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Poulter, Richard Charles McCrea, son of Brownlow Poulter, of Blackheath, Kent, by Harriet Amelia, daughter of Admiral Robert Coutart McCrea, R.N., of Guernsey; b. Nov. 24, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Jan. 17, 1889; left Jan. 1893; adm. a solicitor July 1898, practised in London; d. 1958.

POULDEN, THOMAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 1630 (Bodleian Library, Oxford, Tanner MSS lxix, f. 137); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1635; BA 1636/7.

POTTS, WILLIAM PERCIVALL, son of Samuel Potts, London, and Elizabeth Pott, St. Giles in the Fields, London; b. 9 Feb 1780; at school 1789, 1790; Writer, EICS Bengal 1798; arrived in India 6 Nov 1798; Assistant to Secretary, Board of Trade 17 Dec 1798; Assistant to Collector, Kanpur 11 Mar 1802; Register and Assistant to Magistrate, Farrukhabad 11 Aug 1803; Officiating Agent to Governor-Gen., Farrukhabad 19 Sep 1805; Assistant to Judge and Magistrate, Farrukhabad 10 Jul 1806; m. 15 Oct 1805 Alicia Friell; d. at Farrukhabad, India 10 Oct 1806. [father perhaps hosier]

POTTS, MICHAEL LE FLEMING, brother of Laurence Holker Potts (qv); b. 17 Oct 1791; in school list 1801; left Dec 1803; d. unm. at Leghorn, Italy.

POTTS, LAURENCE HOLKER, son of Cuthbert Potts, Pall Mall, London, surgeon, and Ethelinda Margaretta, dau. of John Thorpe FSA, Rochester, Kent, antiquary; b. 18 Apr 1789; in school list 1801; left Christmas 1803; St. George’s Hospital 1810; MRCS 1812; MD Aberdeen 1825; practised at Truro, Cornwall; Superintendent and Physician, County Lunatic Asylum, Bodmin, Cornwall 1828-37; established an institution for treating spinal diseases at Blackheath, Kent 1837; an inventor; took out a patent for sinking foundations under water by creating a partial vacuum 1843, which, although not a financial success for him, incidentally gave rise to the system of sinking foundations by compressed air; m. 1 Aug 1820 Anne, dau. of John Wright, Lower Redbrooke, Gloucs.; d. 23 Mar 1850. DNB.

POTTER, THOMAS; b.; adm. 1 Oct 1787; in school list Dec 1788.

POTTER, THOMAS, only son of Thomas Potter, Steyning, Sussex, and Fenchurch Street, London; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1720; Min. Can. 1723; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Apr 1726; adm. Gray’s Inn 23 Nov 1726; adm. Inner Temple 2 Nov 1732, called to bar 7 Feb 1735/6, tenant chambers there from Feb 1732/3; committed suicide unm. 9 Apr 1741.

Potter, Stephen Meredith, son of Frank Collard Potter, of Belvedere, by Elizabeth Reynolds; b. Feb. 1, 1900; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left March 1918; enlisted April 29. 1918; 2nd Lieut. Coldstream Guards March 10, 1919; Merton Coll. Oxon., matric. Trin. 1919; B.A. 1922; Lecturer in English Literature, London Univ. 1926; B. B.C. producer 1938; chairman of the B.B.C. Literary Committee; joined the staff of the Hulton Press 1948; author of The Muse in Chains (1937), Gamesmanship (1947), Lifemanship (1950), One-Upmanship (1952), Potter on America (1956), Steps to Immaturity (1959), and other works; m. Ist July 7, 1927, Mary (Mary Attenborough the artist), daughter of John Arthur Attenborough; d. 2 Dec. 1969.

Potter, Reginald Francis, son of Edward Potter, of East Molesey, Surrey, by Harriet, daughter of Thomas White Collard, of Canterbury; b. Nov. 8, 1893; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (G); left July 1912; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C. Aug. 7, 1914; Capt. 7th Batt. London Regt. June 1, 1916; served in France Sept. 1914 - March 1919; in the London Stock Exchange; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 11, 1939; Flying Officer Jan. 17, 1941; Flight-Lieut. March 1, 1942; acting Wing Cdr.; m. June 9, 1926, Vera Rose, daughter of Harold Joseph Gayford, of Knightsbridge.

Potter, Julian John, brother of Andrew Potter (qv); b. 17 Mar. 1931; adm. Sept. 1944 (A); left July 1949; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1951, BA 1954; advertising 1955-76; accountancy 1976-86, retd. 1986; Sec. Gen. Institutional Shareholder’s Committee 1989-93; author, Stephen Potter at the BBC 2004; m. 1962 Valerie, d. of Jesse Cranswick, headmaster, of Mistley, Essex; d. 22 Dec. 2013.