AGAR, CHARLES, 1ST EARL OF NORMANTON (I), brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1747 (Grant's); KS 1751; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1755, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1755, commoner 1755-6, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756 – void 7 Nov 1764 (expiry year of grace as D. Kilmore from 4 Nov 1763), Tutor 1763; BA 1759; MA 1762; DCL 31 Dec 1765; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1760, priest 17 May 1761 (both Oxford); Chaplain to 1st Duke of Northumberland when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1763; Dean of Kilmore 22 May 1765 [but year of grace from 4 Nov 1763, check]; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 20 Mar 1768; enthroned Archbishop of Cashel 19 Aug 1779; translated to Dublin 7 Dec 1801; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Nov 1779; created Baron Somerton (I) 12 Jun 1795; Viscount Somerton (I) 30 Dec 1800; Earl of Normanton (I) 4 Feb 1806; an Irish Representative Peer in first UK Parliament; amassed a considerable fortune, and completed the destruction of the mediaeval cathedral on the Rock of Cashel; m. 22 Nov 1776 Jane, eldest dau. of William Benson, Downpatrick, co. Down; d. 14 Jul 1809; buried in North Transept, Westminster Abbey, with monument in North Aisle of Choir. DNB.
AGAR, WELBORE ELLIS, brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1747 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Deputy Commissary-Gen. of Musters, England, from Nov 1763; a Commissioner of Customs from 31 Oct 1776; a well-known picture collector; FRS 22 Mar 1781; m. 21 Oct 1769 Gertrude, sister of Sir Charles Hotham (adm. 1745, qv); d. 30 Oct 1805.
Alexander, Richard James Pickersgill, son of Robert Middleton Alexander, asst. solicitor, Min. of Agriculture, and Dorothy Anne, d. of Peter Wilson, inventor, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; b. 18 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1941; RN 1944 (Writer 1st class); an antique dealer, successively in London and in Brighton, Sussex; m. 1st, 22 June 1960 d. of Capt. B. O. F. Gregory RN, of Ringwood, Hants; 2nd, 23 June 1976 Doreen Molly, d. of Oscar Rendell, architect; d. 26 May 2001.
Allen, Charles Pratley, son of Charles H. Allen and Annie Louise, d. of George Pratley of Mansfield, Notts; b. 24 Feb. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left Apr. 1925; a schoolmaster 1926-32; House Sec. Lond. Clinic 1932-9; RASC 1940 (Lieut.), p.o.w. Greece 1941; d. 10 Apr. 1973.
Amherst, William John, son of Charles Thomas Amherst, jeweller, and Lizzie Sophia, d. of Thomas Fish; b. 17 June 1902; adm. Sept. 1915 (G); left Dec. 1919; a chartered accountant, ACA 1927, FCA 1938; practised at Minehead, Somerset, 1927-46; m. 1 Sept. 1926 Dorothy Elwyn Elizabeth, d. of John Brown, jeweller; d. June 1993.
Andrews, James David Bruyn, son of Cyril Bruyn Andrews, author, and Dorothy Charlotte, teacher, d. of William Wills Rickeard, solicitor, of Plymouth; b. 10 Feb. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (G); left July 1942; re-adm. May 1940, left Apr. 1942; RN 1942-5; Barts Hosp., MB BS 1950; MD 1952; DPH; consult. geriatrician, West Middlesex Hosp.; m. 19 Nov. 1950 Eva Knudsen of Copenhagen, Denmark; d. 2 Nov. 2014.
GUMBLETON, GEORGE, younger son of Rev. George Gumbleton, Belgrove, near Queenstown, co. Cork, and his second wife Frances Anne, dau. of James Penrose, Woodhill, co. Cork; b. 4 Jun 1843; adm. 30 Jul 1857 (G); QS 1858; Capt. of the School 1861; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1862, matr. 12 Jun 1862; BA 1866; MA and BCL 1869; DCL 1886; adm. Inner Temple 6 May 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; migr. to Middle Temple; Oxford Circuit; a law reporter for The Times; founded Gumbleton English Verse Prize at the School 1874; author, Sketches in Sunny Climes; m. 18 Jul 1889 Jessie Ramsay, eldest dau. of Thomas Skinner, Roland Gardens, South Kensington; d. 25 May 1894.
In 1874 he gave a prize of £5 for the encouragement of English verse composition. This gift he continued annually until 1881, when he gave £100 as a permanent endowment for the prize. The endowment is now held in the School’s Gumbleton Fund (terms varied by schemes of 16 Apr 1959 and 8 Nov 1965).
