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FISKE, JOHN, son of Thomas Fiske (qv); b. 18 Sep 1739; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1749 (Hawkins'); left 1751; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, 1757-1760; ordained; Rector of Shimplingthorne, Suffolk, from 11 Jun 1773; m. Susan Neville; d. 23 Sep 1800.

BOURKE, JOHN, son of John Bourke, Limerick, and Lucia Parker; b. 28 May 1742; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1754; KS (Capt.) 1755; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 22 Feb 1758; of Dromsally, co. Limerick, and St. Anne’s, Dublin; m. Sep 1774 Anne, dau. of Edmund Ryan, Dublin and Boscabell, co. Tipperary; d. 1795.

STOUGHTON, WILLIAM, of Surrey, said to have been son of Anthony Stoughton, and his wife Mary; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1561, aged 16 (being the first Student elected from the School under the statutes of Queen Elizabeth, ), Westminster Student to 1572; BA 1 Feb 1564/5; MA 1568; BCL (Supd.) Nov 1571; author, An assertion for true and Christian church-policie,1604; m. Elizabeth Muschampe, d. of William Muschampe of Rowbarns, Surrey.

WELLS (or WELLES), CORNELIUS; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1562, adm. scholar 1565, matr. Mich. 1564; BA 1567/8; MA 1571; BD 1578; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1570 – c. 1578; ordained deacon (Ely) 31 Dec 1569; Vicar of Masham with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 8 Feb 1578; m. 20 May 1582 Marrian Sergeant; d. 1600.

Barr-Taylor, Peter, son of Charles Ernest Taylor, schoolmaster, of East Sheen, and Rosemary Lilian Williams; b. 14 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1941; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1947, MB 1948; gen. med. practitioner at Fareham, Hants; m. 5 June 1948 Jean Mary, d. of Charles Frederick Thomas Hall, schoolmaster, of Lingfield, Surrey; d. 2013.

Nares, Geoffrey Owen, brother of David Owen Nares (qv); b. 10 June 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left Apr. 1934; an actor and stage designer; first appeared (under his father's management) in The Winning Post at the Globe Theatre Dec. 1934; 2nd Lieut. RASC Oct. 1940, transf. 12 Lancers Aug. 1941; d. on active service 20 Aug. 1942.

Geoffrey Owen Nares was born at Hampstead, London on the 10th of June 1917 the younger son of Owen Ramsey Nares, an actor, and Marie (nee Polini) Nares, an actress, of 35, Hamilton Terrace, Westminster and of Highmoor in Oxfordshire. He was christened at St Augustine’s Church, Paddington on the 17th of November 1917. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1930 to April 1934. He won a Sir Henry Lucy Prize for Art in 1931. On leaving school he became an actor and a theatre designer, his first appearance being in the part of a stable boy in “The Winning Post”, starring Lawrence Olivier at the Adelphi Theatre on the 17th of December 1934. In June 1935 he played Kim Oldham in “Grief Goes Over” at the Globe Theatre and he played Martin Hilton in “Call it a Day” at the Glove Theatre, London in October of the same year which ran for more than a year; his father was also a member of the cast. As well as being an actor he was a designer of scenery for the stage and designed sets for “Candida”, “The Constant Wife”, ”Gaily We Set Out”, and “Blondie White”.
He enlisted as a Driver in the Royal Army Service Corps before being attending an Officer Producing School and being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 26th of October 1940. He transferred to the 12th Royal Lancers in August 1941 and was posted to the Middle East where he contracted pappataci (sand fly fever) and died from a brain tumour in hospital at Cairo.
He is buried at Heliopolis War Cemetery Plot 2 Row D grave 14.

Nash, Alexander Desmond Michael, son of Christopher Michael and Ethelinda Jarman Nash of Ealing; b. 24 Nov. 1922; adm. Sept. 1936 (H); left July 1939; RAFVR 1941-4 (Flt Lieut.); killed in action 19 Dec 1943.

Alexander Desmond Michael Nash was born on the 22nd of November 1922 the son of Captain Christopher Michael Nash, a rubber planter, and Ethelinda Jarman (nee Clarke) Nash of 17, Mount Avenue, Ealing in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1936 to July 1939.

He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 23rd of July 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 23rd of July 1942 and to Flight Lieutenant on the 23rd of July 1943. He was posted to 285 Squadron.

Alexander Nash took off at 2.45pm on the 19th of December 1943 in Hurricane Mk IIB BG688 with five other aircraft from his Squadron for a patrol over Dohazari. As they were climbing out after takeoff his aircraft collided with Hurricane Mk IIB PJ785 flown by Pilot Officer Peter Ireland Hickes. Both aircraft crashed and both pilots were killed. The remaining four aircraft completed their mission and returned to base at 4.20pm.

He is buried at Chittagong War Cemetery Plot 6, Row A, Grave 12.

STUDLEY, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1561 (the first scholar elected from the School under the Statutes of Elizabeth I), adm. scholar 1563, matr. Easter 1563; BA 1566/7; MA 1570; BD (but degree not in Venn); Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1567 – c. 1574; summoned before the heads of the Colleges on a charge of nonconformity 1 Feb 1572/3; ordained deacon 1 Feb 1572/3, priest 25 Oct 1574 (both Winchester); Rector of Ockham, Surrey, from 28 Oct 1573; Vicar of Westerham, Kent, from 7 May 1580; author, The Pageant of the Popes, 1574; his translations of four of Seneca’s tragedies were included in Thomas Newton’s edition of Seneca his tenne tragedies translated into English, 1581; a tradition that he joined the army of Prince Maurice in the Netherlands, and was killed at the siege of Breda in 1590, is incorrect; m. Elizabeth — ; buried Ockham, Surrey 23 October 1606 (will dated 19 Oct 1606, proved Archdeaconry Court of Surrey); DNB.

Grundy, Charles James Estlin, son of Francis Estlin Grundy, editor The Brazilian Press, and Mabel, d. of John Claire of Leamington Spa; b. 28 Oct. 1915; adm. Sept. 1930 (A); left July 1932; Univ. Coll. Lond., LLB 1939; adm. a solicitor May 1938; Intell. Corps IA 1943-5 (Capt); in practice in Bombay, Little & Co.; d. 12 Mar. 1996.