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Son of James Gow, a member of the Royal Society of British Artists; born Jan. 16, 1854; educated at King's Coll. School, London, and Trin. Coll. Camb., where he graduated B.A. 1875, M.A. 1878; Third Classic and Chancellor's Second Classical Medallist 1875; Litt.D. (Camb.) 1885; Master of the High School, Nottingham, 1885-1901; President of the Head Master's Association 1900-2; appointed by the Governing Body as Rutherford's successor May 9, 1901; ordained 1901; installed Head Master up School Sept. 1901; resigned July 1919; Select Preacher, Camb. Univ., 1903-12; author of 'A Short History of Greek Mathematics' (1884), and other works; married Aug. 12 1895, Gertrude Sydenham, daughter of G.P. Everett-Green, artist; died Feb. 16, 1923.

Son of Walter George Hamilton and Caroline Mary Stiff; b. 10 Feb. 1908; ed. St Dunstan's Coll. Catford and Trin. Coll. Camb.; BA 1929 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pts 1 & 2), Craven Schol. 1927, Chancellor’s Medallist 1928, Craven Student and Person Prizeman 1929; MA 1933; asst. lecturer in Classics Univ. of Manchester 1931-3; Fellow of Trinitv 1931-5 and 1946-50, Tutor 1947-50; Univ. lecturer in Classics 1947-50; asst. master Eton 1933-46, Master in College 1937-46; succeeded as Head Master of the School Jan. 1950; Chairman Headmasters’ Conference 1955 and 1956; resigned June 1957; DLitt (Durham) 1958; HM Rugby Sch. 1957-66; Master of Magdalene Coll. Camb. 1967-78; author of translations of Plato’s Symposium and Gorgias; m. 31 Mar. 1951 Jane Elizabeth, d. of Sir Robert John Formby Burrows of Limpsfield Chart, Surrey; died 8 Feb. 1988.

HINCHLIFFE, JOHN, son of Joseph Hinchliffe, Swallow Street, Westminster, livery stable keeper, and Elizabeth Mantle; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1741; KS 1746; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1750, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1750, scholar 26 Apr 1751, matr. 1750/1; BA 1754; MA 1757; DD 1764; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1755, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1757; ordained deacon 28 Dec 1756, priest 19 May 1757 (both Ely); Usher at the School by 1755, apparently holding appointment for seven years; travelling tutor to his future brother-in-law John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv), on Grand Tour in Germany, Italy and Switzerland 1761-3; Head Master, Westminster School 8 Mar – Jun 1764, resigning on grounds of health; tutor to William, 5th Duke of Devonshire 1764-6; he had made the friendship of Augustus, 3rd Duke of Grafton, the future Prime Minister, when in Italy in 1762, and he owed his principal subsequent preferments to him; Vicar of Greenwich, Kent 1766-9; Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge 16 Feb 1768-89; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1768-9; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III 1768-9; consecrated Bishop of Peterborough 17 Dec 1769; offended the Government by his liberal speeches in the House of Lords, and while retaining his bishopric, was required to resign the Mastership of Trinity, in exchange for being appointed Dean of Durham; Dean of Durham from 16 Oct 1788; m. 16 May 1767 Elizabeth, sister of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv); d. 11 Jan 1794. DNB.

Jones-Parry, Tristram, brother of Rupert Jones-Parry (qv); b. 23 July 1947; adm. Sept. 1960 (W); left Dec. 1964; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1965, BA 1969; operational researcher National Coal Board 1967-8; asst. master (maths and IT) Dulwich Coll. 1969-73; asst. master at the Sch. 1973-89, Housemaster Busby’s 1979-87, Third Master 1987-9, Under Master 1989-94; Headmaster Emanuel Sch. 1994-8; Head Master, Westminster Sch. 1998-2005; chmn. of trustees Alive and Kicking.

