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Date	1440 - present
Areas Of Involvement	secondary education • King’s Scholar • scholarship
Notable Alumni	Boris Johnson • George Orwell • William Pitt, the Elder • William Ewart Gladstone • Prince Harry, duke of Sussex • Justin Welby • George Canning • Robert Boyle • Sir John Herschel, 1st Baronet • William, prince of Wales • Hugh Laurie • Tom Hiddleston • Derek Parfit • Damian Lewis • Aldous Huxley • Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st earl of Halifax • Robin Milner • Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington • Sir Julian Huxley • Nicholas Mosley • J.B.S. Haldane • John Montagu, 4th earl of Sandwich • Ralph Hawtrey • Edward Stanley, 14th earl of Derby • Edward Boyle • Sir Dennis Holme Robertson • William Ralph Inge • Sir Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller • Sir Leslie Ward

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