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Denis (formerly Pullein-Thompson) Cannan Sir Antony Acland Sir Harold Acton Will Adams-Dale Jonathan Aitken HH Sheikh Mohammed al-Moubarak al-Sabah HRH Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia Sir George Allen Dr Richard Alston Giles Andreae Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster Marcus Armytage Thomas Arne Anthony Ascham Neal Ascherson Frank Ashton-Gwatkin Hon. David Astor Hon. Hugh Waldorf Astor Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor Gavin Astor, 2nd Baron Astor of Hever John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever Thomas Aufield Sir Alfred Ayer Francis Thomas Bacon, FRS Arthur Balfour, later 1st Earl of Balfour Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Bt, FRS John Barclay Maurice Baring Norman Rupert Barrett, FRCS Shute Barrington John Bernard Adie Barton CBE Alexander Thynn, 7th Marquess of Bath (formerly Viscount Weymouth) Admiral of the Fleet Sir Benjamin Bathurst Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst Lieutenant Arthur Batten-Pooll Sir Nicholas Bayne Derrick Beecham Timothy Behrens David Benedictus Peter Benenson Edward Bennett Arthur Benson Michael Pickersgill Benthall Micheal Bentine (Bentin) Captain Lord William Beresford Lord Berners (Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Lord Berners) (William) Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell Edmund Bertram (Mansfield Park by Jane Austen) Jeremy Brett Huggins Sir Anthony Bevir C.B.E, K.C.V.O. HH Prince Birabongse of Siam Edward Bird HM King Birendra of Nepal Mark Birley Eric Blair (George Orwell) Henry Blofeld Wilfrid Blunt Johnnie Boden Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke James Bond: various by Ian Fleming W.R. Boone Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Borton Arthur Bourchier Gilbert Bourne, FRS R.C. Bourne R.M.A. Bourne 2nd Lieutenant George Boyd-Rochfort Hon. Robert Boyle, FRS Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth Field Marshal Edwin Bramall, Baron Bramall Flying Officer Guy Rawstron Branch, RAF Robert Bridges Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges Anthony Walter Dayrell, formerly HH the Rajah Muda of Sarawak Brooke Scott Brooksbank Craig Brown Oscar Browning James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine George ‘Beau’ Brummel General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, VC, GCB Mark Burnell C.D. Burnell Charles Bury Rohan Butler George Butler George Sainton Kaye Butterworth, MC Field Marshal Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy Robert Byron Harold Caccia, Baron Caccia Sir Dominic Cadbury Sir Alexander Cadogan Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone David Cameron Lieutenant-Colonel John Campbell James Campbell Seymour Berry, 2nd Viscount Camrose Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Canning George Canning General Mark Carleton-Smith, A. P., CBE Peter Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington John Carter Meric Casaubon Christopher Cazenove Jonathan Cecil Lord David Cecil David George Brownlow Cecil, Lord Burghley, later 6th Marquess of Exeter Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Henry Chadwick HRH Prince Chalermbol of Thailand Michael Chance Alexander Chancellor Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos Martin Charteris, Baron Chareris of Amisfield James Chichester-Clark, later Baron Moyola Sir Jeremy Child John Christie Hon. Randolph Spencer Churchill Lord Randolph Churchill Alan Clark Lawrence Clarke Lewis Clive Squadron Leader G.C.N. Close Arthur Clutton-Brock Jeremy Clyde John Cobb Cameron Fromanteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham John Coldstream John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge David Coleridge Nicholas Coleridge Anthony Collins Brevet-Major William (Billy) La Touche Congreve Henry Coningsby: Coningsby by Disraeli HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught Cyril Connolly Edward Coode John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, known as John Julius Norwich (Alfred) Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis Frederick Cornwallis William Johnson Cory (formerly William Johnson) John Fremantle, 4th Baron Cottesloe Piers Courage Weetman Pearson, 3rd Viscount Cowdray John Cowell Sir Trenchard