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Kirbyshire, John Arthur, son of Arthur Scarr Kirbyshire, schoolmaster, of Ealing, and Gwladys Mabel, d. of Henry William James of Halstead, Essex; b. 1 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left July 1942; RAF 1942-5; Trin. Coll. Camb., elected 1942 (open schol. ), matric. 1945, BA 1948; an official of the Bank of England 1948-80; m. 4 July 1949 Joyce Mary Adams, d. of Henry Coates of Watford, Herts; d. 2 Nov. 1996.

KIRBY, WILLIAM, only son of John Joshua Kirby FRS FSA, Drawing Master to George III when Prince of Wales, and Sarah, dau. of Abraham Bull, Framlingham, Suffolk; b.; at school under Markham (Life and Writings of Mrs Trimmer, 1814, i, 10); a pupil of Gainsborough; Joint Clerk of Works, Richmond and Kew, with his father, from 1761; member, Incorporated Society of Artists, in 1766; studying architecture at Rome 1768-70; m. by 1768 --- (subsequently House Keeper at Richmond Lodge); d. 13 Jul 1771.

KIRBY, ROWLAND ARTHUR, son of Thomas Charles Kirby MD LRCP (I) MRCS, Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, London, and Henrietta Sophia, dau. of Edward Peploe Smith, EICS Bengal; b. 29 Jan 1868; adm. 22 Sep 1881 (H); left Aug 1884; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1887; BA 1890; MB 1897; MRCS LRCP 1893; medical practitioner (no longer in practice by 1926); d. 30 Jan 1940.

Kirby, Herbert Robert, second son of William Kirby, of Ealing; b. April 29, 1881; adm. from St. Paul's School as (non-resident) Q.S. Sept. 27, 1895 (A); elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. (with Triplett) 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; d. at Ch. Ch. May 15, 1903.

KIRBY, HENRY, son of Rev. John Kirby, Vicar of Mayfield, Sussex; b.; adm. Christmas 1811; left 1813; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Mar 1813; BA 1817; MA 1820; Fellow, Clare Coll. 25 Nov 1817; Senior Proctor 1829; ordained; Rector of Great Waldingfield, Suffolk 1842; d. 29 Jan 1858, aged 64.

Kiralfy, Dennis Maurice Gerald, son of Gerald Archibald Kiralfy MBE and Margaret Milner, d. of John Milner Harker; b. 19 Mar. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (H); left Dec. 1930; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. 1932, BA 1935; swam and played water polo against Oxford 1936; Brit. Avia­tion Insurance Co. 1936-9; Dept. of Civil Aviation Air Ministry 1939; FO RAFVR 1938; killed on active service 1 Jan. 1941.

