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HUMBERSTON, PHILIP STAPLETON, only son of Philip Stapleton Humberston, Chester, and Catherine, dau. of George Cotton (qv); b. 17 Aug 1814; adm. 18 Jan 1827 (G); Mayor, Chester 1858; MP Chester 1859-65; DL Cheshire, JP Cheshire 1859, High Sheriff 1878; DL Denbighshire, JP Denbighshire 1869; member council, Royal Agricultural Society; m. 29 Oct 1840 Elizabeth Henrietta, dau. of Henry Robert Hughes, Kinmel Park, Denbighshire; d. 16 Jan 1891.

RIDLEY, SIR MATTHEW WHITE, BART., eldest son of Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bart. (b. 1778, qv); b. 9 Sep 1809; adm. 26 Jan 1821 (G); left Whitsun 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Jun 1825; BA 1828; succ. as 4th baronet 14 Jul 1836; partner, Old Bank, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1836-9; MP North Northumberland (Cons) 1859-68; DL JP Northumberland, High Sheriff 1841; member, Society of Dilettanti 1863; m. 21 Sep 1841 Hon. Cecilia Anne Parke, dau. of James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale PC, Baron, Court of Exchequer; d. 25 Sep 1877.

BURRELL, SIR PERCY, BART., second son of Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, Bart. (qv); b. 10 Feb 1812; adm. (G) 11 Jul 1825; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 8 Jul 1830; succ. his father as 4th baronet, 4 Jan 1862; MP (Cons) New Shoreham from Feb 1862; DL JP Sussex; m. 26 Aug 1856 Henrietta Katherine, dau. of Vice-Adm. Sir George Richard Brooke-Pechell, Bart., RN MP; d. 19 Jul 1876.

HURST, ROBERT HENRY, only son of Robert Henry Hurst (b. 1788, qv); b. 1 Jun 1817; adm. 8 Apr 1831 (G); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 26 May 1836, matr. Mich. 1836; 25th Wrangler 1840; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Middle Temple 29 May 1835, called to bar 25 Nov 1842; South-Eastern Circuit; Recorder of Hastings and Rye from 8 Feb 1863; MP Horsham 1865-8, May 1869-74, Dec 1875 – Feb 1876; Chairman, West Sussex Quarter Sessions; of Horsham Park, Sussex, and Barrington Grove, Burford, Oxfordshire; DL JP Sussex, JP Oxfordshire; m. 28 Apr 1859 Matilda Jane, eldest dau. of James Scott, Rusper, Sussex; d. 12 Feb 1905.

MACLEAN, SIR FRANCIS AUBREY DE VERE WILLIAMS, third son of Alexander Maclean, Carshalton, Surrey, and Maria, dau. of Joseph Lightfoot, Walworth, Surrey; b. 13 Dec 1844; adm. 8 May 1859 (G); left 1862 (with Triplett); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1862; BA 1866; MA 1871; adm. Inner Temple 17 Jan 1879, called to bar 30 Apr 1868, Bencher 25 Nov 1892; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 17 Jan 1879; QC 1886; MP (Lib) Mid Oxfordshire 1885-6 (LU) 1886-91; a Master in Lunacy 1891-6; Assistant Chief Justice, Bengal Jul 1896, Chief Justice 9 Nov 1896 – Mar 1909; knighted 12 Oct 1896; KCIE 11 Jan 1898; Kaisar-i-Hind medal, 1st class 23 May 1900; Vice-Chancellor, Calcutta Univ., 1898-1900; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1913; m. 10 Aug 1869 Mattie, second dau. of John Sowerby, Benwell Tower, Northumberland; d. 11 Nov 1913.

VINCENT, SIR (CHARLES EDWARD) HOWARD, brother of Arthur Frederick Vincent (qv); b. 31 May 1849; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1865; RMC Sandhurst Nov 1866; Ensign, 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; ret. Aug 1873; Special Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, at Berlin in 1871 and during Russian-Turkish War 1876; adm. Inner Temple 3 May 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; South-Eastern Circuit; Director of Criminal Investigations, Metropolitan Police 1878-84; Col. -Commandant, Queenís Westminster Volunteers 1884-1904, later Hon. Col., VD; MP (Conservative) Sheffield Central from 1885; member, Metropolitan Board of Works 1888-9, London County Council 1889-96; one of the British delegates to Anti-Anarchist Conference, Rome 1898; ADC to Edward VII from 1901; CB 23 Jan 1886; knighted 17 Jan 1896; KCMG 3 Jun 1899; DL JP Co. London, JP Middlesex, Berkshire; a consistent advocate of imperial protection, founding in 1891 the United Empire Trade League, of which he was Hon. Secretary; Chairman, National Union of Conservative Associations 1895; the Acts of Parliament dealing with the probation of first offenders, 1887, and for the appointment of a public trustee, 1906, were mainly due to his persistence; author, A Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law, 1882, and other works; m. 26 Oct 1882 Ethel Gwendoline, second dau. of George Moffatt MP, Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; d. at Menton, France 7 Apr 1908. DNB.

