Easton, James Lester, son of Cecil James Easton of Purley and Winifred Blanche, d. of Hugh Hutton of Cockermouth, Cheshire; b. 15 Aug. 1910; adm. May 1924 (H); left July 1928; Pay­ master-Lieut. RNVR Nov. 1935, Lieut.-Cdr Nov. 1943; VRD; Lond. manager Dalgety Ltd (now Dalgety Group plc); m. 3 Dec. 1944 Marie Elizabeth, d. of E. C. Mumme of Cheam, Surrey; d. 15 Nov. 1995.

EASTWICK, ROBERT WILLIAM EGERTON, only son of Edward Backhouse Eastwick CB FRS MP, and Rosina Jane, dau. of James Hunter, Hafton, Argyllshire; b, . 16 Jun 1848; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1867; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Oct 1869; BA 1875; adm. Middle Temple 10 Jan 1872; a Government Inspector of Schools; subsequently Sheriff of Singapore and editor, Penang Gazette and Straits Times; m. 23 Dec 1893 Mary Emma, author, youngest dau. of Capt. Edward Bunbury Nott, Royal Navy.

Eastwood, Ronald Hatry, son of John George Eiser, of West Kensington, by Lucy, daughter of George Samson, of Manchester; b. May 22, 1900; adm. Sept. 23, 1915 (G); left March 1918; enlisted in 30th Batt. Middx. Regt. June 22, 1918; chief clerk Rlwy. Supply Office at Winchester; assumed the surname of Eastwood in lieu of Eiser 1931; d. Feb. 1984.

Eaton, Leslie Clifford, brother of Sidney Wilfred Eaton (qv); b. 5 Aug. 1916; adm. Apr. 1931 (R); left Apr. 1935; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1942; RNVR 1939-5 (Lieut.); called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Jan. 1946; a co. director; m. 5 Jan. 1942 Kathleen Graham, d. of Harry Ainsworth of Leatherhead; d. 26 Nov. 1996.

EATON, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. Richard Eaton BD, Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1629, adm. scholar 1630, matr. Lent 1629/30; obtained a licence to pass to Leyden 1 Oct 1632, aged 22; in 1633 a pupil of the puritan divine Rev. William Ames DD at Franeker, Netherlands; ordained; emigrated with his two elder brothers to North America; President-designate, Harvard College 1638/9, but was “fitter to be a master of a Bridewel than a college” (Cotton Mather), and was dismissed by court order for cudgelling an usher, 9 Sep 1639; absconded to England; PhD and MD Padua 1647; ordained; Vicar of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire 1661; Rector of Bideford, Devon, 18 Mar 1668; author, De Fastis Anglicis, sive Calendarium Sacrum, 1661; m. twice, one of his wives being a daughter of Thomas Graves, Virginia [another the widow of Rev. William Cotton ?]; d. 1674, when a prisoner for debt in the King’s Bench Prison, Southwark. DNB.

Eaton, Sidney Wilfred, son of Frederick Charles Eaton of Forest Hill and Maria Flook; b. 5 Aug. 1911; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left July 1930; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933; RA in WW2 (Lieut.); a co. director; m. 1 June 1935 Beatrice Georgina Joan Eldon, d. of Frank Eldon Gilder of Wells, Somerset; d. 12 Jan. 1977.

Eccles, Brian, son of William Hunter Eccles, Sierra Leone Civil Service, of Kennett, Cambs, and Beatrice Ethel, d. of Dudley Oliver Sutton of Sutton Coldfield, Warks; b. 27 Jan. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; HM Colonial Service Zanzibar 1952-7; DO Tanganyika 1957-61; dir. Brit. Information Services Zanzibar 1961-4; FCO, 1st Sec. Sierra Leone 1964-5, Lond. 1965-7; CUP representative West Africa 1967-75; gen. sec. South Regional Assn. for the Blind 1976-92; latterly resident in France; m. 1979 Joset Lin; d. 23 Jan. 2001.

Eccles, Francis Yvon, only son of Yvon Richard Eccles, of Westminster, secretary to the Scottish Amicable Life Insurance Society, by Josephine Villeneuve, daughter of Francis Smith, of Lindfield, Sussex; b. April 4, 1871; adm. as exhibitioner June 5, 1885 (G); elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1890, matric. Oct. 10, 1890; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1906; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1897; Professor of French Literature, London Univ. 1920-34; author of A Century of French Poets (1909); d. Feb. 15, 1963.

ECKERSALL, GEORGE, son of John Eckersall (qv); b. 9 Oct 1782; adm. 29 Feb 1792; in school list 1795; KS 1797; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. 18 Nov 1801; Ensign, 4th Foot 26 May 1803; Lieut., Feb 1804; retd. 9 Feb 1805; m. 29 Feb 1820 Sarah Caroline Grace; d. 16 Jul 1849.

ECKERSALL, JOHN, son of George Eckersall (adm. 1723, qv); b. 14 Sep 1748; adm. ; KS (aged 12) 1761; Garrick was so pleased with Eckersall’s Davus in the Andria of 1765 “that he made him a present of the freedom of his house” (see Anthony Wilson’s letter printed Lusus Alt. Westm. , 1st series, 102, note); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Scholar 24 Dec 1766 - void by marriage 15 Dec 1774; BA 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1767; travelling in Italy with Hon. John Trevor (qv) 1773; m. 1 Dec 1774 his cousin Catherine, sister of George Wathen (qv); d. 2 Dec 1837.