SOMERSET, FITZROY JOHN HENRY, 1ST BARON RAGLAN, youngest son of Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (qv); b. 30 Sep 1788; adm. 1 Feb 1802 (Clapham); in school list 1803; Cornet, 4th Light Dragoons 9 Jun 1804; Lieut., 30 May 1805; Capt., 6th Garrison Battn., 5 May 1808; 43rd Foot 18 Aug 1808; Brevet Maj., 9 Jun 1811; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 27 Apr 1812; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 1st Foot Guards 25 Jul 1814; Col. in the Army and ADC to Prince Regent 28 Aug 1815; Major-Gen., 27 May 1825; Col., 53rd Foot 19 Nov 1830 – May 1854 [check]; Lieut. -Gen., 28 Jun 1838; Col., Royal Horse Guards, from 8 May 1854; Gen., 20 Jun 1854; Field-Marshal 5 Nov 1854; served with Wellington in Peninsular War; wounded at battle of Busaco; lost right arm at battle of Waterloo; Secretary to Embassy, Paris 1814, Minister Plenipotentiary there Jan – Mar 1815; Secretary to Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 1815-27; MP Truro 1818-20, 1826 – Mar 1829; Military Secretary, War Office Jan 1827 – Sep 1852; Master-Gen. of the Ordnance 30 Sep 1852 – May 1855; Commander-in-Chief of British Troops in Crimea from 1854; Privy Councillor 16 Oct 1852; created Baron Raglan 20 Oct 1852; KCB 2 Jan 1815; GCB 24 Sep 1852; DCL Oxford 1834; m. 6 Aug 1814 Lady Emily Harriet Wellesley Pole, second dau. of William Wellesley Pole, 3rrd Earl of Mornington PC, Master of the Mint; d. in camp before Sevastopol 28 Jun 1855. DNB.
SPRAT, THOMAS, only surviving son of Right Rev. Thomas Sprat DD, Bishop of Rochester and Dean of Westminster, and Helen, eldest dau. of Devereux Wolseley, Ravenstone, Staffs.; b. 5 Apr 1679; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1692; Capt. of the School 1696; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1697, matr. 10 Jul 1697, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1697 – void 1707; BA 1701; MA 1704 (incorp. Cambridge 1715); adm. Middle Temple 13 Jun 1700; ordained; Prebendary and Archdeacon of Rochester from 4 Dec 1704; Vicar of Boxley, Kent, from 1704/5; Rector of Stone, Kent, from 1707; Prebendary of Winchester from 18 Nov 1712, and of Westminster from 29 Sep 1713; Chaplain in Ordinary to George I (Chamberlayne 1716); FRS 20 Mar 1711/2; Busby Trustee 19 Feb 1710/1; m. 9 Apr 1716 Frances, fourth dau. of John Horden (qv); d. 10 May 1720. Buried Westminster Abbey, monument in St. Nicholas’s Chapel.
ST. JOHN, AMBROSE, second son of Henry St. John, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Henry Wigley, Pensham House, Worcs.; nephew of St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 29 Jun 1815; adm. 13 Jan 1829 (Scott's); KS 1830; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; BA 1838; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1840, priest (Canterbury) 22 May 1842; Curate, Walmer, Kent 1840-5; received into Roman Catholic Church Oct 1845; accompanied J. H. Newman to Rome 1846, where they joined the Oratorians and were ordained RC priests 1847; one of original Oratorian community which Newman established at Maryvale Jan 1848 and which moved to Hagley Road, Edgbaston 1852; volunteered with Newman to assist the Catholic priests at Bilston during cholera epidemic 1849; Head Master, Oratory School, Edgbaston, from 1862; went on mission to Rome 1867 about the Oratory School and the proposed Oratory at Oxford; broke down from overwork while translating Fessler’s book True and False Infallibility; called in Rome Newman’s “Angel Guardian”, and, “certainly”, Newman wrote, “he has been to me Azarias, the son of Ananias” (Ward, Life of J. H. Newman, 1912, ii, 410, 412); his name is singled out in the concluding paragraphs of the Apologia; d. 24 May 1875. Buried Rednal, Shropshire, where Newman was later buried in the same grave.
