AFFLECK, SIR ROBERT, BART., fourth son of James Affleck (qv); b. 27 Jan 1765; adm. 10 Mar 1778; KS (Capt. ) 1779; Captain of the School 1782; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 – void 14 Oct 1797 (expiry year of grace as V. Westow from 17 Aug 1796); BA 1787; MA 1790; ordained deacon 1792, priest 1793; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1793; Curate, Headon, Notts. 1794-1803; Vicar of Westow, Yorks. 1796 -1833; Rector of Treswell, Notts., 8 Aug 1796- May 1837; Prebendary of York from 8 May 1802; Vicar of Doncaster, Yorks., 4 Aug 1807-17; Rector of Silkstone, Yorks., 17 May 1817-35; succ. his brother James as 4th baronet 10 Aug 1833; m. 17 May 1800 Maria, second dau. of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); d. 7 May 1851.
AFFLECK, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of James Affleck (qv); b. 29 Apr 1759; adm. 20 Sep 1773; KS 1774; left 1776; Ensign 43rd Foot 29 Feb 1776; Lieut. 9 Dec 1778; Capt. 26th Foot 15 Sept 1779; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 23rd Light Dragoons 16 Jan 1782; Maj. 19th Light Dragoons 6 Dec 1786; Lieut. -Col. (brevet) 1 Mar 1794; Lieut. -Col. 16th Light Dragoons 25 Mar 1795; Col. (brevet) 1 Jan 1798; Brig. -Gen. in Ireland May 1803; Maj. -Gen. 1 Jan 1805; Lieut. -Gen. 4 Jun 1811; Gen. 27 May 1825; served in American War, wounded at Rhode Island; succ. his cousin Gilbert as 3rd baronet 17 Jul 1808; d. unm. 10 Aug 1833.
AFFLECK, JAMES, brother of John Affleck (qv); b. 18 Aug 1716; adm. Oct 1728; KS 1731; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1735, matr. 9 Jun 1735, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1735 – void 9 Feb 1758 (expiry year of grace as PC Daventry); BA 1739; MA 1742; ordained deacon 1 Jun 1740, priest 28 Dec 1740 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate, Daventry, Northants., 1750; Vicar of Finedon, Northants., from 1 Feb 1757; [Prebendary of Southwell ? : check]; Prebendary of York from 20 May 1783; m. 1757 Mary Proctor, Clay Coton, Northants.; d. 21 Nov. 1784.
AFFLECK, GILBERT, brother of John Affleck (qv); b. 15 Nov 1711; adm. from Rugby Sch. (where adm. 3 Jun 1719) Jan 1721/2; KS 1726; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1731, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 15 Jul 1731; BA 1734/5; MA 1738; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 21 Mar 1735/6, priest (Norwich) Jul 1736; Rector of Dalham, Suffolk, 1736, and of Lidgate, Suffolk, 1740; m. 22 Feb 1746 Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Clopton; d. 24 Apr 1763.
Adrian, Edgar Douglas, 1st Baron Adrian; brother of Harold Douglas Adrian (q.v.); b. Nov. 30, 1889; adm. Sept. 24, 1903; K.S. (non-resident) Sept. 22, 1904 (G); elected head to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1908, scholar 1908, fellow Oct. 9, 1913; St class Nat. Science Trip., part 1, 1910, part 2 (Physiology), 1911; B.A. 1911; M.A. 1915; M.B. and B.C. 1915; M. D. 1919; represented Camb. in the Inter-University Foils Competition 1912; joint Coutts Trotter student 1912; Walsingham Gold Medal for Physiology 1912; Gedge Prize 1914; Rolleston Memorial Prize 1916; Horton-Smith Prize 1919; Lecturer at Trin. Coll. 1919; University Lecturer in Advanced Physiology 1920; was a student at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, M.R.C.P. (London), 1916; F.R.S. 1923; F.R.C.P. 1924; a Governor of the School March 1926; Foulerton Research Professor of the Royal Society 1929-37; Nobel Prize 1932; Hon. D.Sc. Oxon. 1936; various degrees later from British and foreign universities; Professor of Physiology, Cambridge, 1937-51; Master of Trinity Coll. Camb. since 1951; Vice-Chancellor 1957-59; first Chancellor of Univ. of Leicester 1958; Copley Medal of the Royal Soc. 1946; Foreign Secretary of the Royal Soc. 1946-50, and President 1950-55; President of the British Association 1954; President, Royal Society of Medicine, 1960-62; O.M. June 11, 1942; created Baron Adrian 1955; a Busby Trustee 1949; elected a Trustee of the Rockefeller Institute 1962; temp. Lieut. R.A.M.C. Jan. 1, 1916, Capt. Jan. 1, 1917-19; m. June 14, 1923, Hester Agnes, daughter of Hume Chancellor Pinsent, of Boar's Hill, Oxford; d. 4 Aug. 1977.
