L’ESTRANGE, SIR ROGER, second son of Sir Hamon L’Estrange, Kt, Hunstanton, Norfolk, and Alice, dau. of Richard Stubbe, Sedgeford, Norfolk; b. 17 Dec 1616; at school under Osbaldeston one year, having previously been two years at Eton (Sidney Sussex Coll. Camb. admissions); Sidney Sussex Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 6 Nov 1634; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 Feb 1636/7; an ardent royalist; formed a plan for the recapture of King’s Lynn from Parliament in 1644, but was caught and sentenced to death; escapred from Newgate 1648 and attempted to start a royalist rising in Kent, but had to flee to Netherlands; returned to England 1653; published a number of anonymous broadsides attacking Lambert and the leaders of the army in 1659; after the Restoration vehemently denounced the liberty of the press, and was appointed Surveyor of “The Imprimery” 15 Aug 1663; started two weekly news sheets, The Intelligencer and The News; became notorious for the severity of his literary censorship and for his vigilance in the suppression of unlicenced presses; endeavoured to disprove the existence of the Popish Plot, but had to flee the country Nov 1680 and was burnt in effigy by a London mob; returned to England Feb 1681; started The Observator in Question and Answer, dealing unsparingly with dissenters and Whigs, Apr 1681; MP Winchester 1685-7; knighted 30 Apr 1685; deprived of his office of licenser at the revolution of 1688; committed to prison for short periods 1688, 1691, 1696; author, The Fables of Aesop and Other Mythologists with Moral Reflections, 1692, The Works of Flavius Josephus compared with the Original Greek, 1702, and other works; m. Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Doleman, Kt, Shaw, Berks.; d. 11 Dec 1704. DNB.
L’ESTRANGE, SIR GEORGE BURDETT, second son of Henry Piesley L’Estrange, Moystown, King’s Co., Col. King’s Co. Militia, and Grace, dau. of George Burdett MP (I), The Heath House, Queen’s Co.; b. 1796; adm. 6 Feb 1807; left Dec 1810; Ensign, 31st Foot 16 Jan 1812; Lieut., 17 Jun 1813, half-pay 1814; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards 2 Jul 1815, half-pay 11 Jul 1822; served in Peninsular War; attached to household of Lord Lieut. Ireland; Usher at Arms, Order of St. Patrick 1858; knighted at Dublin by Earl of Carlisle as Lord Lieut., 13 Jun 1860; m. 1832 Louisa Vincentia, dau. of Herbert Rawson Stepney, Durrow Abbey, King’s Co.; d. 5 Feb 1878.
KYTE, JOSHUA, twin son of William Kyte, Sherborne, Gloucs., and Anne ---; bapt. Sherborne, Gloucs. 13 Oct 1723; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1738; KS 1739; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 – void 23 Dec 1765, expiry year of grace as R. Wendlebury from 24 Dec 1764; BA 1747; MA 1751; BD and DD 1765; an Usher at the School 1751 – Feb 1764, shown as taking the Shell form in undated list of teaching staff assignable to 1762 or 1763; ordained; Curate, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1762; Chaplain, 32nd Foot 25 Jan 1763 – still 1773; Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 1764; Rector of Swyncombe, Oxfordshire, from 21 Jul 1788; master of a school at Hammersmith, Middlesex; m. [by 1767] Loretta Maria ---; d. 22 Nov 1788. [Surname alternatively spelled KEYT ?]
KYNNERSLEY, PHILIP, eldest son of Clement Kynnersley (or Kinnersley), Richmond, Surrey, Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe, and Dorothy, dau. of John Perrott, Drayton, Oxfordshire; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 22 Apr 1630 (IGI, sic); adm.; KS (aged 15) 1648; adm. Gray’s Inn 31 Dec 1650; Page of the Removing Wardrobe 31 Jul 1662, Yeoman of the Removing Wardrobe 4 Jan 1674 – 11 Dec 1688; buried Richmond, Surrey 1700.
KYNNERSLEY, JOHN, brother of Philip Kynnersley (qv); bapt. Wandsworth 16 Jun 1633 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. 1648, 1650; adm. Gray’s Inn 6 May 1651; buried Richmond, Surrey 25 Jan 1661/2.
KYNASTON, THOMAS SOUTHOUSE, son of Thomas Kynaston, and his second wife Anne Jones; b 22 Jun 1771; adm. 10 Sep 1782; d. 7 Aug 1783.
KYNASTON, HERBERT, brother of Charles Thomas Kynaston (qv); b. 23 Nov 1809; adm. 24 Jan 1821 (Best's); KS 1823; severely injured by an explosion of fireworks in his pockets while celebrating 5 November in Dean’s Yard 1823; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1827, matr. 30 May 1827, Westminster Student, Tutor and Greek Reader 1836; 1st cl. Classics 1831; BA 1831; MA 1833; BD and DD 1849; ordained deacon 25 May 1834, priest 21 Dec 1834 (both Oxford); High Master, St. Paul’s Sch. 1838-76; Perpetual Curate of St. Botolph without Aldgate, London 18 Jul 1838-45; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1841; Rector of St. Nicholas Cole Abbey and St. Olave, London 11 Oct 1850-66; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 29 Apr 1853; a skilful writer of Latin verse; author Miscellaneous Poetry, 1841, and other works; m. 2 Aug 1838 Elizabeth Selina, second dau. of Hugh Kennedy, Cultra, co. Down; d. 26 Oct 1878. DNB.
KYNASTON, EDWARD; b. 10 Jun 1815; adm. 12 Jan 1829 (Stikeman's)
KYNASTON, CHARLES THOMAS, second son of Roger Kynaston, Warwick, and Sandford, Oxfordshire, barrister, Inner Temple, and Georgiana, sister of Henry Oakeley (qv); b. 30 Nov 1806; adm. 10 Jun 1817 (Packharness'); left 14 Feb 1818; Cadet, EICS Madras 1824; Ensign, 19th Native Infantry 6 May 1825; Lieut., 24 Dec 1826; m. 17 Apr 1826 Catherine T. Woods; drowned at Moulmein, Tenasserim Provinces, India 13 Aug 1829.
KYNASTON, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK, brother of Charles Thomas Kynaston (qv); b. 12 Nov 1815; adm. 24 Jan 1827 (Stikeman's); KS 1828; entered Royal Navy 30 Sep 1830; Sub-Lieut., 27 Apr 1837; Lieut., 10 Nov 1842; Cdr., 15 Dec 1852; commanded HMS Spiteful in first attack on Sevastopol 17 Oct 1854, wounded; Capt., 18 Jan 1855; CB 5 Jul 1855; m. 25 Jun 1855 Catherine Mary, third dau. of Gen. --- Bacon; d. from effects of his old wound 21 Mar 1860.