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ADAMS, WILLIAM PITT, eldest son of William Dacres Adams, Bowdon, Devon, Commissioner of Woods and Forests, previously private secretary to William Pitt the younger and to Duke of Portland when Prime Ministers, and Elizabeth, second dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; b. 11 Dec 1804; adm. 16 Apr 1817 (Best's); KS 1819; left 1820; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1823; Assistant Junior Clerk, Foreign Office Apr 1826- Jul 1830, Junior Clerk Jul 1830 - Nov 1834; Secretary of Legation, Bogota, 31 Dec 1834, Mexico 31 Jul 1841; Chargé d’Affaires and Consul-General, Peru, 30 Nov 1842; m. 16 Sep 1847 Georgiana Emily, dau. of Robert Lukin, Felbrigg, Norfolk; d. at Lima, Peru, 6 Sep 1852.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.