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Phillimore, Robert Joseph, 1810-1885

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  • 1810-1885

PHILLIMORE, SIR ROBERT JOSEPH, BART., third son of Joseph Phillimore (b. 1775, qv); b. 5 Nov 1810; adm. 1 Feb 1820 (G); KS 1824; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1828, matr. 16 May 1828, Westminster Student; BA 1832; MA 1834; BCL 1835; DCL 1838; Clerk, Board of Control 20 Feb 1832 – 6 Apr 1835; adm. Middle Temple 17 Nov 1837, called to bar 7 May 1841, Bencher 1858, Treasurer 1859; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons 2 Nov 1839; Chancellor, Dioceses of Chichester 1844, Salisbury 1845 and London 1855; QC 16 Jan 1858; MP (Peelite/Liberal) Tavistock Feb 1853-7; Admiralty Advocate 1855-62; Judge of Cinque Ports 1855-75; Queen’s Advocate 1862-7; knighted 17 Sep 1862; Dean of Arches 1867-75, Master of the Faculties 1873-5; Judge of High Court of Admiralty 1867-75; Privy Councillor 3 Aug 1867; Judge of Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, High Court of Justice 1875-83; Judge Advocate-General 17 May 1871 – Aug 1873; created baronet 28 Dec 1881; a personal friend and political supporter of Gladstone; gave evidence before the Public Schools Commission 23 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers 1864, vol. xxi, pp 428-32); Busby Trustee 19 May 1868- Jun 1884; Governor of the School from 1869; benefactor to the School; President, Elizabethan Club, from 1876; translated Lessing, Laocoon 1874; author, Commentaries on International law, 1854-61, and other legal works; m. 19 Dec 1844 Charlotte Anne, third dau. of John Denison MP, Ossington Hall, near Newark, Notts.; d. 4 Feb 1885. DNB.

In 1863 and 1864 he gave prizes for an English essay, and in the latter year he expressed his intention of giving an annual prize of £6 6s for the essay, and a further prize of £3 3s. for translation into English. These prizes were awarded by him up to his death in 1885, and continued to be awarded after his death from funding supplied by his son Walter George Frank Phillimore, 1st Baron Phillimore (qv), also one of the School’s benefactors.

Webber, William Charles Fynes, 1815-1881

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  • 1815-1881

WEBBER, WILLIAM CHARLES FYNES, eldest son of James Webber (qv); b. 1 Jan 1815; adm. 5 Apr 1826; KS 1829; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1833, matr. 23 May 1833, Westminster Student; BA 1837; MA 1839; an Usher at the School 1837-40, left “on account of the extreme fewness of the T.B.” (Town Boy Ledger); ordained deacon 22 Dec 1839, priest 20 Dec 1840 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Maiden Bradley, Wilts., 1842-4; Rector of St. Botolph’s, Aldersgate, London 6 Jun 1845 – 3 Aug 1876; Minor Canon of St. Paul’s 2 Dec 1851 – 23 Dec 1858, Sub-Dean from 23 Dec 1858, Succentor 1859-75; m. 19 Apr 1853 his cousin Catherine Mary, eldest dau. of William Charles Webber (qv); d. at Lausanne, Switzerland 27 Jun 1881.

Mure, Reginald James, 1842-1908

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  • 1842-1908

MURE, REGINALD JAMES, eldest son of James Mure (adm. 1807, qv), and his second wife; b. 22 Dec 1842; adm. 22 May 1856 (James'); QS 1857; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1861, matr. 23 May 1861; BA 1866; MA 1873; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Oct 1866, called to bar 17 Nov 1869; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; Secretary to Sir Robert Joseph Phillimore, Bart. (qv) 1878-83; Treasurer, Elizabethan Club 1872-95; Busby Trustee 22 May 1900; joint editor with James Gow and John Sargeaunt of Lusus Alteri Westmonasterienses iii, 1906; m. 23 Dec 1878 Anna Charlotte, dau. of Sheffield Neave, Oakhill, Hampstead, Middlesex; d. 23 Dec 1908.

Cooper, Allen Trevelyan, 1825-1866

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  • Person
  • 1825-1866

COOPER, ALLEN TREVELYAN, son of Allen Cooper (qv) and his first wife; b. 11 Jun 1825; adm. 17 Jan 1838 (Scott's); QS 1839; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1843, adm. pens. 29 May 1843, scholar 1844, matr. Mich. 1843; BA 1847; MA 1852; ordained deacon 1848, priest 1849 (both London); Chaplain to Embassy at Lisbon; Curate, Buckland, Devon, subsequently Swanscombe, Kent; m. 16 Mar 1865 Lucy Evans (IGI); d. 24 Jul 1866.

