Meyrick, John Francis, ca. 1736-1823
MEYRICK, JOHN FRANCIS, son of Essex Marychurch Meyrick, Bush, Pembs., and Lucy, dau. of Francis Edwardes MP, Johnston, Pembs., and sister of William Edwardes, 1st Baron Kensington (I) MP; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1748 (Grant's); New Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Feb 1754; of Bush, Pembs.; High Sheriff, Pembrokeshire 1785; m. 5 Sep 1769 (IGI) Jane, dau. of John Mount, Tower Hill, London, stationer; d. 8 Jun 1823, in 88th year.
WALCOT, CHARLES, son of John Walcot MP, Walcot, Shropshire, and Mary, dau. of Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart., MP; bapt. 22 Mar 1738; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 6 Mar 1756; MP Weymouth 30 Apr 1763-8; Clerk to Accountant-General, Post Office (occurs 1774-83); Controller of Penny Post, Post Office; of Bitterley Court, Shropshire; High Sheriff, Shropshire 1782; m. 17 Jul 1764 his cousin Anne, sister of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv); buried Bitterley, Shropshire 27 Sep 1799.
LEVETT, WILLIAM; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1748 (Grant's). [Evidently William Levett, younger brother of Richard Levett (adm. 1740, qv), bapt. Blithfield, Staffs. 8 Nov 1735 (IGI)].
KEENE, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jul 1748 (Grant's); left 1751 (“exempt from payment”). [Perhaps bapt. Buckland, Berks., 20 Aug 1738, son of Thomas Keene, and Mary --- (IGI)]. [Whitmore : “prob = Talbot”]
CHICHESTER, ARTHUR, 1ST MARQUIS OF DONEGAL (I), eldest son of Hon. John Chichester MP (I), Abinger, Surrey, and Elizabeth, sister of Sir Edward Newdigate, Bart. (qv); b. 13 Jun 1739; adm. Jun 1748 (Grant's); in school list 1754; succ. uncle as 5th Earl of Donegal (I) 30 Sep 1757; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 25 Nov 1757; MA 1759; DCL 7 Jul 1763; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Sep 1768; of Fisherwick Park, Staffs.; MP Malmesbury 1768-74; created Baron Fisherwick (GB) 3 Jul 1790 and Marquis of Donegal (I) 27 Jun 1791; m. 1st, 16 Nov 1761 Lady Anne Hamilton, dau. of James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (S) KT; m. 2nd, 25 Oct 1788 Charlotte, widow of Thomas Moore, Barne, co. Tipperary, and dau. of Conway Spencer, Tremary, co. Down; m. 3rd, 12 Oct 1790 Barbara, dau. of Rev. Luke Godfrey LLD, Rector of Midleton, co. Cork; d. 5 Jan 1799.
RIDLEY, RICHARD, son of Matthew Ridley (qv), and his first wife; b. 5 Jul 1736; adm. Mar 1747/8 (Grant's); left 1751; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 18 Dec 1751; Capt., 23rd Foot 3 Sep 1756; Maj., 107th Foot 18 Oct 1761; half-pay 1763; travelling in Italy 1764-5; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 25 May 1772; d. 14 May 1789.
AGAR, CHARLES, 1ST EARL OF NORMANTON (I), brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Dec 1736; adm. Jun 1747 (Grant's); KS 1751; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1755, but went to Ch. Ch. Oxford, matr. 31 May 1755, commoner 1755-6, Canoneer Student 9 Jul 1756 – void 7 Nov 1764 (expiry year of grace as D. Kilmore from 4 Nov 1763), Tutor 1763; BA 1759; MA 1762; DCL 31 Dec 1765; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1760, priest 17 May 1761 (both Oxford); Chaplain to 1st Duke of Northumberland when Lord Lieut. Ireland, 1763; Dean of Kilmore 22 May 1765 [but year of grace from 4 Nov 1763, check]; consecrated Bishop of Cloyne 20 Mar 1768; enthroned Archbishop of Cashel 19 Aug 1779; translated to Dublin 7 Dec 1801; Privy Councillor (I) 15 Nov 1779; created Baron Somerton (I) 12 Jun 1795; Viscount Somerton (I) 30 Dec 1800; Earl of Normanton (I) 4 Feb 1806; an Irish Representative Peer in first UK Parliament; amassed a considerable fortune, and completed the destruction of the mediaeval cathedral on the Rock of Cashel; m. 22 Nov 1776 Jane, eldest dau. of William Benson, Downpatrick, co. Down; d. 14 Jul 1809; buried in North Transept, Westminster Abbey, with monument in North Aisle of Choir. DNB.
