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SWABEY, STEPHEN, son of Maurice Swabey (KS 1799, qv); b. 21 Dec 1824; adm. 24 Sep 1838 (G); QS 1839; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; settled in Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. 7 Jul 1853 his cousin Katherine Margaret, dau. of William Swabey (KS 1803, qv); d. at Picton, Nova Scotia, Canada 4 Nov 1873.

TEMPLER, JOHN CHARLES, son of James Templer, Bridport, Dorset, and Catharine, dau. of Christopher Lethbridge, Launceston, Cornwall; b. 31 Jul 1814; adm. 9 Jun 1828 (Singleton's); left May 1832; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 May 1832; BA 1836; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 6 Jun 1853 [check : seems too soon before appointment as Master]; a Master of the Court of Exchequer from 1854; founder and editor Volunteer Service Gazette, the first number of which was published 26 Oct 1859; m. 1842 Hannah Frances, eldest dau. of Adm. Sir James Alexander Gordon GCB; d. 11 Jun 1874.

TEMPLER, JOHN, second son of James Templer, Stover Lodge, Devon, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Parlby, Gravesend, Kent; b.; adm. 24 Jun 1765; KS (aged 14) 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1770, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1770, scholar 26 Apr 1771; BA 1774; MA 1778; ordained priest (Winchester) 21 Sep 1775; Vicar of Paignton with Maldon, Devon, from 2 Jan 1793; Rector of Teigngrace, Devon, by 1821 [check institution]; m. 2 May 1778 Jane, widow of John Line, Lindridge, Devon, and dau. of --- Routledge; d. 14 Dec 1829.

THOMS, BERNARD NATHANIEL, youngest son of William John Thoms FSA, Assistant Librarian, House of Lords, founder Notes and Queries, and Laura, youngest dau. of John Bernard Sale, Organist of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal; b. 10 Dec 1843; adm. 27 Sep 1855; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860, 2 Aug 1861, 1 Aug 1862; left Aug 1862; Assistant Surveyor-Gen., Post Office (in 1881); Postmaster at Nottingham; Hon. Secretary, Elizabethan Club 1864-7; [unm. in 1881]; d. 16 Jul 1908.

THORNHILL, HENRY BACHE, eldest son of Bache Thornhill, Stanton in the Peak, Derbs., and Jane, dau. of Edward Gould, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.; grandson of Bache Thornhill (adm. 1715, qv); b. 7 Jan 1780; in school lists 1795, 1797; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Apr 1798, aged 18; m. 29 Aug 1801 Helen, eldest dau. of Charles Pole, Liverpool; d. at Tours, France 18 Sep 1822.

Tizard, Sir Henry Thomas, only son of Capt. Thomas Henry Tizard, R.N., C.B., F.R.S., asst. hydrographer to the Admiralty, by Mary Elizabeth, daughter of William H. Church­ward, C.E., of Woking, Surrey; b. Aug. 23, 1885; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 28, 1899 (R); Q.S. Jan. 1900; left (with Triplett) July 1904; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1904; demy (Science) 1905; 1st class Maths. (Mods.) 1905; 1st class Nat. Science (Chemistry) 1908; B.A. 1908; senior demy 1909; Fellow of Oriel Coll. and lecturer in Nat. Science 1911-20; M.A. 1911; served in Great War I; Lieut.-Col. R.A.F. April 1, 1918; director of Technical Research and Experiment R.A.F.; mentioned in despatches; A.F.C. Nov. 2, 1918; principal asst. sec. Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research; F.R.S. 1926; C.I.E. Jan. 1, 1927; Rector of the Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology 1929-42; Hon. Fellow of Oriel Coll. Oxon. 1933; a trustee of the British Museum 1937; K.C.B. Feb. 1, 1937; member of the Air Council 1941-3; president of Magd. Coll. Oxon. 1942-6; chairman of the Defence Research Policy Committee and of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy 1946-52; Hon. Fellow of Magd. Coll. 1946; Hon. Sc.D., Cambridge, London and Leeds; Hon. LL.D. Queensland and Edinburgh; Hon. D.C.L. Durham; Gold Medallist of the Franklin Society of Philadelphia 1946; president of the British Association 1948; G.C.B. Jan. 1, 1949; a Busby Trustee 1938; a Governor of the School 1939; he was one of the leading scientists of his day, and it was in great part due to his prescience in the development of radar that the R.A.F. won the Battle of Britain in 1940; m. April 24, 1915, Kathleen Eleanor, second daughter of Arthur Prangley Wilson, of Rudgarick, Surrey; d. Oct. 9, 1959; the Henry Tizard Memorial Fund for the promotion of science at Westminster was founded in his memory 1960.

