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SMYTH, SIR NEVILL MASKELYNE, younger son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth (qv); b. 14 Aug 1868; adm. 8 Jun 1882 (G); left 1885; RMC Sandhurst 1886; 2nd Lieut., 2nd Dragoon Guards 22 Aug 1888; Lieut., 26 Apr 1895; Capt., 8 Dec 1897; Brevet Maj., 22 Aug 1902; Maj., 6th Dragoon Guards 28 Oct 1903; Lieut. -Col., 1 May 1909 – 30 Apr 1913; Brevet Col., 4 Dec 1912; temp. Brig. -Gen., 20 May 1915 – 27 Dec 1916; temp. Major-Gen., 28 Dec 1916 – 31 Dec 1917; Major-Gen. Jan 1918; Col., 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards 1920-5; retd. 1924; served in Zhob Valley expedition 1890-1, expedition to Dongola 1896, and Nile expeditions of 1897, 1898, 1899; severely wounded at battle of Omdurman 2 Sep 1898; mentioned in despatches LG 3 Nov 1896, and 30 Sep and 15 Nov 1898; VC 15 Nov 1898 (for gallantry at Omdurman); served in South African War 1902; during First World War served in Egypt, at Gallipoli, and on the Western Front; in command of Egyptian Army’s 1st class Military District, Sudan 1914-5, 1st Australian Infantry Brigade at Gallipoli 1915-6; mentioned in despatches LG 6 and 28 Jan and 13 Jul 1916, 4 Jan, 15 May and 11 Dec 1917, 28 May and 20 Dec 1918, 5 Jul 1919; CB 14 Jan 1916; KCB 9 Jun 1919; Commander, Order of Leopold, and Croix de Guerre, Belgium; Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, France; m. 23 Jul 1918 Evelyn Olwen, eldest dau. of Sir Arthur Osmond Williams, Bart., MP; d. at Melbourne, Australia 21 Jul 1941.

MILWARD, WILLIAM, third son of Robert Milward MP, Stafford, Staffs., and Middle Temple, London, Second Justice of Chester, and his first wife Isabel, eldest dau. and coheiress of Sir William Zouche, Kt, Codnor, Derbs.; b. ; adm. ; KS 1677 ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1679, matr. 12 Dec 1679, aged 19, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1679 - void 1688 ; BA 1683 ; ordained deacon 21 Feb 1685/6 (Oxford) ; Curate, Basingstoke, Hampshire (occurs 1686, 1691, as Millward, no given name recorded) ; m. (by Jun 1688) Ann, sister of Thomas Willis (at school under Busby, qv).

JONES, JOHN, son of John Jones, London, Apothecary in Ordinary to Charles I [and/or II : a John Jones held post of Apothecary to the Household 1661-93]; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1663, matr. 3 Jul 1663, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1663 – void 1679, Tutor 1673; BA 1667; MA 23 Mar 1669/70; BD 1678; Proctor 1675; ordained deacon and priest 1672; Rector of Selattyn, Shropshire; Canon of St. Asaph 1681; d. 15 Feb. 1710.

BOSANQUET, NICHOLAS WILLIAM TINDAL, third son of James Whatman Bosanquet (qv), and his first wife; b. 2 May 1844; adm. (G) 24 Sep 1857; QS 1859; left Whitsun 1863; Ensign, 2nd Foot, 3 May 1864; Lieut., 25 Dec 1867; d. 2 Oct 1877.

BOSANQUET, RICHARD ARTHUR, youngest son of Samuel Richard Bosanquet (qv); b. 25 May 1852; adm. (G) 15 Jun 1865; QS 1867; left Mar 1870; a coffee planter and visiting agent, Ceylon, 1870-9; a merchant at Colombo, Ceylon, 1879-89; member, Ceylon Legislative Council; returned to England 1889; m. 15 Nov 1888 Ruth Rivers, eldest dau. of Sir Augustus Rivers Thompson KCSI CIE, Lieut. -Gov. Bengal; d. 20 Oct 1936.

BOSANQUET, WILLIAM HENRY FRANCIS, brother of Samuel Richard Bosanquet (qv); b. 5 Feb 1805; adm. (G) 19 Jun 1816; adm. Inner Temple 13 May 1825, called to bar Trinity 1836; equity draughtsman and conveyancer; of Knockane and Kilmagemogue, co. Waterford; m. 6 May 1861 Amelia Mary Georgiana, eldest dau. of John Sherlock, Kilmagemogue, co. Waterford; d. 29 Sep 1878. .

Worthington, Lawrence Valentine, brother of Arthur Little Worthington (qv); b. 6 Mar. 1920; adm. Sept. 1933 (R); left July 1938; Princeton Univ.; USNR 1943-6; Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst., res. asst 1946-50, res. assoc. 1950-8, physical oceanographer 1958-63, sen. scientist 1963, chairman Dept of Physical Oceanography 1974; m. 1952 Ruth Scott, d. of R. C. Mc Guinness of Denver, Colorado; d. May 1986.

Worthington, Arthur Little, son of Bond Valentine Thomas Worthington (qv); b. 11 Nov. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (R); left Mar. 1936; Harvard Univ.; Field Artillery US Army in WW2 (Lieut.); manager Côte D'Azur-Monaco region First Nat. City Bank of New York; Chevalier Ordre de la Couronne (Belgium); m. 17 May 1941 Burdeene, d. of Paul Hill Irvin of Forest Hills NY; d. 8 Aug. 1983.

Worthington, Harold, brother of Bond Valentine Thomas Worthington (q.v.); b. Nov. 25, 1890; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (H); left July 1906; Yale Univ. 1909; A.B.; an electrical engineer 1915-7; served with the first U.S. Div. of Field Artillery as Lieut. in France in Great War I; director of New York Travel Courses since 1924; m. Feb. 19, 1926, Sada Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Van Schuyver Hoyt, of New York; d. 8 Mar. 1978.