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Aitken, James Douglas, son of James Aitken, M.B., of Ilford, Essex, by Isabella Muir, daughter of David Gilmour, of Glasgow; b. Aug. 10, 1895; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); left July 1913; 1st class diploma Royal School of Mines 1922; member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and of the Indian Institute of Mining Engineers; representative in Hyderabad of John Taylor and Sons and Superintendent of the Nizam's gold mines 1937-55; served in Gallipoli in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 14th Batt. Middlesex Regt. Nov. 27, 1914; Lieut. Machine Gun Corps July 6, 1916; Capt. March 5, 1918; wounded in Gallipoli; m. March 5, 1927, Marjorie, daughter of Octavius Edward Lambert, of Lewisham; d. Oct. 28, 1955

Aitken, Sir John William Maxwell Bt, son of William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook PC, newspaper proprietor, and his first wife Gladys, d. of Brig.-Gen. Charles William Drury CB of Halifax, Nova Scotia; b. 15 Feb. 1910; adm. Jan. 1924 (R); left July 1928; Pemb. Coll. Camb., matric. 1928; played football for Cambridge 1930 and 1931; dir. Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd, chairman 1964-77, pres. 1977; RAuxAF 1935, RAF 1939-45 (Group Capt.); DFC 1940, DSO 1942, Czech War Cross, despatches; fighter pilot during Battle of Britain, commanded night fighter squadron 1941-2, strike Mosquito wing Norwegian waters 1943; succ. father as 2nd Baronet 9 June 1964, but disclaimed succession to Barony; MP (C) Holborn 1945-50; dir. Assoc. TV Corpn and Price Bros Ltd; m. 1st 26 Aug. 1939 Cynthia, d. of Col. Hugh Glencairn Monteith OBE DSO RAMC; 2nd 15 Aug. 1946 Jane (formerly wife of Peter Lindsay), d. of Maj. Robert Orlando Rudolph Kenyon-Slaney, of Halton Grange, Shropshire; 3rd 1 Jan. 1951 Vio­let, d. of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, Bt; d. 30 Apr. 1985.

Aitken, Hon. Peter Rudyard, brother of Sir John William Maxwell Aitken (qv); b. 22 Mar. 1913; adm. Sept. 1925 (R); left Apr. 1930; Roy. Fusiliers 1940-2, Pioneer Corps 1942, Roy. Fusiliers Aug. 1942-5 (Capt.); m. 1st 25 Jan. 1934 Janet, d. of Murray Macneill, Prof. of Mathematics Dalhousie Univ., Halifax, NS; 2nd 1943 Marie Patricia, d. of Michael Maguire, of Melbourne, Australia; d. 3 Aug. 1947.

Aitken, William John, brother of James Douglas Aitken (q.v.); b. Aug. 28, 1899; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (H); K.S. 1913; left July 1917; M.B., Ch. B. Glasgow 1925; diploma of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool 1926; in practice at Ilford, Essex 1926; a medical officer, Colonial Medical Service, Tanganyika Territory 1931; m. Dec. 16, 1926, Shiona Alexa, daughter of - Muir, of Troon, Ayrshire.

Akerhielm, Claes Edward, son of Baron Evert Akerhielm, Swedish Dipl. Service, and Mary Dorothy, d. of Charles Frederick Maria Scarisbrick; b. 27 Feb. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (H); left Mar. 1936; a consulting engineer; MIEE 1941, CEng FIEE 1959; RAOC July 1942, REME Oct. 1942 (Capt.); Ewbank & Partners Ltd (London and Brighton) 1958-78; m. 1st 26 June 1943 Suzanne Naomi, d. of Col. E. L. W. Henslow OBE MC, of Fleet, Hams; 2nd 12 Dec. 1952 Lynette Mary Guinness, widow of Maj. George Learmouth Streeter MC; d. 1 Jun. 2012.

