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POPHAM, EDWARD, second son of Edward Popham MP, Littlecote, Wiltshire, and Rebecca Huddon, St. George the Martyr, Middlesex; b. 27 Oct 1738; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1748/9 (Watts'); in school list 1754; St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1755; BA 1759; MA 1762; BD and DD 1774; Fellow, Oriel Coll.; ordained priest (Oxford) May 1763; Vicar of Lacock, Wilts., from Aug 1765; Rector of Chilton Foliat, Wilts., from 1778; m.; d. 16 Sep 1815.

POPE, WALTER, son of --- Pope, and Jane, widow of Walter Wilkins, Oxford, goldsmith, and dau. of Rev. John Dod, Rector of Fawsley, Northants [or Hanwell, Oxfordshire ?]; half-brother of Right Rev. John Wilkins DD, Bishop of Chester and Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1645, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1645, scholar 1645; migrated to Wadham Coll. Oxford, scholar 1648; BA 1649; MA 1651 (incorp. Cambridge 1657); MD 1661; Fellow, Wadham Coll. 9 Jul 1651 – 27 Jun 1662, Bursar 1655, 1657, Sub-Warden 1658, Dean 1660-1; Junior Proctor 1658; while Proctor suvccessfully resisted the attempt of Edward Bagshaw (qv) and others to abolish the wearing of gowns and hoods; Professor of Astronomy, Gresham Coll., London 1660 – 21 Sep 1687, res.; an original member, Royal Society 20 May 1663; obtained licence to travel 1664 and spent two years in Italy; Registrar, Diocese of Chester, from 1668; an intimate friend of Seth Ward, Bishop of Salisbury, of whom he wrote a biography, published in 1697; author, Select Novels from Cervantes and Petrarch, 1694, and other works; d. 25 Jun 1714. DNB.

POPE, THOMAS, only son of Richard Pope, Cork, and Sarah, dau. of William Winthrop, Mayor of Cork; b.; adm. 13 Sep 1775; practised as solicitor at Cork; High Sheriff, Cork 1799, Mayor 1828; m. Catherine Baker; d. 1833, aged 71.

Pope, Thomas Stephen Legh, son of the Rev. William Alexander Pope, Vicar of Redbourn, Herts, by Frances Allenby, daughter of William White, of Redbourn; b. April 10, 1893; adm. May 2, 1907 (A); left Easter 1910; and went to Aspatria Agricultural Coll., Cumberland; assist. manager, Fertiliser Sales, Ltd., London; enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers Aug. 1914; 2nd Lieut. Jan. 30, 1916; served in France. July 1915 until he was wounded at La Bassee March 13, 1916; d. 30 Jan. 1966.

POPE, ROGER, son of Roger Pope MP, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and his second wife Elizabeth Bromidge (IGI); half-brother of George Pope (qv); bapt. Woolstaston, Shropshire 9 Jan 1689/90; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1707, adm. pens. 12 Jun 1707, aged 17, scholar 19 Apr 1708; BA 1710/1; buried Woolstaston, Shropshire 24 Jan 1748.

Pope, Roger Derek Edward, son of Edward Hugh Cooper Pope of Hampton Wick, and Frieda, d. of Stephen George Sage of Winchmore Hill; b. 12 Sept. 1934; adm. Sept. 1948 (B); left July 1951; a Nat. Prov. Bank official; rowed in Nat. Prov. Bank Four, winners at Henley of Wyfold Cup 1957, Thames Cup 1962, gold medallists (coxless fours) Commonwealth Games 1958; m. 7 Mar. 1959 Jennifer Elizabeth, d. of Arthur James Josiah Blethyn, civil servant, of Twickenham; d. 25 Oct. 2014.

POPE, GEORGE, son of Roger Pope MP, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, and his first wife Mary, dau. of Sir John Weld, Kt, Willey, Shropshire; bapt. Willey, Shropshire 9 Mar 1670 (IGI); adm.; KS 1685; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1688, matr. 29 Jun 1688, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1688 – void 1705; BA 1692; MA 13 Mar 1694/5; adm. Inner Temple 1691.

POPE, EDWARD, son of Ebenezer Pope, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and Anna Maria, dau. of Thomas Eves, Clifford, Herefs.; bapt. St. Clement Danes 15 Feb 1794; in school lists 1801; KS (aged 14) 1808; left Christmas 1811; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1812; migrated to Queen’s Coll., exhibitioner 1815-6, scholar 1816-20; BA 1816; MA 1819; BD and DD 1836; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1820-7; ordained; Archdeacon of Jamaica; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1825 Augusta, sister of Charles Richard Bigge (qv); m. 2nd, [?] Mary Jane, dau. of John Campbell, Jamaica; d. Feb 1855.

POPE, ARTHUR FREDERIC, only son of Edward Pope (qv); b. 4 Feb 1840; adm. 7 Oct 1852 (G); left 1858, with Triplett; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 May 1858, Bishop Fell Student 1859; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1860; BA 1863; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1864, priest 1865 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Nicholas, Guildford, Surrey 1864-6, Christ Church, Bloomsbury, London 1870-2; Vicar of Tring, Herts., 1872-81; m. 30 Jul 1881 Catherine Isabella Ellen, elder dau. of Maj. James Rose, Kilravock Castle, Nairnshire, Bombay Army (previously EICS Bombay); d. 13 Mar 1921.