PEARSON, GEORGE, third son of John Pearson, Tettenhall Wood, Staffs., barrister, Advocate-Gen., Bengal, and Jane Elizabeth Matilda, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. George Philip Hooke, 17th Foot; b. 28 Apr 1813; adm. 17 Jun 1829 (Stelfox's); left Christmas 1831; Ensign, 9th Foot 24 Apr 1838; d. at Hazaribagh, Bengal 11 Jan 1839.
Mowbray, John Robert, 1815-1899
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.
Froude, James Anthony, 1818-1894
FROUDE, JAMES ANTHONY, brother of William Froude (qv); b. 13 Apr 1818; adm. 15 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1830; left 1833; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 Dec 1835; Chancellor’s Prize for English Essay 1842; BA 1842; MA 1843; Devon Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford, 1842 - 27 Feb 1849, when his book Nemesis of Faith was burnt by Dr Sewell in Exeter College Hall; ordained deacon 1844, but availed himself of the provisions of the Clerical Disabilities Relief Act 19 Jul 1872; after his first marriage he devoted himself to historical and literary work; editor, Fraser’s Magazine, 1860-74; sent as Commissioner to Cape of Good Hope to report upon South African confederation 1874-5; Rector of St. Andrew’s Univ., 1868-71, LLD St. Andrew’s 1869; Hon. Fellow, Exeter Coll. Oxford 1882, Oriel Coll. Oxford 1892; Hon. LLD Edinburgh 1884; Regius Professor of Modern History, Oxford Univ., from 18 Apr 1892; author, A History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1856-70, and other works; in his Shadows of the Clouds, 1847, Froude tells the melancholy story of Edward Fowler, a Westminster boy, which may contain reminiscences of his own far from happy school career (Paul, Life of Froude, 1905, 10-1); m. 1st, 3 Oct 1849 Charlotte Maria, fifth dau. of Pascoe Grenfell MP, Taplow Court, Bucks.; m. 2nd, 12 Sep 1861 Henrietta Elizabeth, dau. of John Ashley Warre MP, West Cliff House, Ramsgate, Kent; d. 20 Oct 1894. DNB.
ABBOTT, HENRY BETHUNE, eldest son of William Abbott, Parliament Street, Westminster, and Eliza --- (IGI); b. 5 Sep 1816; adm. 18 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); adm. Gray’s Inn 12 Jun 1833.
Willett, Augustus Saltren, 1817-1854
WILLETT, AUGUSTUS SALTREN, eldest son of John Saltren Willett, Torrington, Devon, and Elizabeth Percy, sister of John Holt White (qv); b. 25 Oct 1817; adm. 26 Jan 1830 (Stelfox's); left Whitsun 1832; RMC Sandhurst; Cornet, 17th Lancers 9 Dec 1836; Lieut., 31 Dec 1839; Capt., 11 Jun 1842; Maj., 28 May 1852; served in the Crimea; d. unm. at Balaclava, of cholera, 22 Oct 1854. [Father a Proctor, Court of Arches (occurs 1831) ?] [son of John Salter Willett (qv) ?] [related to Clevland family : check]
Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896
DASENT, SIR GEORGE WEBBE, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 22 May 1817; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Min. Can. 1832; left 1834; Magdalen Hall, Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; DCL 1852; secretary to Sir Thomas Cartwright, British Minister at Stockholm, 1840-5; adm. Middle Temple 30 May 1844, called to bar 30 Jan 1852; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1852; assistant editor, The Times 1845-70, during its editorship by his brother-in-law John Delane; Professor of English Literature and Modern History, King’s Coll. London 1853; a Civil Service Commissioner Jan 1870 - Aug 1892; knighted 27 Jun 1876; a Scandinavian scholar; author, The Story of Burnt Njal, 1861, and other works; his Annals of an Eventful Life contain some interesting reminiscences of the School; m. 4 Apr 1846 Fanny Louisa, third dau. of William Frederick Augustus Delane, Easthampstead, Berks., barrister; d. 11 Jun 1896. DNB.
DASENT, ALEXANDER, son of John Roche Dasent (qv) and his second wife; b. 30 Apr 1819; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); King’s Coll. Sch. 1833-5; went to West Indies 1840; ordained deacon 1843, priest 1844 (both Carlisle); held a curacy in St. Vincent; Rector of Recquia, St. Vincent, West Indies 1851-4; in New Zealand by 1864; Vicar of Karori, Wellington, New Zealand 16 Jan 1882- Jun 1897; m. 13 Oct 1847 Caroline Mayer, second dau. of George Colquhoun Grant, Treasurer of St. Vincent; d. at Karori 22 Sep 1905.
BARNETT, EDWARD, son of James Barnett (qv); b. 19 Nov 1818; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Cornet, 2nd Dragoons 23 Feb 1838; Lieut., 28 Dec 1841; retd. 16 May 1845; d. 1899.
BARNETT, WILLIAM, son of James Barnett (qv); b. 19 Nov 1818; adm. 14 Apr 1830 (Stelfox's); Cornet, 5th Dragoon Guards 5 Apr 1839; Lieut., 11 May 1841; retd. 30 Jul 1844; d. 26 Mar 1867.