VIDAL, PETER, son of Peter Vidal, Kensington, Middlesex, and Hester ---; bapt. 7 Oct 1701; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1715; BB 1716-9; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar 30 Oct 1719, aged 17, matr. 1719; BA 1723/4; MA 1729; ordained; an Usher at the School for many years; composed an ode for St. Cecilia’s day, set to music by William Boyce; m. 4 May 1733 Mary Strelley, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster; d. 19 Feb 1740/1.
VIDAL, HENRY DASHWOOD SEALY, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv); b. 5 Nov 1854; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (G); QS 1869; left May 1873; ordained deacon 1880, priest 1881 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Luke’s, Jersey 1880-3; held other curacies; emigrated to New South Wales, Australia 1886; Curate, Ballarat 1887-8, St. Lukeís, Liverpool 1889-91; Vicar of Guyong 1894-8; Rector of Rylestone 1900-2; Rector of Carcoar from 1902; m. 25 May 1890 Kate Elston, eldest dau. of John Brown Bossley, Edenson Park, New South Wales; d. at Carcoar 1 May 1905.
VIDAL, EDWARD URCH, only son of Edward Sealy, Friarn House, Bridgwater, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. William Lewis, Cannington, Somerset; b. 7 Jul 1816; adm. 23 Sep 1828 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1834; BA 1838; MA 1841; adm. Middle Temple 3 Nov 1837, called to bar 15 Apr 1842; Western Circuit; assumed surname of Vidal in lieu of Sealy 17 Feb 1842, on inheriting Devon estate of Robert Studley Vidal; of Cornborough, Devon; JP Somerset, Devon; m. 19 May 1842 Emma Harriet, dau. of Walpole Eyre, Weybridge, Surrey; d. 18 Dec 1884.
VIDAL, EDWARD SEALY, son of Edward Urch Vidal (qv); b. 13 Jun 1848; adm. 26 Sep 1861 (G); QS 1863; rowed v. Eton 28 Jul 1864; left Aug 1864; Ensign, 57th Foot, 31 May 1867; Lieut., 29 Dec 1869; ret. 17 Jul 1872; m. 5 Dec 1871 Beatrice Christine, third dau. of Lieut. -Col. Hon. Richard Charles Hare; d. 13 Mar 1878.
Patron of the School; She gave £800 towards the fund for the improvement of College Dormitory in 1846.
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Vickers, Thomas Bernard, son of William Henry Playfair Vickers, M.D., of Graiguenamanagh, co. Kilkenny; b. Nov. 6, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left July 1910; 2nd Lieut. R.E. April 1, 1917; Indian Army; attached Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners Sept. 19, 1917; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1919; served in East Africa in Great War I, and on the Indian Frontier; killed in action on the Shapur river, in Waziristan, July 16, 1921.
Vickers, Kirsop Bainbridge James, son of Charles Kirsop Vickers, of Wolsingham, co. Durham, by Mary, daughter of William Kirsop, of Frosterley, co. Durham; b. Aug. 1, 1869; adm. Jan. 24, 1884 (R); left April 1888; London Univ.; M.B. 1896; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1893; practises at Wellington, Salop; served in Great War I; Capt. R.A.M.C. May 27, 1916; m. Madeleine Louise, daughter of William de Gunon, of Dublin; d. 6 May 1930.
VICKERS, JOHN; b.; in school list Dec 1736.