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Anketell, Matthew David, 1841-1872

  • GB-2014-WSA-02180
  • Person
  • 1841-1872

ANKETELL, MATTHEW DAVID, eldest son of Matthew John Anketell, Anketell Grove, co. Monaghan, and Catherine Anne Frances, eldest dau. of David Ker MP, Portavo and Montalto, co. Down; b. 5 Jan 1841; adm. 18 Oct 1851 (G); of Anketell Grove, co. Monaghan; killed by a fall from his horse 17 Jul 1872.

Benbow, Herbert Clifton, 1861-1941

  • GB-2014-WSA-03017
  • Person
  • 1861-1941

BENBOW, HERBERT CLIFTON, son of John Benbow, Uxbridge, Middlesex, merchant, and Adela, dau. of Daniel Tookey; grandson of Clifton Benbow (qv); b. 4 Oct 1861; adm. as exhibitioner (G) 27 May 1875; QS 1876; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1880, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1880, matr. Mich. 1880; BA 1884; MA 1910; a schoolmaster at Cargilfield Sch., Cramond Bridge, Midlothian, 1883-1927; d. 2 Feb 1941.

Benthall, William, 1803-1877

  • GB-2014-WSA-03090
  • Person
  • 1803-1877

BENTHALL, WILLIAM, son of William Searle Benthall (previously Bentall), Totnes and Buckfast Abbey, Devon, woollen manufacturer and banker, and Mary Ann, dau. of William Marshall MD, Totnes; b. 21 Jan 1803; adm. (G) 7 Jun 1815; KS 1817; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1821, adm. pens. 9 Jun 1821, scholar 1822, matr. Mich. 1821; a banker at Totnes c. 1823-41, when his partnership went bankrupt; m. 8 Sep 1831 Elizabeth Charlotte Cornish; d. 16 Jun 1877.

Bovill, Elliot Charles, 1848-1893

  • GB-2014-WSA-03601
  • Person
  • 1848-1893

BOVILL, SIR ELLIOT CHARLES, brother of William Edward Bovill (qv); b. 23 Apr 1848; adm. 28 Jan 1857 [check]; QS 1863; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1867, matr. 12 Jun 1867; BA 1871; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 23 Apr 1869, called to bar 27 Jan 1873; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; hon. sec., Elizabethan Club, 1873-9; Assist. Judicial Commissioner, Cyprus, 1879-81, Judicial Commissioner 1881-3, Chief Justice 1883-92; knighted 11 Aug 1884; Chief Justice of the Straits Settlements from 13 Aug 1892 ; m. 27 Jul 1876 Anna, younger dau. of Rev. John Tahourdin White DD, Rector of St. Martin’s, Ludgate, London; d. at Singapore 24 Mar 1893.

Butler, William John, 1818-1894

  • GB-2014-WSA-04258
  • Person
  • 1818-1894

BUTLER, WILLIAM JOHN, eldest son of John Laforey Butler, Finchley, Middlesex, London merchant and banker, and Henrietta, dau. of Capt. Robert Patrick; b. 10 Feb 1818; adm. (G) 7 Oct 1830; KS 1832; rowed v. Eton 12 May 1836; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1836, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1836, scholar 1837; BA 1840; MA 1844 (incorp. Oxford 1847); DD 1885; ordained deacon 1841, priest 1842 (Winchester); Curate, Dogmersfield, Hants., 1841-3, Puttenham, Surrey, 1843-4; Perpetual Curate of Wareside, Herts., 1844-6; Vicar of Wantage, Berks., 1846-80; founder and Warden of Penitential Sisterhood of St. Mary, Wantage, 1850; elected Bishop of Natal by diocesan synod 25 Oct 1866, but his election was disapproved by Archbishop Longley; Hon. Canon, Christ Church, Oxford, 1872; Canon of Worcester 1880-5; Dean of Lincoln from 15 Jul 1885; a Busby Trustee from 25 May 1889; author, Sermons for Working Men, 1847, and other works; m. 29 Jul 1843 Emma, dau. of George Henry Barnett, Glympton Park, Oxfordshire, banker; d. 14 Jan 1894. DNB.

