List of Old Etonians Born in The 20th Century - 1940s

1940s

• Perry Anderson (born 1940), Marxist intellectual and editor of New Left Review
• Sir Dominic Cadbury (born 1940), Chief Executive, 1984–1993, and Chairman, 1993–2000, Cadbury Schweppes, and Chairman, Wellcome Trust, 2000–
• Christopher Cazenove (1940–2010), actor
• H. Jones (1940–1982), Falklands War Victoria Cross
• Sir William Mahon, 7th Baronet (born 1940), soldier
• Tristram Powell (born 1940), television director
• HRH Prince William of Gloucester (1941–1972)
• Jeremy Clyde (born 1941), actor
• Robert Fellowes, Baron Fellowes (born 1941), Private Secretary to The Queen, 1990–1999
• Heathcote Williams (born 1941), poet, actor and playwright
• Sir George Young, 6th Baronet (born 1941), Secretary of State for Transport, 1995–1997
• HRH Prince Michael of Kent (born 1942)
• Jonathan Aitken (born 1942), Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1994–1995, and writer
• Sir Nicholas Bonsor (born 1942), politician
• James Campbell (born 1942)
• Mr Justice Collins (born 1942), High Court judge
• Piers Courage (1942–1970), racing driver
• Charles McCreery (born 1942), psychologist and author
• William Nimmo Smith, Lord Nimmo Smith (born 1942), judge
• Derek Parfit (born 1942), philosopher
• Hugo Williams (born 1942), writer, critic and poet
• Adam Hart-Davis (born 1943), writer and broadcaster
• Ian Ogilvy (born 1943), actor
• HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester (born 1944)
• Jeremy Child (born 1944), actor
• Richard Cory-Wright (born 1944) 4th Baronet Cory-Wright
• Sir Ranulph Fiennes (born 1944), explorer
• Mark Fisher (born 1944), MP
• Peter Morrison (1944–1995) Parliamentary Private Secretary (PPS) to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and MP for Chester from 1974 to 1992
• HM King Birendra of Nepal (1945–2001), King of Nepal, 1972–2001
• Robert Carnwath, Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill (born 1945), Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, 2012–
• Douglas Hogg, 3rd Viscount Hailsham (born 1945), Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1995–1997
• William Pryor (born 1945) author entrepreneur
• Francis Pryor (born 1945) archeologist author broadcaster
• David Jessel (born 1945), television journalist and broadcaster
• Sir Francis Richards (born 1945), Director, Government Communications Headquarters, 1998–2003, and Governor of Gibraltar, 2003–
• Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury (born 1946), Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords, 1994–1997
• Robin Lane Fox (born 1946), Reader in Ancient History, University of Oxford, 1990–
• William Shawcross (born 1946), writer and broadcaster
• William Waldegrave, Baron Waldegrave of North Hill (born 1946), Secretary of State for Health, 1990–1992, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1994–1995, and Chief Secretary to the Treasury, 1995–1997, Provost of Eton
• Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham (born 1947), nobleman and financial consultant to Smith and Williamson
• Robert Fulton (born 1948), Governor of Gibraltar
• Richard Alston (born 1948), Artistic Director, Ballet Rambert, 1986–1992, and choreographer
• Simon Hornblower (born 1949), Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University College London, 1997–
• Barry Johnston (born 1949), writer and producer
• David Rendel (born 1949), Member of Parliament