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PACKER, JOHN, son of Thomas Packer, Twickenham, Middlesex, Clerk of the Privy Seal, and Margaret Mauntlow; b. 12 Nov 1572; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1589, adm. scholar 1590; BA 1593/4; Grand Tour (France); Secretary to Sir Henry Nevill, Ambassador in Paris; Envoy to Denmark 1610; Secretary to Earl of Somerset 1612, and subsequently to Sir George Villiers (1st Duke of Buckingham); Prothonotary of the Chancery, jointly with Francis Godolphin 13 Mar 1614; Clerk of Privy Seal 6 Sep 1618 – suspended by 13 Nov 1643 (holding post under reversionary grant dated 11 Jul 1604); a favourite at Court, and “was offered many times to be made Secretary of State, but always refused it” (HMC 10th report, pt. vi, 174); purchased manor of Groombridge, Speldhurst, Kent, and rebuilt Groombridge Chapel in gratitude for the safe return from Spain of Charles, Prince of Wales; MP West Looe 1628-9; a Commissioner for enquiring into abuses of the Fleet Prison 1635; declined to loan money to Charles I 1640, and thenceforth an ally of the parliamentary opposition; a Visitor of the University of Oxford 1 May 1647; a liberal benefactor to religious and charitable causes; a collection of letters and state papers formed by Packer was calendared HMC 2nd Report, 49-63, when in the possession of J. B. Fortescue, and a selection of them was edited for the Camden Society by S. R. Gardiner under the title The Fortescue Papers; a book of Greek and Latin verses composed by Packer when at Cambridge is Lansdowne MS 693 in the British Library; lic. to m. 3 Jul 1613 Philippa, sister of John Mylles (qv); d. 9 Feb 1648/9. DNB.

PAGET, HON. SIR ARTHUR, brother of Henry William Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (qv); b. 15 Jan 1771; adm. 10 Apr 1780; KS 1783; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1787, matr. 8 Jun 1787, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1787 – void by absence 22 Dec 1792 (not having resided since 1790); Secretary to Embassy, St. Petersburg 1791-4; MP Anglesey 22 Nov 1794-1807; Envoy Extraordinary to Berlin 1794, to Elector Palatine 1798-9, to Naples 1800-1 and to Vienna 1801-5; Privy Councillor 4 Jan 1804; Ambassador to Constantinople Jun – Oct 1807; KB 21 May 1804; GCB 2 Jan 1815; m. 16 Feb 1809 Lady Augusta Fane, divorced wife of John Parker, 2nd Baron Boringdon (afterwards 1st Earl of Morley), and second dau. of John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland (qv); d. 26 Jul 1840. DNB.

PEMBERTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, second son of Christopher Robert Pemberton MD FRCP FRS, Newton, Cambs., Physician Extraordinary to George IV, and his second wife Eleanor, only dau. of James Hamilton, Woodbrook, co. Tyrone; b. 28 Jan 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1814; Capt. of the School 1818; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1824; MA 1826; Junior Clerk, Treasury Jan 1821 – Aug 1826, Assistant Clerk of Revenue Aug 1826 – Oct 1834, Assistant Clerk Oct 1834 - Mar 1850; Private Secretary to Secretary of Treasury Aug 1824 – Sep 1827, Feb 1828 – Nov 1830, and to Right Hon. Henry Goulburn MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Sep 1841- Jul 1846; DL JP Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff 1859; m. 13 Jun 1829 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Nathaniel William Peach, Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk; d. 26 Jun 1884.

PHELIPS, EDWARD, son of Edward Phelips (qv); b. 29 Apr 1753; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1766; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1770, matr. 15 Jun 1770, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1770 – void 16 Apr 1778; BA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 May 1770, called to bar 3 Jul 1778; MP Somerset from 1784; of Montacute, Somerset; m. 22 Dec 1784 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Lockyer MP, Maperton, Devon; d. 4 Aug 1792.

PHILIPPS, GEORGE, brother of John Louis Philipps (adm. 1753, qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1757 (as George Philips); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Mich. 1761; BA 1766; MA 1769; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1767-8 (or 1770 ?); Mayor, Carmarthen 1773-4; MP Carmarthen 1780-4; m. ; d. 17 Apr 1784.

