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Valli, Vermondo Frederick, son of Camillo Constant Valli and Louise, d. of William Conrad Gaisberg of Washington DC; b. 14 July 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (H); left July 1936; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1936, BA 1939, MA 1943; RA 1941-6 (Maj.), despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; man. dir. Coty (England) Ltd 1962; vice-pres. Rexall (Europe) 1967-71; gen. man. Proprietary Per­fumes Ltd (France) 1972; m. 9 Feb. 1945 Catherine Anstice, d. of Ven. Edgar Francis Hall, Archdeacon of Totnes, Devon; d. 1 Sept. 2000.

Valentine, Walter Jacob; b. April 17, 1904; adm. Jan. 17, 1918 (G); left Easter 1920.

Silversmiths.

VADE, JOHN, son of William Vade, Bromley, Kent, apothecary, and Elizabeth Ludlow; bapt. Bromley, Kent 9 Oct 1722 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Sep 1734; left 1739; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Oct 1739, matr. 1740; BA 1743/4; MA 1747; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1744, priest 5 Oct 1746 (both Rochester); Rector of Isleham, Cambs., 1746-51; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Rochester, Kent 1751-61; Vicar of Croydon, Surrey, from 3 Jun 1755; Chaplain to Right Rev. Zachary Pearce (qv), Bishop of Rochester; m. 22 May 1755 Elizabeth, dau. of David Wharam, Rochester, Kent; d. 9 Jun 1765.

Family business of Thomas Vacher of Parliament Street. The company appears to have been taken over in 1921: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2239558.

VACHEL, ---; b.; at school 1657-8 (Busby’s Account Book); a boarder.

UVEDALE, ROBERT, son of Robert Uvedale, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Margaret ---; b. 25 May 1642; adm.; KS 1656; while at school is said to have snatched one of the escutcheons from the bier at Oliver Cromwell’s funeral Nov 1658 (G. F. Russell Barker, Memoir of Richard Busby, 17-8); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, adm. pens. 10 May 1659, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; BA 1662/3; MA 1666; LLD 1682; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1664 - c. 1679; Master, Enfield GS 1664; also kept boarding school at The Old Palace, Enfield, where he is supposed to have planted the Enfield cedar c. 1670; ordained deacon (London) Mar 1665/6, priest 9 Jan 1691/2 (sic); Rector of Orpington with St. Mary Cray, Kent, from 1691/2; Rector of Barking and Needham, Suffolk 1700; famous for his skill in cultivating exotic plants, and one of the earliest possessors of hothouses in England; most of his collection of growing plants were purchased at his death by Sir Robert Walpole for his garden at Houghton, Norfolk; his Herbarium in fourteen volumes is in the Sloane collection, British Museum; the genus Uvedalia was named in his honour by Petiver; contributed the life of Dion to Dryden’s translation of Plutarch, 1683-6; m. 20 Jun 1678 Mary, second dau. of Edward Stephens, Cherington, Gloucs., and grand-daughter of Sir Matthew Hale; d. 17 Aug 1722. DNB.