Pulman, Peter Stewart, brother of Frederick George Pulman (qv); b. 23 Jan. 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (A); left July 1939; RE in WW2 (Capt.); was man. dir. George Pufman & Sons; lives in Mallorca; m. 12 Aug. 1948 Ann Patricia, d. of Victor Arnold-Jones of Shanghai; d. 1996.

PULTENEY, JOHN, elder son of Rev. Richard Fawcett DD, Vicar of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Prebendary of Durham, and Elizabeth Brown; bapt. Grendon, Warwicks. 9 Nov 1766 (IGI); adm. 27 Apr 1778; KS (aged 12) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 – void 15 Feb 1787; damages of £7, 000 were awarded against him in May 1802 in suit for crim. con. brought by George Markham (adm. 1769, qv); assumed surname of Pulteney in lieu of Fawcett by royal licence 9 Aug 1813, “from grateful and affectionate regard to the memory of Henrietta Laura Pulteney, Countess of Bath”; m. 8 Aug 1803 Elizabeth Evelyn, divorced wife of George Markham (adm. 1769, qv), and sister of John Sutton (adm. 1779, qv); d. 24 Jun 1849.

Pulvertaft, Robert James Valentine, son of Rev. Thomas John Pulvertaft of Cork and Barbara Charlotte, d. of James Waddock Denroche of Skibereen, Ireland; b. 14 Feb. 1897; adm. Sept. 1910 (H); left July 1915; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1915, matric. 1919, BA 1921; Sussex Regt 1915-7 (Lieut.), RFC 1917 (FO); St Thom. Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1923, MB BCh 1924; Reader in Pathology Univ. of London 1931, Plimmer res. Fellow 1929-32; MD 1933, FRCP 1938, FRCPath 1963; RAMC 1940-5 (Lieut.-Col.), OBE (Middle East) Jan. 1944; Prof. of Clinical Pathology Univ. of London 1950-62; Pres. Assn of Clinical Pathologists 1953; hon. consult. to the Army at home 1955; John Mallet Purser lecturer Univ. of Dublin 1959; visiting Prof. of Pathology Univ. Coll. Makerere, Uganda, and Ibadan Univ., Nigeria, 1962; hon. FRSM 1972; m. 14 May 1922 Elizabeth Lilian Mary Costello of Dunmore, Co. Galway; d. 30 Mar. 1990.

Pulvertaft, Thomas Charles Bryan, brother of Robert James Valentine Pulvertaft (q.v.); b. July 13, 1899; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (H); left July 1917; 2nd Lieut. Labour Corps Sept. 5, 1918; a merchant in India; m. Dec. 10, 1925, Nancy Macfarlane, daughter of James Worrall, of Monasterevan, co. Kildare, Ireland; d. in Ireland July 15, 1945.

Punchard, Alan, son of William Albert Punchard of Beckenham, Kent, and Lucy, d. of John Henry Wills of Wadebridge, Cornwall; b. 2 Apr. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); left July 1941; RM in WW2 (Capt. ), Combined Ops; Lieut. RMFVR Dec. 1948, Capt. May 1954, Maj. 1962; VRD 1958, retd. 1968; a chartered accountant, ACA 1948, FCA 1958; m. 21 Sept. 1957 Margaret Aiken, d. of John Eunson of Shetland; d. 5 Mar. 2013.

PUNT, NICHOLAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1544 (Chapter Muniments).

Founded in 1981 as a girl’s boarding house, Purcell’s settled on its current name in 1995 to celebrate the composer’s tercentenary.
Henry Purcell was the organist at Westminster Abbey and may have studied at Westminster.

PUREFOY, TOBIAS, son of Ralph Purefoy, Leicestershire; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1661; did not secure election to either university 1664, but elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1665, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1665, scholar 1666, matr. 1667/8; BA 1668/9; MA 1672; ordained priest (Ely) 2 Jun 1672; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. 1671-2.

PUREFYE, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1569-70 (Chapter Muniments).

Purves, Walter Douglas Laidlaw, youngest son of William Laidlaw Purves, M.D., of London, by Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Adie, of Isleworth, Middlesex; b. July 15, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Dec. 1909; went to South Africa, and afterwards to the Malay States; enlisted in King Edward's Horse Aug. 6, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Lancs Regt. Dec. 22, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 4, 1915; acting Capt. April 24, 1917; killed in action on the Doiran Vardar front April 28, 1917; unm.