King's Scholar
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A King's Scholar is a scholar of Eton College, who has passed the King's Scholarship Examinations and is therefore admitted into a house, College, which is the oldest Eton house and comprised solely of King's Scholars. There are, at any one time, 70 King's Scholars, and they are distinguished by the black gown which they wear.
In the past this gown has been the basis of the nickname "Tugs", although this particular slice of Eton argot has faded away in recent years.
King's Scholars normally constitute c.14 per year (or Block in Eton argot) and enjoy every aspect of school life with the Oppidans (or Etonians who have entered Eton via Common Entrance), including lessons and school sport. They also have the privileged position of eating all their meals in School Hall, the old central hub of the school which has seen many diners in its long history including Elizabeth I.
They also live in the central area of the school in School Yard, the fulcrum around which the school revolves, where both Eton College Chapel and Lupton's Tower are situated. The boarding houses in which Collegers live are known as New Buildings and Chambers. Chambers, the older section, includes rooms which look out onto School Yard, while New Buildings is on the reverse side and contains the majority of the boys' living spaces.
Famous ex-King's Scholars
- Harold Macmillan (later 1st Earl Of Stockton)
- Boris Johnson MP
- Eric Arthur Blair (pen name George Orwell)
- Aldous Huxley
- Douglas Hurd (Baron Hurd of Westwell)
- John Maynard Keynes
- Sir Robert Walpole
- Lord Hailsham
- Julian Huxley
- Alfred Ayer
- J. B. S. Haldane
- Peter Warlock (composer)
- Richard Porson
- Cyril Connolly
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