Preece, Percy John, third son of Sir William Henry Preece, K.C.B., F.R.S., engineer-in-chief to the General Post Office, by Agnes Mary, daughter of George Pocock, of Southampton; b. July 24, 1870; adm. as Q.S. June 12, 1884; left (with Triplett) July 1889; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. May 27, 1889); B.A. 1892; adm. a solicitor March 1897; firm, Fox and Preece, Dean's Yard, Westminster; secretary to the governing body of the school; 2nd Lieut. Rifle Brigade July 28, 1897; served in the South African War with the Army Post Office Corps; mentioned in despatches; Lieut. Feb. 3, 1900; Capt. 8th Batt. London Regt. Dec. 9, 1902; acting Major Sept. 5, 1914; Lieut.-Col. June 1, 1916; served in France in Great War I; T.D.; secretary to the governing body July 29, 1912 to Feb. 18, 1918; d. Oct. 29, 1921.
PRATT, THOMAS, son of Thomas Pratt, St. James’s, London; b.; adm.; in under school list 1715; KS 1717; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 1 Apr 1721, aged 18. [Note that a Thomas Pratt was Under Clerk, Treasury Mar 1724 – Nov 1769, Chief Clerk Nov 1769 – Jul 1798, and Keeper of Papers, Treasury Sep 1765 – Jan 1783]
PRATT, JOSEPH, son of Richard Pratt, Vauxhall, Surrey, malt distiller, and Mary, dau. of Jonathan Chilwell, Lambeth; b. 6 May 1747; adm.; left Whitsun 1764; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 21 Dec 1764, aged 17, but did not matr.; d. 13 May 1766, of smallpox.
PRATT, JOHN THOMAS BECHER, brother of Charles Pallmer Tidd Pratt (qv); b. 5 Nov 1830; adm. 27 Oct 1841; adm. solicitor Hilary 1854; practised at Newark, Notts. (Law List, 1861); living 1866.
Pratt, John Geoffrey Drewe, son of John Lhind Pratt, Metropolitan Magistrate, and Annie Mary Mills, d. of Maj. Arthur John Coghill of Melbourne, Australia; b. 23 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1946, MA 1949; a geophysicist; BP Papua 1952-4, Kuwait 1954-5, Canada 1955-6, Senegal 1959-60, Libya 1961-2; Trans-Arctic Expedition 1956-9, Polar Medal 1958; operational res. BP London 1962-79, retd. Mar. 1979; d. 24 Apr. 1994.
PRATT, HENRY JAMES FREDERICK, son of Rev. Henry Pratt, Nusserabad, India, Chaplain EICS Bengal, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); b. 9 Jun 1842; adm. 26 Mar 1855 (G); QS 1856; left 1859; ICS Bengal 1861; Sub-Deputy Opium Agent, Bareilly; retd. 1897; m. Ellen Wishaw (IGI); d. 6 Apr 1922.
PRATT, CHARLES, of Surrey; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1588, matr. 17 Jan 1588/9, aged 19, Westminster Student to 1592; BA 1592; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 19 May 1603, as of Southwark, late of Clements Inn; living 1611.
PRATT, CHARLES PALLMER TIDD, son of John Tidd Pratt, Abingdon Street, Westminster, barrister, and Anne, dau. of Maj. Thomas Campbell; b. 25 Jun 1829; adm. 27 Oct 1841; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, matr. Easter 1857; BA 1861; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both Ely); Curate, Barrow, Suffolk 1860-2, Longworth, Berks. 1862-5; Vicar of Bracknell, Berks., from 1865; m. 1st, 7 Oct 1856 (IGI) Eliza Mary, dau. of Hon. J. J. Heywood, Bemahayne, Isle of Man; m. 2nd, 16 Sep 1874 Moncrieffe, dau. of Rev. Arthur Bennett Mesham, Rector of Wootton, Kent; d. 21 Aug 1886.
PRATT, ---; b.; adm.; a pensioner in 1565 (tutor, Prebendary Young).