Aslunead-Bartlett, William Edward Grace john, son of Sir Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, Kt., M. P., of Eastbourne, Sussex, by Frances Christina, daughter of Henry E. Walsh; b. Sept. 9, 1894; adm. as non-resident K.S. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1913, matric. Michaelmas 1913; an asst. master at King William's Coll., Isle of Man; d. April 26, 1934

Baillie, Murry Gladwin, son of William Augustus Baillie, of London, by Agnes Amelia, daughter of Charles Benebo, of Bristol; b. Sept. 5, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1895 (G); left April 1899; A. C. A. Feb. 1905; in practice at Brussels as a continental partner in Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths and Co.; served in the R. H. A. and R. F. A. (T. F.) Jan. 1915 - Sept. 1921, when he resigned with the rank of Capt.; was attached General Staff March 1918 - Jan. 1919; author of Some Notes on Stock Exchange Securities (1906); m. Dec. 10, 1912, Bertha Charlotte Anne, daughter of Bertie Charles Scott, of Rue de la Vallie, Brussels; d. Aug. 17, 1933.

BAKER, GODFREY THOMAS, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. William Massy Baker, Fort William, Glanmire, co. Cork, EICS Bengal, and Mary Twogood, only child of Rev. Richard Davies, Dawstown, co. Cork, Rector and Vicar of Rathcormack, co. Cork; b. 18 Apr 1810; adm. (G) 7 Feb 1825; left Jul 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1828; BA 1833; m. 1841 Maria, fourth dau. of Charles Silver Oliver MP, Inchera, co. Limerick; d. 10 May 1889.

Ballantyne, Walter Hermann, son of John King Ballantyne DL VD and Hilda, d. of Hermann Moritz of Highgate; b. 26 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (G); left Apr. 1925; Christ's Coll. Camb., matric. 1925; Roy. Scots Regt (TA) 1939-45 (Capt.); m. 25 Sept. 1928 Frances Norma Alexandrina, d. of William Treneman of Liverpool; d. 19 Nov. 1966.

Bury, John Bernard, brother of Kenneth de Kay Bury (qv); b. 10 July 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left July 1935; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1935; Roy. Signals 1940-5 (Maj. ); joined Shell Group 1947; dir. Shipping Fedn 1955-9; foreign member Portuguese Academy 1962; dir. Shell (Switzerland) 1964-6; Fellow commoner Churchill Coll. Camb. 1972-3; author of various works on Spanish and Italian art and architecture; m. 8 Sept. 1945 Anne Henderson MBE, d. of Duncan Henderson of Willingdon, Sussex; d. 18 Jan. 2017.

Grant's was opened as an independent boarding house by Mrs Margaret Grant, or Mother Grant I, in 1749, when keeping boarders was one of the few respectable occupations for middle-class women. The house continued under the Grants’ management until Mrs Dixon, the last of the family, sold the building to the then housemaster, Charles Alfred Jones in 1868. As well as income from the sale of the house, Mrs Dixon also had a share of the profits of Dixon's antibilious pills, the world-famous 'pill to cure all ills'.

Many traditions survive at Westminster, but one that has been discontinued at Grant’s is the custom that saw new boarders ‘walk the mantelpiece’ in Hall. Lawrence Tanner, a pupil who kept a thorough diary of his time at Westminster, records his own experience of walking the mantelpiece here.

Grantites of particular interest include Lord John Russell (1792-1878), a Whig and Liberal Prime Minister and keen reformist; Charles Longley (1794-1868), Archbishop of Canterbury; Edgar Adrian (1899- 1977), winner of the Nobel Prize for Physiology; the actor John Gielgud (1904-2000) and Dominic Grieve MP (1956-).

AGAR, HENRY, brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Dec 1750 (Grant's); KS 1757; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1761 – void by marriage 12 Jun 1765; BA 1765; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 May 1761; ordained; Prebendary of Cloyne from 30 Jul 1768; Vicar of Templebodane, co. Cork 30 Jul 1768 – Oct 1769; Rector of Agabulloge, co. Cork, from 4 Jul 1770; m. c. 1765 Mary, dau. of Benjamin Tyrrell, Oxford; d. 14 May 1798.

Aldwinckle, Granville James, second son of Thomas William Aldwinckle, F.R.I.B.A., of Forest Hill; b. April 20, 1880; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (G); left July 1898; d. March 26, 1920.

Allen, Ian Cameron, son of George Henry Allen, barrister-at-law, and Mary Charlotte, d. of John Cameron of Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire; b. 27 Apr. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (G), KS 1924; left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932; St Thom. Hosp., MRCS LRCP 1935; practised at Framlingham, Suffolk; RAMC 1942 (Lieut.-Col.); author of several books on the history of railways in East Anglia; m. 8 Oct. 1939 Margaret, d. of Thomas Stephen Lock, engineer; d. 25 Dec. 1989.

Almond, Basil George, son of Sir James Almond, Kt, Judicial Commissioner, North-West Provinces, India, and May Victoria Howard, d. of Rev. Samuel Howard Baker, Vicar of Donnington, Berks; b. 21 July 1926; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1940 for Bishop Cotton Sch., Simla; aboard SS City of Cairo when she was torpedo by German forces, 1942; re-adm. Jan. 1943; left July 1944; New Coll. Oxf., matric. 1944, BA and MA 1951; RAF 1945-8; asst. master Aldenham Sch. 1951; partner musical instrument makers 1971; dialysis administrator Roy. Infirmary Dundee 1974; m. 1st, 12 Apr. 1950 Anne Delicia de la Chapelle, d. of Charles Ewing Prior, asst. master Harrow Sch., of St Jean-de-Luz, France, and Ross-on-Wye, Heref; 2nd, 7 Sept. 1979 Alison Sturrock Webster Pickard, pharmacist; d. 10 Oct. 2001.