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Alcock, Barry St Clair, brother of Patrick Fennell Alcock (qv); b. 26 Dec. 1926; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1944; BA 1952; Roy. Inniskilling Fus. 1945-8, Roy. Ulster Rifles 1950, served Korea 1951, Roy. lnniskilling Fus. (Lieut. ) 1952, resigned 1954; resident in Peru 1957; admin. man. Cervecería Backus y Johnston 1962-83; m. 1959 Meryl Ann, d. of R. A. Harris, San Isidro, Peru; d. 1 Dec. 2011.

ALABASTER, WILLIAM, son of Roger Alabaster, Hadleigh, Suffolk, and Bridget, dau. of Adam Winthrop, Groton, Suffolk; nephew of Right Rev. John Still DD, Bishop of Bath and Wells; bapt. 28 Feb 1567/8; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1583, adm. scholar 1584, matr. Easter 1584; BA 1587/8; MA 1591 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1592) : DD 1614; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1589 - c. 1597; ordained; Rector of Landulph, Cornwall 1596; chaplain to Earl of Essex on expedition to Cadiz Jun 1596; Roman Catholic convert; imprisoned in Tower of London for recusancy 1597-8; went abroad, and while at Rome thrown into prison of the Inquisition; rejoined Church of England on his return to England; Rector of Therfield, Herts. 1614, and of Little Shelford, Cambs. 1622; author of English sonnets and Latin verses; his Latin tragedy Roxana, 1632, was acted in the hall of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; m. 22 Aug 1618 Catherine, widow of Thomas Fludd, Milgate, Kent, (and mother of Thomas Fludd (qv)), and dau. of Levin Buffkin, Gore Court, Otham, Kent; d. Apr 1640. DNB.

AKERS, THOMAS; son of Richard Akers, St. Margaret, Westminster, and Ann Jackson; bapt. 19 Jan 1596/7; adm.; KS in 1612; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1614, adm. scholar 1615, matr. Easter 1615; BA 1618/9; MA 1622 (received £8 from vestry of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, to cost of proceeding MA); ordained; Vicar of Paston, Norfolk 1636-40.

AISLABIE, WILLIAM, eldest son of Robert Aislabie, Rotherham, Yorks., solicitor, and Martha, dau. of Timothy Kiplin, Badsworth, Yorks.; b.; adm. (aged 9) May 1735; KS (aged 14) 1738; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1742, adm. pens. 9 Jul 1742, did not matr.; ordained; licensed to curacy of Borden and Halstow, Kent 1749/50; Chaplain Royal Navy 1758, HMS Winchester; d. unm. 2 Oct 1759.

Airy, Reginald, second son of the Rev. Basil Reginald Airy, Vicar of St. John's, Torquay, Devon, by Emma, daughter of Shepley Watson, of York; b. May 15, 1877; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 24, 1891; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Junior Sarnwaies and Triplett) 1896 (adm. sub­ sizar Oct. 1, 1896); B.A. 1899; M.A. 1911; assist. master Bristol Grammar School 1903; Bede Collegiate School, Sunderland, 1905-9, and City of London School 1909-11; head master of County School, Bromley, Kent, 1911-26; author of Westminster in Bell's Series of Handbooks to the Great Public Schools (1902); m. April 18, 1906, Winifrid Edgcumbe, daughter of Henry Edgcumbe Eliot, of Paignton, Devon; d. 1952.

AGLIONBY, GEORGE, son of Rev. John Aglionby DD, Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire; bapt. 1 May 1603; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 9 Dec 1619, aged 16, Westminster Student to (?) 1636; BA 1623 (incorp. at Cambridge 1624); MA 1626; BD 1633 : DD 1635 (incorp. at Cambridge 1641/2); an Usher at the School; tutor to George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire 1632-8; Prebendary of Westminster from 28 Sep 1638, and of Chichester from 1 Apr 1639; Dean of Chichester from c. Jun 1642; Dean of Canterbury 6 May 1643, but never installed; lic. to m. 3 Jul 1635 Sibella Smith, St. Martin in the Fields, London; buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 11 Nov 1643.

AGAR-ELLIS, HENRY WELBORE, 2ND VISCOUNT CLIFDEN (I), eldest son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 22 Jan 1761; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (Capt. ) 1774; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1778, matr. 19 Jun 1778; BA 1782; Grand Tour (Italy) 1783; MP (I) Co. Kilkenny 1783-9; Recorder of Gowran 1783; Clerk of the Privy Council, Ireland 1785-1817; succ. as 2nd Viscount Clifden (I) 1 Jan 1789; MP Heytesbury 28 May 1793 - 2 Feb 1802, when he succeeded his great-uncle Welbore Ellis (qv) as 2nd Baron Mendip (GB); assumed additional surname of Ellis 4 Feb 1804; supported Whig party in House of Lords; FSA (by 1831); m. 10 Mar 1792 Lady Caroline Spencer Churchill, eldest dau. of George Spencer Churchill, 4th Duke of Marlborough KG PC, Lord President of the Council; d. 13 Jul 1836.

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. 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.