1770s
- John Keate (1773–1852), Headmaster of Eton, 1809–1834
- Edward Vernon Utterson (c. 1776–1856), lawyer, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, literary antiquary, collector and editor
- George 'Beau' Brummell (1778–1840), dandy
- John Rogers (1778–1856), theologian, landlord and scientist.
- William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779–1848), Home Secretary, 1830–1834, and Prime Minister, 1834, 1835–1841
- John Bird Sumner (1780–1862), Bishop of Chester, 1828–1848, and Archbishop of Canterbury, 1848–1862
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