Charlton, William Henry, 1814-1874

  • GB-2014-WSA-04707
  • Person
  • 1814-1874

CHARLTON, WILLIAM HENRY, son of Rev. William Henry Charlton, Vicar of Felmingham, Norfolk, Domestic Chaplain to Duke of Dorset; b. 17 Dec 1814; adm. (G) 26 Jan 1826; KS 1829; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1833, adm. pens. 4 Jun 1833, scholar 1834, matr. Mich. 1833; BA 1837; MA 1841; ordained deacon 1838 (Rochester), priest 20 Oct 1839 (Peterborough); Rector of St. George’s with St. Paul’s, Stamford, Lincs., 12 May 1840; Domestic Chaplain to Marquis of Exeter 1846; Rector of Easton, Lincs., from 12 May 1848; m. 17 May 1843 Sarah, eldest dau. of Thomas Hippisley Jackson, Stamford, Lincs., solicitor; d. 2 May 1874.

Clarke, Frederick Garnett, 1862-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-04902
  • Person
  • 1862-?

CLARKE, FREDERICK GARNETT, brother of Francis Richard Clarke (qv); b. 16 Jan 1862; adm. (G) 27 May 1875; left Aug 1880; in nitrate industry at Valparaiso, Chile; m. 1st, 14 Sep 1886 Penelope, dau. of George Petrie, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, shipowner; m. 2nd, Laura, dau. of Alberto Alibaud, Santiago, Chile.

Cotton, George Edward Lynch, 1813-1866

  • GB-2014-WSA-05360
  • Person
  • 1813-1866

COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH, only son of Capt. Thomas D’Avenant Cotton, 7th Foot, and Mary Headley Burnley, Halifax, Nova Scotia; grandson of George Cotton (qv); b. 29 Oct 1813; adm. (G) 17 Jan 1825; KS 1828; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1832, adm. pens. 11 Jun 1832, scholar 1833, matr. Mich. 1832; 8th Classic and 40th Senior Optime 1836; BA 1836; MA 1839; DD 1858 (incorp. Oxford 3 Jun 1858); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1838, Major Fellow 1839; Assistant Master, Rugby School, 1837-52 (the “young master” of Tom Brown’s Schooldays); Headmaster, Marlborough Coll., 1852-8; ordained deacon 1 Feb 1839, priest 9 Jun 1839 (both Worcester); Bishop of Calcutta from 1858; consecrated in Westminster Abbey 13 May 1858; established schools for the education of poor European and Eurasian children; m. 26 Jun 1845 his cousin Sophia Anne, dau. of Rev. Henry Tomkinson, Reaseheath Hall, Cheshire, Vicar of Acton, Cheshire; accidentally drowned in the Ganges at Kushtia 6 Oct 1866. DNB.

Coventry, Thomas Henry, 1792-1869

  • GB-2014-WSA-05407
  • Person
  • 1792-1869

COVENTRY, HON. THOMAS HENRY, fourth son of George William Coventry, 7th Earl of Coventry (qv) and his second wife; b. 18 Sep 1792; adm. 18 Jan 1805; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 17 Oct 1811; BA 1815; MA 1827; ordained deacon and priest, 1816; Rector of Pirton with Croome D’Abitot, Worcs., 1 Nov 1816-33; Rector of Hill Croome, Worcs., from 19 Feb 1827; Rector of Severn Stoke, Worcs., from 2 Mar 1833; d. 20 Aug 1869.

Croft, Archer Denman, 1801-1865

  • GB-2014-WSA-05547
  • Person
  • 1801-1865

CROFT, SIR ARCHER DENMAN, BART., brother of Sir Thomas Elmsley Croft, Bart. (qv); b. 7 Dec 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; left 8 Aug 1816; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 21 Aug 1820, called to bar 30 Apr 1839 [check]; succ. his brother as 8th baronet 29 Oct 1835; a Master, Court of Queen’s Bench 1837-64; m. 31 Aug 1837 Julia Barbara, widow of Athelstan Corbet, Ynys-y-Maengwyn, Merionethshire, and youngest dau. of Major-Gen. John Garstin, EICS Bengal, successively Surveyor-Gen. and Chief Engineer, Bengal; d. 10 Jan 1865.

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