DASENT, SIR GEORGE WEBBE, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 22 May 1817; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1832; left 1834; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; DCL 1852; secretary to Sir Thomas Cartwright, British Minister at Stockholm, 1840-5; adm. Middle Temple 30 May 1844, called to bar 30 Jan 1852; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1852; assistant editor, The Times 1845-70, during its editorship by his brother-in-law John Delane; Professor of English Literature and Modern History, King’s Coll. London 1853; a Civil Service Commissioner Jan 1870 - Aug 1892; knighted 27 Jun 1876; a Scandinavian scholar; author, The Story of Burnt Njal, 1861, and other works; his Annals of an Eventful Life contain some interesting reminiscences of the School; m. 4 Apr 1846 Fanny Louisa, third dau. of William Frederick Augustus Delane, Easthampstead, Berks., barrister; d. 11 Jun 1896. DNB.
CAPES, JOHN MOORE, eldest son of John Capes, Newington, Surrey, and Harriet --- (IGI) [perhaps Phillips (IGI)]; b. 19 Aug 1812; adm. 15 Oct 1827 (Stelfox's); left 1830; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Jul 1832; BA 1836; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 29 May 1836; Curate, Shipton-le-Moyne, Gloucs.; Rector of Eastowe, Somerset (where he built and endowed the church) [check]; Roman Catholic convert 1845; editor and proprietor, The Rambler (Roman Catholic periodical) 1848-57; rejoined Church of England in 1870, but became Roman Catholic again before his death; composer, The Druid (tragic opera), performed at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, 22 Feb 1879; author, To Rome and back, 1873, and other works; m. 1839 Bertha, second dau. of A. Wyatt; d. 14 Jan 1889.
BISCOE, WILLIAM ARCHIBALD, brother of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 17 Jul 1810; adm. 11 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1829, matr. 2 Jun 1829, Westminster Student; d. unm. 23 Feb 1832.
BLACKALL, THOMAS, brother of John Offspring Blackall (qv); b. 18 May 1814; adm. 14 Jan 1829 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1831; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jun 1832, scholar 1833-5, matr. Mich. 1832; BA 1837; MA 1840; ML 1843; MD 1848; FRCP 1848; practised in London (but living in Exeter, non-practising, by 1881); d. 4 May 1899.
BALDWIN, GEORGE DIMSDALE, brother of Robert Baldwin (qv) (IGI); b. 12 Aug 1812; adm. 13 Jan 1823 (Stelfox's).
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.
ALEXANDER, ROBERT QUIN, only surviving son of William James Alexander, Maj. co. Dublin Militia, and Gertrude, eldest dau. of Gustavus Handcock-Temple, Waterstown, co. Westmeath; b. 3 May 1816; adm. 26 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 3 Nov 1834; agent for Earl of Caledon in Tyrone and Armagh; High Sheriff, co. Dublin 1850; JP co. Armagh, co. Tyrone; m. 17 Feb 1840 Gertrude Harriet, fourth dau. of John Lushington Reilly, Scarvagh House, co. Down; d. 1887.
ANDREWES, GERRARD HEBERDEN, eldest son of Gerrard Thomas Andrewes (qv); b. 3 Oct 1820; adm. 23 Jan 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1834; left 1838; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1838; d. unm. 26 Nov 1876.
CORBET, JOHN DRYDEN, eldest son of Rev. John Dryden Pigott, Rector of Edgmond, Shropshire, and Frances, second dau. of Henry Bevan, Shrewsbury; b. 18 Apr 1808; adm. 4 May 1821 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 May 1826; BA 1830; ordained deacon 1831, priest (Lichfield) 7 Jul 1833; Curate, Tibberton, Shropshire, 1831-42; Rector of Edgmond, Shropshire, 1845-65; assumed surname of Corbet in lieu of Pigott, 28 Mar 1865; of Sundorne Castle, Shropshire; author, Collected Poems, 1877-8; d. unm. 25 Oct 1889.
GRAHAM, JOHN, eldest son of John Smith Graham, Bernard Street, Bloomsbury, London, and Anne Elliott (IGI); b. 12 Dec 1812; adm. 10 Jan 1825 (Stelfox's); Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Oct 1831; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1833; migr. to New Inn Hall; BA 1837; ordained deacon (London) 12 Jun 1840, priest 6 Jun 1841; Curate, St. John’s, Hackney; his poem on Staffa, written for the Newdigate Prize in 1832, when he was defeated by Roundell Palmer (afterwards Earl of Selborne) was published in Blackwood’s Magazine, 1832; d. 28 Nov 1845.