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.
WODEHOUSE, EDMOND HENRY, seventh son of Rev. Thomas Wodehouse, Prebendary of Wells, and Anne, sister of Walker King (qv); grandson of Thomas Wodehouse (qv); b. 17 Feb 1837; adm. 17 Jun 1850 (Rigaud's); QS 1851; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1855, matr. 7 Jun 1855, Westminster Student 1855-64; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1857, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1859; BA 1859; MA 1862; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1860, called to bar 26 Jan 1863; Inspector of Poor Law Schools 1863-71; Local Government Board Inspector 1871-86; Chief General Inspector and Assistant Secretary, Local Government Board 1886-91; a Commissioner of Inland Revenue 1891-1902; CB 1 Jan 1897; JP Buckinghamshire 1906; m. 26 May 1864 his cousin Louisa Clara, fourth dau. of Rev. Nathaniel Wodehouse, Vicar of Dulverton, Somerset; d. 27 Mar 1923.
SANDILANDS, HON. JOHN, son of James Sandilands, 10th Baron Torphichen (S), and Margaret Douglas, second dau. of John Stirling, Kippendavie, Perthshire; b. 1 Nov 1813; adm. 25 Jun 1825 (Singleton's); left 1828; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1832; MA 1835; ordained deacon (Lichfield) 28 Jan 1838, priest 23 Sep 1838; Rector of Coston, Leics., from 1841; m. 24 Jul 1845 Helen, dau. of James Hope, Writer to the Signet; d. 18 Mar 1865.
SAVILE, BOURCHIER WREY, second son of Albany Savile MP, Oaklands, Devon, and Eleonora Elizabeth, dau. of Sir Bourchier Wrey, Bart.; b. 11 Mar 1817; adm. 23 Jan 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1831; left 1835; Emmanuel Coll. Cambridge; BA 1839; MA 1842; ordained deacon (Worcester) 26 Jul 1840, priest (Winchester) 11 Jul 1841; Curate, Halesowen, Shropshire 1840-1; Vicar of Okehampton, Devon 1841 [check]; Rector of Dunchideock, with Shillingford St. George, Devon, from 1872; author, Anglo-Israelism and the Great Pyramid, 1880, and theological works; m. 28 Apr 1842 Mary Elizabeth, third dau. of James Whyte, Pilton House, Devon; d. 14 Apr 1888. DNB.
SEAGRAVE, JOHN YOUNG, eldest son of Rev. Samuel Young Seagrave, Vicar of Tysoe, Warwickshire, and Henrietta, dau. of Henry Tooke, Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 13 Jul 1825; adm. 1 Feb 1838 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1839; Capt. of the School 1842; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850; Curate, Lovington and Castle Cary, Somerset; Vicar of Bramham, Yorks., 1852-62; m. 9 Aug 1853 Frances Henrietta, youngest dau. of Benjamin Johnson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. 14 Nov 1891.
SHORT, MAYOW, son of Mayow Short (adm. 1809, qv), and his second wife; b. 28 Mar 1854; adm. 26 May 1864; left Dec 1868; went to King’s Coll. London; Lieut., Royal Munster Fusiliers 9 Aug 1874; Capt., 15 Oct 1881; reserve list 1887; cocoa and coconut estate proprietor, Richmond, Tobago, West Indies; m. 22 Sep 1898 Kate Henderson, dau. of Benjamin Lees, Whim Estate, Tobago, West Indies; d. at St. Raphael, France 24 Oct 1926.
MURE, ARTHUR HENRY, son of James Mure (adm. 1807, qv), and his second wife; b. 22 Jul 1847; adm. 30 May 1861 (James'); QS 1862; left May 1866; a brewer at Hampstead, firm Mure, Warner, & Co.; m. 4 Feb 1875 Georgina Frederica, dau. of Capt. George Frederick Dawson, Royal Engineers; d. 12 Feb 1931.