PEARSON, CHARLES JAMES, brother of George Pearson (qv); b. 31 Oct 1814; adm. 17 Jun 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1831; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1834; BA 1838; MA 1842; ordained deacon 19 Jul 1840, priest 25 Jul 1841 (both Ripon); Curate, St. Thomas, Birmingham, and later of Easebourne, Sussex; m. 8 Nov 1845 Mary Charlotte, eldest dau. of Rev. James Hoare Christopher Moor, Vicar of Clifton upon Dunsmore, Warwicks.; d. 10 Jun 1881.

Pearson, Arthur Harold, son of the Rev. Henry Pearson, Vicar of Oundle, Northants, by Mary Isabella, daughter of William Wagstaffe, of Grantham, Lincs; b. June 18, 1885; adm. from Sedbergh School Jan. 18, 1900 (H); left (with a Triplett gratuity) July 1904; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1907; cross country blue 1904; capt. 1907; half blue for boxing 1906, and the three mile 1907; asst. master of Llandovery Coll. 1908-10, of St. Paul's School 1911-20, of Shrewsbury School 1920-46; 2nd Lieut. 11th Batt. Loyal North Lancs Regt. Nov. 11, 1914; temp. Lieut. Dec. 4, 1914; Capt. March 2, 1916, attached M.G.C. July 17, 1916; Major Feb. 16, 1918; served in France; M.C. Aug. 19, 1916; T.D.; m. April 8, 1937, Barbara, daughter of the Rev. Charles Townsend Witherington, Rector of Kingston Bagpuize, Berks.; d. 20 May 1978.

Pearson, Angus Charles, son of William Archibald Angus Pearson, dep. clerk to the Governors St Thomas’ Hosp. Lond., and Barbara Marjory, d. of Charles Smith Jamieson of Springs, Transvaal, South Africa; b. 9 Sept. 1947; adm. Sept. 1960 (B); left Mar. 1965; d. 16 Sept. 1965.

Pears, Oliver Robert, brother of Michael Andrew Pears (qv); b. 9 Aug. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (W); left July 1940; a farmer in Devon; m. 19 July 1952 Bridget Anne, d. of Lieut. -Col. Charles Frederick Masters of Edgbaston, Warwicks; d. 14 Jan. 2003.

Pears, Michael Andrew, son of Robert Pears, business executive, of Hanwell, Middx, and Gladys Evelyn, d. of Sidney Myers, architect, of Torcross, Kingsbridge, Devon; b. 4 July 1920; adm. May 1934 (H); left July 1939; St Mary's Hosp. Med. Sch., MB BS 1951, MD 1952, MRCP 1953; RNVR 1941-5 (Lieut.); assoc. Prof. of Medicine Med. Coll. of Virginia, USA; m. 1st 11 Apr. 1946 Mary, d. of Henry Gover; 2nd 6 June 1968 Jenifer Dixon, d. of Dr Robert Gibson Chaffee of Lyme, NH, USA; d. 2 May 1995.

Pears, David Francis, brother of Michael Andrew Pears (qv); b. 8 Aug. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (H, non-res. KS); left July 1939; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1939, BA MA 1947 (1st class hons Litt. Hum.); RA in WW2; lecturer Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1948-50; Fellow and Tutor Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf. 1950-60; visiting Prof. Harvard Univ. 1959, Univ. of California, Berkeley, 1964, Rockefeller Univ. 1967, Los Angeles Univ. 1979; FBA 1970; Student of Ch. Ch. 1960-88; Reader in Philos­ophy Univ. of Oxford 1971-85, Prof. 1985-88; Delegate OUP 1977; chairman Oxford Museum of Modern Art 1974-85; Curator of Pictures Ch. Ch. 1975-88; a Governor of the school 1975-88; author of Bertrand Russell and the British Tradition in Philosophy 1967, Ludwig Wittgenstein 1969, Motived Irrationality 1984, The False Prison: a Study of the Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy, vol. I 1987, vol. II 1988; m. 1963 Anne Drew; d. 1 July 2009

Pearman, Richard Carrol, brother of John Barton Pearman (q.v.); b. March 4, 1873; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (H); left April 1887, and went to St. Paul's School; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. June 15, 1891); B.A. 1895; called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn June 22, 1898; equity draftsman and conveyancer; admitted a solicitor 1913, and practised in London; m. June 22, 1901, Laura Mabel, daughter of William Stratford Andrews, of Chislehurst, Kent; d. Nov. 14, 1946.

Pearman, John Barton, son of John Pearman, of Lambeth, solicitor, by Rose Emma, daughter of Richard Carrol Barton, of Streatham, Surrey; b. Aug. 18, 1871; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (H); left April 1887, and went to St. Paul's School; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. May 27, 1889); B.A. 1892; LL.B. 1895; adm. a solicitor June 1896, practised in London; d. May 7, 1944.

PEARCE, ZACHARY, son of John Pearce, St. Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex, distiller; b. 8 Sep 1692; adm. 12 Feb 1704; QS 1707; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1710, adm. pens. 8 Jun 1710, scholar 14 Apr 1711; BA 1713/4; MA 1717; DD Lambeth 1 Jun 1724; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 29 Sep 1716, Major Fellow 1 Jul 1717; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1717, priest 8 Jun 1718 (both Ely); Chaplain to Earl of Macclesfield, Lord Chancellor; Rector of St. Bartholomew’s by the Exchange, London 19 Mar 1719/20-4; FRS 30 Jun 1720; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I and II 1721-39; Vicar of St. Martin in the Fields, London 10 Jan 1723/4-56; Dean of Winchester 2 Aug 1739; consecrated Bishop of Bangor 21 Feb 1747/8; Dean of Westminster 4 May 1756 – 24 Jun 1768, res.; translated from Bangor to Rochester 9 Jul 1756, holding see to death; edited Longinus, 1721, and other works; bequeathed his library to Dean and Chapter of Westminster; m. Feb 1721/2 Mary, dau. of Richard Adams, Holborn, distiller; d. 29 Jun 1774. Monument, South Aisle, Westminster Abbey. DNB.

Pearce, Thomas Edward Vibert, son of Thomas Vibert Pearce MD FRCS, gen. surgeon, of Harrogate, Yorks, and Edith Jane Legerton, d. of Frank Smith of Bocking, Essex; b. 16 Dec. 1933; adm. Sept. 1947 (KS); left July 1952; Balliol Coll. Oxf., matric. 1954, BA 1958, MA 1961; lecturer Dept. of Humanity Univ. of Aberdeen 1965-79, Dept. of Classics 1979-2001; retd; d. 1 Mar. 2019.