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ANDREWES, GERRARD HEBERDEN, eldest son of Gerrard Thomas Andrewes (qv); b. 3 Oct 1820; adm. 23 Jan 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1834; left 1838; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Jun 1838; d. unm. 26 Nov 1876.

ANSTICE, JOSEPH, second son of William Anstice, Madeley, Shropshire, ironmaster, by Penelope, youngest dau. of John Poole, Marshmill, Over Stowey, Somerset; b. 21 Dec 1808; adm. 30 Sep 1822 (Stelfox's); KS (Capt. ) 1823; Capt. of the School 1826; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1827, Westminster Student, matr. 30 May 1827; Newdigate Prize 1828; 1st cl. Classics and Mathematics 1830; Chancellor’s English Essay Prize 1834; BA 1831; MA 1835; Professor of Classical Literature, King’s Coll. London 1831-5; classical scholar and hymn writer; author, Selections from the Classic Poetry of the Greek Dramatic Writers, and other works; m. 10 Jul 1832 Elizabeth Spencer, dau. of Joseph Ruscombe Poole, Bridgewater, Somerset, solicitor; d. 29 Feb 1836. DNB.

ANSTICE, ROBERT RICHARD, brother of Joseph Anstice (qv); b. 9 Apr 1813; adm. 20 Sep 1826 (Stelfox's); KS 1827; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1831, Westminster Student, matr. 21 May 1831; 1st cl. Mathematics 1834; Mathematical Scholar 1835; BA 1835; MA 1837; ordained 1846; Perpetual Curate of Wigginton, Herts., from 1847; d. 17 Dec 1853.

AUBER, CHARLES BRANSBY, younger son of Henry Peter Auber, London, Secretary to Directors of East India Co., and Jane, dau. of Rev. John Auber, Rector of Blaisdon, Gloucs.; b. 6 Apr 1820; adm. 30 Sep 1833 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Aug 1840, matr. Mich. 1840; BA 1845; ordained deacon 1845, priest 1846; Curate of Moreton Pinkney, Northants., in 1848; Rector of Clannaborough, Devon, 1853; m. 16 Nov 1847 Zoe Adelaide, only dau. of Charles Henry Barber QC, Bencher Grays’ Inn; d. 18 Jan 1867.

BABER, HARRY, son of Rev. Henry Hervey Baber FRS, Rector of Stretham, Cambs., and Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum, and Ann, dau. of Harry Smith; b. 18 Mar 1817; adm. 3 Jul 1828 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1834, adm. pens. 13 Jun 1834, scholar 1835, matr. Mich. 1834; BA 1839; MA 1842; ordained deacon 26 Jul 1840, priest 11 Aug 1841 (both Norwich); Diocesan Inspector of Schools, Staffordshire 1844-7; Chaplain, Whitelands Training Institution, Chelsea 1847-72; Vicar of Ramsbury, with Axford, Wilts., from 1872; m. 10 Aug 1847 Sarah Frances, eldest dau. of Joshua Rodwell, Alderton, Suffolk; d. 18 Jan 1892.

BALDWIN, GEORGE DIMSDALE, brother of Robert Baldwin (qv) (IGI); b. 12 Aug 1812; adm. 13 Jan 1823 (Stelfox's).

BALDWIN, JOHN LORAINE, only son of John Baldwin (qv); b. 1 Jun 1809; adm. (Stelfox) 21 Jan 1822; left Dec 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1827; a well-known dandy and inventor of a scent; a staunch supporter of the Canterbury Cricket Week, and one of the original “Old Stagers” who acted at their first performance in 1842 (see History of Kent County Cricket, 149, 151, 168); one of the founders of I Zingari in 1845; Chairman of the Portland Committee, which drew up the rules of Short Whist; the Baldwin Club, which was called after him, was founded at 3 Pall Mall East in 1887; edited The Laws of Short Whist and a Treatise on the Game by J. C., 1864; author, A Glimpse of Whist, 1866, and other works; m. 31 Jul 1873 Elizabeth, widow of Lord Francis John Russell, and dau. of Algernon Peyton (qv); d. 25 Nov 1896.

BALDWIN, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Baldwin, Paternoster Row, London, bookseller and publisher, and his cousin Maria, third dau. of Henry Baldwin; b. 23 Mar 1809; adm. 15 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); KS 1823; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1827, adm. pens. 29 May 1827, scholar 1828, matr. Mich. 1827; BA 1831; MA 1834; adm. Middle Temple 21 Aug 1828, called to bar 20 Nov 1840; special pleader; Home Circuit; d. 6 Jun 1848.

BARNES, GEORGE CARNAC, eldest son of Ven. George Barnes DD, Archdeacon of Barnstaple, and Harriet Penelope, dau. of James Rivett-Carnac, EICS Bombay; grandson of Ralph Barnes (adm. 1744, qv); b. 4 Jun 1818; adm. 7 Sep 1831 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; left Dec 1835; at Haileybury Coll. 1836-7; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1837; arrived in India 27 Nov 1837; Deputy Commissioner, Trans-Sutlej territory 1848-52; Commissioner, Cis-Sutlej States 1853-61; CB 18 May 1860 (for his services in collecting supplies for the Delhi army during the Mutiny); Foreign Secretary to the Government of India at Calcutta 1861; m. 25 Sep 1856 Margaret Diana, dau. of Maj. Henry Richard Chetwynd-Stapylton, 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) (see The Times, 4 Jul 1927, 16); d. at Hazaribagh, Bengal, 13 May 1861.

BARNES, JAMES RALPH, brother of George Carnac Barnes (qv); b. 11 Sep 1819; adm. 16 Jan 1833 (Stelfox's); KS 1834; left 1836; at Haileybury Coll. 1836-8; Writer, EICS Bengal 30 Apr 1838; arrived in India 12 Jan 1839; held various posts; in 1854 was Magistrate and Collector at Shahjahanpur; m. 26 Sep 1849 Mary Jane, dau. of George Powney Thompson, EICS Bengal, Judge of the High Court, Allahabad; d. at Nynee Tal 5 Oct 1854.