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ROBERTSON, PATRICK MACGREGOR, eldest son of Daniel Robertson, London, and Helen Maclachlan (IGI); b. 16 Nov 1830; adm. 18 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); QS 1845; rowed v. Eton 30 Jul 1846, 29 Jul 1847; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1849, adm. pens. 19 may 1849, scholar 1850, matr. 1849, but did not graduate; adm. Inner Temple, called to bar 1 May 1854; equity draftsman and conveyancer; d. 6 Nov 1857.

WELLESLEY, AUGUSTUS COLLEY DE VERE, fourth son of Richard Wellesley MP, Commissioner, Stamp Office, and Jane, dau. of George Chambers; b. 15 Apr 1831; at King’s Coll. Sch. 1840; adm. 13 Feb 1843 (Benthall's); Clerk, Home Office; of Clover Hill, co. Antrim; musician and composer; m. 12 Aug 1854 Clara, younger dau. of Richard Ashmore, Belfast, Ireland; d. 2 Jan 1873.

JONES, WILSON HENRY, third son of Wilson Jones MP, Hartsheath, Flintshire, and Cecil, dau. of John Carstairs DCL FRS, Warboys, Hunts.; b. 27 Feb 1831; adm. 3 Feb 1843 (Benthall's); BB 1844; Ensign, 13th Foot 28 Apr 1848; Lieut., 21 Jan 1853; Capt., 2 Feb 1855; served in Crimean War and Indian Mutiny; killed at relief of Azimghur, Oudh, India 6 Apr 1858.

BARKER, HENRY RAINE, second son of Richard Barker, Fitzroy Square, London, and Margaret White (IGI); b. 11 Nov 1829; adm. 26 Jan 1843 (Benthall's); QS (Capt) 1844; rowed bow in the race against Eton 30 Jul 1846, and stroke in the same race 29 Jul 1847; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848, Westminster Student to 1864; rowed in University Eight which won the Grand Challenge Cup, in University Four which won the Steward’s Cup, and in Christ Church pair which won the Silver Goblets at Henley Regatta, 1852; BA 1852; MA 1855; adm. Inner Temple 27 Jan 1858; a banker and army agent; m. 30 Jul 1868 Lina, second dau. of George Haynes; d. 23 Aug 1902.

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.

HANMER, KENYON JAMES, brother of John Hanmer (qv); b. 5 Aug 1829; adm. 27 May 1842 (Benthall's); QS 1844; left 1848; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; LLB 1855; d. 7 Sep 1858.

MARKHAM, SIR CLEMENTS ROBERT, son of David Frederick Markham (qv); b. 20 Jul 1830; adm. 26 May 1842 (Benthall); Min. Can. 1843; left Jun 1844; Cadet, Royal Navy 18 Jul 1844; Midshipman 28 Jun 1846; served in Capt. Austin’s Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin May 1850 – Oct 1851; left Navy 28 Dec 1851; travelled in Peru 1852-3; Clerk, Legacy Duty Office, Inland Revenue Dec 1853 – Jul 1854; Clerk, Board of Control Jul 1854; Clerk, Correspondence Dept., India Office; Private Secretary to T. G. Baring MP when Parliamentary Under-Secretary, India Office 1862-4; Assistant Secretary, Public Works Dept., India Office 1867-71, Judicial Public and Revenue Dept. 1871-7; CB 17 May 1871; KCB 20 May 1896; introduced the cultivation of cinchona into British India from Peru 1859-61; geographer with British Army in Ethiopia 1867-8; took an active interest in Polar expedition and largely responsible for the despatch of Sir George Nares’s expedition in 1874 and that of Capt. R. F. Scott in 1901; Secretary, Hakluyt Society 1858-86, President 1886-1909; Secretary to Royal Geographical Society 1863-88, Gold Medallist 1888, President 1893-1905; President, International Geographical Congress, London 1895; FSA 12 Dec 1861; FRS 12 Jun 1873; DSc Cambridge 12 Jun 1907, Leeds 11 Jun 1910; an enthusiastic Old Westminster; acted as Secretary to OW Crimean and Indian Memorial Committee, and Chairman of the Committee for the decoration of the School walls with the arms of distinguished OWW; contemplated writing his reminiscences of the School, and left in MS his recollections as a small boy up Benthall’s in 1842-4; President, Elizabethan Club 1898-1912; Busby Trustee from 16 May 1899; a Governor of the School 16 Nov 1899 – 28 Jul 1913; a voluminous writer on Peru and the history of geographical discovery; m. 23 Apr 1857 Mary Anne (Minna), dau. of Rev. James Hamilton John Chichester, Rector of Arlington, Devon; d. 30 Jan 1916, after a shock from a fire in his room by which he was seriously injured. DNB.

SALTER, JOHN REYNOLDS, son of John Salter, Clyst Hyton, Devon, and Ann --- (IGI); b. 7 Feb 1827; adm. 31 May 1842 (Benthall's); left May 1843; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS and LSA 1852; medical practitioner at Combe St. Nicholas, Somerset; still in Medical Directory 1899; m. 23 Dec 1852 Sarah Rose, younger dau. of Richard Walter, Combe Head, Somerset.

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.