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PRESTON, JOSEPH, only son of Capt. Thomas Preston, Royal Navy, and his first wife Sophia, dau. of Joseph Clover; b. 28 Dec 1826; adm. 11 Jan 1841 (G); rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1845; 33rd Wrangler 1849; BA 1849; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both London); Curate, St. Michael’s, Chester Square, London 1860-2, Wymondham, Norfolk 1863-6, Reymerston, Norfolk 1866-74, St. Helen’s, Norwich 1875-82; m. 29 Jul 1862 Marian Anne, sister of William Graham Green (qv); d. 13 Feb 1900.

POWELL, WILLIAM THOMAS ROWLAND, elder son of William Edward Powell (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Aug 1815; adm. 24 May 1830 (Stikeman's); Ensign, 37th Foot 1 Jun 1832; Lieut., 26 Jun 1835; Capt., 6 Apr 1838; retd. 1 Mar 1839; MP (Conservative) Cardiganshire 1859-65; DL JP Cardiganshire; m. 1 May 1839 Rosa Edwyna, elder dau. of William George Cherry, Buckland, Herefs.; d. 13 May 1878. [Perhaps “Thomas Powell, Esq., Aberystwyth”, who signed Play Protest 1847].

PHILLPOTTS, EDWARD COPLESTON, son of Right Rev. Henry Phillpotts DD, Bishop of Exeter, and Deborah Mary, dau. of William Surtees, Hedley, Northumberland, Receiver-Gen. of Durham and Northumberland; b. 25 Nov 1812; adm. 11 Apr 1825 (Stikeman's); KS 1827; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 1 Feb 1832; BA 1835; ordained deacon 1835, priest 1836; Rector of St. Michael’s, Sutton Bonington, Notts., 27 Jan 1837; Vicar of Newlyn, Cornwall 24 Nov 1838; Rector of Stoke-in-Teignhead, Devon 26 Nov 1838; Vicar of Lezant, Cornwall 1847; m. 1840 Georgiana Lukin, dau. of Rev. Robert Fitzwilliam Hallifax, Rector of Richards Castle, Shropshire; d. 27 Jan 1866.

PHILLIMORE, SIR ROBERT JOSEPH, BART., third son of Joseph Phillimore (b. 1775, qv); b. 5 Nov 1810; adm. 1 Feb 1820 (G); KS 1824; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student; BA 1832; MA 1834; BCL 1835; DCL 1838; Clerk, Board of Control 20 Feb 1832 – 6 Apr 1835; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1837, called to bar 7 May 1841, Bencher 1858, Treasurer 1859; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1839; Chancellor, Dioceses of Chichester 1844, Salisbury 1845 and London 1855; QC 16 Jan 1858; MP (Peelite/Liberal) Tavistock Feb 1853-7; Admiralty Advocate 1855-62; Judge of Cinque Ports 1855-75; Queen’s Advocate 1862-7; knighted 17 Sep 1862; Dean of Arches 1867-75, Master of the Faculties 1873-5; Judge of High Court of Admiralty 1867-75; Privy Councillor 3 Aug 1867; Judge of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, High Court of Justice 1875-83; Judge Advocate-General 17 May 1871 – Aug 1873; created baronet 28 Dec 1881; a personal friend and political supporter of Gladstone; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 23 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, vol. xxi, pp 428-32); Busby Trustee 19 May 1868- Jun 1884; Governor of the School from 1869; benefactor to the School; President, Elizabethan Club, from 1876; translated Lessing, Laocoon 1874; author, Commentaries on International law, 1854-61, and other legal works; m. 19 Dec 1844 Charlotte Anne, third dau. of John Denison MP, Ossington Hall, near Newark, Notts.; d. 4 Feb 1885. DNB.

In 1863 and 1864 he gave prizes for an English essay, and in the latter year he expressed his intention of giving an annual prize of £6 6s for the essay, and a further prize of £3 3s. for translation into English. These prizes were awarded by him up to his death in 1885, and continued to be awarded after his death from funding supplied by his son Walter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore (qv), also one of the School’s benefactors.

PECHELL, AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Horace Robert Pechell (qv); b. 22 Jan 1828; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (Scott's); QS 1843; left 1846; a clerk, House of Lords 20 Jan 1847 – 31 Mar 1876; m. 7 Apr 1863 Lucy Jane, only surviving dau. of Rev. Charles Douglas Beckford, Southampton; d. 4 Apr 1894.

PATTERSON, WILLIAM ST. GEORGE, son of Andrew Todd Patterson, Liverpool; b. 23 Apr 1816; adm. 15 Jun 1829 (G); KS 1830; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1834, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1834, scholar 1835, matr. 1834, readm. as pens. 24 Oct 1838; migrated to Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 6 Nov 1835; BA 1840; MA 1843; ordained deacon 19 Dec 1841, priest 18 Dec 1842 (both Chichester); Curate, Brede, Sussex 1841; Priest Vicar, Divinity Lecturer and Succentor, Lichfield Cathedral, from 1846; m. 1st, 14 Aug 1848 Christina Septima, widow of Samuel Baldwin James, Chorlton, Lancs., merchant, and dau. of Edward Orton, Earl Shilton, Leics., surgeon; m. 2nd, 12 Apr 1860 Sarah Ann Rossana, widow of Rev. John Williams Maher, Vicar of Brede, Sussex, and dau. of John Taylor, Portswood House, Southampton, Hampshire; d. 7 Sep 1890.

PARTINGTON, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Partington (adm. 1767, qv); b. 3 Oct 1803; adm. 23 Jun 1813; KS 1818; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1822, matr. 18 May 1822, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1826; MA 1828; adm. Middle Temple 10 Jun 1825; d. 23 Jul 1830.

PARRY, GEORGE FREDERICK, eldest son of George Parry, Egham, Surrey, EICS Bombay, and Lydia ---; b. 8 Dec 1794; adm. 1805, first quarter; KS 1809; left 1812; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 May 1813; 11th Wrangler 1817; BA 1817; MA 1822; played cricket for Gentlemen v. Players 1819, 1820, 1829; a fine batsman and magnificent fielder; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Oct 1815, called to bar 25 May 1821; practised before Supreme Court, Bombay 1822-8; returned to England 1828; m. 30 Jun 1831 Augusta Mary, sister of William Richardson Graham (qv); d. at Menton, France 11 Jan 1872.

MURRAY, WILLIAM POWELL, seventh son of Charles Murray, Petworth, Sussex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Riviere Knight; b. 23 Mar 1817; adm. 30 Jun 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1835, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1835, scholar 1836; BA 1839; MA 1842; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1836, called to bar 23 Nov 1841; practised at Chancery bar; a Registrar, Court of Bankruptcy, in Manchester 26 Mar 1863 and in London from 1863; m. 27 Jul 1854 Georgina Charlotte Daysh, only dau. of Cdr. Hon. Arthur Richard Turnour, Royal Navy; d. 20 Aug 1885.