PHILIPPS, SIR JOHN, BART. , eldest son of Sir Erasmus Philipps, Bart. , MP, and Catherine, dau. of Hon. Edward Darcy; b. ; adm. ; KS 1679 (as John Philips); elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, scholar 9 May 1683, matr. 1682; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1684; MP Pembroke 1695-1702, Haverfordwest 4 Mar 1718-22; succ. father as 4th baronet 18 Jan 1697; prominent member of Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and of Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge, and an early patron of Methodism; m. 12 Dec 1697 Mary, dau. of Anthony Smith, East India merchant; d. 5 Jan 1737, aged 70.

PHILLIMORE, JOSEPH, eldest son of Joseph Phillimore (in school list 1764, qv); b. 14 Sep 1775; adm.; in school list Dec 1788; KS 1789; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1793, matr. 30 May 1793, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1793 – void 28 Jun 1805; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1798; BA 1797; BCL 1800; DCL 1804; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 21 Nov 1804; practised with success in Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts; Regius Prof. of Civil Law, Oxford University, from 1809, also Chancellor, Diocese of Oxford, from 1809, and Prebendary of Salisbury, although a layman, from 12 Dec 1809; Judge of Cinque Ports from 1809; MP St. Mawes 17 Mar 1817-26, Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 1826-30; Commissioner, Board of Control 8 Feb 1822 – Jan 1828; Admiralty Advocate from 25 Oct 1834; Chancellor, Diocese of Worcester, from 6 Nov 1834, and Dioces of Bristol from 1842; LLD Cambridge 1834; FRS 13 Feb 1840; Busby Trustee 23 May 1840; author, Reports of Ecclesiastical Cases, 1809-21, 1832-3; m. 19 Mar 1807 Elizabeth, third dau. of Walter Bagot (adm. 1739/40, qv) and his first wife; d. 24 Jan 1855. DNB.

PHILLIMORE, SIR ROBERT JOSEPH, BART., third son of Joseph Phillimore (b. 1775, qv); b. 5 Nov 1810; adm. 1 Feb 1820 (G); KS 1824; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student; BA 1832; MA 1834; BCL 1835; DCL 1838; Clerk, Board of Control 20 Feb 1832 – 6 Apr 1835; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1837, called to bar 7 May 1841, Bencher 1858, Treasurer 1859; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1839; Chancellor, Dioceses of Chichester 1844, Salisbury 1845 and London 1855; QC 16 Jan 1858; MP (Peelite/Liberal) Tavistock Feb 1853-7; Admiralty Advocate 1855-62; Judge of Cinque Ports 1855-75; Queen’s Advocate 1862-7; knighted 17 Sep 1862; Dean of Arches 1867-75, Master of the Faculties 1873-5; Judge of High Court of Admiralty 1867-75; Privy Councillor 3 Aug 1867; Judge of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, High Court of Justice 1875-83; Judge Advocate-General 17 May 1871 – Aug 1873; created baronet 28 Dec 1881; a personal friend and political supporter of Gladstone; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 23 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, vol. xxi, pp 428-32); Busby Trustee 19 May 1868- Jun 1884; Governor of the School from 1869; benefactor to the School; President, Elizabethan Club, from 1876; translated Lessing, Laocoon 1874; author, Commentaries on International law, 1854-61, and other legal works; m. 19 Dec 1844 Charlotte Anne, third dau. of John Denison MP, Ossington Hall, near Newark, Notts.; d. 4 Feb 1885. DNB.

In 1863 and 1864 he gave prizes for an English essay, and in the latter year he expressed his intention of giving an annual prize of £6 6s for the essay, and a further prize of £3 3s. for translation into English. These prizes were awarded by him up to his death in 1885, and continued to be awarded after his death from funding supplied by his son Walter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore (qv), also one of the School’s benefactors.

POMEROY, ARTHUR, son of John Pomeroy, Devon; b.; adm.; in school lists 1656; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1657, matr. 22 May 1657, scholar 1658, matr. Mich. 1660; 10th in “ordo” 1660/1; BA 1660/1; MA 1664; DD 1676; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1661 – c. 1674; ordained; Chaplain to Earl of Essex, Lord Lieut. Ireland; Dean of Cork from 11 Feb 1672/3; Treasurer of Cloyne from 5 May 1673; Prebendary of Limerick 1 Oct 1674-8; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Richard Osborne, Bart. MP (I), Ballintayler, co. Waterford; d. 1709/10.