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Carleton, John Dudley, 1908-1974
Carleton, John Dudley, 1908-1974
GB-2014-WSA-00018 · Person · 1908-1974

Carleton, John Dudley, son of Brig.-Gen. Frederick Montgomerie Carleton DSO, of Butler's Marston, Warks, and Emma Gwendolen Priscilla, d. of Sampson Samuel Lloyd of Dolobran, Montgom.; b. 29 Aug. 1908; adm. Jan. 1922 (H); left July 1927; Merton Coll. Oxf., matric. 1927, BA 1930, MA 1947; an asst master at the school 1932-49; War Office (attd Special Forces) 1941- 5; appointed Under Master Election 1949 (on the revival of that office); Head Master 29 June 1957 to 31 Aug. 1970; chairman Westminster Sch. Soc. Council 1946-57; a Busby Trustee 1969-74; pres. Elizabethan Club 1974; author of Westminster 1938, Westminster School 1965; m. 5 Aug. 1965 Janet Buchanan, writer under the name of Janet Adam Smith, d. of Very Rev. Sir George Adam Smith DD, Principal of Aberdeen Univ., and widow of Michael Roberts, Prin­cipal of Coll. of St Mark & St John, Chelsea; d. 6 Nov. 1974.
Brock, Denison Saumarez, 1922-1980
Brock, Denison Saumarez, 1922-1980
GB-2014-WSA-00020 · Person · 1922-1980

Brock, Denison Saumarez, brother of Donald Alastair Carey Brock (qv); b. 27 Apr. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (A), (B) Sept. 1939; left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940, BA 1948, MA 1953; RM 1941-5 (Capt.); asst master at the school 1949-78, housemaster Ashburnham 1953-63, Grant's 1963-9, Sen. Master 1972-8, retd 1978; a substantial benefactor to the school; d. 3 Nov. 1980.
Frost, Richard Aylmer, 1905-1995
GB-2014-WSA-00075 · Person · 1905-1995

Frost, Richard Aylmer, son of Robert Frost, barrister-at-law, and Alexandra, d. of Alexander Rose of Streatham; b. 29 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1924; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1924, BA 1928, MA 1950; Fellow Harvard Univ. 1928; RAFVR (A & SD) in WW2 (Flt Lieut.), MBE Jan. 1944; British Council East Africa, OBE Jan. 1952; DPhil (Oxon.) 1973; author of The British Commonwealth and World Society 1947, Race Against Time 1978, Historic Oxford 1984; m. 1 Sept. 1938 Alice, d. of V. B. Reichwald; d. 5 Mar. 1995.
Worlock, Frederic George, 1886-1973
GB-2014-WSA-00178 · Person · 1886-1973

Worlock, Frederic George, son of Thomas Worlock, of St. Johns Wood, by Sophia Eliza­beth, daughter of Walter Thornhill, of Paddington; b. Dec. 14, 1886; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1905; an actor, first appeared at the Coronet Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, Feb. 17, 1908, in Much Ado about Nothing; has since played mainly in the U.S.A.; a regular film­ actor at Hollywood from 1939; a member of the Benson company 1905-10; enlisted in 14th Batt. London Regt. (London Scottish) Nov. 9, 1914; temp. Capt. in the same, Nov. 30, 1915; wounded March 28, 1917; M.C. Nov. 26, 1917; m. 1st Feb. 11, 1911, Olive, daughter of Robert Noble, of Liverpool; 2nd Elsie Ferguson, actress, daughter of Hiram Benson Ferguson, of New York; d. 1973.
Lambe, Philip Agnew, 1897-1968
GB-2014-WSA-00114 · Person · 1897-1968

Lambe, Philip Agnew, brother of John Lawrence Penrose Lambe (q.v.); b. Feb. 23, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1913; served in Great War I; Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. May 3, 1916; invalided; Trinity Hall, Camb., B.A. 1932; M.A. 1947; an artist; Gold Medallist, Paris Salon; served in the Navy in both Great Wars; painted the portrait of Walter Hamilton, Head Master, 1957; m. 1955, Zoe Violetta Lane, of New Zealand; d. 1968.
Yglesias, Francis Michael, 1867-1950
GB-2014-WSA-00180 · Person · 1867-1950

YGLESIAS, FRANCIS MICHAEL, son of Miguel Yglesias, Stamford Hill, London, and Ellen Maude, dau. of John Barnes, Willesden, Middlesex; b. 16 Jul 1867 (christened as Francisco Miguel Yglesias); adm. 16 Jun 1881 (D, G), exhibitioner; QS Nov 1882; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1886, adm. pens. 6 Oct 1886; BA 1889; MA 1893; ordained deacon 1890, priest 1891 (both Lincoln); Curate, Coningsby, Lincs., 1890-4, Gedney, Lincs., 1894-5, Skegness, Lincs., 1896-8; Vicar of Tattershall, Lincs., 1898-1920; Rector of Langton, Lincs., 1920-33; m. 8 Oct 1912 Alice, dau. of John Short, Tattersall, Lincs.; d. 4 Dec 1950.
Monier-Williams, Randall Herbert, 1891-1984
GB-2014-WSA-00127 · Person · 1891-1984