TOWNE, ERNEST JOSIAH, son of Joseph Towne, St. Helen’s Place, Bishopsgate, London, solicitor, and Louisa —; b. 27 Jul 1829; adm. 12 Feb 1844 (Scott's); QS 1844; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1848, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1848, scholar 1849; BA 1852; ordained deacon 26 Jun 1853 (Durham), priest 1854; Curate Ewell, Surrey, Chester-le-Street, co. Durham, and Langley, Essex; Vicar of Forcett, Yorks., 1863-77; Vicar of Bothenhampton, Dorset 1877-81; Chaplain to Messrs. Eyre & Spottiswoode 1881-1903; m. 24 Jun 1857 Isabella Sheppee (IGI)

TRELAWNY, SIR JONATHAN, BART., third son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart., and Mary, dau. of Sir Edward Seymour, Bart.; b. 24 Mar 1650; adm.; KS 1663; Exeter Coll. Oxford, adm. commoner 14 Apr 1668 while still at school, but elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1668, matr. 11 Dec 1668, Westminster Student 26 Dec 1668- void 1679, Tutor 1678; BA 1672; MA 1675; DD 1685; adm. Middle Temple 1 Nov 1669; ordained 4 Sep 1673; Vicar of South Hill, Cornwall 4 Oct 1677-89; Rector of St. Ives, Cornwall 12 Dec 1677-89; succ. father as 3rd baronet Mar 1680/1; distinguished himself by his active opposition to Monmouth’s rebellion summer 1685; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 8 Nov 1685; refused to sign address in favour of first Declaration of Indulgence 1687; assisted in drawing up the petition of the Bishops against the second Declaration of Indulgence, and was sent to the Tower 8 Jun 1688; tried for seditious libel with the six other bishops and acquitted 30 Jun 1688; took the oaths to William and Mary; translated to Exeter 13 Apr 1689; Archdeacon of Totnes 1693-4, Exeter 1704-7; established his rights as Visitor of Exeter Coll. Oxford 1694; supported Atterbury in his movement for the revival of Convocation; translated to Winchester 14 Jan 1707; a benefactor to the building of Tom Tower, at Christ Church, Oxford, 1680-1; Busby Trustee 28 Jan 1719/20; m. 1684 Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Hele, Bascombe, Devon; d. 19 Jul 1721. DNB.

Turle, James; son of James Turle, Taunton, Somerset, and Elizabeth Forrest ; b. 5 Mar 1802 ; chorister, Wells Cathedral 1810-3 ; came to London in 1814 as articled pupil of John Jeremiah Goss ; organist, Christ Church, Blackfriars Road 1819-29, St.James, Bermondsey 1829-31 ; connected with Westminster Abbey from 1817 as pupil, assistant and deputy to the Abbey Organists ; Organist and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey, from 1831 ; he retired from the active duties of the post in 1875, but retained the title and the residence of the Organist to death ; Music Master Jun 1865 – May 1871 ; composer of hymn tunes and glees ; author, Psalms and Hymns for Public Worship, 1864, and (with J.F.Bridge), Chants as used in Westminster Abbey, 1878 ; m. 1823 Mary, dau. of Andrew Honey, Chief Cashier, Exchequer Branch, Bank of England ; d. 28 Jun 1882. Father of William Honey Turle, Charles Edward Turle, Henry Frederic Turle and James Robert Turle (qvv). ODNB.

TWISS, QUINTIN WILLIAM FRANCIS, only son of Horace Twiss QC MP, Vice-Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, and Conservative politician, and his second wife Anne Louisa Andrewenna, widow of Charles Greenwood, and sister of Charles Stephen Francis Sterky (qv); b. 13 Mar 1835; adm. 2 Oct 1843 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1849; Capt. of the School 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1853, matr. 18 May 1853, Westminster Student 1853-61; BA 1857; MA 1860; Third Class Clerk, Treasury Aug 1856 - Jan 1860; Assistant Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary to Treasury Jun 1859 - Jan 1860; Assistant Superintendent, County Courts Department Jan 1860 - 91; a well-known amateur actor and famous “Old Stager” in the Canterbury week; his name formerly appeared in nails in the centre of the floor of School, and it was on this spot that boys who misbehaved in form were told to “stand out”; m. 11 Apr 1861 Fanny Shelley, second dau. of William Henry Covey FRCS LSA, Wilton Street, Belgrave Square, London, surgeon; d. 7 Aug 1900.