POTTS, LAURENCE HOLKER, son of Cuthbert Potts, Pall Mall, London, surgeon, and Ethelinda Margaretta, dau. of John Thorpe FSA, Rochester, Kent, antiquary; b. 18 Apr 1789; in school list 1801; left Christmas 1803; St. George’s Hospital 1810; MRCS 1812; MD Aberdeen 1825; practised at Truro, Cornwall; Superintendent and Physician, County Lunatic Asylum, Bodmin, Cornwall 1828-37; established an institution for treating spinal diseases at Blackheath, Kent 1837; an inventor; took out a patent for sinking foundations under water by creating a partial vacuum 1843, which, although not a financial success for him, incidentally gave rise to the system of sinking foundations by compressed air; m. 1 Aug 1820 Anne, dau. of John Wright, Lower Redbrooke, Gloucs.; d. 23 Mar 1850. DNB.
POTTER, THOMAS; b.; adm. 1 Oct 1787; in school list Dec 1788.
POTTER, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Potter, Steyning, Sussex, and Fenchurch Street, London; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1720; Min. Can. 1723; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Apr 1726; adm. Gray’s Inn 23 Nov 1726; adm. Inner Temple 2 Nov 1732, called to bar 7 Feb 1735/6, tenant chambers there from Feb 1732/3; committed suicide unm. 9 Apr 1741.
Potter, Stephen Meredith, son of Frank Collard Potter, of Belvedere, by Elizabeth Reynolds; b. Feb. 1, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left March 1918; enlisted April 29. 1918; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards March 10, 1919; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Trin. 1919; B.A. 1922; Lecturer in English Literature, London Univ. 1926; B. B.C. producer 1938; chairman of the B.B.C. Literary Committee; joined the staff of the Hulton Press 1948; author of The Muse in Chains (1937), Gamesmanship (1947), Lifemanship (1950), One-Upmanship (1952), Potter on America (1956), Steps to Immaturity (1959), and other works; m. Ist July 7, 1927, Mary (Mary Attenborough the artist), daughter of John Arthur Attenborough; d. 2 Dec. 1969.
Potter, Reginald Francis, son of Edward Potter, of East Molesey, Surrey, by Harriet, daughter of Thomas White Collard, of Canterbury; b. Nov. 8, 1893; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left July 1912; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 7, 1914; Capt. 7th Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; served in France Sept. 1914 - March 1919; in the London Stock Exchange; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 11, 1939; Flying Officer Jan. 17, 1941; Flight-Lieut. March 1, 1942; acting Wing Cdr.; m. June 9, 1926, Vera Rose, daughter of Harold Joseph Gayford, of Knightsbridge.
Potter, Julian John, brother of Andrew Potter (qv); b. 17 Mar. 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (A); left July 1949; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954; advertising 1955-76; accountancy 1976-86, retd. 1986; Sec. Gen. Institutional Shareholder’s Committee 1989-93; author, Stephen Potter at the BBC 2004; m. 1962 Valerie, d. of Jesse Cranswick, headmaster, of Mistley, Essex; d. 22 Dec. 2013.
Potter, John Spencer, son of Harold Potter LLD, Prof. of English Law, Univ. of London, and Beatrice Spencer, d. of Charles Fairfax Crowder, solicitor, of Birmingham; b. 26 Dec. 1928; adm. Apr. 1941 (B); left July 1945; KCL; living in New Zealand 1954; m. Sheila Janette, d. of C. H. J. Wily of Pukekohe, New Zealand; d. 14 May 1977.
POTTER, G. C.; b.; at school 1790; in school lists 1795, 1797.
POTTER, CHARLES, son of Very Rev. Christopher Potter DD, Provost of Queen’s Coll. Oxford and Dean of Worcester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Charles Sonnibanke DD, Canon of Windsor; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1645; adm. to Queen’s Coll. Oxford, 4 Jul 1645, but afterwards migrated to Christ Church; BA 1649; MA 1651; joined exiled court of Charles II; became a Roman Catholic; appointed Usher to the Queen Dowager (Henrietta Maria) at Restoration; d. Dec 1663. DNB.
Potter, Andrew, son of Stephen Meredith Potter (qv); b. 14 Mar. 1928; adm. Jan. 1942 (A); left July 1946; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1950, MA 1954; asst. master Stone House Sch. Broadstairs, Kent, 1952-66; sen. master Tockington Manor Sch. Bristol 1966; d. 16 Mar. 2008.