Showing 38 results

Second son of the Rev. Robert Rutherford, Minister of the United Presbyterian Church at Mountain Cross, Peeblesshire, by Agnes, daughter of William Gunion, a Glasgow merchant; born July 17, 1853; educated at Glasgow High School, St. Andrew's Univ., and Ball. Coll. Oxon., where he graduated B.A. 1877, M.A. 1880; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1874; 2nd class Nat. Sci. 1876; a Classical master at St. Paul's School 1876-83; elected Fellow and Praelector of Univ. Coll. Oxon. June 1883; appointed by the Governing Body as Scott's successor June 1883; ordained Sept. 23, 1883; installed Head Master up School Sept 17, 1883; resigned on account of ill health July 1901; a Greek scholar of European reputation; LL.D. (St. Andrew's) 1885; author of 'The New Phrynichus' (1881), an edition of the 'Fables of Babricus' (1883), and other works; married Jan. 3, 1884, Constance Gordon, daughter of John Thomson Renton, of Bradston Brooke, Surrey; died July 19, 1907. ODNB.

Son of James Gow, a member of the Royal Society of British Artists; born Jan. 16, 1854; educated at King's Coll. School, London, and Trin. Coll. Camb., where he graduated B.A. 1875, M.A. 1878; Third Classic and Chancellor's Second Classical Medallist 1875; Litt.D. (Camb.) 1885; Master of the High School, Nottingham, 1885-1901; President of the Head Master's Association 1900-2; appointed by the Governing Body as Rutherford's successor May 9, 1901; ordained 1901; installed Head Master up School Sept. 1901; resigned July 1919; Select Preacher, Camb. Univ., 1903-12; author of 'A Short History of Greek Mathematics' (1884), and other works; married Aug. 12 1895, Gertrude Sydenham, daughter of G.P. Everett-Green, artist; died Feb. 16, 1923.

PAGE, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Emmanuel Page (qv); b. 18 Feb 1778; adm.; KS 1791; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1795, matr. 3 Jun 1795, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1795 – void by marriage 5 Nov 1803, Tutor 1799; BA 1799; MA 1802; BD 1809; DD 1815; ordained 1802; Under Master, Westminster School 1802-14, Head Master Jan 1815 – Aug 1819; Vicar of Willen, Bucks., from 25 Feb 1806; Vicar of Steventon, Berks., 1812-7; Rector of Nunburnholme, Yorks., 1812-7; Rector of Quainton, Bucks., Dec 1817; Sub-Almoner to King from c. 1815; Busby Trustee 8 Jun 1816; m. 12 Aug 1803 Mary, dau. of Thomas Davis, Bicester, Oxfordshire, surgeon; d. 20 Sep 1819.

KNIPE, THOMAS, son of Rev. Thomas Knipe, Middlesex; b.; adm.; BB in 1652; KS (Capt. ) 1656; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1657, matr. 31 Jul 1658, Westminster Student; BA 22 Feb 1660/1; MA 1663; BD and DD 1695; an Usher at the School 1661, Under Master 1663-95, Head Master from 6 Apr 1695; ordained; Prebendary of Westminster from 17 Oct 1707; one of the original trustees of Busby’s will; author of several grammars for use of the School; m. 1st, (by 1669) Anne, dau. of Devereux Wolseley, Ravenstone, Staffs.; m. 2nd, 1 Feb 1693/4 Alice Talbot, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, widow; d. 6 Aug 1711, aged 72. Buried North Cloister, Westminster Abbey, monument in South Aisle of Choir. DNB.

NICOLL, JOHN, son of Rev. John Nicoll, Preston Capes, Northants, schoolmaster, and Mary, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes; b. 6 Nov 1683; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1704, matr. 23 Jun 1704, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1704 – void 1722 (expiry year of grace as R. Hannington from 1721), Tutor 1713; BA 1708; MA 15 Mar 1710/1; DD 1733; ordained deacon 23 Feb 1711; succeded George Tollet (qv) as Under Master 1714, but patent not sealed until 20 Mar 1714/5; Head Master, Westminster School May 1733 (patent sealed 5 Feb 1733/4) – res Feb 1753; Rector of Hannington, Hampshire 1721-8; Rector of Meon Stoke with Soberton, Hampshire 31 Aug 1728 – Mar 1755; Prebendary of Westminster from 6 Oct 1740; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 30 Dec 1751; Proctor in Convocation, for Chapter of Westminster Abbey (Chamberlayne 1748); Busby Trustee 24 Feb 1729/30; m. 2 Jan 1723/4 Alice, widow of John Lewis, London, and mother of William Lewis (adm. 1722, qv); d. 19 Sep 1765. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

WILLIAMSON, RICHARD, second son of Edmond Williamson (adm. 1773, qv); b. 25 Nov 1802; adm. 7 Jun 1814; left 1819; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 16 Jun 1820, scholar 1823; 9th Wrangler and 5th Classic 1825; Second Chancellor’s Classical medal 1825; 1st Members Prize (Bachelors) 1827; BA 1825; MA 1828; DD 1835; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1827; ordained deacon 1828, priest 1829 (both Ely); Head Master of the School 22 Sep 1828 – Aug 1846; Rector of Sutton Coldfield, Warwicks., 1844-50; Vicar of Pershore, Worcs., from 1850; Hon. Canon, Worcester 1851; m. 4 Jan 1833 Anne, sister of John Edward Gray (qv); d. 11 Sep 1865.

