EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1611 by Thomas Sutton in London, relocated 1872 to Godalming.

Location:
Godalming, Surrey, England

Founding Date:
1611

Official Website:
http://www.charterhouse.org.uk/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joseph Addison	Author	1-May-1672	17-Jun-1719	The Spectator
Robert Baden-Powell	Military	22-Feb-1857	8-Jan-1941	Founder of the Boy Scout movement
Tony Banks	Musician	27-Mar-1950		Keyboardist for Genesis
Gregory Bateson	Anthropologist	9-May-1904	4-Jul-1980	Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Max Beerbohm	Critic	24-Aug-1872	20-May-1956	Caricaturist, Seven Men
William Beveridge	Economist	5-Mar-1879	16-Mar-1963	Social Insurance and Allied Services
William Blackstone	Judge	10-Jul-1723	14-Feb-1780	Commentaries on the Laws of England
Crispin Davis	Business	c. 1949		CEO of Reed Elsevier
Peter Gabriel	Musician	13-Feb-1950		Former lead singer, Genesis
Robert Graves	Poet	24-Jul-1895	7-Dec-1985	I, Claudius
Max Hastings	Journalist	28-Dec-1945		Editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1986-95
Sir Henry Havelock	Military	5-Apr-1795	24-Nov-1857	Hero of the Indian Mutiny
Richard Hughes	Author	19-Apr-1900	28-Aug-1976	A High Wind in Jamaica
Jeremy Hunt	Politician	1-Nov-1966		UK Secretary of State for Health
Hastings Ismay	Military	21-Jun-1887	17-Dec-1965	Churchill's chief military assistant
Jonathan King	Musician	9-Dec-1944		Pop producer, discovered Genesis
Nathaniel Lee	Playwright	c. 1653	6-May-1692	The Rival Queens
Richard Lovelace	Poet	1618	1658	To Althea from Prison
Anthony Phillips	Guitarist	23-Dec-1951		Original guitarist for Genesis
H. G. L. Powell	Business	c. 1945		CEO of Interbrew, 1999-2002
James Prior	Politician	11-Oct-1927		Minister for Northern Ireland, 1981-84
Mike Rutherford	Guitarist	2-Oct-1950		Guitarist for Genesis
Hugh Sinclair	Actor	19-May-1903	29-Dec-1962	The Saint Meets the Tiger
C. Aubrey Smith	Actor	21-Jul-1863	20-Dec-1948	The Four Feathers
Richard Steele	Author	1672	1-Sep-1729	The Spectator
Lawrence Stone	Historian	4-Dec-1919	16-Jun-1999	The Crisis of the Aristocracy
Hugh Trevor-Roper	Historian	15-Jan-1914	26-Jan-2003	The Last Days of Hitler
Ralph Vaughan Williams	Composer	12-Oct-1872	26-Aug-1958	Sinfonia Antarctica
John Wakeham	Politician	22-Jun-1932		Baron Wakeham of Maldon
John Wesley	Religion	17-Jun-1703	2-Mar-1791	Founder of Methodism
William Hyde Wollaston	Chemist	6-Aug-1766	22-Dec-1828	Discovered palladium, rhodium
Peter Yates	Film Director	24-Jul-1929	9-Jan-2011	Breaking Away

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Felipe Fernández-Armesto	Historian	6-Dec-1950		Pathfinders: A Global History of Exploration

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