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HARCOURT-VERNON, GRANVILLE EDWARD, eldest son of Granville Harcourt-Vernon (qv), and his first wife; b. 23 Nov 1816; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stikeman's); KS 1830; Capt. of the School 1834; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1835, matr. 4 Jun 1835, Westminster Student; BA 1839; MA 1842; Private Secretary to Edward Granville Eliot, 3rd Earl of St Germans (qv), when Chief Secretary for Ireland, and to Earl of Lincoln MP, when Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests and Chief Secretary for Ireland; MP (Peelite) Newark 1852-7; m. 23 Nov 1854 Lady Selina Catherine Meade, only dau. of Richard Meade, 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam PC GCH, Ambassador at Berlin; d. 1 Feb 1861.

MOWBRAY, SIR JOHN ROBERT, BART., only son of Robert Stribling Cornish, Exeter, Devon, architect, Mayor and Alderman of Exeter, and Marianne, only dau. of John Powning, Hill’s Court, near Exeter, Devon, architect and builder; b. 3 Jun 1815; adm. 16 Sep 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1832; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 May 1833, Canoneer Student 1835-47, Honorary Student 1877; President, Oxford Union 1836; BA 1837; MA 1839; DCL 30 Nov 1868; Hon. Fellow, Hertford Coll., 1875; adm. Inner Temple 15 Oct 1834, called to bar 19 Nov 1841; Western Circuit; assumed surname of Mowbray in lieu of Cornish 26 Jul 1847; MP (Cons) Durham Jun 1853-68, Oxford University from 1868; “Father” of House of Commons from 1898; Judge Advocate-Gen., 1858-9, 1866-8; Privy Councillor 6 Apr 1858; a Church Estates Commissioner 1866-8, 1871-92; created baronet 3 May 1880; DL JP co. Durham, JP Berkshire 1858; a Governor of the School from 1877; Busby Trustee 19 May 1885; m. 19 Aug 1847 Elizabeth Gray, only surviving child of George Isaac Mowbray, Bishopwearmouth, co. Durham; d. 22 Apr 1899. DNB.

BROMLEY, ROBERT, eldest son of Sir Robert Howe Bromley, Bart., Admiral of the White, and Anne, second dau. of Daniel Wilson, Dalham Tower, Westmorland; b. 16 Nov 1815; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 May 1834; MP (Conservative) South Nottinghamshire from Apr 1849; d. unm. 30 Dec 1850.

POWELL, WILLIAM THOMAS ROWLAND, elder son of William Edward Powell (qv), and his first wife; b. 4 Aug 1815; adm. 24 May 1830 (Stikeman's); Ensign, 37th Foot 1 Jun 1832; Lieut., 26 Jun 1835; Capt., 6 Apr 1838; retd. 1 Mar 1839; MP (Conservative) Cardiganshire 1859-65; DL JP Cardiganshire; m. 1 May 1839 Rosa Edwyna, elder dau. of William George Cherry, Buckland, Herefs.; d. 13 May 1878. [Perhaps “Thomas Powell, Esq., Aberystwyth”, who signed Play Protest 1847].

BERKELEY, NORBORNE, 4TH BARON BOTETOURT, only son of John Symes Berkeley, Stoke Gifford, Gloucs., and his second wife Elizabeth, widow of Edward Devereux, 8th Viscount Hereford, and dau. of Walter Norborne, Calne, Wilts.; b.; adm. (aged 9) Sep 1726; left 1727; Grand Tour (France, Italy) 1735-8; succeeded father 1736; of Stoke Gifford, Gloucs.; member, Society of Dilettanti 1739; MP Gloucestershire 1741- Apr 1763; DCL Oxford 12 Apr 1749; a Groom of the Bedchamber 11 Dec 1760- Apr 1764; Lord Lieut., Gloucestershire, 4 Jun 1762- 5 Jul 1766; summoned 4th Baron Botetourt 13 Apr 1764; a Lord of the Bedchamber from 6 Nov. 1767; Governor of Virginia from 1768; d. unm. during his residence there 15 Oct 1770 (M. I. Stoke Gifford, Gloucs. ).