WINGFIELD, JOHN, brother of William Wingfield (qv); b.; adm. 5 Feb 1770; KS (aged 13) 1773; Capt. of the School 1777; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1778, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1778, scholar 23 Apr 1779, matr. 1780; BA 1782; MA 1785; BD 1794; DD 1799; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1783, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1785; an Usher at the School 1781-8, Under Master 1788-1802, Head Master 13 Sep – Dec 1802; ordained; Prebendary of Worcester from 27 Jan 1803; Perpetual Curate of Putney, Surrey Jan – Dec 1804; Vicar of Kempsey, Worcs., 27 Nov 1804-15; Rector of Easton, Hampshire 29 Nov 1804; Prebendary of York from 27 Sep 1812; Rector of Whitbourne, Herefs., from 14 Sep 1815; Vicar of Bromsgrove, Worcs., from 27 Oct 1815; m. 8 Sep 1803 Mary, eldest dau. of Rev. Thomas James DD, Head Master, Rugby Sch.; d. 9 Dec 1825.

eldest son of Rev.Henry George Liddell (qv), Rector of Easington, co.Durham, and Charlotte, fourth dau. of Hon.Thomas Lyon, Hetton House, co.Durham ; b. 6 Feb 1811 ; ed. Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 May 1829, Canoneer Student Dec 1830-46, Tutor 1835, Censor 1845 ; BA and 1st cl.honours 1833 ; MA 1835 ; BD and DD 1855 ; ordained deacon Dec 1836, priest 10 Jun 1838 (both Oxford) ; Select Preacher, Oxford Univ. 1842-7, Whitehall Preacher 1845 ; Domestic Chaplain to Prince Albert Jan 1846-61 ; White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy, Christ Church, Oxford 1845-6 ; Head Master of Westminster School Oct 1846 (having been nominated Williamson’s successor in May 1846) – Aug 1855 ; “a tall, handsome man, well set up, and with rather a scornful expression, a thorough gentleman in every way, with a certain grand manner, which made us proud to have him as our Headmaster” (Markham, Recollections of a Town Boy at Westminster, 1903, 26) ; member, Oxford University Commission 1852 ; Dean of Christ Church, Oxford Aug 1855 – Dec 1891 ; Hon.Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Victoria 1862 ; Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Univ. 1870-4 ; Trustee, British Museum 1881 ; hon.LLD Edinburgh 1884 ; hon.DCL Oxford 1893 ; joint author with Rev.Robert Scott DD, Master of Balliol Coll.Oxford, of Liddell and Scott’s Greek Lexicon, of which the first edition was published in 1843 (seven further editions in his lifetime) ; also author, A History of Ancient Rome, 1855 (subsequent abridged editions under a different title) ; see Henry George Liddell, a Memoir, 1899, by Henry Lewis Thompson (qv) ; m. 23 Jul 1846 Lorina Hannah, dau. of James Reeve, North End, Lowestoft, Suffolk ; d. 18 Jan 1898. ODNB.

Son of Walter George Hamilton and Caroline Mary Stiff; b. 10 Feb. 1908; ed. St Dunstan's Coll. Catford and Trin. Coll. Camb.; BA 1929 (1st class hons Classical Trip. Pts 1 & 2), Craven Schol. 1927, Chancellor’s Medallist 1928, Craven Student and Person Prizeman 1929; MA 1933; asst. lecturer in Classics Univ. of Manchester 1931-3; Fellow of Trinitv 1931-5 and 1946-50, Tutor 1947-50; Univ. lecturer in Classics 1947-50; asst. master Eton 1933-46, Master in College 1937-46; succeeded as Head Master of the School Jan. 1950; Chairman Headmasters’ Conference 1955 and 1956; resigned June 1957; DLitt (Durham) 1958; HM Rugby Sch. 1957-66; Master of Magdalene Coll. Camb. 1967-78; author of translations of Plato’s Symposium and Gorgias; m. 31 Mar. 1951 Jane Elizabeth, d. of Sir Robert John Formby Burrows of Limpsfield Chart, Surrey; died 8 Feb. 1988.

Son of Laurence John Rae, radiologist at the London Hospital, and Blodwen, d. of I. Williams of Wrexham; b. 20 Mar. 1931; ed. Bishop’s Stortford Coll. and Sidney Sussex Coll. Camb.; BA 1955, MA 1958; asst. master Harrow Sch. 1955-66; PhD (Lond.) 1965; HM Taunton Sch. 1966-70; succeeded as Head Master of the School Sept. 1970; Chairman Headmasters’ Conference 1977; retd. Mar. 1986; dir. Laura Ashley Foundn 1986-9, The Observer Ltd. 1986-, Portman Group 1989-; FRSA; a writer and columnist; m. 31 Dec. 1955 Daphne, d. of John Phimester Simpson of Edinburgh; died 16 Dec. 2006.