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TASWELL, JAMES, son of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); b.; adm.; QS (aged 12) 1713; failed to obtain election to either University 1718; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 May 1718, aged 17; denied BA degree Mar 1721/2 as having been “guilty of strange robberies, and indeed, of all manner of wickedness” (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 334).

TASWELL, EDWARD, eldest son of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); bapt. St. Mary at Hill, London 26 Apr 1696 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 12) 1709, 1710; QS 1711; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1715, matr. 23 Jun 1715, aged 19, Westminster Student 12 Dec 1715 - expelled 1718, “for strange crimes” (Hearne, Remarks and Collections, vii, 335).

Tasker, Theodore Henry Grant, brother of John Mellis Tasker (qv); b. 27 Apr. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left Apr. 1938; de Havilland Aeronautical Tech. Sch. 1939-42; RNVR (A) 1942-6 (Sub-Lieut.); an aeronautical engineer, ARAeS 1946; de Havilland Aircraft Co. 1946-58; Avery Hardoll Ltd 1958-62; a civil servant 1962-84, MOD (Navy), retd 1984; m. 7 June 1947 Doreen Ellen, d. of James Frederick Davey of Swanage, Dorset; d. 10 May 2013.

Tasker, John Mellis, son of Sir Theodore James Tasker CIE OBE, ICS, of Swanage, Dorset, and Jessie Helen Mellis-Smith, d. of Rev. George Smith, Anglican missionary, of Swatow, China; b. 18 Jan. 19 19; adm. Sept. 1932 (R), non-res. KS Sept. 1933; left July 1937; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, 1st class hons Math. Tri Pt 1 1938, BA 1946; RA 1939-46 (Capt.), despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; HM CoIonial Service 1947-69; Asst Sec. Gibraltar 1947-51; Admin. Officer The Gambia 1951-3, Colony Commissioner 1953-6; MBE 1955; Under Sec. Kenya 1956-69; Milton Keynes Devel. Corpn 1969-81, sec. to Board 1971; m. 8 Oct. 1949 Juliet, d. of George Walter Frederick McGwire of Hayes, Swanage; d. 24 July 2003.

TARRANT, ROBERT, son of Very Rev. Charles Tarrant DD, Dean of Peterborough, and his first wife ---, dau. of Morgan Keene, The Close, Salisbury, Wilts.; b.; adm. 18 Jan 1773; in school lists 1775; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1777, aged 17.

TARRANT, JOHN BENJAMIN, son of John Evans Tarrant, Dean Street, Soho, solicitor, and Matilda Perrin (IGI); b. 20 Dec 1807; adm. 16 Jan 1822 (G); m. 7 Aug 1830 Charlotte Assey Perrin.

TAPIN, PETER DANIEL, son of Daniel Tapin, St. Helier, Jersey, French Protestant refugee from Barhais, and Mary, dau. of Peter Seale; b. Feb 1705/6; adm. Sep 1718; Min. Can. 1721; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Apr 1725, batteler 27 May 1725 - 6 Oct 1726; migr. to Pembroke Coll.; BA 12 Feb 1728/9; MA 1732; Jersey Fellow, Exeter Coll. 1731, but removed as not duly elected 1733; ordained priest (Winchester) c. 1734; Rector of St. Helier, Jersey, from 1735; d. Jan 1761.

Tansley, Leonard Beaumont, only son of John Beaumont Tansley, of Purley, Surrey, by Alice Emily, daughter of Henry Measures, of Brighton, Sussex; b. July 1, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); elected toTrin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1915; M.A. 1919; London Univ.; M.Sc. 1923; F.R.I.C. 1936; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. July 15, 1915; gassed in Aug. 1917; served in France and Flanders from 1915 and was demob. as Capt. April 1919; M.C. June 3, 1918; asst. to director of British Cotton Industry Research Association, Didsbury, Manchester, Jan. 1924; asst. director of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce Testing House and Laboratory 1937; director 1946-59; Capt. R.A. (T.A. Res.) Jan. 1940; commissioned (H. Guard) June 1940-5; m. April 9, 1927, Nancy Charlotte, elder daughter of George Herbert Lancashire, M.D., of Manchester; d. 11 June 1984.

TANQUERAY, THOMAS, brother of David Tanqueray (qv); b. Sep 1724; adm. May 1733; left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Feb 1742/3; BA 1746; MA 1749; ordained deacon 5 Jun 1748, priest 10 Jun 1750 (both Lincoln); Rector of Tingrith, Beds., from 1751; Rector of Bow Brickhill, Bucks., 18 Aug 1751-60; Rector of Newton Bromswold, Northants (disp. to hold with Tingrith 25 Nov 1778); m. 6 Jul 1761 his cousin Mary, sister of Edward Willaume (qv); d. 30 Dec 1782.