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HARRISON, THOMAS, brother of William Bassett Harrison (qv); b. 13 Feb 1816; adm. 8 Apr 1829 (Scott's).

TURNER, JAMES; b. 5 Jun 1813; adm. 4 Feb 1829 (Scott's).

ST. JOHN, AMBROSE, second son of Henry St. John, and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Henry Wigley, Pensham House, Worcs.; nephew of St. Andrew St. John (qv); b. 29 Jun 1815; adm. 13 Jan 1829 (Scott's); KS 1830; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1834, matr. 15 May 1834, Westminster Student; BA 1838; MA 1840; ordained deacon (Oxford) 20 Dec 1840, priest (Canterbury) 22 May 1842; Curate, Walmer, Kent 1840-5; received into Roman Catholic Church Oct 1845; accompanied J. H. Newman to Rome 1846, where they joined the Oratorians and were ordained RC priests 1847; one of original Oratorian community which Newman established at Maryvale Jan 1848 and which moved to Hagley Road, Edgbaston 1852; volunteered with Newman to assist the Catholic priests at Bilston during cholera epidemic 1849; Head Master, Oratory School, Edgbaston, from 1862; went on mission to Rome 1867 about the Oratory School and the proposed Oratory at Oxford; broke down from overwork while translating Fessler’s book True and False Infallibility; called in Rome Newman’s “Angel Guardian”, and, “certainly”, Newman wrote, “he has been to me Azarias, the son of Ananias” (Ward, Life of J. H. Newman, 1912, ii, 410, 412); his name is singled out in the concluding paragraphs of the Apologia; d. 24 May 1875. Buried Rednal, Shropshire, where Newman was later buried in the same grave.

VANCE, ROBERT SHEPPARD, second son of George Vance MD, Sackville Street, Piccadilly, London, medical practitioner, and Elizabeth Bradridge, only dau. of John Sheppard, Morton Abbott, Devon; b. 31 Aug 1814; adm. 12 Jan 1829 (Scott's); left 1831; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1831; d. from effects of a fall from his horse near Wheatley, Oxfordshire 15 Oct 1832.

ROBINSON, WILLIAM THOMAS CHRISTOPHER, son of William Robinson, and Louisa Siddons; b. 9 Jul 1814; adm. 12 Jan 1829 (Scott's); Assistant Surgeon, 2nd Foot Guards 23 Mar 1838; Battalion Surgeon 2 Sep 1845; Surgeon-Maj., 4 Apr 1851; d. at Uckfield, Sussex 19 Feb 1853.