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WILLIAMS-WYNN, SIR WATKIN, BART., eldest son of Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Bart. (adm. 1784, qv); b. 22 May 1820; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 11 May 1837; Cornet, 1st Life Guards 19 Jul 1839; Lieut., 27 Sep 1842; retd. 7 Jul 1843; succ. father as 6th Baronet 6 Jan 1840; MP (Cons) Denbighshire from 1841; ADC (Volunteers) to Queen Victoria 1881; member, Society of Dilettanti 1883; Busby Trustee 20 May 1879; used to come to the School on St. David’s Day until the last year of his life to ask for an “Early Play” and to tip all the Welsh boys (and “Monos”) a sovereign each; m. 28 Apr 1852 his cousin Mary Emily, youngest dau. of Right Hon. Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn PC KCB GCH, diplomat; d. 9 May 1885.

WILLIAMS-WYNN, CHARLES WATKIN, son of Charles Watkin Willianms-Wynn (adm. 1784, qv); b. 4 Oct 1822; adm. 18 Jun 1832 (Benthall's); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 15 May 1839, Canoneer Student 1839-53; BA 1843; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 6 Apr 1843, called to bar 6 May 1846; North Wales Circuit; Revising Barrister; Recorder of Oswestry 1880; MP (Cons) Montgomeryshire Jul 1862-80; DL JP Montgomeryshire; member, Society of Dilettanti 1871; Busby Trustee 16 Jun 1874; m. 18 Aug 1853 Lady Annora Charlotte Pierrepont, youngest dau. of Charles Pierrepont, 2nd Earl Manvers; d. 25 Apr 1896.

BENTHALL, ARTHUR, brother of William Benthall (qv); b. 5 Apr 1825; adm. 21 Jan 1833 (Benthall's); QS 1838; left 1839; Clare Hall, Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Oct 1843, matr. Lent 1844; BA 1848; MA 1851; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 3 Nov 1843, called to bar 23 Nov 1848; a clerk in the Post Office 1850, subsequently Assistant Secretary; m. 1 Sep 1855 Alice Margaret, dau. of Rev. John Reynolds Wardale, Rector of Higham Gobion, Beds.; d. 16 Feb 1882.

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.

BONNOR, CHARLES CLIFFE JOHN, only son of Maj. Thomas Bonnor, Ceylon Rifles, and Sarah, third dau. of Thomas Hatch; b. 26 Nov 1832; adm. 11 Jun 1846 (Benthall's); QS 1847; d. at school of typhoid fever, 13 May 1848; memorial tablet in North Cloister.

LANE, THOMAS BRUCE, fifth son of Rev. Charles Lane, Rector of Wrotham, Kent, and Frances Catherine, second dau. of Right Rev. Daniel Sandford DD, Bishop of Edinburgh; b. 29 Apr 1831; adm. 20 Jan 1845 (Benthall's); QS 1845; left Midsummer 1847; at Haileybury Coll. 1850-1; Writer, EICS Bengal 1852; Assistant to Magistrate and Collector, Midnapur 1853; Joint Magistrate and Deputy Collector, Jessore 1856; Junior Secretary, Board of Revenue, Lower Provinces 1864-70, Secretary 1870-7; Collector of Customs, Calcutta 1877, retd. 1877; m. 20 Jul 1853 Adelaide Fanny Spring, sister of Frederick Macquoid Samuel Belli (qv); d. 14 Jan 1917.

SARGEAUNT, JAMES PRIMATT, third son of Rev. John Sargeaunt, Rector of Stanwick, Northants, and Sarah, dau. of Richard Steede, Burford, Oxfordshire, surgeon; b. 22 Feb 1831; at Charterhouse Sch. 1840-4; adm. 16 Jan 1845 (Benthall's); QS 1845; left 1846; Jesus Coll. Cambridge; BA 1853; MA 1856; Clerk, War Office 1854; Inspector of Army Schools 1855-70; of Tewkesbury Park, Gloucs.; JP Gloucs.; uncle of John Sargeaunt, Assistant Master at the School; m. 4 Dec 1855 Fanny, dau. of Rev. Joseph Shapland, Tewkesbury Park, Gloucs.; d. 26 Apr 1900.

BLAGDEN, HENRY, son of John James Blagden, Petworth, Sussex, surgeon, and Harriet Ayling (IGI); b. 25 Oct 1832; adm. 27 Sep 1844 (Benthall's); QS (Capt. ) 1847; Capt. of the School 184 (?) [check]; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1851, adm. pens. 30 May 1851, scholar 1852, matr. Mich. 1851; BA 1855; MA 1858; ordained deacon 1855, priest 1856 (both Ely); held curacies 1855-69; Vicar of Hughenden, Bucks., 1869-93; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, from 1892; m. Isabella Catherine, second dau. of James Searight, Lancaster Gate, Bayswater, London; d. 16 Dec 1922.

STANTON, FREDERICK SMITH, fifth son of William Henry Stanton MP, The Thrupp, Gloucs., and Jane, eldest dau. of Roger Smith, The Manor House, Walworth, Surrey; b. 21 Oct 1832; adm. 24 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); EI Coll. Addiscombe 1849-50; 2nd Lieut., Bengal Engineers 9 Dec 1850; Lieut., 11 May 1855; Capt., 27 Aug 1858; Maj., 5 Jul 1872; Superintendent Engineer, 1st grade 18 Apr 1874; Lieut. -Col., 10 Mar 1876; Col., 16 Sep 1886; retd., hon. rank Major-Gen., 28 Mar 1887; Director-Gen. of Railways, Calcutta; served in Indian Mutiny; m. 27 May 1862 his cousin Anne Maria, eldest dau. of Thomas Starkey, Huddersfield, Yorks.; d. 22 Jan 1892.

WICKHAM, WILLIAM, son of Henry Lewis Wickham (qv); b. 10 Jul 1831; adm. 19 Jan 1844 (Benthall's); QS 1846; left Whitsun 1847; New Inn Hall, Oxford, matr. 30 May 1850; BA 1854; MA 1857; adm. Inner Temple 20 Nov 1854, called to bar 6 Jun 1857; MP (Conservative) East Hampshire from 1892; DL Hampshire, High Sheriff 1888, JP 1866; Vice-Chairman, Hampshire County Council, from 1889; member Society of Dilettanti 1894; Busby Trustee 17 Jun 1884; edited The Correspondence of the Right Hon. William Wickham from 1794, 1870; m. 9 May 1860 Sophia Emma, youngest dau. of Henry Francis Shaw-Lefevre; d. 16 May 1897.