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ATTERBURY, OSBORNE, son of Francis Atterbury (KS 1674, qv); b. 30 Mar 1705; adm. ; in under school list 1716 (paid no fees); KS (Capt) 1718; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1722, matr. 19 Jun 1722, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1722 - 11 Dec 1725 (void, he having been admonished for neglect of duty and exercises 4 Sep 1725); got into financial difficulties, and went into merchant navy; 5th Mate, E. I. Maritime Service 1728; 3rd Mate 1730; ordained deacon (Winchester) 21 Dec 1744; Rector of Oxhill, Warwicks. , from 1746; m. 1st, 10 Aug 1732 (IGI) Sarah, dau. of John Ashley, Isleworth, Middlesex; m. 2nd, ; d. 3 Sep 1752.

ATWOOD, GEORGE, eldest son of Rev. Thomas Atwood, Curate, St. Clement’s Danes, London, subsequently Curate and Lecturer, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Isabella, dau. of J[ohn ?] Sells, Inglesham, Wilts. ; bapt. 15 Oct 1745; in school list 1754; KS (aged 13) 1759; Capt. of the School 1764; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1765, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1765, scholar 2 May 1766, matr. Lent 1766; 3rd Wrangler and 1st Smith’s Prizeman 1769; BA 1769; Member’s (second) prize for Middle Bachelors 1770; MA 1772; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1770, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1772, Assistant Tutor 1773-9; FRS 13 June 1776; Copley Medal 1796; one of the patent Searchers of the Customs from 1784; Inspector of Tontine Certificates 21 Jun 1790; a distinguished mathematician to whom Pitt was indebted for services of great value; author, A treatise on the rectilinear motion and rotation of bodies, 1784, and other works; d. unm. Jul 1807. DNB.

ATWOOD, GEORGE, eldest son of Rev. George Atwood, Vicar of Milverton, Somerset, and Sarah, dau. of N. Gresley, and first cousin of George Atwood (qv); b.; in school lists 1764; KS (aged 13) 1765; d. from the results of an accident 5 Sep 1768.

ATWOOD, JAMES ESTCOURT, brother of George Atwood (KS 1759, qv); b. 24 Jul 1758; adm. 30 May 1768; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 17 Jan 1775, but did not matr.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 May 1775; Ensign, 99th Foot 5 Jun 1780; retd. Aug 1781; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1783, priest 2 Jan 1785 (both Winchester); Rector of Saxlingham with Sharington, Norfolk 6 Feb 1787; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1795; readm. Trinity Coll. Cambridge, 10 Feb 1798; went out to India; Chaplain EICS Madras, appointed 1799 to serve St. Thomas’s Mount and Poonamallee; buried unm. at St. Thomas’s Mount, Fort St. George, Madras 24 Jul 1810.

ATWOOD, THOMAS ALEXANDER, brother of George Atwood (KS 1759, qv); b. 29 Mar 1764; adm. 26 Jun 1775; ordained deacon (Winchester) 4 Mar 1787 to curacy of Mickleham, Surrey; Curate and Lecturer, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, from 3 Feb 1802; m. 8 May 1798 Grace, dau. of H. Burtenshaw [Henry Burtenshaw, Lewes, Sussex ? : if so, sister of Samuel Burtenshaw (qv)]; d. 19 Jul 1805.

Atwood, Wilfrid Murray, son of Frederick Atwood, of Kew, Surrey, by Lilian, daughter of Charles Nicholson Hunt, of Challow, Berks; b. Dec. 13, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left July 1919; A. C. A. Feb. 1925; F. C. A. 1936; practises in London; m. Aug. 28, 1926, Adela, daughter of Thomas Roland Francis, of London.

AUBER, CHARLES BRANSBY, younger son of Henry Peter Auber, London, Secretary to Directors of East India Co., and Jane, dau. of Rev. John Auber, Rector of Blaisdon, Gloucs.; b. 6 Apr 1820; adm. 30 Sep 1833 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Aug 1840, matr. Mich. 1840; BA 1845; ordained deacon 1845, priest 1846; Curate of Moreton Pinkney, Northants., in 1848; Rector of Clannaborough, Devon, 1853; m. 16 Nov 1847 Zoe Adelaide, only dau. of Charles Henry Barber QC, Bencher Grays’ Inn; d. 18 Jan 1867.