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GB-2014-WSA-17425 · Person · 1858-1941

VYVYAN, SIR COURTENAY BOURCHIER, BART., eldest son of Rev. Sir Vyell Donnithorne Vyvyan, Bart., Trelowarren, Mawgan, Cornwall, and Louisa Mary Frederica, third dau. of Richard Bourchier, Brook Lodge, Dorset; b. 5 Jun 1858; adm. 21 Jan 1870 (G); QS 1873; left Dec 1876; RMC Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 1 May 1878; Lieut., 6 Jan 1880; Capt., 14 Jan 1886; Maj., 8 May 1897; Brevet Lieut. -Col., 29 Nov 1900; Lieut. -Col., 4 Aug 1902; Brevet Col., 11 Sep 1904; ret. with rank of Col., 4 Aug 1906; re-employed as Assistant Adjutant-Gen., 5 Aug 1914; served in Zulu War 1879 and in operations in South Africa 1896, mentioned in despatches LG 9 Mar 1897; served South African War 1899-1902, second-in-command at Mafeking, mentioned in despatches LG 8 Feb 1901, 29 Jul 1902; served in First World War 1914-9, mentioned in despatches LG 22 Jun 1915, 15 Jun 1916, 11 Dec 1917; CB 29 Jun 1906; CMG 23 Jun 1915; Order of St. Stanislas with swords; succ. father as 10th baronet 27 May 1917; DL JP Cornwall; Vice-Chairman, Cornwall Territorial Force Association 1908; m. 1st, 17 Feb 1887 Eva Catherine Forestier, eldest dau. of Major-Gen. George Edmond Lushington Walker, Royal Engineers, Charlton, Kent; m. 2nd, 21 Nov 1929 Clara Coltman, second dau. of Edward Powys Rogers, Toorilla, Queensland; d. 15 Nov 1941.

GB-2014-WSA-17422 · Person · 1889-1968

Voysey, Richard Alan Ellison, elder son of Richard Annesley Ellison Voysey, of Ryde, Isle of Wight, by Ada Lucretia, daughter of Perry St. Quintin, of Richmond, Surrey; b. May 29, 1889; adm. as K.S. Jan. 15, 1903; left Easter 1907; served in Great War I; Capt. R.F.A. (S.R.) Oct. 30, 1914; adm. a solicitor Oct. 1922; in practice at Eye, Suffolk; clerk to the Justices, Eye and Hoxne P.S.D. and late Registrar of the Diss and Eye County Court; Lielit.-Col. R.A. (T.A.) Great War II; m. Nov. 28, 1917, Nancy, daughter of Samuel Blakey Rowbotham, of Felixstowe, Suffolk; d. 9 Oct. 1968.

Vowe, Thomas, ca. 1703-1738
GB-2014-WSA-17421 · Person · ca. 1703-1738

VOWE, THOMAS, son of Leonard Vowe, Hallaton, Leics., and his second wife Martha, eldest dau. of Richard Butler, Preston Capes, Northants; b.; adm. (aged 11) 10 Jan 1714/5; KS 1717; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1721, but went to Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jun 1721; BCL 1728; m. Martha, dau. of J. Fenwicke; d. 1738.

Vosper, Edgar, 1895-1968
GB-2014-WSA-17420 · Person · 1895-1968

Vosper, Edgar, son of Percy Vosper, M.R.C.S., of London; b. June 5, 1895; adm. April 28, 1910 (G); left Easter 1912; served as 2nd Lieut. Yeomanry (T.F.) in Great War I; d. 28 Oct. 1968.

GB-2014-WSA-17419 · Person · 1921-2019

von Ribbentrop, Rudolf Joachim, son of Joachim von Ribbentrop, German Ambassador to United Kingdom, subsequently Foreign Minister, and Annelies, d. of Otto Henkell, champagne producer, of Wiesbaden, Germany; b. 11 May 1921; adm. Oct. 1936 (A); left July 1937; German Army tank unit in WWII, Knight’s Insignia Iron Cross (Byelgorod); partner, Henkell & Co, wine producers; dir. Bankhaus Hermann Lampe Kommanditgesellschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany; author, Joachim von Ribbentrop: Mein Vater, Erlebnisse und Erinnerungen 2008; m. 13 Aug. 1960 Ilse-Marie, d. of Baron Münchhausen of Vitzenburg, Thüringen, Germany; d. 20 May 2019.

GB-2014-WSA-17418 · Person · 1884-?

Voigt, Randolph Caesar Theodor, son of Alban Voigt, of West Kensington; b. April 19, 1884; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 30, 1897 (H); left July 1899.

GB-2014-WSA-17417 · Person · 1942-2015

Vogel, Anthony Leslie, son of John Julius Vogel, author, of Richmond, Surrey, and Isle Clare, d. of Hayno Knud Focken of Jever, North Friesland, Germany; b. 29 June 1942; adm. Sept. 1955 (A); left July 1960; RADA 1963; actor, films and TV; d. 27 July 2015.

Vivian, Thomas, 1712-1770
GB-2014-WSA-17416 · Person · 1712-1770

VIVIAN, THOMAS, son of Thomas Vivian, London, and Anne --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 12 Apr 1712 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) May 1722; Min. Can. 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1731, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1731, scholar 12 May 1732, matr. 1731; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 Apr 1727, called to bar 18 Nov 1735; Recorder of Lincoln; m. 17 Jul 1747 (IGI) Mary, widow of Francis Scott, 2nd Earl of Deloraine (S) (qv), and sister of Gervase Scrope (qv); d. 2 Aug 1770.

GB-2014-WSA-17413 · Person · 1891-1915

Viney, Cecil Henry, only son of Cecil Thomas Viney, of Bromley, Kent, by Ada Maude, daugh­ter of G. H. Smith, of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Middlesex; b. May 24, 1891; adm. Sept. 28, 1905 (G); left 1907; Royal Academy Painting Schools; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Northants Regt. Aug. 15, 1914; went out to the western front March 1915; killed in action at Fromelles May 9, 1915.

Viner, Nathaniel, ca. 1644-?
GB-2014-WSA-17412 · Person · ca. 1644-?

VINER, NATHANIEL, son of Rev. John Viner, Kent; b.; adm. 1656; gave evidence before the Governors in the Busby and Bagshawe dispute 1657; KS (aged 14) 1660; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1663, adm. pens. 4 Jul 1663, scholar 1664, matr. 1663; BA 1666/7; MA 1670; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1668 - c. 1678.