IMPEY, SIR ELIJAH, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); b. 13 Jun 1732; adm. Sep 1740; KS 1747; Capt. of the School 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Jan 1752, scholar 24 Apr 1752, matr. Easter 1754; Chancellor’s Second Medal 1756; BA 1756; MA 1759; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1757, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1751, called to bar 23 Nov 1756; Western Circuit; Recorder of Basingstoke 11 Apr 1766-73; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1766, tenant chambers there 21 Nov 1766 – 16 Jun 1768; Counsel for East India Company before House of Commons 1772; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Bengal 22 Mar 1774 – 1 Nov 1787; knighted 30 Mar 1774; confirmed committal of Nuncomar for forgery and sentenced him to death 1775; ruled that Warren Hastings (qv) had not resigned the post of Governor-General 1777; his judicial powers were restricted by a compromise between Hastings and Philip Francis 1779; President of new Appeal Court (Sadar Diwani Adalat) over local tribunals 1780-2; recalled to defend himself against charges of illegality brought by Francis 1783; defended himself successfully against six charges at bar of House of Commons 1788, including the proceedings against Nuncomar and the exercise of extended judicial powers contrary to his patent; MP New Romney 1790-6; his biography was written by his son, Elijah Barwell Impey (qv), and published in 1846; m. 18 Jan 1768 Mary, dau. of Sir John Reade, Bart., Shipton Court, Oxfordshire; d. 1 Oct 1809. DNB.
IMPEY, HASTINGS, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b. 8 Apr 1784; adm. 1 Feb 1793 (Clapham); in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1797; KS 1798; Writer, EICS Bengal 29 Aug 1799; arrived in India 12 Jan 1801; Register to Adawlut, Allahabad 1804; buried Calcutta 5 Feb 1805.
IMPEY, J.; b.; adm. 16 Oct 1809; left 1809.
IMPEY, JAMES, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 19 Oct 1720 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1730; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; Capt. of the School 1741; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1741, matr. 30 May 1741, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1741 – Nov 1749, Faculty Student 13 Nov 1749 – void 1750; BA 1745; MA 1748; practised medicine at Richmond, Surrey; travelled much abroad; author, Treatise on Comparative Anatomy; d. at Naples 19 Nov 1756.
IMPEY, JOHN, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b. 9 Jun 1772; adm. 11 Jan 1779; entered Royal Navy as Midshipman, HMS Victory 28 Apr 1785; Lieut., 7 Nov 1793; Cdr., 15 Jan 1802; Post Capt., 22 Jan 1806; retd. 28 Jun 1838; Rear-Adm., 17 Aug 1840; Vice-Adm., 1 Aug 1848; Adm., 4 Jul 1855, reserve half-pay list; as master’s mate in HMS Providence accompanied Bligh to Tahiti 1787; present in Cumberland action off Hyères 13 Jul 1795; m. Fanny, only dau. of William Cazal; d. 2 Aug 1858.
IMPEY, MICHAEL, eldest son of Elijah Impey, Butterwick House, Hammersmith, Middlesex, East India merchant, and his second wife Martha, dau. of James Fraser LLD, Secretary, Royal Hospital, Chelsea; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 11 Sep 1717 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1730; left 1736; succeeded to father’s business as East India merchant; lived at Hammersmith; m.; d. 24 Jun 1794.
IMPEY, MICHAEL, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; Cornet, 3rd Dragoons 30 Apr 1788; Cornet and Sub-Lieut., 2nd Life Guards 12 Jan 1791; Lieut., 6 Jan 1792; Capt., 6th Foot 16 Jan 1793; Maj., 1 Aug 1797; served under Gen. Sir Charles Grey in capture of French islands in West Indies; m. 11 Jun 1792 Henrietta Matilda, dau. of Edward Knight, Albemarle Street, London; d. from wound received in a duel with Lieut. Willis, 6th Foot, at Quebec 2 Sep 1801.
Imroth, Leslie, only son of G. Imroth, of Kilburn; b. Jan. 17, 1897; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1910; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Hampshire Regt. Dec. 27, 1915, and became Lieut.; served in Great War I and was wounded in action Nov. 30, 1917; d. of his wounds at Johannesburg, S. Africa, Nov. 7, 1918.
INCE, BRET, eldest son of Henry Bret Ince QC MP, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Annie Jane Grace, dau. of Charles James Muggeridge, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 14 Sep 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (G); left Dec 1882; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Aug 1883, matr. 1883; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 May 1884, called to bar 26 Jan 1887; equity draftsman and conveyancer; Secretary, Royal Commission on Vaccination 1889; joined staff of Cambridge Univ. Press 1906, General Manager Jul 1924-9; m. 7 Jan 1926 Cecilia Landor-Lowe; d. 15 Apr 1943.
INCE, DANIEL, brother of Samuel Ince (qv); b. Bombay, India 24 Aug 1765; adm. 16 Jan 1775; left 1780; Writer, EICS Madras 22 Jun 1781; Assistant, Ganjam 1787; Assistant to Secretary, Public and Revenue Dept., 1788; Deputy Secretary, Military Dept., 1790, Secretary 1793; Deputy Secretary, Military, Political and Secret Dept., 1797; Collector, First Division, Masulipatam Districts 1800; resigned in India 4 Apr 1800; d. 13 Jul 1822.