Bovey, Quentin Christopher Drummond, son of Henry Taylor Bovey, F.R.S., of Chelsea, Rector of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, by Emily Jane Boner, daughter of John Redpath, of Montreal, Canada; b. Sept. 11, 1895; adm. from St. John's School, Montreal, Sept. 24, 1908 (R); non-resident K.S. 1910; left July 1913; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1919; seconded from the Canadian Militia and attached to 8th Batt. Gordon Highlanders, temp. Lieut. Sept. 8, 1914; Capt. July 20, 1915; wounded in Sept. 1915; attached to Headquarters Eastern Command Sept. 1916; A.D.C. to G. O. C.-in-C. Forces on the Rhine April - June 1919; mentioned in despatches; Supervisor, Exchange Dept., Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, since Feb. 1923; m. Sept. 15, 1921, Elizabeth Maude, daughter of Charles A. Kennedy, of Montreal; d. 3 Aug. 1987.
BOVILL, ALFRED, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 1 Apr 1845; adm. 28 Jan 1857; pupil and assistant of Edward I’Anson, architect, 1864-74; independent architectural practice in London 1874-97; ARIBA 1 Dec 1879, FRIBA 8 Jun 1891; District Surveyor, St. Pancras North; emigrated to Tenerife, Canary Islands, c. 1897; m. 15 Sep 1881 Edith Louisa, sister of George Walter Chapman (qv); d. at Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, 17 Aug 1908.
BOVILL, EDWARD, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 9 Nov 1846; adm. 28 Jan 1857; Guy’s Hospital and Aberdeen Univ.; MB, CM Aberdeen 1871; MD 1891; MRCS 1871, FRCS 1873; Assistant Surgeon, Indian Medical Service, 1 Oct 1872; Surgeon, 1 Jul 1873; Surgeon Maj., 1 Oct 1884; Surgeon Lieut. -Col., 1 Oct 1892; retd. 8 Nov 1901; member Medical Board, India Office, Oct 1905; m. 26 Mar 1878 Ada Helen Isabel, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Walter Sherer, Bengal Staff Corps; d. 1 Mar 1908.
BOVILL, SIR ELLIOT CHARLES, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 23 Apr 1848; adm. 28 Jan 1857 [check]; QS 1863; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1867, matr. 12 Jun 1867; BA 1871; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Apr 1869, called to bar 27 Jan 1873; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; hon. sec., Elizabethan Club, 1873-9; Assist. Judicial Commissioner, Cyprus, 1879-81, Judicial Commissioner 1881-3, Chief Justice 1883-92; knighted 11 Aug 1884; Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements from 13 Aug 1892 ; m. 27 Jul 1876 Anna, younger dau. of Rev. John Tahourdin White DD, Rector of St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London; d. at Singapore 24 Mar 1893.
BOVILL, HENRY HOWARD, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 17 Mar 1854; adm. 6 May 1867; left Apr 1870; Guy’s Hospital; LRCP, MRCS 1880; domestic physician to Dowager Duchess of Cleveland; went out to Australia, but returned to England Oct 1889; m. 22 Aug 1887 Elizabeth Helen, elder dau. of Frederick Stone, Parkindula, Mount Barker, South Australia; d. 22 Jan 1890.
BOVILL, WHEATLEY, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 6 Jun 1863; adm. 6 Jun 1872; left Mar 1880; in business as photographer in New Westminster, British Columbia c. 1886-9, also working there as an architect and estate agent; m. 1 Aug 1888 Annie, eldest dau. of Charles H. Robinson, Lulu Island, Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada.
BOVILL, WILLIAM EDWARD, eldest son of William John Bovill QC, James Street, Buckingham Gate, London, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Emma --- (IGI); b. 9 Aug 1839; adm. 3 Feb 1852; QS 1854; left Whitsun 1858; London Univ.; became a civil engineer; Assistant Master and Bursar Jan 1869 – May 1883 ; House Master of Homeboarders at 1 Dean’s Yard Sep 1880 – Aug 1882, of Ashburnham Sep 1882 – May 1883.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jan 1873; emigrated to Western Australia, where he became a fruit farmer, later moving to Tasmania; m. 9 Aug 1883 Persis, youngest dau. of John Percy Baumgartner, Milton, Cambs.; d. at Thornhill, Devonport East, Tasmania, 22 Apr 1916.
Bovill, William John, son of Edward Bovill (q.v.); b. May 14, 1885; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left April 1900; 2nd Lieut. Yorkshire Regt. March 2, 1904, Indian Army Feb. 6, 19o6; Lieut. June 2, 1906; Capt. March 2, 1913; Major March 2, 1919; Lieut.-Col.; commanded the 6th Batt. Baluchi Regt.; served in Arab Rebellion 1920; Chief Infantry Adviser to King Feisal I 1922-6; retired 1933; O.B.E. 1920; lived after retirement in Egypt and Tasmania; m. June 20, 1932, Constance Anne Caroline, daughter of Alfred Jordan, of Bournemouth; d. in Tasmania Oct. 1944.