RUSSELL, JOHN, 1ST EARL RUSSELL, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 18 Aug 1792; adm. 23 Sep 1803 (G); fag to his brother Lord Tavistock; kept a diary while at the School, including a list of the School for Oct 1803; left Bartholomewtide 1804; Edinburgh Univ. 1809-12; MP Tavistock 4 May 1813 – Mar 1817, 1818-20, Huntingdonshire 1820-6, Bandon Bridge 19 Dec 1826-30, Tavistock 24 Nov 1830-1, Devon 1831-2, South Devon 1832 – Apr 1835, Stroud 29 May 1835-41, City of London 1841- 30 Jul 1861; made his first speech in favour of parliamentary reform 14 Dec 1819; successfully moved repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts 26 Feb 1828; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 13 Dec 1830 – Nov 1834, also member of Cabinet Jun 1831 – Nov 1834; moved first reading of Reform Bill 31 Mar 1831; introduced Reform Bill for second time 24 Jun 1831, and for third time 12 Dec 1831; advocated reform of the Irish Church 1833-4; leader of Whigs in House of Commons Apr 1835 onwards; Secretary of State for Home Affairs 18 Apr 1835 – Aug 1839; carried through the Municipal Corporations Bill, and diminished the number of offences liable to capital punishment; Secretary for War and the Colonies 30 Aug 1839 – Aug 1841; declared for total repeal of the Corn Laws in his Edinburgh Letter of 22 Nov 1845, and supported their repeal by Peel in 1846; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; carried the bill for removing Jewish disabilities through the House of Commons 1848, and responsible for the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill of 1851; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Aberdeen ministry Dec 1852 – Feb 1853, when he resigned but remained in Cabinet without office and continued to lead the House of Commons; Lord President of the Council 12 Jun 1854 – Jan 1855, resigning because of his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Crimean War; Plenipotentiary to Vienna Congress 11 Feb 1855; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1 May – 13 Jul 1855; opposed Disraeli’s Reform Bill of 1859; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 18 Jun 1859 – Nov 1865; the Reform Bill introduced by him on 1 Mar 1860 was subsequently dropped; created Earl Russell 30 Jul 1861; KG 21 May 1862; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Nov 1865 – 18 Jun 1866, resigning on defeat of his Government’s Reform Bill by the ‘Adullamites”; declined Cabinet office in Gladstone’s administration formed in Dec 1868; received freedom City of London 9 Jul 1831; LLD Edinburgh Univ. 8 Nov 1845; FRS 6 May 1847; Lord Rector, Aberdeen Univ., from 1863; GCMG 25 Mar 1869; Busby Trustee 2 Jun 1863; a sincere and able Whig with the courage of his opinions, and a store of constitutional and historical knowledge; although no orator, a skilful debater and creator of telling phrases; edited Letters of the Fourth Duke of Bedford, 1842-6; author, Essay on the English Constitution, and other works; m. 1st, 11 Apr 1835 Adelaide, widow of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (qv), and half-sister of Thomas Henry Lister (qv); m. 2nd, 20 Jul 1841 Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot, second dau. of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto; d. 28 May 1878. DNB.
Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, son of George Arthur Greene, of Kensington; b. March 19, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1907; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1920; served in Great War I with the Public Schools and Universities Batt. Royal Fusiliers and subsequently in the R.A.M.C. on H. M. hospital ship Mauretania; Reader in English Literature at Gothenburg Univ. 1922-8, at Cracow Univ. 1928-9, and at Helsingfors Univ. 1929-39; presented to the School in 1955 an outstanding collection of first editions of works by Old Westminsters; in accordance with his wishes, his executor gave a sum of £600 to defray the cost of bookshelves for them in the Scott Library; d. June 29, 1956.
CURTEIS, HERBERT MASCALL, only son of Herbert Barrett Curteis (qv); b. 8 Jan 1824; adm. (Benthall's|Grant's) 1 Jun 1836; left Aug 1840; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1840; played cricket for Oxford University 1841, 1842 and for Sussex 1846-60; MP Rye Dec 1847- Mar 1848 (unseated), Apr 1848-52; Master, East Sussex Foxhounds 1854-68; President, Sussex County Cricket Club 1869-78; m. 15 Jun 1848 Paulina, sister of Sir Godfrey John Thomas, Bart. (qv); d. 16 Jun 1895.