A millionaire philanthropist who has been missing for two days has been found at Victoria railway station.

Police said Sir Peter Lampl, the chairman of the Sutton Trust educational charity, was found “safe and well” this morning.

Appeals to find him were issued after the 61-year-old left his home in Wimbledon at 8.30am on Sunday, apparently without any word to his wife and school-age children.

He was on long-term medication which he did not take with him.

Merton police initially said his disappearance was “entirely out of character”. A police statement provided no further details of Sir Peter’s return.

The philantropist, who made his fortune with his private equity firm the Sutton Company, founded the Sutton Trust in 1997.

The charity creates educational opportunities for underprivileged children. Along with the Government, it runs summer school at 60 universities for about 6,000 state school pupils every year.

Sir Peter, who spent his early childhood on a council estate in Wakefield, Yorkshire, went on to study at Oxford University after winning places at grammar schools in Reigate, Surrey, and Cheltenham, Glos.

He has been a key Government adviser on education and Tony Blair, the previous Prime Minister, invited him as a private guest to Chequers.

When the Sutton Trust celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 1997, Gordon Brown praised Sir Peter for “increasing social mobility and social justice”.