Dennis Maurice Gerald Kiralfy was born at Kensington, London on the 19th of March 1913 the only son of Gerald Archibald Kiralfy MBE, an architect, and Margaret Milner (nee Harker) Kiralfy of 9, Addison Crescent, London, later of Oak Grove, Churt in Surrey. He was christened at the Church of St John the Baptist, Kensington on the 3rd of June 1913. He was educated at Linton House School from 1921 to July 1926 and at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1926 to December 1930. He matriculated for the City and Guilds Engineering College at South Kensington in September 1931 and was accepted as a student member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on the 17th of November 1931. He resigned his membership on the 2nd of January 1933.
He matriculated for Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1932 where he achieved a BA in 1936. He represented Cambridge University at swimming at Wembley against Oxford University on the 27th of June 1936 and also was also a member of the University at Water Polo team in 1936. He was on the staff of the British Aviation Insurance Company from 1936 to 1939 when he left to join the Department of Civil Aviation Department at the Air Ministry where he was appointed as a Junior Operations Officer in the Directorate of Operational Services.
He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the Reserve of Air Force Officers on the 22nd of September 1936 and was promoted to Flying Officer on the 22nd of March 1938. He resigned his commission in order to accept a commission on the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve with the rank of Pilot Officer on the 20th of October 1938 and was promoted to Flying Officer from the same date, with seniority from the 22nd of March 1938.
Dennis Kiralfy took off from RAF Bircham Newton in Hudson Mk I T9287 for a transit flight to a satellite airfield where the aircraft was to drop off three airmen and then continue on for an orientation flight of the general area. The aircraft was flying at low level near to the satellite airfield when its port wing hit a barn at Barn Field, North Street, Longham in Norfolk. The aircraft crashed into a ploughed field at 2.48pm where it caught fire, killing all on board.
The crew was
Flying Officer Henry Edward Middleton Featherstone (Pilot)
Leading Aircraftman Kenneth Charles George Gilder (Air Gunner)
Leading Aircraftman William Arthur Meller (Air Gunner)
Sergeant Robert Arthur Plowright (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner)
Pilot Officer Roy McKenzie Mansell (3rd Pilot)
Pilot Officer John Buttemer Allen (2nd Pilot)
Flying Officer Dennis Maurice Gerald Kiralfy (4th Pilot)
Aircraftman 1st Class George Alexander Meridew (Air Gunner)
His father received the following telegram dated the 2nd of January 1941: - “Deeply regret to inform you that your son Flying Officer Dennis Maurice Gerald Kiralfy is reported to have lost his life as the result of an aircraft accident on January 1st 1941. Letter follows. The Air Council express their profound sympathy.”
An inquiry into the accident concluded that: -“All the occupants were killed and the exact cause of the accident will never be fully established. The pilot was very experienced and had a reputation for steadiness and reliability, the error of judgement that he made with such tragic results is in this case almost inexplicable. The pilot’s instructions were to drop 3 airmen at the satellite aerodrome to work on an aircraft which was urgently required, then to take 2 new pilots round the district to show them various landmarks, the situation of the satellite and the orientation of the aerodrome generally.”
His funeral took place on the 7th of January 1941.
He is buried at St Alban’s Church, Hindhead.

Kinsman (or Kynnesman), Arthur; son of Harold Kinsman (or Kynnesman), St.Michael’s Cornhill, London, mercer, and his second wife Amy Dentry ; b. 25 Dec 1682 ; ed. Christ’s Hospital Sch. and Trinity Coll.Cambridge, adm. sizar 30 Jun 1702 ; BA 1705 ; MA 1709 ; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1710 (Peterborough), priest 22 Mar 1712/3 (London) ; “brought to Westminster by that excellent master Mr George Tollet when he was second master”; Usher in 1714 (Letter Books of John Hervey, First Earl of Bristol, 1894, 390-1, where Lord Bristol records in a letter dated 26 Jun 1714 that “Dr Friend, the master of Westminster School … has recommended Mr.Kinsman, one of his assistants … who he assures me is in every way qualified for that employment”, to succeed as Head Master of Bury St.Edmunds School in the event of a vacancy) ; Head Master, Bury St.Edmunds Sch. 1715-45 ; “an excellent master, a very sufficient scholar” (Cumberland, Memoirs, 23), who expanded the school,to some 150 pupils and secured it an excellent reputation ; he “formed his scholars upon the system of Westminster” ; Rector of Barnham, Suffolk, from 11 May 1722 ; Reader, St.James, Bury St.Edmunds, Suffolk, 13 Jul – 13 Sep 1751 ; Rector of Eriswell, Suffolk, from 6 Jun 1766 ; author, A Short Introduction to Grammar, 1768 ; m. Margaret Maddocks, Troston, Suffolk ; d. 10 Jul 1770. ODNB (under KYNNESMAN).

KINSMAN (or KYNNESMAN), EDMUND, second son of Harold Kinsman, Broughton, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Golborne, Liverpool; bapt. 6 Jul 1605; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1623, adm. scholar 1624; BA 1627/8; MA 1631; ordained; Rector of Clipston, Northants, in 1640; m. Dorothy, only dau. of Moyle Deale, London; d. 17 Oct 1640.