Viscount Tenby John Wells, satirist, co-author of the Dear Bill column in Private Eye Woodrow Lyle Wyatt, Baron Wyatt of Weeford, politician, journalist and diarist Royce Mills, actor John Young, cricketer James Yuill, folktronica musician Theodore Leighton Pennell, missionary and eccentric Alex Simcox, cricketer Hugh Skinner, actor Guy McKnight, singer/songwriter W. P. D. Wightman, philosophical author Professor Peter Wildy, virologist Thomas Wilson, cricketer Nick Estcourt, notable extreme altitude mountaineer Military Wing Commander Roland Beamont, British fighter pilot Admiral Sir Ian Forbes, former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Brigadier Timothy Landon, moderniser of the Sultanate of Oman Major-general Hugh Prince, Chief of the Military Planning Office of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization General Sir David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff Major General Patrick Kay, Chief of Staff of the Royal Marines and Secretary of the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee Victoria Cross holders Two Old Eastbournians have won the Victoria Cross: Tirah Campaign, India Captain Henry Singleton Pennell. He was a lieutenant when he performed the act for which he received the VC. First World War Group Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees. He was a major when he performed the act for which he received the VC. Military Cross holders Second World War Captain Peter Arthur David Baker. Staff John Kendall-Carpenter Roger Knight John Shepherd Min Patel Notes College Archives Allom, Vincent Mulcaster; Eastbourne College (1967). Ex Oriente Salus - A Centenary History of Eastbourne College. . References Bibliography External links School website Eastbourne College Society Profile on the Good Schools Guide ISI Inspection Reports Ofsted Social Care Inspection Reports 1867 establishments in England Schools in Eastbourne Educational institutions established in 1867 Member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference Private schools in East Sussex Boarding schools in East Sussex