ONLEY, NICHOLAS, son of --- Onley, Strand, London, tavern porter; b.; adopted by a gentleman of good family and property of the same name as himself; adm.; KS 27 Nov 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 31 Jul 1658, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 22 Mar 1661/2; MA 1664; DD Cambridge 1671; ordained; Curate, Harpenden, Herts., in 1665; Rector of Cottesmore, Rutland, from 10 Mar 1669/70; Prebendary of Westminster from 17 Jul 1672; Master of the Savoy; Curate, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, from 30 Sep 1683; carried St. Edward’s Staff at coronation of James II in 1685; devised Vicarage of Staverton, Northants, to Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Oxford, on condition of their always presenting a Westminster Student to it; m. 14 Aug 1665 Mary, dau. of Rev. Henry Killigrew DD, Rector of Wheathamsted, Herts.; d. 28 Sep 1724. [Presumably Nicholas OWNELEYE, son of Nicholas & Jane, bapt. St. Olave’s, Hart Street, London 24 Jul 1640].

ONSLOW, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, brother of Guildford Macleay Onslow (qv); b. 17 Jul 1842; adm. 5 Feb 1856; QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861, matr. 1862; ran in hurdle race for Cambridge v. Oxford at first inter-university sports 1864; BA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 15 Jan 1862, called to bar 17 Nov 1868; Home Circuit; Attorney-Gen., Honduras 1877-80, Western Australia 1880-1; Chief Justice of Western Australia 1883-1901; acting Governor 11 Nov 1884 – 15 Jun 1885; knighted 15 Jul 1895; returned to England 1900; m. 4 Feb 1878 Madeleine Emma, dau. of Rev. Robert Loftus Tottenham, Chaplain at Florence; d. 20 Oct 1908.

ONSLOW, ALEXANDER LEE, third son of Maj. George Walton Onslow, EICS Madras, and Mary Murray, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Richard Radford Hughes, EICS Bengal; b. 29 Dec 1835; adm. 1 Aug 1849 (Scott's); QS 1850; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1854, adm. pens. 29 May 1854, scholar 1855; BA 1858; ordained deacon 1859, priest 1860 (both Bath & Wells); Curate, Marston Bigot, Somerset 1859-62, Pyrford, Somerset 1862-3; Junior Chaplain, Bombay 1863-73, Senior Chaplain 1873; Chaplain at Surat 1882-7, retd.; Vicar of Kingsbury, Warwicks., 1890-1906; m. 11 Jul 1864 Ellen Elmira, third dau. of John Warden, EICS Bombay, member of Council, Bombay; d. 31 Mar 1912.

ONSLOW, ARTHUR CYRIL PHIPPS, second son of Very Rev. Arthur Onslow DD, Dean of Worcester, and Frances, dau. of Constantine Phipps, St. Kitts, West Indies; b. 8 Jul 1788; adm.; KS 1801; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1805, matr. 25 May 1805, Westminster Student; BA 1809; MA 1811; ordained deacon 1810, priest 1811; Rector of St. Mary’s, Newington Butts, Surrey, from 15 Aug 1812; m. Aug 1812 Elizabeth, third dau. of Sir Edward Winnington, Bart., MP; d. 6 Feb 1869.

ONSLOW, ARTHUR ROBERT, fifth son of Gen. Denzil Onslow, Staughton House, Hunts., and his second wife Sophia, third dau. of Sir Stephen Lushington, Bart., MP, Chairman EI Company; b. 11 Apr 1822; adm. 24 Sep 1834 (Scott's); m. 1st, 1846 Emma, second dau. of Chesterfield Gayford, Old Bond Street, London, wine merchant; m. 2nd, Frances Louisa ---; d. 1 Feb 1877.

ONSLOW, CONSTANTINE PHIPPS, second son of Arthur Cyril Phipps Onslow (qv); b. 30 Jan 1817; adm. 19 Jan 1829 (G); clerk, Admiralty (1881 Census : by then superannuated); d. unm. 16 Nov 1887.

ONSLOW, CYRIL WINNINGTON, eldest son of Arthur Cyril Phipps Onslow (qv); b. 17 Dec 1815; adm. 19 Jan 1829 (G); Min. Can. 1831; d. 24 Jul 1866.

ONSLOW, GEORGE, 1ST EARL OF ONSLOW, only son of Right Hon. Arthur Onslow PC MP, Imber Court, Surrey, Speaker of the House of Commons, and Anne, dau. of John Bridges, Thames Ditton, Surrey; b. 13 Sep 1731; adm. Sep 1739 (Morel's); Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 12 May 1749; MA 1766; DCL Oxford 8 Jul 1773; adm. Middle Temple 14 Nov 1739; MP Rye 1754-61, Surrey 1761-74; a Lord of the Treasury Jul 1765 – Nov 1777; Privy Councillor 23 Dec 1767; a strong opponent of election of John Wilkes 1769; awarded damages in his action for libel against John Horne Tooke (qv) 1 Aug 1770; took active part in excluding strangers from gallery of House of Commons and in calling the printers to the bar of the House for publishing the debates 1771; created Baron Cranley 20 May 1776; succ. cousin as 4th Baron Onslow 8 Oct 1776; Lord Lieut., Surrey, from 20 Nov 1776; Comptroller of the Household 1 Dec 1777 – Dec 1779, Treasurer of the Household Dec 1779 – Sep 1780; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 15 Sep 1780; created Earl of Onslow 19 Jun 1801; m. Jun 1753 Henrietta, sister of Sir John Shelley, Bart. (qv); d. 17 May 1814. DNB.

ONSLOW, RICHARD FOLEY, elder son of Ven. Richard Francis Onslow, Archdeacon of Worcester, and Vicar of Kidderminster, Worcs., and Harriet Mary, sister of Thomas Foley (in school list 1795, qv); b. 13 Sep 1802; adm. 31 Jan 1815 (G); Min. Can. 1817; left Bartholomewtide 1818; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1821; BA 1825; of Stardens, Gloucs.; m. 5 Jul 1826 Catherine, second dau. of Maj. Latham Blacker, 65th Foot, Newent, Gloucs.; d. 12 Mar 1879.

Openshaw, Laurence Pratt, only son of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Horrocks Openshaw, M.S., C.B., C.M.G., of St. Marylebone, by Gertrude, daughter of William Pratt, of Bruen Abbey, co. Oxon.; b. Jan. 29, 1892; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1910, matric. Michaelmas 1910; 1st class Science (Eng.) 1914; B.A. 1914; M.A. 1919; served in Great War I; Major R.A.F. April 1, 1918; Chief Test Pilot Westland Aircraft Co.; m. 1927, Jean, daughter of R. Bruce, managing director of the Westland Aircraft Co.; killed in an accident while flying at Bournemouth, Hants, June 6, 1927.