ARMITAGE, ROBERT, eldest son of William James Armitage, Farnley Lodge, Leeds, and Emily, dau. of William Nicholson Nicholson, Roundhay Park, Leeds, and sister of William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson GCB, Field Marshal in the Army; b. 22 Feb 1866; adm. 22 Jan 1880 (G); left Nov 1883; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 May 1884, matr. Mich. 1884; BA 1888; adm. Inner Temple 12 Jan 1887, called to bar 1 Nov 1889, but did not practise; entered family firm; chairman Farnley Iron Co. Ltd, Brown Bayleys Steel Works Ltd, and other companies; Lord Mayor of Leeds 1904-5; MP (Liberal/Coalition Liberal) Leeds Central 1906-22; m. 1st, 8 Jan 1891 Caroline Katharine, dau. of Dudley Henry Ryder, Westbrook Hay, Hemel Hempstead, Herts.; m. 2nd, 24 Jul 1936, Mary Dorothea, widow of Rev. Edward Bacheler Russell, Vicar of Leyton, Essex, and dau. of Robert Barclay, Hoddesdon, Herts., banker; d. 10 Feb 1944.

LOW, SIR FREDERICK, eldest son of Stephen Philpot Low, Sydenham, Kent, banker, and Hannah, dau. of Arthur Austin, Little Shelford, Cambs.; b. 21 Nov 1856; adm. 22 Sep 1870 (G); left Aug 1871; adm. solicitor Apr 1878; practised in King Street, Cheapside, City of London, firm Turner and Low; adm. Middle Temple 16 May 1889, called to bar 30 Apr 1890, Bencher 26 Jan 1911; South-Eastern Circuit; KC 1902; Recorder of Ipswich 1906-15; a Commissioner of Assize 1912-5; contested (Liberal) Salisbury 1900 Clapham 1906; MP (Liberal) Norwich Jan 1910 – Jan 1915; knighted 1909; a Judge of the High Court, King’s Bench Division, from Jan 1915; m. 28 Jun 1882 Katherine, fourth dau. of Charles Thompson, Park Square, Regent’s Park, London; d. 4 Sep 1917.

Lewis, Oswald, brother of John Spedan Lewis (q.v.); b. April 5, 1887; adm. May 9, 1901 (G); left July 1905; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1916; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1912; a member of the London County Council 1913-9; Lieut. 2nd Co. of London Yeomanry April 18, 1913; retired on account of ill health April 20, 1916; served in Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula 1914-6; admitted to the Middle Temple April 19, 1909; M.P. for Colchester 1929-45; author of Because I've not been there before (1929), I'd Like to go Again (1954), and After Dinner (1955) m. June 28, 1928; Frances Merriman, daughter of Dr. Harold Merriman Cooper, O.B.E., of Hampton-on-Thames; d. 12 Feb. 1966.

Noel-Baker, Hon. Francis Edward, son of Philip John, Baron Noel-Baker PC, Sec. of State for Commonwealth Relations, and Irene, d. of Francis Noel of Achmetaga, Evia, Greece; b. 7 Jan. 1920; adm. May 1934 (G); left Dec. 1938; King's Coll. Camb., matric. 1939; Intell. Corps 1941-5 (Capt.), despatches (Middle East) Apr. 1944; MP (Lab.) Brentford 1945-50, Swindon 1955-69; PPS Admiralty 1949-50; resigned from Labour Party 1969, joined SDP 1981-3, Cons. Party 1984-; hon. Pres. Union of Forest Owners of Greece 1968-; dir. North Euboean Enterprises Ltd 1973-, Fini Fisheries Cyprus 1976-; author of Greece, the Whole Story 1946, Land and People of Greece 1957, My Cyprus File 1985; Three Saints and Poseidon 1989; m. 1st 1947 Ann Lavinia, d. of Hilary A. St George Saunders of Heathfield, Sussex; 2nd 26 July 1957 Barbara Christina, d. of Inj Josef Sonander of Norrkoping, Sweden; d. 25 Sept. 2009.