Showing 143 results

ALEXANDER, GODFREY EDWARD, only son of Rev. Charles Alexander, Rector of Drumcree, co. Armagh, and Elizabeth Anne, dau. of Edward Smith Godfrey, Newark, Notts.; b. 10 Jul 1818; adm. 3 Jun 1830 (Stelfox's); Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 28 Apr 1836; BA 1840; MA 1843; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 12 Jan 1839; ordained deacon and priest (Armagh) 1842; Perpetual Curate, Bantry, co. Cork 1844-8; Incumbent, Caledon, co. Tyrone 1848-55; Vicar of Woodford-cum-Membris, Northants., 20 Apr 1855-65; Rector of Stoke Bliss, Herefs., 1865-95; JP Herefordshire; Domestic Chaplain to James, 4th Earl of Caledon; m. 10 Oct 1850 his cousin Henrietta, eldest dau. of William John Alexander-Shaw; d. 28 Dec 1901.

ADAMS, HENRY CADWALLADER, only son of John Adams, Serjeant-at-law and Assistant Judge of Middlesex Quarter Sessions, and his second wife Jane, dau. of Thomas Martin, Nottingham; b. 4 Nov 1817; adm. 16 Jun 1830 (Stelfox's); left 1831; went to Winchester Coll.; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Nov 1835; migrated to Magdalen Coll., demy 1836-43, fellow 1843-52; BA 1840; MA 1842; Master of Magdalen Coll. School Mar-May 1844; assistant master, Winchester Coll., 1844-51; ordained deacon 20 Dec 1846, priest 7 Mar 1852 (both Oxford); Curate, Greinton, Somerset 1853-4; Chaplain, Bromley Coll., Kent 25 Jun 1855-67; Vicar of Dry Sandford, with Cothill, Berks., 21 Sep 1867-78; Vicar of Old Shoreham, Sussex 15 Jul 1878-96; author, Wykehamica, 1878, and of numerous books for boys; m. 6 Jul 1852 Esther Pell, second dau. of Rev. Richard Edmonds, Rector of Woodleigh, Devon; d. 17 Oct 1899.

DODSON, PAUL AUGUSTUS, brother of William Francis Dodson (qv); b. 13 Mar 1819; adm. 25 Jun 1830 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 10 May 1838; BA 1844; MA 1847; ordained deacon 1844, priest 1845 (both Lincoln); Curate, Sutterby-with-Gunby, Lincs., 1844-7; Vicar of Haugh, Lincs., from 1847; d. unm. 10 Dec 1884.

RICHARDS, ALFRED BATE, eldest son of John Richards MP, Wassell Grove, Hagley, Worcs., and Frances Smith; b. 17 Feb 1820; at Charterhouse Sch. 1829-30; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); at Harrow Sch. 1832; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1837; BA 1841; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 16 May 1839, called to bar 20 Nov 1845; author of an anonymous pamphlet, Oxford Unmasked, 1841, which rapidly passed through five editions; edited The British Army Despatch 1848-50, and The Mirror of the Time, a weekly founded 3 Aug 1850 which only lasted a year; one of chief promoters of volunteer movement of 1859 and became Col., 3rd City of London Rifle Corps; editor, The Morning Advertizer, from 1870; author of a number of plays and poems, and of the novel So Very Human, 1871; m. 15 Feb 1849 Emma Camilla Angela Maria, only dau. of Camillo Gaggiotti, Minister of War at Rome; d. 12 Jun 1876. DNB.

WHITTAKER, CHARLES GUSTAVUS, eldest son of Charles Gustavus Whittaker (adm. 1807, qv); b. 8 Sep 1820; adm. 18 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); left Dec 1836; played cricket for Kent 1838-47, and for the Gentlemen v. Players 1839-42, 1845; “income from land and houses” (1881 Census); m. 1st, Anne Sophia Dadson; m. 2nd, 13 Jan 1882 Emily Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. William Meyler, Rector of St. Lawrence, Pembs.; d. 15 Nov 1886.

BROMLEY, SIR HENRY, BART., brother of Robert Bromley (qv); b. 25 Dec 1816; adm. 20 Jan 1831 (Stelfox's); Ensign, 48th Foot, 4 Sep 1835; Lieut., 7 Sep 1838; Capt., 24 May 1844; sold out 2 Apr 1847; succ. his father as 4th baronet 8 Jul 1857; DL JP Notts, High Sheriff 1882; m. 1st, 13 Jun 1848 Charlotte Frances Anne, widow of Edward Heneage MP, and youngest dau. of Col. Lancelot Rolleston MP, Watnall Hall, Notts.; m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1856 Georgiana Ellen, third dau. of Vere Fane, Little Ponton Hall, Lincs.; d. 21 Sep 1895.

TRITTON, ROBERT BISCOE, eldest son of Rev. Robert Tritton, Rector of Morden, Surrey, and Mary, sister of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 24 Jan 1819; adm. 6 Apr 1831 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1837, adm. pens. 16 May 1837, scholar 1838; BA 1841; MA 1844; ordained deacon 18 Dec 1842, priest 24 Dec 1843 (both London); Curate, Witham, Essex 1842-5, Alverstoke, Hampshire 1845; Vicar of Otford, Kent 1845-77; Vicar of Bognor, Sussex 14 Jan 1878-93; m. 24 May 1849 Charlotte, eldest dau. of Rev. Henry Lindsay, Rector of Sundridge, Kent; d. 1 Apr 1898.

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.

TYRWHITT-DRAKE, THOMAS, eldest son of Thomas Tyrwhitt-Drake (at school under Vincent, qv); b. 14 Jul 1817; adm. 13 Jul 1831 (Stelfox's); at Harrow Sch. 1833-6; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1836; of Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks.; Master, Bicester Foxhounds 1851-5, 1857-62, 1863-6; DL Buckinghamshire, High Sheriff 1859; JP Buckinghamshire 1839; m. 1st, 8 Aug 1843 Elizabeth Julia, widow of Col. Alexander Wedderburn, Inveresk, 2nd Foot Guards, and dau. of John Stratton, Farthinghoe, Northants; m. 2nd, 11 Aug 1887 Dorothy Emma, dau. of Rev. John Leyborne-Popham, Rector of Chilton Foliat, Wilts.; d. 24 Jul 1888.

FEILDE, EDMUND THOMAS, son of Thomas Feilde (qv); b. 8 Sep 1818; adm. 27 Jun 1831 (Stelfox's); KS 1833; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; Cadet, EICS Madras 1840; Ensign, 10th Madras Native Infantry 6 Jan 1841; Lieut., 21 Dec 1842; d. at Kamptee, near Nagpur, India May 1845.