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CAMPBELL, JOHN BASSETT, eldest son of John Campbell, Marsham Street, Westminster, and Chichester, Sussex; b.; adm. 11 Jul 1788; KS (Capt. ) 1794; Capt. of the School 1797; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1798, aged 19, scholar 12 Apr 1799, matr. 1800; BA 1802; MA 1805; adm. Middle Temple, 12 Mar 1791; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1803, Major Fellow 1805, Senior Fellow from 1826; an Usher at the School 1804-18; Usher up Best’s; ordained deacon 3 Jun 1811, priest 27 Jun 1812 (both Bristol); d. unm. 18 Nov 1853.

BURNETT, MATTHEW, son of Matthew Burnett, St. Margaret, Westminster, cheesemonger; b.; adm. Mar 1734/5; KS (aged 14) 1739; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1743, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1743, scholar 20 Apr 1744, matr. 1743/4; BA 1746/7; an Usher at the School Sep 1747 - Dec 1759 (Second Usher Jun 1748); ordained deacon (Rochester) 18 Dec 1757; Recor of Weston, Suffolk [check].

BRAINE, JOHN, eldest son of John Smith Braine, Chief Clerk (Seamen’s Wages), Navy Office, Somerset House, London; b. 2 Jun 1805; adm. 10 Jan 1815; KS 10 Mar 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1823, adm. pens. 9 May 1823, scholar 1824; 12th Classic and 17th Junior Optime 1827; BA 1827; MA 1832; an Usher at the School 1826-34; Usher up Stelfox’s; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1829, priest 6 Jun 1830 (both London); Master of a proprietary school at Stockwell, Surrey; d. 26 Sep 1848. [Mother perhaps Anna Maria Bennett (IGI)]

BOVILL, WILLIAM EDWARD, eldest son of William John Bovill QC, James Street, Buckingham Gate, London, Bencher Lincoln’s Inn, and Emma --- (IGI); b. 9 Aug 1839; adm. 3 Feb 1852; QS 1854; left Whitsun 1858; London Univ.; became a civil engineer; Assistant Master and Bursar Jan 1869 – May 1883 ; House Master of Homeboarders at 1 Dean’s Yard Sep 1880 – Aug 1882, of Ashburnham Sep 1882 – May 1883.; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Jan 1873; emigrated to Western Australia, where he became a fruit farmer, later moving to Tasmania; m. 9 Aug 1883 Persis, youngest dau. of John Percy Baumgartner, Milton, Cambs.; d. at Thornhill, Devonport East, Tasmania, 22 Apr 1916.

AGAR, HON. GEORGE CHARLES, second son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); b. 1 Aug 1780; in school list 1795; KS 1796; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 – void 2 Jul 1810; BA 1804; MA 1807; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 21 Jan 1804; Lieut. 6 Jun 1809; retd. 5 Nov 1811; served in Peninsular War; FRS 9 Jun 1832; d. 24 Jan 1856.

AGAR, HON. JAMES, third son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); b. 10 Jul 1782 [or 1781 ?]; adm.; KS 1797; played cricket against Eton 8 Aug 1799, 31 Jul 1800; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1801, matr. 15 May 1801, Westminster Student; BA 1805; MA 1808; ordained priest (York) 3 Oct 1805; Prebendary of St. Patrick’s, Dublin 16 Nov 1805-9; Rector of St. Nicholas Without, Dublin, 1806, and of Carrig Allen, co. Leitrim 1809; Rector of Hollywood, co. Down, from 1806 [check]; Archdeacon of Kilmore from 1810; m. 7 Jul 1829 Louisa, youngest dau. of Samuel Thompson, Greenmount, co. Antrim; d. 6 Sep 1866.

AGAR, WELBORE ELLIS, 2ND EARL OF NORMANTON (I), eldest son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); adm.; KS 1794; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1798, matr. 6 Jun 1798, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1798 - res 20 Nov 1803; BA 1802; succ. as 2nd Earl of Normanton (I) 14 Jul 1809; m. 17 May 1816 Lady Diana Herbert, dau. of George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke KG, Gen. in the Army; d. 26 Aug 1868.

AGAR, HON. JOHN ELLIS, second son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 31 Dec 1764; adm. 14 Sep 1773; KS 1780; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1784, matr. 9 Jun 1784, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1784 – void 5 Jul 1790 (expiry year of grace as R. Duntrileague from 20 Jul 1789); BA 1788; MA 1791; ordained; Rector of Duntrileague, co. Limerick 1789; Prebendary of Emly from 4 Jul 1789; Rector of St. George’s, Dublin; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin from 27 Feb 1796; m. 11 Mar 1792 Hon. Harriet Flower, dau. of William Flower, 2nd Viscount Ashbrook (I); d. 3 Jan 1797.

AGAR, HON. CHARLES BAGENAL, third son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 13 Aug 1769; adm. 18 May 1778; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 – void 25 Jun 1800; BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jul 1788, called to bar 9 Jun 1796; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1799 (occurs in annual lists 1801-4); Commissioner of Appeals of Excise 10 Mar 1800 – 7 Jul 1806; Deputy Recorder of Oxford 1801; High Sheriff of Cornwall 1809; m. 2 Nov 1804 Anna Maria, only dau. of Thomas Hunt MP, Mollington, Cheshire, and Lanhydrock, Cornwall, and sole heiress of her great-uncle Henry, 3rd Earl of Radnor; d. 16 Jun 1811.

JAMES, RICHARD, brother of Jonathan James (qv); bapt. All Hallows, Bread Street, London 9 Aug 1730 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Nov 1739 (Bainbrigg's); KS 1744; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1748, matr. 14 Jun 1748, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1748 – expelled 19 Jun 1750; his expulsion was for “providing entertainment both of dinner and supper for several persons” in celebration of the Pretender’s birthday, for “forcing himself out of the College Gate at a very late hour, by threatening to kill the porter”, and for failing to appear before the Dean and Chapter when cited (see Thompson, Christ Church, 153-4); ordained; Curate, Mortlake, Surrey, in 1765-6; Vicar of Broad Hinton, Wilts., from 1772; d. 16 May 1781.