Adie, Michael Edgar, son of Walter Granville Adie, farmer, of Frating Abbey, Essex, and Kathleen Emily, d. of A. Parrish, farmer, of Dagenham; b. 22 Nov. 1929; adm. Sept. 1943 (KS); left July 1948; St John’s Coll. Oxf., matric. 1949, BA 1952, MA 1956; ordained deacon 1954, priest 1955 (Durham); Curate St Luke’s, Pallion, Sunderland 1954-7; domestic chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1957-60; Vicar of St Mark’s, Sheffield 1960-9; Rector of Louth, Lincs, 1969-76; Vicar of Morton with Hacconby, Lincs 1976-83; Archdeacon of Lincoln 1977-83; Bishop of Guildford 1983-94; CBE 1994; Hon. Doctorate Univ. of Surrey 1995; m. 31 Dec. 1957 Anne Devenald, d. of Vincent John Roynon of Dorchester, Oxon; d. 4 Mar. 2024.
ADDISON, WILLIAM GRYLLS, son of Rev. William Fountaine Addison, Vicar of Ossett, Yorks., and Sarah Ellen Elizabeth, fourth dau. of Rev. Thomas Grylls, Rector of Cardynham, Cornwall; b. 5 Nov 1852; adm. 6 Jun 1866 (James'); QS Jan 1868; left May 1869; an artist; m. 16 Dec 1880 Alice, dau. of William Knight, Sevenoaks, Kent, artist; d. 30 Sep 1904.
ADDENBROOKE, JOHN, son of John Addenbrooke, Newport, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 - 4 Jul 1706 (deprived, having been degraded one year for misbehaviour, 13 Dec 1705); migrated to St. Mary Hall; BA 10 Mar 1706/7; MA Camb. Univ. (from St. Catherine’s Hall) 1710; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 21 Sep 1707 to curacy of Pilton, Northants.; Rector of Sutton, Shropshire, from 10 Aug 1724; Rector of Upper Sapey, Herefordshire, from 10 Aug 1724 [check]; Vicar of Wolferlow, Herefs., 29 May 1725 - Feb 1728; d. by 23 Sep 1733.
ADAMS, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Adams, Charwelton, Northants., and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Knightley, Rector of Byfield, Northants.; b.; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1693, matr. 30 Jun 1693, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Dec 1693-8 (void); BA 1697; MA 20 Mar 1699/1700; elected the first Catechetical Lecturer at Ch. Ch. on Dr Busby’s foundation; adm. Middle Temple 9 Jul 1694; ordained deacon and priest 1697; Rector of Charwelton, Northants., from 11 Aug 1697; an intimate friend of Browne Willis (qv); m. 13 Nov 1700 Mary, dau. of John Smith, Welton, Northants.; d. 7 Sep 1731.
ADAMS, WILLIAM, son of John Adams, Shropshire, barrister, compiler of the Index Villaris, and Jane, fifth dau. of Sir Walter Wrottesley, Bart.; b.; adm.; KS 1686; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1691, matr. 4 Jul 1691, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1691 – void 30 Jul 1713 (expiry year of grace as R. Staunton-upon-Wye), Tutor 1700-5; BA 1695; MA 1698; ordained; Curate, St Thomas’s, Oxford, 1700; admonished by college for scandalous words about William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester, 20 Dec 1706; Rector of Staunton-upon-Wye, Herefs., from 26 Jul 1712; a highly esteemed preacher; published an edition of Cornelius Nepos, 1697; fifteen of his sermons before the University of Oxford were published by Dr Sacheverell in 1716; dead at 6 Aug 1714.