Cox William Crimsworth: The Professor by Charlotte Bronte Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer Charles Cumming George Nathaniel, 1st Marquess Curzon Sir Lionel Cust Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton Tam Dalyell Mark Darcy: Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding Sir Robert (Robin) Darwin CBE, RA Bernard Darwin Sir Francis Dashwood Geoffrey Dawson (until 1917 Robinson) Major Henri de Beaujolais: Beau Geste by P.C. Wren Sir Roger de Grey Thomas, 1st Baron Denman Edward Dent Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby William Cavendish, 7th Duke of Devonshire, KG, FRS Peter Dickinson Oliver Dimsdale Sir Joseph Dimsdale, 1st Bt HM King Dipendra of Nepal Robin Dixon, 3rd Baron Glentoran Digby Mackworth- Dolben Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall Colin Doran Nigel Douglas (Leigh Pemberton) David Douglas, 12th Marquess of Queensberry, (formerly Viscount Drumlanrig) Hon. William Douglas-Home Charles Douglas-Home Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home, later Baron Home of the Hirsel Charles Moore, 11th Earl of Drogheda Lieutenant Geoffrey Drummond, RNVR Robin Drysdale Arthur Dunn Edward Plunkett, 19th Baron Dunsany 2nd Lieutentant John Dunville John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham Sir Anthony Eden, later 1st Earl of Avon Lieutenant William Edwards Sir Alfred Egerton, FRS Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Neville Elliott-Cooper Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher Lionel Brett, 4th Viscount Esher Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Evans Sidney Evans Willam Evans Philip Evergood Richard Farnes James Faure Walker Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Sir Robert Fellowes Bernard Edward Fergusson, Baron Ballantrae Sebastian Fernandez-Armesto Nic Fiddian-Green Henry Fielding Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham- Fiennes, 3rd Bt Lieutenant Alexander Murray Fincastle, Viscount, later 8th Earl of Dunmore Denys Finch-Hatton James Fisher Captain Charles FitzClarence Ian Lancaster Fleming Matthew Fleming Peter Fleming Lord Sebastian Flyte: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh Sir Brinsley Ford Lieutenant George Fosbery Charles James Fox William Fox-Pitt Peter Frankopan Major Charles Fraser, later Sir Charles Fraser Jordan Frieda John Frith Lieutenant the Hon. Christopher Furness Edward Gardner (Arthur) Bamber Gascoigne Brian Gascoigne Sir Humphrey Gilbert Charles Trelawney Giles Granville Ian Gilmour, 1st Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar William Ewart Gladstone Sir (Erskine) William Gladstone of Faske and Balfour, 7th Bt. HRH Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester HRH Prince William of Gloucester Robert Glover Henry Godolphin Robert Goff, Baron Goff of Chievely Sir Harcourt Gold Sir James Goldsmith Zac Goldsmith David Goode David Goodhart Brevet-Major Gerald Goodlake Tristan Gooley Lord George Gordon Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth Brevet-Major John Gough Professor William Timothy Gowers, FRS Ivo Graham Lieutenant Reginald Graham, later Sir Reginald, 3rd Bt. General John Manners, 1st Marquess Granby Thomas Gray Henry Green George Carron Greig Hon. Julian Grenfell Captain Francis Grenfell Riversdale Nonus Grenfell William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville George Grenville Charles Greville Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey Nigel de Grey Lord Greystoke: Tarzan by E.R. Burroughs Temp. Captin Julian Royds Gribble Francis Grier Nicholas Griffin Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe Bear Grylls Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne Professor Sir John Gurdon, FRS John Habgood, Baron Habgood Peter Haig-Thomas Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone J.B.S. Haldane, FRS Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Arthur Henry Hallam Peter Hambro Tom Hammick Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE Captain Percy Hansen George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris Adam Hart-Davis Duff Hart-Davis Sir Rupert Hart-Davis Robert Harvey Nicholas Haslam Capt. Arthur Hastings: various by Agatha Christie Martin Bladen Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke Sir Charles Hawtrey Cadet David George