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This is a list of notable Old Wellingtonians, being former pupils of Wellington College in Berkshire, England.
Politics
- Thomas Galbraith, 2nd Baron Strathclyde, current leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords
- Lord Stodart of Leaston, Scottish Tory politician who served under Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath
- Sir Michael Spicer, Conservative MP and current chairman of the 1922 Committee
- Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British Ambassador who was assassinated by the IRA
- The Viscount Falkland, Liberal Democrat politician and one of the 92 remaining hereditary peers elected to sit in the Lords
- Lord Gordon-Walker, British Cabinet Minister who served as Foreign Secretary under Harold Wilson
- Sir Alexander Grantham, British colonial administrator who governed Hong Kong
- Lord Luce, current Lord Chamberlain to HM The Queen
- Sir Harold Nicolson, British diplomat, author and politician
- Lord Campbell of Croy, British Cabinet Minister who served as Secretary of State for Scotland during the whole of Edward Heath's government
- Lord Colnbrook, British Cabinet Minister
- Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, British Secretary of State for War (two separate times) and founder of the Lord Derby Cup
- Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt Conservative Member of Parliament for the English constituency of Reigate.
- John Dugdale, journalist, Labour MP, and government minister
Religion
Sport
Art and Entertainment
- Rory Bremner, British impressionist and comedian, noted for his political satire
- Will Young, British singer and actor
- Jim Field Smith, British film director, writer and comedian
- Count Nikolai Tolstoy, Russo-British historian and author
- Christopher Lee, film actor
- John Masters, British Army Officer and novelist
- Peter Snow, British television and radio presenter
- Daniel Farson, broadcaster and writer who briefly attended the school, which he strongly disliked
- Sebastian Faulks, novelist whose works include Birdsong and Charlotte Gray
- Robert Morley, film actor
- John Nash, twentieth-Century painter and war artist
- Robin Oakley, journalist, Political Editor of CNN International, formerly Political Editor of the BBC
- George Orwell, author whose works include Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four
- Charles Robert Ashbee, one of the prime movers of the English Arts and Crafts movement
- Hugh Beaver, founder of the Guinness Book of Records
- James Bernard, British Film composer and Academy Award winner
- Gavin Ewart, British Poet
- John Gardner, British Composer
- John Keane, painter and official artist, Gulf War
- Gregory Norminton, novelist
- Douglas Baker, Poet, Vocalist, Chef, Actor and author of My Cabaret
- Elize du Toit, actress and model best known for the Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks
Military
- Douglas Wimberley, British Divisional Commander in WWII
- Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, British army commander during World War II
- Sir John Rennie, Director of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
- John Salmond, Marshal of the Royal Air Force
- Field Marshal Sir Nigel Bagnall, the professional head of the British Army
- Noel Beresford-Peirse, Lieutenant General during the Second World War
- Roger Bushell, Mastermind of the Great Escape
- Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer, the professional head of the British Army
- Sir Maurice Johnston, Lieutenant-General and Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
- General Sir Harry Tuzo, General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland and other senior British Army commands.
Victoria Cross Holders
Fifteen Old Wellingtonians have won the Victoria Cross as well as one George Cross.2 They are as follows:
Other
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