Potter, John Spencer, son of Harold Potter LLD, Prof. of English Law, Univ. of London, and Beatrice Spencer, d. of Charles Fairfax Crowder, solicitor, of Birmingham; b. 26 Dec. 1928; adm. Apr. 1941 (B); left July 1945; KCL; living in New Zealand 1954; m. Sheila Janette, d. of C. H. J. Wily of Pukekohe, New Zealand; d. 14 May 1977.

POTTER, CHARLES, son of Very Rev. Christopher Potter DD, Provost of Queen’s Coll. Oxford and Dean of Worcester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Charles Sonnibanke DD, Canon of Windsor; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1645; adm. to Queen’s Coll. Oxford, 4 Jul 1645, but afterwards migrated to Christ Church; BA 1649; MA 1651; joined exiled court of Charles II; became a Roman Catholic; appointed Usher to the Queen Dowager (Henrietta Maria) at Restoration; d. Dec 1663. DNB.

Potter, Andrew, son of Stephen Meredith Potter (qv); b. 14 Mar. 1928; adm. Jan. 1942 (A); left July 1946; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1950, MA 1954; asst. master Stone House Sch. Broadstairs, Kent, 1952-66; sen. master Tockington Manor Sch. Bristol 1966; d. 16 Mar. 2008.

PORTLOCK, BENJAMIN; b.; adm.; KS 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1682, scholar 9 May 1683; 6th in “ordo” 1685/6; BA 1685/6; MA 1689 (incorp. Oxford 9 Nov 1695); DCL Oxford 18 May 1702; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 12 Sep 1687, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1689 – c. 1698; Second Secretary to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland, Feb 1703 – Apr 1707; MP (I) Innistioge 1703-13; Taster of Wines (I) 1705-13; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 18 Nov 1703; of Clapham, Surrey; left by his will mourning rings to Robert Friend (qv) and John Nicholl (qv); lic. to m. 29 Feb 1711/2 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Bate, Maids Moreton, Bucks.; d. 6 Sep 1740.

Porterfield, Morris Fraser, son of Capt. William Morris Porterfield RNR and Florence Anne Banks, d. of Thomas Smith, merchant; b. 8 Aug. 1910; adm. May 1924 (A); left Mar. 1928; UCH Dental Sch., LDS RCS 1934; Lieut. Army Dental Corps June 1939, Capt. June 1945, Maj. June 1947, Lieut.-Col. June 1954; retd RADC Sept. 1961; d. Oct. 1993.

PORTER, WILLIAM, son of John Porter, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 7) May 1744, chorister; KS 1749; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1754, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1754, scholar 18 Apr 1755, matr. Lent 1755; BA 1758; MA 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1759, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1761; ordained; Curate, Woolwich, Kent; Vicar of Cobham, Kent, from Jul 1766; Reader, Highgate Chapel; Headmaster, Highgate School, from 1780; m. c. Nov 1761 Mary Horner, Tothill Street, Westminster; d. 11 Jun 1793.

Porter, Charles Rowley Davidson, son of Charles Porter MD, MOH St Marylebone, and his first wife Jennie Leslie, d. of W. R. Chichester-McMillan of Belfast; b. 2 Jan. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1925; Middx Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1932; practised at Stanmore, Middx, retd 1974; m. 29 July 1934 Daphne Mary, d. of Murray McMullen of Harrow Weald; d. 10 Dec. 1998.

Popplewell, Geoffrey Douglas, son of Herbert Alfred Popplewell, of Sidcup, Kent, by Norah Mabel, daughter of the Rev. George Smith, Vicar of St. Paul's, Bunhill Row, London; b. Aug. 7, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; left (with Triplett) July 1923; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1962; Tanganyika Administrative Service, cadet 1927, asst. district officer May 1929; district officer 1940; senior D.O. 1950; deputy provincial commissioner 1955; acting prov. comm. 1955; retired 1957; author of several geographical, geological and ethnological articles on the Tanganyika Territory; m. 1st, 1931, Marjorie Helen, daughter of Kenneth Macdonald, of lnvernesshire; d. 1945; 2nd, 1947, Isabel Diana Elisabeth, daughter of Maj. Philip Mathews, O.B.E., commissioner of police, British Honduras; d. 18 July 1994.

Popper, Claude Norman, son of Richard Popper, merchant, and Ida May, d. of Henry Edward James Ward Gibbins of Odiham, Hants; b. 1 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Dec. 1922; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Sgt); a coffee merchant; d. June 1993.

POPHAM, STEPHEN, fourth son of Joseph Popham, HBM Consul Tetuan, Morocco, and his first wife Mary Riggs, Waterford; b. 5 Jul 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1763, scholar 25 Jun 1764, matr. 1764; 4th Wrangler 1767; BA 1767; MA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 Apr 1762, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1772; attorney; MP (I) Castlebar 1776-83; went out to India as Secretary to Sir John Day, Advocate-Gen. Bengal, 1777; arrived Madras Feb 1778, and after a quarrel with Day went into practice at Madras as an attorney; Joint Solicitor to EI Company at Madras from 14 Jun 1782; m. 1st, at Paris 5 Apr 1768 (divorced 14 Jun 1774) Ann Yate Whiteside; m. 2nd, 16 Nov 1774 Anna, dau. of Sir William Thomas, Bart.; d. at Conjeeveram, Madras 13 Jun 1795, as a result of a fall from his curricle.