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Vedder, John Roos, son of Simon Harmon Vedder, of Kensington, by Eva, daughter of Charles Roos, of Croydon, Surrey; b. Aug. 3, 1900; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (R); left July 1918; 2nd Lieut. Jan. 29, 1920; Indian Army, 27th Punjabis, Feb. 6, 1920; Company Officer 27th Punjabis Jan. 29, 1921; Lieut. 29 Jan., 1922; Quartermaster 3rd Batt. 15th Punjabis, June 22, 1923; Capt. Jan. 29, 1927; Major Jan. 29, 1938; temp. Lieut.-Col. March 24, 1944; retd. list, April 21, 1948; lieut.-Col. R.A.R.O., Royal Fusiliers, Jan. 1, 1949-58; m. 1st Nov. 18, 1935, Nancy Daphne Colyer, eldest daughter of Capt. Charles Noel Ridley, of Park End, Northumberland; 2nd Aug. 24, 1953, Frances Mabel, eldest daughter of J. T. Darby, of Southbourne, Hampshire.

Vécsey, Oscar George Ludwig, son of Charles Vécsey, of London; b. May 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (H); left Dec. 1912.

Vecqueray, Charles Augustus Cokayne, son of E. G. Vecqueray, of Blackheath, Kent; b. April 26, 1888; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (G); left Easter 1905; served in Great War I; temp. Lieut. A.S.C. Aug. 15, 1917; Capt.; Inspector of M.T. in France and Belgium Aug. 1917 - March 1918, when he was invalided; Inspector of M.T. in Great Britain June 1918 - May 1919; A.M.I.M.E.; chairman of committee, Market Harborough Sqdn., Air Training Corps; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1949; d. 1971.

Veale-Byland, Sidney, son of Hon. Dep. Surg. Gen. Henry Richard Lobb Veale, M.D.; b. July 22, 1873; adm. April 27, 1887 (H); left July 1889; Univ. Coll. School 1889-90; assumed the additional surname of Byland; R.M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Welsh Regt. Jan. 28, 1893; Indian Staff Corps March 28, 1894; Lieut. 5th Madras N.I. April 28, 1895, Wing Officer Aug. 28, 1895; on duty in Russia 1897; attached 20th Madras N.I. Feb. 28, 1898; Dep. Asst. Commy. Gen. on probation at Karachi June 27, 1898; d. at Poona, Feb. 6, 1899.

VEALE, SAMUEL, brother of John Newte Veale (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1728; in under school list 1730; living in Aug 1741. [Perhaps Samuel Buck Veale, Capt. -Lieut, Army 1 Oct 1755, 81st Foot 5 May 1756; m. 28 Feb 1750 Mary Ann Score (IGI); will proved PCC May 12 1766, he Capt. -Lieut., Maj. Bowles Independent Co. Invalids, St. Margaret’s, Westminster]

VEALE, JOHN NEWTE, son of John Veale, and Mary ---; bapt. St. Mary Major, Exeter, Devon 15 Jun 1713 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Oct 1722; in school list 1729; an Italian merchant; d. 22 Aug 1741. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

VEAL, RICHARD HENRY, son of Richard Minshull Veal, Clapham, Surrey, solicitor, and Charlotte --- (IGI); b. 24 Mar 1845; adm. 22 May 1856; Min. Can. 1860; left Aug 1860; adm. solicitor Hilary 1868; practised in Bedford Street, Strand, London; m. Eliza --- (by 1881); d. 5 Apr 1897.

VAVASSEUR, ROBERT, eldest son of James Vavasseur, Knockholt, Kent, silk manufacturer, and Helen, dau. of Rev. Robert Moffat DD, missionary in South Africa for London Missionary Society; b. 4 Jul 1865; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (G); QS 1880; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1884, matr. 10 Oct 1884; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1886, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1888; BA 1888; killed in Mashonaland, South Africa Jun 1896.

VAUX, WILLIAM, son of Edward Vaux, Hackney, Middlesex, and Mary ---; bapt. 12 Aug 1784; adm. 24 Mar 1800 (Clapham); in school list 1801; left Christmas 1802; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jan 1803; BA 1806; MA 1810; BD 1826; Fellow, Balliol Coll. 1809-16; Select Preacher 1813, 1817, 1842, Bampton Lecturer 1826; ordained; Rector of Long Crichel, Dorset 4 Jul 1815; Rector of Sutton Waldron, Dorset 5 Nov 1816 (disp. to hold with Long Crichel); Rector of Patching, Sussex 10 Sep 1822 - Sep 1834; Rector of West Tarring, Sussex from 31 Mar 1823; Domestic Chaplain to Most Rev. William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1828; Prebendary of Winchester from 14 Jan 1831; Vicar of Romsey, Hampshire 2 Jan 1834 - 43; Rector of Wanborough, Wilts., 10 Oct 1840-1; Vicar of Burton Stacey, Hampshire, from 15 Apr 1844; m. 1st, 11 Jan 1816 Mary Hankyns, eldest dau. of Martin Wall MD, Lichfield Professor of Clinical Medicine, Oxford; m. 2nd, 10 Sep 1839 Elizabeth Jane, eldest dau. of Rear-Adm. Sir John Wentworth Loring KCB; d. 30 Dec 1844, aged 60.

VAUX, WILLIAM SANDYS WRIGHT, only son of William Vaux (qv), and his first wife; b. 28 Feb 1818; adm. 6 Apr 1831 (Stikeman's); left 1836; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Mar 1836; BA 1840; MA 1841; Assistant, Department of Antiquities, British Museum 1841-61; Keeper, Department of Coins and Medals Jan 1861- Oct 1870; catalogued the coin collection in the Bodleian Library, Oxford 1871-6; Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, from Nov 1875; Secretary, Royal Society of Literature; President, Numismatic Society of London 1855-74; FSA 2 Apr 1846; FRS 4 Jun 1868; author, Nineveh and Persepolis, 1850, and other publications, largely on the history and antiquities of the Middle East; m. 11 Jul 1861 Louisa, eldest dau. of Francis Rivington, Harley Street, London, publisher; d. 21 Jun 1885. DNB.