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EDWARDS, JOHN, second son of Sir Edward Edwards, Heath, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1682; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1685, matr. 17 Dec 1685, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1685 - void 1695; BA 1689; MA 1692; BD and DD 1720; ordained; Rector of Clungunford, Shropshire; d. before 9 Mar 1725/6 (will proved PCC 6 Jul 1725).

EDWARDS, RICHARD; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1679; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1682, matr. 1682/3, scholar 9 May 1683; adm. Inner Temple 24 Jan 1684/5. [Perhaps second son of John Edwards, Heath House, Shropshire; ? Bencher, Inner Temple 1712; ? d. 15 Jan 1747. ]

EDWARDS, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Edwards, London; b.; adm.; probably Edwards in under school lists 1715, 1716; KS (aged 15) 1718; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1722, adm. pens. 25 May 1722, scholar 3 May 1723; 10th in “ordo” 1725/6; BA 1725/6; MA 1729. [note wills of Rev. Samuel Edwards, Water Newton, Hunts., proved PCC 21 Jan 1745, and Rev. Samuel Edwards, Bozeat, Northants, proved PCC 2 Mar 1767 (father of William Gutteridge Edwards (qv)]

EDWARDS, WILLIAM, of Middlesex, described as “cler. fil. ”; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1620, matr. 16 Nov 1621, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1631; BA 1624; MA 1627.

EGERTON, RICHARD, eldest son of Maj. -Gen. Caledon Richard Egerton, Col. 89th Foot, and Margaret, third dau. of Alexander Cumming, St. Vincent, West Indies; b. 10 Jul 1844; adm. 3 Jun 1858; QS May 1860; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1863, matr. 27 May 1863; BA 1867; adm. Middle Temple 26 Apr 1866, called to bar 17 Nov 1869; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Resident Magistrate, St. Thomas in the East, Jamaica 1892; m. 21 Jun 1892 Caroline Mary, elder dau. of Rev. David Phillips Lewis, Rector of Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire; d. at Mount Bay, Jamaica 6 Oct 1901.

EGERTON, SIR (WALTER) RALEIGH GILBERT, third son of Sir Robert Eyles Egerton KCSI CIE, Bengal Civil Service, Lieut. -Gov. Punjab, and his first wife Mary Warren, dau. of William Hickey, Calcutta, and niece of Lieut. -Gen. Sir Walter Raleigh Gilbert, Bart., GCB, Bengal Army (previously EICS Bengal); b. 25 Sep 1860; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 4 Jun 1874; QS 1875; left May 1877; RMC Sandhurst 1878-9; 2nd Lieut., 17th Foot 13 Aug 1879; Lieut., Leicestershire Regt. 19 Feb 1881; Bengal Staff Corps 1 Nov 1881; Capt., Indian Staff Corps 13 Aug 1890; Brevet Maj., 18 Nov 1896; Indian Army 13 Aug 1899; Lieut. -Col., Indian Army 13 Aug 1905; Col., 6 Jun 1907; temp. Brig. -Gen., 14 Nov 1911 - 13 Nov 1914; Brigade Commander, Ferozepore 14 Nov 1911 - 14 Sep 1914 and on Western Front in France 15 Sep 1914 - 16 Nov 1916; Maj. -Gen., 14 Nov 1914; Lieut. -Gen., 27 Aug 1917; retired 1 Apr 1920; ADC to Lieut. -Gov. Punjab 1897-9; Assistant Adjutant-Gen., India 1900-3; served in Hazara expedition 1888, Isazai expedition 1892, Waziristan 1894-5, Chitral 1895, Dongola expedition 1896, Waziristan 1901-2. and in Great War in France and Mesopotamia; mentioned in despatches LG 8 Aug 1902, 17 Feb 1915, 1 Jan 1916, 19 Oct 1916, 15 Aug 1917, 27 Aug 1918, 1 Feb and 5 Jun 1919; CB 14 Jun 1912; KCB 3 Jun 1916; KCIE 25 Aug 1917; Order of Karageorge (Serbia), 2nd cl. with swords 1916; Busby Trustee from May 1927; m. 1st, 22 Aug 1894 Bridget Watson, eldest dau. of Watson Askew-Robertson, Pallinsburn House, Northumberland; m. 2nd, 21 Mar 1903 Maude Helen, only dau. of Sir George Rendlesham Prescott, Bart.; d. 2 May 1931.

Eggar, Cedric Richard Hastings, brother of Ralph Alfred James Eggar (qv); b. 1 Jan. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; Baring Bros Ltd; RASC 1940-6 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) May 1945 and Apr. 1946; gen. man. Barings Bank Ltd, retd 1975; m. 6 Dec. 1941 Elizabeth Audrey, d. of Percy Bramble Roberts of Eltham, Middx; d. 9 Nov. 1988.

EGLESFELD, RICHARD; b. ; adm. ; KS 1542-4 (Chapter Muniments).

ELLIS, CHARLES, youngest brother of John Ellis (adm. 1660, qv); b.; adm.; BB 1676; KS 1677; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1681, adm. pens. May 1681, aged 18, scholar 1682; BA 1684/5; MA 1688; Fellow of Christ’s Coll. Camb., appointed before 30 Sep 1686, ceased to reside 1691, Junior Dean and Catechist 1687, Bunting preacher 1689; ordained deacon 22 May 1687, priest 29 May 1687 (both Lincoln); Chaplain to Earl of Pembroke; the news of his death at Vienna, where he had gone as travelling tutor to --- Backwell, reached Rome by 12 Mar 1699/1700.

ELLIS, EDWARD RADCLYFFE, son of Rev. Arthur Ayres Ellis, Vicar of Stotfold, Beds., and Harriet Elizabeth, dau. of Henry George Radclyffe, Islington; b. 27 Jun 1865; adm. as QS 20 Oct 1879; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1884, adm. pens. 8 Mar 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1887; MA 1891; ordained deacon 1888, priest 1889 (both Rochester); Assistant Master and Chaplain, Cheam School, Surrey, and Curate, West Cheam 1888-97; Curate, St. Stephen’s, Portland Town, London 1897-1900; Lecturer, Bolton Parish Church, Lancs., 1900-10; Rector of Norris Bank, Lancs., 1910-21; Vicar of Heversham, Westmorland 1921-39; m. 24 Jan 1901 Agnes Mary, youngest dau. of George Thomas Parkinson, Fellows Road, Hampstead, Middlesex.