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, 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.

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.

Abrahams, Ian John, son of Leonard Abrahams and Gertrude Ann, d. of Isaac Clavering; b. 23 Nov. 1921; adm. May 1935 (G); left July 1940; Pemb. Coll. Camb. matric. 1940, BA 1947, MA 1950; capt. Camb. Univ. Boxing Club 1946; RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.); vice-pres. Brit. Acad. of Songwriters, composers and authors; governor London Contemporary Dance Theatre; m. 1st 9 Sept. 1948 Jill Maude, d. of Leslie Koppenhagen; 2nd 1983 Ruth da Ponte (nee Smith-Hulme); d. 27 Dec. 1991.

Abdela, Andrew David Russell, son of His Hon. Jack Samuel Ronald Abdela QC TD, Judge Central Criminal Court, and Enid Hope, d. of Edgar Dodd Russell of Richmond, Surrey; b. 24 Sept. 1946; adm. Jan. 1960 (G) left Dec. 1964; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1965, BA 1968, MA 1975; called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn, July 1969; Sir Malcolm Hilbery Schol. 1969; d. 2 Jan. 1976.

ADAMS, RICHARD LEONARD, youngest son of Rev. Richard Leonard Adams, Rector of Shere, Surrey, and Hon. Elizabeth Atherton Powys, fourth dau. of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford; b. 29 Mar 1838; adm. (G) 30 May 1850; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1865; ordained deacon (Norwich) 31 May 1863, priest 22 May 1864; Vicar of Framfield, Sussex 7 Aug 1866-76; Rector of Shere, Surrey 1876-93; m. 11 Jul 1861 Florence Emma, dau. of William Vizard, Ewell, Surrey; d. 11 Apr 1897.

Adler, Alan Louis, son of James Adler and Ellen Augusta, d. of Paul Ferdinand Sabel; b. 24 Nov. 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1923; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1923, BA 1926; dir. of A. Oppenheimer & Co., merchants; Thames Naval Patrol RNVR (Lieut.), despatches 1 July 1941; m. 8 June 1932 Ella, d. of Herbert E. Cohen; d. 12 June 1966.

Adler, Robert Paul, brother of Alan Louis Adler (qv); b. 11 Oct. 1908; adm. May 1922 (G); left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929; RAFVR 1939-45 (Sqdn Ldr); a manufacturer; m. 26 Aug. 1939 Anne Kyle, d. of John Wilson of Armadale, West Lothian; d. 16 Dec. 1986.

Adrian, Harold Douglas, elder son of Alfred Douglas Adrian, C. B., K.C., of Hampstead, sometime legal adviser to the Local Government Board, by Flora Lavinia, youngest daughter of Charles Howard Barton, of Reading, Berks; b. Aug. 6, 1887; adm. as a non-resident K.S. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1906; matric. Michaelmas 1906; d. while in residence at Oxford Jan. 26, 1910.

Adrian, Richard Hume, 2nd Baron Adrian, son of Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian (qv); b. 16 Oct. 1927; adm. Feb. 1944 (G); left Dec. 1944; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Lent 1945, BA 1947 (1st class hons Nat. Sci. Trip. Pts 1 and 2), MA 1951; Univ. Coll. Hosp., MB 1951; RAMC 1951-2 (Capt. ); Fellow Corpus Christi Coll. Camb. 1956-61, Churchill Coll. 1961-81 (Hon. Fellow 1985); Univ. lecturer in Physiology 1961-8; Reader in Experimental Biophysics 1968-78; Prof. of Cell Physiology Univ. of Cambridge 1978-1992; succ. his father as 2nd Baron Adrian 4 Aug. 1977; FRS 1977; MD 1978; trustee Brit. Museum 1979, Brit. Museum (Natural History) 1984-7; Master Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1981-1992; Vice-Chancellor Univ. of Cambridge 1985-7; Hon. Fellow Darwin Coll. Camb. 1986; FRCP 1987; Brit. Library Board 1987; American Philosophical Soc. 1987; a Governor of the Sch., appointed 1977, confirmed by Privy Council Statute 1983; a Busby trustee 1986-; m. April 1967 Lucy Caroe PhD, d. of Alban Douglas Rendall Caroe OBE FRIBA FSA, architect; d. 4 Apr. 1995.