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COURTENAY, FREDERICK WILLIAM, son of Thomas Lefroy Courtenay, Dublin, and Jane, dau. of Martin Morris, Spiddal, co. Galway, and sister of Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin PC, Lord Chief Justice of Ireland and member Judicial Committee, Privy Council; b. 28 Jan 1859; adm. as exhibitioner 30 May 1872 (James'); QS 1873; left May 1876; Trinity Coll. Dublin; d. 16 Apr 1879.

CUPPAGE, WILLIAM ADAM, eldest son of Maj. John Macdonald Cuppage, Fermoy, co. Cork, 89th Foot [check], and Elizabeth Geraldine De Courcy, third dau. of William Cooke-Collis, Castle Cooke, co. Cork; b. 24 Jun 1860; adm. 3 Jun 1872 (James'); QS 1875; left May 1879; RMC Sandhurst 1880; 2nd Lieut., 99th Foot 22 Jan 1881; 8th Foot 30 Mar 1881; Lieut., Liverpool Regt., 1 Jul 1881; Capt., 22 Jan 1882; Bengal Staff Corps, 15 Oct 1884; Wing Officer, 5th Bengal Native Infantry 8 May 1885; Double Company Commander, 1 May 1900; Maj., Indian Army 22 Jan 1901; Lieut. -Col. commandant, 48th Brigade 6 Apr 1901; retd. 1 Apr 1905; served in Burmese expedition 1866-7, severely wounded in engagement in Shan Hills; m. 28 Jan 1891 Caroline Isabella, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Gen. James May CB, Bengal Army; drowned in the Blackwater, near Fermoy, 19 Oct 1908.

EDDIS, EDWARD UPTON, third son of William Upton Eddis, Purnea, Bengal, India, indigo planter, and Mary Adamson (IGI); b. 13 Mar 1861; adm. 26 Sep 1872 (James'); exhibitioner 1874; QS 1875; victor in the last “mill” on Green (Elizabethan xix, 66); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1879, matr. 10 Oct 1879; BA 1883; adm. Inner Temple 22 Nov 1880, called to bar 25 Jun 1884; practised at Calcutta and subsequently at Rangoon; returned to England 1909; m. 4 Feb 1891 Ela Usher, dau. of Robert Binning, Dowanhill, Glasgow; d. 14 Aug 1928.

ROBINSON, SIR HARRY PERRY, third son of Rev. Julian Robinson, Chaplain EICS, editor Pioneer newspaper [check], and Harriet Woodcock, dau. of Rev. John Sharpe DD, Vicar of Doncaster, Yorks.; b. 30 Nov 1859; adm. 12 Jun 1873 (James'), exhibitioner; QS (Capt. ) 1874; Capt. of the School 1877; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1878, matr. 11 Oct 1878; lived in USA 1883-1900; owner and editor, The Railway Age 1887-1900; Chief of Department, McKinley’s National Campaign Committee 1896; Managing Director, Isbister & Co., 1901-4; Special Correspondent of The Times newspaper in many parts of the world; War Correspondent, The Times 1914-8; Chevalier, Légion d’Honneur 1919; KBE 1 Jan 1920; author, Of Distinguished Animals, 1911, and other works; m. 1st, 21 Sep 1891 Mary, dau. of Thomas Lowry, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; m. 2nd, 1 Aug 1905 Florence Anne, dau. of Joseph Tester, Surbiton, Surrey; d. 20 Dec 1930.

COBBY, FREDERICK EDWARD, son of Edward John Cobby, Wandsworth, Surrey, Chancery Registrars’ Office, and Catherine --- (IGI); b. 16 Jan 1861; adm. 22 Jan 1874 (James'); QS Jan 1876; left Christmas 1878; Keble Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1879; BA 1883; MA 1886; “solicitors’ managing clerk “, Wakefield, Yorkshire (1901 Census); d. Feb 1924.

SERCOMBE, RUPERT THEODORE WALTON, only son of Rupert Clampit Sercombe, Fairpark, near Exeter, Devon, merchant, and Louisa, third dau. of William Henry Smith, London, and Walton House, Bournemouth, Hampshire, founder of W. H. Smith & Son, newsagents; b. 3 Jan 1861; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); QS Dec 1875; left Feb 1879; Exeter Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jan 1880; BA 1883; adm. Middle Temple 28 Oct 1881, called to bar 17 Nov 1885; emigrated to New Zealand by 1901; m. 8 Aug 1893 Sophia Maria Eleanor, widow of Charles Ernest Lavie, Ceylon, and dau. of Rev. Walter Maude Cosser, Vicar of Titchfield, Hampshire; d. Mar 1944.

HARINGTON, EDWARD, third son of Sir Richard Harington, Bart., County Court Judge, Chairman Herefordshire Quarter Sessions, and Frances Agneta, dau. of Robert Biscoe (qv); b. 25 Oct 1863; adm. 21 Jan 1875 (James'); QS 1878; left May 1882; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1882; BA 1887; adm. Inner Temple 1885, called to bar 3 Jul 1889; County Court Judge, Worcester district, Nov 1905-35; JP Herefordshire 1907; m. 20 Oct 1906 Louisa Muriel, only dau. of Herbert Charles Erskine Vernon, Curridge, Chieveley, Berks.; d. 19 Jan 1937.

WHITEHEAD, ARTHUR CROXALL, brother of Francis Whitehead (qv); b. 4 Feb 1862; adm. 31 Mar 1875 (James'); QS 1876; left Christmas 1879; adm. solicitor Feb 1886; practised in London; d. 7 May 1935.

MACONOCHIE, ALEXANDER FRANCIS, eldest son of Alexander Maconochie, Wimbledon, Surrey, Clerk, Home Office, and Alice Jane, dau. of Rev. Charles Woodcock, Rector of Chardstock All Saints, Dorset; b. 16 Nov 1862; adm. exhibitioner 27 May 1875 (James'); QS (Capt. ) 1877; left Apr 1879; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1880; Indian Civil Service 1880; arrived in India 8 Dec 1882; Assistant Collector and Magistrate, Bombay 1882; Survey and Settlement Superintendent, Baroda Dec 1890; First Assistant Mar 1895; Senior Collector and Magistrate Jul 1904; Collector and Magistrate, Ahmednagar 1911; retd. Jun 1913; a military censor 1916-9; special duty in Switzerland, Department of Information 1918; m. 1st, 8 May 1895 Evelina, dau. of Maj. John Grieve Hall, Cawnpore, India, Royal Engineers; m. 2nd, 18 Jul 1922 Ethel Mary Oakes, dau. of James Walter Cressy Hall, Park Lane, London; d. 25 Apr 1934.

SOMERS-COCKS, HON. JOHN JAMES THOMAS, youngest son of Hon. Philip James Cocks, and Frances, dau. of Arthur Herbert, Brusterfield, co. Kerry; b. 18 Aug 1820; adm. 1 Feb 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1835; rowed v. Eton 4 May 1837; left 1839; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 5 Jun 1839; President, Oxford Univ. Boat Club 1840; rowed for Oxford v. Cambridge 1840, 1841; stroke of Oxford OW eight which was beaten at Henley 1840; BA 1843; ordained; Rector of Sheriocke, Cornwall 1845-56; received into Roman Catholic Church 1856; raised to rank of a baron’s son 1888; m. 15 Apr 1858 Anne, eldest dau. of Rev. Joseph Simpson, Rector of Horsted, Sussex; d. 21 Sep 1906.