Curated category
People educated at Eton College
- George OrwellEric Arthur Blair arrived in the world on the 25th of June 1903 within a house in Motihari, Bengal Presidency. His family belonged to what he called the…
- Percy Bysshe ShelleyOn a summer day in 1804, Percy Bysshe Shelley stood before the wooden paling fence at Eton College. He held a bag of gunpowder he had stolen from the school…
- David CameronDavid William Donald Cameron was born on the 9th of October 1966 at the London Clinic in Marylebone, London. He grew up at Peasemore in Berkshire with two…
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonArthur Wellesley entered the world on the 1st of May 1769 within a townhouse at 6 Merrion Street in Dublin. The exact date and location remain disputed by…
- James Wood (critic)James Douglas Graham Wood was born on the 1st of November 1965 in Durham, England. His father Dennis William Wood worked as a minister and professor of…
- James Graham-CampbellJames Graham-Campbell entered the world on the 7th of February 1947. This date marks the beginning of a life that would eventually reshape our understanding…
- Aldous HuxleyThe year 1894 marked the birth of Aldous Leonard Huxley in Godalming, Surrey. He entered a world already defined by scientific brilliance and literary fame.
- Henry Stephens SaltHenry Shakespear Stephens Salt arrived in Naini Tal, British India, on the 20th of September 1851. His father served as a colonel in the British Army.
- Robert BridgesRobert Bridges stood at the bedside of a patient in 1876. He wore the white coat of a full physician at the Great Northern Central Hospital.
- George SteevensGeorge Steevens entered the world at Poplar on the 10th of May 1736. His father served as a captain and later became a director of the East India Company.
- Oliver Locker-LampsonOn a London street in 1911, Oliver Locker-Lampson ran as fast as he could. He believed he was winning a footrace against an old school friend named Horace de…
- Humphrey GilbertSir Humphrey Gilbert entered the world around 1539 as the fifth son of Otho Gilbert, a man who held estates at Compton, Greenway, and Galmpton in Devon.
- A. J. AyerAlfred Jules Ayer entered the world on the 29th of October 1910 in St John's Wood, a district in north west London. His parents were wealthy continental…
- John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes entered the world on the 5th of June 1883 in Cambridge, England. His father John Neville Keynes worked as an economist and lecturer at…
- Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron HollandHenry Richard Vassall-Fox entered the world at Winterslow House in Wiltshire on the 21st of November 1773. His father Stephen Fox, the 2nd Baron Holland…
- Nevile HendersonSir Nevile Meyrick Henderson was born at Sedgwick Park, near Horsham, Sussex on the 10th of June 1882. He grew up as the third child of Robert Henderson and…
- Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of WillingdonFreeman Freeman-Thomas entered the world on the 12th of September 1866 in England. His father, Freeman Frederick Thomas, served as an officer in the rifle…