Seagrave, John Young, 1825-1891

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  • Person
  • 1825-1891

SEAGRAVE, JOHN YOUNG, eldest son of Rev. Samuel Young Seagrave, Vicar of Tysoe, Warwickshire, and Henrietta, dau. of Henry Tooke, Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 13 Jul 1825; adm. 1 Feb 1838 (Scott's); QS (Capt. ) 1839; Capt. of the School 1842; rowed v. Eton 26 Jul 1842; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1843, matr. 9 Jun 1843, Westminster Student; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850; Curate, Lovington and Castle Cary, Somerset; Vicar of Bramham, Yorks., 1852-62; m. 9 Aug 1853 Frances Henrietta, youngest dau. of Benjamin Johnson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; d. 14 Nov 1891.

Brown, George Francis, 1828-1872

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  • Person
  • 1828-1872

BROWN, GEORGE FRANCIS, son of John Brown, Batcombe, Somerset; b. 12 Nov 1828; adm. 28 Sep 1841 (Scott's); QS 1843; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1847, adm. pens. 13 May 1847, scholar 1848, matr. 1847; ordained deacon 1854 (Guiana), priest 1857 (Bath & Wells); Curate, St. Ives, Cornwall, 1859, subsequently Batcombe, Somerset, and Bridport, Dorset; d. 14 Jun 1872.

Ingram, Henry Manning, 1824-1911

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  • Person
  • 1824-1911

INGRAM, HENRY MANNING, eldest son of Hugh Ingram, Steyning, Sussex, surgeon, and Mary, youngest dau. of Rev. Stileman Bostock, Vicar of East Grinstead, Sussex; b. 2 Aug 1824; adm. 14 Feb 1839 (Scott's); QS 1839; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1843, adm. pens. 29 May 1843, scholar 1844; won Univ. Racquets competition; 38th Wrangler and 3rd cl. Classics 1847; BA 1847; MA 1850; ordained deacon 1850, priest 1851 (both Norwich); Curate, Sternfield, Suffolk 1850-2; Chaplain, Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1852-9; Curate, St. Michael’s, Highgate, Middlesex, and Assistant Master, Highgate Sch. 1857-61; Under Master, Westminster School Sep 1861 – Dec 1880; gave evidence before Public Schools Commission 24 Jun 1862 (Parliamentary Papers, 1864, xxi, pp 449-52); on his retirement in 1880 the statutable office of Under Master was abolished; received pension £200 p. a. until he relinquished it Jan. 1890; Rector of Aldrington, Sussex 20 Jun 1879-93; author, A Letter of Remonstrance to the … Dean of Westminster on his recent invitation to Dr. Colenso to preach in Westminster Abbey, 1875; m. 31 Aug 1859 Mary, eldest dau. of George Abraham Crawley, Whitehall Place, London, solicitor; d. 17 Aug 1911.

Maud, Henry Landon, 1829-1909

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  • Person
  • 1829-1909

MAUD, HENRY LANDON, brother of John Primatt Maud (qv); b. 24 Feb 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1841 (Scott's); QS 1842; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1846, matr. 23 May 1846; BA 1850; MA 1881; ordained deacon 1853, priest 1854 (both Canterbury); Curate, Patrixbourne, Kent 1853, subsequently of Brigstock, Northants, and St. Giles in the Fields, London; Vicar of Assington, Suffolk 1866-77; Vicar of New Milverton, Warwickshire 1877-91; Rector of Sanderstead, Surrey 1892-1902; m. 12 Jun 1855 Amelia Harriet, youngest dau. of Col. Thomas Powell, Rifle Brigade and King’s Horse; d. 7 Mar 1909.

Pechell, Augustus, 1828-1894

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  • Person
  • 1828-1894

PECHELL, AUGUSTUS, eldest son of Horace Robert Pechell (qv); b. 22 Jan 1828; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (Scott's); QS 1843; left 1846; a clerk, House of Lords 20 Jan 1847 – 31 Mar 1876; m. 7 Apr 1863 Lucy Jane, only surviving dau. of Rev. Charles Douglas Beckford, Southampton; d. 4 Apr 1894.

Upperton, Charles Stuart, 1829-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-17246
  • Person
  • 1829-1916

UPPERTON, CHARLES STUART, son of Robert Upperton, Brighton, Sussex, solicitor; b. 5 Feb 1829; adm. 30 Sep 1842 (Scott's); QS 1843; rowed v. Eton 30 Jul 1846; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1847, adm. pens. 13 May 1847, scholar 1848, matr. 1847; BA 1851; MA 1854; ordained deacon 1852, priest 1853 (both Chester); Curate, St. Mary the Virgin, West Derby, Liverpool 1852-8; Perpetual Curate of Burton, Chester 1858-67; Vicar of Ince, Cheshire 1867-86; Hon. Canon, Chester, from 1880; Vicar of Tarvin, Cheshire 1886-96; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Benson Blundell-Hollinshead-Blundell; d. 5 Dec 1916.

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