ACKLAND, CHARLES RICHARD; b.; at school in 1804; left 1806. [Presumably Charles Richard Dyke Acland, third son of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bart., and Henrietta Ann, only dau. of Sir Richard Hoare, Bart. (qv), b. 4 Aug 1793; Lieut, Royal Navy 1 Jan 1814; Cdr., 29 Jan 1822; Capt., 30 Jan 1828; m. 8 Jul 1819 Charlotte Frances, widow of Capt. Richard Dalling Dunn, Royal Navy, and dau. of George [or James ?] Templer, Stover, Devon; d. at Cape of Good Hope 23 Apr 1828].
ADAIR, ROBERT, natural son of Robert Adair, Serjeant-Surgeon to George III and Surgeon-Gen. to the Forces, and Mrs Mary Fenwick; b.; adm.; EICS Bengal; Senior Merchant 1770; present at OW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 245-6, not otherwise evidenced as a OW); still in India 1789; living in England 1802. [If he was at the School, he is unlikely to have been at school under Nicoll, for he is not in Nicoll’s admission book : he might have been at school under Markham, but was he at the School at all?]
ADAM, WALTER, son of Alexander Adam LLD, Rector of Edinburgh High School and writer on Roman history, and his second wife Jane, dau. of --- Cosser, Collector of Excise, Edinburgh; b. 6 Jan 1792 (IGI); adm. Sep 1806; left 1807; Edinburgh Univ. 1813-6; MD (Ed) 1816; LRCP (Lond) 1818; FRCP (Ed) 1819; living in Edinburgh when a signatory of Play Protest 1847 (still in Edinburgh directory 1855, not 1858); author, The Osteological Symmetry of the Camel, 1832.
Adams, Adrian Vivanti, son of William Naseby Adams FRIBA and Violet Vivanti, sister of Walter Vivanti Dewar Mathews (qv); b. 11 Nov. 1920; adm. Sept. 1934 (KS); left July 1939; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1939, BA 1942, MA 1946; MB BChir 1946; Burney Yeo Schol. King's Coll. Hosp.; asst lecturer Univ. of Liverpool 1947; surgeon P&O Co. 1949; med. registrar Royal Masonic Hosp. 1952; asst master at the school 1954-5; at Shrewsbury Sch. 1956, at Stowe Sch. 1959, at Brigfiton Coll. 1960, at KCS Wimbledon 1962, at Downside Sch. 1966; d. 5 Jan. 1991.
Adams, Bernard Paul Fornaro, son of Stanley Alfred Adams, solicitor, and Laurette Cecile Berthe, d. of Charles René Fornaro of Zurich; b. 26 June 1915; adm. Jan. 1929 (H); left Dec. 1931; asst librarian Camb. Univ. Library 1942-6; home librarian Brit. Council 1946-76; ALA 1950, FLA 1953; MBE 1975; author of London Illustrated 1604-1851 1983; d. 10 Dec. 2002.
ADAMS, DACRES, brother of William Pitt Adams (qv); b. 26 Jul 1806; adm. 14 Apr 1819 (Best's); KS 1820; left Christmas 1820; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 30 Mar 1824; BA 1827; MA 1832; ordained deacon 1829, priest 1830; Vicar of Pinhoe, Devon, 20 Jul 1832-7; Vicar of Bampton, Oxfordshire (second portion), from 12 May 1837; JP Oxfordshire; m. 15 Aug 1832 his cousin Anna Maria, eldest dau. of Baldwin Fulford, Fulford, Devon; d. 8 Dec 1871.
ADAMS, HENRY CADWALLADER, only son of John Adams, Serjeant-at-law and Assistant Judge of Middlesex Quarter Sessions, and his second wife Jane, dau. of Thomas Martin, Nottingham; b. 4 Nov 1817; adm. 16 Jun 1830 (Stelfox's); left 1831; went to Winchester Coll.; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Nov 1835; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1836-43, fellow 1843-52; BA 1840; MA 1842; Master of Magdalen Coll. School Mar-May 1844; assistant master, Winchester Coll., 1844-51; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1846, priest 7 Mar 1852 (both Oxford); Curate, Greinton, Somerset 1853-4; Chaplain, Bromley Coll., Kent 25 Jun 1855-67; Vicar of Dry Sandford, with Cothill, Berks., 21 Sep 1867-78; Vicar of Old Shoreham, Sussex 15 Jul 1878-96; author, Wykehamica, 1878, and of numerous books for boys; m. 6 Jul 1852 Esther Pell, second dau. of Rev. Richard Edmonds, Rector of Woodleigh, Devon; d. 17 Oct 1899.
ADAMS, HENRY POWYS, eldest son of Richard Leonard Adams (qv); b. 10 Jun 1862; adm. 5 Apr 1877; left Aug 1880; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1880, matr. Mich. 1882, resided to 1882; spent many years abroad; re-enlisted in 1st batt. Honourable Artillery Company, which he had previously joined in 1893; served on western front Sep 1914 - Jul 1915, invalided home; m. 1st, 5 Oct 1893 Edith Anne Jackson, third dau. of Robert Turner Bywater LRCP MRCS LSA, Coniston, Lancs.; m. 2nd, 29 Sep 1915 Nellie, dau. of Richmond Keele, Imber Cross, Thames Ditton, Surrey, “manager Colonial Meal [Meat ?] Co. ” (1881 Census); d. 30 Oct 1938.
ADAMS, JOSEPH; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1720; in under school list 1721.
ADAMS, RICHARD LEONARD, youngest son of Rev. Richard Leonard Adams, Rector of Shere, Surrey, and Hon. Elizabeth Atherton Powys, fourth dau. of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford; b. 29 Mar 1838; adm. (G) 30 May 1850; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1865; ordained deacon (Norwich) 31 May 1863, priest 22 May 1864; Vicar of Framfield, Sussex 7 Aug 1866-76; Rector of Shere, Surrey 1876-93; m. 11 Jul 1861 Florence Emma, dau. of William Vizard, Ewell, Surrey; d. 11 Apr 1897.