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ORME, NICHOLAS, brother of Richard Orme (qv); b.; adm.; KS ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1615, Westminster Student 1615/6; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Jan 1616/7, called to bar 25 Nov 1623; d. 4 Feb 1628/9, aged 28 (MI St. Bartholomew the Great, London).

ONSLOW, ARTHUR CYRIL PHIPPS, second son of Very Rev. Arthur Onslow DD, Dean of Worcester, and Frances, dau. of Constantine Phipps, St. Kitts, West Indies; b. 8 Jul 1788; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student; BA 1809; MA 1811; ordained deacon 1810, priest 1811; Rector of St. Mary’s, Newington Butts, Surrey, from 15 Aug 1812; m. Aug 1812 Elizabeth, third dau. of Sir Edward Winnington, Bart., MP; d. 6 Feb 1869.

ONSLOW, ALEXANDER LEE, third son of Maj. George Walton Onslow, EICS Madras, and Mary Murray, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Richard Radford Hughes, EICS Bengal; b. 29 Dec 1835; adm. 1 Aug 1849 (Scott's); QS 1850; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1854, adm. pens. 29 May 1854, scholar 1855; BA 1858; ordained deacon 1859, priest 1860 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Marston Bigot, Somerset 1859-62, Pyrford, Somerset 1862-3; Junior Chaplain, Bombay 1863-73, Senior Chaplain 1873; Chaplain at Surat 1882-7, retd.; Vicar of Kingsbury, Warwicks., 1890-1906; m. 11 Jul 1864 Ellen Elmira, third dau. of John Warden, EICS Bombay, member of Council, Bombay; d. 31 Mar 1912.

ONSLOW, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, brother of Guildford Macleay Onslow (qv); b. 17 Jul 1842; adm. 5 Feb 1856; QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861, matr. 1862; ran in hurdle race for Cambridge v. Oxford at first inter-university sports 1864; BA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 15 Jan 1862, called to bar 17 Nov 1868; Home Circuit; Attorney-Gen., Honduras 1877-80, Western Australia 1880-1; Chief Justice of Western Australia 1883-1901; acting Governor 11 Nov 1884 – 15 Jun 1885; knighted 15 Jul 1895; returned to England 1900; m. 4 Feb 1878 Madeleine Emma, dau. of Rev. Robert Loftus Tottenham, Chaplain at Florence; d. 20 Oct 1908.

ONLEY, NICHOLAS, son of --- Onley, Strand, London, tavern porter; b.; adopted by a gentleman of good family and property of the same name as himself; adm.; KS 27 Nov 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 31 Jul 1658, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 22 Mar 1661/2; MA 1664; DD Cambridge 1671; ordained; Curate, Harpenden, Herts., in 1665; Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland, from 10 Mar 1669/70; Prebendary of Westminster from 17 Jul 1672; Master of the Savoy; Curate, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, from 30 Sep 1683; carried St. Edward’s Staff at coronation of James II in 1685; devised Vicarage of Staverton, Northants, to Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, on condition of their always presenting a Westminster Student to it; m. 14 Aug 1665 Mary, dau. of Rev. Henry Killigrew DD, Rector of Wheathamsted, Herts.; d. 28 Sep 1724. [Presumably Nicholas OWNELEYE, son of Nicholas & Jane, bapt. St. Olave’s, Hart Street, London 24 Jul 1640].

OLYVERE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

OLLIFFE, HAMILTON GEORGE HENRY, son of Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe MD FRCP, Physician to HBM Embassy, Paris, and Laura, dau. of William Cubitt MP, Lord Mayor of London, building contractor; b. Paris 27 Feb 1859; adm. 22 Sep 1871 (James'); QS 1873; left Aug 1876; a clerk, Bank of England; d. 8 Mar 1886.

Olivier, Reginald Ernest, son of the Rev. Dacres Olivier, Rector of Wilton, Wilts, by Emma Selina, daughter of Robert Eden (q.v.); b. Aug. 19, 1871; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; left (with Triplett) July 1889; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Oct. 11, 1889; B.A. 1893; sometime a clerk in the Bank of England; m. July 12, 1912, Esther Somers; d. Nov. 2, 1931.

OLIVER, WILLIAM, son of William Oliver MD FRS, Queen Square, Bath, Somerset, inventor of the “Bath Oliver” biscuit, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. Bath Abbey 20 Jan 1730/1; adm. Jun 1741 (Levett's); KS 1745; still at school 1748; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jan 1748/9, aged 18, Canoneer Student 22 Dec 1749 – expulsion “for notorious riot and assault” 15 Nov 1751, having previously been rusticated for a year for neglecting duties and for violence 19 Jun 1750; Leyden Univ., adm. 21 Sep 1753; Padua Univ. 1755; practiced as a physician in Bath and Exeter; the friend of Warren Hastings (qv), who declared that “Distance of Time or Place never erases from the mind of an Old Westminster that early Friendship which always participates of the Success we meet with in Life” (Letters of Warren Hastings to his Wife, 1905, 456); m. 7 Feb 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Jenkins, Kingston-upon-Thames, London; will proved 20 Aug 1801.

OLIPHANT, ROBERT, younger son of James Oliphant, Cockspur Street, London, hatter, and ---, dau. of James Campbell; b.; adm. 11 Sep 1786; KS (aged 14) 1790; living 1792.