Other
- Sir Nathaniel Highmore GBE KCB, Government barrister and civil servant
- Sir Alastair Pilkington, director of the Bank of England
- Lieutenant Commander Peter Twiss OBE DSC & Bar, first person to exceed 1000 miles per hour
- Charles Palmer CIE, engineer and survivor of the siege of Lucknow
- King Mswati III, king of Swaziland
- His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Heir Apparent of Qatar
- Ronald Cunningham, (a.k.a. The Great Omani), escapologist
- Nigel Dempster, journalist
- Franklin Adin Simmonds FRCS, orthopaedic surgeon
- John Insall, American, orthopaedic surgeon
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