Monier-Williams, Randall Herbert, son of Montagu Sneade Faithfull Monier-Williams, M.R.C.S., of South Kensington, by Florence Isabel, daughter of Frederick Sydney Littlejohn, of Brooklyn, U.S.A.; b. Sept. 3, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left July 1910; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1910; B.A. 1913; enlisted in 5th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Aug. 1914, and served until Nov. 1915, when he was invalided; Lieut. R.N.V.R. 1917, and served with the Brit. War Mission, U.S.A., until 1919; adm. a solicitor Dec. 1920, practises in London; clerk and solicitor to the worshipful Co. of Tallow Chandlers since 1928; m. Dec. 7, 1922, Sylvia Francesca Tristram, daughter of Thomas Wadham Stoll, of New York, U.S.A.; d. 22 May 1984.
Cockerell, Sir Charles Robert, 1788-1863
GB-2014-WSA-00052 · Person · 1788-1863

COCKERELL, CHARLES ROBERT, second son of Samuel Pepys Cockerell, Westbourne Lodge, Paddington, architect and Surveyor to East India Co., and Anna, dau. of John Whettam, St. Ives, Hunts.; b. 28 Apr 1788; adm. 29 Apr 1802 (Clapham); Min. Can. 1802; in school list Oct 1803; entered his father’s office at age of 16; in office of Sir Robert Smirke 1809-10; on architectural study tour in Greece, Asia Minor, Sicily and Italy 1810-7; participated in discovery of Aeginetan and Phigaleian Marbles; commenced architectural practice on return to England; Surveyor, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1819-54; ARA 1829, RA 1836, Professor of Architecture at Royal Academy 1839-57; architect to Bank of England, 1833; “at once the most fastidious and the least pedantic of English neo-classical architects” (Colvin); his principal architectural works included the University Library, Cambridge, 1837-40, the Ashmolean Museum and Taylorian Institution, Oxford, 1841-2, and a series of provincial branch buildings for the Bank of England; DCL Oxford 20 Jun 1844; completed the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1845-7, and the interior of St. George’s Hall, Liverpool, 1851-4; Hon FRIBA 9 May 1836, FRIBA 3 Dec 1849, President 1860-1, Gold Medallist 1848; FSA by 1831; member, Society of Dilettanti, 1858; designed the scenery for the Westminster Latin Play, painted under his superintendence by Fenton and used for the first time in 1857; retired from practice 1859; author, The Temples of Jupiter Panhellenius at Aegina, and of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, 1860, and other works; m. 4 Jun 1828 Anna Maria, dau. of John Rennie FRS, civil engineer; d. 17 Sep 1863 and buried St. Paul’s Cathedral. DNB.
Alsop, Anthony, 1669-1726
GB-2014-WSA-00212 · Person · 1669-1726

ALSOP, ANTHONY, son of Anthony Alsop, Darley, Derbs., by Anne Lowe; bapt. 4 Jan 1668/9; adm.; KS 1686; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1690, matr. 12 Jul 1690, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1690 - void 12 Aug 1713 (expiry year of grace as R. Nursling), Tutor 1698-1709, Junior Censor 1701-2, Senior Censor 1703-5, Catechist 1706-7, 1711; BA 29 Jan 1694/5; MA 23 Mar 1696/7; BD 1706 (incorp. at Camb. 1707); ordained; Rector of Nursling, Hants. 31 Jul 1712-5; Rector of Alverstoke, Hants. 25 Mar 1715 (dispensation to hold with Nursling, 1715); Rector of Brightwell, Berks. 1715; Prebendary of Winchester from 21 May 1715; left England in 1718 on losing an action brought against him for breach of promise of marriage, but returned in 1720; is alluded to in the Dunciad; with Francis Atterbury (KS 1674 (qv)) and George Smalridge (qv) assisted Charles Boyle in the production of Dr. Bentley’s Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, 1698; editor, Fabularum Aesopicarum Delectus, 1698, in the preface to which he attacked Bentley; his Latin Odes were published posthumously by Sir Francis Bernard (qv) in 1752; m. c. Dec. 1715 Margaret, widow of Rev. Francis Bernard, Rector of Brightwell, Berks. (and mother of Sir Francis Bernard (qv)), and dau. of Richard Winlowe, Lewknor, Oxfordshire; accidentally drowned 16 Jun 1726. DNB.
Aldrich, Henry, 1648-1710
GB-2014-WSA-00206 · Person · 1648-1710

ALDRICH, HENRY, son of Henry Aldrich, Westminster, and Judith Francis (IGI); b. 15 Jan 1647/8; in school lists 1656; KS (aged 10) 1658; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1662, matr. 19 Jul 1662, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1662 - void 1682 (Canon), Tutor 1670-81, Catechist 1681; BA 1666; MA 1669; BD and DD 2 Mar 1681/2; ordained; Canon of Christ Church 13 Feb 1681/2 - Jun 1689, Dean from 17 Jun 1689; Vice-Chancellor 1692-5; Prolocutor, Lower House of Convocation; a Busby Trustee from 21 Dec 1704; at his request in 1693 Charles Boyle edited the Epistles of Phalaris, which led to the famous controversy between Richard Bentley and the Christ Church wits; an amateur architect who designed Peckwater Quadrangle, Christ Church, and perhaps also All Saints Church, Oxford, and made a good collection of architectural and other books and prints, bequeathed by him to Christ Church; composed or adapted numerous anthems, services and catches; author, Artis Logicae Compendium, 1691, and one of the editors of Clarendon’s History of the Rebellion, 1702-4; d. unm. 14 Dec 1710. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.