Popplewell, Geoffrey Douglas, son of Herbert Alfred Popplewell, of Sidcup, Kent, by Norah Mabel, daughter of the Rev. George Smith, Vicar of St. Paul's, Bunhill Row, London; b. Aug. 7, 1904; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1918; left (with Triplett) July 1923; Brasenose Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1962; Tanganyika Administrative Service, cadet 1927, asst. district officer May 1929; district officer 1940; senior D.O. 1950; deputy provincial commissioner 1955; acting prov. comm. 1955; retired 1957; author of several geographical, geological and ethnological articles on the Tanganyika Territory; m. 1st, 1931, Marjorie Helen, daughter of Kenneth Macdonald, of lnvernesshire; d. 1945; 2nd, 1947, Isabel Diana Elisabeth, daughter of Maj. Philip Mathews, O.B.E., commissioner of police, British Honduras; d. 18 July 1994.
POPPLE, HENRY, eldest son of Henry Popple, Whitehall, Westminster, Under-Treasurer to Queen Caroline, and Anne, dau. of Sir Joseph Edmund Moore, Kt, Herts. [check]; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 30 Mar 1739 (IGI, sic); adm. (aged 11) Apr 1746; left 1750; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1750/1-2; lic. to m. 3 Jun 1766 Jane Budd, Teynham, Kent. [IGI also records Henry Strickland John Popple, son of Henry Popple, and Anne ---, bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 29 Oct 1737]. [will of Henry Popple, Monmouth, proved PCC 27 Apr 1775]
POPPLE, ---; b.; in school list 1754.
Popper, Claude Norman, son of Richard Popper, merchant, and Ida May, d. of Henry Edward James Ward Gibbins of Odiham, Hants; b. 1 Oct. 1909; adm. Sept. 1922 (H); left Dec. 1922; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Sgt); a coffee merchant; d. June 1993.
POPKIN, JOHN BENNETT, eldest son of Thomas Popkin, Forrest, Glamorgan, and Justina Maria, third dau. of Sir John Stepney, Bart.; b.; adm. 6 Oct 1767; in school lists 1771; St. Andrews Univ., matr. 15 Feb 1774; m. 1778 Mary, dau. of David White, Miskin, Glamorgan. [will of John Bennet Popkin, Lyme Regis, Dorset, proved PCC 23 Apr 1808]
POPHAM, STEPHEN, son of Stephen Popham, Middle Temple, London [not called to bar at MT, so attorney ? : also Deputy Bailiff, Westminster ?], and Diana Shelton, St. James’s, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1744. [will of Stephen Popham, Iver, Bucks., proved PCC 8 Jan 1770]
POPHAM, STEPHEN, fourth son of Joseph Popham, HBM Consul Tetuan, Morocco, and his first wife Mary Riggs, Waterford; b. 5 Jul 1745; adm.; KS 1759; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1763, scholar 25 Jun 1764, matr. 1764; 4th Wrangler 1767; BA 1767; MA 1774; adm. Middle Temple 14 Apr 1762, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1772; attorney; MP (I) Castlebar 1776-83; went out to India as Secretary to Sir John Day, Advocate-Gen. Bengal, 1777; arrived Madras Feb 1778, and after a quarrel with Day went into practice at Madras as an attorney; Joint Solicitor to EI Company at Madras from 14 Jun 1782; m. 1st, at Paris 5 Apr 1768 (divorced 14 Jun 1774) Ann Yate Whiteside; m. 2nd, 16 Nov 1774 Anna, dau. of Sir William Thomas, Bart.; d. at Conjeeveram, Madras 13 Jun 1795, as a result of a fall from his curricle.
POPHAM, HOME WHITWORTH VASSAL, son of Sir Home Riggs Popham (qv); bapt. St. Mary, Marylebone Road 31 May 1804; adm. 18 Sep 1812; left Mich. 1816; d. at Vera Cruz 30 Nov 1818.
POPHAM, SIR HOME RIGGS, brother of Stephen Popham (KS 1759, qv); b. 12 Oct 1760; adm. 14 Nov 1774; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Jan 1776, but did not matr.; entered Royal Navy Feb 1778; Lieut., 16 Jun 1783; Commander 26 Nov 1794; Post Capt., 4 Apr 1795; Rear-Adm., 4 Jun 1814; engaged in East India and China trade, with Admiralty permission; nearly ruined by the capture of his trading ship Etrusco in 1793, which involved him in prolonged litigation; served in Flanders under Duke of York 1793-5; attended OWW dinners at Calcutta in 1801 and 1803 (Hickey, Memoirs, iv, 271, 494); his innocence of a charge of embezzlement was established by a Select Committee of the House of Commons 1805; Commander-in-Chief of expedition which conquered Cape of Good Hope Dec 1805 – Jan 1806; took a British expeditionary force from there to Buenos Aires, briefly captured in July 1806 but then recaptured by Spanish troops who took the British occupying garrison prisoners; superseded 5 Jan 1807 and severely reprimanded by court-martial Mar 1807; took part in expedition to Copenhagen 1808; Commander-in-Chief, Jamaica Station 1817-20; MP Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) 21 Mar 1804 – Jan 1806, Shaftesbury 1806-7, Ipswich 1807-12; received freedom, City of London 8 Jan 1808; KCB 2 Jan 1815; KCH 1818; FRS 18 Apr 1799; responsible for the code of signals adopted by the Admiralty in 1803 and used at the battle of Trafalgar; m. 19 Dec 1788 Elizabeth Moffat, eldest dau. of Capt. John Prince, EI Maritime Service; d. 11 Sep 1820. DNB.
POPHAM, GEORGE MUNRO, son of Stephen Popham (KS 1759, qv); bapt. Madras 1 May 1779; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1795; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1794; Ensign 19 Oct 1795; Lieut., 23rd Native Infantry 15 Mar 1797; Capt., 26 Feb 1805; Maj., 1 Jun 1813; Lieut. -Col., 1 Mar 1818; CB 26 Jul 1823; d. unm. 22 Oct 1824.