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Boult, Sir, Adrian Cedric, 1889-1983

  • GB-2014-WSA-00023
  • Person
  • 1889-1983

Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric, only son of Cedric Randal Bault, of Blundellsands, near Liverpool, by Katherine Florence, daughter of Harry Dawson Barman, of Blackheath, Kent; b. April 8, 1889; adm. April 26, 1901 (G); left July 1908; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1908; B.A. and Mus. Bae. 1912; M.A. 1915; studied in Leipzig; on the musical staff, Royal Opera, 1914; served during Great War I in the War Office, and on Commission Internationale de Ravitaillement; conducted for the Royal Philharmonic and the Liverpool Philharmonic Societies, the London Symphony, Queen's Hall, and Albert Hall orchestras; joined the teaching staff of the Royal College of Music 1919; conductor of Patron's Fund 1919-24; Musical Director of the Birmingham City Orchestra 1924-30 and 1959-60; Director of Music of the B. B.C. 1930-42; Conductor of the B. B.C. Orchestra 1930-51, and of the London Philharmonic Orchestra 1951-7; Mus.D. Oxon. 1921; Hon. LL.D. Birmingham 1930; F.R.C.M.; Hon. Mus.D. Edinburgh 1933; knighted 1937; Hon. Student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. 1939; Hon. LL.D. Liverpool 1947; Hon. Mus. Doc. Cambridge 1953; a Busby Trustee 1946; author of A Handbook on the Technique of Conducting; m. July 1, 1933, Ann, daughter of Capt. F.A. Bowles, R.N., of Sittingbourne, Kent; d. 22 Feb. 1983.

Carleton, John Dudley, 1908-1974

  • GB-2014-WSA-00018
  • Person
  • 1908-1974

Carleton, John Dudley, son of Brig.-Gen. Frederick Montgomerie Carleton DSO, of Butler's Marston, Warks, and Emma Gwendolen Priscilla, d. of Sampson Samuel Lloyd of Dolobran, Montgom.; b. 29 Aug. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (H); left July 1927; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1947; an asst master at the school 1932-49; War Office (attd Special Forces) 1941- 5; appointed Under Master Election 1949 (on the revival of that office); Head Master 29 June 1957 to 31 Aug. 1970; chairman Westminster Sch. Soc. Council 1946-57; a Busby Trustee 1969-74; pres. Elizabethan Club 1974; author of Westminster 1938, Westminster School 1965; m. 5 Aug. 1965 Janet Buchanan, writer under the name of Janet Adam Smith, d. of Very Rev. Sir George Adam Smith DD, Principal of Aberdeen Univ., and widow of Michael Roberts, Prin­cipal of Coll. of St Mark & St John, Chelsea; d. 6 Nov. 1974.

Brock, Denison Saumarez, 1922-1980

  • GB-2014-WSA-00020
  • Person
  • 1922-1980

Brock, Denison Saumarez, brother of Donald Alastair Carey Brock (qv); b. 27 Apr. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (A), (B) Sept. 1939; left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940, BA 1948, MA 1953; RM 1941-5 (Capt.); asst master at the school 1949-78, housemaster Ashburnham 1953-63, Grant's 1963-9, Sen. Master 1972-8, retd 1978; a substantial benefactor to the school; d. 3 Nov. 1980.

Frost, Richard Aylmer, 1905-1995

  • GB-2014-WSA-00075
  • Person
  • 1905-1995

Frost, Richard Aylmer, son of Robert Frost, barrister-at-law, and Alexandra, d. of Alexander Rose of Streatham; b. 29 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928, MA 1950; Fellow Harvard Univ. 1928; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), MBE Jan. 1944; British Council East Africa, OBE Jan. 1952; DPhil (Oxon.) 1973; author of The British Commonwealth and World Society 1947, Race Against Time 1978, Historic Oxford 1984; m. 1 Sept. 1938 Alice, d. of V. B. Reichwald; d. 5 Mar. 1995.

Lambe, Philip Agnew, 1897-1968

  • GB-2014-WSA-00114
  • Person
  • 1897-1968

Lambe, Philip Agnew, brother of John Lawrence Penrose Lambe (q.v.); b. Feb. 23, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1913; served in Great War I; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. May 3, 1916; invalided; Trinity Hall, Camb., B.A. 1932; M.A. 1947; an artist; Gold Medallist, Paris Salon; served in the Navy in both Great Wars; painted the portrait of Walter Hamilton, Head Master, 1957; m. 1955, Zoe Violetta Lane, of New Zealand; d. 1968.

