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JACKSON, WILLIAM, son of Robert Jackson, Westminster, and Diana Urling; bapt. Chiswick, Middlesex 29 May 1715; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1722/3; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1730; KS 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1736, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Jul 1736; BA 1740; MA 1743; ordained; Rector of Boughton, Northants, 19 Aug 1748-69; Rector of Pitsford, Northants, from 14 Aug 1769; d. 27 Feb 1795.

JACKSON, WILLIAM, brother of Cyril Jackson (qv); bapt. 28 Feb 1751; adm. Manchester GS 1762; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 13) 1764; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1768, matr. 1 Jun 1768, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1768 – void 2 Aug 1799 (Canon), Tutor 1771-95, Junior Censor 1779-82; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1770; BA 1772; MA 1775; BD 1783; DD 1799; ordained deacon 18 Oct 1778, priest 3 Oct 1779 (both York); Chaplain to William Markham, Archbishop of York (adm. 1733, qv); Prebendary of Southwell 23 Sep 1780; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 1782; Prebendary of York 26 Mar1783 – Mar 1812; Rector of Beeford, Yorkshire East Riding; Preacher at Lincoln’s Inn 1783-1812; Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford 19 Dec 1783; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 2 Aug 1799; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 23 Feb 1812; Clerk of Closet, Royal Household, from c. 1813; Busby Trustee 14 May 1814; d. unm. 2 Dec 1815. DNB.

Jacob, Hugh Francis, brother of Willoughby Ross Le Grand Jacob (q.v.); b. Jan. 23, 1883; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1901, matric. Michaelmas 1901; B.A. 1904; adm. a solicitor and went, in 1909, to Calcutta, where he became a partner in one of the leading legal firms there; m. Sept. 1, 1915, Alice Maud, only child of the Ven. William John Wickins, Hon. Chaplain to George V; d. at Calcutta April 23, 1916.

Jacob, Willoughby Ross Le Grand, elder son of Francis Jacob, M.Inst.C.E., of Blackheath, Kent, by Emily Martha, third daughter of Henry Crawford, and grand-daughter of Robert Crawford (q.v.); b. May 27, 1881; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 27, 1894; left Dec. 1899; R. l. E. Coll., Cooper's Hill, 1900; entered the l. C. S., Woods and Forests Dept., Nov. 29, 1903, as Asst. Conservator, Assam; Deputy Conservator Oct. 1913; officiating Conservator May 1923; Conservator of Forests, Eastern Circle, Punjab, 1924, of Forests, Assam, 1926; m. 1st May 10, 1910, Winifred Mary, younger daughter of William Rickford Rowland, of Aylesbury, Bucks; 2nd July 12, 1921, Frances Kathleen, daughter of Henry Gascoigne; d. Oct. 1940.

JAMES, CHARLES, son of Rev. Henry James, Vicar of Awre, Gloucs.; probably brother of William James (KS 1646, qv); b. 24 Feb 1639/40; adm.; KS in 1656; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1659, matr. 11 Apr 1660, Westminster Student; BA 1663; MA 1666; DD 1684; ordained; Head Master, St. Edward’s School, St. Albans, Herts., from 1669; Rector of Turweston, Bucks., from 1685 (disp. to hold with V. St. Stephen’s, St. Albans 1694); lic. to m. 1 Sep 1668 Mary, dau. of Thomas Atkins, Westminster; d. 15 May 1695. Buried Bath Abbey.

JAMES, EDWARD, son of Richard James, Newport, Isle of Wight (IGI); bapt. Newport 23 Sep 1569 (IGI); at school (aged 11) 1582; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1587, matr. 15 Dec 1587, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1605; BA 1591; MA 1594; BD and DD 1614; ordained; Rector of Freshwater, Isle of Wight 1604; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 17 Mar 1614/5; d. Jan 1616/7. Buried Christ Church Cathedral.

JAMES, FRANCIS, son of Thomas James, Newport, Isle of Wight (IGI)[“Dr”James : Whitmore]; bapt. Newport 21 Sep 1580; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1598, matr. 24 Nov 1598, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1617; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD 1612; DD 1614; ordained; Preacher at the Savoy; Rector of St. Matthew’s, Friday Street, London, from 11 Jan 1616/7; a Latin poet; d. Jul 1621. DNB.

JAMES, HUGH, son of Hugh James, Carlisle, Cumberland, agent to James Graham (adm. under Busby, qv); b. ; adm. 1685; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 19 Jun 1698; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1698-1700; Fellow, Pembroke Coll. , Cambridge 1700-2; Rector of Upwell and Outwell, Norfolk, from 29 Apr 1701; m. Philippa, widow of Rev. John Wake, and sister of Thomas Hobart (qv); d. 1740 (will proved PCC 15 Aug 1740). His monument at Upwell records that he was “educated at Westminster School under that great master of learning and loyalty, Dr. Busby”.

JAMES, JOHN, son of John James, London; b.; adm.; KS 1663; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 17, Westminster Student 3 Feb 1668 – void 1691, Senior Censor 1679-80, Tutor 1680; BA 1671; MA 1674; BD 1684; DD 1689 (incorp. Cambridge 1698); Deputy Public Orator in 1683-4; ordained; Prebendary and Chancellor of Exeter from 30 Aug 1689; Rector of Southill, Cornwall 1689; Vicar of Harberton, Devon 2 May 1691; buried St. Margaret’s, Westminster 18 Jan 1702/3.

JAMES, LIONEL, brother of Henry Rosher James (qv); b. 11 Jul 1868; adm. QS 8 Jun 1882; Mure Scholar 1885; Capt. of the School 1886; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford Jul 1887, matr. 14 Oct 1887; 1st. cl. Classical Mods 1889, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1891; BA 1891; MA 1896; Assistant master, Radley Coll. 1892-1906; Head Master, Monmouth GS 1906-27; author of acting editions of several Latin and Greek plays, including the Andria of Terence; m. 9 Sep 1912 Ethel de Pearsall, eldest dau. of Arthur Edward Clabburn, [officer in ?] Gordon Highlanders [but apparently artist (1881 Census)]; d. 28 Apr 1948.