PORTER, WILLIAM, son of John Porter, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 7) May 1744, chorister; KS 1749; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1754, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1754, scholar 18 Apr 1755, matr. Lent 1755; BA 1758; MA 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1759, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1761; ordained; Curate, Woolwich, Kent; Vicar of Cobham, Kent, from Jul 1766; Reader, Highgate Chapel; Headmaster, Highgate School, from 1780; m. c. Nov 1761 Mary Horner, Tothill Street, Westminster; d. 11 Jun 1793.

Porterfield, Morris Fraser, son of Capt. William Morris Porterfield RNR and Florence Anne Banks, d. of Thomas Smith, merchant; b. 8 Aug. 1910; adm. May 1924 (A); left Mar. 1928; UCH Dental Sch., LDS RCS 1934; Lieut. Army Dental Corps June 1939, Capt. June 1945, Maj. June 1947, Lieut.-Col. June 1954; retd RADC Sept. 1961; d. Oct. 1993.

PORTLOCK, BENJAMIN; b.; adm.; KS 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1682, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1682, scholar 9 May 1683; 6th in “ordo” 1685/6; BA 1685/6; MA 1689 (incorp. Oxford 9 Nov 1695); DCL Oxford 18 May 1702; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 12 Sep 1687, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1689 – c. 1698; Second Secretary to Duke of Ormonde, Lord Lieut. Ireland, Feb 1703 – Apr 1707; MP (I) Innistioge 1703-13; Taster of Wines (I) 1705-13; adm. King’s Inns, Dublin 18 Nov 1703; of Clapham, Surrey; left by his will mourning rings to Robert Friend (qv) and John Nicholl (qv); lic. to m. 29 Feb 1711/2 Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Bate, Maids Moreton, Bucks.; d. 6 Sep 1740.

Potter, Andrew, son of Stephen Meredith Potter (qv); b. 14 Mar. 1928; adm. Jan. 1942 (A); left July 1946; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1948, BA 1950, MA 1954; asst. master Stone House Sch. Broadstairs, Kent, 1952-66; sen. master Tockington Manor Sch. Bristol 1966; d. 16 Mar. 2008.

POTTER, CHARLES, son of Very Rev. Christopher Potter DD, Provost of Queen’s Coll. Oxford and Dean of Worcester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Charles Sonnibanke DD, Canon of Windsor; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1645; adm. to Queen’s Coll. Oxford, 4 Jul 1645, but afterwards migrated to Christ Church; BA 1649; MA 1651; joined exiled court of Charles II; became a Roman Catholic; appointed Usher to the Queen Dowager (Henrietta Maria) at Restoration; d. Dec 1663. DNB.

Potter, John Spencer, son of Harold Potter LLD, Prof. of English Law, Univ. of London, and Beatrice Spencer, d. of Charles Fairfax Crowder, solicitor, of Birmingham; b. 26 Dec. 1928; adm. Apr. 1941 (B); left July 1945; KCL; living in New Zealand 1954; m. Sheila Janette, d. of C. H. J. Wily of Pukekohe, New Zealand; d. 14 May 1977.

Potter, Julian John, brother of Andrew Potter (qv); b. 17 Mar. 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (A); left July 1949; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954; advertising 1955-76; accountancy 1976-86, retd. 1986; Sec. Gen. Institutional Shareholder’s Committee 1989-93; author, Stephen Potter at the BBC 2004; m. 1962 Valerie, d. of Jesse Cranswick, headmaster, of Mistley, Essex; d. 22 Dec. 2013.

Potter, Reginald Francis, son of Edward Potter, of East Molesey, Surrey, by Harriet, daughter of Thomas White Collard, of Canterbury; b. Nov. 8, 1893; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left July 1912; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 7, 1914; Capt. 7th Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; served in France Sept. 1914 - March 1919; in the London Stock Exchange; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 11, 1939; Flying Officer Jan. 17, 1941; Flight-Lieut. March 1, 1942; acting Wing Cdr.; m. June 9, 1926, Vera Rose, daughter of Harold Joseph Gayford, of Knightsbridge.

Potter, Stephen Meredith, son of Frank Collard Potter, of Belvedere, by Elizabeth Reynolds; b. Feb. 1, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left March 1918; enlisted April 29. 1918; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards March 10, 1919; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Trin. 1919; B.A. 1922; Lecturer in English Literature, London Univ. 1926; B. B.C. producer 1938; chairman of the B.B.C. Literary Committee; joined the staff of the Hulton Press 1948; author of The Muse in Chains (1937), Gamesmanship (1947), Lifemanship (1950), One-Upmanship (1952), Potter on America (1956), Steps to Immaturity (1959), and other works; m. Ist July 7, 1927, Mary (Mary Attenborough the artist), daughter of John Arthur Attenborough; d. 2 Dec. 1969.

POULDEN, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1635; BA 1636/7.