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AGAR, JAMES, 1ST VISCOUNT CLIFDEN (I), eldest son of Henry Agar MP (I), Gowran Castle, co. Kilkenny, by Anne, only surviving dau. of Welbore Ellis (KS 1676, qv); b. 25 Mar 1734; adm. Nov. 1746 (Grant's); left 1752; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Apr 1752; MP (I) Gowran 1753-60, Co. Kilkenny 1761-76, Gowran 1776; a Commissioner of the Irish Revenue 3 Feb 1772-85, and of the Irish Excise 13 Jul 1776-85; created Baron Clifden (I) 27 Jan 1776; Viscount Clifden (I) 12 Jan 1781; joint Postmaster-General, Ireland 16 Jul 1784-9; Privy Councillor (I) 16 Oct 1784; m. 20 Mar 1760 Lucy, widow of Hon. Henry Boyle Walsingham MP (I), and eldest dau. of Col. John Martin, Dublin; d. 1 Jan 1789.

AGAR, HENRY, brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Dec 1750 (Grant's); KS 1757; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1761 – void by marriage 12 Jun 1765; BA 1765; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 May 1761; ordained; Prebendary of Cloyne from 30 Jul 1768; Vicar of Templebodane, co. Cork 30 Jul 1768 – Oct 1769; Rector of Agabulloge, co. Cork, from 4 Jul 1770; m. c. 1765 Mary, dau. of Benjamin Tyrrell, Oxford; d. 14 May 1798.

Agar, Harold Evelyn Talbot, brother of Charles Talbot Agar (q.v.); b. Aug. 14, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); Exhibitioner 1890; left July 1892; Trin. Coll. Camb. ladm. pensr. June 25, 1894), matric. Michaelmas 1894; a member of the London Stock Exchange from 1911; Major 3rd London Field Co. Divisional Engineers R.E. June 1, 1916; m. June 22, 1904 Beatrice Frances Jervis, only daughter of C. W. Jervis-Smith, of Doveridge, Derbyshire; d. at Vence, France, June 18, 1962.

AGAR, CHARLES, 1ST EARL OF NORMANTON (I), brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1747 (Grant's); KS 1751; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1755, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1755, commoner 1755-6, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756 – void 7 Nov 1764 (expiry year of grace as D. Kilmore from 4 Nov 1763), Tutor 1763; BA 1759; MA 1762; DCL 31 Dec 1765; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1760, priest 17 May 1761 (both Oxford); Chaplain to 1st Duke of Northumberland when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1763; Dean of Kilmore 22 May 1765 [but year of grace from 4 Nov 1763, check]; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 20 Mar 1768; enthroned Archbishop of Cashel 19 Aug 1779; translated to Dublin 7 Dec 1801; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Nov 1779; created Baron Somerton (I) 12 Jun 1795; Viscount Somerton (I) 30 Dec 1800; Earl of Normanton (I) 4 Feb 1806; an Irish Representative Peer in first UK Parliament; amassed a considerable fortune, and completed the destruction of the mediaeval cathedral on the Rock of Cashel; m. 22 Nov 1776 Jane, eldest dau. of William Benson, Downpatrick, co. Down; d. 14 Jul 1809; buried in North Transept, Westminster Abbey, with monument in North Aisle of Choir. DNB.

Adrian, Richard Hume, 2nd Baron Adrian, son of Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (qv); b. 16 Oct. 1927; adm. Feb. 1944 (G); left Dec. 1944; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Lent 1945, BA 1947 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pts 1 and 2), MA 1951; Univ. Coll. Hosp., MB 1951; RAMC 1951-2 (Capt. ); Fellow Corpus Christi Coll. Camb. 1956-61, Churchill Coll. 1961-81 (Hon. Fellow 1985); Univ. lecturer in Physiology 1961-8; Reader in Experimental Biophysics 1968-78; Prof. of Cell Physiology Univ. of Cambridge 1978-1992; succ. his father as 2nd Baron Adrian 4 Aug. 1977; FRS 1977; MD 1978; trustee Brit. Museum 1979, Brit. Museum (Natural History) 1984-7; Master Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1981-1992; Vice-Chancellor Univ. of Cambridge 1985-7; Hon. Fellow Darwin Coll. Camb. 1986; FRCP 1987; Brit. Library Board 1987; American Philosophical Soc. 1987; a Governor of the Sch., appointed 1977, confirmed by Privy Council Statute 1983; a Busby trustee 1986-; m. April 1967 Lucy Caroe PhD, d. of Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe OBE FRIBA FSA, architect; d. 4 Apr. 1995.

Adrian, Harold Douglas, elder son of Alfred Douglas Adrian, C. B., K.C., of Hampstead, sometime legal adviser to the Local Government Board, by Flora Lavinia, youngest daughter of Charles Howard Barton, of Reading, Berks; b. Aug. 6, 1887; adm. as a non-resident K.S. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1906; matric. Michaelmas 1906; d. while in residence at Oxford Jan. 26, 1910.

Adler, Robert Paul, brother of Alan Louis Adler (qv); b. 11 Oct. 1908; adm. May 1922 (G); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929; RAFVR 1939-45 (Sqdn Ldr); a manufacturer; m. 26 Aug. 1939 Anne Kyle, d. of John Wilson of Armadale, West Lothian; d. 16 Dec. 1986.

Adler, Alan Louis, son of James Adler and Ellen Augusta, d. of Paul Ferdinand Sabel; b. 24 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926; dir. of A. Oppenheimer & Co., merchants; Thames Naval Patrol RNVR (Lieut.), despatches 1 July 1941; m. 8 June 1932 Ella, d. of Herbert E. Cohen; d. 12 June 1966.

ADAMS, RICHARD LEONARD, youngest son of Rev. Richard Leonard Adams, Rector of Shere, Surrey, and Hon. Elizabeth Atherton Powys, fourth dau. of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford; b. 29 Mar 1838; adm. (G) 30 May 1850; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1865; ordained deacon (Norwich) 31 May 1863, priest 22 May 1864; Vicar of Framfield, Sussex 7 Aug 1866-76; Rector of Shere, Surrey 1876-93; m. 11 Jul 1861 Florence Emma, dau. of William Vizard, Ewell, Surrey; d. 11 Apr 1897.

Abrahams, Ian John, son of Leonard Abrahams and Gertrude Ann, d. of Isaac Clavering; b. 23 Nov. 1921; adm. May 1935 (G); left July 1940; Pemb. Coll. Camb. matric. 1940, BA 1947, MA 1950; capt. Camb. Univ. Boxing Club 1946; RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.); vice-pres. Brit. Acad. of Songwriters, composers and authors; governor London Contemporary Dance Theatre; m. 1st 9 Sept. 1948 Jill Maude, d. of Leslie Koppenhagen; 2nd 1983 Ruth da Ponte (nee Smith-Hulme); d. 27 Dec. 1991.