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PYE, HENRY ALINGTON, brother of George Marmaduke Alington (qv); b. 3 Aug 1800; adm. Mich. 1813; left Bartholomewtide 1817; assumed additional surname of Pye 7 Jul 1828; of Louth, Lincs.; m. 1st, 10 Oct 1826 Charlotte Mary, youngest dau. of John Yerburgh, Frampton, Lincs.; m. 2nd, 20 May 1854 Lady Albinia Frances Hobart-Hampden, eldest dau. of Augustus Hobart-Hampden, 6th Earl of Buckinghamshire (qv); d. 26 Apr 1883.

PYE, FORTUNE; b.; adm. (aged 13) Oct 1725.

Puxon, François Edward Mortimer, son of Edward Francis Mortimer Puxon, of Farnham, Sur­rey, and Ethel Beatrice de Thierry, d. of François Albert de Thierry Mouillot of Harrogate, Yorks; b. 21 Aug. 1907; adm. Jan. 1922 (G); left July 1924; adm. a solicitor Mar. 1930; practised at Colchester; RAFVR (A & SD) 1940-5 (Flt Lieut.); m. 1st 27 June 1931 Freda Evans, d. of Charles Evans Atkinson of Harrogate; 2nd 29 Aug. 1946 Christine Margaret Weddell Puxon MD FRCOG QC, barrister-at-law, d. of Reginald Wood Hale, co. director, of Hagley, Worcs, and subsequently wife of F. Morris Williams MBE; 3rd 28 Jan. 1955 Mary Cecilia Bairstow, d. of Sidney Martin Lampand of Bolney, Sussex; d. 25 Dec. 1982.

PUTT, THOMAS, son of Rev. William Putt, Gittisham, Devon; b.; at school under Vincent (information from Lieut. -Col. J. Tobin); while at school had a fight with Joseph Webbe Tobin (qv); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Jan 1794, aged 19 : BA 1797; MA 1800; ordained; Rector of Gittisham, Devon from 25 Jan 1800; Vicar of Aylesbeare, Devon 29 Nov 1811- Sep 1817; Rector of Combe Raleigh, Devon, from 24 Sep 1817; m. 26 Dec 1811 Wilhelmina Sanford; d. 1832 (will proved PCC 21 Feb 1833).

PUTLAND, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1715/6. [Perhaps George Putland, son of John Putland, and Sarah (Walter ?), bapt. Tonbridge, Kent 24 Jan 1700 (IGI)]. [if so, George Putland, gentleman, Tonbridge, Kent, will proved PCC 10 May 1743, but there was also George Putland, vintner, St. Clement Danes, will proved PCC 23 Dec 1747]

Purves, Walter Douglas Laidlaw, youngest son of William Laidlaw Purves, M.D., of London, by Elizabeth, daughter of Patrick Adie, of Isleworth, Middlesex; b. July 15, 1892; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (H); left Dec. 1909; went to South Africa, and afterwards to the Malay States; enlisted in King Edward's Horse Aug. 6, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 9th Batt. East Lancs Regt. Dec. 22, 1914; Lieut. Sept. 4, 1915; acting Capt. April 24, 1917; killed in action on the Doiran Vardar front April 28, 1917; unm.

PURSEL, GEORGE; b.; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1724/5. [Presumably George Pursell, son of John Pursell and Mary Hawes, bapt. St. Bride, Fleet Street 2 Nov 1713]. [note will George Pursell, Burnham, Bucks., gentleman, proved PCC 4 Dec 1775]

PURNELL, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 14) Mar 1715/6; in under school list 1718. [bracketed with John Osborne (qv) for his admission fee]

PURLING, GEORGE. Russell Barker & Stenning record him as at school under Smith, on the evidence of his presence at OWW dinner at Calcutta 1783 (Memoirs of William Hickey, iii, 245-6), but Hickey is not invariably a reliable souce. Supplement states that Purling was educated under Dr. Williams 1773 and at Harrow 1774, and does not appear in any school records. He was third son of Matthew Purling, and Frances Wrangham; b. St. Helena 1764; Writer, EICS Bengal 1780, arrived in India 1 Aug 1780, factor, Assistant to Collector, Midnapur 1785, Assistant to Collector and Register, Dinajpur 1787, Collector, Birbhum 1796, and resigned in India 1801; inherited Bradford Peveril estate, Dorset, from uncle John Purling MP; d. unm. 28 Apr 1840].