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AGAR, HON. CHARLES BAGENAL, third son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 13 Aug 1769; adm. 18 May 1778; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 – void 25 Jun 1800; BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jul 1788, called to bar 9 Jun 1796; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1799 (occurs in annual lists 1801-4); Commissioner of Appeals of Excise 10 Mar 1800 – 7 Jul 1806; Deputy Recorder of Oxford 1801; High Sheriff of Cornwall 1809; m. 2 Nov 1804 Anna Maria, only dau. of Thomas Hunt MP, Mollington, Cheshire, and Lanhydrock, Cornwall, and sole heiress of her great-uncle Henry, 3rd Earl of Radnor; d. 16 Jun 1811.

AGAR, CHARLES, 1ST EARL OF NORMANTON (I), brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1747 (Grant's); KS 1751; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1755, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1755, commoner 1755-6, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756 – void 7 Nov 1764 (expiry year of grace as D. Kilmore from 4 Nov 1763), Tutor 1763; BA 1759; MA 1762; DCL 31 Dec 1765; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1760, priest 17 May 1761 (both Oxford); Chaplain to 1st Duke of Northumberland when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1763; Dean of Kilmore 22 May 1765 [but year of grace from 4 Nov 1763, check]; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 20 Mar 1768; enthroned Archbishop of Cashel 19 Aug 1779; translated to Dublin 7 Dec 1801; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Nov 1779; created Baron Somerton (I) 12 Jun 1795; Viscount Somerton (I) 30 Dec 1800; Earl of Normanton (I) 4 Feb 1806; an Irish Representative Peer in first UK Parliament; amassed a considerable fortune, and completed the destruction of the mediaeval cathedral on the Rock of Cashel; m. 22 Nov 1776 Jane, eldest dau. of William Benson, Downpatrick, co. Down; d. 14 Jul 1809; buried in North Transept, Westminster Abbey, with monument in North Aisle of Choir. DNB.

AGAR, HON. GEORGE CHARLES, second son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); b. 1 Aug 1780; in school list 1795; KS 1796; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 – void 2 Jul 1810; BA 1804; MA 1807; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 21 Jan 1804; Lieut. 6 Jun 1809; retd. 5 Nov 1811; served in Peninsular War; FRS 9 Jun 1832; d. 24 Jan 1856.

AGAR, HENRY, brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Dec 1750 (Grant's); KS 1757; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1761 – void by marriage 12 Jun 1765; BA 1765; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 May 1761; ordained; Prebendary of Cloyne from 30 Jul 1768; Vicar of Templebodane, co. Cork 30 Jul 1768 – Oct 1769; Rector of Agabulloge, co. Cork, from 4 Jul 1770; m. c. 1765 Mary, dau. of Benjamin Tyrrell, Oxford; d. 14 May 1798.

AGAR, HON. JAMES, third son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); b. 10 Jul 1782 [or 1781 ?]; adm.; KS 1797; played cricket against Eton 8 Aug 1799, 31 Jul 1800; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student; BA 1805; MA 1808; ordained priest (York) 3 Oct 1805; Prebendary of St. Patrick’s, Dublin 16 Nov 1805-9; Rector of St. Nicholas Without, Dublin, 1806, and of Carrig Allen, co. Leitrim 1809; Rector of Hollywood, co. Down, from 1806 [check]; Archdeacon of Kilmore from 1810; m. 7 Jul 1829 Louisa, youngest dau. of Samuel Thompson, Greenmount, co. Antrim; d. 6 Sep 1866.

AGAR, HON. JOHN ELLIS, second son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 31 Dec 1764; adm. 14 Sep 1773; KS 1780; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1784, matr. 9 Jun 1784, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1784 – void 5 Jul 1790 (expiry year of grace as R. Duntrileague from 20 Jul 1789); BA 1788; MA 1791; ordained; Rector of Duntrileague, co. Limerick 1789; Prebendary of Emly from 4 Jul 1789; Rector of St. George’s, Dublin; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin from 27 Feb 1796; m. 11 Mar 1792 Hon. Harriet Flower, dau. of William Flower, 2nd Viscount Ashbrook (I); d. 3 Jan 1797.

AGAR, WELBORE ELLIS, 2ND EARL OF NORMANTON (I), eldest son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); adm.; KS 1794; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1798, matr. 6 Jun 1798, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1798 - res 20 Nov 1803; BA 1802; succ. as 2nd Earl of Normanton (I) 14 Jul 1809; m. 17 May 1816 Lady Diana Herbert, dau. of George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke KG, Gen. in the Army; d. 26 Aug 1868.

AGAR-ELLIS, HENRY WELBORE, 2ND VISCOUNT CLIFDEN (I), eldest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Jan 1761; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (Capt. ) 1774; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1778, matr. 19 Jun 1778; BA 1782; Grand Tour (Italy) 1783; MP (I) Co. Kilkenny 1783-9; Recorder of Gowran 1783; Clerk of the Privy Council, Ireland 1785-1817; succ. as 2nd Viscount Clifden (I) 1 Jan 1789; MP Heytesbury 28 May 1793 - 2 Feb 1802, when he succeeded his great-uncle Welbore Ellis (qv) as 2nd Baron Mendip (GB); assumed additional surname of Ellis 4 Feb 1804; supported Whig party in House of Lords; FSA (by 1831); m. 10 Mar 1792 Lady Caroline Spencer Churchill, eldest dau. of George Spencer Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG PC, Lord President of the Council; d. 13 Jul 1836.

AGLIONBY, GEORGE, son of Rev. John Aglionby DD, Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire; bapt. 1 May 1603; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 9 Dec 1619, aged 16, Westminster Student to (?) 1636; BA 1623 (incorp. at Cambridge 1624); MA 1626; BD 1633 : DD 1635 (incorp. at Cambridge 1641/2); an Usher at the School; tutor to George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire 1632-8; Prebendary of Westminster from 28 Sep 1638, and of Chichester from 1 Apr 1639; Dean of Chichester from c. Jun 1642; Dean of Canterbury 6 May 1643, but never installed; lic. to m. 3 Jul 1635 Sibella Smith, St. Martin in the Fields, London; buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 11 Nov 1643.

Airy, Reginald, second son of the Rev. Basil Reginald Airy, Vicar of St. John's, Torquay, Devon, by Emma, daughter of Shepley Watson, of York; b. May 15, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1891; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Sarnwaies and Triplett) 1896 (adm. sub­ sizar Oct. 1, 1896); B.A. 1899; M.A. 1911; assist. master Bristol Grammar School 1903; Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland, 1905-9, and City of London School 1909-11; head master of County School, Bromley, Kent, 1911-26; author of Westminster in Bell's Series of Handbooks to the Great Public Schools (1902); m. April 18, 1906, Winifrid Edgcumbe, daughter of Henry Edgcumbe Eliot, of Paignton, Devon; d. 1952.