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BROXHOLME, NOEL, son of Robert Broxholme, Oakham, Rutland; b.; adm.; KS 1700; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1704, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 12 Oct 1704, aged 18, Canoneer Student 23 Jul 1705-18 (void), Tutor 1710-1; BA 1709; MA 1711; migr. to University Coll., where he was one of first two Radcliffe Travelling Fellows, Jul 1715; Padua Univ., adm. 20 Dec 1716; MB and MD 1723; student, St. Thomas’s Hospital, 1709; FRCP 22 Mar 1724/5, Censor 1726, Harveian Orator 1731; one of the six physicians appointed to St. George’s Hospital at its first general board held 19 Oct 1733; Physician to Frederick, Prince of Wales, 9 Nov 1734 – c. May 1739; bequeathed £500 for the benefit of the King’s Scholars to be applied “in such manner as the two upper masters of the said school shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction commemorated by an exhibition known as the Broxholme exhibition; m. 7 May 1730, Anne, widow of William Dowdeswell, Pull Court, Worcs., mother of William Dowdeswell (adm. 1730, qv), and sister of James Hammond (qv); committed suicide 8 Jul 1748. DNB.

BOURNE, VINCENT, son of Andrew Bourne, St. Martins in the Fields, Westminster, wig maker, and Ann --- (IGI); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 22 Jul 1694 (IGI); adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1709; QS 1710; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1714, adm. pens. 27 May 1714, scholar 13 May 1715, matr. 1715; BA 1717/8; MA 1721; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 6 Sep 1720, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1721; an Usher at the School 1720 - Sep 1747; kept a boarding house in Cowley Street 1731-40 and in College Street 1741 to death 2 Dec 1747, where he was succeeded by Mrs.Porten. First of thirty-one recorded boarders adm. Jan.1735/6, last recorded boarder adm. Oct 1745. Five further boarders, adm. between Jun 1749 and Jan 1751/2, are described in Dr.Nicoll’s admission book as boarding with “Bourne”, and it may be that these were boarders with Bourne’s widow Lucia, presumably at a different address from that in College Street; Housekeeper and Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms, House of Commons, Nov 1734; an indolent teacher and a lax disciplinarian; William Cowper (qv), who loved “the memory of Vinny Bourne” and translated a number of his old master’s Latin poems into English verse, relates seeing the Duke of Richmond “set fire to his greasy locks and box his ears to put it out again” (Southey, Life and Works of William Cowper, iv, 98); a Latin poet of great charm, “sucking from every flower, making a flower of everything, his diction all Latin and his thoughts all English” (Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1905, vi, 457); published his Poemata, Latine partim reddita partim scripta, 1734; m. 25 Mar 1727 Lucia, widow of George Jewell (qv); d. 2 Dec 1747. DNB.

WEBBER, WILLIAM CHARLES FYNES, eldest son of James Webber (qv); b. 1 Jan 1815; adm. 5 Apr 1826; KS 1829; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1833, matr. 23 May 1833, Westminster Student; BA 1837; MA 1839; an Usher at the School 1837-40, left “on account of the extreme fewness of the T.B.” (Town Boy Ledger); ordained deacon 22 Dec 1839, priest 20 Dec 1840 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., 1842-4; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate, London 6 Jun 1845 – 3 Aug 1876; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 2 Dec 1851 – 23 Dec 1858, Sub-Dean from 23 Dec 1858, Succentor 1859-75; m. 19 Apr 1853 his cousin Catherine Mary, eldest dau. of William Charles Webber (qv); d. at Lausanne, Switzerland 27 Jun 1881.

KYTE, JOSHUA, twin son of William Kyte, Sherborne, Gloucs., and Anne ---; bapt. Sherborne, Gloucs. 13 Oct 1723; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 13) 1738; KS 1739; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1743, matr. 1 Jun 1743, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1743 – void 23 Dec 1765, expiry year of grace as R. Wendlebury from 24 Dec 1764; BA 1747; MA 1751; BD and DD 1765; an Usher at the School 1751 – Feb 1764, shown as taking the Shell form in undated list of teaching staff assignable to 1762 or 1763; ordained; Curate, St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1762; Chaplain, 32nd Foot 25 Jan 1763 – still 1773; Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 1764; Rector of Swyncombe, Oxfordshire, from 21 Jul 1788; master of a school at Hammersmith, Middlesex; m. [by 1767] Loretta Maria ---; d. 22 Nov 1788. [Surname alternatively spelled KEYT ?]

