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GB-2014-WSA-16609 · Person · 1919-2003

Tasker, John Mellis, son of Sir Theodore James Tasker CIE OBE, ICS, of Swanage, Dorset, and Jessie Helen Mellis-Smith, d. of Rev. George Smith, Anglican missionary, of Swatow, China; b. 18 Jan. 19 19; adm. Sept. 1932 (R), non-res. KS Sept. 1933; left July 1937; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1937, 1st class hons Math. Tri Pt 1 1938, BA 1946; RA 1939-46 (Capt.), despatches (NW Europe) Apr. 1946; HM CoIonial Service 1947-69; Asst Sec. Gibraltar 1947-51; Admin. Officer The Gambia 1951-3, Colony Commissioner 1953-6; MBE 1955; Under Sec. Kenya 1956-69; Milton Keynes Devel. Corpn 1969-81, sec. to Board 1971; m. 8 Oct. 1949 Juliet, d. of George Walter Frederick McGwire of Hayes, Swanage; d. 24 July 2003.

GB-2014-WSA-16607 · Person · 1807-?

TARRANT, JOHN BENJAMIN, son of John Evans Tarrant, Dean Street, Soho, solicitor, and Matilda Perrin (IGI); b. 20 Dec 1807; adm. 16 Jan 1822 (G); m. 7 Aug 1830 Charlotte Assey Perrin.

GB-2014-WSA-16605 · Person · 1894-1984

Tansley, Leonard Beaumont, only son of John Beaumont Tansley, of Purley, Surrey, by Alice Emily, daughter of Henry Measures, of Brighton, Sussex; b. July 1, 1894; adm. Sept. 24, 1908 (A); elected toTrin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1912, matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1915; M.A. 1919; London Univ.; M.Sc. 1923; F.R.I.C. 1936; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. July 15, 1915; gassed in Aug. 1917; served in France and Flanders from 1915 and was demob. as Capt. April 1919; M.C. June 3, 1918; asst. to director of British Cotton Industry Research Association, Didsbury, Manchester, Jan. 1924; asst. director of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce Testing House and Laboratory 1937; director 1946-59; Capt. R.A. (T.A. Res.) Jan. 1940; commissioned (H. Guard) June 1940-5; m. April 9, 1927, Nancy Charlotte, elder daughter of George Herbert Lancashire, M.D., of Manchester; d. 11 June 1984.

GB-2014-WSA-16603 · Person · ca. 1720-1780

TANQUERAY, DAVID, elder son of David Tanqueray, St. Martin’s in the Fields, Westminster, goldsmith, and Anne, elder dau. of David Willaume, Pall Mall, London, goldsmith; b.; adm. (aged 10) Feb 1730/1; Min. Can. 1736; KS 1737; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1741, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1741; BA 1745; MA 1749; ordained; [Chaplain, 32nd Foot 10 Oct 1744 - still 1759 ?]; Rector of Cranley, Surrey 18 Aug 1751-60; Rector of Bow Brickhill, Bucks., from 2 Dec 1760; buried Woburn, Beds., 20 Jul 1780.

Tanner, Richard, 1906-?
GB-2014-WSA-16601 · Person · 1906-?

Tanner, Richard, son of Mrs E. M. M. Tanner of Esher, Surrey; b. 26 Sept. 1906; adm. Sept. 1920 (R); left Mar. 1923.

GB-2014-WSA-16600 · Person · 1885-1914

Tanner, Ralph Eyre, elder son of Ralph Tanner, senior asst. master at the school, by Lucy Lawrence Le Grice, daughter of George Lewis Phipps Eyre, of Regents Park, and sister of Charles Lewis Eyre (q.v.); b. July 16, 1885; adm. Sept. 22, 1898 (G); left Dec. 1903; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1904; 2nd Lieut. the King's (Liverpool) Regt. Aug. 16, 1905; Lieut. Sept. 25, 1908; Capt. Sept. 16, 1912; went out to the western front Aug. 1914; m. June 11, 1913, Edith Vere Marjorie, youngest daughter of John Henry Brogie, of Westerham, Kent; d. in hospital at Versailles Sept. 23, 1914, of wounds received in action at the battle of the Aisne Sept. 14.

GB-2014-WSA-16599 · Person · 1914-2002

Tanner, Peter Ralph Eyre, son of Ralph Eyre Tanner (qv); b. 13 Sept. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (G); left Dec. 1931; a film editor and journalist; Brit. Guild of Film editors, "Golden Scissors" award 1988; m. 1st 5 Aug. 1953 Jean Rae Campbell, formerly wife of Robert Shaw, d. of Sir Hugh Eyre Campbell Beaver KBE LLD FRSA, of Luxford, Crowborough, Sussex; 2nd 24 May 1969 Daphne Mary, widow of Edgar Roy Mitchell, d. of John Stanley Towse of Cuckfield, Sussex; d. Dec. 2002.

GB-2014-WSA-00016 · Person · 1890-1979

Tanner, Lawrence Edward, brother of Ralph Eyre Tanner (q.v.); b. Feb. 12, 1890; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left July 1909; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1919; Winchester Reading Prize 1912; served in Great War I; Lieut. (Gen. List); asst. master at the school 1919-32; clerk to the Weavers' Company 1919-60; secretary to H.M. Royal Almonry since 1921; keeper of the Abbey muniments 1926, and librarian 1956; F.S.A. 1924; M.V.O. 5th class 1932, 4th class 1948; C.V.O. 1953; a Busby Trustee 1939; secretary of the Elizabethan Club 1913-24; author of Westminster School, its Buildings and their Associations (1923), and of Westminster School; a History (1934; 2nd edn. 1951); m. Jun 9, 1945, Joan Doreen, daughter of the Hon. Assheton Nathaniel Curzon; d. 15 Dec. 1979.

Tanner, John Gordon, 1869-?
GB-2014-WSA-16598 · Person · 1869-?

TANNER, JOHN GORDON, son of John Tanner MD LLD MRCP (Ed), Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square, London, and Esther --- (1881 Census); b. 26 Nov 1869; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (H); left Mar 1884; Cavendish Hostel, Cambridge, matr. Lent 1887; BA 1935 (sic).

GB-2014-WSA-16597 · Person · 1887-1916

Tanner, Harold Herbert, only son of Herbert Tanner, of Paddington, surgeon, by Emily, daughter of Christopher W. Hickman, of Ambrosden, co. Oxon.; b. May 18, 1887; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (H); left July 1903; London Univ., matric. 1903; M.B. and B.S. 1910; St. Mary's Hospital; joined the staff of the Inoculation Dept. 1912; Capt. R.A.M.C.; in charge of a ward attached to Sir Almroth Wright's research laboratory at Boulogne from Aug. 1915; m. Oct. 1915 Minnie Bennett, daughter of the Rev. George Bowden, of Kingston Hill, Surrey; drowned while bathing at Boulogne Aug. 16, 1916.