VIDAL, EDWARD SEALY, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv); b. 13 Jun 1848; adm. 26 Sep 1861 (G); QS 1863; rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; left Aug 1864; Ensign, 57th Foot, 31 May 1867; Lieut., 29 Dec 1869; ret. 17 Jul 1872; m. 5 Dec 1871 Beatrice Christine, third dau. of Lieut. -Col. Hon. Richard Charles Hare; d. 13 Mar 1878.

VIDAL, EDWARD URCH, only son of Edward Sealy, Friarn House, Bridgwater, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Lewis, Cannington, Somerset; b. 7 Jul 1816; adm. 23 Sep 1828 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1834; BA 1838; MA 1841; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1837, called to bar 15 Apr 1842; Western Circuit; assumed surname of Vidal in lieu of Sealy 17 Feb 1842, on inheriting Devon estate of Robert Studley Vidal; of Cornborough, Devon; JP Somerset, Devon; m. 19 May 1842 Emma Harriet, dau. of Walpole Eyre, Weybridge, Surrey; d. 18 Dec 1884.

VIDAL, HENRY DASHWOOD SEALY, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv); b. 5 Nov 1854; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (G); QS 1869; left May 1873; ordained deacon 1880, priest 1881 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Luke’s, Jersey 1880-3; held other curacies; emigrated to New South Wales, Australia 1886; Curate, Ballarat 1887-8, St. Lukeís, Liverpool 1889-91; Vicar of Guyong 1894-8; Rector of Rylestone 1900-2; Rector of Carcoar from 1902; m. 25 May 1890 Kate Elston, eldest dau. of John Brown Bossley, Edenson Park, New South Wales; d. at Carcoar 1 May 1905.

Vigor, Robert Harold, son of Harold Decimus Vigor of Keston, Kent, and Rosa Mary, d. of Wal­ter Laurence Hodder of Frome, Somerset; b. 19 June 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (KS); left July 1932; horticulture in N. Ireland; m. 15 Sept. 1942 Brigid Nessa, d. of Edward John Donelly of Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone; d. 23 Mar. 1996.

Vigor, Sydney Hart, son of Frederick George Vigor, of Kensington; b. June 13, 1887; adm. Jan. 15, 1903 (H); left Dec. 1904; d. 20 Oct. 1969.

VILLA, JOHN, son of Peter Villa, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London, and Anne Gibson; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 13 Oct 1670 (IGI); adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1687, aged 16, scholar 1688, matr. 1687; BA 1690/1; ordained deacon 22 May 1692, priest 4 Jun 1699 [sic : check] (both Lincoln); Vicar of Sundon, Beds., 1692-8; Rector of Wakerley, Northants 4 May 1714-30; tutor to Princess Royal of Prussia (in 1729); Rector of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster, from 3 Jul 1730; lic. to m. 15 Dec 1718 Deborah Horn, St. Martin’s, Stamford, Lincs.; d. 1736. [Presumably John Villa, London, who was at Padua, Italy, 11 May 1701].

Villeneuve, André François Helier, son of Noel Camille Helier Villeneuve, co. dir., of Highgate and Dr Fanny Villeneuve MD FRCPath, consult. pathologist, d. of Joseph Rozensztejn of Vilno, Lithuania; b. 23 Nov. 1944; adm. Apr. 1958 (B); left Dec. 1963; The Queen’s Coll. Oxf., matric. 1964, BA 1967; Reuters 1967, Brussels and South America, later European man. in London; pres. Reuters America 1980-90; chmn., Promethee 1998-2002; chmn. LIFFE 2003-9; dir., several other cos.; chmn. Internat. Regulatory Strategy Group City of London 2006-12; Grand Officier Ordre de Leopold II, Belgium; retd. 2002; chmn. ICE Benchmark Administration 2014-; Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (France); m. 19 Sept. 1975 Lisa Villeneuve; d. 18 Feb. 2023.

VILLIERS, GEORGE, only son of Capt. Edward Villiers, Worcester, and Joan, dau. of William Heming, Worcester, brewer; b. 11 Apr 1690; adm.; QS 1705; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 - void 1723, Tutor 1716; BA 1713; MA 1716; ordained deacon (Winchester) 4 Jun 1721; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 1723; claimed Earldom of Buckingham 1734, but never assumed title; m. 14 Nov 1722 Catherine, dau. of Thomas Stephens, Worcester; d. Apr 1748.

VILLIERS, HON. HENRY, younger son of Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and Barbara, dau. of William Chiffinch, Bray, Berks. , Page of the Bedchamber to Charles II; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt. , aged 13) 1715); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1719, matr. 23 Jun 1719, Westminster Student 23 Jun 1719 - void 18 Dec 1723; ordained deacon 3 Oct 1731, priest 10 Oct 1731 (both Bath and Wells); Vicar of Frome Selwood, Somerset 11 Oct 1731; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 28 May 1733; MA 1733; Rector of Marston Bigott, Somerset 13 Sep 1733 (disp. to hold with Frome Selwood); d. May 1743.

VINCENT, ARTHUR FREDERICK, eldest son of Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, Bart., Rector of Slinfold, Sussex, and Prebendary of Chichester, and his second wife Maria Copley, dau. of Robert Herries Young, Auchenspragh, Dumfriesshire; b. 6 Jun 1845; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (G); Min. Can. 1860; left Dec 1861; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Oct 1864; LLB 1869; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1 May 1871; equity draftsman and conveyancer; two English Literature prizes at the School were founded in his memory by his mother; d. at Cannes, France 2 Apr 1875.