List of Old Etonians born in the 20th century

The following notable pupils of Eton College were born in the 20th century.

1900s Thomas Bevan (1900–1942), first-class cricketer and British Army officer Colin Cokayne-Frith (1900–1940), first-class cricketer and British Army officer King Leopold III of the Belgians (1901–1983), King of the Belgians, 1934–1951 John Strachey (1901–1963) Philip Evergood (1901–1973) Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947) Sir Gubby Allen (1902–1989), England cricketer Peter Cazalet (1907–1973), English cricketer, jockey, racehorse owner and trainer Lord David Cecil (1902–1986), literary critic Christopher Hollis (1902–1977), intelligence officer Dadie Rylands (1902–1999), Cambridge don and member of the Bloomsbury Group Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903–1978) Norman Barrett (1903–1979) Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall (1903–1975) Cyril Connolly (1903–1974), author and journalist Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton (1903–1973) aviator, first man to fly over Mount Everest Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1960–1963, 1970–1974, and Prime Minister, 1963–1964 Roger K. Furse (1903–1972), film designer Sir John Heygate (1903–1976) Sir Roger Mynors (1903–1989) George Orwell (1903–1950), novelist Sir Steven Runciman (1903–2000), historian James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979) Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994), writer and aesthete Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992) Cameron Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold (1904–1987), Governor, Bank of England, 1949–1961, and Lord Chamberlain, 1963–1971 Sir Paul Mason (1904–1978), diplomat'MASON, Sir Paul', in Who Was Who (London: A. & C. Black) online ed. by Oxford University Press, 2007, accessed 1 January 2012 Oliver Messel (1904–1978), artist and stage designer Godfrey Meynell (1904–1935), North West Frontier Victoria Cross J. H. C. Whitehead (1904–1960) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet (1904–1988), Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire and of Clwyd'WILLIAMS-WYNN, Col. Sir (Owen) Watkin', in Who Was Who (London: A. & C. Black, 1920–2008), online page (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 6 June 2012 Robert Byron (1905–1941), traveller, writer, art critic and historian David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905–1981), hurdler, politician, and chairman, 1936–1966, and President, 1966–1977, British Olympic Association Henry Green (1905–1973), novelist Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–1992), poet and novelist Brian Howard (1905–1958), writer Sir Harry Hylton-Foster (1905–1965), politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1954–1959, and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1959–1965 Seymour de Lotbiniere (1905–1984), BBC Director of outside broadcasting Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001), politician and writer John Tew (1905–1992), cricketer and solicitor Sir Trenchard Cox (1906–1995), museum director George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (1906–1994), politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1955–1957 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1957–1959. First Commissioner to newly independent Singapore Anthony Powell (1906–2000), novelist William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907–1966), politician Cuthbert Bardsley (1907–1991), bishop Peter Fleming (1907–1971), writer, traveller and journalist James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose (1907–1992), politician Sir Rupert Hart-Davis (1907–1999), publisher Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone (1907–2001), Lord Chancellor, 1970–1974, 1979–1987 John Lehmann (1907–1987), poet and editor Ian Fleming (1908–1964), novelist and author of the James Bond series of spy novels James Lees-Milne (1908–1997), author and diarist Alan Pryce-Jones (1908–2000), journalist and liberal politician John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar (1908–1962), peer and landowner Sir Anthony Wagner (1908–1995), herald of arms Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose (1909–1995), Chairman, The Daily Telegraph, 1987 Douglas Blackwood (1909–1997), publisher and Battle of Britain fighter pilot Lord Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton (1909–1964), politician and aviator Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth (1909–1984), High Commissioner to India, 1960–1965, and Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1965–1969 Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham (1909–1977) Anthony Mildmay (1909–1950), amateur steeplechase jockey William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle (1909–1991), Second World War Victoria Cross Reynolds Stone (1909–1979) Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft (1909–1994), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1957–1958) General Sir Kenneth Darling (1909–1998) Richard Ormonde Shuttleworth (1909–1940), racing driver and aviator Robert Boothby, Baron Boothby (1900–1986), conservative politician, author and broadcaster, and associate of the Kray twins Thomas Mitford (1909–1945) aristocrat and soldier, alleged supporter of fascism

