Showing 20274 results

Unwin, Roland Buckley, brother of Howard Buckley Unwin (q.v.); b. June 8, 1888; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (H); left July 1905; Imp. Coll. of Science & Technology; B.Sc. (Eng.) 1908; A.C.G.I.; A.M.I.C.E. 1924; M.I.C.E.; enlisted in the Artists' Rifles Aug. 6, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 1st East Surrey Regt. April 23, 1915; Lieut. R.E. Nov. 23, 1917; served on the western front Dec. 1914 - March 1919; joined H.M. Office of Works 1919; retired as superintending structural engineer, 1952; m. July 14., 1917, Mary Theresa, daughter of John Welsh, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

UNWIN, JAMES WILLIAM EDWARD WHEELER; b.; adm. 10 Jan 1780 (as James William Unwin); left Dec 1780; Ensign, 52nd Foot 5 Mar 1781; Lieut., 102nd Foot 28 Sep 1781; Capt., 102nd Foot 20 Jul 1785, half-pay; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Apr 1802; Maj., 60th Foot 21 Apr 1803; retd. 12 Mar 1807; of Wootton Lodge, Staffs.; d. at Marseilles, France 15 Dec 1818. [evidently kin to James Unwin, Wooton Lodge, Staffs., will proved PCC 26 May 1774]

Unwin, Howard Buckley, eldest son of Howard Unwin, C.E., of Chiswick, by Mary Louisa, daughter of William Buckley, of Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancs; b. Dec. 10, 1879; adm. Sept. 22, 1892 (H); left July 1897; Assoc. M.lnst.C.E. Jan. 10, 1905; Public Works Dept., Victoria­berg, Accra, West Africa; d. from the effects of an accident April 3, 1923.

Unwin, Cecil Buckley, brother of Howard Buckley Unwin (q.v.); b. Sept. 1, 1889; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (H); left July 1906; London Univ.; B.Sc. (Eng.) 1910; A.M.I.C.E., 1925; joint managing director of Kryn and Lahy, engineers, of Letchworth, Herts; M.l.M.E. 1943; m. 1st April 10, 1915, Dorothy, younger daughter of George Boswood; :md Sept. 1, 1945, Joan Elizabeth, eldest daughter of. John E. Gurney.

UNIACKE-PENROSE-FITZGERALD, SIR ROBERT UNIACKE, BART., eldest son of Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald (formerly Penrose), Corkbeg Island, co. Cork, Ireland, and Frances Mary, dau. of Rev. Robert Austin LLD, Prebendary of Cloyne; b. 10 Jul 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (G); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jan 1859, matr. Lent 1859; won the University Pairs with James Penrose Ingham (qv) 1860; rowed v. Oxford 1861, 1862; LLB 1863; LLM 1872; travelled in India and Tibet 1863-7; MP (Conservative) Cambridge 1885-1906; assumed additional surname of Uniacke 26 Jun 1896; created baronet 4 Aug 1896; President, Yacht Racing Association; of Corkbeg Island, co. Cork; DL JP co. Cork; Busby Trustee 25 May 1889; m. 13 Sep 1867 Jane Emily, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir William John Codrington GCB; d. 10 Jul 1919.

UNETT, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 14) Oct 1715; in under school list 1717. [Perhaps William Unett, son of William Unett, St. Austin’s, London, Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1719, aged 17] [perhaps son of William Unitt, and Mary ---, b. 13 Apr 1701, bapt. St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London 14 Apr 1701 (IGI)] [note will William Unett, Highgate, Middlesex, proved PCC 1 Jun 1736]

Underwood, Stanley Gurney Browne, son of Frederick Sydney Gurney Underwood of East Molesey, Surrey, and Ethel, d. of William Skilton; b. 4 Nov. 1925; adm. May 1939 (B); left Dec: 1941; St Catharine’s Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1949, MA 1951; RN 1944-7; adm. solicitor Mar. 1954; practised in East Molesey; sec. The Southern Scrap Assn. 1957-86; liveryman Horners’ Company 1948, Broderers’ Company 1976; sec. Leander Club 1973-4; pres. Molesey Amateur Regatta 1987; m. 12 Sept. 1957 Pamela Phyllis May, d. of Archibald Hunt of East Molesey; d. 18 Oct. 2014.

UNDERWOOD, FREDERICK FORBES, youngest son of John Underwood, Gloucester Place, Portman Square, London, formerly Surgeon, EICS Madras, and Sarah ---; b. 6 Jun 1804; adm. 10 Jan 1815; QS (Capt. ) 1819; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1823, matr. 9 May 1823, Westminster Student; 1st cl. Mathematics and 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1827; BA 1827; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Jun 1827; d. 19 Jan 1828.

Underwood, Edward Arthur, son of Walter Gregory Underwood, Madras C.S., by Isabella Montgomery, daughter of George Charles Finlay, of Trichinopoly, Madras; b. Jan. 30, 1876; adm. Sept. 26, 1889 (H); left April 1894; 2nd Lieut. Shropshire Light Infantry May 4, 1898; Lieut. Dec. 4, 1899; retired Sept. 22, 1906; served in the South African War 1899-1902.

UNDERWOOD, EDMUND, son of Thomas Underwood, Hinckley, Leics.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1636; KS 1637 (second in the list, although shown as Capt. on Dormitory Tablets); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1639, matr. 5 Jul 1639, aged 17, Westminster Student to expulsion 13 Oct 1648, Tutor; BA 1643; MA 1646; expelled from Studentship by Parliamentary Visitors 13 Oct 1648; his pupil Philip Henry (qv) regretted his loss “which was very ill for mee, for he was an ingenious person, and a good scholar” (Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry, 1882, 12). [perhaps bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn, son of Thomas Underwood, and Elizabeth --- (IGI)]