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Lewis, Oswald, brother of John Spedan Lewis (q.v.); b. April 5, 1887; adm. May 9, 1901 (G); left July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1912; a member of the London County Council 1913-9; Lieut. 2nd Co. of London Yeomanry April 18, 1913; retired on account of ill health April 20, 1916; served in Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula 1914-6; admitted to the Middle Temple April 19, 1909; M.P. for Colchester 1929-45; author of Because I've not been there before (1929), I'd Like to go Again (1954), and After Dinner (1955) m. June 28, 1928; Frances Merriman, daughter of Dr. Harold Merriman Cooper, O.B.E., of Hampton-on-Thames; d. 12 Feb. 1966.

KEPPEL, GEORGE THOMAS, 6TH EARL OF ALBEMARLE, third son of William Keppel, 4th Earl of Albemarle PC, Master of the Horse, Whig politician, and his first wife Hon. Elizabeth Southwell, sister of Edward Southwell-Clifford, 18th Baron De Clifford (qv); b. 13 Jun 1799; adm. 13 Mar 1808 (G); expelled for getting out of Grants after lockers and going to the theatre 20 Mar 1815; Ensign, 14th Foot 4 Apr 1815; 22nd Foot 5 Feb 1818; Lieut., 24th Foot 25 May 1820; 20th Foot 27 Nov 1821; Capt., 62nd Foot 17 Feb 1825; Maj., unattached 20 Mar 1827; Lieut. -Col., 23 Nov 1841; Col. in the Army 20 Jun 1854; Maj. -Gen., 26 Oct 1858; Lieut. -Gen., 31 Mar 1866; Gen., 7 Feb 1874; served at battle of Waterloo; ADC to Marquis of Hastings, Governor-Gen. India, 1821-3; MP (Whig) Norfolk East 1832-4, Lymington 1847-50; Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria 1838-41; Private Secretary to Lord John Russell (qv) when Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Jul 1846 – Jul 1847; JP Norfolk, DL 1859; High Sheriff, co. Leitrim 1838; succeded brother as 6th Earl of Albemarle 15 Mar 1841; took Whig/Liberal whip in House of Lords to 1886, afterwards Liberal Unionist; Busby Trustee 26 May 1854; author, Fifty Years of My Life, 1876, in which he refers to his school life and schoolfellows; m. 4 Aug 1831 Susan, third dau. of Sir Coutts Trotter, Bart.; d. 21 Feb 1891. DNB.

JERVIS, SIR JOHN, third son of Thomas Jervis QC MP, Second Justice of Chester, and Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Oliver Dixon, Red Hill, Old Swinford, Worcs., barrister, Bencher Gray’s Inn; b. 12 Jan 1802; adm. 18 Sep 1815 (G); left 3 Dec 1818; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Feb 1819, matr. 13 Nov 1819; adm. Middle Temple 12 Jan 1819, called to bar 6 Feb 1824, Bencher 21 Apr 1837, Treasurer 1846; member, Oxford and Chester circuits; patent of precedence 1837; MP (Whig) Chester 1832 – Jul 1850; Solicitor-Gen., 4-7 Jul 1846, Attorney-Gen., 7 Jul 1846 – Jul 1850; knighted 1 Aug 1846; President of Commission for enquiring into systems of pleading in the Common Law Courts 13 May 1850; Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (and Serjeant-at-Law) from 16 Jul 1850; Privy Councillor 14 Aug 1850; as Attorney-Gen. introduced the 1846 Acts relating to Justices of the Peace, known by his name; one of orinators of, and contributor to, The Jurist; joint editor of two sets of Exchequer Reports; author, Practical Treatise on the Office and Duties of Coroners, 1829, and other works; m. 3 Nov 1823 Catherine Jane, sister of Walter Garcia Mundell (qv); d. 1 Nov 1856. DNB.

HURST, ROBERT HENRY, only son of Robert Henry Hurst (b. 1788, qv); b. 1 Jun 1817; adm. 8 Apr 1831 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 May 1836, matr. Mich. 1836; 25th Wrangler 1840; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 29 May 1835, called to bar 25 Nov 1842; South-Eastern Circuit; Recorder of Hastings and Rye from 8 Feb 1863; MP Horsham 1865-8, May 1869-74, Dec 1875 – Feb 1876; Chairman, West Sussex Quarter Sessions; of Horsham Park, Sussex, and Barrington Grove, Burford, Oxfordshire; DL JP Sussex, JP Oxfordshire; m. 28 Apr 1859 Matilda Jane, eldest dau. of James Scott, Rusper, Sussex; d. 12 Feb 1905.

HUNT, SIR FREDERICK SEAGER, BART., eldest son of James Edward Hunt, Clapham Common, Surrey, railway contractor, and Eliza, sister of Thomas Whittaker Seager (qv); b. 27 Apr 1838; adm. 22 Sep 1848 (G); left 1853; went out to India, where he remained until 1859; succeeded to business of Seager Evans & Co, distillers, Millbank, on death of grandfather; chairman, Earle’s Shipbuilding Co.; contested (Cons) Marylebone 1880; MP (Cons) Marylebone West 1885-95, Maidstone 1895-8; created baronet 13 Oct 1892; DL co. London; m. 29 Oct 1867 his cousin Alice Harriet, dau. of Alfred Hunt, Hannover, Germany; d. 21 Jan 1904.