1910s Sir Archibald Southby (1910–1988), cricketer and soldier Sir A. J. Ayer (1910–1989), philosopher and author Lewis Clive (1910–1938), Spanish Civil War fighter Sir Robin Darwin (1910–1974), Principal, Royal College of Art, 1948–1967, and painter Samuel Hood, 6th Viscount Hood (1910–1981), diplomat Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda (1910–1990), managing director, 1945–1970, and chairman, 1971–1975, The Financial Times Edward Agar, 5th Earl of Normanton (1910–1967), landowner and soldierBurke's Peerage, volume 2 (2003), p. 2923 Ernest Sheepshanks (1910–1937), Yorkshire cricketer and Reuters war correspondent Robert Still (1910–1971), composer Sir Wilfred Thesiger (1910–2003), explorer and travel writer David Boyle, 9th Earl of Glasgow (1910–1984) Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell (1911–2001), Chairman and Editor-in-Chief, The Daily Telegraph, 1954–1987, and The Sunday Telegraph, 1961–1987 Guy Burgess (1911–1963), intelligence officer and double agent Randolph Frederick Edward Churchill (1911–1968), journalist and Conservative Member of Parliament (1940–1945); son of Sir Winston Churchill Brigadier Bernard Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae (1911–1980), Governor-General of New Zealand, 1962–1967 Sir Fitzroy Maclean of Dunconnel (1911–1996) Alexander Ogston, (1911–1996), surgeon; discovered Staphylococcus aureus David Astor (1912–2001), Editor, The Observer, 1948–1975 William Douglas-Home (1912–1992) Sir John Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet (1912–1992), politician James Fisher (1912–1970), ornithologist Christopher Furness (1912–1940), Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross Brian Johnston (1912–1994), radio commentator, author, and television personality Pen Tennyson (1912–1941), film director Birabongse Bhanudej, Prince Birabongse of Thailand (1913–1988) Sir Charles Villiers (1912–1992), businessman and one-time Chairman of British Steel Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway (1913–2003) Guy Branch (1913–1940), one of The Few and Empire Gallantry Medal holder Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher (1913–2004), architect Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield (1913–1999), Private Secretary to the Queen Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond (1913–1993) General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam (1913–2000), Chief of Staff - Indian Army Peter Lawrence (1913–2005), teacher Charles Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell (1913–1943), Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross Thomas Daniel Knox, 6th Earl of Ranfurly (1914–1988), Second World War Lieutenant General Sir Philip Neame recipient of the Victoria Cross Captain Guy Ruggles-Brise (1914–2000), Second World War commando, POW, stockbroker, land-owner Richard Kay-Shuttleworth, 2nd Baron Shuttleworth (1937–1940), a fighter pilot killed in the Battle of BritainBurke's Peerage, volume 3 (2003), p. 3616 Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin (1914–1999) William Henry Rhodes-Moorhouse (1914–1940), Royal Air Force pilot; killed in the Battle of Britain Antony Fisher (1915–1988) British businessman and think tank founder John Brocklebank (1915–1974), aristocrat, first-class cricketer, British Army major Michael Magill (1915–1940), first-class cricketer James Palmer-Tomkinson (1915–1952) Derek Prince (1915–2003), international Bible teacher Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam (1916–1973) Indian politician and communist theorist Robin Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham (1916–1981) Dennis Poore (1916–1987), racing driver, entrepreneur and financier, Chairman, Manganese Bronze Holdings Geoffrey Keyes (1917–1941), Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross George Mann (1917–2001), cricketer Nigel Nicolson (1917–2004), author and journalist Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever (1918–1984), President, Times newspapers, 1967–1981 Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918–1991), Governor, Bank of England, 1961–1966, managing director, Baring Brothers & Co, 1948–1961, 1967–1970 Granville Leveson-Gower, 5th Earl Granville (1918–1996), Lord Lieutenant of the Western Isles Sir Roger de Grey (1918–1995), visual artist; President of the Royal Academy (1984–1993) Michael England (1918–2007), cricketer Peter Opie (1918–1982), historian of childhood lore David Ormsby-Gore (1918–1985), politician and British Ambassador to the USA Tim Westoll (1918–1999), Chairman of Cumberland and Cumbria County Council 1959–1976 Michael Benthall (1919–1974), theatre director Denis Cannan (1919–2011), dramatist and screenwriter Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919–2018), Secretary of State for Defence, 1970–1974, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1979–1982, and Secretary General of NATO, 1984–1988 Sir Ludovic Kennedy (1919–2009), journalist, broadcaster, political activist and author

1920s Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920–2004), Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations 1962–1964 Henry Chadwick (1920–2008), Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, 1959–1969, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1969–1979, and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1987–1993 John Edmondson, 2nd Baron Sandford (1920–2009), politician and clergyman Michael Farebrother (1920–1987), cricketer and educator David Jamieson (1920–2001), Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross Sir John Jardine Paterson (1920–2000), Calcutta businessman'Jardine Paterson, Sir John (Valentine)', in Who Was Who (A. & C. Black, 1920–2008), online edition by Oxford University Press, December 2007, accessed 5 January 2011 John Maynard Smith (1920–2004), evolutionary biologist John Pelham, 7th Earl of Yarborough (1920–1991)Burke's Peerage volume 3 (2003), p. 4263 Peter Benenson (1921–2005), founder of Amnesty International Fiennes Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis (1921–2010) Humphrey Lyttelton (1921–2008), jazz musician, band leader, composer, and chairman of BBC radio programme I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Michael Bentine (1922–1996), actor and comedian Hugo Charteris (1922–1970), author and screenwriter Adrian Liddell Hart (1922–1991), author and adventurer Patrick Macnee (1922–2015), actor Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth (1923–1981), Financial Secretary to the Treasury, 1959–1962, and Vice-Chancellor, University of Leeds, 1970–1981 Field Marshal Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall (1923–2019), Commander-in-Chief, United Kingdom Land Forces, 1976–1978, Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, 1978–1979, and Chief of the General Staff, 1979–1982 James Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola (1923–2002), Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, 1969–1971 Charles Howard, 12th Earl of Carlisle, (1923–1994) Michael Jaffé (1923–1997) George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood (1923–2011), managing director, 1972–1985, and chairman, 1986–1995, English National Opera, and President, British Board of Film Classification, 1985–1997 Nicholas Mosley (1923–2017), author Richard Ollard (1923–2007), author, editor and historian Sir John Smith (1923–2007), director, Coutts and Co, 1950–1993 Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924–2016) Edward Thomas Hall (1924–2001), scientist Robin Howard (1924–1989), philanthropist, dance patron and founder of The Place