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JEFFREYS, HENRY ANTHONY, fifth son of John Jeffreys (adm. 1780, qv); b. 28 May 1810; adm. 16 Jan 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student (still 1892); 1st cl. Mathematics 1831, Univ. Mathematical Scholar 1833; BA 1832; MA 1834; ordained deacon 21 Dec 1834 [sic ?], priest 1834 (both Oxford); Curate, Bisley, Gloucs.; Perpetual Curate and Vicar of Hawkhurst, Kent, 17 Dec 1839-97; Hon. Canon, Canterbury 1872; Proctor in Convocation, Diocese of Canterbury 1875; author, An Easy Guide to Doctrine and Prayer, 1865, and other works; d. unm. 23 Jun 1898.

HARPER, ARTHUR, son of Robert John Harper (qv); b. 7 Jan 1810; adm. 16 Apr 1823 (Stelfox's); left Bartholomewtide 1826; Ensign, 9th Foot 17 Jan 1828; Lieut., 22 Oct 1830; Capt., 17 Oct 1837; retd. 28 Aug 1838; of New Lodge, Needwood, Staffs.; d. 1 Sep 1838.

LATIMER, CHARLES, brother of Digby Latimer (qv); b. 28 Aug 1810; adm. 27 May 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; left 1826; living 1832.

FROUDE, WILLIAM, fourth son of Ven. Robert Hurrell Froude, Archdeacon of Totnes and Rector of Dartington, Devon, and Margaret Spedding, Mirehouse; b. 28 Nov 1810; adm. 28 May 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1824; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1828, adm. pens. 16 May 1828, but went to Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 23 Oct 1828; 1st cl. Mathematics and 3rd cl. Lit. Hum. 1832; BA 1832; MA 1837; pupil of Henry Robinson Palmer, civil engineer, 1833; joined engineering staff of Isambard Kingdom Brunel on the Bristol and Exeter Railway 1837; while working for Brunel he propounded the “curve of adjustment”; gave up active involvement in civil engineering in mid 1840s, owing to failing health of his father; undertook research into ship design; devised bilge-keels to prevent the rolling of ships; conducted experiments at the Admiralty Experiment Works, Torquay, on the resistance and propulsion of ships; invented a dynamometer to determine the power of large marine engines; MICE 7 Apr 1846, member Council 1877; FRS 2 Jun 1870, Royal Medal 1876; LLD Glasgow 27 Apr 1876; m. 4 May 1839 Catherine Henrietta Easterbrook, youngest dau. of Arthur Howe Holdsworth MP, Widdicombe and Brooke Hill, Devon; d. at Admiralty House, Simonstown, Cape Colony 4 May 1879. DNB.

DRAKE, JAMES WILLIAM, second son of John Drake (in school lists 1795-7, qv), and his first wife; b. 31 Oct 1809; adm. 30 May 1823 (Stelfox's); entered Royal Navy; Mate, 3 Aug 1831; m. 29 Jan 1846 Sarah, youngest dau. of Robert Thornton Heysham, Weston Lordship, Herts.; d. 28 Jun 1862.

LENDON, ABEL SEYER, son of Abel Lendon (qv), and his second wife; b. 11 Jul 1808; adm. 27 Jun 1823 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1827; BA 1831; MA 1836; ordained deacon 29 Apr 1832, priest 28 Apr 1833 (both Peterborough); Rector of Wymington, Beds., from 1848; d. 9 Jan 1864.

LENDON, WARREN HASTINGS; b. 18 Jan 1810; adm. 22 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's). [Probably Warren Hastings Seyer Lendon, who m. before May 1843 Mary --- (IGI), and who was doubtless a younger son of Abel Lendon (qv)]

FITZHARDING, WILLIAM GEORGE AUGUSTUS, recorded on baptism at St. Mary’s, Marylebone Road, London, as son of William Fitzharding, and Jane --- (IGI), (but said to have been an illegitimate son of William Berkeley, 1st Earl Fitzhardinge, and Jane Baldwin, niece of Maj. -Gen. Thomas Hawkshaw, EICS Bengal); b. 8 Jun 1810; adm. 23 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's); KS 1825; left 1826; articled to Thomas Clarke, Solicitor to the Ordnance, 1827; emigrated to Australia 1838; adm. solicitor, New South Wales 1 Apr 1840; practised in Sydney; m. 1st, c. 1833 Mary Anne Gahen; m. 2nd, 18 Nov 1844 Anna Amelia, dau. of William Hyde; m. 3rd, 16 Aug 1866 Harriet Ellen, dau. of Alfred Elyard, Sydney, solicitor; d. at Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 12 Sep 1884.

MALLOCK, WILLIAM, brother of Rawlin Mallock (qv); b. 21 Feb 1810; adm. 24 Sep 1823 (Stelfox's); Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Dec 1827; BA 1831; MA 1834; BD 1841; ordained deacon (Bath and Wells) 13 Apr 1834, priest (Exeter) 23 Feb 1835; Perpetual Curate of Tor Mohun, Devon 23 Feb 1835-44; Rector of Cheriton Bishop, Devon, from 1844; m. 21 Sep 1844 Margaret, eldest sister of William Froude (qv); d. 16 Dec 1886.

LITTLEDALE, THOMAS HENRY, son of Charles Littledale (qv); b. 2 Mar 1808; adm. 20 Sep 1820 (Stelfox's); d. 4 Aug 1824.