ALEXANDER, GODFREY EDWARD, only son of Rev. Charles Alexander, Rector of Drumcree, co. Armagh, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Edward Smith Godfrey, Newark, Notts.; b. 10 Jul 1818; adm. 3 Jun 1830 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jan 1839; ordained deacon and priest (Armagh) 1842; Perpetual Curate, Bantry, co. Cork 1844-8; Incumbent, Caledon, co. Tyrone 1848-55; Vicar of Woodford-cum-Membris, Northants., 20 Apr 1855-65; Rector of Stoke Bliss, Herefs., 1865-95; JP Herefordshire; Domestic Chaplain to James, 4th Earl of Caledon; m. 10 Oct 1850 his cousin Henrietta, eldest dau. of William John Alexander-Shaw; d. 28 Dec 1901.
Alexander, Richard James Pickersgill, son of Robert Middleton Alexander, asst. solicitor, Min. of Agriculture, and Dorothy Anne, d. of Peter Wilson, inventor, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; b. 18 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1941; RN 1944 (Writer 1st class); an antique dealer, successively in London and in Brighton, Sussex; m. 1st, 22 June 1960 d. of Capt. B. O. F. Gregory RN, of Ringwood, Hants; 2nd, 23 June 1976 Doreen Molly, d. of Oscar Rendell, architect; d. 26 May 2001.
ALEXANDER, ROBERT QUIN, only surviving son of William James Alexander, Maj. co. Dublin Militia, and Gertrude, eldest dau. of Gustavus Handcock-Temple, Waterstown, co. Westmeath; b. 3 May 1816; adm. 26 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 3 Nov 1834; agent for Earl of Caledon in Tyrone and Armagh; High Sheriff, co. Dublin 1850; JP co. Armagh, co. Tyrone; m. 17 Feb 1840 Gertrude Harriet, fourth dau. of John Lushington Reilly, Scarvagh House, co. Down; d. 1887.
ALEXANDER, ROBERT; b. 13 Oct 1792; adm. 4 Oct 1808; left Bartholomewtide 1809; served Royal Navy 1810-8; Cadet, EICS Madras 26 Mar 1819; Ensign, 24th Madras Native Infantry 12 Jun 1819; Lieut. 13 Jun 1819; Capt. 11 Oct 1826; Maj. 5 Mar 1836; Lieut. -Col. 23 Jan 1841; Lieut. -Col., 2nd Madras Native Infantry 3 Sep 1847; Brevet Col. 17 Mar 1851; Col. 16 Aug 1851; Maj. -Gen. 28 Nov 1854; Lieut. -Gen. 22 Aug 1865; Gen. 25 Jun 1870; m. 27 Apr 1831 Charlotte, dau. of Maj. Josiah Stewart, EICS Madras, Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad; d. 16 May 1879. [Perhaps Robert Alexander, bapt. Uphall, West Lothian 14 Oct 1792, son of William Alexander, and Mary --- (IGI)]
ALFORD, MELCHIZEDEK, son of William Alford, Lyme Regis, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1641, matr. 10 Dec 1641, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1648; expelled from his studentship by the Parliamentary Visitors 9 Nov 1648 for being “absent divers yeares and never appearinge to do any exercise” (Burrows, 212); treasurer to the Royalist garrison at Exeter during its siege by Parliament, and was “imployed in carrying letters and other messages to the King at Oxford and elsewhere” (Walker, Sufferings, pt. ii, 109); ordained 1653; Curate, Dunsford, Devon 1656; Curate, Culmstock, Devon 16 Mar 1658/9; Vicar of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, from 20 Mar 1661; m. 18 Dec 1650 Elizabeth, only child of Richard Channon, Escot, Ottery St. Mary, Devon; buried Ottery St. Mary, Devon 10 Aug 1689.
ALINGTON, EDWARD HUGH, eighth son of Rev. John Alington, Rector of Candlesby, Lincs., and Charlotte Sophia, youngest dau. of Sir Alan Bellingham, Bart.; nephew of George Marmaduke Alington (qv); b. 9 Apr 1857; adm. from Uppingham School 16 Jun 1870 (James'); BB 25 Jul 1870; QS (Capt. ) 1872; Capt. of the School 1875; left May 1876; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1876; played Association Football against Cambridge 1877, 1878; BA 1880; MA 1883; ordained deacon 1884, priest 1885 (Bishop Mitchinson for Peterborough); Curate, St. Mark’s, Leicester 1884-7; Curate, St. John the Baptist, Summertown, Oxford 1887-98; Assistant Master, Summerfields Preparatory School, Oxford 1879-84, 1887-1918, Head Master 1918-; m. 30 Jul 1885 Margaret, youngest dau. of Archibald Maclaren, Head Master, Summerfields Preparatory Sch., Oxford.
ALINGTON, GEORGE MARMADUKE, eldest son of Rev. Marmaduke Alington, Swinhope, Lincs., and Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. John Emeris, Rector of Tetford, Lincs.; grandson of Henry Alington (adm. 1728, qv); b. 17 Feb 1798; adm. Christmas 1812; left 15 May 1816; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 14 Mar 1816, matr. Mich. 1816; BA 1820; succeeded to Swinhope House estate, Lincs. 1840; DL JP Lincs.; m. 17 May 1825 Mary, sister of Matthew Henry Lister (qv); d. 18 Feb 1890.