Pope, Roger Derek Edward, son of Edward Hugh Cooper Pope of Hampton Wick, and Frieda, d. of Stephen George Sage of Winchmore Hill; b. 12 Sept. 1934; adm. Sept. 1948 (B); left July 1951; a Nat. Prov. Bank official; rowed in Nat. Prov. Bank Four, winners at Henley of Wyfold Cup 1957, Thames Cup 1962, gold medallists (coxless fours) Commonwealth Games 1958; m. 7 Mar. 1959 Jennifer Elizabeth, d. of Arthur James Josiah Blethyn, civil servant, of Twickenham; d. 25 Oct. 2014.

POPE, ROGER, son of Roger Pope MP, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and his second wife Elizabeth Bromidge (IGI); half-brother of George Pope (qv); bapt. Woolstaston, Shropshire 9 Jan 1689/90; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1707, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1707, aged 17, scholar 19 Apr 1708; BA 1710/1; buried Woolstaston, Shropshire 24 Jan 1748.

Pope, Thomas Stephen Legh, son of the Rev. William Alexander Pope, Vicar of Redbourn, Herts, by Frances Allenby, daughter of William White, of Redbourn; b. April 10, 1893; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left Easter 1910; and went to Aspatria Agricultural Coll., Cumberland; assist. manager, Fertiliser Sales, Ltd., London; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. Jan. 30, 1916; served in France. July 1915 until he was wounded at La Bassee March 13, 1916; d. 30 Jan. 1966.

POPE, WALTER, son of --- Pope, and Jane, widow of Walter Wilkins, Oxford, goldsmith, and dau. of Rev. John Dod, Rector of Fawsley, Northants [or Hanwell, Oxfordshire ?]; half-brother of Right Rev. John Wilkins DD, Bishop of Chester and Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645; migrated to Wadham Coll. Oxford, scholar 1648; BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. Cambridge 1657); MD 1661; Fellow, Wadham Coll. 9 Jul 1651 – 27 Jun 1662, Bursar 1655, 1657, Sub-Warden 1658, Dean 1660-1; Junior Proctor 1658; while Proctor suvccessfully resisted the attempt of Edward Bagshaw (qv) and others to abolish the wearing of gowns and hoods; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham Coll., London 1660 – 21 Sep 1687, res.; an original member, Royal Society 20 May 1663; obtained licence to travel 1664 and spent two years in Italy; Registrar, Diocese of Chester, from 1668; an intimate friend of Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, of whom he wrote a biography, published in 1697; author, Select Novels from Cervantes and Petrarch, 1694, and other works; d. 25 Jun 1714. DNB.

POPHAM, EDWARD, second son of Edward Popham MP, Littlecote, Wiltshire, and Rebecca Huddon, St. George the Martyr, Middlesex; b. 27 Oct 1738; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1748/9 (Watts'); in school list 1754; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1755; BA 1759; MA 1762; BD and DD 1774; Fellow, Oriel Coll.; ordained priest (Oxford) May 1763; Vicar of Lacock, Wilts., from Aug 1765; Rector of Chilton Foliat, Wilts., from 1778; m.; d. 16 Sep 1815.

POPHAM, GEORGE MUNRO, son of Stephen Popham (KS 1759, qv); bapt. Madras 1 May 1779; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1795; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1794; Ensign 19 Oct 1795; Lieut., 23rd Native Infantry 15 Mar 1797; Capt., 26 Feb 1805; Maj., 1 Jun 1813; Lieut. -Col., 1 Mar 1818; CB 26 Jul 1823; d. unm. 22 Oct 1824.

POPHAM, STEPHEN, fourth son of Joseph Popham, HBM Consul Tetuan, Morocco, and his first wife Mary Riggs, Waterford; b. 5 Jul 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1763, scholar 25 Jun 1764, matr. 1764; 4th Wrangler 1767; BA 1767; MA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 Apr 1762, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1772; attorney; MP (I) Castlebar 1776-83; went out to India as Secretary to Sir John Day, Advocate-Gen. Bengal, 1777; arrived Madras Feb 1778, and after a quarrel with Day went into practice at Madras as an attorney; Joint Solicitor to EI Company at Madras from 14 Jun 1782; m. 1st, at Paris 5 Apr 1768 (divorced 14 Jun 1774) Ann Yate Whiteside; m. 2nd, 16 Nov 1774 Anna, dau. of Sir William Thomas, Bart.; d. at Conjeeveram, Madras 13 Jun 1795, as a result of a fall from his curricle.

Popper, Claude Norman, son of Richard Popper, merchant, and Ida May, d. of Henry Edward James Ward Gibbins of Odiham, Hants; b. 1 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Dec. 1922; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Sgt); a coffee merchant; d. June 1993.

Popplewell, Geoffrey Douglas, son of Herbert Alfred Popplewell, of Sidcup, Kent, by Norah Mabel, daughter of the Rev. George Smith, Vicar of St. Paul's, Bunhill Row, London; b. Aug. 7, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; left (with Triplett) July 1923; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1962; Tanganyika Administrative Service, cadet 1927, asst. district officer May 1929; district officer 1940; senior D.O. 1950; deputy provincial commissioner 1955; acting prov. comm. 1955; retired 1957; author of several geographical, geological and ethnological articles on the Tanganyika Territory; m. 1st, 1931, Marjorie Helen, daughter of Kenneth Macdonald, of lnvernesshire; d. 1945; 2nd, 1947, Isabel Diana Elisabeth, daughter of Maj. Philip Mathews, O.B.E., commissioner of police, British Honduras; d. 18 July 1994.

Porter, Charles Rowley Davidson, son of Charles Porter MD, MOH St Marylebone, and his first wife Jennie Leslie, d. of W. R. Chichester-McMillan of Belfast; b. 2 Jan. 1908; adm. Sept. 1921 (A); left Dec. 1925; Middx Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1932; practised at Stanmore, Middx, retd 1974; m. 29 July 1934 Daphne Mary, d. of Murray McMullen of Harrow Weald; d. 10 Dec. 1998.