VINCENT, SIR (CHARLES EDWARD) HOWARD, brother of Arthur Frederick Vincent (qv); b. 31 May 1849; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1865; RMC Sandhurst Nov 1866; Ensign, 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; ret. Aug 1873; Special Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, at Berlin in 1871 and during Russian-Turkish War 1876; adm. Inner Temple 3 May 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; South-Eastern Circuit; Director of Criminal Investigations, Metropolitan Police 1878-84; Col. -Commandant, Queenís Westminster Volunteers 1884-1904, later Hon. Col., VD; MP (Conservative) Sheffield Central from 1885; member, Metropolitan Board of Works 1888-9, London County Council 1889-96; one of the British delegates to Anti-Anarchist Conference, Rome 1898; ADC to Edward VII from 1901; CB 23 Jan 1886; knighted 17 Jan 1896; KCMG 3 Jun 1899; DL JP Co. London, JP Middlesex, Berkshire; a consistent advocate of imperial protection, founding in 1891 the United Empire Trade League, of which he was Hon. Secretary; Chairman, National Union of Conservative Associations 1895; the Acts of Parliament dealing with the probation of first offenders, 1887, and for the appointment of a public trustee, 1906, were mainly due to his persistence; author, A Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law, 1882, and other works; m. 26 Oct 1882 Ethel Gwendoline, second dau. of George Moffatt MP, Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; d. at Menton, France 7 Apr 1908. DNB.
VINCENT, ARTHUR FREDERICK, eldest son of Rev. Sir Frederick Vincent, Bart., Rector of Slinfold, Sussex, and Prebendary of Chichester, and his second wife Maria Copley, dau. of Robert Herries Young, Auchenspragh, Dumfriesshire; b. 6 Jun 1845; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (G); Min. Can. 1860; left Dec 1861; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Oct 1864; LLB 1869; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1 May 1871; equity draftsman and conveyancer; two English Literature prizes at the School were founded in his memory by his mother; d. at Cannes, France 2 Apr 1875.
VINCENT, ---; b.; in school list Jun 1764; left Dec 1764.
VINCENT, ---; b.; adm.; left 1656 (school list 1656, first quarter); a boarder.
VILLIERS, JAMES FITZGERALD, LORD VILLIERS, elder son of John Villiers, 1st Earl Grandison (I), and Frances, dau. of Edward Cary, Caldecot [check county], and sister of Lucius Henry Cary, 6th Viscount Falkland (S); b.; adm. (aged 7) Jul 1718; left 1718; at Eton Coll. in 1725; MP (I) Co. Waterford from 1730; m. 11 Jul 1728 Jane, dau. of Richard Butler, London, “an eminent conveyancer”; d. 12 Dec 1732.
VILLIERS, HON. HENRY, younger son of Edward Villiers, 1st Earl of Jersey, Lord Chamberlain of the Household, and Barbara, dau. of William Chiffinch, Bray, Berks. , Page of the Bedchamber to Charles II; b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt. , aged 13) 1715); elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1719, matr. 23 Jun 1719, Westminster Student 23 Jun 1719 - void 18 Dec 1723; ordained deacon 3 Oct 1731, priest 10 Oct 1731 (both Bath and Wells); Vicar of Frome Selwood, Somerset 11 Oct 1731; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. nob. 28 May 1733; MA 1733; Rector of Marston Bigott, Somerset 13 Sep 1733 (disp. to hold with Frome Selwood); d. May 1743.
VILLIERS, GEORGE, son of George Villiers (QS 1705, qv); bapt. Chalgrove, Oxfordshire 27 Oct 1724 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Apr 1739; left 1742; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 2 Jul 1742, Canoneer Student 28 Jun 1742 - void 13 Jul 1773 (expiry year of grace as V. Frodsham from 19 Oct 1772); BA 1746; MA 1779; ordained; Vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, from 14 Jul 1772; m. 22 May 1770 Mary Saverly [but check date, since marriage would have vacated his Studentship]; d. 24 Jun 1774. [presumably Chaplain, Royal Navy 1759]
VILLIERS, GEORGE, only son of Capt. Edward Villiers, Worcester, and Joan, dau. of William Heming, Worcester, brewer; b. 11 Apr 1690; adm.; QS 1705; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 - void 1723, Tutor 1716; BA 1713; MA 1716; ordained deacon (Winchester) 4 Jun 1721; Vicar of Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, from 1723; claimed Earldom of Buckingham 1734, but never assumed title; m. 14 Nov 1722 Catherine, dau. of Thomas Stephens, Worcester; d. Apr 1748.
VILLIERS, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 8) 1716; left 1716.
VILLIERS, ---; b.; in under school list 1716.