Taunton, William Elias, 1818-1873
TAUNTON, WILLIAM ELIAS, eldest son of Sir William Elias Taunton (qv); b. 8 Jan 1818; adm. 8 Jun 1830 (G); KS 1832; left 1836; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1836; BA 1842; MA 1847 (incorp. Oxford 22 Jun 1848); of Freeland Lodge, Oxfordshire; DL JP Oxfordshire; m. 18 Oct 1848 Sarah Percival, sister of Percival Walsh (qv); d. 23 Mar 1873.
Taunton, William Elias, 1772-1835
TAUNTON, SIR WILLIAM ELIAS, eldest son of Sir William Elias Taunton, Kt, Town Clerk of Oxford, and Frances, dau. of Stephen Grosvenor, Sub-Treasurer, Christ Church, Oxford; bapt. 28 Sep 1772; adm. 15 Jan 1785; KS 1785; one of the founders of The Trifler; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1789, matr. 12 Jun 1789, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1789 - void 25 Jun 1801; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1793; BA 1793; MA 1796; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 25 Jan 1794, called to bar 3 May 1799, Bencher 30 Jan 1822 - 11 Nov 1830; Oxford Circuit; Commissioner of Bankrupts 1801 (occurs in annual lists 1802-22); Recorder of Oxford 1806; KC Hilary 1822; Serjeant-at-Law 11 Nov 1830; Judge of the King’s Bench from 12 Nov 1830; knighted 17 Nov 1830; assisted in preparing the Record Commission’s edition of The Statutes of the Realm, published 1810-22; author, Remarks upon the Conduct of the respective Governments of France and Great Britain in the late Negotiation for Peace, 1797; m. 10 Oct 1814 Maria, youngest dau. of Henry William Atkinson, Provost, Company of Moneyers, Royal Mint; d. 11 Jan 1835. DNB.
TATTON, WILLIAM, son of George Tatton, London; b.; adm.; KS 1674; failed to obtain election 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1678, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1678, aged 18, scholar 1679, matr. 1679; BA 1683/4; ordained deacon (Winchester) 23 Sep 1683; Curate, Wandsworth, Surrey 1683.
Tattersall, William De Chair, 1751-1829
TATTERSALL, WILLIAM DE CHAIR, third son of James Tattersall (adm. 1724/5); b. 31 Aug 1751; in school lists 1764; KS (aged 13) 1765; his acting in role of Phormio in the Latin Play of 1769 is said to have been praised by Garrick; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1770, matr. 15 Jun 1770, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1770 - void 12 Apr 1779 (expiry year of grace as R. Westbourne from 18 Jun 1778); BA 1774; MA 1777; ordained priest (Winchester) 21 Sep 1775; Curate, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, in 1775-7; Vicar of Wotton under Edge, Gloucs. 13 Jun 1778; Rector of Westbourne, Sussex, from 1778; Chaplain in Ordinary to George III and IV from 1803; Vicar of Ledsham, Yorks. , 20 May 1813-20; JP Gloucestershire; author, A Version or Paraphrase of the Psalms by J. Merrick, adapted to the Purposes of Devotion, 1789, and the first part of An Improved Psalmody, 1794; m. 16 Feb 1779 Mary, eldest dau. of George Ward, Wandsworth, Surrey; d. 26 Mar 1829. DNB.
TATTERSALL, JOHN, son of John Tattersall, Ealing, Middlesex, and Charlotte, dau. of George Cooper, Wotton under Edge, Gloucs.; grandson of William De Chair Tattersall (qv); b. 16 May 1814; adm. 10 Oct 1827 (Stikeman's); KS 1828; left 1832; Searcher, Customs, London 9 Dec 1843; retd. 3 Jun 1860; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jan 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1863; m. 6 Dec 1838 Arabella Louisa, youngest dau. of Rev. Thomas Cautley, Rector of Stratford St. Mary, Suffolk; d. 4 Feb 1873.
