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.

Contents 1 Aristocracy 2 Clergy 3 Academic 4 Music 5 Explorer 6 Writers, poets, playwrights and journalists 7 Military 8 Science and engineering 9 Government 10 Directors 11 Other 12 Victoria Cross 13 Sportsmen 14 References

Aristocracy

• Charles Abbott, 1st Baron Tenterden
• Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork
• Hubert Chesshyre

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

• Gregory Blaxland
• John Blaxland
• Michael Foale

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

• John Day (RAF officer)
• Field-Marshal Montgomery^[2]

Science and engineering

• Roger C. Field
• William Harvey
• Thomas Linacre
• John Tradescant the younger

Government

• Natascha Engel
• Tristan Garel-Jones
• George Gipps
• Charles Powell
• Jonathan Powell
• Hugh Robertson

Directors

• Michael Powell
• Carol Reed

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)

Sportsmen

• David Gower, England cricketer
• Bob Haines, Cricketer
• Frances Houghton, Olympic Rower
• Fred Scarlett, Olympic Rower

References