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D’Oyly, John, 1774-1825
GB-2014-WSA-05722 · Person · 1774-1825

D’OYLY, SIR JOHN, BART., son of Matthias D’Oyly (qv); b. 6 Jun 1774; adm. 15 Sep 1787; KS 1788; succeeded Robert Hugh Kennedy (qv) as Capt. of the School 1791; not allowed to present himself for Election 1792 on account of his conduct when Capt. during a sudden “insurrection” of the School, when all the boys, leaving their forms and their masters, went down school to watch a “mill” in Green, and refused to return until it was finished (see Elizabethan vi, 247 and xii, 324, reproducing extracts from the London Post and Public Advertiser); left 1792; Corpus Christ Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1792, matr. Lent 1793; Sir W. Browne’s Medal for Latin Ode 1795, Chancellor’s Second Medal 1796; BA 1796; MA 1799; Fellow of Corpus Christi Coll. 1798-1801; went out to Ceylon 1801; Collector, Colombo 1802; Secretary to Government, Ceylon 1810; the only Singalese scholar in the Ceylon Civil Service; head of intelligence department in Gen. Brownrigg’s campaign against the King of Kandy 1814-5; Resident and First Commissioner, Kandy Provinces; created baronet 29 Aug 1821; d. unm. at Kandy 25 May 1825. DNB.

D’Evereux, Simeon, d. 1733
GB-2014-WSA-05718 · Person · d. 1733

D’EVEREUX, SIMEON; b.; adm.; KS 1671; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1675, adm. pens. 10 Jun 1675, scholar 1676, matr. 1677; 3rd in “ordo” 1678/9; BA 1678/9; MA 1682; ordained; Chaplain, Trin. Coll. 1681-9; Perpetual Curate of Nackington, Kent, from 1686; Minor Canon and Sacrist of Canterbury from c. 1690; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 23 Feb 1691/2 - 1 Jun 1698; Rector of Harbledown, Kent, from 1731; Vicar of Brookland, Kent, from 1731; d. 6 Jul 1733.

Cutts, ---, fl. 1644
GB-2014-WSA-019037 · Person · fl. 1644

CUTTS, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114).

Cutler, William, d. 1677
GB-2014-WSA-05707 · Person · d. 1677

CUTLER, WILLIAM, son of William Cutler, Hackney, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1654, matr. 20 Jul 1654, Westminster Student (retaining Studentship at Restoration, 1660); BA 16 Mar 1657/8; MA 1660; adm. Middle Temple 2 Feb 1654/5; buried Clerkenwell 28 Feb 1676/7.

Cutlard, John, fl. 1563
GB-2014-WSA-05704 · Person · fl. 1563

CUTLARD, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS in 1563; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1566, adm. scholar 1567; BA 1569/70; some correspondence relating to him is printed CSP Domestic 1561-6.

Cuthbert, Richard, 1696-1744
GB-2014-WSA-05701 · Person · 1696-1744

CUTHBERT, RICHARD, son of John Cuthbert, barrister, Serjeant-at-Law and Recorder of Durham, and Dorothy, dau. of John Spearman, Durham, attorney; bapt. St Mary le Bow, Durham 6 Apr 1696; adm.; QS (aged 13) 1710; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, adm. pens. 26 May 1714, scholar 13 May 1715; BA 1717/8; MA 1721; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 6 Sep 1720, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1721; Junior Proctor 1729; ordained; lecturer, St. Anne’s, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1727-32, St. John’s, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1732; Vicar of Kendal, Westmorland, from 1734; m. 16 Jun 1735 Dorothy, dau. of Christopher Mickleton, Houghton-le-Spring, co. Durham; d. 7 Nov 1744.

Cuthbert, ---, fl. 1553
GB-2014-WSA-05699 · Person · fl. 1553

CUTHBERT, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-6 (Chapter Muniments 54001).

Curtys, ---, fl. 1566
GB-2014-WSA-05682 · Person · fl. 1566

CURTYS, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1566-9 (Chapter Muniments 54009-18, 54020).

GB-2014-WSA-05679 · Person · 1904-1983

Curtis, Gerald Colville Seymour, son of Sir George Seymour Curtis, K.C. S. I., a member of the Governor's Executive Council, Bombay, by Agnes Eleanor, daughter of James Grose, C. I. E., of Ootacamund, Madras; b. Sept. 3, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1923, matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1928; passed head into the Indian Civil Service 1928; Asst. Commissioner, Punjab Dec. 1929; Political Asst. and Commandant, Border Military Police, May, 1932; Asst. Political Officer, Nasirabad, May, 1933; Political Agent, Sibi, May 1933; Asst. Political Agent, Punjab Hill States, 1936; Deputy Secretary, External Affairs Dept.; Political Agent, S. Waziristan, 1943; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1942; a farmer and landowner in Essex; m. Aug. 13, 1935, Decima, daughter of Selwyn Pryor, of Bishop's Stortford, Herts.; d. 14 Feb. 1983.

Curteis, Whitfeld, 1777-1834
GB-2014-WSA-05675 · Person · 1777-1834

CURTEIS, WHITFELD, son of William Curteis, London, and Camberwell, Surrey, and Elizabeth, dau. of Francis Whitfeld, Bethersden, Kent; bapt. St. Matthew, Friday Street, London 5 Dec 1777 (IGI, sic)]; adm. 28 Jan 1788; Min. Can. 1793; KS (aged 14) 1794; played cricket against Eton 25 Jul 1796; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1797, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1797, scholar 20 Apr 1798, matr. Mich. 1800; BA 1801; MA 1804; ordained deacon (London, lit. dim. from Canterbury) 26 Apr 1801, priest (Norwich) 14 Sep 1802; Curate, Hothfield, Kent 1801; Rector of Burwash, Sussex 17 Jun 1806-21; Rector of Smarden, Kent, from 20 Mar 1821; m. 16 Apr 1807 Mary, dau. of Bertram Thorne, Ashford, Kent; d. 31 Jul 1834.