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Carey, William, 1769-1846
Carey, William, 1769-1846
GB-2014-WSA-04460 · Person · 1769-1846

CAREY, WILLIAM, son of Richard Carey, Worcester, and Margaret --- (IGI); b. 18 Nov 1769; adm. 9 Sep 1783; KS 1784; Capt. of the School 1788; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1789, matr. 12 Jun 1789, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1789 - res 23 Dec 1803, Tutor 1794-1800, Junior Censor 1798-1801; BA 1793; MA 1796; BD 1804; DD 1807; ordained; Curate, Cowley, Oxfordshire, 1800; Head Master of the School Jan 1803 - Dec 1814; Prebendary of York 22 May 1802 – res 15 May 1815; Sub-Almoner to the King 16 Feb 1808 - c. 1815; Prebendary of Westminster 18 Mar 1809 - Apr 1830; Vicar of Sutton in the Forest, Yorks., 15 Apr 1813-20; consecrated Bishop of Exeter 12 Nov 1820; translated to St. Asaph, 7 Apr 1830; gave the scenery for the Latin Play that was in use between 1808 and 1858; gave during his lifetime £20, 000 Consols for the better maintenance of the bachelor students at Christ Church, Oxford, elected from Westminster; Busby Trustee 3 May 1804; m. 2 Jan 1804 Mary, only dau. of Rev. William Sheepshanks, Minister of St. John’s, Leeds, and Prebendary of Lincoln and Carlisle; d. 13 Sep 1846. DNB.

By an indenture dated 17 Feb 1842 he gave £10,000 3 per cent Consolidated Bank Annuities, which, by an indenture dated 13 Feb 1843, he afterwards increased to £20,000, to trustees, the income from which was to be applied “to found certain exhibitions (the same to continue after his own death and that of his wife) for the better education and advancement in sound learning and religious knowledge of such Students of [Christ Church, Oxford] elected from Westminster School, as have their own way to make in the world”. In 1846 he gave £200 towards the fund for the improvement of the College Dormitory. In addition he gave the set of scenery for the Play which was in use from 1808 until 1858.
Carey, David Macbeth Moir, 1917-2000
GB-2014-WSA-04457 · Person · 1917-2000

Carey, David Macbeth Moir, son of Godfrey Mohun Carey, asst master Sherborne Sch., and Agnes Charlotte, d. of Very Rev. William Milligan DD, Prof. of Theology Univ. of Aberdeen; b. 21 Jan. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (KS); left July 1935; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1948; RNVR 1940-5 (Lieut.-Cdr); adm. a solicitor Jan. 1948; Legal Sec. to the Bishop of Ely 1953-82, to the Bishop of Gloucester 1957-82; Legal Sec. to the Archbishop of Camerbury and Principal Registrar to the Province of Canterbury 1958-82; retd 1982; DCL (Lambeth) 1975; CBE 1983; chairman Westminster Sch. Soc. Council 1957-75; a Governor of the school 1960-; a Busby Trustee 1975-; pres. Elizabethan Club 1978-81; m. 10 Sept. 1949 Margaret Ruth, d. of Rev. Canon William Riches Mills, HM of Highfield Sch. Liphook, Hants.; 21 Jan. 2000
Carew, Edward, fl. 1575
GB-2014-WSA-04449 · Person · fl. 1575

CAREW, EDWARD; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1575, Westminster Student to 1577; Carew and Thomas Ravis (qv) were at first refused admittance to their studentships, but they both appealed to Lord Treasurer Burleigh and were ultimately admitted (CSP Dom Addit, 1566-79, 487; Strype, Annals, ii, pt i, 553-6; Thompson, Christ Church, 25).
Capper, Francis, 1735-1818
GB-2014-WSA-04437 · Person · 1735-1818

CAPPER, FRANCIS, son of Francis Capper, Bushey, Herts., barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Bennet, St. Paul’s Churchyard, bookseller; b. 24 Aug 1735; adm. Sep 1742 (Clarke's); KS 1749; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1753, matr. 27 Jun 1753, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1753 - void 2 Oct 1760, expiry year of grace as R. Monk Soham from 2 Nov 1759; BA 1757; MA 1760; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Feb 1746/7; ordained priest (Oxford) 23 Sep 1759; Rector of Monk Soham and East Soham, Suffolk, from 1759; author, The Faith and Belief of every sincere Christian; m. 6 Nov 1759 Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Pierson, banker; d. 13 Nov 1818. DNB.
Canning, Richard, 1708-1775
GB-2014-WSA-04427 · Person · 1708-1775

