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Adams, Henry Cadwallader, 1817-1899

  • GB-2014-WSA-01930
  • Person
  • 1817-1899

ADAMS, HENRY CADWALLADER, only son of John Adams, Serjeant-at-law and Assistant Judge of Middlesex Quarter Sessions, and his second wife Jane, dau. of Thomas Martin, Nottingham; b. 4 Nov 1817; adm. 16 Jun 1830 (Stelfox's); left 1831; went to Winchester Coll.; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Nov 1835; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1836-43, fellow 1843-52; BA 1840; MA 1842; Master of Magdalen Coll. School Mar-May 1844; assistant master, Winchester Coll., 1844-51; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1846, priest 7 Mar 1852 (both Oxford); Curate, Greinton, Somerset 1853-4; Chaplain, Bromley Coll., Kent 25 Jun 1855-67; Vicar of Dry Sandford, with Cothill, Berks., 21 Sep 1867-78; Vicar of Old Shoreham, Sussex 15 Jul 1878-96; author, Wykehamica, 1878, and of numerous books for boys; m. 6 Jul 1852 Esther Pell, second dau. of Rev. Richard Edmonds, Rector of Woodleigh, Devon; d. 17 Oct 1899.

Adams, Herbert George, 1814-1851

  • GB-2014-WSA-01932
  • Person
  • 1814-1851

ADAMS, HERBERT GEORGE, brother of William Pitt Adams (qv); b. 27 Jan 1814; adm. 15 Jan 1827 (Stikeman's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 7 Jun 1832; BA 1836; MA 1839; ordained deacon (Exeter) 28 Oct 1838; Vicar of Dunsford, Devon, 18 Apr 1839, and of Cornwood, Devon, from 1844; m. 3 Aug 1842 his cousin Eleanor, dau. of Baldwin Fulford, Fulford, Devon; d. 25 Nov 1851.

Adams, Richard Leonard, 1838-1897

  • GB-2014-WSA-01935
  • Person
  • 1838-1897

ADAMS, RICHARD LEONARD, youngest son of Rev. Richard Leonard Adams, Rector of Shere, Surrey, and Hon. Elizabeth Atherton Powys, fourth dau. of Thomas Powys, 2nd Baron Lilford; b. 29 Mar 1838; adm. (G) 30 May 1850; Christ’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1858, matr. Mich. 1858; BA 1862; MA 1865; ordained deacon (Norwich) 31 May 1863, priest 22 May 1864; Vicar of Framfield, Sussex 7 Aug 1866-76; Rector of Shere, Surrey 1876-93; m. 11 Jul 1861 Florence Emma, dau. of William Vizard, Ewell, Surrey; d. 11 Apr 1897.

Adams, Thomas, fl. 1651

  • GB-2014-WSA-01937
  • Person
  • fl. 1651

ADAMS, THOMAS, son of William Adams, Yorkshire; b.; adm.; KS; contributor to Lachrymae Musarum, 1649, p. 97; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1651, adm. pens. 13 May 1651, scholar 1651, matr. Mich. 1651; a copy of English verses written by him is prefixed to the Amanda of Nicholas Hookes (qv), published 1653. [Probably Thomas Adams, second son of William Adams, Owston, Yorks., and Margaret, dau. of Sir Thomas Ellis, Kt, Grantham, Lincs., adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Apr 1654, d. unm. ]

Adams, William Frederick, 1851-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-01938
  • Person
  • 1851-?

ADAMS, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of William Adams FRCS, Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, London, orthopaedic surgeon, and Mary Anne, dau. of John Mills; b. 27 Aug 1851; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 26 Jan 1867 (James'); left 1868; adm. member London Stock Exchange 1875, still 1917.