Worlock, Frederic George, 1886-1973

  • GB-2014-WSA-00178
  • Person
  • 1886-1973

Worlock, Frederic George, son of Thomas Worlock, of St. Johns Wood, by Sophia Eliza­beth, daughter of Walter Thornhill, of Paddington; b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1905; an actor, first appeared at the Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, Feb. 17, 1908, in Much Ado about Nothing; has since played mainly in the U.S.A.; a regular film­ actor at Hollywood from 1939; a member of the Benson company 1905-10; enlisted in 14th Batt. London Regt. (London Scottish) Nov. 9, 1914; temp. Capt. in the same, Nov. 30, 1915; wounded March 28, 1917; M.C. Nov. 26, 1917; m. 1st Feb. 11, 1911, Olive, daughter of Robert Noble, of Liverpool; 2nd Elsie Ferguson, actress, daughter of Hiram Benson Ferguson, of New York; d. 1973.

Monier-Williams, Randall Herbert, 1891-1984

  • GB-2014-WSA-00127
  • Person
  • 1891-1984

Monier-Williams, Randall Herbert, son of Montagu Sneade Faithfull Monier-Williams, M.R.C.S., of South Kensington, by Florence Isabel, daughter of Frederick Sydney Littlejohn, of Brooklyn, U.S.A.; b. Sept. 3, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1910; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1913; enlisted in 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Aug. 1914, and served until Nov. 1915, when he was invalided; Lieut. R.N.V.R. 1917, and served with the Brit. War Mission, U.S.A., until 1919; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1920, practises in London; clerk and solicitor to the worshipful Co. of Tallow Chandlers since 1928; m. Dec. 7, 1922, Sylvia Francesca Tristram, daughter of Thomas Wadham Stoll, of New York, U.S.A.; d. 22 May 1984.

Yglesias, Francis Michael, 1867-1950

  • GB-2014-WSA-00180
  • Person
  • 1867-1950

YGLESIAS, FRANCIS MICHAEL, son of Miguel Yglesias, Stamford Hill, London, and Ellen Maude, dau. of John Barnes, Willesden, Middlesex; b. 16 Jul 1867 (christened as Francisco Miguel Yglesias); adm. 16 Jun 1881 (D, G), exhibitioner; QS Nov 1882; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1886, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1886; BA 1889; MA 1893; ordained deacon 1890, priest 1891 (both Lincoln); Curate, Coningsby, Lincs., 1890-4, Gedney, Lincs., 1894-5, Skegness, Lincs., 1896-8; Vicar of Tattershall, Lincs., 1898-1920; Rector of Langton, Lincs., 1920-33; m. 8 Oct 1912 Alice, dau. of John Short, Tattersall, Lincs.; d. 4 Dec 1950.

Severn, Arthur, 1874-1947

  • GB-2014-WSA-00155
  • Person
  • 1874-1947

Severn, Arthur, son of Joseph Arthur Palliser Severn (q.v.); b. Aug. 16, 1874; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); left Dec. 1892; Exeter CoJI. Oxon., matric. Lent 1897; B.A. 1902; a trout farmer at Bibury, Glos.; d. Aug. 7, 1947.

Cockerell, Sir Charles Robert, 1788-1863

  • GB-2014-WSA-00052
  • Person
  • 1788-1863

COCKERELL, CHARLES ROBERT, second son of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, Westbourne Lodge, Paddington, architect and Surveyor to East India Co., and Anna, dau. of John Whettam, St. Ives, Hunts.; b. 28 Apr 1788; adm. 29 Apr 1802 (Clapham); Min. Can. 1802; in school list Oct 1803; entered his father’s office at age of 16; in office of Sir Robert Smirke 1809-10; on architectural study tour in Greece, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy 1810-7; participated in discovery of Aeginetan and Phigaleian Marbles; commenced architectural practice on return to England; Surveyor, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1819-54; ARA 1829, RA 1836, Professor of Architecture at Royal Academy 1839-57; architect to Bank of England, 1833; “at once the most fastidious and the least pedantic of English neo-classical architects” (Colvin); his principal architectural works included the University Library, Cambridge, 1837-40, the Ashmolean Museum and Taylorian Institution, Oxford, 1841-2, and a series of provincial branch buildings for the Bank of England; DCL Oxford 20 Jun 1844; completed the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1845-7, and the interior of St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, 1851-4; Hon FRIBA 9 May 1836, FRIBA 3 Dec 1849, President 1860-1, Gold Medallist 1848; FSA by 1831; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1858; designed the scenery for the Westminster Latin Play, painted under his superintendence by Fenton and used for the first time in 1857; retired from practice 1859; author, The Temples of Jupiter Panhellenius at Aegina, and of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, 1860, and other works; m. 4 Jun 1828 Anna Maria, dau. of John Rennie FRS, civil engineer; d. 17 Sep 1863 and buried St. Paul’s Cathedral. DNB.

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