Harrow School

Harrow School is a British public school, located in Harrow on the Hill, in North West London. It was founded in 1572 under a Royal Charter granted by Elizabeth I to John Lyon, a local yeoman, for the provision of education to local boys (Lyon was particular about keeping Harrow single-sex, a tradition that is still maintained). Harrow currently has approximately 850 pupils spread across 11 houses, all of whom board full-time at a cost of £23,625 per year. The majority of boarding houses were constructed in Victorian times, when the number of boys increased dramatically and the school began to resemble something similar to the current institution in terms of size and uniform.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

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• C. W. Alcock, creator of the FA Cup
• Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis
• Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield
• Stanley Baldwin
• James Blunt, British Musician
• Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell
• George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
• Winston Churchill
• Anthony Ashley Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
• Richard Curtis
• Sir Arthur Evans
• Faisal II of Iraq
• Robert Cunninghame-Graham
• John Harington Gubbins
• Augustus Hare
• Basil Henriques
• Patrick Lichfield
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Robert Peel
• Spencer Perceval
• Marmaduke Pickthall, renowned Islamic and Middle-Eastern scholar
• Terence Rattigan
• Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild
• Richard Brinsley Sheridan
• Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot
• William Fox Talbot
• Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
• Anthony Trollope
• Francis Wheen
• Sandy Wilson
• Dornford Yates