ALVEY, ---; probably a son of Rev. Richard Alvey BD, Prebendary of Westminster and Master of the Temple; b.; adm.; charged for commons Christmas quarter 1564 to Christmas quarter 1567 (Chapter Muniments 54004-16).
ALWORTH, ST. LEGER; b.; adm. 21 Jul 1766 (in Record, incorrectly, under St. Leger, Alworth); left Whitsun 1767. [Presumably St. Leger Aldworth, eldest son of Boyle Aldworth, Newmarket, co. Cork, and his second wife Martha, dau. of Col. Christopher Rogers, Lota, co. Cork; b. Cork; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 3 Nov 1773, aged 17 (Mr. Jessop) : BA 1778]
AMBROSE, JOHN, son of John Ambrose, London, and Carolina ---; bapt. 30 Mar 1768; adm. 16 Jan 1776; went to Charterhouse Sch., foundation scholar Jun 1778-84; Univ. Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1784, aged 16; BA 14 Jan 1791; MA 23 Jun 1791; ordained deacon 1791, priest 1792; Rector of Blisworth, Northants, from 9 Apr 1797; m. Juliana ---; d. 2 Jun 1839. [Perhaps m. at British Embassy Chapel, Paris, 15 Jul 1834 Juliana Catherine Colyear (IGI)]
AMCOTTS, JOHN, b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1727; left 1729.
AMCOTTS, VINCENT, b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1727; left 1729. [Evidently brother of, or close kin to, last]
AMHERST, HON. FREDERICK CAMPBELL, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv), and his first wife; b. 10 Mar 1807; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); left Whitsun 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 28 May 1824; 1st cl. Classics 1827; BA 1828; d. unm. 12 Oct 1829.
AMHERST, HON. JEFFERY, eldest son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv), and his first wife; b. 29 Aug 1802; adm. 23 Sep 1813; left 1814; re-adm. 15 Sep 1817; left Whitsun 1818; Ensign, Rifle Brigade 4 May 1820; Ensign and Lieut., 1st Foot Guards 24 Oct 1821; Lieut., 59th Foot 21 Nov 1822; Capt., unattached 8 Apr 1826; Military Secretary to father when Governor-Gen. Bengal; d. at Barrackpore, Bengal, India 2 Aug 1826.
Amherst, William John, son of Charles Thomas Amherst, jeweller, and Lizzie Sophia, d. of Thomas Fish; b. 17 June 1902; adm. Sept. 1915 (G); left Dec. 1919; a chartered accountant, ACA 1927, FCA 1938; practised at Minehead, Somerset, 1927-46; m. 1 Sept. 1926 Dorothy Elwyn Elizabeth, d. of John Brown, jeweller; d. June 1993.
AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 1ST EARL AMHERST, only son of Lieut. -Gen. William Amherst MP, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Paterson, London; b. 14 Jan 1773; adm. 19 Feb 1781; in school lists 1786, Christmas 1788; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1789, commoner, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1789 - 5 Aug 1800 (void, by marriage); BA 1793; MA 1797; Grand Tour (Switzerland, Italy) 1793-6; succ. uncle by special remainder as 2nd Baron Amherst 3 Aug 1797; a Lord of the Bedchamber 27 Apr 1802 - May 1804, Jun 1804- Mar 1812; Envoy to Court of Sicily 1809-11; again a Lord of the Bedchamber 18 Apr 1815- Mar 1823; Privy Councillor 30 Dec 1815; appointed Ambassador to China 20 Jan 1816, but was unable to obtain audience of the Chinese Emperor, and returned to England 1817; appointed Governor-General of Bengal 23 Oct 1822, taking office 1 Aug 1823; declared war against Burma 24 Feb 1824; supported claims of Rajah of Bhurtpore against Doorjan Sal; created Earl Amherst 19 Dec 1826; returned to England 1828; again a Lord of the Bedchamber 20 Nov 1829- May 1835; GCH 1834; nominated Governor of Canada by Sir Robert Peel when leaving office in 1835, but the appointment was cancelled by the new Whig ministry; LLD Cambridge 1835; Busby Trustee 11 May 1819; m. 1st, 24 Jul 1800 Sarah, Countess of Plymouth, widow of Other Windsor, 5th Earl of Plymouth, and eldest dau. of Andrew Archer, 2nd Baron Archer; m. 2nd, 25 May 1839 Mary, Countess of Plymouth, widow of Other Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth, and eldest dau. of John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset (qv); d. 13 Mar 1857. DNB.
AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 2ND EARL AMHERST, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv) and his first wife; b. 3 Sep 1805; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; styled Viscount Holmesdale 1826-57; MP East Grinstead Feb 1829-32; succ. his father as 2nd Earl Amherst 13 Mar 1857; Busby Trustee 18 May 1869; DL JP Kent; m. 12 Jul 1834 Gertrude, sixth dau. of Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy DD, Bishop of Carlisle; d. 26 Mar 1886.