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KNIGHT-BRUCE, HORACE JOHN MAJORIBANKS, youngest son of Lewis Bruce Knight-Bruce, Rivermead, Sunbury, Middlesex, and his cousin Caroline Margaret Eliza, only dau. of Thomas Newte, Tidcombe, Devon; b. 6 Apr 1863; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (J); left Apr 1881.

KNAPP-FISHER, SIR EDWARD FRANCIS, second son of George Henry Knapp-Fisher, Cavendish Road West, Regent’s Park, London, solicitor, and Elizabeth Grace, dau. of John Goodchild MD, Westerham, Kent; b. 15 Nov 1864; adm. 27 Sep 1877 (J) (as Edward Francis Fisher); left Dec 1878; adm. solicitor Mar 1887; assumed additional surname of Knapp 1900; Receiver-Gen. and Chapter Clerk, Westminster Abbey 1917-38; Secretary to Governing Body, Westminster School 1918-38; knighted 1930; CVO 1938; m. 1st, 28 Jul 1892 Winifred, youngest dau. of James Wilson Holme; m. 2nd, 16 Jun 1917 Ethel Mary Eykyn, elder dau. of James Bagnold Burgess RA; d. 29 Nov 1940.

MALET-DE CARTERET, REGINALD, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Edouard Charles Malet-De Carteret, St. Ouen’s Manor, Jersey, Jurat of the Royal Court, Jersey, and Elizabeth, dau. of Abraham Poingdestre, Trinity, Jersey; b. 25 Mar 1865; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (J); left May 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 May 1883; BA 1887; adm. Inner Temple 1884, called to bar 25 Apr 1888; advocate, Royal Court of Jersey 1890; Jurat, Royal Court, Jersey, from 2 Jan 1915; Lieutenant Bailiff, Jersey 1931-4; CMG 1935; m. 21 Dec 1895 Amy Anne Frances, only dau. of Cdr. Richard Ramsay Armstrong, Royal Navy; d. 23 Jan 1935.

OAKLEY, HENRY HERBERT, son of Rev. Charles Edward Oakley, Rector of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, and Lady Georgiana Maria Louisa Moreton, dau. of Henry George Francis Moreton, 2nd Earl of Ducie; b. 8 Oct 1863; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (J); left Mar 1879; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1881, matr. Mich. 1881.

SHELFORD, FREDERIC, second son of Sir William Shelford KCMG MICE, Great George Street, Westminster, civil engineer, and Anna, dau. of Thomas Sopwith FRS, Cleveland Square, Bayswater, mining engineer; b. 14 Nov 1871; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (J); left Apr 1883; went to Dulwich Coll.; City and Guilds Institute; London Univ., matr. Jan 1888; BSc 1892; articled to father Oct 1891; AMICE 2 Mar 1897; MICE 11 Feb 1902; consulting engineer, West African and other government railways; also called to bar [check]; m. 14 Nov 1899 Mildred Alice, second dau. of Sir Montague Frederick Ommanney GCMG KCB ISO, Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies; d. 15 Jul 1943.

STRICK, EDWARD UPTON, son of Edward Strick, Sketty, Glamorgan, solicitor, and Rachel Rutt, dau. of Charles Ely, Bexley, Kent; b. 11 Jun 1862; adm. 26 Jan 1877 (J); left Dec 1878; an estate agent at Swansea; m. 1st, 14 Jul 1895 May, dau. of Henry Charlton Bastian MD FRCP FRS, Manchester Square, London; m. 2nd, 16 Jul 1914 Mary Araminta Susannah, dau. of Rev. Joseph Peter Waldo, Vicar of St. Stephen’s, Gloucester Road, South Kensington.

STURGIS, THOMAS GUY; b. 13 Jul 1867; adm. 23 Sep 1880 (J & G); left May 1881. [Surname perhaps Sturges; if so, presumably Thomas G. Sturges, nephew of James Hughes, Cardigan Road, Richmond, Surrey, b. Paddington, Middlesex, 1881 Census].

SUTHERLAND, SIR GEORGE HENRY, eldest son of Henry Holmes Sutherland, Wetherby Gardens, South Kensington, East India merchant, member Legislative Council to Viceroy of India, and Anne Sinclair, dau. of George Dunnet, Thurso, Caithness-shire; b. 23 Jan 1866; adm. 24 Jan 1878 (J); left Dec 1883; partner, Begg Dunlop & Co., East India merchants, Calcutta 1886-1910, subsequently partner in their London office; member, Bengal Legislative Council Apr 1900 – Mar 1902, 1907-8; President, Bengal Chamber of Commerce 1900-1; Sheriff of Calcutta 1901, 1907-8; knighted 26 Jun 1908; of North Slipperfield and Medwynhead, Peebles-shire; DL JP Peebles-shire; Busby Trustee 20 May 1920; bequeathed £1000 to the School for the benefit of cricket, football and rowing; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1890 Nellie Georgiana, dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir John Plumptre Carr Glyn KCB, Wimborne, Dorset; m. 2nd, 16 Feb 1904 Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. Sir James Wolfe Murray KCB, Cringletie, Peebles-shire; d. 5 May 1937.

WASON, LEIGHTON SANDYS, eldest son of Rigby Melvill Wason, London, solicitor, and Hannah Urquhart; b. 31 Dec 1867; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (J); left Dec 1883; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 29 Apr 1889; BA 1893; Ely Theol. Coll. 1893; ordained deacon (Ely) 1894, priest (St. Albans) 1898; Curate, Elmswell, Suffolk 1894-7, St. Andrew’s, Plaistow, Essex 1897-8, St. Michael’s, Shoreditch, London 1898-1904; Vicar of Cury cum Gunwalloe, Cornwall 1905 – 27 May 1919, when he was deprived on his refusal to abandon certain practices of ritual.

WESTMACOTT, CHARLES BABINGTON, son of Augustus Frederick Westmacott, Hertford Street, Mayfair, London, elocutionist, and Hannah Lyons, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; b. 5 Feb 1864; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (J); left Aug 1880; emigrated to Australia 1884; made debut as actor at Sydney 29 Oct 1887; after 1895 combined career as an actor with theatre management; general manager, J. C. Williamson Ltd, theatrical producers and lessee of Theatre Royal, Sydney 1916 - Jan 1934; a prominent figure in Australian yachting and horse racing; OBE 1917; m. 3 Aug 1893 Rosa Butler; d. at Sydney 21 Oct 1934.