PRESTON, ---; b.; at school under Smith (G) (list of boarders up Grant’s c. 1768).
PRESTON, BENJAMIN, youngest son of Capt. Thomas Preston, Royal Navy, and his second wife Caroline, second dau. of Rev. Robert Rolfe; half-brother of Joseph Preston (qv); b. 20 Apr 1846; adm. 30 Jun 1859 (James'); left Christmas 1864; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Jul 1866; played cricket v. Oxford 1869; BA 1871; MA 1874; a maltster and wine merchant, Lowestoft, Suffolk, firm Youngman Preston & Co; JP Suffolk; m. 1st, 1 Feb 1872 Alice Mary, second dau. of W. Youngman, Lowestoft, Suffolk; m. 2nd. 15 Jan 1880 Mary Jane, second dau. of Rev. Richard Cooke Denny, Norwich; m. 3rd, 19 Nov 1901 Lillie Pearce, dau. of Henry Phillips, Highbury New Park, Islington; d. 1 Jun 1914.
PRESTON, EDWARD CLOVER, son of Joseph Preston (qv); b. 9 Sep 1863; adm. 22 Sep 1876 (G); left Aug 1879; at Malvern Coll. Sep 1879 – Midsummer 1883.
PRESTON, GEORGE HENRY, eldest son of George Preston (KS 1805, qv); b. 2 May 1823; adm. 28 Jun 1830; KS 1837; Capt. of the School 1841; left 1841; St. Bees Coll.; ordained deacon 1846, priest 1847 (both Chester); Curate, St. Paul’s, Stalybridge, Cheshire 1846-8; held other curacies; Chaplain at Rio de Janeiro 1864-78; living Madron, Cornwall, in 1881 (1881 Census); m. 1st, Sarah Coulter; m. 2nd, ---; d. 8 Jun 1903.
PRESTON, GEORGE, son of George Preston (adm. 1769, qv); b. ; in school list 1801; KS (aged 14) 1805; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1809, adm. pens. 13 May 1809, scholar 1810; BA 1813; MA 1821; ordained; Curate, Shotley and Harkstead, Suffolk 1815; an Usher at the School Oct 1818 – Jun 1826, Under Master from Jun 1826; Chaplain to Foundling Hospital 1820; Vicar of Christ Church, Newgate Street, London, from 11 Dec 1829; m. 19 Aug 1822 Emma, dau. of Richard Van Heythuysen, John Street, Bedford Row, London, solicitor; d. 6 Sep 1841, aged 50. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey (memorial tablet in Dark Cloister).
PRESTON, ISAAC, son of Isaac Preston, Beeston St. Lawrence, Norfolk, and his second wife Hester, dau. of Jonathan Pettingall, Hempnall, Norfolk; bapt. Beeston St. Lawrence, Norfolk 21 Jul 1754 (IGI); in school lists 1764; KS (aged 13) 1767; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1772, but went to Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Jul 1772; BA 1776; MA 1779; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jun 1769, called to bar 15 Jun 1781; Recorder of King’s Lynn; d. unm. 1 May 1796.
PRESTON, SIR JACOB HENRY, BART., eldest son of Sir Thomas Preston (formerly Hulton), Bart., and his second wife Jane, dau. of Thomas Bagge, Stradsett Hall, Norfolk; b. 25 Jan 1812; succ. father as 2nd baronet 21 Apr 1823; adm. 18 Jan 1826 (G); left Jul 1829; rowed v. Eton 27 Jul 1829; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1829, fellow commoner 21 Oct 1829, matr. 1829; MA 1832; DL JP Norfolk, High Sheriff 1847; m. 4 Nov 1846 Amelia, youngest dau. of William Willoughby Prescott, Hendon, Middlesex, banker; d. 19 Oct 1891.
PRESTON, JOSEPH, only son of Capt. Thomas Preston, Royal Navy, and his first wife Sophia, dau. of Joseph Clover; b. 28 Dec 1826; adm. 11 Jan 1841 (G); rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1845; 33rd Wrangler 1849; BA 1849; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both London); Curate, St. Michael’s, Chester Square, London 1860-2, Wymondham, Norfolk 1863-6, Reymerston, Norfolk 1866-74, St. Helen’s, Norwich 1875-82; m. 29 Jul 1862 Marian Anne, sister of William Graham Green (qv); d. 13 Feb 1900.
Preston, Sir Ronald Douglas Hildebrand Bt, son of Sir Thomas Hildebrand Preston Bt (qv); b. 9 Oct. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left Dec. 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1967; 2nd Lieut. Gen. List Nov. 1940, transf. Intell. Corps Apr. 1942 (Maj.), Allied Control Commission Sofia 1945-6; a journalist, diplomat and farmer; Reuter's correspondent Belgrade 1948-53; Times correspondent Vienna 1953-60, Far East correspondent Tokyo 1960-3; HM Diplomatic Service 1963-76; succ. his father as 7th Bt 31 Dec. 1976; a farmer and land owner in Norfolk 1977-; m. 1st 12 Jan. 1954 Smilya, d. of Mihailo Stefanovic, advocate, of Paris; 2nd July 1972 Pauleen, d. of Paul Lurcott of Hove, Sussex; d. 4 Apr. 1999.
PRESTON, THOMAS EDWARD, brother of Sir Jacob Henry Preston, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Nov 1816; adm. 12 Jan 1830 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1834; BA 1838; MA 1841; [no occupation given in 1881 Census]; m. 7 Aug 1845 Caroline, second dau. of William Willoughby Prescott, Hendon, Middlesex, banker; d. at Nice, France 23 Feb 1890.