Viney, Cecil Henry, only son of Cecil Thomas Viney, of Bromley, Kent, by Ada Maude, daughter of G. H. Smith, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex; b. May 24, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left 1907; Royal Academy Painting Schools; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northants Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; went out to the western front March 1915; killed in action at Fromelles May 9, 1915.
VINER, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. John Viner, Kent; b.; adm. 1656; gave evidence before the Governors in the Busby and Bagshawe dispute 1657; KS (aged 14) 1660; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1663, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664, matr. 1663; BA 1666/7; MA 1670; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1668 - c. 1678.
Viner, George Heath, 1865-1955
VINER, GEORGE HEATH, only son of Rev. George Barber Peregrine Viner, Rector of Mottingham, Kent, and Charlotte Finden, dau. of Thomas Cope, Cricklewood, Middlesex; b. 6 Aug 1865; adm. 23 Jan 1879 (G); left May 1882; Assistant Secretary, Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society 1905-; FSA 10 Jan 1907; author, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bookplates of George W. Eve, RE, 1916, and other works; m. 16 Sep 1897 Ella, youngest dau. of John Francis Hunnard, Oxford Gardens, North Kensington, London, accountant; d. 5 Mar 1955.
VINCENT, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1706; left 1709. [Possibly William Vincent, son of Sir Francis Vincent, Bart., and Rebecca Ashe, bapt. Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey 8 Mar 1690 (IGI) : see Henry Vincent, above]
VINCENT, WILLIAM, eldest surviving son of William St. Andrew Vincent (qv); b. 17 May 1809; adm. 17 Sep 1816; readm. 15 Jan 1823 (Stikeman's); Min. Can. 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, maytr. 29 Nov 1829; BA 1831; MA 1850; ordained deacon 8 Jun 1833, priest 21 Jun 1834 (both Chichester); Curate, Cowfold, Sussex 9 Jun 1833; Vicar of Steventon, Berks., 1 Nov 1839-51; Perpetual Curate of Holy Trinity, Islington, Middlesex 1851-64; Perpetual Curate of Chipperfield, Herts., from 1864; m. 16 Oct 1838 Ann, youngest dau. of William Stace, Principal Storekeeper, Woolwich Arsenal; d. 11 Apr 1872.
VINCENT, WILLIAM, fifth surviving son of Giles Vincent, Lime Street Ward, London, packer and Portugal merchant, and Sarah, dau. of Francis Holloway, Newnham Murren, Oxfordshire; nephew of Richard Vincent (QS 1708, qv); b. 2 Nov 1739; adm. Sep 1748 (Hutton's); KS 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1757, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1757, scholar 21 Apr 1758, matr. 1758; BA 1761; MA 1764; BD and DD 1776; Usher at the School 1762-71, Under Master 28 May 1771-88, Head Master 1788-1802; ordained deacon (Norwich, lit. dim. from Rochester) 19 Dec 1763, priest (London) 22 Sep 1765; Vicar of Longdon, Worcs., 1778; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London 17 Dec 1778-1803; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III (occurs 1778-93), Sub-Almoner 28 Nov 1783 - Feb 1808; Dean of Westminster from 7 Aug 1802; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation 1802, 1806, 1807; Rector of St. John’s, Westminster 28 May 1803 - Jan 1807; Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire, from 31 Jan 1807; one of the soundest scholars of his day, although he resembled Busby in his love for the rod; when Dean of Westminster obtained an annual grant from Parliament for the restoration of Henry VII’s Chapel; his name is perpetuated by Vincent Square, preserved through his influence as playing fields for the School; Busby Trustee 22 Apr 1790; author, Defence of Public Education, 1801, and of a number of highly regarded works on ancient geography and other subjects; m. 15 Aug 1771 Hannah, fourth dau. of George Wyatt, Chief Clerk of Vote Office, House of Commons; d. 21 Dec 1815. Buried St. Benedict’s Chapel, Westminster Abbey (monument facing Poets’ Corner, with inscription composed by himself). DNB.
Vincent, William St.Andrew, 1772-1849
VINCENT, WILLIAM ST. ANDREW, eldest son of William Vincent (adm. 1748, qv); b. 30 Nov 1772; adm. 30 Mar 1780; KS 1786; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1791, matr. 22 Jun 1791, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1791 - void 11 Jun 1804 (expiry year of grace as R. All Hallows the Great from 20 Jul 1803); BA 1795; MA 1797; BD 1827; Prebendary of Chichester from 1 Apr 1801; Rector of All Hallows the Great, London, from 9 Jun 1803; Rector of Bolney, Sussex, from 13 Dec 1827; m. 1 Aug 1803 Frances Elizabeth Gayfere, dau. of Evan Jones, Oakham, Rutland; d. 22 Jul 1849.
VINCENT, THOMAS; b.; adm. 14 Jan 1772; in school lists 1775.
Vincent, Thomas; Son of John Vincent, Fontmell, Dorset, edge tool maker, and his first wife ; b. ; ed. Blandford ; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 6 May 1636, aged 18 ; Usher, Westminster School, in 1643 ; Under Master, Westminster School 1645- May 1656, when he retired owing to ill-health ; his diary for the first four months of 1655 survives in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Rawlinson D216 (J.B.Whitmore, “The diary of Thomas Vincent, undermaster of Westminster School, 1655”, in Bodleian Library Record 5, 1956, 308-11) ; “a most able, diligent school-master ; and one who grieved so much at the dullness and non-proficiency of any of his scholars, that, falling into a consumption, I have heard Mr.Henery (Philip Henry, qv) say of him, ‘that he even killed himself with false Latin” ; d. 1657 (will dated 11 May 1657, proved 13 Nov 1657).