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PURCELL, HENRY; b.; adm.; BB 1678-80 (Chapter Muniments 33713-5). [It has been suggested that this was Henry Purcell, the composer (c. 1659-1695), whose elder brother Charles might have been BB 1670-7; but by 1678 Henry Purcell already held appointments in royal service as Assistant to Keeper of Wood and Keyboard Instruments (since 29 Sep 1673) and Composer for Violins (from 10 Sep 1677), and he appears to have been Organist of Westminster Abbey from as early as autumn 1679. He also seems to have married no later than autumn 1680, for his eldest son was bapt. 9 Jul 1681] [Another possibility is that the BB was Henry Purcell, son of Richard Purcell, bapt. Worthen, Shropshire 31 Oct 1670 (IGI)].

PURCEL, CHARLES; b.; adm.; BB 1670-7 (Chapter Muniments 33703-6, 33708-12). [Perhaps second son of Henry Purcell, Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, and Master of the Choristers, Westminster Abbey, and Elizabeth ---; d. 1695]

PURCEL, ---; b.; in under school list 1725.

PUNT, NICHOLAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1544 (Chapter Muniments).

Punchard, Alan, son of William Albert Punchard of Beckenham, Kent, and Lucy, d. of John Henry Wills of Wadebridge, Cornwall; b. 2 Apr. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1941; RM in WW2 (Capt. ), Combined Ops; Lieut. RMFVR Dec. 1948, Capt. May 1954, Maj. 1962; VRD 1958, retd. 1968; a chartered accountant, ACA 1948, FCA 1958; m. 21 Sept. 1957 Margaret Aiken, d. of John Eunson of Shetland; d. 5 Mar. 2013.

Pulvertaft, Thomas Charles Bryan, brother of Robert James Valentine Pulvertaft (q.v.); b. July 13, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); left July 1917; 2nd Lieut. Labour Corps Sept. 5, 1918; a merchant in India; m. Dec. 10, 1925, Nancy Macfarlane, daughter of James Worrall, of Monasterevan, co. Kildare, Ireland; d. in Ireland July 15, 1945.

Pulvertaft, Robert James Valentine, son of Rev. Thomas John Pulvertaft of Cork and Barbara Charlotte, d. of James Waddock Denroche of Skibereen, Ireland; b. 14 Feb. 1897; adm. Sept. 1910 (H); left July 1915; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1915, matric. 1919, BA 1921; Sussex Regt 1915-7 (Lieut.), RFC 1917 (FO); St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1923, MB BCh 1924; Reader in Pathology Univ. of London 1931, Plimmer res. Fellow 1929-32; MD 1933, FRCP 1938, FRCPath 1963; RAMC 1940-5 (Lieut.-Col.), OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Prof. of Clinical Pathology Univ. of London 1950-62; Pres. Assn of Clinical Pathologists 1953; hon. consult. to the Army at home 1955; John Mallet Purser lecturer Univ. of Dublin 1959; visiting Prof. of Pathology Univ. Coll. Makerere, Uganda, and Ibadan Univ., Nigeria, 1962; hon. FRSM 1972; m. 14 May 1922 Elizabeth Lilian Mary Costello of Dunmore, Co. Galway; d. 30 Mar. 1990.

PULTENEY, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL OF BATH, son of Col. William Pulteney, Misterton, Leics., and his first wife Mary Floyd; nephew of John Pulteney (qv); b. 22 Mar 1684; adm.; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 Oct 1700; Grand Tour (Italy) 1704-5; MP Hedon 1705-34, Middlesex 1734 – 14 Jul 1742; Secretary at War 25 Sep 1714 – 11 Apr 1717; one of the committee of secrecy concerning the peace negotiations Apr 1715; Privy Councillor 16 Jul 1716; one of the “three grand allies”; declined peerage in lieu of office 1721; Cofferer of the Household 28 May 1723 – Apr 1725, dismissed after quarrel with Walpole; alled himself with Bolingbroke and wrote for The Craftsman; joined Wyndham and became a “patriot”; author of pamphlet On the State of the National Debt, 1727; quarrelled with John Hervey, Lord Hervey (qv), with whom he fought a duel in Green Park 25 Jan 1731; leader of the parliamentary opposition to Walpole; struck off the Privy Council 1 Jul 1731; refused to form a ministry on Walpole’s downfall, but entered Lord Wilmington’s Cabinet without office and was readm. to Privy Council 20 Feb 1742; created Earl of Bath 14 Jul 1742; his acceptance of a peerage diminished his political significance; lampooned by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams in a series of odes; endeavoured to form an administration at George II’s request, and accepte post of First Lord of the Treasury 10 Feb 1746, but his short-lived ministry only lasted two days, and he never held political office again; Lord Lieut., Yorkshire East Riding 7 Dec 1721 – 15 Jul 1728, Shropshire from 13 Jul 1761; a brilliant parliamentary orator and great debater; a scholar and a versatile and witty writer; gave £50 towards the New Dormitory; m. 27 Dec 1714 Anna Maria, dau. of John Gumley MP, Isleworth, Middlesex, Commissary-Gen. to the Army; d. 7 Jul 1764. Buried Islip Chapel, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

PULTENEY, WILLIAM, VISCOUNT PULTENEY, only son of William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath (qv); bapt. 9 Jan 1731; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1740; left 1747; Grand Tour 1748-51; MP Old Sarum 1754-61, Westminster from 1761; Lieut. -Col., 85th Foot 1759; Lord of Bedchamber to George III from 21 Mar 1761; ADC to King from 16 Jan 1763; d. unm. at Madrid, Spain 12 Feb 1763. Buried Islip Chapel, Westminster Abbey.