Tattersall, James, ca. 1780-1855
TATTERSALL, JAMES, eldest son of William De Chair Tattersall (qv); b.; adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1794; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1798, matr. 6 Jun 1798, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1798 - Jun 1806, Faculty Student 25 Jun 1806 - 6 Nov 1817 (void by marriage); BA 1802; MA 1805; MB 1806; MD 1811; Physician to the Surrey Dispensary; FRCP 1813, Gulstonian Lecturer 1814, Censor 1816, 1827, Harveian Orator 1832; lic. to m. 10 Sep 1817 Jane Louisa, widow of Lieut. -Col. Richard Taylor, and dau. of --- Justamond; d. 8 May 1855.
TATTERSALL, GEORGE, second son of William De Chair Tattersall (qv); bapt. Wotton under Edge, Gloucs. 14 Mar 1781 (IGI); adm. 16 Jan 1793 (Clapham); KS (aged 14) 1795; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, adm. pens. 6 May 1799, scholar 25 Apr 1800, matr. 1800; Ensign, 65th Foot 27 Apr 1802; Lieut., 28 Jun 1803; retd. 30 Oct 1803; for a time in medical profession; Trinity Coll. Dublin, adm. pens. 7 Jan 1817; ordained; Curate, Westbourne, Sussex, from 1819; m. Charlotte, dau. of Col. --- Johnstone, 63rd Foot; d. 11 May 1823.
TATNALL, ROBERT, of Lincolnshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1648, adm. pens. 20 May 1648, scholar 1649, matr. Mich. 1651; BA 1651/2; MA 1655 (incorp. Oxford 10 Jul 1655); mandate for his DD rejected by Cambridge Univ. 1668; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1653 - c. 1659; Minister of St. John the Evangelist, Westminster 1651 until ejectment for nonconformity 1662; subsequently kept a school; author An Antidote against Sinfull Palpitation of the Heart, or Fear of Death, 1655; licensed as Presbyterian preacher at his house in Broad Street 2 Apr 1672; m. 24 Mar 1658/9 Margaret ---.
TASWELL, WILLIAM, son of William Taswell (adm. 1660, qv); b. 1708/9; adm.; Min. Can. 1722, 1723; KS (Capt. ) 1724; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1727, matr. 8 Jun 1727, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1727 - void 20 Dec 1739 (expiry year of grace as V. Wotton from 10 Jan 1739), Tutor 1737; BA 1731; MA 1734; ordained; Curate, Ashendon, Bucks., 1737; Perpetual Curate of Hawkhurst, Kent 1737-9; Vicar of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs., from 1739; Rector of Almondsbury, Gloucs., 1755-65; [perhaps Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 14 Dec 1758 - Dec 1764]; Minor Canon of Canterbury from c. 1765; m. 1st, 13 Dec 1735 Dorothy, dau. of Roger Kennett, Faversham, Kent; m. 2nd, by 1765, Hannah ---; d. 6 Aug 1775, aged 66 (M. I. Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucs. ).
TASWELL, WILLIAM, second son of James Taswell, Cowes, Isle of Wight, merchant, and his first wife Elizabeth Upsal; b. 1 May 1652; adm. 1660; KS 4 May 1667; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1667, matr. 8 Jul 1670, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1670 ñ void 1694, Tutor 1678-87, Junior Censor 1682-3, Catechist 1687-8; BA 1674; MA 1677; BD 1685 (incorp. Cambridge 1685); DD 1698; ordained deacon 2 Mar 1681/2, priest 11 Jun 1682 (both Oxford); Rector of Wood Norton, Norfolk 1691/2-8; Rector of St. Maryís, Newington Butts, Surrey, from 1698; Rector of Bermondsey, Surrey 10 Feb 1723/4 - 1726/7; referred to by Sir Richard Steele in no. 55 of the Tatler as ìMr. Caswellî; his Autobiography, printed Camden Miscellany II (Camden Soc. Pub., 1st ser., lv), contains many interesting references to his school life; author, Antichrist revealed among the Sect of Quakers, 1723, and other works; m. 21 May 1695 Frances, dau. of Rev. Edward Lake DD, Archdeacon and Prebendary of Exeter; d. 16 Jun 1731.