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Irving, James, 1792-1857

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  • Person
  • 1792-1857

IRVING, JAMES; eldest son of James Irving II, and Mary, dau. of Philip O'Connor, Carrickfoyle, Jamaica; b. 9 Jan 1792; adm.; Exeter Coll. Oxford; m. 19 May 1819 Judith Bowen, dau. of Dr Thomas Nasmyth, Rhodes Hall, Jamaica; d. 10 Feb 1857.

Jarrett, Herbert Newton, 1797-1879

  • GB-2014-WSA-10023
  • Person
  • 1797-1879

JARRETT, HERBERT NEWTON, son of Herbert Newton Jarrett, Jamaica, West Indies, and Maria, dau. of Charles Berners (adm. 1746/7, qv); bapt. Woolverstone, Suffolk 23 Apr 1797; adm. 13 Jun 1808; in school list 1813; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 24 May 1814, matr. Mich. 1814; BA 1818; MA 1822; of Winchester and of Orange Valley, Trelawny, Jamaica; m. Jane --- (IGI)[?]; d. 30 Jun 1879, aged 82.

Johnson, Godschall, ca. 1780-1859

  • GB-2014-WSA-10142
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  • ca. 1780-1859

JOHNSON, GODSCHALL, eldest son of Godschall Johnson, Putney Hill, Surrey, and Antigua, West Indies, and his first wife Elizabeth, only dau. of Anthony Hodges, Bolney Court, Oxfordshire; b.; adm. 3 Apr 1788; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Jul 1797, aged 17; Cornet, 10th Light Dragoons 25 Sep 1800; Lieut., 27 Sep 1801; half-pay 1802; Lieut., 7th Foot 21 Feb 1805; 9th Light Dragoons Feb 1805; 16th Light Dragoons 13 Jun 1805; retd. 3 Apr 1806; subsequently HBM Consul, Antwerp; living at Bath, Somerset 1819; moved to Quebec City, Canada 1834; m. 1st, [by 1819] Lucy Bishop; m. 2nd, ---; d. 1859 [check].

Johnston, Thomas Gregory, ca. 1750-1787

  • GB-2014-WSA-10178
  • Person
  • ca. 1750-1787

JOHNSTON, THOMAS GREGORY, son of Thomas Johnston, Spanish Town, Jamaica, West Indies; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; d. 12 Oct 1787.

Jordan, Gibbes Walker, 1800-1856

  • GB-2014-WSA-10275
  • Person
  • 1800-1856

JORDAN, GIBBES WALKER, son of Gibbes Walker Jordan FRS, Portland Place, London, barrister, Bencher Inner Temple and Colonial Agent for Barbados, and Amy North (IGI); bapt. St. Pancras Old Church 11 Sep 1800 (IGI); adm. 26 Mar 1813; in school list Feb 1816; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 23 Oct 1813, matr. Mich. 1819; BA 1823; ordained; Rector of Waterstock, Oxfordshire from 29 Mar 1827; m. 23 Jun 1825 Charlotte Penelope, younger dau. of Rev. Bartholomew Lutley Sclater, Hoddington House, near Odiham, Hampshire; d. 13 Jun 1856, aged 56.

Jordan, William Walker, 1803-1846

  • GB-2014-WSA-10279
  • Person
  • 1803-1846

JORDAN, WILLIAM WALKER, brother of Gibbes Walker Jordan (qv); b. 2 Mar 1803; adm. 29 Mar 1815; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Dec 1821, matr. Lent 1822; BA 1826; adm. Inner Temple 28 Jun 1824, called to bar 3 Jul 1829; Oxford Circuit; d. 14 Oct 1846.

Kirby, Henry, ca. 1794-1858

  • GB-2014-WSA-10520
  • Person
  • ca. 1794-1858

KIRBY, HENRY, son of Rev. John Kirby, Vicar of Mayfield, Sussex; b.; adm. Christmas 1811; left 1813; Clare Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Mar 1813; BA 1817; MA 1820; Fellow, Clare Coll. 25 Nov 1817; Senior Proctor 1829; ordained; Rector of Great Waldingfield, Suffolk 1842; d. 29 Jan 1858, aged 64.

Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775-1818

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  • Person
  • 1775-1818

LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY, elder son of Matthew Lewis (qv); b. 9 Jul 1775; adm. 19 Jul 1783; a successful actor in the Town Boys’ plays; played Falconbridge in King John and My Lord Duke in High Life below Stairs to great applause (Letters and Correspondence, i, 42); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Apr 1790, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1790 – void 25 Jun 1803; BA 1794; MA 1797; attaché to British Embassy, The Hague May – Dec 1794; author, Ambrosio, or the Monk, 1795, a best-selling novel which made him famous as “Monk” Lewis; MP Hindon 1796-1802; his play, The Castle Spectre, ran for sixty nights from 14 Dec 1797 under Sheridan’s management at Drury Lane; author, Tales of Wonder, 1801, also poems and other plays; visited West Indies estates to make arrangements for welfare of his slaves 1815-6, 1817-8; d. unm. at sea on his voyage home from Jamaica 14 May 1818. DNB.

Lewis, Matthew, d. 1812

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  • d. 1812

LEWIS, MATTHEW, younger son of William Lewis, Jamaica, and Jane, eldest dau. of Matthew Gregory MD, Jamaica; b.; in school lists 1764; left May 1765; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Jun 1765, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1767 – res 23 Dec 1772; BA 1769; MA 1772; adm. Inner Temple 8 May 1765; First Clerk and Deputy Secretary of War 1773-1804; m. 22 Feb 1773 Anna Maria, dau. of Right Hon. Sir Thomas Sewell Kt PC, Master of the Rolls; d. 17 May 1812.

Losack, Richard Hawkshaw, ca. 1732-1813

  • GB-2014-WSA-11371
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  • ca. 1732-1813

LOSACK, RICHARD HAWKSHAW, son of James Losack, Speaker, member of Council and Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Mary, dau. of Richard Hawkshaw, St. Kitts, West Indies, merchant; b.; adm. (aged 12) Oct 1744 (Hawkins'); adm. Middle Temple 5 Nov 1756; Chief Justice of St. Kitts (occurs 1769); Lieutenant-Gov., Leeward Islands (occurs 1769-1783); m. 17 Mar 1753 Christiana Maclure, St. Anne, Soho, Westminster; d. 2 Nov 1813.

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