Adams, William Pitt, 1804-1852

  • GB-2014-WSA-01939
  • Person
  • 1804-1852

ADAMS, WILLIAM PITT, eldest son of William Dacres Adams, Bowdon, Devon, Commissioner of Woods and Forests, previously private secretary to William Pitt the younger and to Duke of Portland when Prime Ministers, and Elizabeth, second dau. of Mayow Wynell-Mayow, Sydenham, Kent; b. 11 Dec 1804; adm. 16 Apr 1817 (Best's); KS 1819; left 1820; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1823; Assistant Junior Clerk, Foreign Office Apr 1826- Jul 1830, Junior Clerk Jul 1830 - Nov 1834; Secretary of Legation, Bogota, 31 Dec 1834, Mexico 31 Jul 1841; Chargé d’Affaires and Consul-General, Peru, 30 Nov 1842; m. 16 Sep 1847 Georgiana Emily, dau. of Robert Lukin, Felbrigg, Norfolk; d. at Lima, Peru, 6 Sep 1852.

Adams, William, d. 1714

  • GB-2014-WSA-01940
  • Person
  • d. 1714

ADAMS, WILLIAM, son of John Adams, Shropshire, barrister, compiler of the Index Villaris, and Jane, fifth dau. of Sir Walter Wrottesley, Bart.; b.; adm.; KS 1686; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1691, matr. 4 Jul 1691, aged 18, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1691 – void 30 Jul 1713 (expiry year of grace as R. Staunton-upon-Wye), Tutor 1700-5; BA 1695; MA 1698; ordained; Curate, St Thomas’s, Oxford, 1700; admonished by college for scandalous words about William Lloyd, Bishop of Worcester, 20 Dec 1706; Rector of Staunton-upon-Wye, Herefs., from 26 Jul 1712; a highly esteemed preacher; published an edition of Cornelius Nepos, 1697; fifteen of his sermons before the University of Oxford were published by Dr Sacheverell in 1716; dead at 6 Aug 1714.

Adams, William, d. 1731

  • GB-2014-WSA-01941
  • Person
  • d. 1731

ADAMS, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Adams, Charwelton, Northants., and Catherine, dau. of Rev. Thomas Knightley, Rector of Byfield, Northants.; b.; adm.; KS 1689; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1693, matr. 30 Jun 1693, aged 18, Westminster Student 14 Dec 1693-8 (void); BA 1697; MA 20 Mar 1699/1700; elected the first Catechetical Lecturer at Ch. Ch. on Dr Busby’s foundation; adm. Middle Temple 9 Jul 1694; ordained deacon and priest 1697; Rector of Charwelton, Northants., from 11 Aug 1697; an intimate friend of Browne Willis (qv); m. 13 Nov 1700 Mary, dau. of John Smith, Welton, Northants.; d. 7 Sep 1731.

Addenbrooke, John, d. 1733

  • GB-2014-WSA-01944
  • Person
  • d. 1733

ADDENBROOKE, JOHN, son of John Addenbrooke, Newport, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 - 4 Jul 1706 (deprived, having been degraded one year for misbehaviour, 13 Dec 1705); migrated to St. Mary Hall; BA 10 Mar 1706/7; MA Camb. Univ. (from St. Catherine’s Hall) 1710; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 21 Sep 1707 to curacy of Pilton, Northants.; Rector of Sutton, Shropshire, from 10 Aug 1724; Rector of Upper Sapey, Herefordshire, from 10 Aug 1724 [check]; Vicar of Wolferlow, Herefs., 29 May 1725 - Feb 1728; d. by 23 Sep 1733.

Addinsell, Thomas Augustus Arthur, 1892-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-01949
  • Person
  • 1892-?

Addinsell, Thomas Augustus Arthur, son of W. Arthur Addinsell, of Bloomsbury; b. Aug. 16, 1892; adm. from Univ. College School Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left Easter 1906; temp. 2nd Lieut. 8th Batt. Yorks Regt. Nov. 23, 1914, Lieut. July 1, 1917, Capt. in Indian Army Sept. 1, 1919.

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