IMPEY, ELIJAH BARWELL, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); bapt. 6 Aug 1779; adm.; at school 1791; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1793; KS 1794; Capt. of the School 1798; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 – Nov 1806, Faculty Student from 4 Nov 1806; BA 1803; MA 1806; Cornet, 14th Light Dragoons 15 Dec 1808; retd. Jun 1809; his Memoirs of his father, written “in refutation of the calumnies of the Right Hon. Thomas Babington Macaulay”, were published in 1846, and contain interesting references to the school and to his schoolfellows; d. unm. 3 May 1849.

IMPEY, SIR ELIJAH, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); b. 13 Jun 1732; adm. Sep 1740; KS 1747; Capt. of the School 1751; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 28 Jan 1752, scholar 24 Apr 1752, matr. Easter 1754; Chancellor’s Second Medal 1756; BA 1756; MA 1759; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 3 Oct 1757, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1759; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 8 Nov 1751, called to bar 23 Nov 1756; Western Circuit; Recorder of Basingstoke 11 Apr 1766-73; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1766, tenant chambers there 21 Nov 1766 – 16 Jun 1768; Counsel for East India Company before House of Commons 1772; Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Bengal 22 Mar 1774 – 1 Nov 1787; knighted 30 Mar 1774; confirmed committal of Nuncomar for forgery and sentenced him to death 1775; ruled that Warren Hastings (qv) had not resigned the post of Governor-General 1777; his judicial powers were restricted by a compromise between Hastings and Philip Francis 1779; President of new Appeal Court (Sadar Diwani Adalat) over local tribunals 1780-2; recalled to defend himself against charges of illegality brought by Francis 1783; defended himself successfully against six charges at bar of House of Commons 1788, including the proceedings against Nuncomar and the exercise of extended judicial powers contrary to his patent; MP New Romney 1790-6; his biography was written by his son, Elijah Barwell Impey (qv), and published in 1846; m. 18 Jan 1768 Mary, dau. of Sir John Reade, Bart., Shipton Court, Oxfordshire; d. 1 Oct 1809. DNB.

IMPEY, HASTINGS, son of Sir Elijah Impey (qv); b. 8 Apr 1784; adm. 1 Feb 1793 (Clapham); in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1797; KS 1798; Writer, EICS Bengal 29 Aug 1799; arrived in India 12 Jan 1801; Register to Adawlut, Allahabad 1804; buried Calcutta 5 Feb 1805.

IMPEY, JAMES, brother of Michael Impey (adm. 1730, qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 19 Oct 1720 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) Jun 1730; Min. Can. 1735; KS 1736; Capt. of the School 1741; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1741, matr. 30 May 1741, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1741 – Nov 1749, Faculty Student 13 Nov 1749 – void 1750; BA 1745; MA 1748; practised medicine at Richmond, Surrey; travelled much abroad; author, Treatise on Comparative Anatomy; d. at Naples 19 Nov 1756.

Imroth, Leslie, only son of G. Imroth, of Kilburn; b. Jan. 17, 1897; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1910; 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Hampshire Regt. Dec. 27, 1915, and became Lieut.; served in Great War I and was wounded in action Nov. 30, 1917; d. of his wounds at Johannesburg, S. Africa, Nov. 7, 1918.

INCE, BRET, eldest son of Henry Bret Ince QC MP, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, barrister, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Annie Jane Grace, dau. of Charles James Muggeridge, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 14 Sep 1864; adm. 21 Jun 1878 (G); left Dec 1882; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Aug 1883, matr. 1883; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 13 May 1884, called to bar 26 Jan 1887; equity draftsman and conveyancer; Secretary, Royal Commission on Vaccination 1889; joined staff of Cambridge Univ. Press 1906, General Manager Jul 1924-9; m. 7 Jan 1926 Cecilia Landor-Lowe; d. 15 Apr 1943.

INCE, GERARD CRANWORTH, brother of Bret Ince (qv); b. 24 Nov 1865; adm. 12 Jun 1879 (G); QS 1880; left May 1884; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 20 Aug 1884; BA 1887; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Nov 1885; called to bar, Inner Temple 28 Jan 1889; practised in Admiralty Court; m. 6 Sep 1900 Agnes Edith, dau. of Robert Davie Peebles; d. 24 Feb 1939.

INCE, RICHARD, brother of William Ince (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Christ Church 1703, matr. 8 Jun 1703, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1703 – Nov 1715, Faculty Student from 12 Nov 1715; BA 1707; MA 1710; adm. Middle Temple 16 Dec 1702, called to bar 23 Nov 1711; “intending to practice as an attorney in Barbados” (Stratford to Harley, 18 Aug 1713); Secretary to Comptroller of Army Accounts 1740-52; a friend of Addison and Steele, and a contributor to The Spectator; d. unm. 11 Jan 1758.

INCE, WILLIAM, son of John Ince, London; b.; adm.; KS 1694; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1697, matr. 10 Jul 1697, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1697 – void 1710, expiry year of grace as R. Patney from 8 Oct 1708; BA 1701; MA 1704; ordained; Rector of Patney, Wilts., from 1708; d. 1750 (will proved PCC 16 Jan 1751).

INGE, CHARLES, brother of William Inge (adm. 1810, qv); b. 15 Aug 1813; adm. 1 Jun 1825 (Stikeman's); left Mar 1829; Ensign, 53rd Foot 7 Jan 1830; Lieut., 26 Feb 1836; Capt., 27 Mar 1840; retd. on half-pay as Maj., 23 Jan 1846; m. 12 Dec 1860 Mary Anne, second dau. of Sir Adam Hay, Bart., MP, Edinburgh, banker; d. 16 Nov 1874.