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PETERS, RICHARD, younger son of Ralph Peters, Town Clerk of Liverpool, and Esther, dau. of --- Freeson, Alderman of Liverpool; bapt. St. Nicholas, Liverpool 26 Apr 1705 (IGI); adm. (aged 15) Apr 1721; Leyden Univ., adm. 19 Feb 1723; adm. Inner Temple [check]; Wadham Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1731; DD 2 May 1770; ordained deacon 1730, priest 1731 (both Winchester); initially beneficed in diocese of Chester; living in Philadelphia, North America, by 1736, when he applied for post of catechist in Christ Church parish; Secretary of the Land Office, Philadelphia; Rector of Christ Church and of St. Peter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Jan 1763 – 23 Sep 1775, retiring on grounds of health; a co-founder with Benjamin Franklin of the Public Academy of Philadelphia; m. 1st, while still at school; m. 2nd, during his first wife’s lifetime, Miss Stanley; d. at Philadelphia 10 Jul 1776.

PETERS, JOSEPH, son of Capt. John Peters, Westminster, and Martha ---; bapt. 15 Oct 1673; adm.; KS 1690; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1694, matr. 25 Jun 1694, aged 19, Westminster Student 29 Dec 1694 – void 1716 (expiry year of grace as R. Albury from 26 Nov 1714, sic), Tutor 1709; BA 1698; MA 1701; ordained priest (Lichfield); Rector of Albury, Surrey, from 1 Mar 1714/5; d. 1745.

PETERS, JOHN, son of John Peters, London; b.; adm.; QS 1707; left 1708; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 16 Apr 1709, aged 17; BA 1712; MA (from Hart Hall) 1715; ordained; Lecturer, St. Clement Danes, London; lived at Isleworth, Middlesex; Morning Preacher, Spring Garden Chapel; Rector of Old Romney, Kent, from 6 Feb 1738/9; d. 5 Mar 1763. [Perhaps John Peters, son of John Peters, and Jane ---, bapt. St. Botolph Aldgate 25 Jul 1692 (IGI)]

Peters, Francis Lovell, son of James Lovell Peters, of Bude, Cornwall, solicitor, by Elizabeth Charlotte Sophia, daughter of Gen. Septimus Harding Becher, of Eastbourne, Sussex; b. May 6, 1878; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (A); left Dec. 1894; joined the Indian Police, Bengal, as Assist. Supt. Nov. 23, 1897; District Supt. April 1, 1906; officiating Deputy Inspector-Gen., Dacca Range, June 20, 1920; retired Aug. 5, 1925; m. Jan. 8, 1913; Muriel Maude Ella Deschamps, daughter of Adrian Charles Chamier, of South Kensington; d. Jan. 3, 1936.

PETERS, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 10) Apr 1722; left 1728.

PETERS, ---; b.; adm. 1656 (School List 1656, second quarter).

Peter, Richard John Vivian, son of John Peter MC MRCS LDS, dental surgeon, of Wallington, Surrey, and Gertrude, d. of John Barkshire of Reading, Berks; b. 2 Apr. 1924; adm. May 1937 (B); left Dec. 1941; RNVR (Sp. ) in WW2 (Lieut. ); St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., MB MRCS LRCP 1952; practised in Norwich; m. Maureen, d. of W. J. Whyte of Bedford, Beds; d. 4 Nov. 1969.