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PRICE, DANIEL, second son of Lewis Price, Pertheirin in Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire, and Mary Sheinton, Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire; b.; at school c. 1666 (Busby’s Account Book); Trinity Coll. Camb., matr. 1668, scholar 1671; BA 1671/2; MA 1675 (incorp. Oxford 13 Jul 1680); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1674; ordained deacon (London) 26 May 1678; Rector of Westmills, Herts. 1684; Rector of Aspenden, Herts. 1685 (disp. to hold with Westmills); Dean of St. Asaph from 26 Jul 1696; Rector of Llansantffraid-yn-Mechain, Montgomeryshire 1697-1702; m. Elizabeth Hodgson; d. 7 Nov 1706.

PRICE, CORBET, son of John Price, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Sarah ---; bapt. St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury 24 Apr 1706; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1717/8; in under school list 1719; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 May 1723; adm. Inner Temple 18 Jun 1724, called to bar 13 Jun 1730; buried Temple Church 31 Jan 1735/6.

PRICE, CHASE, fourth son of John Price, Knighton, Radnorshire, and his second wife Elizabeth, dau. of William Chase; b.; adm. (aged 13) May 1745 (Watts'); left 1749; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 May 1749; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1751, called to bar 10 Feb 1757; MP Leominster 1 Dec 1759 – Mar 1767, Radnorshire from 1768; m. 21 Mar 1766 Sarah, sister of William Evelyn (adm. 1743/4, qv); d. 28 Jun 1777.

PRICE, ARTHUR; b.; adm. (aged 14) May 1727; in school list 1729. [note wills Arthur Price, Dyffryn, Carmarthenshire, proved PCC 3 Apr 1758, and Arthur Price, Leghorn, proved PCC 30 Mar 1773]

Price, ---; Russell Barker and Stenning record that a Dame of this name kept a small boarding house 1746-51, 1768 and 1787 (for 1787 see The World, 29 Sep 1787, but this is almost certainly a retrospective statement about a boarding house no longer in operation). First of four recorded boarders in the period up to the beginning of 1753 adm. Jan 1748/9, last recorded boarder adm. Jun 1751.

PRICE, ---; b.; adm. Jun or Jul 1716; in under school lists 1716-22.

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PRIAULX, PETER, son of Rev. Peter Priaulx DD, Rector of Buckland, Surrey, and Coelia Pleydell, Iffley, Oxfordshire; bapt. Buckland, Surrey 8 Aug 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5; in under school list 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1720; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1720-8; BA 1723; MA 1726; BD 1734/5; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1728-43, Bursar 1737, Dean of Divinity 1741; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 24 Sep 1727, priest (Norwich) 22 Feb 1729; Rector of Candlesby, Lincs. 19 Aug 1738-42; Rector of East Bridgeford, Notts., from 24 Apr 1742; d. unm. 18 Mar 1783.

PREVEREAU, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1729; left 1733. [Evidently related to Daniel Prevereau, Chief Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office, who d. 1 Apr 1746]

Preston, Thomas Hildebrand, only son of William T. Preston, The Gordon Highlanders, by Alice Mary, second daughter of Capt. Frederick Hildebrand Stevens, R.N., and grandson of Sir Jacob Henry Preston, Bart. (q.v.); b. June 2, 1886; adm. May 2, 1901 (H); left March 1902; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1905; conducted mining expeditions (platinum and gold) in the Northern Urals and on the Russo-Chinese border 1909-12; pioneer business man in Siberia; entered the consular service and after appointments at Ekaterinburg 1913-9, Vladivostock 1919-21, Leningrad 1921-7, and Turin 1927, was appointed Consul at Kovno 1929; H.M. Chargé d'Affaires for Lithuania 1930; First Secretary, Diplomatic Service, 1935; Counsellor 1939; Minister at Kovno 1940-1; Consul at Cairo 1941; seconded to Inter­ Governmental Committee 1945; O.B.E. 1934; writer and free lance journalist since retirement; studied music with Alexander Glazounov and composed several musical works including two ballets performed in Europe and in the Commonwealth; m. Oct. 3, 1913, Ella Henrietta, daughter of L. von. Schickendantz; d. 30 Dec. 1976.