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 John Gau (1940–2024), British television producer Guy Hamilton, film directorDavid Badder, ed., "Guy Hamilton", Film Dope, No. 22, March 1981, p. 46 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 Air Vice-Marshal Francis Richard Lee Mellersh General Sir Thomas Astley Cubitt General David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham 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 Major General Arthur Henley Dowson Brigadier George William St. George Grogan Brigadier Francis Aylmer Maxwell Brigadier The Honourable Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven Brigadier-General Clifton Inglis Stockwell 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)Jeffery, Keith (2010) Secret History of MI6, p.191, (The Penguin Press) 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.Haileybury College Archives - Roll of Honour

Victoria Cross

Pupils

Indian Rebellion of 1857 General Sir Hugh Henry Gough, VC, GCB (attended East India College Haileybury)Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 455, (A. Constable and Company) Ross Lowis Mangles, VC (attended East India College Haileybury) - A Civilian recipient.Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 453, (A. Constable and Company) William Fraser McDonell, VC (attended East India College Haileybury) - A Civilian recipient.Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 607, (A. Constable and Company) 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).Frederick Charles Danvers, (1894), Memorials of Old Haileybury College, page 448, (A. Constable and Company) Zulu War 1879 Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill VC (attended Haileybury College, Trevelyan House from 1865 to 1869)Sir David Hughes Parry, (2005), The V. C. Its Heroes And Their Valor, page 251, (Kessinger Publishing) 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)Francis Aylmer Maxwell, (1921), Frank Maxwell: A Memoir and Some Letters, page 9, (J. Murray) 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 Sir Scott Baker Kenelm George Digby Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey Sir Richard May Sir James Miskin Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount 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 Peter Garwood, HM Inspector of SchoolsTom Garwood, "Peter Garwood obituary", The Guardian, 21 June 2020, accessed 15 March 2026 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 , colonial officer in British India Edward Maltby (British civil servant), Acting governor of Madras Stewart Perowne Rennell Rodd, 1st Baron Rennell Sir Harold Vincent

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 Zara Everitt, international netball player representing England Roses and domestically London Pulse. 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, England Captain 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 , 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 , 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 Edward House 2002 - Dinghy Salesman

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