Montagu Hay (later 12th Marquess of Tweeddale) David Heathcote-Amory Victor Hely-Hutchinson Captain Clement Walker Heneage Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet, KH FRS Sir John Heygate, 4th Bt. Tom Hiddleston Brent Hoberman Sir Howard Hodgkin James Hogg Quintin Hogg Michael Holroyd Captain James Hook: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Captain the Hon. Alexander Hore-Ruthven, later the 1st Earl of Gowrie Simon Hornblower HRH Prince Henry (known as Harry) of Wales, later Duke of Sussex HRH Prince William of Wales Robin Howard Brian Howard Philip Howard Brigadier-General George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe General William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe Hugh Hudson Mark Hue-Williams John Hullier Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell James Hurford Christopher Hussey Aldous Huxley Sir Julian Huxley, FRS Courtenay Adrian Ilbert William Inge Colin Ingleby-MacKenzie Michael Jaffé Montague Rhodes James Dr Oliver James Major David Jamieson R.H.A. Jenkyns David Jessel Jez: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, BBC television series by Jonathan Harvey Gaj Singh, Maharajah of Jodphur Peter Johnson Boris Johnson Brian Johnston Sir Lawrence Jones, 5th Bt. Colonel “H” Jones Mark Jones Davey Jones: Pirates of the Deep Green Sea by Eric Linklater Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon Jay Jopling Charles Kean Will Keen Sir Gerald Kelly Sir Ludovic Kennedy HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent HRH Prince Michael of Kent Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Geoffrey Keyes John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin Alexander Kinglake Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Baron Kinnaird Alfred Dillwyn Knox Monseigneur Ronald Knox General Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam Kwasi Kwarteng Rev A.G.K. L’Estrange James Landale Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Landsdowne Robin Lane-Fox George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood Hugh Laurie Sir Charles Lawes, 2nd Bt (Lawes-Wittewronge from 1962) Sir John Bennet Lawes, 1st Bt, FRS John Lawrence, 2nd Baron Oaksey Harry Levy-Lawson, 1st Viscount Burnham Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham Dominic Lawson Stephen Layton Jeremy Le Grice James Lees-Milne John Lehmann John Leigh-Pemberton Leopold III of Belgium Shane Leslie (Sir John Randolph Leslie, 3rd Bt.) Oliver Letwin Damian Lewis Andrew Lindsay Harry Lloyd Anthony (known as Tony) Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Berwick George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd Francis Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford Alex Loudon Constantine Louloudis Thomas Lowinsky Anthony Loyd Brevet-Major Robert Loyd-Lindsay, later 1st Baron Wantage John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, FRS Sir John Lubbock, 3rd Bt, FRS Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan Temp. Captain Charles Napier Lyell, 2nd Baron Lyell Thomas Lynch Jnr Inspector Thomas Lynley: novels by Elizabeth George and BBC television adaptation Humphrey Lyttelton Hon. George Lyttelton Hon. Alfred Lyttelton Hon. Alfred Lyttleton Sir Desmond MacCarthy Bruce MacKinnon Winthrop Mackworth Praed Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean, 1st Bt. Harold Macmillan, later 1st Earl of Stockton Patrick Macnee Professor Frederic Maitland Sir Noel Malcolm George Mann Sir James Mansfield Richard Mason Lieutenant-Commander Michael Mason Daniel Massey Uncle Matthew (Lord Alconleigh): various by Nancy Mitford Andrew Maud Robert Cecil Romer Maugham, 2nd Viscount Maugham, known as Robin Maugham Rory McEwen Charles McLaren, 3rd Baron Aberconway Henry Duncan McLaren, 2nd Baron Aberconway William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne Sir Thomas Merton, FRS John Merton Oliver Messel Captain Godfrey Meynell Sir Henry Miers, FRS Oliver Milburn Sir Eugen Millington-Drake Professor Robin Milner, FRS Charles Moore Colonel Sebastian Moran: various by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Henry More Thomas Morell, FRS E.J. Mortimer Henry Moseley Nicholas Mosley Sir Robert Mount John Murray Sir John Murray (V) Sir John Murray (IV) Sir John ‘Jock’ Murray (VI) Sir John Murray (VII) Stanley Muttlebury Sir Roger