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VINCENT, JOHN FRANCIS, youngest son of William St. Andrew Vincent (qv); b. 27 Sep 1809; adm. 20 Sep 1819; went to Felsted Sch.; Addiscombe Coll. 1826-8; Cadet, EICS Madras 1828; Ensign, 23rd Light Infantry 16 Sep 1830; ret. 19 Jul 1835 [but Dodwell/Miles have him as Lieut. 1 Apr 1836]; subsequently farmed at Wrentham, Suffolk; JP Suffolk; m. 1st, 22 Jul 1840 Sarah, dau. of James Hingeston, Frostendon Hall, Suffolk; m. 2nd, 4 Aug 1864 Rachel Louisa, only dau. of John Ward, Plumstead, Kent; d. 17 Feb 1890.

VINCENT, HENRY; b. ; adm. ; KS 1700. [Possibly Sir Henry Vincent, Bart. , fourth but eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Vincent, Bart. MP, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey, and Rebecca, dau. of Jonathan Ashe, London, merchant; bapt. Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey 10 Jul 1685 (IGI); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1703, aged 18; MP Guildford 21 Feb 1728-34; succ. father as 6th baronet 10 Feb 1736; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Bazaliel Sherman, London, Turkey merchant; d. 20 Jan 1757 : see William Vincent, below]

VINCENT, GEORGE, brother of Thomas Vincent (elected to Oxford 1647, qv); b.; adm. 1656 (school lists 1656, last two quarters); BB; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1660.

VINCENT, GEORGE, son of George Giles Vincent (qv), and his first wife; b. 8 Jun 1807; adm. 10 Jan 1820; KS 1822; an attorney; Steward of the Manors of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; m. 14 Oct 1835 Caroline, sister of Charles Arthur Bedford (qv); d. 25 Mar 1851.

VINCENT, GEORGE GILES, son of William Vincent (adm. 1748, qv); b. 11 Apr 1774; adm. 13 Jun 1781; in school lists 1786; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1793; a certificated conveyancer; Chapter Clerk, Westminster Abbey, from 4 Nov 1803; author, Evidence in Human Nature of a Future State, 1853, and other works; m. 1st, 16 Dec 1803 Mary, dau. of Rev. Francis Worsley DD, Rector of Chale, Isle of Wight; m. 2nd, 13 Dec 1817 Emilia Elizabeth, second dau. of James Tappenden, Faversham, Kent; d. 28 Jan 1859. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

VINCENT, FREDERICK; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1729. [Presumably Frederick Vincent, son of Frederick Vincent, and Mary ---, bapt. St. Paul, Bedford 1 Jan 1716 (IGI)]. [note will Frederick Vincent, St. George, Hanover Square, proved PCC 3 Nov 1785]

VINCENT, EDWARD ODELL, son of Joseph Vincent, Oxford, proprietor and printer Oxford University Herald; b. 14 Apr 1835; adm. 5 Oct 1845 (Rigaud's); QS 1849; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1853, adm. 7 May 1853, scholar 1854; BA 1857; MA 1860; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1862 (both Oxford); Curate, Ducklington, Oxfordshire 1860-2, Northam, Devon 1864-8; Principal, Brixton Hill College, Surrey 1870-86; m. Frances E. M. A. --- (by 1881); d. 17 Feb 1927.

VINCENT, DORMER, eldest son of Francis Vincent, Inner Temple, London, and Mercy, widow of Thomas Adderley, Weddington Hall, Warwicks., and third dau. of Rev. Dormer Sheldon, Abberton, Worcs.; b.; adm. 4 Feb 1773; KS (aged 13) 1775; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Dec 1779; Ensign, 33rd Foot 18 Sep 1780; Lieut., 22nd Foot 1 Feb 1782; half-pay 69th Foot 24 Mar 1787; 5th Foot 30 Oct 1799; half-pay 1802-4; Capt., 17 Mar 1804; 38th Foot 3 Aug 1804; d. Dec 1806.

Vincent, Charles Howard, eldest son of Charles Vincent, Mus. Doc., of Hampstead; b. Aug. 25, 1887; adm. Sept. 25, 1902 (H); left July 1904; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. R.F.C. April 15, 1916; m. April 10, 1915, Mary Doris, eldest daughter of W. Phillips, of Kensington.

VINCENT, SIR (CHARLES EDWARD) HOWARD, brother of Arthur Frederick Vincent (qv); b. 31 May 1849; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1865; RMC Sandhurst Nov 1866; Ensign, 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; ret. Aug 1873; Special Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, at Berlin in 1871 and during Russian-Turkish War 1876; adm. Inner Temple 3 May 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; South-Eastern Circuit; Director of Criminal Investigations, Metropolitan Police 1878-84; Col. -Commandant, Queenís Westminster Volunteers 1884-1904, later Hon. Col., VD; MP (Conservative) Sheffield Central from 1885; member, Metropolitan Board of Works 1888-9, London County Council 1889-96; one of the British delegates to Anti-Anarchist Conference, Rome 1898; ADC to Edward VII from 1901; CB 23 Jan 1886; knighted 17 Jan 1896; KCMG 3 Jun 1899; DL JP Co. London, JP Middlesex, Berkshire; a consistent advocate of imperial protection, founding in 1891 the United Empire Trade League, of which he was Hon. Secretary; Chairman, National Union of Conservative Associations 1895; the Acts of Parliament dealing with the probation of first offenders, 1887, and for the appointment of a public trustee, 1906, were mainly due to his persistence; author, A Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law, 1882, and other works; m. 26 Oct 1882 Ethel Gwendoline, second dau. of George Moffatt MP, Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; d. at Menton, France 7 Apr 1908. DNB.