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PEIRSON, PETER, eldest son of Edward Peirson, St. Dunstan’s in the West, London, citizen and goldsmith; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1724/5 (surname given as Pierson); in school list 1729; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 24 Mar 1728/9; adm. Inner Temple 19 Dec 1727; m. [will of Peter Peirson, St. Andrew’s, Holborn, gent., proved PCC 5 Jan 1748]

PEIRSON, ---; b.; adm. 1656 (school lists 1656, last three quarters).

PEIRSE, RICHARD WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER, eldest son of Richard William Peirse, Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks., and Elizabeth, dau. of Christopher Fawcett, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland; b. 28 Jun 1781; adm. 22 Sep 1795 (Clapham); in school list 1797; of Thimbleby Lodge, Yorks. (sold by him 1817); m. 29 Aug 1803 Maria, dau. of Rev. Richard Clarke, Bedale, Yorks.; d. 18 Dec 1844. [Whitmore, thus, although it is not clear quite why he was confident that the individual at school 1795-7 had these Christian names]

PEIRS, JOHN, son of John Peirs, Denton, Cuddesdon, Oxfordshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Ven. Edward Layfield DD, Archdeacon of Essex; grandson of Right Rev. William Peirs DD, Bishop of Peterborough; b.; adm.; KS 1672; did not obtain election to either University 1674, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jul 1674, aged 18.

PEIRCE, WILLIAM; b.; adm. 14 Jan 1772; in school lists 1775.

Pemberton, Max Joseph, son of Sir Max Pemberton, of Ramsgate, Kent, by Alice Agnes, daughter of Joseph Tussaud, of St. Marylebone; b. Jan. 15, 1885; adm. Jan. 19, 1899 (G); left Dec. 1903; enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders; temp. 2nd Lieut. 10th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Feb. 6, 1915; Capt. 12th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Sept. 18, 1915; employed on Inland Waterways and Docks May 15, 1918; m. Nov. 20, 1915, Constance Catherine Huffer, of Nottingham.

Pemberton, Guy Leigh, son of Henry Leigh Pemberton, solicitor, by Mary, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir Richard Garth; b. June 23, 1883; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (H); left April 1899; an actor and theatrical manager.

Pemberton, Alfred Grostete, brother of Max Joseph Pemberton (q.v.); b. Sept. 9, 1892; adm. May 4, 1906 (G); left Easter 1910; served in France and Mesopotamia in Great War I; Lieut. 2/23rd Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; Tank Corps 1917-8; Major (ret.) Feb. 1919; M.C. Jan. 11, 1919; advertising manager to The Times 1920-2, and the Tatler 1922-4; chairman of Alfred Pemberton Ltd., advertising agents, 1924-62; president of Pemberton, Freeman, Mathes, & Milne, F.l.P.A.

PEETERS, GERARD, son of William Peeters, Arundel, Sussex; bapt. 20 Sep 1562; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1582, adm. scholar 1583; BA 1586/7; MA 1590 (incorp. Oxford 1594); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1589 –c. 1592; ordained; Vicar of Poling, Sussex 11 Sep 1591-4; Rector of St. Peter and St. Mary Westout, Lewes, Sussex, from 1591/2; Rector of St. John’s sub Castro, Lewes, Sussex, from 9 Feb 1592/3; Rector of Plumpton, Sussex, from 6 Nov 1593; Prebendary of Chichester from 16 Apr 1596; Chaplain to Thomas, Lord Buckhurst; probably author of Libellus de Memoria verissimaque bene recordandi Scientia, 1584; m. Elizabeth, sister of Joshua Blackstone (qv); d. 1598. DNB.