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REYNOLDS, OCTAVIAN, fifth son of Right Rev. Richard Reynolds LLD, Bishop of Lincoln, and Sarah, dau. of Right Rev. Richard Cumberland DD, Bishop of Peterborough; bapt. Kingsthorpe, Northants 6 Nov 1707; adm. (aged 14) Sep 1722; KS 1724; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1728, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1728, scholar 2 May 1729; BA 1731/2; MA 1735; ordained deacon 24 Feb 1731/2, priest 5 Mar 1731/2 (both Lincoln); Rector of Farthingstone, Northants 16 Mar 1731/2-3; Precentor of Llandaff 28 Jun 1732-3; Prebendary of Lincoln from 17 Nov 1732; Rector of Wheathamsted, Herts., from 25 Nov 1732; Vicar of Leighton Buzzard, Beds., 8 Jul 1748-59; m. c. 1734 Clemence, natural dau. of Sir Thomas Montgomerie, Kt; d. 22 May 1773.

REYNOLDS, JOHN, son of Henry Revell Reynolds MD FRCP, Bedford Square, London, Physician in Ordinary to George III, and Elizabeth Wilson; b. 18 Jun 1782; in school list 1795 (previously at Felsted Sch.); Min. Can. 1795; KS (Capt., aged 14) 1796; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1799; Clerk, Home Office Oct 1803 – Dec 1805; on staff of Sir Francis Jackson, British Minister at Washington, USA, for five years; became a Congregational minister; Pastor, New Windsor Congregational Church, Salford, Lancs.; Head Master, Protestant Dissenters GS, Pendleton, Lancs., 1812- c. 1814 [check]; Congregational minister at Romsey, Hampshire 1824-50, subsequently at Halstead, Essex; an anecdote of his being flogged by Vincent appeared in The Times 23 Jul 1928; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 1 Jul 1819 Sarah, dau. of Robert Fletcher, Chester; d. 15 Feb 1862.

Reynolds, John Hardwick, only son of John James Reynolds, of London, solicitor, by Marian, elder daughter of Daniel Willlshen Soames, of Harrow Weald, Middlesex; b. Aug. 10, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1891; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1896, matric. Michaelmas 1896; B.A. 1900; M.A. 1905; joined the special war staff of the Royal Geographical Society 1914 and became secretary to the Permanent Committee on geographical names for British official use; awarded the Murchison grant of the R. G. Soc. 1924; joint author with Major­ Gen. Lord Edward Gleichen of Alphabets of Foreign Languages transcribed into English (1921); m. July 25, 1908, Alice Isabel, youngest daughter of John Lewin Bacon, of Wellington, New Zealand; d. Jan. 9, 1937.

Reynolds, Henry Laurence, son of Surgeon-Col. James Henry Reynolds, V.C., of St. George's Road, Westminster, by Elizabeth, daughter of Dr McCormick; b. June 30, 1885; adm. May 6, 1897 (A); left Dec. 1898; served in Great War I; L/Cpl. King's Liverpool Regt.

REYNOLDS, GEORGE; b. 1766; d. 1851 [Whitmore, no source cited, but he presumably meant George Reynolds, Lieut., Royal Navy 10 Jul 1794, Cdr. (ret. ) 30 Mar 1831, d. early 1851 in 85th year]

REYNOLDS, FREDERICK; b.; adm. (aged 10) Mar 1746/7 (Hawkins'); in school list 1752. [Perhaps Frederick Reynolds, son of William Reynolds, and Anne --, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 9 Jan 1736 (IGI), and possibly Frederick Reynolds who was Under Clerk, Treasury Sep 1753 – Feb 1776, Chief Clerk Feb 1776 – Dec 1783, and was living in Jul 1797].

REYNOLDS, FREDERICK, brother of Octavian Reynolds (qv); bapt. Northampton 10 Jan 1716/7; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1724/5; left 1733 [sic, check]; Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 22 Sep 1732, matr. 1733; BA 1736/7; MA 1740; ordained deacon 23 Sep 1739, priest 11 Jan 1740/1 (both Lincoln); Rector of Winwick, Northants, from 17 Jan 1740/1; Prebendary of Lincoln from 25 Jul 1741; m.; buried Winwick, Northants 4 Jun 1743.

REYNOLDS, FREDERIC, brother of Richard Reynolds (qv); b. 1 Nov 1764; adm. 22 Jan 1776 (Jones, sic); left 1780 (?); adm. Middle Temple 5 Jan 1781; abandoned study of law to become a playwright; his first play, Werter, was performed at Bath 25 Nov 1785; wrote nearly a hundred tragedies and comedies, some of which were successes; Byron has a contemptuous allusion to him in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers, lines 568-9; author of novel, A Playwright’s Adventures, 1831, and of autobiography The Life and Times of Frederic Reynolds, 1826, which contains some interesting reminiscences of his schooldays; m. 16 Mar 1799 Elizabeth Mansell (IGI), actress at Covent Garden Theatre; d. 16 Apr 1841. DNB.

Reynolds, Edward, son of Edward Reynolds, HM Watford GS, and Gladys, d. of George Thomas Hawkins of Northampton; b. 30 July 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (B); left Apr. 1934; Queens' Coll. Camb., matric. 1934, BA 1938; lntell. Corps in WW2 (Capt.); chairman Spenklin Ltd; Surrey CC 1968-85; m. 25 May 1940 Barbara Joan, d. of Eric L. Spencer-Schrader of Newdigate, Sur­rey; d. 27 Mar. 1989.