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TYRWHITT-DRAKE, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (at school under Vincent, qv); b. 14 Jul 1817; adm. 13 Jul 1831 (Stelfox's); at Harrow Sch. 1833-6; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1836; of Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks.; Master, Bicester Foxhounds 1851-5, 1857-62, 1863-6; DL Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1859; JP Buckinghamshire 1839; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1843 Elizabeth Julia, widow of Col. Alexander Wedderburn, Inveresk, 2nd Foot Guards, and dau. of John Stratton, Farthinghoe, Northants; m. 2nd, 11 Aug 1887 Dorothy Emma, dau. of Rev. John Leyborne-Popham, Rector of Chilton Foliat, Wilts.; d. 24 Jul 1888.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (in school list 1764, qv); b. 16 Mar 1783; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1820); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1801; MA 15 Jun 1803; MP Amersham 31 Jan 1805-32; of Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks.; DL JP Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1836; for many years Master, Bicester Foxhounds; m. Oct 1814 Barbara Caroline, dau. of Arthur Annesley MP, Bletchingdon Park, Oxfordshire; d. 21 Mar 1852.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, JOHN, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (in school list 1764, qv); b. 1 Nov 1790; in school lists May 1803, Oct 1803; left 1808; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 May 1808; BA 1812; MA 1815; ordained; Curate, Buckwell, Oxfordshire 1823-6; Rector of Amersham, Bucks., from 18 May 1826; Perpetual Curate of Aylesby, Lincs., from 1831; m. 1st, 7 Aug 1826 Mary, third dau. of Arthur Annesley MP, Bletchingdon, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 2 Nov 1830 Emily, fifth dau. of Charles Drake-Garrard (qv); d. 26 Jun 1860.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, GEORGE, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (in school list 1764, qv); b. 19 Oct 1794; adm.; left 1812; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Apr 1812; migr. to Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. 21 Dec 1815, readm. 28 Feb 1816, matr. Mich. 1816; LLB 1818; ordained deacon (Hereford, litt. dim. from Winchester) Dec 1818, priest (Salisbury, litt. dim. from Winchester) Jun 1819; Curate, Littleton, Hampshire 1818; Vicar of St. Nicholas, Deptford, Kent 12 Apr 1826-30; Rector of Malpas (higher mediety), Cheshire, from 5 May 1830; m. 14 Aug 1827 Jane, second dau. of Joseph Thompson Halsey MP, Gaddesden Park, Herts.; d. 6 Mar 1840.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, EDWARD, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (in school list 17864, qv); b.; adm. 13 Jun 1814; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Jan 1820, aged 16; Cornet, Royal Horse Guards (Blue) 27 Apr 1820; Lieut., 14 Apr 1825; Capt., 19 Nov 1830; d. 2 Nov 1831.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, EDWARD, third son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (at school under Vincent, qv); b. 16 May 1832; adm. 1 Jul 1846 (G); left Whitsun 1849; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 11 Oct 1849, matr. Mich. 1850; migrated to Magdalene Coll. 15 Oct 1851; BA 1854; MA 1857; played cricket for Cambridge Univ. 1852-4, Gentlemen v. Players 1854-9, 1864; the best amateur lob bowler of his day, and a slashing hitter; ordained deacon 1860, priest 1861 (both Oxford); Curate, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks., 1860-3; Rector of Amersham with Coleshill, Bucks., from 1863; JP Buckinghamshire 1865; a very successful steeplechase rider, under the name of “Mr. Ekard”, and a keen follower of the Old Berkeley Hunt; d. 20 Jun 1904.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, CHARLES, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (in school list 1764, qv); b. 16 Jun 1789; adm. 25 Sep 1801; in school list 1801; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Dec 1806; BA 1810; MA 1813; ordained deacon Dec 1813 (Chester, litt. dim. from Winchester), priest Dec 1814 (Lichfield, litt. dim. from Winchester); Curate, Highclere, Hampshire; d. 16 Feb 1816.

TYRWHITT, ROBERT PHILIP, eldest son of Richard Tyrwhitt, Farmcott, near Bridgnorth, Shropshire, barrister, Recorder of Chester, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Jonathan Lipyeatt, Rector of Great Hallingbury, Cheshire; b. 15 Jul 1798; adm. Mich. 1809; the “chief crony” at school of George Thomas Keppel, 6th Earl of Albemarle (qv), who relates an adventure that they had together during a visit to Princess Charlotte at Warwick House (Earl of Albemarle, Fifty Years of My Life, i, 309-10); left 1811; adm. Middle Temple 6 Jun 1817, called to bar 11 Feb 1825; Oxford Circuit; Revising Barrister for fourteen years; Metropolitan Magistrate, Clerkenwell 1847-60, Marlborough Street 1860-71; author, Notices and Remains of the Family of Tyrwhitt, 1872, Summary of the Law of Modern Pleading, 1846, and Reports in the Exchequer of Pleas; m. 30 Sep 1824 Catherine Wigley, sister of Ambrose St. John (qv); d. 18 Jun 1886.

Tyrwhitt, Cuthbert, son of Thomas Tyrwhitt ARIBA, of Fulham, and Dorothy Nina, d. of Reginald Godfrey Marsden, barrister-at-law; b. 11 Apr. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (H); left July 1930; 2nd Lieut. Worcs. Regt Jan. 1932, Lieut. Jan. 1935, retd Mar. 1936; regazetted Sept. 1939 (Capt.); m. 23 Mar. 1936 Delia Gurnee, d. of Edward Norman Scott of New York; killed in action (Singapore) 15 Feb. 1942.

Cuthbert Tyrwhitt was born at Hampstead, London on the 11th of April 1912 the younger son of Thomas Tyrwhitt ARIBA, an architect, and Dorothy Nina (nee Marsden) Tyrwhitt of 4, North Court, Great Peter Street in London. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1925 to July 1930. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Corporal in September 1929. He attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from where he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Worcestershire Regiment on the 28th of January 1932. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 28th of January 1935 and he resigned his commission on the 21st of March 1936.
He was married at the British Consulate at 10, Ma Ta Jen Hutung, Peiping in China on the 23rd of March 1936 to Delia Gurnee (nee Scott later Lane), an author, of Greenwich, Connecticut.
On leaving the army he returned to London where he joined the Diplomatic Service and lived at 4, North Court, Great Peter Street, London SW1.
Following the outbreak of war he was recalled to his Regiment on the 9th of September 1939 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. In December 1939 he was posted to Singapore where he was attached to the Far East Combined Intelligence Bureau as an Intelligence Officer. He was tasked with creating a card index of security information which was being gathered from intercepted communications between Japanese consular officials and their attachés in Singapore, Hong Kong and their bases in Japan.
Following the Japanese invasion of Malaya in December 1941 and subsequent assault on the island of Singapore in February 1942 Cuthbert Tyrwhitt was reported to have been killed in action and buried at the British Headquarters at Fort Canning on the day that Singapore surrendered.
In October 1947, his wife donated the sum of £150 towards the Westminster School War Memorial Fund in his memory.
He is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial Column 67.