The following notable pupils of Eton College were born in the 20th century. 1900s Thomas Bevan (1900–1942), first-class cricketer and British Army officer Colin Cokayne-Frith (1900–1940), first-class cricketer and British Army officer King Leopold III of the Belgians (1901–1983), King of the Belgians, 1934–1951 John Strachey (1901–1963) Philip Evergood (1901–1973) Victor Hely-Hutchinson (1901–1947) Sir Gubby Allen (1902–1989), England cricketer Peter Cazalet (1907–1973), English cricketer, jockey, racehorse owner and trainer Lord David Cecil (1902–1986), literary critic Christopher Hollis (1902–1977), intelligence officer Dadie Rylands (1902–1999), Cambridge don and member of the Bloomsbury Group Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903–1978) Norman Barrett (1903–1979) Edward Chichester, 6th Marquess of Donegall (1903–1975) Cyril Connolly (1903–1974), author and journalist Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton (1903–1973) aviator, first man to fly over Mount Everest Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (1903–1995), Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1960–1963, 1970–1974, and Prime Minister, 1963–1964 Roger K. Furse (1903–1972), film designer Sir John Heygate (1903–1976) Sir Roger Mynors (1903–1989) George Orwell (1903–1950), novelist Sir Steven Runciman (1903–2000), historian James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Abercorn (1904–1979) Sir Harold Acton (1904–1994), writer and aesthete Francis Thomas Bacon (1904–1992) Cameron Fromenteel Cobbold, 1st Baron Cobbold of Knebworth (1904–1987), Governor, Bank of England, 1949–1961, and Lord Chamberlain, 1963–1971 Sir Paul Mason (1904–1978), diplomat Oliver Messel (1904–1978), artist and stage designer Godfrey Meynell (1904–1935), North West Frontier Victoria Cross J. H. C. Whitehead (1904–1960) Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 10th Baronet (1904–1988), Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire and of Clwyd Robert Byron (1905–1941), traveller, writer, art critic and historian David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905–1981), hurdler, politician, and chairman, 1936–1966, and President, 1966–1977, British Olympic Association Henry Green (1905–1973), novelist Bryan Guinness, 2nd Baron Moyne (1905–1992), poet and novelist Brian Howard (1905–1958), writer Sir Harry Hylton-Foster (1905–1965), politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales, 1954–1959, and Speaker of the House of Commons, 1959–1965 Seymour de Lotbiniere (1905–1984), BBC Director of outside broadcasting Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford (1905–2001), politician and writer John Tew (1905–1992), cricketer and solicitor Sir Trenchard Cox (1906–1995), museum director George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk (1906–1994), politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1955–1957 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1957–1959. First Commissioner to newly independent Singapore Anthony Powell (1906–2000), novelist William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor (1907–1966), politician Cuthbert Bardsley (1907–1991), bishop Peter Fleming (1907–1971), writer, traveller and journalist James Graham, 7th Duke of Montrose (1907–1992), politician Sir Rupert Hart-Davis