan Ross, poet and writer
* Joe Saward, sports journalist and author
* Rik Simpson, record producer, sound engineer, musician, and songwriter
* Alison Stephens, virtuoso classical mandolinist and recording artist
* Arthur Thomas, composer
* Herbert Trench, poet
* Rex Whistler, artist
* Peter Woodward, actor
* Tim Woodward, actor
* Bryan Wynter, artist

## Armed Forces

* Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
* Field Marshal Sir John Chapple
* Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Dickson
* Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor
* Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, First Sea Lord
* Admiral Sir Royston Wright, Second Sea Lord
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders
* General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt
* General David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham GCB, CBE
* General Lionel Dunsterville
* General Sir Alexander Godley
* General Sir Hugh Henry Gough
* General Sir Reginald May
* General Sir Rupert Smith
* Lieutenant General Sir Richard Vickers
* Major General The Reverend Morgan Llewellyn
* Major General David Shaw
* Major General Hurdis Ravenshaw
* Major General Hubert Hamilton
* Major General Sir Thompson Capper
* Major General William George Walker
* Major General Clifford Coffin
* Brigadier George William St. George Grogan
* Brigadier Francis Aylmer Maxwell
* Brigadier The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven
* Brigadier-General Clifton Inglis Stockwell CB CMG DSO
* Brigadier General Sydney Frederick Williams
* Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Rawlins
* Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Thorne
* Group Captain Peter Townsend
* Flight Lieutenant Edward Mortimer-Rose
* Harry Carr, Special Intelligence Service 1919–45, Northern Area Controller (Baltic & USSR)
* Brigadier-general Archibald James Fergusson Eden CMG, DSO

## Victoria Cross and George Cross holders

Seventeen former pupils, and one master, of Haileybury and its antecedents have received the Victoria Cross, and three former pupils the George Cross.

### Victoria Cross
#### Pupils

* Indian Rebellion of 1857
** General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, VC, GCB (attended East India College Haileybury)
** Ross Lowis Mangles, VC (attended East India College Haileybury) - A Civilian recipient.
** William Fraser McDonell, VC (attended East India College Haileybury) - A Civilian recipient.
* Persian War 1857
** Lieutenant Arthur Thomas Moore VC (attended East India College Haileybury) He later achieved the rank of major general and was made a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB).
* Zulu War 1879
** Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill VC (attended Haileybury College, Trevelyan House from 1865 to 1869)
* Sudan Campaign 1898
** Brigadier General The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, PC, Croix de Guerre (France and Belgium) . Earl of Gowrie & Viscount Ruthven of Canberra. (attended United Services College 1882.2). He was a Captain when he earned his VC.
* Second Boer War 1899–1902
** Colonel Edward Douglas Browne-Synge-Hutchinson, VC, CB (attended United Services College Day Boy 1875). He was a Major when he earned his VC.
** Brigadier General Francis Aylmer Maxwell, VC, CSI, DSO & Bar, (attended United Services College 1883–1890)
** Captain Conwyn Mansel-Jones, VC, CMG, DSO, (attended Haileybury College, Batten House 1885–1888)
* Third Somaliland Expedition 1903
** Major General William George Walker, VC, CB (attended Haileybury College, Colvin House, 1876–1881)
* First World War
** Captain Anketell Moutray Read, VC, (attended United Services College 1898–1902)
** Second Lieutenant Rupert Price Hallowes, VC, MC (attended Haileybury College, Le Bas House 1894–1897)
** Major General Clifford Coffin, VC, CB, DSO & Bar (attended Haileybury College, Lawrence House, 1884–1886)
** Captain Clement Robertson, VC (attended Haileybury College, Colvin House 1904–1906)
** Captain Cyril Hubert Frisby, VC (attended Haileybury College, Hailey House, 1899–1903)
** Brigadier General George William St. George Grogan, VC, CB, CMG, DSO & Bar (attended United Services College, 1890–1893)
* Korean War 1951
** Colonel James Carne, VC, DSO (attended Imperial Service College, (Alexander House), 1920–1923)

#### Staff

* First World War
** Major Richard Raymond Willis, VC (staff at Haileybury College, 1921–1921)

### George Cross

Source:
* First World War 1919
** Wing Commander Harry "Wings" Day (Harry Melville Arbuthnot Day), GC (formerly AM)
* Second World War
** Wing Commander Laurence Frank Sinclair GC

## Business

* James Henderson; former CEO of Bell Pottinger
* Sir Clive Martin
* Prannoy Roy; Founder NDTV
* Alan Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Drury Lane

## Law

* The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Scott Baker
* Kenelm George Digby
* Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey
* Sir Richard May
* His Honour Judge Sir James Miskin QC
* Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Baron Radcliffe
* Sir Barry Sheen
* Sir Arthur Watts

