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CLELAND, HENRY, brother of John Cleland (qv); bapt. Kingston upon Thames 13 Oct 1711; adm. Apr 1721 (as “Cleavland”); in under school list 1722; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1723, 1724; KS (Capt. ) 1725; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1728, matr. 25 Jun 1728, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1728 - void for absence 28 May 1733; see Pope’s letter to Lord Oxford, 3 Nov 1730, asking for “a recommendatory letter” to some worthy man at Ch. Ch. who “would countenance and have an eye” over his friend’s son (Elwin & Courthope, viii, 274-5). [Presumably Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 11 Jun 1730, out of Regt. Feb 1733/4]

CLELAND, JOHN, son of [Col. ?] William Cleland, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, Commissioner of Taxes, and Lucy du Pass; bapt. Kingston upon Thames 24 Sep 1710; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1720/1; KS 1722; left 1723; Consul at Smyrna, “very early in life” [but check : this seems unlikely]; in Bombay as soldier 1728; Writer, EICS Bombay 1731; Secretary to Council, Bombay, 1738; left EICS 1740; left India in a destitute condition, and for many years wandered round Europe; author, Fanny Hill, or the Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, 1750; summoned before the Privy Council for writing it, but escaped punishment on pleading his poverty as an excuse; subsequently pensioned by Government, and took to writing for newspapers and the stage; d. 23 Jan 1789. DNB.

Clemence, William Herbert, son of Herbert Clemence, of West Acton, by Caroline Sternberg, daughter of John Ainsworth, of Kensington; b. Feb. 23, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left Easter 1909; a shipbroker's clerk; served with 5th Batt. London Regt. on the western front until he was discharged as medically unfit Feb. 1915.

CLEMENS, MICHAEL; b.; in school list Aug 1733; BB 1733-9.

CLEMENT, ---; b.; adm.; a boarder 1656-7 (Busby’s Account Book).

CLEMENT, JOSEPH; b. ; adm. ; KS 1673.

Clements, Arthur Stephen, son of Stephen Henry Clements, of Oxted, Surrey, by Kate. daughter of Arthur Robson, of Bishop's Waltham, Rants; b. June 19, 1904; adm. April 26. 1918 (G); left Easter 1920; a horticulturalist at Kensington, Maryland, U. S. A.; m. July 4, 1927, Eileen, daughter of W. Kearney, of Letchworth, Herts.