Old Harrovians - Politicians

Politicians

• Thomas Agar-Robartes, 6th Viscount Clifden, Liberal Member of Parliament
• Sir James Agg-Gardner, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Leo Amery, Conservative Secretary of State
• Sir Alex Allan, Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee
• Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew, Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
• Sir John Milne Barbour, 1st Baronet, Finance Minister, Northern Ireland
• Thomas Baring, Conservative, Member of Parliament
• Hamar Alfred Bass, Liberal politician from the Bass brewing family
• Ivon Moore-Brabazon, 3rd Baron Brabazon of Tara, Tory Peer
• Orlando Bridgeman, 3rd Earl of Bradford, Lord Chamberlain
• Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell, Cabinet Secretary
• Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet, Governor of South Australia
• Ewen Cameron, Baron Cameron of Dillington, Cross-bench Peer
• Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, prominent reformist
• Evelyn Ashley Liberal Member of Parliament
• Sir Kenneth Carlisle, Tory minister
• William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain
• Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India
• Francis Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland
• Harry Davenport, Conservative Member of Parliament
• William Deedes, Baron Deedes of Aldington, Conservative Member of Parliament and editor of The Daily Telegraph
• Sir Reginald Hugh Dorman-Smith, diplomat, soldier and Minister for Agriculture youngest brother of Eric ("Chink") Dorman-Smith
• Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Duke of Hamilton, Ambassador to St. Petersburg
• Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Whig Member of Parliament
• Lawrence Dundas, 1st Earl of Zetland, Whig Member of Parliament
• Lawrence Dundas, 1st Marquess of Zetland, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Lawrence Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland, Conservative Secretary of State
• Thomas Dundas, 2nd Earl of Zetland, Whig Member of Parliament
• Sir William Hart Dyke, Conservative Member of Parliament
• William Edgcumbe, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Lord Chamberlain
• William Lindsay Everard Brewer, Conservative MP, and philanthropist.
• Femi Fani-Kayode, Minister of Aviation and Minister of Culture and Tourism, Nigeria
• Prince Mozaffar Firouz, Iranian ambassador to the USSR
• Sir Charles Augustus Fitzroy, Governor of New South Wales
• Gerald Gardiner, Baron Gardiner, Lord Chancellor
• George Gordon, 2nd Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair
• Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham, Liberal Member of Parliament, cofounder of the Scottish National Party
• Sir Jeremy Greenstock, British ambassador to the United Nations
• Sir William Henry Gregory, Anglo-Irish writer and politician, and Governor of Ceylon
• Albert Henry Edward Grey, 4th Earl Grey, Governor-General of Canada
• Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury, Liberal peer
• Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster, Lord of the Admiralty
• Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Viceroy of India
• Alexander Hardinge, 2nd Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Private Secretary to Edward VIII and George VI
• Lord Claud Hamilton (1813–1884), Conservative Member of Parliament
• Lord Claud Hamilton (1843–1925), Conservative Member of Parliament
• Lord Ernest Hamilton. Conservative Member of Parliament
• Lord George Hamilton, Conservative Secretary of State
• James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn, Conservative Member of Parliament
• John Hamilton, 1st Marquess of Abercorn, Conservative Member of Parliament
• George Hamilton-Gordon, 5th Earl of Aberdeen, Liberal Member of Parliament
• Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 1st Earl of Ancaster. Liberal Member of Parliament
• Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Conservative Secretary of State
• Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies
• Stuart Holland, 2nd Baron Rotherham, Inspector, Ministry of Pensions
• Sir Adrian Holman, British Ambassador to Cuba
• Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood, Conservative cabinet minister
• Sir John Hobson (politician), Attorney General
• Esme Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Penrith, Ambassador to the United States
• Edward Wingfield Humphreys, New Zealand MP representing Christchurch North
• Sir Stanley Jackson, cricketer and Chairman of the Conservative Party
• Sir Keith Joseph, Conservative Secretary of State
• Sir John Burgess Karslake, Attorney General
• John Alsop King, 20th Governor of New York State
• Uchter Knox, 5th Earl of Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand
• Sir Frank Lascelles, Ambassador to Russia and Germany
• Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford, Chairman of Open Europe
• George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth, Lord Chamberlain
• Sir Charles Lemon, 2nd Baronet Lemon of Carclew, Liberal Member of Parliament
• Richard Long, 4th Viscount Long, Conservative peer
• Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long, Conservative Secretary of State
• Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, Liberal Member of Parliament
• Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Viceroy of India
• Malcolm McCorquodale, 1st Baron McCorquodale, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Sir Francis May, Governor of Hong Kong
• Christopher Monckton, 3rd Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Conservative policy advisor
• Walter Monckton, 1st Viscount Monckton of Brenchley, Conservative Minister of Defence
• Noel Noel-Buxton, 1st Baron Noel-Buxton, Liberal, and then Labour Member of Parliament
• William Smith O'Brien, Irish nationalist Member of Parliament
• Cranley Onslow, Baron Onslow of Woking, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Charles Lindsay Orr-Ewing, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Ian Orr-Ewing, Baron Orr-Ewing, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Sir Frederick Peel, Under-Secretary of State for War and Secretary to the Treasury
• Sir Robert Peel, 3rd Baronet, Chief Secretary for Ireland
• William Yates Peel, Lord of the Treasury
• Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham, Twice Lord Chancellor
• Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby, Home Secretary and Ambassador at Paris
• William Plunket, 5th Baron Plunket, Governor of New Zealand
• Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough, Governor General of Canada
• John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington, Governor of New Zealand
• Morgan Philips Price, Liberal and Labour Member of Parliament
• John Profumo, 5th Baron Profumo, Conservative Secretary of State, known for the Profumo Affair
• Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Governor General of India
• Matthew White Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley, Home Secretary
• Wyn Roberts, Baron Roberts of Conwy, Welsh Tory
• Anthony Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, Foreign Secretary
• Richard Ryder (19th century politician), Home Secretary
• Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford, Conservative Member of Parliament
• J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone, Conservative and Liberal Member of Parliament
• Madron Seligman, MEP
• Francis Seymour, 5th Marquess of Hertford, Lord Chamberlain
• Ughtred James Kay-Shuttleworth, 1st Baron Shuttleworth, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
• Raja Maharaj Singh, First Indian Governor of Bombay
• Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt, Home Secretary
• Sir Peter Smithers, Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, Irish ambassador to Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and Russia
• George Smythe, 7th Viscount Strangford, Conservative Member of Parliament
• George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, Whig Home Secretary
• John Spencer, 3rd Earl Spencer, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• John Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
• Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer, Lord Chamberlain
• Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, Conservative councillor, also grandfather of Diana, Princess of Wales
• Sir Douglas Straight, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Henry Strutt, 2nd Baron Belper, Liberal Member of Parliament
• John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, Governor General of India
• Sir Reginald Talbot, Governor of Victoria in Australia
• Sir Charles Trevelyan, 3rd Baronet, Liberal Member of Parliament
• Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, Liberal Member of Parliament
• Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon, Lord Chamberlain
• George Child Villiers, 5th Earl of Jersey, Lord Chamberlain
• Sir Henry George Ward, Governor of Ceylon, and Madras
• Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, Governor General of India and Foreign Secretary
• Philip Yorke, 3rd Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland