JAMES, FRANCIS, son of Thomas James, Newport, Isle of Wight (IGI)[“Dr”James : Whitmore]; bapt. Newport 21 Sep 1580; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1598, matr. 24 Nov 1598, aged 17, Westminster Student to 1617; BA 1602; MA 1605; BD 1612; DD 1614; ordained; Preacher at the Savoy; Rector of St. Matthew’s, Friday Street, London, from 11 Jan 1616/7; a Latin poet; d. Jul 1621. DNB.

James, Gordon Keith, son of George Ernest James FRICS and Ada Elizabeth, d. of Henry Bulmer of Hampstead; b. 15 Sept. 1909; adm. Sept. 1923 (A); left Apr. 1927; Valuation Office, Inland Revenue; RM (E) 1942-5; FAI 1949, FRICS 1970; m. 1st 27 Jan. 1942 Edith Mary, d. of John Gore of Blackheath; 2nd Blanche Edith, d. of Elias Nicholls of Walsall.

JAMES, HENRY ROSHER, eldest son of George Coulson James, Penzance, Cornwall, and Susannah Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Rosher, Bedford Square, London; b. 8 Nov 1862; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (H), exhibitioner; QS 1877; Mure Scholar 1879; Capt. of the School 1880; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1881, matr. 14 Oct 1881; 1st cl. Classical Mods 1883, 1st cl. Lit. Hum. 1885; BA 1885; MA 1888; entered Indian Educational Service 1890; Prof. of Moral Philosophy, Patna Coll., 9 Feb 1890; Prof. of Literature, Presidency Coll., Calcutta Jan 1900 – Jul 1901; Fellow, Calcutta Univ., 1905-16; Principal of Patna Coll. Nov 1905-7, of Presidency Coll., Calcutta Oct 1907-16; officiating Director of Public Instruction, Bombay Mar – Dec 1909; translator of Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, 1897; author of other works; m. 1 Jan 1890 Mary Edith, eldest dau. of Joseph Hindle AMICE, Lima, Peru; d. 2 Jun 1931.

James, Hilary Trevenen, son of Lionel James (qv); b. 21 July 1914; adm. May 1928 (G); left July 1932; a prep. school master; d. 27 Mar. 1990.

JAMES, HUGH, son of Hugh James, Carlisle, Cumberland, agent to James Graham (adm. under Busby, qv); b. ; adm. 1685; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 17, scholar 8 Apr 1692; BA 1694/5; MA 1698; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 19 Jun 1698; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1698-1700; Fellow, Pembroke Coll. , Cambridge 1700-2; Rector of Upwell and Outwell, Norfolk, from 29 Apr 1701; m. Philippa, widow of Rev. John Wake, and sister of Thomas Hobart (qv); d. 1740 (will proved PCC 15 Aug 1740). His monument at Upwell records that he was “educated at Westminster School under that great master of learning and loyalty, Dr. Busby”.

James, John Trewartha, son of Alfred and Jeanne Hammond James of Worthing; b. 19 Sept. 1912; adm. Jan. 1926 (R); left Apr. 1927; riding stable proprietor Sussex 1937-9; 2nd Lieut. Roy. Sussex Regt (TA) July, Lieut. Sept. 1938; transf. RA (Maj. SE Asia Command); Capt. RA (perm. commission) July 1946, Maj. Sept. 1948; psc; TD 1953; Brigade Maj. 33 AA Bde 1956; retd June 1958; re-employed HQ, Western Command 1962-4; Garrison Adjutant Chester 1967; retd 1968; m. 1st 2 Nov. 1935 Betty Gwendolen, d. of Ralph Davies Smedley MD, of Worthing, Sussex; 2nd Janet Mary, d. of Rev. Henry Hacking, Vicar of Gt Doddington, Northants; d. 28 Feb. 1983.

JAMES, JOHN, son of John James, London; b.; adm.; KS 1663; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 12 Jul 1667, aged 17, Westminster Student 3 Feb 1668 – void 1691, Senior Censor 1679-80, Tutor 1680; BA 1671; MA 1674; BD 1684; DD 1689 (incorp. Cambridge 1698); Deputy Public Orator in 1683-4; ordained; Prebendary and Chancellor of Exeter from 30 Aug 1689; Rector of Southill, Cornwall 1689; Vicar of Harberton, Devon 2 May 1691; buried St. Margaret’s, Westminster 18 Jan 1702/3.

JAMES, JONATHAN, eldest son of David James, St. Antholin’s, London, and Katherine ---; bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 20 Aug 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) May 1741 (Bambrig's); left 1744; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1744; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Jul 1744.

JAMES, LIONEL, brother of Henry Rosher James (qv); b. 11 Jul 1868; adm. QS 8 Jun 1882; Mure Scholar 1885; Capt. of the School 1886; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford Jul 1887, matr. 14 Oct 1887; 1st. cl. Classical Mods 1889, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1891; BA 1891; MA 1896; Assistant master, Radley Coll. 1892-1906; Head Master, Monmouth GS 1906-27; author of acting editions of several Latin and Greek plays, including the Andria of Terence; m. 9 Sep 1912 Ethel de Pearsall, eldest dau. of Arthur Edward Clabburn, [officer in ?] Gordon Highlanders [but apparently artist (1881 Census)]; d. 28 Apr 1948.

JAMES, PTOLEMY, son of Charles James (KS 1686, qv); b. 19 Oct 1671; adm.; KS 1686; left 1688; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1688, aged 16, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1688 – void 1704, expiry year of grace as R. Whatcott from 29 Jan 1703, Tutor 1699; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; ordained; Rector of Whatcote, Warwicks., 3 Nov 1702; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 4 Jun 1713; Vicar of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London, from 1715 [check : not in Hennessy]; d. 26 Apr 1729.