HUMBERSTON, PHILIP STAPLETON, only son of Philip Stapleton Humberston, Chester, and Catherine, dau. of George Cotton (qv); b. 17 Aug 1814; adm. 18 Jan 1827 (G); Mayor, Chester 1858; MP Chester 1859-65; DL Cheshire, JP Cheshire 1859, High Sheriff 1878; DL Denbighshire, JP Denbighshire 1869; member council, Royal Agricultural Society; m. 29 Oct 1840 Elizabeth Henrietta, dau. of Henry Robert Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 16 Jan 1891.

GROSVENOR, RICHARD DE AQUILA, 1ST BARON STALBRIDGE, fourth son of Richard Grosvenor, 2nd Marquis of Westminster (qv); b. 28 Jun 1837; adm. 24 Jan 1849 (G); an intimate school friend of Francis Markham (qv); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Feb 1855, fellow commoner 15 Oct 1855, matr. Mich. 1855; MA 1858; MP (Liberal) Flintshire May 1861 – 22 Mar 1886; Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Mar 1872 - Feb 1874; Privy Councillor 19 Mar 1872; Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Liberal Whip, House of Commons 1880-5; created Baron Stalbridge 22 Mar 1886; took Liberal Unionist whip, House of Lords; Chairman, London and North Western Railway Co. 1891-1911, having been a director since 1870; a Governor of the School 1875-1880 and from 1889; Busby Trustee from 1 Jun 1875; President, Elizabethan Club 1885-91, Vice-President from 1891; an intimate friend of Francis Markham (qv), who frequently mentions him in his Recollections; m. 1st, 5 Nov 1874 Hon. Beatrix Charlotte Elizabeth Vesey, third dau. of Thomas Vesey, 3rd Viscount De Vesci (I); m. 2nd, 3 Apr 1879 Eleanor Frances Beatrice, dau. of Robert Hamilton Stubber, Moyne, Queen’s Co.; d. 18 May 1912. DNB Supp.

Glyn, Sir Alan Jack, son of John Paul Glyn, barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, and Margaret, d. of William Johnston of Edinburgh; b. 26 Sept. 1918; adm. Jan. 1931 (G); left Dec. 1934; Caius Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1939; served WW2 1939-45, North Sussex Yeomanry 1940, 23 Hus­sars 1941 (Trooper), Far East 1942-6; psc 1945; Bde Maj. India Command 1946; Capt. (hon. Maj.) Roy. Horse Guards to 1967, ERD; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Feb. 1955; MP (C) Wandsworth Clapham 1959-64, Windsor 1970-4, Windsor and Maidenhead 1974-; Chelsea BC 1959-62; Freeman City of London 1961; war correspondent Vietnam 1967; Board of Governors Nat. Heart and Chest Hosps 1982-; Kt Jan. 1990; author of Witness to Vietnam 1968; m. 4 Jan. 1962 Lady Rosula Caroline Windsor-Clive OStJ, d. of Ivor Miles, 2nd Earl of Plymouth PC GStj.; d. May 1998.

CURTEIS, HERBERT MASCALL, only son of Herbert Barrett Curteis (qv); b. 8 Jan 1824; adm. (Benthall's|Grant's) 1 Jun 1836; left Aug 1840; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1840; played cricket for Oxford University 1841, 1842 and for Sussex 1846-60; MP Rye Dec 1847- Mar 1848 (unseated), Apr 1848-52; Master, East Sussex Foxhounds 1854-68; President, Sussex County Cricket Club 1869-78; m. 15 Jun 1848 Paulina, sister of Sir Godfrey John Thomas, Bart. (qv); d. 16 Jun 1895.

COURTENAY, WILLIAM REGINALD, 11TH EARL OF DEVON, elder son of William Courtenay, 10th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 14 Apr 1807; adm. (G) 16 Sep 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Mar 1824; President, Oxford Union 1827; 1st cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; BCL 1831; DCL 1838; Fellow, All Souls Coll., 1828-30; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 Mar 1828, called to bar 27 Jan 1832; MP (Cons) South Devon 1841 - Feb 1849; a Poor Law Inspector 1849-50; Secretary, Poor Law Board 1850-9; succ. father as 11th Earl of Devon 19 Mar 1859; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; member, Public Schools Commission, 1862; Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, Jul 1866 - May 1867; Privy Councillor 10 Jul 1866; President, Poor Law Board, May 1867 - Dec 1868; known in Devon as “the good earl”; Chairman, Devon QS, for fifty-two years; DL JP Devon, JP co. Limerick; Busby Trustee 11 May 1861; member governing body, Westminster School, from 1869; edited with others vol. 6 of Cases decided in the House of Lords on appeal from the Courts of Scotland, 1832-3; m. 27 Dec 1830 Lady Elizabeth Fortescue, seventh dau. of Hugh Fortescue, 1st Earl Fortescue; d. 18 Nov 1888. DNB.