SAYVE, PETER, son of Peter Sayve, London; b.; adm.; KS 1681; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1686, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1686, aged 18, scholar 15 Apr 1687; BA 1689/90; MA 1693; BD 1701; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1692, Major Fellow 20 Jun 1694 -–c. 1705; ordained deacon 11 Jun 1693, priest 5 Nov 1693 (both London); Vicar of Masham, with Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., from 1703; m. Elizabeth, youngest dau. of Thomas Rokeby, Rokeby, Yorks.; buried Kirkby Malzeard, Yorks., 11 Sep 1732.
Sayers, Gerald Fleming, son of Major Robert Cecil Bowyer-Brydges-Sayers, of Barnes, by Emma Ellen, daughter of William Ketley, of Bishops Stortford, Herts; b. Jan. 19, 1893; adm. Jan. 16, 1908 (A); left Easter 1910; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric Michaelmas 1911; B.A. 1914; entered Colonial Admin. Service 1914; served in Kenya 1914-20; Tanganyika 1920-3; Nyasaland 1933-5; deputy chief secretary Tanganyika 1935; acted as chief sec. and Governor's Deputy on many occasions; retired 1939; Min. of War Transport 1939-45; Commonwealth Affairs advisor, Conservative Research Dept. since 1945; author of The Handbook of Tanganyika (1930); editor of Commonwealth Affairs (1952); m. Nov. 19, 1927, Mary Violet, daughter of George Lionel Garth, of Dacca, Bengal.
SAYER, WILLIAM, third son of John Sayer, Pett Place, Charing, Kent, and Charlotte Sibella, eldest dau. of Rev. William Crawley, Vicar of Flaxley, Gloucs.; b. 7 Nov 1854; adm. 27 Sep 1867 (G); QS 1869; left Whitsun 1873; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 31 May 1873; BA 1877; adm. solicitor Mar 1881; practised in London; m. 30 Jul 1888 Annie Elizabeth Georgiana, dau. of Henry Poore Cox; d. 2 Apr 1912.
SAYER, ROBERT, son of Jonathan Sayer, Wallingford, Berks.; b.; adm.; QS (aged 15) 1713; d. 1713.
SAYER, ROBERT, son of John Sayer, St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, and Lincoln’s Inn [check if barrister], and Katherine, dau. of Rear-Adm. Robert Hughes; b. 29 Jul 1715; adm. (aged 8) Sep 1724; KS 1730; spoke a set of Latin verses of his own composition before William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 16 May 1730; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1732; BA 1736; MA 1741; MB 1742; medical practitioner, London; m. 3 Jan 1746 (IGI) Mary Denham; dead by 1776.
SAYER, EDWARD, only son of James Sayer, Manor House, Marsh Gate, Richmond, Surrey, barrister, Deputy High Steward of Westminster and Steward, Manor of Richmond, and his second wife Julia Margaret, dau. of Edward Evelyn, Felbridge, Surrey; b.; adm. 27 Mar 1770; KS (aged 14) 1775; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1779, matr. 3 Jun 1779, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1779 – void 23 Apr 1781 (for absence); adm. Middle Temple 17 Jun 1777, called to bar 7 Feb 1783; Commissioner of Bankrupts (occurs in annual lists 1791-1800); author, Essays Literary and Historical, 1791, and other works.
SAYER, ARTHUR, brother of William Sayer (qv); b. 15 Aug 1856; adm. 27 May 1869 (G); left Whitsun 1872; clerk, Bank of England (in 1881); inherited Pett Place estate from elder brother 1917; m. 20 Sep 1887 Anna Kate, youngest dau. of Benjamin Smith, Westbourne Terrace Road, Bayswater; d. 1 Jun 1942.
Sayer, Arthur Gerald, only son of Arthur Sayer (q.v.); b. Aug. 16, 1888; adm. April 23, 1902 (G); left July 1907; Magd. Coll. Oxon., matric. Oct. 1907; B.A. 1910; M.A. 1914; ordained deacon 1911, priest 1912 (Bristol); Curate of St. Paul's, Swindon, Wilts, 1911-3, of Folkestone 1914-6, and of St. Peter's, Bournemouth, 1916-23; Vicar of Westend, Hants, 1923-8; Curate of Lelant, Cornwall, 1929-31; Vicar of St. Michael, Maidstone, 1931-9; Perpetual Curate of St. Peter, Bushey Heath, Herts, 1939-46; licensed to officiate Diocese of Truro, 1946; Inspector of Schools, Truro, Diocese 1949; Prebendary of St. Endellion 1954; m. Oct. 17, 1922, Bridget Catherine, younger daughter of Edward St. Aubyn; d. 1971.
SAY, FRANCIS, son of Hugh Say, Ludgate Hill, London, citizen and merchant taylor, and Mary Ward; bapt. St. Anne’s, Blackfriars 18 Oct 1689 (IGI); adm.; QS 1704; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1708, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1708, aged 18, scholar 13 May 1709, matr. 1709; BA 1711/2; MA 1715; adm. Middle Temple 20 Oct 1719; private secretary to five successive Bishops of Ely, and in that capacity endeavoured to settle amicably the disputes between Richard Bentley and the Fellows of Trinity Coll.; Librarian to Queen Caroline at St. James’s Mar – Dec 1737; d. 10 Sep 1748.
SAWYER, EDMUND, brother of Charles Sawyer (qv); b. 13 Dec 1816; adm. 9 Jun 1828 (Stikeman's); KS 1829; left 1834; adm. Middle Temple 11 Jan 1837, called to bar 31 Jan 1840; equity draftsman and conveyancer; living Bray, Berks., not practising at bar, 1881 (1881 Census); still in Law List 1900, but without address.