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Eaton, Leslie Clifford, brother of Sidney Wilfred Eaton (qv); b. 5 Aug. 1916; adm. Apr. 1931 (R); left Apr. 1935; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1935, BA 1938, MA 1942; RNVR 1939-5 (Lieut.); called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Jan. 1946; a co. director; m. 5 Jan. 1942 Kathleen Graham, d. of Harry Ainsworth of Leatherhead; d. 26 Nov. 1996.

EATON, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. Richard Eaton BD, Vicar of Great Budworth, Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1629, adm. scholar 1630, matr. Lent 1629/30; obtained a licence to pass to Leyden 1 Oct 1632, aged 22; in 1633 a pupil of the puritan divine Rev. William Ames DD at Franeker, Netherlands; ordained; emigrated with his two elder brothers to North America; President-designate, Harvard College 1638/9, but was “fitter to be a master of a Bridewel than a college” (Cotton Mather), and was dismissed by court order for cudgelling an usher, 9 Sep 1639; absconded to England; PhD and MD Padua 1647; ordained; Vicar of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire 1661; Rector of Bideford, Devon, 18 Mar 1668; author, De Fastis Anglicis, sive Calendarium Sacrum, 1661; m. twice, one of his wives being a daughter of Thomas Graves, Virginia [another the widow of Rev. William Cotton ?]; d. 1674, when a prisoner for debt in the King’s Bench Prison, Southwark. DNB.

Eaton, Sidney Wilfred, son of Frederick Charles Eaton of Forest Hill and Maria Flook; b. 5 Aug. 1911; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left July 1930; Jesus Coll. Camb., matric. 1930, BA 1933; RA in WW2 (Lieut.); a co. director; m. 1 June 1935 Beatrice Georgina Joan Eldon, d. of Frank Eldon Gilder of Wells, Somerset; d. 12 Jan. 1977.

Eccles, Brian, son of William Hunter Eccles, Sierra Leone Civil Service, of Kennett, Cambs, and Beatrice Ethel, d. of Dudley Oliver Sutton of Sutton Coldfield, Warks; b. 27 Jan. 1928; adm. Sept. 1941 (KS); left July 1946; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1953; HM Colonial Service Zanzibar 1952-7; DO Tanganyika 1957-61; dir. Brit. Information Services Zanzibar 1961-4; FCO, 1st Sec. Sierra Leone 1964-5, Lond. 1965-7; CUP representative West Africa 1967-75; gen. sec. South Regional Assn. for the Blind 1976-92; latterly resident in France; m. 1979 Joset Lin; d. 23 Jan. 2001.

Eccles, Francis Yvon, only son of Yvon Richard Eccles, of Westminster, secretary to the Scottish Amicable Life Insurance Society, by Josephine Villeneuve, daughter of Francis Smith, of Lindfield, Sussex; b. April 4, 1871; adm. as exhibitioner June 5, 1885 (G); elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1890, matric. Oct. 10, 1890; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1906; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1897; Professor of French Literature, London Univ. 1920-34; author of A Century of French Poets (1909); d. Feb. 15, 1963.

ECKERSALL, GEORGE, son of John Eckersall (qv); b. 9 Oct 1782; adm. 29 Feb 1792; in school list 1795; KS 1797; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. 18 Nov 1801; Ensign, 4th Foot 26 May 1803; Lieut., Feb 1804; retd. 9 Feb 1805; m. 29 Feb 1820 Sarah Caroline Grace; d. 16 Jul 1849.

ECKERSALL, JOHN, son of George Eckersall (adm. 1723, qv); b. 14 Sep 1748; adm. ; KS (aged 12) 1761; Garrick was so pleased with Eckersall’s Davus in the Andria of 1765 “that he made him a present of the freedom of his house” (see Anthony Wilson’s letter printed Lusus Alt. Westm. , 1st series, 102, note); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1766, matr. 18 Jun 1766, Westminster Scholar 24 Dec 1766 - void by marriage 15 Dec 1774; BA 1770; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Nov 1767; travelling in Italy with Hon. John Trevor (qv) 1773; m. 1 Dec 1774 his cousin Catherine, sister of George Wathen (qv); d. 2 Dec 1837.

EDDIS, BASIL UPTON, son of Arthur Shelly Eddis QC, Weymouth Street, London, County Court Judge, and Elizabeth Mary, fourth dau. of Job Wright, Cheshunt, Herts.; b. 4 Apr 1850; at Highgate Sch. Sep 1860 - Dec 1863; adm. 22 Jan 1864 (James'); QS 1865; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1869 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 12 May 1869, matr. Mich. 1869; BA 1873; adm. solicitor Mar 1876; Registrar, Clerkenwell County Court; of St. John’s Lodge, Newbury, Berks.; m. 8 Apr 1896 Margaret Anna, youngest dau. of Rev. Richard Cockburn Kindersley, Vicar of Brampford Speke, Devon; d. 23 Nov 1936.

EDDIS, EDWARD UPTON, third son of William Upton Eddis, Purnea, Bengal, India, indigo planter, and Mary Adamson (IGI); b. 13 Mar 1861; adm. 26 Sep 1872 (James'); exhibitioner 1874; QS 1875; victor in the last “mill” on Green (Elizabethan xix, 66); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1879, matr. 10 Oct 1879; BA 1883; adm. Inner Temple 22 Nov 1880, called to bar 25 Jun 1884; practised at Calcutta and subsequently at Rangoon; returned to England 1909; m. 4 Feb 1891 Ela Usher, dau. of Robert Binning, Dowanhill, Glasgow; d. 14 Aug 1928.

Eddis, Nigel Edward Athelstan, son of Michael Upton Eddis, stockbroker, and Marcelle Marie Jocelyn, d. of Valentine Browne-Webber of Dinard, France; grandson of Basil Upton Eddis (qv); b. 2 Mar. 1936; adm. Sept. 1950 (W); left July 1952; a professional photographer, specialising in images of chess players; resident in New York, USA; m. Anne Fryer, violinist; d. 11 Jan. 2009.