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SWABEY, STEPHEN, son of Maurice Swabey (KS 1799, qv); b. 21 Dec 1824; adm. 24 Sep 1838 (G); QS 1839; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; settled in Prince Edward Island, Canada; m. 7 Jul 1853 his cousin Katherine Margaret, dau. of William Swabey (KS 1803, qv); d. at Picton, Nova Scotia, Canada 4 Nov 1873.

TEMPLER, JOHN, second son of James Templer, Stover Lodge, Devon, and Mary, dau. of Thomas Parlby, Gravesend, Kent; b.; adm. 24 Jun 1765; KS (aged 14) 1766; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1770, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1770, scholar 26 Apr 1771; BA 1774; MA 1778; ordained priest (Winchester) 21 Sep 1775; Vicar of Paignton with Maldon, Devon, from 2 Jan 1793; Rector of Teigngrace, Devon, by 1821 [check institution]; m. 2 May 1778 Jane, widow of John Line, Lindridge, Devon, and dau. of --- Routledge; d. 14 Dec 1829.

THOMS, BERNARD NATHANIEL, youngest son of William John Thoms FSA, Assistant Librarian, House of Lords, founder Notes and Queries, and Laura, youngest dau. of John Bernard Sale, Organist of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Gentleman of the Chapel Royal; b. 10 Dec 1843; adm. 27 Sep 1855; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860, 2 Aug 1861, 1 Aug 1862; left Aug 1862; Assistant Surveyor-Gen., Post Office (in 1881); Postmaster at Nottingham; Hon. Secretary, Elizabethan Club 1864-7; [unm. in 1881]; d. 16 Jul 1908.

THORNHILL, HENRY BACHE, eldest son of Bache Thornhill, Stanton in the Peak, Derbs., and Jane, dau. of Edward Gould, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts.; grandson of Bache Thornhill (adm. 1715, qv); b. 7 Jan 1780; in school lists 1795, 1797; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 27 Apr 1798, aged 18; m. 29 Aug 1801 Helen, eldest dau. of Charles Pole, Liverpool; d. at Tours, France 18 Sep 1822.

TWISS, QUINTIN WILLIAM FRANCIS, only son of Horace Twiss QC MP, Vice-Chancellor, Duchy of Lancaster, and Conservative politician, and his second wife Anne Louisa Andrewenna, widow of Charles Greenwood, and sister of Charles Stephen Francis Sterky (qv); b. 13 Mar 1835; adm. 2 Oct 1843 (G); QS (Capt. ) 1849; Capt. of the School 1852; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1853, matr. 18 May 1853, Westminster Student 1853-61; BA 1857; MA 1860; Third Class Clerk, Treasury Aug 1856 - Jan 1860; Assistant Private Secretary to Parliamentary Secretary to Treasury Jun 1859 - Jan 1860; Assistant Superintendent, County Courts Department Jan 1860 - 91; a well-known amateur actor and famous “Old Stager” in the Canterbury week; his name formerly appeared in nails in the centre of the floor of School, and it was on this spot that boys who misbehaved in form were told to “stand out”; m. 11 Apr 1861 Fanny Shelley, second dau. of William Henry Covey FRCS LSA, Wilton Street, Belgrave Square, London, surgeon; d. 7 Aug 1900.

UNIACKE-PENROSE-FITZGERALD, SIR ROBERT UNIACKE, BART., eldest son of Robert Uniacke Penrose-Fitzgerald (formerly Penrose), Corkbeg Island, co. Cork, Ireland, and Frances Mary, dau. of Rev. Robert Austin LLD, Prebendary of Cloyne; b. 10 Jul 1839; adm. 26 May 1853 (G); Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Jan 1859, matr. Lent 1859; won the University Pairs with James Penrose Ingham (qv) 1860; rowed v. Oxford 1861, 1862; LLB 1863; LLM 1872; travelled in India and Tibet 1863-7; MP (Conservative) Cambridge 1885-1906; assumed additional surname of Uniacke 26 Jun 1896; created baronet 4 Aug 1896; President, Yacht Racing Association; of Corkbeg Island, co. Cork; DL JP co. Cork; Busby Trustee 25 May 1889; m. 13 Sep 1867 Jane Emily, eldest dau. of Gen. Sir William John Codrington GCB; d. 10 Jul 1919.

WEARE, THOMAS WILLIAM, elder son of Col. Thomas Weare KH, Hampton House, Hereford, ADC to Queen Victoria, and Anne, dau. of John Pugh, Gaer, Radnorshire; b. 2 Nov 1813; adm. 16 Jan 1826 (G); KS 1828; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1831; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1832, matr. 7 Jun 1832, Westminster Student; BA 1836; MA 1838; ordained deacon 1839, priest 1840 (both Oxford); Curate, East Sutton, Kent; Under Master of the School 27 Sep 1841 – Aug 1861; Rector of Isfield, Sussex, from 27 Aug 1867; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 21 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, xxi, 402-11); composed the inscription on the Crimean War Memorial, and a number of epilogues and epigrams; author, The Trinummus of Plautus, translated into English Verse by an Old Westminster, 1860; m. 1st, 23 Aug 1853 Louisa Emma Mary, dau. of Henry Fynes-Clinton (qv), and his first wife; m. 2nd. 17 Apr 1866 Henrietta Maria, third dau. of Capt. William Henry Majendie, 1st Foot Guards; d. 24 Feb 1871.

WEBBER, CHARLES, son of Charles Webber (adm. 1772, qv); bapt. 30 Aug 1794; adm. ; KS 1809; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1813, matr. 1 Jun 1813, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1816; MA 1820; ordained; Curate, Tangmere, Sussex 1818; Master of Chichester Prebendal Sch. ; Prebendary of Chichester from 28 Jun 1824, Canon Residentiary from 20 Jan 1829; Rector of Felpham, Sussex 22 Jul 1830-2; Rector of Staunton-on-Wye, Herefs. , from 10 May 1837; m. 3 Mar 1840 Caroline, dau. of Robert Webber, Brockley Hill, Middlesex; d. 6 Mar 1850, aged 55.

WEBBER, THOMAS CHARLES, eldest son of Daniel Webb Webber KC (I) MP, Leekfield, co. Sligo, and Sarah, dau. of Charles Wood, Leekfield, co. Sligoi; b.; adm. 14 Jun 1813; KS (aged 14) 1815; electede to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1819, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matt. 21 May 1819; BA 1822; MA 1827; ordained; Rector of Castle Macadam, co. Wicklow, from 1826; m. 5 Sep 1832 Frances, second day. of Rev. Thomas Kelly, Kellyville, Queen's County, Ireland; d. 27 Feb 1845.

WILLIAMS, HERVEY VAUGHAN, eldest son of Sir Edward Vaughan Williams (qv); b. 5 Apr 1829; adm. 12 Apr 1842; QS 1843; rowed v. Eton 29 Jul 1845, 30 Jul 1846, 29 Jul 1847; Capt. of the School 1847; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1848, matr. 28 Jun 1848; BA 1852; d. 4 Nov 1852.