WILLIAMS-WYNN, SIR WATKIN, BART., eldest son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 22 May 1820; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1837; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 19 Jul 1839; Lieut., 27 Sep 1842; retd. 7 Jul 1843; succ. father as 6th Baronet 6 Jan 1840; MP (Cons) Denbighshire from 1841; ADC (Volunteers) to Queen Victoria 1881; member, Society of Dilettanti 1883; Busby Trustee 20 May 1879; used to come to the School on St. David’s Day until the last year of his life to ask for an “Early Play” and to tip all the Welsh boys (and “Monos”) a sovereign each; m. 28 Apr 1852 his cousin Mary Emily, youngest dau. of Right Hon. Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn PC KCB GCH, diplomat; d. 9 May 1885.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, CHARLES WATKIN, son of Charles Watkin Willianms-Wynn (adm. 1784, qv); b. 4 Oct 1822; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839, Canoneer Student 1839-53; BA 1843; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Apr 1843, called to bar 6 May 1846; North Wales Circuit; Revising Barrister; Recorder of Oswestry 1880; MP (Cons) Montgomeryshire Jul 1862-80; DL JP Montgomeryshire; member, Society of Dilettanti 1871; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1874; m. 18 Aug 1853 Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont, youngest dau. of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers; d. 25 Apr 1896.

BUCKNILL, SIR THOMAS TOWNSEND, second son of Sir John Charles Bucknill, Kt., MD FRS FRCP, Bournemouth, Hants., one of the Lord Chancellor’s Visitors in Lunacy, and Mary Anne, only child of Thomas Townsend, Hillmorton Hall, Rugby, Warwicks.; b. 18 Apr 1845; adm. 29 Jan 1858 (James'); left Christmas 1858; went to Geneva; adm. Inner Temple 11 Nov 1865, called to bar 17 Nov 1868, Bencher 20 Nov 1891; Western Circuit and Admiralty Court; QC 1885; Recorder of Exeter 1885-99; Alderman, Surrey County Council, 1889-92; MP (Cons) Mid Surrey 1892 - Jan 1899; Judge of Queen’s Bench Division, High Court, Jan 1899 - Feb 1914, when he retired owing to ill health; knighted 14 Jan 1899; Privy Councillor 1914; JP (1904) Surrey; Busby Trustee 19 Jun 1894-1908; ed., Abbott on Shipping, and other legal works; m. 21 Dec 1878 Annie Bell, second dau. of Henry Bell Ford, Clifton, Gloucs.; d. 4 Oct 1915.

LOWTHER, JAMES, son of Sir Charles Hugh Lowther, Bart., and Isabella, dau. of Rev. Robert Morehead DD, Rector of Easington, Yorks.; nephew of Sir John Henry Lowther, Bart. (qv); b. 1 Dec 1840; adm. Jun 1854 (James'); left Whitsun 1859; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 12 Oct 1858, matr. Mich. 1859; BA 1863; MA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 1 Nov 1861, called to bar 17 Nov 1864; MP (Conservative) York 1865-80, North Lincolnshire 1881-5, Isle of Thanet from 1888; Parliamentary Secretary, Poor Law Board 1867-8; Under-Secretary, Colonial Office 1874-8; Chief Secretary for Ireland 1878-80; Privy Councillor 2 Feb 1878; JP Yorkshire North Riding 1869, also DL; Alderman, Yorkshire North Riding County Council; racehorse owner 1873-1903; member Jockey Club 1877, Steward 1880; President, Elizabethan Club 1864-7, 1890-5, Vice-Pres. 1885-90 and from 1896; Busby Trustee 19 Jun 1877-90; d. unm. 12 Sep 1904. DNB.

COURTENAY, EDWIN BALDWIN, 12TH EARL OF DEVON, third son of William Reginald Courtenay, 11th Earl of Devon (qv); b. 7 May 1836; adm. 4 Oct 1848 (Rigaud's); QS 1850; left 1851; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1854; MP (Cons) Exeter Aug 1864-8, East Devon 1868 - Mar 1870; joined Roman Catholic church 1870; DL Devon, JP (1858) Devon; succ. father as 12th Earl of Devon 18 Nov 1888; d. unm. 15 Jan 1891.