List of Old Etonians Born in The 19th Century

1840s

Tankerville Chamberlayne (1840–1924), Member of Parliament for Southampton
John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919), Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge, 1879–1884, Professor of Natural Philosophy, Royal Institution, 1887–1905, Secretary to the Royal Society, 1887–1896, and Nobel Laureate
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson (1842–1921), Third Sea Lord, 1897–1901, Flag Officer Commanding Channel Squadron, 1901–1908, and Home Fleet, 1903–1907, First Sea Lord, 1909–1912, and Sudan Campaign Victoria Cross
Sir Charles Lawes-Wittewronge (1843–1911), oarsman, cyclist, runner and sculptor
Robert Bridges (1844–1930), Poet Laureate, 1913–1930
Quintin Hogg (1845–1903), sugar merchant, philanthropist and Scotland footballer
General Sir Neville Lyttelton (1845–1931), Commander-in-Chief, South Africa, 1902–1904, Chief of the General Staff, 1904–1908, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Ireland, 1908–1912, and Governor, Royal Hospital Chelsea, 1912–1931
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927), Governor-General of Canada, 1883–1888, Viceroy of India, 1888–1893, Secretary of State for War, 1895–1900, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1900–1905
Charles Nicholas Paul Phipps (1845–1913), Brazil merchant and Conservative member of parliament for Westbury (1880–1885)
Sir Frederick Pollock (1845–1937), Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 1883–1903
Sir Thomas Chapman, 7th Baronet (1846–1919), father of T. E. Lawrence
Sir Charles Edmond Knox (1846–1938), Lieutenant-General
Edmond Fitzmaurice, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice (1846–1935), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1908–1909, and writer
Charles Alexander, cricketer and barrister (1847–1902)
Lord William Beresford (1847–1900), Zulu War Victoria Cross
Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird (1847–1923), footballer, and President of the Football Association, 1890–1923
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1892–1894, and Prime Minister, 1894–1895
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848–1930), Prime Minister, 1902–1905, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1915–1916, and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1916–1919
Digby Mackworth Dolben (1848–1867), poet
Sir Henry Maxwell Lyte (1848–1940), Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, 1886–1926, and historian
Sir Hubert Parry (1848–1918), Director, Royal College of Music, 1895–1918, Professor of Music, University of Oxford, 1899–1908, and composer
Julian Sturgis (1848–1904), librettist who played football as an amateur for the Wanderers F.C. winning the FA Cup in 1873, and was thus the first American to win an FA Cup Final.
Lord Randolph Churchill (1849–1894), Secretary of State for India, 1885–1886, and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1886–1887
Sir Joseph Dimsdale (1849–1912), Lord Mayor of London, 1901–1902, and politician
Lieut-Col Richard W.B. Mirehouse (formerly Richard Walter Byrd Levett) (1849–1914), High Sheriff of Pembrokeshire, 1886, and Lieutenant Colonel of 4th Batt. North Staffs Regiment.