CANNING, RICHARD, son of Capt. Richard Canning, Royal Navy, Ipswich, Suffolk; b. (at Plymouth, Devon) 30 Sep 1708; adm. Feb 1718/9; Min. Can. 1722; KS 1723; left 1723; St. Catherine’s Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Aug 1724, matr. 1725; BA 1728/9; MA (from Peterhouse) 1735; ordained; Perpetual Curate of St. Lawrence’s, Ipswich, 1734; Rector of Harkstead, Suffolk, 1738-69; Vicar of Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, 1755-6; Rector of Freston, Suffolk, from 1755; Rector of Thornham Magna, Suffolk, 1766-8; edited Kirby’s Suffolk Traveller, 1764, and author, several tracts and pamphlets; m. 1st, 25 Jul 1739 (IGI) Cordelia Westhorp (IGI); m. 2nd, 1765 Jenny, dau. of Edmund Tyrell, Stowmarket, Suffolk; d. 8 Jan 1775. DNB.
Cane, William, 1742-1818
GB-2014-WSA-04418 · Person · 1742-1818

CANE, WILLIAM, eldest son of James Cane, Dublin city; b. 8 Jul 1742; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1756; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1760, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1760, fellow commoner 28 Dec 1760, matr. 1760; adm. Middle Temple 13 Oct 1757; of Erith, Kent; fled to France from his creditors in Aug 1777 and took up residence at Tours; m. 3 Jun 1771 Henrietta Dorothea, dau. of Henry Johnson, Great Berkhamsted, Herts.; d. Tours 30 Apr 1818.
Campion, Edward, ca. 1634-1656
GB-2014-WSA-04410 · Person · ca. 1634-1656

CAMPION, EDWARD, son of Edward Campion, Witham, Essex, and St. James, Clerkenwell, and Barbara, dau. of Thomas Chowne, Place House, Alfriston, Sussex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1648; contributed Latin verses on death of Lord Hastings to Lachrymae Musarum, 1649, 95-6; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1651, matr. 10 May 1651, Westminster Student; BA 24 Feb 1654/5; buried St. James, Clerkenwell 26 Sep 1656, unm.
Campbell, John Bassett, ca. 1779-1853
GB-2014-WSA-04398 · Person · ca. 1779-1853

CAMPBELL, JOHN BASSETT, eldest son of John Campbell, Marsham Street, Westminster, and Chichester, Sussex; b.; adm. 11 Jul 1788; KS (Capt. ) 1794; Capt. of the School 1797; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1798, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1799, matr. 1800; BA 1802; MA 1805; adm. Middle Temple, 12 Mar 1791; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1803, Major Fellow 1805, Senior Fellow from 1826; an Usher at the School 1804-18; Usher up Best’s; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1811, priest 27 Jun 1812 (both Bristol); d. unm. 18 Nov 1853.
Campbell, Archibald Young Gipps, 1872-1957
GB-2014-WSA-04383 · Person · 1872-1957

Campbell, Sir Archibald Young Gipps, eldest son of Archibald Samuels Campbell, of Bideford, Devon, schoolmaster, by Mary, daughter of Henry Plumptre-Gipps, M. P., of Sittingbourne, Kent; b. May 18, 1872; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1885; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Samwaies) July 1891 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 7, 1891, entrance exhibitioner, sizar 1892, scholar 1893); matric. Michaelmas 1891; 9th Wrangler, Math. Trip., pt. 1, 1894; 1st class (1st div.), pt. 2, 1895; Tyson Medal 1895; divided second Smith's Prize 1896; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1922; appointed to the l. C. S. after the exam. of 1895; arrived in India Dec. 3, 1896, and served in Madras Presidency as Asst. Collector and Magistrate 1896-1903; Under Sec. to the Government Nov. 1903-6; private sec. to the Governor of Madras May 1906-12; Sub-Collector and Joint Magistrate Jan. 1912; Collector and District Magistrate Oct. 1914; Sec. to the Madras Government 1918-9, 1923; Director of lndustries 1919-21; member of Board of Revenue, Madras, 1922-5; Chief Sec. to the Governor of Madras 1925-30; member of the Executive Council, Madras, 1930; a donor of the Madras Cup 1931; sec. to the British Red Cross Commissioner in France 1915-6, and founder of the Central Prisoners of War Organ­ isation; C. I. E. Jan 2, 1911; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1920; V. D.; C. S. I. 1927; K.C. l. E. Jan. 1, 1932; m. Dec. 15, 1910, Frances Irene, fourth daughter of the Rev. Henry Savill Young, of Stoken­ church, Oxon; d. Oct. 30, 1957.
Calyce, ---, fl. 1554
GB-2014-WSA-04368 · Person · fl. 1554

CALYCE, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4.