List of alumni of King's College London explained
This list of alumni of King's College London comprises notable graduates as well as non-graduate former, and current, students. It also includes those who may be considered alumni by extension, having studied at institutions later merged with King's College London. It does not include those whose only connection with the college is (i) being a member of the staff, or (ii) the conferral of an honorary degree or honorary fellowship.
Government and politics
Heads of state and government
United Kingdom
Current Members of the House of Commons
Current Members of the House of Lords
- Charles Banner, Baron Banner – Conservative peer
- George Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton – Former Archbishop of Canterbury[32]
- Alex Carlile, Baron Carlile of Berriew – Crossbench peer
- Andrew Dunlop, Baron Dunlop – Conservative peer
- Christopher Geidt, Baron Geidt – Crossbench peer
- Ajay Kakkar, Baron Kakkar – Crossbench peer
- Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton – Labour Peer
- Nuala O'Loan, Baroness O'Loan – Crossbench peer
- David Owen, Baron Owen – Crossbench peer and former Foreign Secretary
- Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield – Labour peer
- Ted Rowlands, Baron Rowlands – Labour peer[33]
- Kay Swinburne, Baroness Swinburne – Conservative peer
- Mary Watkins, Baroness Watkins of Tavistock – Crossbench peer
Other UK politicians
- Steve Aiken – Member of the Northern Irish Assembly
- Sir Ronald Wilberforce Allen – Liberal MP
- Charles Bagnall – Conservative MP
- Jacob Bell – Liberal MP
- Sir John Bethell, 1st Baron Bethell – Liberal peer
- Sir Patrick Bishop – Conservative MP
- Terence Boston, Baron Boston of Faversham – Crossbench peer
- Thomas Bowles – Conservative and Liberal MP, founder of Vanity Fair magazine
- James Boyden – Labour MP
- Richard Braine – Leader of the UK Independence Party
- Alexander Brogden – Liberal MP
- Sir Edmund Byrne – Conservative MP
- Douglas Carswell – Conservative, UKIP and Independent MP[34]
- Sir George Chetwynd – Labour MP
- Gavin Brown Clark – Liberal MP
- Michael Clark – Conservative MP
- Sir Edward Clarke – Conservative MP and Solicitor General for England and Wales
- Stanley Clinton-Davis, Baron Clinton-Davis – Labour peer and former EU Commissioner
- Tim Collins – Conservative MP
- Sir Henry Cotton – Liberal MP and President of the Indian National Congress
- James Dalziel, 1st Baron Dalziel of Kirkcaldy – Liberal peer
- John Dunwoody – Labour MP
- Natascha Engel – Labour MP
- William Finnie – Liberal MP
- Henry Neville Gladstone, 1st Baron Gladstone of Hawarden – son and Private Secretary to William Gladstone
- Sir Richard Glass – Conservative MP
- Sir Augustus Godson – Conservative MP
- Joseph Green – National Democratic MP
- Robert Grosvenor, 2nd Baron Ebury – Liberal peer
- George Peabody Gooch – Liberal MP and historian
- Joseph Hardcastle – Liberal MP
- Charles Harrison – Liberal MP
- Sir John Heaton, 1st Baronet – Conservative MP
- Charles Hopwood – Liberal MP
- Collingwood Hughes – Conservative MP
- Sir Clarendon Hyde – Liberal MP
- Frank James – Conservative MP
- Edward Johnson – Liberal MP
- Fay Jones – Conservative MP
- Phillip Lee – Liberal Democrat MP
- Brandon Lewis – Conservative MP[35]
- James Lowther, 1st Viscount Ullswater – Speaker of the House of Commons (1905–1921)
- John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market – Conservative peer
- Fiona Mactaggart – Labour MP
- Sir John Maple, 1st Baronet – Conservative MP
- John Marek – Labour MP
- George Croydon Marks, 1st Baron Marks – Labour peer
- Tom Mason – Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Horace Maybray King, Baron Maybray-King – Speaker of the House of Commons (1965–1970)
- Oonagh McDonald – Labour MP
- Allan Glaisyer Minns – First Black Mayor of a town/city in the UK
- Julie Morgan – Labour MP and Welsh Assembly Member
- Charles Newdegate – Conservative MP
- Sarah Newton – Conservative MP
- Matthew Offord – Conservative MP
- Evan Pateshall – Conservative MP
- Augustus Paulet, 15th Marquess of Winchester
- Sir Robert Perks, 1st Baronet – Liberal MP
- Colwyn Philipps, 3rd Viscount St Davids – Conservative peer
- Sir Philip Pilditch, 1st Baronet – Conservative MP
- Dan Poulter – Labour MP[36]
- William Priestley – Conservative MP
- John Puleston – Conservative MP
- Henry George Purchase – Liberal MP
- Pandeli Ralli – Liberal MP
- Sir William Rattigan – Liberal Unionist MP and Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University
- Thorold Rogers – Liberal MP and economist
- Sir John Rolleston – Conservative MP
- Sir Hugh Rossi – Conservative MP
- Dame Angela Rumbold – Conservative MP
- Sir Arthur Salter – Conservative MP and judge
- Bob Seely – Conservative MP
- Keith Simpson – Conservative MP
- Michael Stapleton-Cotton, 5th Viscount Combermere – Crossbench peer
- Howard Stoate – Labour MP
- Edward Anthony Strauss – Liberal MP
- Sir Gary Streeter – Conservative MP[37]
- Edith Summerskill, Baroness Summerskill – Labour peer
- George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 3rd Duke of Sutherland – Liberal peer
- Jeffrey Thomas – Labour MP
- Michael Tomlinson – Conservative MP
- Sir Gerard Folliot Vaughan – Conservative MP
- Sir Kenneth Warren – Conservative MP
- Harold Watkinson, 1st Viscount Watkinson – Conservative peer and Cabinet Minister
- Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield – Labour peer and Cabinet Minister; also the co-founder of London School of Economics (LSE)
- John Shiress Will – Liberal MP
- John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston – Labour peer
- Sarah Wollaston – Conservative and Liberal MP
- Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright – Conservative peer
- David Warburton – Conservative MP[38]
- Simon Wright – Liberal Democrat MP
Other politicians
Europe
Americas
Asia
Middle East
Africa
Oceania
Diplomatic service
Royalty and nobility
Lawyers and judges
Judges
Attorneys General
Other lawyers
Police and security specialists
Armed forces
Head of armed forces or an armed forces' service branch
Other military officers
Academics
Heads of institutions
Historians
Theologians
Others
Scientists
Biologists
Botanists
Computer scientists
Chemists
Earth scientists
Medicine
Nurses
Physicists and astronomers
Zoologists
Mathematicians
Religion
Archbishop, Primates and religious leaders
Bishops
Archdeacons
Deans
Other religious figures
Arts and media
Authors
Media, entertainment, film and theatre
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Journalists
Editors
Other journalists
Musicians
Artists and photographers
Business and economics
Company founders
CEOs and business people
Sport
Architects
Engineers
Educators
Other
External links
Notes and References
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- ‘WINCHESTER, Bishop of’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016
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