MAIDWELL, LEWIS, son of Godfrey Maidwell, Cranford, Northants; b.; adm.; BB; KS 1664; failed to obtain his election to either Univ. 1668; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, adm. sizar 30 Jun 1668, aged 18, Bishop Williams Scholar 8 Nov 1670; BA 1671/2; for an amusing account of his activities as an undergraduate see Elizabethan, xii, 214-5; author, The Loving Enemies, a comedy, 1680; buried West Cloister, Westminster Abbey 12 Oct 1716.

CREIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Robert Creighton (elected to Camb. 1613, qv); b. adm.; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1655, adm. pens. 23 May 1655, scholar 1655, matr. Easter 1656; 10th in “ordo” 1658/9; BA 1658/9; MA 1662; DD 1678; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1659 - c. 1668, Tutor 1665; Regius Professor of Greek 1666-72; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; Reptor of Uplowman, Devon, 1670; Rector of Ashbrittle, Somerset, from 22 Oct 1670; Prebendary of Wells from 23 Aug 1662, also Precentor and Canon Residentiary from 2 May 1674; in a letter to Richard Busby (qv), dated 15 Dec 1688, preserved among the muniments of the Busby Trustees, Creighton thus acknowledges his obligations to his old master : “I have been your debtor from my childhood, to you I owe my education, and my child’s, my fortune, my Fellowship in Cambridge, my lecture there, my travails, my station in this church, this dividend, myselfe, all, except my infirmities” (Elizabethan xi, 140); composed several services and anthems, one of which, “I will arise” is still a favourite with lovers of church music; m.; d. 17 Feb 1733/4, aged 97. DNB.

CREIGHTON, ROBERT, son of Robert Creighton (elected to Camb. 1655, qv); b.; adm. Apr 1686; in a letter dated 14 Apr 1686 his father, while commending his son to Busby’s care, writes “the school I send him to will make him happy, or nothing will”; KS (aged 13) 1687; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1692, adm. pens. 28 Jun 1692, scholar 28 Apr 1693, matr. 1693; 9th in “ordo” 1695/6; BA 1695/6; MA 1699; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1698, Major Fellow 28 Apr 1699 -c. 1702; ordained priest (Winchester) 20 Sep 1702; Vicar of Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset, 17 Mar 1703-25; Master of the Grammar School and Keeper of the Cathedral Library, Wells, 2 Apr 1712; Prebendary of Wells from 26 Apr 1718; Vicar of Odcombe, Somerset, from 15 Mar 1725; Vicar of Burnham, Somerset, from 18 Dec 1727; Vicar of Yatton, Somerset, from 9 Jun 1729; buried Wells Cathedral 22 Dec 1732.

BRYDGES, HON. HENRY, brother of James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos (qv); b. 20 Jan 1674/5; adm. 1686; KS 1688; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1691, matr. 4 Jul 1691, aged 15, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1691-9 (void); BA 1695; MA 1698; BD and DD 1711; ordained; Rector of Broadwell with Adlestrop, Gloucs., 1699-1717; Chaplain to Factory at Aleppo, 1701; Proctor in Convocation for Diocese of Gloucester, 1705; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne and George I; Archdeacon and Prebendary of Rochester from 24 May 1720; Rector of Amersham, Bucks., from 1721; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 26 Apr 1722; Visitor of Balliol Coll., Oxford, 17 Jun 1723; Busby Trustee from 28 Jan 1719/20; m. 7 Jun 1705 Annabella, dau. of Edward Atkyns (qv); d. 9 May 1728.

HOOK, JAMES, eldest son of James Hook, organist and composer at Vauxhall Gardens, and his first wife Eliza Jane Madden; bapt. St. Giles in the Fields 18 Jun 1771; adm. 16 Jan 1786; KS (aged 15) 1788; said on one occasion to have dressed up as an old woman, and to have begged half a crown from Dr Vincent in Dean’s Yard (Forshall, Westminster School, 575); editor, The Trifler; etched the caricature “representing Justice as weighing the Microcosm [Etonian magazine] against the Trifler, and the former with its authors, and the King as a make-weight on their side, was made to kick the beam” (Southey, Life and Correspondence, i, 146); was not allowed to present himself for Election to the Universities in 1792 on account of this act of misbehaviour; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 8 Jun 1792; BA and MA 1799; BCL 1804; DCL 1806; ordained deacon 1796, priest (Winchester) 7 May 1797; apparently held livings in Gloucestershire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire; Rector of Hertingfordbury, Herts. (disp. to hold with Rector of St. Andrew with St. Nicholas, Hertford 1805); Prebendary of Winchester 18 Oct 1807 – Aug 1825; Archdeacon of Huntingdon from 5 Jul 1814; Rector of Whippingham, Isle of Wight 1817-25 (disp. to hold with Vicar of Preston Candover, Hampshire 1817); Dean of Worcester from 12 Aug 1825, also Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 1 Jun 1826, and Vicar of Stone, Worcs., from 12 Jun 1826; Master of St. Oswald’s Hospital, Worcester, from 25 Aug 1825; FRS 29 Feb 1816; author, Anguis in Herba, 1802, two novels and other works; m. 1 Jun 1797 Anne, sister of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, Bart. (qv); d. 5 Feb 1828. DNB.

