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Price, ---; Russell Barker and Stenning record that a Dame of this name kept a small boarding house 1746-51, 1768 and 1787 (for 1787 see The World, 29 Sep 1787, but this is almost certainly a retrospective statement about a boarding house no longer in operation). First of four recorded boarders in the period up to the beginning of 1753 adm. Jan 1748/9, last recorded boarder adm. Jun 1751.

PRICE, ---; b.; adm. Jun or Jul 1716; in under school lists 1716-22.

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PRIAULX, PETER, son of Rev. Peter Priaulx DD, Rector of Buckland, Surrey, and Coelia Pleydell, Iffley, Oxfordshire; bapt. Buckland, Surrey 8 Aug 1703 (IGI); adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5; in under school list 1716; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Apr 1720; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1720-8; BA 1723; MA 1726; BD 1734/5; Fellow, Magdalen Coll. 1728-43, Bursar 1737, Dean of Divinity 1741; ordained deacon (Salisbury) 24 Sep 1727, priest (Norwich) 22 Feb 1729; Rector of Candlesby, Lincs. 19 Aug 1738-42; Rector of East Bridgeford, Notts., from 24 Apr 1742; d. unm. 18 Mar 1783.

PREVEREAU, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 12) Sep 1729; left 1733. [Evidently related to Daniel Prevereau, Chief Clerk, Secretary of State’s Office, who d. 1 Apr 1746]

Preston, Thomas Hildebrand, only son of William T. Preston, The Gordon Highlanders, by Alice Mary, second daughter of Capt. Frederick Hildebrand Stevens, R.N., and grandson of Sir Jacob Henry Preston, Bart. (q.v.); b. June 2, 1886; adm. May 2, 1901 (H); left March 1902; Trin. Hall Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1905; conducted mining expeditions (platinum and gold) in the Northern Urals and on the Russo-Chinese border 1909-12; pioneer business man in Siberia; entered the consular service and after appointments at Ekaterinburg 1913-9, Vladivostock 1919-21, Leningrad 1921-7, and Turin 1927, was appointed Consul at Kovno 1929; H.M. Chargé d'Affaires for Lithuania 1930; First Secretary, Diplomatic Service, 1935; Counsellor 1939; Minister at Kovno 1940-1; Consul at Cairo 1941; seconded to Inter­ Governmental Committee 1945; O.B.E. 1934; writer and free lance journalist since retirement; studied music with Alexander Glazounov and composed several musical works including two ballets performed in Europe and in the Commonwealth; m. Oct. 3, 1913, Ella Henrietta, daughter of L. von. Schickendantz; d. 30 Dec. 1976.

PRESTON, THOMAS EDWARD, brother of Sir Jacob Henry Preston, Bart. (qv); b. 17 Nov 1816; adm. 12 Jan 1830 (boarded with Mr Hodgson); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 2 Jul 1834; BA 1838; MA 1841; [no occupation given in 1881 Census]; m. 7 Aug 1845 Caroline, second dau. of William Willoughby Prescott, Hendon, Middlesex, banker; d. at Nice, France 23 Feb 1890.

Preston, Sarah; sister of James Burges, a bell ringer, Westminster Abbey and aunt of Ann Burges (Dame, see above) ; kept a boarding house in Smith Street ; first of forty-eight recorded boarders adm. Jul 1735, last recorded boarder adm. Feb 1746/7 ; m. --- Preston (dead by 1733) ; d. 7 Apr 1747, aged 56 (will proved PCC 23 Apr 1747). Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey.

Preston, Sir Ronald Douglas Hildebrand Bt, son of Sir Thomas Hildebrand Preston Bt (qv); b. 9 Oct. 1916; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left Dec. 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1967; 2nd Lieut. Gen. List Nov. 1940, transf. Intell. Corps Apr. 1942 (Maj.), Allied Control Commission Sofia 1945-6; a journalist, diplomat and farmer; Reuter's correspondent Bel­grade 1948-53; Times correspondent Vienna 1953-60, Far East correspondent Tokyo 1960-3; HM Diplomatic Service 1963-76; succ. his father as 7th Bt 31 Dec. 1976; a farmer and land­ owner in Norfolk 1977-; m. 1st 12 Jan. 1954 Smilya, d. of Mihailo Stefanovic, advocate, of Paris; 2nd July 1972 Pauleen, d. of Paul Lurcott of Hove, Sussex; d. 4 Apr. 1999.

PRESTON, ROBERT; b.; adm. 17 Sep 1770; left Midsummer 1774.