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Tanner, Lawrence Edward, 1890-1979

  • GB-2014-WSA-00016
  • Person
  • 1890-1979

Tanner, Lawrence Edward, brother of Ralph Eyre Tanner (q.v.); b. Feb. 12, 1890; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1909; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1919; Winchester Reading Prize 1912; served in Great War I; Lieut. (Gen. List); asst. master at the school 1919-32; clerk to the Weavers' Company 1919-60; secretary to H.M. Royal Almonry since 1921; keeper of the Abbey muniments 1926, and librarian 1956; F.S.A. 1924; M.V.O. 5th class 1932, 4th class 1948; C.V.O. 1953; a Busby Trustee 1939; secretary of the Elizabethan Club 1913-24; author of Westminster School, its Buildings and their Associations (1923), and of Westminster School; a History (1934; 2nd edn. 1951); m. Jun 9, 1945, Joan Doreen, daughter of the Hon. Assheton Nathaniel Curzon; d. 15 Dec. 1979.

Boult, Sir, Adrian Cedric, 1889-1983

  • GB-2014-WSA-00023
  • Person
  • 1889-1983

Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric, only son of Cedric Randal Bault, of Blundellsands, near Liverpool, by Katherine Florence, daughter of Harry Dawson Barman, of Blackheath, Kent; b. April 8, 1889; adm. April 26, 1901 (G); left July 1908; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. and Mus. Bae. 1912; M.A. 1915; studied in Leipzig; on the musical staff, Royal Opera, 1914; served during Great War I in the War Office, and on Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement; conducted for the Royal Philharmonic and the Liverpool Philharmonic Societies, the London Symphony, Queen's Hall, and Albert Hall orchestras; joined the teaching staff of the Royal College of Music 1919; conductor of Patron's Fund 1919-24; Musical Director of the Birmingham City Orchestra 1924-30 and 1959-60; Director of Music of the B. B.C. 1930-42; Conductor of the B. B.C. Orchestra 1930-51, and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1951-7; Mus.D. Oxon. 1921; Hon. LL.D. Birmingham 1930; F.R.C.M.; Hon. Mus.D. Edinburgh 1933; knighted 1937; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1939; Hon. LL.D. Liverpool 1947; Hon. Mus. Doc. Cambridge 1953; a Busby Trustee 1946; author of A Handbook on the Technique of Conducting; m. July 1, 1933, Ann, daughter of Capt. F.A. Bowles, R.N., of Sittingbourne, Kent; d. 22 Feb. 1983.

Frost, Richard Aylmer, 1905-1995

  • GB-2014-WSA-00075
  • Person
  • 1905-1995

Frost, Richard Aylmer, son of Robert Frost, barrister-at-law, and Alexandra, d. of Alexander Rose of Streatham; b. 29 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928, MA 1950; Fellow Harvard Univ. 1928; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), MBE Jan. 1944; British Council East Africa, OBE Jan. 1952; DPhil (Oxon.) 1973; author of The British Commonwealth and World Society 1947, Race Against Time 1978, Historic Oxford 1984; m. 1 Sept. 1938 Alice, d. of V. B. Reichwald; d. 5 Mar. 1995.

Severn, Arthur, 1874-1947

  • GB-2014-WSA-00155
  • Person
  • 1874-1947

Severn, Arthur, son of Joseph Arthur Palliser Severn (q.v.); b. Aug. 16, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); left Dec. 1892; Exeter CoJI. Oxon., matric. Lent 1897; B.A. 1902; a trout farmer at Bibury, Glos.; d. Aug. 7, 1947.

Worlock, Frederic George, 1886-1973

  • GB-2014-WSA-00178
  • Person
  • 1886-1973

Worlock, Frederic George, son of Thomas Worlock, of St. Johns Wood, by Sophia Eliza­beth, daughter of Walter Thornhill, of Paddington; b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1905; an actor, first appeared at the Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, Feb. 17, 1908, in Much Ado about Nothing; has since played mainly in the U.S.A.; a regular film­ actor at Hollywood from 1939; a member of the Benson company 1905-10; enlisted in 14th Batt. London Regt. (London Scottish) Nov. 9, 1914; temp. Capt. in the same, Nov. 30, 1915; wounded March 28, 1917; M.C. Nov. 26, 1917; m. 1st Feb. 11, 1911, Olive, daughter of Robert Noble, of Liverpool; 2nd Elsie Ferguson, actress, daughter of Hiram Benson Ferguson, of New York; d. 1973.

Gumbleton, George, 1843-1894

  • GB-2014-WSA-00726
  • Person
  • 1843-1894

GUMBLETON, GEORGE, younger son of Rev. George Gumbleton, Belgrove, near Queenstown, co. Cork, and his second wife Frances Anne, dau. of James Penrose, Woodhill, co. Cork; b. 4 Jun 1843; adm. 30 Jul 1857 (G); QS 1858; Capt. of the School 1861; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1862, matr. 12 Jun 1862; BA 1866; MA and BCL 1869; DCL 1886; adm. Inner Temple 6 May 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; migr. to Middle Temple; Oxford Circuit; a law reporter for The Times; founded Gumbleton English Verse Prize at the School 1874; author, Sketches in Sunny Climes; m. 18 Jul 1889 Jessie Ramsay, eldest dau. of Thomas Skinner, Roland Gardens, South Kensington; d. 25 May 1894.

In 1874 he gave a prize of £5 for the encouragement of English verse composition. This gift he continued annually until 1881, when he gave £100 as a permanent endowment for the prize. The endowment is now held in the School’s Gumbleton Fund (terms varied by schemes of 16 Apr 1959 and 8 Nov 1965).

