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BOYCE, AUGUSTUS ROBERT, son of Capt. Henry Pytches Boyce, 3rd Foot Guards, Upper Wimpole Street, Cavendish Square, London, and Lady Amelia Sophia Spencer Churchill, dau. of George Spencer Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG PC; nephew of William Boyce (qv) [according to Whitmore]; b. 19 Apr 1822; adm. 9 Feb 1835 (Benthall's); KS 1836; left 1840; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1840; Ensign, 11th Native Infantry, 19 Nov 1840; d. at Ahmedabad, Bombay, 21 Oct 1842.

BYRON, HON. FREDERICK, third son of George Anson Byron, 7th Baron Byron, Admiral Royal Navy, and a Lord in Waiting to Queen Victoria, and Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Sacheverell Chandos-Pole (formerly Pole), Radburne Hall, Derbs.; b. 3 Feb 1822; adm. 27 Mar 1835 (Benthall's); left Apr 1840; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1840; BA 1843; MA 1847; Fellow of All Souls Coll., 1844; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1 Aug 1843, called to bar 5 May 1848; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; DL Essex; m. 19 Aug 1851 Mary Jane, second dau. of Rev. William Wescomb, Thrumpton Hall, Notts., Rector of Langford, Essex; d. 4 Apr 1861.

CHAMBERS, ROBERT HARCOURT, younger son of William Frederick Chambers (KS 1800, qv); b. 4 Jan 1830; adm. 2 Jun 1842 (Benthall's); Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Apr 1850, matr. Mich. 1850; BA 1854; adm. Inner Temple 31 Jan 1851, called to bar 30 May 1856; Junior Examiner, Audit Office Nov 1854; transferred to War Office Jun 1856; 2nd class Clerk, Accountant General’s Dept., War Office Jul 1865; Senior Clerk, War Office; m. 4 Dec 1855 Julia Eliza Dormer, younger dau. of Rev. Thomas Robinson, Vicar of Milford, Hants.; d. 26 Sep 1907.

CHAMBERS, WILLIAM FREDERICK, elder son of Sir William Frederick Chambers (qv); b. 17 Jan 1829; adm. 2 Jun 1842 (Benthall's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Nov 1847, matr. Mich. 1848; BA 1852; MA 1856; ordained deacon 1853 (Hereford), priest 1854 (Lincoln); Curate, Willey-cum-Barrow, Shropshire, 1853-4, Titchfield, Hants., 1854; Vicar of North Kelsey, Lincs., 1854-82; Curate, Hitcham, Suffolk 1884-8; m. 29 Sep 1863 Augusta Catharine Rebecca, elder dau. of Rev. Thomas Robinson, Vicar of Milford, Hants.; d. 10 Apr 1898.

COCKS, WALTER CAREW, fourth son of Thomas Somers Cocks (b. 1781, qv); b. 10 Mar 1824; adm. 5 Oct 1836 (Benthall's); QS 1838; left 1840; a clerk in the Audit Office; Auditor, India Office, Aug 1874 - Dec 1894; a Busby Trustee from 18 May 1886; m. 30 Oct 1856 Isabella Susan, third dau. of Right Hon. Sir Edward Hall Alderson PC, Baron of the Exchequer; d. 31 Dec 1898.

COTTON, RICHARD WILLIAM, second son of Henry Cotton (qv); b. 23 Jun 1829; adm. 10 Feb 1842 (Benthall's); QS 1843; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1847, matr. 27 May 1847, Westminster Student to 1861; BA 1851; MA 1854; coxed Oxford Eight against Cambridge Dec 1849, 1852, and at Henley and Thames Regatta 1850; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 10 Nov 1849; of Kilbree, Cappoquin, co. Waterford; [m. 1875 Catherine Power ?]; d. 27 May 1919.

CURTEIS, HERBERT MASCALL, only son of Herbert Barrett Curteis (qv); b. 8 Jan 1824; adm. (Benthall's|Grant's) 1 Jun 1836; left Aug 1840; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 3 Jun 1840; played cricket for Oxford University 1841, 1842 and for Sussex 1846-60; MP Rye Dec 1847- Mar 1848 (unseated), Apr 1848-52; Master, East Sussex Foxhounds 1854-68; President, Sussex County Cricket Club 1869-78; m. 15 Jun 1848 Paulina, sister of Sir Godfrey John Thomas, Bart. (qv); d. 16 Jun 1895.

D’OYLY, THOMAS, only son of Thomas D’Oyly (qv); b. 21 Oct 1820; adm. 26 May 1834 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839; BA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 13 Feb 1843; became a strolling actor in the provinces.

DICK, JAMES ABERCROMBIE, younger son of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 15 May 1823; adm. 31 Mar 1837 (Benthall's); Ensign, 58th Foot 1 Jun 1841; 43rd Foot, 2 Jun 1841; Lieut., 24 Oct 1845; d. in India 22 Sep 1852.

DICK, WILLIAM, elder son of Sir Robert Henry Dick (qv); b. 24 Jan 1822; adm. 31 Mar 1837 (Benthall's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 5 Jul 1839, matr. 1839; of Tullymet House, Dunkeld, Perthshire; m. 1860 Edith Marian, only dau. of John Wyndham Bruce, Duffryn, Glamorgan; d. 1888.