AGAR, WELBORE ELLIS, brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1747 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Deputy Commissary-Gen. of Musters, England, from Nov 1763; a Commissioner of Customs from 31 Oct 1776; a well-known picture collector; FRS 22 Mar 1781; m. 21 Oct 1769 Gertrude, sister of Sir Charles Hotham (adm. 1745, qv); d. 30 Oct 1805.
DICKENSON, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 13) Jan 1745/6 (Grant's); left 1749.
Nares, Geoffrey Owen, 1917-1942
Nares, Geoffrey Owen, brother of David Owen Nares (qv); b. 10 June 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (G); left Apr. 1934; an actor and stage designer; first appeared (under his father's management) in The Winning Post at the Globe Theatre Dec. 1934; 2nd Lieut. RASC Oct. 1940, transf. 12 Lancers Aug. 1941; d. on active service 20 Aug. 1942.
Geoffrey Owen Nares was born at Hampstead, London on the 10th of June 1917 the younger son of Owen Ramsey Nares, an actor, and Marie (nee Polini) Nares, an actress, of 35, Hamilton Terrace, Westminster and of Highmoor in Oxfordshire. He was christened at St Augustine’s Church, Paddington on the 17th of November 1917. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from September 1930 to April 1934. He won a Sir Henry Lucy Prize for Art in 1931. On leaving school he became an actor and a theatre designer, his first appearance being in the part of a stable boy in “The Winning Post”, starring Lawrence Olivier at the Adelphi Theatre on the 17th of December 1934. In June 1935 he played Kim Oldham in “Grief Goes Over” at the Globe Theatre and he played Martin Hilton in “Call it a Day” at the Glove Theatre, London in October of the same year which ran for more than a year; his father was also a member of the cast. As well as being an actor he was a designer of scenery for the stage and designed sets for “Candida”, “The Constant Wife”, ”Gaily We Set Out”, and “Blondie White”.
He enlisted as a Driver in the Royal Army Service Corps before being attending an Officer Producing School and being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 26th of October 1940. He transferred to the 12th Royal Lancers in August 1941 and was posted to the Middle East where he contracted pappataci (sand fly fever) and died from a brain tumour in hospital at Cairo.
He is buried at Heliopolis War Cemetery Plot 2 Row D grave 14
Nash, Alexander Desmond Michael Flight Lieutenant 102131
258 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Killed in action on the 19th of December 1943 aged 21
Alexander Desmond Michael Nash was born on the 22nd of November 1922 the son of Captain Christopher Michael Nash, a rubber planter, and Ethelinda Jarman (nee Clarke) Nash of 17, Mount Avenue, Ealing in Middlesex. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Homeboarders from September 1936 to July 1939.
He enlisted in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve where he trained as a pilot and rose to the rank of Leading Aircraftman before being commissioned as a Pilot Officer on the 23rd of July 1941. He was promoted to Flying Officer on the 23rd of July 1942 and to Flight Lieutenant on the 23rd of July 1943. He was posted to 285 Squadron.
Alexander Nash took off at 2.45pm on the 19th of December 1943 in Hurricane Mk IIB BG688 with five other aircraft from his Squadron for a patrol over Dohazari. As they were climbing out after takeoff his aircraft collided with Hurricane Mk IIB PJ785 flown by Pilot Officer Peter Ireland Hickes. Both aircraft crashed and both pilots were killed. The remaining four aircraft completed their mission and returned to base at 4.20pm.
He is buried at Chittagong War Cemetery Plot 6, Row A, Grave 12.