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ECKERSALL, JOHN, son of George Eckersall (adm. 1723, qv); b. 14 Sep 1748; adm. ; KS (aged 12) 1761; Garrick was so pleased with Eckersall’s Davus in the Andria of 1765 “that he made him a present of the freedom of his house” (see Anthony Wilson’s letter printed Lusus Alt. Westm. , 1st series, 102, note); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Scholar 24 Dec 1766 - void by marriage 15 Dec 1774; BA 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1767; travelling in Italy with Hon. John Trevor (qv) 1773; m. 1 Dec 1774 his cousin Catherine, sister of George Wathen (qv); d. 2 Dec 1837.

ECKLEY, BENJAMIN, son of Richard Eckley, Worcester, apothecary; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1717; in under school list 1718; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Feb 1720/1; BA 9 Feb 1724/5; migrated to Peterhouse, Cambridge, adm. 13 Nov 1725; MA 1728; apothecary, Worcester; m. Penelope ---; d. 12 Aug 1731. [Presumably bapt. All Saints, Worcester 6 Sep 1703, son of Richard Eckley, and Sara --- (IGI)]

ECKLIN, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1725/6; left 1727.

EDDIS, BASIL UPTON, son of Arthur Shelly Eddis QC, Weymouth Street, London, County Court Judge, and Elizabeth Mary, fourth dau. of Job Wright, Cheshunt, Herts.; b. 4 Apr 1850; at Highgate Sch. Sep 1860 - Dec 1863; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS 1865; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1869 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 12 May 1869, matr. Mich. 1869; BA 1873; adm. solicitor Mar 1876; Registrar, Clerkenwell County Court; of St. John’s Lodge, Newbury, Berks.; m. 8 Apr 1896 Margaret Anna, youngest dau. of Rev. Richard Cockburn Kindersley, Vicar of Brampford Speke, Devon; d. 23 Nov 1936.

EDDIS, EDWARD UPTON, third son of William Upton Eddis, Purnea, Bengal, India, indigo planter, and Mary Adamson (IGI); b. 13 Mar 1861; adm. 26 Sep 1872 (James'); exhibitioner 1874; QS 1875; victor in the last “mill” on Green (Elizabethan xix, 66); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1879, matr. 10 Oct 1879; BA 1883; adm. Inner Temple 22 Nov 1880, called to bar 25 Jun 1884; practised at Calcutta and subsequently at Rangoon; returned to England 1909; m. 4 Feb 1891 Ela Usher, dau. of Robert Binning, Dowanhill, Glasgow; d. 14 Aug 1928.

Eddis, Nigel Edward Athelstan, son of Michael Upton Eddis, stockbroker, and Marcelle Marie Jocelyn, d. of Valentine Browne-Webber of Dinard, France; grandson of Basil Upton Eddis (qv); b. 2 Mar. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left July 1952; a professional photographer, specialising in images of chess players; resident in New York, USA; m. Anne Fryer, violinist; d. 11 Jan. 2009.

EDE, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765.

EDEN, GUY ERNEST MORTON, elder son of Charles Henry Eden, Warwick Square, Pimlico, Westminster, publisher, and Georgina, dau. of Capt. Frederick William Hill, 10th Foot, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; b. 6 May 1864; adm. 8 Jun 1880 (H, later G); left May 1883; practised as a barrister in New South Wales, Australia; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 18 Nov 1901; Legal Branch, Board of Education 1903-5, 1907-13; Intelligence Branch, War Office 1914 - Dec 1918; editor, The Navy, 1918-; author of novels, poetry and libretti; m. 4 Dec 1897 Ethel, dau. of William Henry Holman, Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington; d. 5 Dec 1954.

EDEN, HENLEY, second son of Robert Eden (qv); b. 8 Mar 1838; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Apr 1856; of Aberdalgie House, Perthshire; m. 15 Apr 1871 Amy Frances, younger dau. of Lord Charles Lennox Kerr; d. 21 Sep 1917.

EDEN, ROBERT ALLAN, fourth son of Robert Eden (qv); b. 27 Dec 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (G); QS 1854; left 1858; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1858; BA 1863; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1869, priest 1871 (both Moray & Ross); Assistant Priest, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness 1869-71; Curate, St. Andrew’s, Wells Street, London 1871-80; Chaplain and Private Secretary to father 1880-6; again Assistant Priest, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Inverness 1881-5; Canon Residentiary, Inverness 1885-7, Precentor 1886-7; Vicar of Old St. Pancras, London from 27 Jun 1887; d. unm. 29 Apr 1912.