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ARNOLD, EDWARD VERNON, brother of Henry Edgeworth Bicknell Arnold (qv); b. 18 Jul 1857; adm. 8 Feb 1867; exhibitioner 1869; QS (Capt. ) 1871; Capt. of the School 1874; one of the founders, and editor-in-chief, The Elizabethan, the first number of which appeared July 1874; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1875, having previously obtained an open scholarship there, adm. pens. 10 Apr 1875, scholar 1875, matr. Mich. 1875; 1st Bell Univ. Scholar 1876; 15th Wrangler and Senior Classic 1879; 2nd Chancellor’s Classical Medal 1879; founded the Cambridge Review; BA 1879; MA 1882; LittD 1898; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1880; Professor of Latin, Univ. Coll. of North Wales, Bangor 1884-1924; author, Historical Vedic Grammar, 1897, and other works; m. 12 Jul 1894 Violet, dau. of Lieut. -Col. Robert Durie Osborn; d. 19 Sep 1926.

ARMITSTEAD, WILLIAM GEORGE, brother of John Richard Armitstead (qv); b. 22 Mar 1833; adm. 1 Oct 1846 (Scott's); QS 1847; Capt. of the School 1851; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1852, matr. 3 Jun 1852, Westminster Student to 1856 [check]; played cricket against Cambridge 1853-4, 1856-7; BA 1857; MA 1865; ordained deacon 1859, priest 1860 (both Chester); Curate, Sandbach Heath, Cheshire 1859-62; Vicar of Goostrey, Cheshire, from 1862; m. May 1865 Mary Susan, dau. of Rev. W. Currie, Boughton Hall, Cheshire; d. 12 Mar 1907.

ARMITSTEAD, ROBERT, brother of John Richard Armitstead (qv); b. 25 Mar 1840; adm. 8 Jun 1853 (Scott's); QS Jun 1855; left 1857; Cadet, EICS Bombay 1857; 2nd Lieut., 1st Bombay European Fusiliers 13 Jun 1857; Lieut. 3 Nov 1859; 103rd Foot (formerly 1st Bombay European Fusiliers) 1 Jul 1860; half pay 8 Feb 1868; served in Indian Mutiny; d. unm. 31 Jul 1871.

ARMITSTEAD, JOHN RICHARD, eldest son of Rev. John Armitstead, Vicar of Sandbach, Cheshire, and Susan Hester, second dau. of Rev. Richard Massie, Rector of Eccleston, Cheshire; b. 11 May 1829; adm. 15 Jan 1841 (Scott's); QS 1844; rowed bow in race against Eton 29 Jul 1847; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848, Westminster Student 1849-63; BA 1852; MA 1855; ordained deacon May 1853, priest 1854 (both Chester); Perpetual Curate of Goostrey, Cheshire 1858-61; Vicar of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire 1862-5; Vicar of Sandbach, Cheshire, from 1865; Hon. Canon Chester 1898; member Cheshire County Council 1895-1912, Alderman from 1912; for many years a familiar figure in the hunting field; m. 9 May 1866 Frances Mary, eldest dau. of William Henry Hornby MP, Poole Hall, Nantwich, Cheshire; d. 16 Sep 1918.

ARKYNSTALL, RICHARD, son of Thomas Arkynstall, Kingston, Cambs., and Joane, dau. of Richard Cox; b.; adm.; QS in 1553 (Chapter Muniments 54001); left 1554; of Wilburton, Cambs.; lic. to m. 1st, 1 Jan 1568/9 Elizabeth, dau. of William Radclif, Manchester; m. 2nd, Mary, dau. of John Boteler, Sharnbrook, Beds.; d. c. 1606. [note will Richard Arkenstall, Haddenham, Cambs., proved PCC 3 Feb 1608]

ARKYNSTALL, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4 (Chapter Muniments 54001).

ARIS, JOHN WHITTON, eldest son of John Aris, Weedon Lois, Northants., farmer, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Whitton, Green’s Norton, Northants.; b. 11 Apr 1867; adm. QS 16 Jun 1881; left (with Triplett) Jul 1886; Hertford Coll. Oxford, scholar 1886, matr. 22 Oct 1886; BA 1890; MA 1897; a land agent and surveyor at Richmond, Surrey; FSI 1896; Daniel Watney Prize (Forestry) 1910; d. 18 Jun 1937.

Argyle, John Daniel, son of Rev. Frank Wilkinson Argyle, Vicar of Christ Church Blackpool, and Margaret Sarah Causer; b. 1 Oct. 1913; adm. Sept. 1926 (KS); left July 1931; BNC Oxf., matric. 1931, BA 1934, MA 1946; asst master St John's Coll. Johannesburg 1935-49; SAAF 1942-5 (Lieut.); personnel man. Putco Bus Co. 1954; retd; m. 1st 25 June 1938 Dorothy, d. of William Stanley Heberden MRCS of Johannesburg; 2nd 1954 Kathleen Florence Lord; d. 1 Apr. 2000.

ARDERN, HENRY, son of Richard Ardern, Chester; b.; adm.; KS 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1659, aged 18, adm. pens. 19 May 1659, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; BA 1662/3; migrated to Peterhouse, adm. pens. 19 Dec 1663, Fellow from 1664; MA 1666; ordained deacon (Ely) 18 Feb 1664/5, priest (London) Dec 1666; Vicar of Holy Trinity, Cambridge 1671; buried Little St. Mary’s, Cambridge 23 Dec 1683.

ARBUTHNOT, CHARLES, brother of George Arbuthnot (Min. Can. 1719, qv); bapt. St. Martin in the Fields 26 Mar 1704 (IGI); in under school list 1715; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1719; KS (Capt. ) 1720; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1724, matr. 5 Jun 1724, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1724 - death; BA 1728; MA 1731; adm. Inner Temple 10 Nov 1725; severely wounded in a duel at Oxford by Michael Ferrebee (qv), his rival in a love affair; they were both made to ask pardon publicly in Hall, and were admonished by their college not to offend again, 20 Jun 1726; alluded to in Pope’s Essay on Man, 4th Epistle, lines 105-6; ordained (Dublin) 1730; contributed some verses of his own to a new edition of his father’s Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, 1727; d. 1 Dec 1731.