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Cartwright, Victor Henry, son of Maj. Henry Robert Cartwright, Roy. Irish Rifles, Comman­dant of Police, Zanzibar; b. 16 June 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (A); left July 1923; a cotton planter in S. Africa; d. in Kimberley Hospital after an accident 2 Dec. 1924.

CARTWRIGHT, WILLIAM, son of William Cartwright, Leckhampton [check], Gloucs., and Dorothy, dau. of Rowland Coles, Northway, Gloucs.; b. Sep 1611; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1628, matr. 24 Feb 1631/2, Westminster Student to death; BA 1632; MA 1635; Junior Proctor 1643; his tragi-comedy, The Royal Slave, was performed before the King and Queen by the Students of Christ Church in their Hall 30 Aug 1636, the songs being set to music by Henry Lawes, and Richard Busby (qv) taking the part of Cratander with great applause; ordained; Prebendary of Chichester from 29 Dec 1638; one of Council of War 1 Sep 1642; imprisoned by Viscount Saye and Sele, but released on bail; Precentor of Salisbury from Oct 1642; was “the most florid and seraphical preacher in the University” (Wood, Ath. Oxon., iii, 69); his plays and poems were collected and published by Humphrey Moseley in 1651; Ben Jonson (qv) said of him that “my son Cartwright writes all like a man”; d. from camp fever at Oxford, 29 Nov 1643. Buried in Christ Church Cathedral. DNB.

Carver, Colin Howard, son of Frederic Carver of Thorpe Bay, Essex, and Evelyn Maud, d. of George Gorey le Couteur of Jersey; b. 10 Apr. 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (B); left July 1930; dir. Carver Gregory & Co. Ltd, wholesale textile distributors; RA 1942, RE Sept. 1944 (Capt.); m. 16 July 1948 Joyce Yvonne Jacob, d. of Reginald William Hunnex of Thorpe Bay; d. 20 June 1982.

CARY, ---; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; left 1656.

Cary, Christopher Alexander George, son of George Anthony Cary, Fellow of Trin. Coll., Camb., and Margaret Ann, d. of Rt Hon. Sir Eric Clare Edmund Phipps PC GCB GCMG GCVO, diplomat, of Marlborough, Wilts, subsequently wife of Donald Struan Robertson (qv); b. 23 Apr. 1950; adm. Jan. 1963 (G); left Dec. 1967; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1968, BA 1971, MA; Univ. of Warsaw 1971-2; freelance teacher and translator in Poland and UK 1972-5; sales exec., in Poland and E. Europe 1975-7; m. 14 Jan. 1973 Joanna, d. of Euzebiusz Buczkowski of Warsaw. Poland; d. 15 Nov. 1983.

CARY, FRANCIS HENRY, son of John Cary, Oxford; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 22 Aug 1661, aged 19, Westminster Student 4 Jul 1661 - void 1668; BA 1665; MA 1669; ordained deacon and priest 1665/6; Rector of Stowe Nine Churches, Northants., from 15 May 1666; Rector of Brinkworth, Wilts., from 1671 (dispensation to hold with Stow, 1671); m. [son b. 1674]; d. 1712 (will proved PCC 18 Feb 1712).

CARY, HENRY, son of Henry Cary, Liskeard, Cornwall; b.; at school 1657; KS (aged 15) 1660; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1662, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1662, scholar 1663; BA 1665/6.

CARY, HON. LUCIUS FERDINAND, MASTER OF FALKLAND, eldest son of Lucius Charles Cary, 7th Viscount Falkland (S), and his first wife Jane, widow of James Fitzgerald Villiers, Viscount Villiers (qv), and dau. of Richard Butler, London, conveyancer; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jul 1747 (Levett's); in school life 1752; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards, 23 Dec 1752; Capt. -Lieut., 14th Foot, 14 Oct 1755; Capt., 26 Dec 1755; Maj., 74th Foot, 8 Feb 1762; half-pay 1763; Maj., 60th Foot, 4 Apr 1765 - May 1768; half-pay, 1768-79; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1772; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 89th Foot, 18 Oct 1779; commanding British Forces in Tobago, West Indies, 1779-80; MP Bridport from 1774; m. at Gibraltar 28 Nov 1757 Anne, dau. of Col. Alexander Leith; d. in Tobago, 20 Aug 1780.

Cary, Tristram Ogilvie, son of Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary, author, and Gertrude Margaret, d. of William Maxwell Ogilvie, engineer, of Oxford; b. 14 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1948, MA 1964; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ); Trin. Coll. of Music, LTCL 1950; a composer and teacher of music; a pioneer of electronic music; visiting composer, afterwards lecturer, Univ. of Adelaide, South Australia 1974-86; resident in Australia until death; m. 7 July 1951 Doris Enid, d. of Joseph William Jukes of Boddington, Warkwicks.; d. 23 Apr. 2008.

Cashell, Geoffrey Patrick Willoughby, son of Geoffrey Thomas Willoughby Cashell (qv); b. 6 Sept. 1935; adm. Sept. 1949 (B); left July 1954; IAPS DipEd 1955; Univ. of Exeter, MEd; a prep. school master; Cumnor House Sch., Sussex, 1956-68; The Hill Sch. Westerham, Kent, 1968-72; Mount House Sch. Tavistock, Devon, 1973, retd. 1997; m. 1st, 4 Apr. 1962 Dallas Jacqueline, d. of Robert Alfred Francis Lees, Metropolitan Water Board Inspector; 2nd, 22 Aug. 1987 Philippa Mary, d. of Gerald Mendelssohn, co. dir.; d. 6 Mar. 2023.