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SAYER, JAMES, brother of Robert Sayer (adm. 1724, qv); b. 27 Jun 1720; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1729; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 19 Dec 1743; Cdr.; Capt., 22 Mar 1746; Rear-Adm., 24 Oct 1770; Vice-Adm., 5 Feb 1776; as Capt., HMS Nassau, present at capture of Senegal and the unsuccessful attack on Goree 1758; d. unm. 15 Oct 1777. SAYER, JOHN, son of Sir George Sayer, Kt, Bourchiers Hall, Aldham, Essex, Master of the Horse to the King of Bohemia, and Esther, dau. of Sir Thomas Honywood; b.; at school 1660-4 (Busby’s Account Book) (called Sawyer once, Sayers twice); a boarder; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 3 May 1665, aged 16, matr. 6 Jul 1665; adm. Inner Temple 2 Aug 1667.

SAYER, GEORGE, elder son of George Sayer (adm. 1732, qv); bapt. Charing, Kent 27 Aug 1751 (IGI); in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; Oreil Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1768, aged 17; BCL 1777; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1776, priest 22 Dec 1776 (both Oxford); Rector of Eggescliffe, co. Durham, from 1782; of Pett Place, Kent (inherited from father 1778); m. 13 May 1786 Catherine, only dau. of James Wakeley, Charing, Kent; d. May 1814.

SAYER, GEORGE, son of George Sayer, Pett Place, Kent, and Mary, sister of Daniel Godfrey, Faversham, Kent; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 31 Jan 1723 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1732; left 1739; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Mar 1740; High Sheriff, Kent 1755; m. 13 Nov 1750 Mary, dau. of John Greenhill, Maidstone, Kent; d. 17 Sep 1778.

SAYER, GEORGE EDWARD, only son of George Sayer (in school lists 1764-7, qv); b. 2 Feb 1795; adm. 1 Feb 1806; left 1812; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 6 Apr 1813; of Pett Place, Kent; DL JP Kent; d. unm. 28 May 1871.

SAYER, EDWARD, only son of James Sayer, Manor House, Marsh Gate, Richmond, Surrey, barrister, Deputy High Steward of Westminster and Steward, Manor of Richmond, and his second wife Julia Margaret, dau. of Edward Evelyn, Felbridge, Surrey; b.; adm. 27 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1775; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1779, matr. 3 Jun 1779, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1779 – void 23 Apr 1781 (for absence); adm. Middle Temple 17 Jun 1777, called to bar 7 Feb 1783; Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1791-1800); author, Essays Literary and Historical, 1791, and other works.

SAYER, ARTHUR, brother of William Sayer (qv); b. 15 Aug 1856; adm. 27 May 1869 (G); left Whitsun 1872; clerk, Bank of England (in 1881); inherited Pett Place estate from elder brother 1917; m. 20 Sep 1887 Anna Kate, youngest dau. of Benjamin Smith, Westbourne Terrace Road, Bayswater; d. 1 Jun 1942.

Sayer, Arthur Gerald, only son of Arthur Sayer (q.v.); b. Aug. 16, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left July 1907; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1907; B.A. 1910; M.A. 1914; ordained deacon 1911, priest 1912 (Bristol); Curate of St. Paul's, Swindon, Wilts, 1911-3, of Folkestone 1914-6, and of St. Peter's, Bournemouth, 1916-23; Vicar of Westend, Hants, 1923-8; Curate of Lelant, Cornwall, 1929-31; Vicar of St. Michael, Maidstone, 1931-9; Perpetual Curate of St. Peter, Bushey Heath, Herts, 1939-46; licensed to officiate Diocese of Truro, 1946; In­spector of Schools, Truro, Diocese 1949; Prebendary of St. Endellion 1954; m. Oct. 17, 1922, Bridget Catherine, younger daughter of Edward St. Aubyn; d. 1971.

SAYER, ---; b.; at school 1662 (Busby’s Account Book).

SAY, WILLIAM, brother of Robert Say (qv) (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 2 Jun 1717 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Mar 1731/2.

SAY, ROBERT, son of Robert Say, St. James’s, Westminster, and Catherine ---; bapt. St. Paul’s, Covent Garden 4 Nov 1710; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1723; in school list 1729; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1729/30; BA 1733; migr. to Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. 6 Jun 1739; MA 1739; ordained deacon (Norwich) 9 Jun 1734; Rector of Swaffham, Norfolk 1738-48 (and Rector of Beachamwell, Norfolk); Rector of Houghton on the Hill, Norfolk, and of North Pickenham, Norfolk, from 1748; m.; d. 30 Jun 1764.