KNYVETT, CHARLES WILLIAM, eldest son of Charles Knyvett, Sonning, Berks., Organist of St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, and Jane, dau. of John Laney, Shorwell, Isle of Wight; grandson of Charles Knyvett (qv); b. 11 Aug 1796; adm. 28 Jun 1808; KS 1811; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1815, matr. 8 May 1815, Westminster Student to 1829; BA 1819; MA 1821; ordained deacon 1819, priest 1820; an Usher at the School 1823-7; Perpetual Curate of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., 4 Jul 1829-42; Minor Canon of Windsor 7 May 1834 – Apr 1848; Rector of West Heslerton, Yorks., from 1847; m. 2 Jul 1829 Julia, second dau. of John Bromfield Ferrers (qv); d. 20 Dec 1881.

JOYCE, SIDNEY, sixth son of Rev. James Joyce, East Burnham, Berks.; b. 19 Jan 1834; adm. 3 Jun 1847 (Rigaud's); QS 1848; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1852, matr. 3 Jun 1852, Westminster Student 1852-65; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1854, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1856; BA 1856; MA 1859; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Apr 1860; Private Secretary to Governor of Mauritius; Assistant Master (Classics) at Westminster School 1859-60; Extra Clerk, Treasury 1860; subsequently Examiner, Education Dept. (in 1881); Roman Catholic convert; d. 3 Oct 1911.

HUME, FRANCIS HERBERT, son of John Hume, Gosport, Hampshire, and Eleanor ---; bapt. Gosport, Hampshire 26 Jul 1739; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1751; KS 1753; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1758, adm. pens. 24 May 1758, scholar 11 May 1759, but did not matr.; ordained deacon (Winchester) Jun 1762; Curate, Weybridge, Surrey 1762; Westminster School Usher in 1763, shown as taking the “Idle Class”, Petty Form and First Form in undated list of the teaching staff assignable to 1762 or 1763, known as “Dapper Hume”; St. Alban Hall, Oxford, matr. 17 May 1765; BA and MA 1776; ordained; Vicar of Castleton, Derbs., 1775-9; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1776; Rector of Carlton in Lindrick, Notts., from 6 Oct 1779; Prebendary of Southwell from 21 Jan 1785; Vicar of Warsop, Notts., from 3 Jun 1795; d. 17 Feb 1806.

DODD, JAMES WILLIAM, son of James William Dodd, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, actor, and Martha Dodd, actress; b.; adm. 24 Sep 1770; KS 1774; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1779, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1779, scholar 7 Apr 1780, matr. Mich. 1781; BA 1783; MA 1786; Minor Fellow 2 Oct 1784, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1785; Westminster School Usher 1784 – death 27 Aug 1818, when described as “Second Usher” ; House Usher to Mrs Clough (by 1796), Mrs.Glover and Mrs.Packharness (Dames, qvv), successive Dames of the Centre House on the Terrace, Dean’s Yard; Vicar of Swineshead, Lincs., 7 Apr 1800-11; Rector of North Runcton, Norfolk, 20 Apr 1811; author, Ballads of Archery, Sonnets etc., 1818; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 16 [check] May 1811 Ann Whitaker, St. Pancras, Middlesex; d. 27 Aug 1818, aged 58. Buried in the East Cloister, Westminster Abbey, memorial tablet in Dark Cloister.

DEBARY, PETER, son of Peter Debary (qv); b.; adm. 6 Feb 1777; KS 1779; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1783, adm. pens. 18 Jun 1783, aged 17, scholar 19 Apr 1784, matr. Mich. 1783; BA 1787; MA 1790; BD 1830; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1789, Major Fellow 7 Jul 1790, a Senior Fellow 1816; an Usher at the School 1788-96, house usher with Mrs Clapham; ordained; Rector of Eversley, Hampshire 19 Jan 1807-24; Vicar of Aysgarth, Yorks.; Rector of Orwell, Cambs., 5 May 1830-6; d. 9 Oct 1841. [perhaps m. 4 Dec 1797 Ann White (IGI)]