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Sayers, Gerald Fleming, son of Major Robert Cecil Bowyer-Brydges-Sayers, of Barnes, by Emma Ellen, daughter of William Ketley, of Bishops Stortford, Herts; b. Jan. 19, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left Easter 1910; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1914; entered Colonial Admin. Service 1914; served in Kenya 1914-20; Tanganyika 1920-3; Nyasaland 1933-5; deputy chief secretary Tanganyika 1935; acted as chief sec. and Governor's Deputy on many occasions; retired 1939; Min. of War Transport 1939-45; Commonwealth Affairs advisor, Conservative Research Dept. since 1945; author of The Handbook of Tanganyika (1930); editor of Commonwealth Affairs (1952); m. Nov. 19, 1927, Mary Violet, daughter of George Lionel Garth, of Dacca, Bengal.

SAYER, WILLIAM, third son of John Sayer, Pett Place, Charing, Kent, and Charlotte Sibella, eldest dau. of Rev. William Crawley, Vicar of Flaxley, Gloucs.; b. 7 Nov 1854; adm. 27 Sep 1867 (G); QS 1869; left Whitsun 1873; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1873; BA 1877; adm. solicitor Mar 1881; practised in London; m. 30 Jul 1888 Annie Elizabeth Georgiana, dau. of Henry Poore Cox; d. 2 Apr 1912.

SAYER, ROBERT, son of Jonathan Sayer, Wallingford, Berks.; b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1713; d. 1713.

SAYER, ROBERT, son of John Sayer, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, and Lincoln’s Inn [check if barrister], and Katherine, dau. of Rear-Adm. Robert Hughes; b. 29 Jul 1715; adm. (aged 8) Sep 1724; KS 1730; spoke a set of Latin verses of his own composition before William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 16 May 1730; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1732; BA 1736; MA 1741; MB 1742; medical practitioner, London; m. 3 Jan 1746 (IGI) Mary Denham; dead by 1776.

SAYER, JOHN, son of George Sayer (adm. 1732, qv); bapt. Charing, Kent 21 Aug 1758 (IGI); adm. 23 Sep 1769; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jun 1776, aged 17; Ensign, 18th Foot 25 Oct 1777; Lieut., 28 Dec 1778; Capt., 89th Foot 22 Oct 1779; Maj., 23 Apr 1783; half-pay 1783; Maj., 25th Foot 14 Dec 1792; 1st Foot 24 Apr 1793; ret. 3 Aug 1793; m. 1786 Charlotte, dau. of Charles Van, Llanwern, Monmouthshire; d. 1 Feb 1799.

SAYER, JOHN, brother of Robert Sayer (adm. 1724, qv); b. 21 Nov 1716; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1725/6; Min. Can. 1730; went to Winchester Coll., scholar 1730; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1734; migr. to Balliol Coll.; BA 1738; MA 1741; ordained deacon 1741 [check], priest 1742; Curate, Over Worton, Oxfordshire, in Dec 1741, still Jan 1745/6; Curate, Davington, Kent, c. 1761.

SAYER, JAMES, brother of Robert Sayer (adm. 1724, qv); b. 27 Jun 1720; adm. (aged 7) Apr 1729; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 19 Dec 1743; Cdr.; Capt., 22 Mar 1746; Rear-Adm., 24 Oct 1770; Vice-Adm., 5 Feb 1776; as Capt., HMS Nassau, present at capture of Senegal and the unsuccessful attack on Goree 1758; d. unm. 15 Oct 1777. SAYER, JOHN, son of Sir George Sayer, Kt, Bourchiers Hall, Aldham, Essex, Master of the Horse to the King of Bohemia, and Esther, dau. of Sir Thomas Honywood; b.; at school 1660-4 (Busby’s Account Book) (called Sawyer once, Sayers twice); a boarder; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 3 May 1665, aged 16, matr. 6 Jul 1665; adm. Inner Temple 2 Aug 1667.

SAYER, GEORGE, elder son of George Sayer (adm. 1732, qv); bapt. Charing, Kent 27 Aug 1751 (IGI); in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; Oreil Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1768, aged 17; BCL 1777; ordained deacon 2 Jun 1776, priest 22 Dec 1776 (both Oxford); Rector of Eggescliffe, co. Durham, from 1782; of Pett Place, Kent (inherited from father 1778); m. 13 May 1786 Catherine, only dau. of James Wakeley, Charing, Kent; d. May 1814.

SAYER, GEORGE, son of George Sayer, Pett Place, Kent, and Mary, sister of Daniel Godfrey, Faversham, Kent; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 31 Jan 1723 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1732; left 1739; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 26 Mar 1740; High Sheriff, Kent 1755; m. 13 Nov 1750 Mary, dau. of John Greenhill, Maidstone, Kent; d. 17 Sep 1778.

SAYER, GEORGE EDWARD, only son of George Sayer (in school lists 1764-7, qv); b. 2 Feb 1795; adm. 1 Feb 1806; left 1812; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 6 Apr 1813; of Pett Place, Kent; DL JP Kent; d. unm. 28 May 1871.