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PETER, JOHN THOMAS HENRY, eldest son of William Peter MP, Harlyn, Cornwall, and Frances, only dau. of John Thomas, Chyverton, Cornwall; b. 23 Jan 1810; adm. 13 Apr 1820 (G); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 4 Jun 1829; BA 1833; MA 1836; Fellow, Merton Coll. 1836-56; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 29 Jan 1841; DL JP Cornwall, High Sheriff 1866; m. 26 Jun 1861 Mary Ann, eldest dau. of Rev. John Penberthy Magor, Lamellen, Cornwall; m. 2nd, Sarah Anne, widow of Edward King, and dau. of Thomas Worthington, Governor of Ohio, USA; d. 14 Jul 1873.

PESHALL, THOMAS JOHN, brother of Sir Charles John Peshall, Bart. (qv); b. 20 Apr 1785; at Winchester Coll. in 1791; adm. 18 Apr 1795; in school list 1795; entered Royal Navy; Lieut., 3 Mar 1804; while serving on HMS La Franchise in Jan 1806, he was put in charge of the schooner El Carmen, with orders to land a batch of wounded prisoners at Campeachy; reported to have been captured by the Spaniards and taken to Vera Cruz, but never heard of again (will proved PCC 18 Jun 1811).

PESHALL, SIR CHARLES JOHN, BART., eldest son of Sir John Peshall, Bart., and Rebecca Hyde, dau. of Cossley Hall, Hyde Hall, Jamaica; b.; at Winchester Coll. in 1791; adm. 18 Apr 1795; in school lists 1795, 1797; Ensign, 89th Foot 2 Dec 1795; Lieut., 22nd Foot 2 Jul 1796; 7th Light Dragoons, 17 Sep 1801; Capt., 88th Foot 18 Sep 1804 – 8 Sep 1814; although the baronetcy had become extinct in 1712, Peshall, like his father and grandfather, assumed the title; m. 1 May 1808 Letitia, eldest dau. of Richard Martin MP; d. abroad 24 Jul 1834.

PERY, MULTON, son of John Pery (KS 1716, qv); bapt. Ash, Kent 10 Aug 1742 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 13) 1756; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1760, matr. 9 Jun 1760, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1760; BA 1764; d. 1764 (will proved PCC 10 Aug 1765).

PERY, JOHN, son of John Pery (KS 1716, qv); bapt. Ash, Kent 2 Sep 1740 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Jan 1749/50 (Stephens'); KS 1754; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1758, matr. 24 May 1758, Westminster Student 5 Jan 1759 – void 1 Dec 1768 (expiry year of grace as V. Ash from 30 Nov 1767); BA 1762; MA 1765; ordained deacon (Canterbury) 1765, priest (Oxford) 14 Jun 1767; Vicar of Ash, Kent 1767-71; Rector of Houghton-cum-Wyton, Hunts.; Rector of Hemingford Abbots, Hunts., from 1 Oct 1803 (disp. to hold with Houghton); m. Theodosia, dau. of Charles Halsey, Great Gaddesden, Herts.; d. 27 Mar 1811.

PERY, JOHN, son of John Pery, Hatton Garden, London, and Ann --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 5 Nov 1702 (IGI); adm.; KS (aged 13) 1716; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1720, matr. 23 Jun 1720, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1720 – void 12 Dec 1735 (expiry year of grace as V. Ash from 11 Dec 1734); BA 1724; MA 1727; DD Lambeth 31 Oct 1755; ordained; Vicar of Ash, Kent, from 1734; Vicar of Farningham, Kent, from 8 Feb 1754; in 1755 Chaplain to Most Rev. Thomas Herring DD, Archbishop of Canterbury; m. Jane, sister of Stephen Lushington (qv); d. 25 Oct 1767.

PERT, HENRY, son of William Pert, Arnolds, Essex, and Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund Doyley, Shottisham, Suffolk; b.; adm.; KS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses written by the KSS on the birth of the Duke of York in 1633 (British Library, Royal MSS); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1634, aged 19; adm. Middle Temple 30 May 1636; of Arnolds, Essex; m. Frances, dau. of Sir Arthur Herris, Kt, Woodham Mortimer, Essex; d. 2 Jul 1671.