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Curry, Alwyn Ian, son of John Henry Curry, of Croydon, Surrey; b. April 21, 1901; adm. May 2, 1913 (H); left Dec. 1918; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; Head Master of St. Andrew's School, Epsom, Surrey; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 23, 1940; Flying Officer Sept. 23, 1941; d. 10 Nov. 1987.

CURTEEN (or COURTEN), WILLIAM, only son of William Curteen (or Courten), Pirton, Worcs., and Lady Katherine Egerton, seventh dau. of John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater; b. 28 Mar 1642; in school lists 1656 (as Curteen, Christian name not stated); a boarder; described as “olim condiscipulus noster” in a letter of Leonard Plukenet (qv); studied at Montpelier, France; returned to England 1663, living with his aunt, Lady Knightley, at Fawley Court, Northants; again on European continent 1670-84; resident in Temple, London from 1684, living under assumed name of Charleton; formed a museum of botanical specimens, acquired after his death by Sir Hans Sloane; d. 29 Mar 1702. DNB.

CURTEIS, EDWARD BARRETT, second son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 25 Jul 1804; adm. 3 Feb 1815 (Packharness'); shot snipe in osier beds close to the Willow Walk, in the Long Meadow, and in the osiers of the Chelsea Waterworks at Battersea; master of a pack of beagles, kept in the kitchen of 1 Vincent Square, which hunted in Battersea Fields (Elizabethan ii, 130); left 1821; Ensign, 33rd Foot 5 Dec 1822; Lieut., 1st Royal Dragoons 4 Aug 1825; Capt., 7th Dragoon Guards 12 Apr 1827; Maj., 17 Oct 1834; sold out 8 Jul 1836; MP Rye 1832-7; author, Exposure of the corrupt system of elections at Rye, 1853; m. 1st, 9 Mar 1837 Charlotte Lydia, youngest dau. of Thomas Law Hodges MP, Hempstead Park, Kent; m. 2nd, 15 Sep 1841 Frances, eldest dau. of William Kenrick MP, Broome Park, Surrey; d. 14 Dec 1879.

CURTEIS, EDWARD JEREMIAH, only son of Jeremiah Curteis, Tenterden, Kent, and Rye, Sussex, attorney and banker, Town Clerk of Rye, and Jane, dau. of Searles Giles, Biddenden, Kent; b. 6 Jul 1762; adm. 29 Jan 1776; left 17 Jul 1779; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Dec 1779; BA 1783; MA 1787; Fellow, Oriel Coll. Oxford 1784-9; adm. Inner Temple year 1777/8, called to bar 1788; MP Sussex 1820-30; partner, Curteis & Co, Rye, Sussex, bankers, to 1811; George Colman’s “honest, openhearted quondam friend Jerry Curteis, as we familiarly called him at Westminster and at Oxford” (Colman, Random Records, I, 305); m. 14 Apr 1789 Mary, only dau. of Rev. Stephen Barrett, Rector of Hothfield, Kent; d. 18 Mar 1835.

CURTEIS, HENRY HERBERT, eldest son of Rev. George Herbert Curteis, Canon of Lichfield and Chaplain of the Savoy, and Elizabeth Anna, eldest dau. of Edmund Robert Ball, Monkstown, co. Dublin; b. 8 Nov 1863; adm. from Rugby Sch. 27 Sep 1877 ( R); left May 1880; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1882; BA 1890; engaged in educational work in various parts of the world; latterly living in south of France.

CURTEIS, HERBERT BARRETT, eldest son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 19 Jun 1793; adm. 1805; KS 1807; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1812, matr. 9 May 1812, Westminster Student; BA 1815; MA 1820; MP Sussex 1830-2, East Sussex 1832-7, Rye from 1841; m. 29 Jun 1821 his cousin Caroline Sarah, sister of Robert Curteis Mascall (qv); d. 13 Dec 1847.

CURTEIS, HERBERT MASCALL, only son of Herbert Barrett Curteis (qv); b. 8 Jan 1824; adm. (Benthall's|Grant's) 1 Jun 1836; left Aug 1840; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1840; played cricket for Oxford University 1841, 1842 and for Sussex 1846-60; MP Rye Dec 1847- Mar 1848 (unseated), Apr 1848-52; Master, East Sussex Foxhounds 1854-68; President, Sussex County Cricket Club 1869-78; m. 15 Jun 1848 Paulina, sister of Sir Godfrey John Thomas, Bart. (qv); d. 16 Jun 1895.

CURTEIS, HERBERT, eldest son of Herbert Mascall Curteis (qv); b. 14 Apr 1849; adm. (G) 20 Jun 1863; left Aug 1868; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Jan 1871; of Windmill Hill Place, Hailsham, Sussex; JP Sussex; an all-round sportsman; managed Sussex county cricket team for three years, and captained Gentlemen of Sussex; m. 12 Jan 1881 Isabella, youngest dau. of Sir Anchitel Ashburnham, Bart.; d. 28 Oct 1919.

CURTEIS, JEREMIAH LINTEN, son of Samuel Curteis, and his first wife Mary, dau. of Felix Kadwell, Rolvenden, Kent; bapt. Tenterden, Kent 20 Sep 1723 (IGI); adm. (aged 13) Jun 1737 (as Jeremiah Curteis); left 1739. [Supplement identifies him as son of William Curteis, and Rebecca ---, bapt. St. Paul, Covent Garden 7 Dec 1723, but this identification is wrong, for in the baptismal register the father’s surname is spelled Curtis (sic), and the identification of him as a member of the Curteis family from Tenterden seems preferable, although he was not the Jeremiah Curteis who was the father of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv)].

CURTEIS, REGINALD JEREMIAH, third son of Edward Jeremiah Curteis (qv); b. 27 Oct 1805; adm. 11 Jan 1820 (Stelfox's) (also in original edition of Record as Carter, Reginald Jeremiah, incorrectly); left Whitsun 1822; Ensign, 6th Foot 31 Jul 1823; Lieut., 31 Dec 1825; Capt., 14 Nov 1826; 1st Royal Dragoons 22 May 1828; retd. 1835; m. 2 Oct 1838 Frances Mary, sister of Thomas Reynolds (qv); d. 28 Jan 1847, aged 41.