Longley, Charles Thomas, 1794-1868

  • GB-2014-WSA-00935
  • Person
  • 1794-1868

LONGLEY, CHARLES THOMAS, sixteenth child of John Longley, Boley Hill, Rochester, Kent, barrister, Recorder of Rochester and Magistrate, Thames Police Court, and Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Bond, Battersea Rise, Surrey; b. 28 Jul 1794; adm. Christmas 1807 (G); KS (Capt. ) 1808; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student, Tutor and Censor 1825-8; 1st cl. Classics 1815; BA 1815; MA 1818; BD and DD 1829; Examiner, Classical Schools 1825, 1826; Proctor 1827; Whitehall Preacher 1829; ordained deacon 1818, priest 1819 (both Oxford); Vicar of Cowley, Oxfordshire 1 Nov 1823; Rector of West Tytherley, Hampshire 30 Aug 1827; Head Master, Harrow Sch., Easter 1829 – Easter 1836; consecrated Bishop of Ripon 6 Nov 1836; the first to hold this see; translated to Durham 13 Oct 1856; Archbishop of York 1 Jun 1860 – Oct 1862; Privy Councillor 9 Jun 1860; Archbishop of Canterbury from 20 Oct 1862; presided over Pan-Anglican Synod 1867; FSA 24 Nov 1831; Busby Trustee 27 Jun 1848; m. 15 Dec 1831 Hon. Caroline Sophia Parnell, dau. of Henry Parnell, 1st Baron Congleton PC, politician and economist; d. 27 Oct 1868. DNB.

Russell, John, 1st Earl Russell, 1792-1878

  • GB-2014-WSA-01218
  • Person
  • 1792-1878

RUSSELL, JOHN, 1ST EARL RUSSELL, third son of John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford (qv), and his first wife; b. 18 Aug 1792; adm. 23 Sep 1803 (G); fag to his brother Lord Tavistock; kept a diary while at the School, including a list of the School for Oct 1803; left Bartholomewtide 1804; Edinburgh Univ. 1809-12; MP Tavistock 4 May 1813 – Mar 1817, 1818-20, Huntingdonshire 1820-6, Bandon Bridge 19 Dec 1826-30, Tavistock 24 Nov 1830-1, Devon 1831-2, South Devon 1832 – Apr 1835, Stroud 29 May 1835-41, City of London 1841- 30 Jul 1861; made his first speech in favour of parliamentary reform 14 Dec 1819; successfully moved repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts 26 Feb 1828; Privy Councillor 22 Nov 1830; Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces 13 Dec 1830 – Nov 1834, also member of Cabinet Jun 1831 – Nov 1834; moved first reading of Reform Bill 31 Mar 1831; introduced Reform Bill for second time 24 Jun 1831, and for third time 12 Dec 1831; advocated reform of the Irish Church 1833-4; leader of Whigs in House of Commons Apr 1835 onwards; Secretary of State for Home Affairs 18 Apr 1835 – Aug 1839; carried through the Municipal Corporations Bill, and diminished the number of offences liable to capital punishment; Secretary for War and the Colonies 30 Aug 1839 – Aug 1841; declared for total repeal of the Corn Laws in his Edinburgh Letter of 22 Nov 1845, and supported their repeal by Peel in 1846; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Jul 1846 – Feb 1852; carried the bill for removing Jewish disabilities through the House of Commons 1848, and responsible for the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill of 1851; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Aberdeen ministry Dec 1852 – Feb 1853, when he resigned but remained in Cabinet without office and continued to lead the House of Commons; Lord President of the Council 12 Jun 1854 – Jan 1855, resigning because of his dissatisfaction with the conduct of the Crimean War; Plenipotentiary to Vienna Congress 11 Feb 1855; Secretary of State for the Colonies 1 May – 13 Jul 1855; opposed Disraeli’s Reform Bill of 1859; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 18 Jun 1859 – Nov 1865; the Reform Bill introduced by him on 1 Mar 1860 was subsequently dropped; created Earl Russell 30 Jul 1861; KG 21 May 1862; Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury 6 Nov 1865 – 18 Jun 1866, resigning on defeat of his Government’s Reform Bill by the ‘Adullamites”; declined Cabinet office in Gladstone’s administration formed in Dec 1868; received freedom City of London 9 Jul 1831; LLD Edinburgh Univ. 8 Nov 1845; FRS 6 May 1847; Lord Rector, Aberdeen Univ., from 1863; GCMG 25 Mar 1869; Busby Trustee 2 Jun 1863; a sincere and able Whig with the courage of his opinions, and a store of constitutional and historical knowledge; although no orator, a skilful debater and creator of telling phrases; edited Letters of the Fourth Duke of Bedford, 1842-6; author, Essay on the English Constitution, and other works; m. 1st, 11 Apr 1835 Adelaide, widow of Thomas Lister, 2nd Baron Ribblesdale (qv), and half-sister of Thomas Henry Lister (qv); m. 2nd, 20 Jul 1841 Lady Frances Anna Maria Elliot, second dau. of Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto; d. 28 May 1878. DNB.

Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956

  • GB-2014-WSA-01584
  • Person
  • 1888-1956

Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, son of George Arthur Greene, of Kensington; b. March 19, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left Easter 1907; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1907; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1920; served in Great War I with the Public Schools and Universities Batt. Royal Fusiliers and subsequently in the R.A.M.C. on H. M. hospital ship Mauretania; Reader in English Literature at Gothenburg Univ. 1922-8, at Cracow Univ. 1928-9, and at Helsingfors Univ. 1929-39; presented to the School in 1955 an outstanding collection of first editions of works by Old Westminsters; in accordance with his wishes, his executor gave a sum of £600 to defray the cost of bookshelves for them in the Scott Library; d. June 29, 1956.

Bury, John Bernard, 1917-2017

  • GB-2014-WSA-01698
  • Person
  • 1917-2017

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.

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