## Learning

* Forster Fitzgerald Arbuthnot
* Frank Bell
* John Burnaby, Regius Professor of Divinity, Cambridge University
* Lionel Curtis, professor at Oxford University
* Bonamy Dobrée
* W. H. C. Frend
* Bertrand Hallward
* Brian Houghton Hodgson
* Alexander Francis Kirkpatrick, Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge
* Peter Ladefoged, linguist and phonetician
* Robert Liddell
* Jack Meyer, founder of Millfield School and county cricketer
* Humphry Osmond
* Frank Podmore
* George Speaight

## Politics

* Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Baron Alport, Cabinet Minister
* Clement Attlee, Prime Minister
* Hugh Bayley
* Sir Geoffrey de Freitas
* Barry Gardiner, Labour politician
* Nick Herbert, Baron Herbert of South Downs
* John Robert Jermain Macnamara
* Christopher Mayhew, Baron Mayhew
* Ian Stewart, Baron Stewartby
* Tom Sutcliffe MP
* David Garro Trefgarne, 2nd Baron Trefgarne
* Sir Edward Wakefield

## Civil, Diplomatic and Colonial Services

* Sir Andrew Barkworth-Wright
* Henry Bartle Frere, 1st Baronet
* John Beames ICS, Bengal cadre, author of "Memoirs of a Bengal Civilian"
* Sir Andrew Green
* Patrick Keen CMG MBE, colonial officer in British India
* Edward Maltby (British civil servant), Acting governor of Madras
* Stewart Perowne
* Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell
* Sir Harold Vincent KCMG CB CVO

## Sport

* John A'Deane, New Zealand cricketer
* Tom Askwith, Olympic Rower
* John Batten, England rugby union international
* Sam Billings, English cricketer
* John Birkett, England rugby union international player and captain.
* Ronald Brooks, English cricketer
* Ernest Cheston, England rugby union international
* John Cocks, English cricketer
* David Cooke, England rugby union international
* Edward D'Aeth, English first-class cricketer
* Jehan Daruvala, racing driver
* Devlin DeFrancesco, racing driver
* Richard Ellis, Gloucestershire and Middlesex English county cricketer
* Charles Evans, first-class cricketer
* Noel Evans, first-class cricketer
* Guy Evers, England rugby union international
* Archibald Fargus, English cricketer, scholar and clergyman
* Lionel Frere, English cricketer and tennis player
* Jamie George, England & Saracens rugby union player
* Billy Geen, Welsh rugby union international
* Darren Gerard, cricketer
* Charles Gurdon, Cambridge varsity rower and England rugby union international
* Herbert Hake OBE, English first-class cricketer
* Nigel Harrison, English first-class cricketer
* Eric Hudson, English first-class cricketer
* Callum Ilott, racing driver
* Ronald Lee, English first-class cricketer
* Victor Le Fanu, Ireland rugby union international
* Patrick Keen CMG MBE, English first-class cricketer
* Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, Indian cricketer
* Lionel Marson, English first-class cricketer
* Martin Maslin, English first-class cricketer
* Osbert Mackie, England rugby union international and Anglican priest
* William Marillier, English first-class cricketer
* Ralph McCall DSO MC, Scottish first-class cricketer
* Percy Mead, English first-class cricketer
* Jack Meyer, English first-class cricketer and founder of Millfield School
* Charles Michell, English first-class cricketer
* Andrew Miller, Middlesex English county cricketer
* Sir Stirling Moss, Formula One racing driver
* David Newsom, English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer
* Clément Novalak, racing driver
* Mike Parkes, Engineer (Hillman Imp) and Formula 1 racing driver
* Oscar Piastri, Formula One racing driver
* James Pull, racing driver
* James Souter, English first-class cricketer
* Major-General James Spens, English first-class cricketer and British Army officer
* Robert Spurway, English cricketer
* Arthur Tharp, English cricketer
* Gordon Thorne, English cricketer
* Bill Tyrwhitt-Drake, English cricketer
* Thomas Usborne, English cricketer
* Walter Vezey, English cricketer
* Sir Harold Vincent, English cricketer
* Nick Walker (cricketer), Derbyshire and Leicestershire English county cricketer
* Peter Warfield, England rugby union international
* Alec Wills, English cricketer
* Charles Wynch, English first-class cricketer
* Chris Wyles, Saracens and USA rugby union international

## Miscellaneous

* Richard Ambler, molecular biologist
* William Henry Battle, surgeon
* Edward Clive Bayley, archaeologist
* Basil Jellicoe, Church of England priest and housing reformer.
* Quentin Stafford-Fraser, co-creator of the Trojan Room coffee pot
* Prince Andrew Romanov