Mynors HH Raj Rajendra, Maharajah of Cooch Behar Narayan Airey Neave HRH Prince Nicholas of Romania, later HRH Prince Nicholas of Hohenzollern Guy Nickalls Adam Nicolson Nigel Nicolson HRH Prince Nirajan of Nepal Montagu Collet Norman, 1st Baron Norman Sir Torquil Norman Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guildford, 8th Baron North (Lord North) Lawrence Edward Grace “Titus” Oates Ian Ogilvy Dr Alexander Ogston, FRS Richard Ollard Peter Mason Opie Nicholas Ormerod George Orwell (Eric Blair) George Osborne: Vanity Fair by W.M. Thackeray William Oughtred Julian Ovenden Alexander Paget, Earl of Uxbridge C.D. Palmer-Tomkinson J.A. Palmer-Tomkinson J.J. Palmer-Tomkinson Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo James Palumbo Derek Parfit Eric Parker Sir Hubert Parry, 1st Bt Bishop John Coleridge Patteson John Pawson James Payn John Pearson Colonel Lord Henry Percy Sir Matthew Pinsent, CBE William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer Hon. Jonathon Porritt Richard Porson Tristram Powell Anthony Powell HM King Prajadhipok of Siam Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Edward Pusey Allan Quartermain: The League of Extraordinary Gentleman directed by Stephen Norrington Roger Quilter Eddie Redmayne Jacob Rees-Mogg John Reeves Jonathan Riley-Smith Lieutenant Frederick Roberts, later Field Marshal the 1st Earl Roberts Lieutenant the Hon. Frederick Roberts Simon Robertson Sir Arnold Robinson: Yes, Minister BBC television series Marquess of Rockingham: Under Two Flags by Ouida Hon. Charles Rolls Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan Nicholas Rowe Hon. Sir Steven Runciman Walter Runciman, 2nd Viscount Runciman of Doxford Conrad Russell, 5th Earl Russell Brevet-Major Sir Charles Russell, 3rd Bt. George ‘Dadie’ Rylands Robert Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury Jeremy Sandford John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich Laurence Saunders Sir Henry Segrave George Selwyn George Augustus Selwyn Patrick Shaw-Stewart Percy Bysshe Shelley Thomas Sherlock Ralph Sherwin Temp. Major William Sidney, later 1st Viscount De L’Isle Charles Simeon Andrew Sinclair HH Prince Frederick Duleep Singh HH Prince Victor Duleep Singh HH Prince Sarabjit Singh of Kapurthala Sir (Francis) Osbert Sitwell, 5th Bt. Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Bt. Julian Slade Sir John Smith Sebastian Snow Sebastian Snow S.P. Somtow (Sucharitkul) William Spottiswoode Sir Cecil Spring-Rice John Standing (Sir John Leon, Bt) Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, FRS Boris Starling John Steed: The Avengers 1960s television series Sir Leslie Stephen Henry Stephens-Salt Sir Jocelyn Stevens Rory Stewart Robert Still Christopher Stone Reynolds Stone, CBE, RDI (Evelyn) John Strachey John Willam Strutt, 3rd Baron Ralyeigh, FRS John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute Sir (John Edward) Kynaston Studd, 1st Bt Charles Studd John Bird Sumner Charles Sumner Algernon Swinburne Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol Martin Taylor Penrose Tennyson Sir Wilfred Thesiger Jeremy Thorpe Edward Thring Colin Thubron Squadron Leader Anthony Henry Hamilton Tollemache John Horne Tooke Charles “Turnip” Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend Robert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart Abhisit (Mark) Vejjajiva Sir John Verney, 2nd Bt Roland Vernon Hon. Arthur Villiers Henry Wade Sir Anthony Wagner William Waldegrave Captain Ronald Wallace Edmund Waller Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford, KG Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, FRS Guy Walters Peter (Philip Heseltine) Warlock Michael Warre Justin Welby John Weldon General Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Richard Wentworth Dominic West Nicholas Wheeler Professor John Whitehead, FRS Jeffry Wickham Kenneth Widmerpool: Dance to the Music of Time by Anthony Powell Heathcote Williams Hugo Williams Captain Arthur Wilson, 3rd Bt., RN, later Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Wilson Peter Wilson Lord Peter Wimsey Field Marshal Henry Wison, 1st Baron Wison Dr Stephen Wolfram Ed Woodall Simon Woods Henry Woodyer Bertie Wooster: various by P.G. Wodehouse Sir Brian Young Sir George Young, Bt HIH Prince Zara Yacob of Ethiopia Count Louis Zborowski Philip Ziegler