KNIPE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Thomas Knipe, Middlesex; b.; adm.; BB in 1652; KS (Capt. ) 1656; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1657, matr. 31 Jul 1658, Westminster Student; BA 22 Feb 1660/1; MA 1663; BD and DD 1695; an Usher at the School 1661, Under Master 1663-95, Head Master from 6 Apr 1695; ordained; Prebendary of Westminster from 17 Oct 1707; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; author of several grammars for use of the School; m. 1st, (by 1669) Anne, dau. of Devereux Wolseley, Ravenstone, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 1 Feb 1693/4 Alice Talbot, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, widow; d. 6 Aug 1711, aged 72. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, monument in South Aisle of Choir. DNB.

eldest son of Rev.Henry George Liddell (qv), Rector of Easington, co.Durham, and Charlotte, fourth dau. of Hon.Thomas Lyon, Hetton House, co.Durham ; b. 6 Feb 1811 ; ed. Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1829, Canoneer Student Dec 1830-46, Tutor 1835, Censor 1845 ; BA and 1st cl.honours 1833 ; MA 1835 ; BD and DD 1855 ; ordained deacon Dec 1836, priest 10 Jun 1838 (both Oxford) ; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1842-7, Whitehall Preacher 1845 ; Domestic Chaplain to Prince Albert Jan 1846-61 ; White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Christ Church, Oxford 1845-6 ; Head Master of Westminster School Oct 1846 (having been nominated Williamson’s successor in May 1846) – Aug 1855 ; “a tall, handsome man, well set up, and with rather a scornful expression, a thorough gentleman in every way, with a certain grand manner, which made us proud to have him as our Headmaster” (Markham, Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster, 1903, 26) ; member, Oxford University Commission 1852 ; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Aug 1855 – Dec 1891 ; Hon.Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria 1862 ; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1870-4 ; Trustee, British Museum 1881 ; hon.LLD Edinburgh 1884 ; hon.DCL Oxford 1893 ; joint author with Rev.Robert Scott DD, Master of Balliol Coll.Oxford, of Liddell and Scott’s Greek Lexicon, of which the first edition was published in 1843 (seven further editions in his lifetime) ; also author, A History of Ancient Rome, 1855 (subsequent abridged editions under a different title) ; see Henry George Liddell, a Memoir, 1899, by Henry Lewis Thompson (qv) ; m. 23 Jul 1846 Lorina Hannah, dau. of James Reeve, North End, Lowestoft, Suffolk ; d. 18 Jan 1898. ODNB.

MARKHAM, WILLIAM, eldest son of Maj. William Markham, Barrack-Master of Kinsale, co. Cork, and Elizabeth, dau. of George Markham, Worksop, Notts.; bapt. 9 Apr 1719; adm. (aged 14) 21 Jun 1733; KS (Capt. ) 1734; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1738, matr. 6 Jun 1738, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1738 – void by marriage 18 Jun 1759, Tutor 1742-52, Junior Censor 1751; BA 1742; MA 1745; BCL and DCL 1752; adm. Gray’s Inn 29 Jan 1742/3; ordained priest (Oxford) 17 Dec 1748; Head Master of the School Feb 1753 – Mar 1764; Chaplain in Ordinary to George II 1756 (still 1760); Prebendary of Durham 22 Jun 1759 – Feb 1771; Dean of Rochester 20 Feb 1765 – Oct 1767; Vicar of Boxley, Kent 1765-71; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford 23 Oct 1767 – Jan 1777; consecrated Bishop of Chester 17 Feb 1771; Preceptor to Prince of Wales and Prince Frederick 12 Apr 1771 – 28 May 1776; Archbishop of York from 20 Jan 1777; Lord High Almoner from 21 Jan 1777; Privy Councillor 31 Jan 1777; attacked in House of Lords by Duke of Grafton and Earl of Shelburne 30 May 1777, for having preached doctrines subversive of the Constitution in a sermon at St. Mary-le-Bow Feb 1777; Markham’s “pernicious” doctrines were also attacked by Earl of Chatham; had a narrow escape at his house in Bloomsbury Square during Gordon Riots; at one time an intimate friend of Edmund Burke, whose Philiosophical Enquiry, 1756, he corrected for the press, and afterwards revised; a staunch friend and supporter of Warren Hastings (qv); “our great glory”, wrote Jeremy Bentham (qv), “was Dr. Markham : he was a tall portly man and “high he held his head” … We stood prodigiously in awe of him; indeed he was an object of adoration” (Bentham, Works, 1843, x, 30); during his Head mastership the old Granary in Dean’s Yard was removed and the houses on the Terrace probably built; donor of the scenes for the Latin Play, designed by James Stuart and in use from 1758 to 1808; Busby Trustee 18 Mar 1756; m. 16 Jun 1759 Sarah, dau. of John Goddard, Rotterdam, merchant; d. 3 Nov 1807. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey. DNB.