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ALEXANDER, GODFREY EDWARD, only son of Rev. Charles Alexander, Rector of Drumcree, co. Armagh, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Edward Smith Godfrey, Newark, Notts.; b. 10 Jul 1818; adm. 3 Jun 1830 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jan 1839; ordained deacon and priest (Armagh) 1842; Perpetual Curate, Bantry, co. Cork 1844-8; Incumbent, Caledon, co. Tyrone 1848-55; Vicar of Woodford-cum-Membris, Northants., 20 Apr 1855-65; Rector of Stoke Bliss, Herefs., 1865-95; JP Herefordshire; Domestic Chaplain to James, 4th Earl of Caledon; m. 10 Oct 1850 his cousin Henrietta, eldest dau. of William John Alexander-Shaw; d. 28 Dec 1901.

Alexander, Richard James Pickersgill, son of Robert Middleton Alexander, asst. solicitor, Min. of Agriculture, and Dorothy Anne, d. of Peter Wilson, inventor, of Stockton-on-Tees, Co. Durham; b. 18 June 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (G); left July 1941; RN 1944 (Writer 1st class); an antique dealer, successively in London and in Brighton, Sussex; m. 1st, 22 June 1960 d. of Capt. B. O. F. Gregory RN, of Ringwood, Hants; 2nd, 23 June 1976 Doreen Molly, d. of Oscar Rendell, architect; d. 26 May 2001.

ALEXANDER, ROBERT QUIN, only surviving son of William James Alexander, Maj. co. Dublin Militia, and Gertrude, eldest dau. of Gustavus Handcock-Temple, Waterstown, co. Westmeath; b. 3 May 1816; adm. 26 Sep 1827 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 3 Nov 1834; agent for Earl of Caledon in Tyrone and Armagh; High Sheriff, co. Dublin 1850; JP co. Armagh, co. Tyrone; m. 17 Feb 1840 Gertrude Harriet, fourth dau. of John Lushington Reilly, Scarvagh House, co. Down; d. 1887.

ALFORD, MELCHIZEDEK, son of William Alford, Lyme Regis, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1641, matr. 10 Dec 1641, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1648; expelled from his studentship by the Parliamentary Visitors 9 Nov 1648 for being “absent divers yeares and never appearinge to do any exercise” (Burrows, 212); treasurer to the Royalist garrison at Exeter during its siege by Parliament, and was “imployed in carrying letters and other messages to the King at Oxford and elsewhere” (Walker, Sufferings, pt. ii, 109); ordained 1653; Curate, Dunsford, Devon 1656; Curate, Culmstock, Devon 16 Mar 1658/9; Vicar of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, from 20 Mar 1661; m. 18 Dec 1650 Elizabeth, only child of Richard Channon, Escot, Ottery St. Mary, Devon; buried Ottery St. Mary, Devon 10 Aug 1689.

ALINGTON, EDWARD HUGH, eighth son of Rev. John Alington, Rector of Candlesby, Lincs., and Charlotte Sophia, youngest dau. of Sir Alan Bellingham, Bart.; nephew of George Marmaduke Alington (qv); b. 9 Apr 1857; adm. from Uppingham School 16 Jun 1870 (James'); BB 25 Jul 1870; QS (Capt. ) 1872; Capt. of the School 1875; left May 1876; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1876; played Association Football against Cambridge 1877, 1878; BA 1880; MA 1883; ordained deacon 1884, priest 1885 (Bishop Mitchinson for Peterborough); Curate, St. Mark’s, Leicester 1884-7; Curate, St. John the Baptist, Summertown, Oxford 1887-98; Assistant Master, Summerfields Preparatory School, Oxford 1879-84, 1887-1918, Head Master 1918-; m. 30 Jul 1885 Margaret, youngest dau. of Archibald Maclaren, Head Master, Summerfields Preparatory Sch., Oxford.

ALINGTON, JULIUS, fifth son of John Alington (qv); b. 6 Dec 1836; adm. (R) 18 Oct 1851; went out to Natal with Edward Lingen Burton (qv) and became a noted hunter (Markham, Recollections of a Town Boy, 37); of Little Barford House, Beds.; High Sheriff Bedfordshire 1883; JP Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire; m. 5 Jan 1871 Catherine Mary, second dau. of Edmund Wright, Halston Hall, Shropshire; d. 16 Nov 1905.

Allan, Alastair John, brother of James McAllister Allan (qv); b. 20 Sept. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1948; m. 12 Oct. 1961 Celia Ann, d. of Frederick Thomas Harry Heathman Doidge of Okehampton, Devon; d. 2019

Allan, James McAllister, son of James McAllister Allan, man. of firm of food manufacturers, of Maidenhead, and Flora Mary, d. of William King Brown of Hove; b. 19 May 1923; adm. Sept. 1936 (KS); left Dec. 1940; bar student (Middle Temple) 1941; Black Watch 1943 (Lieut.); wounded (NW Europe); Lincoln Coll. Oxf., matric. 1945; d. Jan. 1956.

ALLANSON, GEORGE, second son of George Allanson, Adlington, Lancs., and Dorothy, dau. of John Sudell, Langton, Lancs.; bapt. St. Bride, Fleet Street, London 21 Sep 1693 (IGI); adm.; QS (aged 15) 1708; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1713, matr. 23 Jun 1713, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1713 – void 27 Jul 1728 (expiry year of grace as R. St. Tudy); BA 1717; MA 1720; adm. Middle Temple 11 Jun 1713; ordained; Rector of St. Tudy, Cornwall 1727; Vicar of St. Gluvias, Cornwall 1730 (dispensation to hold with St. Tudy, 1730); Prebendary of Exeter 23 Apr 1730; Archdeacon of Cornwall from 14 Sep 1737; m. 22 Feb 1732 Mary, sister of Charles Trelawny (qv); d. 20 Aug 1741.

ALLANSON-WINN, ROWLAND GEORGE ALLANSON, 5TH BARON HEADLEY (I), only son of Hon. Rowland Allanson-Winn, and Margaretta Stephana, second dau. of George Walker, Overhall, Essex; b. 19 Jan 1855; adm. 24 Jan 1868 (James'); left 1868; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 Feb 1874, matr. Mich. 1874; won middle and heavy weights in University boxing competition; BA 1878; adm. Middle Temple 21 Nov 1879; editor Salisbury Journal; private secretary to Sir Frederic Seager Hunt, Bart. (qv); became a civil engineer, engaged in foreshore protection works in England and Ireland; MICE (I); Fellow, Society of Engineers of England, President 1921; succ. his cousin as 5th Baron Headley (I) 13 Jan 1913; President, British Muslim Society; made pilgrimage to Mecca Jul 1922, entitling him to the prefix Hadji; JP Co. Kerry; author, Boxing, 1920, and other works; m. 1st, 27 Oct 1899 Teresa St. Josephine, youngest dau. of William Henry Johnson, Governor of Leh and Jummu; m. 2nd, 11 Feb 1921 Barbara Janet Ainsleigh, widow of Thomas Baynton, Darlington, co. Durham, and seventh dau. of Robert Lawrence Kilpatrick, Belfast; m. 3rd, 28 Jul 1929 Catharine, widow of Maj. Lindsay Bashford OBE, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, journalist, and dau. of Joseph William Lovibond, Lake House, Wilts., brewer; d. 22 Jun 1935.