JACKSON, WILLIAM, brother of Cyril Jackson (qv); bapt. 28 Feb 1751; adm. Manchester GS 1762; adm.; KS (Capt., aged 13) 1764; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1768, matr. 1 Jun 1768, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1768 – void 2 Aug 1799 (Canon), Tutor 1771-95, Junior Censor 1779-82; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1770; BA 1772; MA 1775; BD 1783; DD 1799; ordained deacon 18 Oct 1778, priest 3 Oct 1779 (both York); Chaplain to William Markham, Archbishop of York (adm. 1733, qv); Prebendary of Southwell 23 Sep 1780; Vicar of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 1782; Prebendary of York 26 Mar1783 – Mar 1812; Rector of Beeford, Yorkshire East Riding; Preacher at Lincoln’s Inn 1783-1812; Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford 19 Dec 1783; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 2 Aug 1799; consecrated Bishop of Oxford 23 Feb 1812; Clerk of Closet, Royal Household, from c. 1813; Busby Trustee 14 May 1814; d. unm. 2 Dec 1815. DNB.

LLOYD, ROBERT, son of Pierson Lloyd (qv); bapt. St. John’s, Smith Square, Westminster 17 May 1733 (IGI); adm. (aged 7) Apr 1740 (Lloyd's); KS 1746; Capt. of the School 1750; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1751, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1751, scholar 24 Apr 1752; BA 1755; MA 1758; contributed to the periodical The Connoisseur, of which Bonnell Thornton (qv) and George Colman (qv) were joint editors; Usher at the School c. 1758; joined Charles Churchill (qv) in a career of reckless dissipation; author, The Actor, 1760; supervised the poetical department of the periodical The Library, 1761-2; a collection of his own poems was published in 1762; edited St. James’s Magazine 1762-3; arrested for debt and confined in the Fleet Prison; his comic opera, The Capricious Lovers, was produced at Drury Lane 28 Nov 1764; his Poetical Works were edited by Dr. Kendrick 1774 (see vol. i, 151-3, and vol. ii, 176-82, for his Prologues and other school verses); described by William Cowper (qv) in his Epistle to Robert Lloyd, Esq., as “… born sole heir and single/ Of dear Mat. Prior’s easy jingle”; d. in the Fleet Prison 15 Dec 1764. DNB.

LLOYD, CHARLES, son of Capt. Philip Lloyd MP, Greenwich, Kent, afterwards of St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, Equerry to George II, and Catherine Cade; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields Feb 1734 (IGI); adm.; KS 1749; Capt. of the School 1753; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1754, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Jun 1754; BA 1758; MA 1761; Paymaster of Gentlemen Pensioners 7 Mar 1761 – 29 Jun 1765; Assistant Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office Jun 1762 – c. Sep 1763; Private Secretary to Right Hon. George Grenville MP, Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Jun 1763 – Jul 1765; Under Clerk, Treasury, from 29 Aug 1763; Deputy Teller, Exchequer, from 1767; FSA 17 Nov 1763; absurdly suspected by Lord North of being the author of Junius’s Letters; author of a number of pamphlets in Grenville’s interest; d. 22 Jan 1773. DNB. [Mother presumably a sister of Salusbury Cade (qv), his predecessor as Paymaster of Gentlemen Pensioners].

SMEDLEY, EDWARD, son of Francis Smedley, Holywell, Flintshire, smelter, and Jane ---; b. 5 Nov 1750; adm.; KS 1764; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1769, adm. pens. 23 May 1769, scholar 4 May 1770, matr. 1770; BA 1773; MA 1776; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1775; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 6 Jun 1773, priest 30 Nov 1776; an Usher at the School 1774-1820; Reader, The Rolls Chapel; Vicar of Cotes Parva, Lincs., 1782 [check name of parish]; Rector of Meopham, Kent 1786-1816; Rector of Bradford Abbas, Dorset 28 Sep 1812; Rector of Clifton Maybank, Dorset 3 Oct 1812; Rector of North Bovey, Devon from 11 Apr 1816; Rector of Powderham, Devon, from 4 Apr 1816; author, Erin, 1810 (poem, published for subscribers); m. 21 Aug 1782 Hannah, fourth dau. of George Bellas, Witley, Surrey; d. 8 Aug 1825. Monument West Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

BISSET, GEORGE, son of Alexander Bisset (adm. Jan 1725/6, qv); b.; adm. 20 Oct 1778; KS (aged 14) 1779; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1783, matr. 26 Jun 1783, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1783 - 16 Dec 1794 (void, expiry year of grace as V. Malmesbury; BA 1787; MA 1790; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Apr 1787; ordained deacon (Winchester, lit. dim. to London) Aug 1793, to curacy of Soberton, Hants., priest Nov 1793; Vicar of Malmesbury, Wilts., 1793 (year of grace from 23 Dec 1793); Rector of Dauntsey, Wilts., 17 Jun 1800; m. 9 Sep 1820 Lady Catherine Howard, dau. of John Howard, 15th Earl of Suffolk and 8th Earl of Berkshire, Gen. in the Army; d. 21 Nov 1828.