AKERS, THOMAS; son of Richard Akers, St. Margaret, Westminster, and Ann Jackson; bapt. 19 Jan 1596/7; adm.; KS in 1612; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1614, adm. scholar 1615, matr. Easter 1615; BA 1618/9; MA 1622 (received £8 from vestry of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, to cost of proceeding MA); ordained; Vicar of Paston, Norfolk 1636-40.

Ala, Mirza Hussein Khan, second son of His Excellency Mohammed Ali Khan, of Ennismore Gardens, South Kensington, Persian Ambassador to Great Britain; b. Dec. 3, 1883; adm. Jan. 20, 1898 (A); left July 1900; Secretary to the Persian Legation in London 1903; called to the bar at the Inner Temple Nov. 19, 1906; Minister for Public Works and Commerce in the Persian Cabinet and a member of the Persian Mission at the Versailles Conference in 1919; sometime Persian Minister at Washington; Iranian Minister at the Court of St. James 1934-7; Director General, Ministry of Commerce, Iran 1937-8; Governor of the Iranian National Bank 1941; Minister of Court to the Shah 1942; Iranian Ambassador to Washington 1945-50; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Iran, 1950-1; Prime Minister March 12, 1951 after the assassination of General Razmara; resigned April 27, 1951 in face of the violent opposition of the Majlis to negotiations with Great Britain over the oil dispute, and was appointed Minister of Court by the Shah; re-appointed Prime Minister 1955; resigned 1957 and re-appointed Minister of Court; assumed the family name of Ala in addition to Khan; m. June 8, 1927 Fatemeh, daughter of Sir Abol-Ghassem Khan Naser-ol-Molk, G.C.M.G., sometime Regent of Iran; d. 12 July 1964.

ALABASTER, WILLIAM, son of Roger Alabaster, Hadleigh, Suffolk, and Bridget, dau. of Adam Winthrop, Groton, Suffolk; nephew of Right Rev. John Still DD, Bishop of Bath and Wells; bapt. 28 Feb 1567/8; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1583, adm. scholar 1584, matr. Easter 1584; BA 1587/8; MA 1591 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1592) : DD 1614; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1589 - c. 1597; ordained; Rector of Landulph, Cornwall 1596; chaplain to Earl of Essex on expedition to Cadiz Jun 1596; Roman Catholic convert; imprisoned in Tower of London for recusancy 1597-8; went abroad, and while at Rome thrown into prison of the Inquisition; rejoined Church of England on his return to England; Rector of Therfield, Herts. 1614, and of Little Shelford, Cambs. 1622; author of English sonnets and Latin verses; his Latin tragedy Roxana, 1632, was acted in the hall of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; m. 22 Aug 1618 Catherine, widow of Thomas Fludd, Milgate, Kent, (and mother of Thomas Fludd (qv)), and dau. of Levin Buffkin, Gore Court, Otham, Kent; d. Apr 1640. DNB.

Albert, Aubrey John Fenwick (known at school as John Fenwick Albert), son of John Grosvenor Albert of Esher, and Winifred Evelyn, d. of Nicholas Percival Fenwick; b. 8 Sept. 1906; adm. Sept. 1919 (R); left Apr. 1924; called to the Bar (Lincoln's Inn) May 1928; adm. a solicitor 1938; practised at Wells, Somerset; Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1939-46 (Maj.); emigrated to Canada 1947; m. 1st 16 Aug. 1930 Margaret Helen, d. of Edward James Bassingthwaite of Sunbury-on-Thames (div. 1948); m. 2nd 7 Dec. 1950 Madeline Joyce Davie; d. 6 Jan. 1972.

Albert, David Fenwick, brother of Aubrey John Fenwick (qv); b. 20 June 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (R); left Oct. 1931; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc; FRGS; RNVR (Sub-Lieut. 1942); m. 20 June 1940 Muriel Rita, d. of G. Etheridge of St Leonard's-on-Sea; d. 19 Mar. 1985.