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TERRY, ASTLEY FELLOWES, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. Thomas Henry Clarke Terry, Burvale, Surrey, and Charlotte, second dau. of Henry Fellowes; b. 12 May 1840; adm. 20 Jan 1853 (James'); QS 1854; left Mar 1855; Ensign, 60th Rifles 1 Apr 1858; Lieut., 11 Sep 1860; Adjt., 23 Jun 1863; Capt., 18 Dec 1867; Maj., 7 Jan 1880; Lieut. -Col., Kingís Royal Rifle Corps 1 Jul 1881; Col. in Army 1 Jul 1885; retd. as hon. Major-Gen., 1 Jul 1887; served in Zulu campaign 1879 and in operations in East Griqualand 1880; Knight of Justice, Order of St. John of Jerusalem 26 May 1908; author, Uniform and Equipment, Kingís Royal Rifle Corps, 1913, and other works; m. 13 Dec 1864 Edith, youngest dau. of Henry Cory, Weybridge, Surrey; d. 8 Dec 1926.

FORTESCUE-BRICKDALE, SIR CHARLES, eldest son of Matthew Inglett Fortescue-Brickdale (qv); b. 1 Mar 1857; adm. 16 Jun 1870 (James'); QS 1871; one of the founders of The Elizabethan in 1874, designing its original headpiece, and also an illuminated school prayer book, which he presented “curae monitorum” (Elizabethan, I, 63, and xvii, 192); left (with Triplett) Whitsun 1875; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 May 1875; BA 1879; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 May 1877, called to bar 17 Nov 1883; Assistant barrister, Land Registry Office 1888, Assistant Registrar 1894, Registrar and Chief Registrar 1900-23; knighted 1 Jan 1911; JP Gloucestershire; a Busby Trustee from 16 May 1916; author, various publications on transfer of land; m. 5 Sep 1888 Mabel Beatrice, eldest dau. of George Louis Monck Gibbs, Bramley, Surrey; d. 20 Sep 1944.

ABERNETHY, HAROLD WILLIAM, third son of James Abernethy FRS (Ed), Delahay Street, Westminster, President Institute of Civil Engineers, and Ann, eldest dau. of John Neill, Wakefield, Yorks.; b. 22 Oct 1858; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (James'); left Dec 1877; civil engineer; MICE; resident engineer on Runcorn section of Manchester Ship Canal 1885-94; d. 9 Jul 1895 on board the Union S. S. Scot, during his voyage home from the Cape of Good Hope.

ABERNETHY, JOHN SCOTT, brother of Harold William Abernethy (qv); b. 31 May 1860; adm. 26 Jan 1872 (James'); left Aug 1878; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 21 Oct 1880; BA 1886; MA 1888; adm. Middle Temple 26 Jan 1883, called to bar 26 Jan 1887; author, The life and works of James Abernethy, C. E., 1897; m. 1st, 20 Apr 1899 Mary Helen, second dau. of Rev. John Richardson, Rector of Sandy, Beds.; m. 2nd, 8 Jun 1915 Madeleine Philippa, widow of Alexander Edmund Coutts Trotter, The Bush and Dryden, Midlothian, and dau. of Richard William Selby-Lowndes, Elmers, Bletchley, Bucks.; still in Law List 1936 (without address), not 1941.

ADAMS, ARTHUR JOHN, brother of William Frederick Adams (qv); b. 9 Jul 1853; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 1 Oct 1866 (James'); left Dec 1869; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 9 Oct 1871, matr. Mich. 1871, but resided only five terms; entered army from militia as Lieut., Royal West Surrey Regt. 20 Nov 1875; Capt. 15 Feb 1886; half-pay 24 Dec 1890; retd. 24 Dec 1895; still in Army retired list 1929 (not 1933).

ADAMS, WILLIAM FREDERICK, son of William Adams FRCS, Henrietta Street, Cavendish Square, London, orthopaedic surgeon, and Mary Anne, dau. of John Mills; b. 27 Aug 1851; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 26 Jan 1867 (James'); left 1868; adm. member London Stock Exchange 1875, still 1917.

ADDISON, ROBERT BRYDGES, brother of William Grylls Addison (qv); b. 16 Aug 1854; adm. 6 Feb 1868 (James'), BB; left Dec 1868; Professor of Harmony and Composition, Royal Academy of Music; Professor of Music, Trinity Coll. London; a composer; d. unm. 8 Jul 1920.

ADDISON, WILLIAM GRYLLS, son of Rev. William Fountaine Addison, Vicar of Ossett, Yorks., and Sarah Ellen Elizabeth, fourth dau. of Rev. Thomas Grylls, Rector of Cardynham, Cornwall; b. 5 Nov 1852; adm. 6 Jun 1866 (James'); QS Jan 1868; left May 1869; an artist; m. 16 Dec 1880 Alice, dau. of William Knight, Sevenoaks, Kent, artist; d. 30 Sep 1904.

WILLETT, HERBERT BURROWS, eldest son of Alfred Willett FRCS, Wimpole Street, London, and Rose Ellen, only dau. of Sir George Burrows, Bart. , MD FRS, President, Royal College of Physicians; nephew of Frederic Willett (qv); b. 25 Apr 1870; adm. 26 Jan 1883 (J); left Jul 1888; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 13 Oct 1888; played hockey v. Cambridge 1890, 1891; BA 1891; adm. solicitor May 1895; practised in London; JP Sussex; m. 19 Apr 1900 Isobel, dau. of James Matthews Duncan, Brook Street, Hanover Square, London.

WILLIAMSON, PERCY, brother of John Williamson (adm. 1881, qv); b. 12 Jun 1871; adm. 31 May 1883 (J); exhibitioner 1884; QS 1885; Capt. of the School 1889; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1890, Westminster exhibitioner (with Triplett); BA 1895; Clerk, Inland Revenue 1 Apr 1895-1909, Assistant Secretary 1909-16; Special Commissioner of Income Tax 1916-35; m. 12 Nov 1904 Florence Mary, dau. of Herbert Benjamin Gammon, Gipsy Hill, Kent, builder and contractor; d. 1958.