Showing 1547 results

People & Organisations
Person Grant's

Bosanquet, William Henry Francis, 1805-1878

  • GB-2014-WSA-03548
  • Person
  • 1805-1878

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. .

Gumbleton, George, 1843-1894

  • GB-2014-WSA-00726
  • Person
  • 1843-1894

GUMBLETON, GEORGE, younger son of Rev. George Gumbleton, Belgrove, near Queenstown, co. Cork, and his second wife Frances Anne, dau. of James Penrose, Woodhill, co. Cork; b. 4 Jun 1843; adm. 30 Jul 1857 (G); QS 1858; Capt. of the School 1861; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1862, matr. 12 Jun 1862; BA 1866; MA and BCL 1869; DCL 1886; adm. Inner Temple 6 May 1867, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; migr. to Middle Temple; Oxford Circuit; a law reporter for The Times; founded Gumbleton English Verse Prize at the School 1874; author, Sketches in Sunny Climes; m. 18 Jul 1889 Jessie Ramsay, eldest dau. of Thomas Skinner, Roland Gardens, South Kensington; d. 25 May 1894.

In 1874 he gave a prize of £5 for the encouragement of English verse composition. This gift he continued annually until 1881, when he gave £100 as a permanent endowment for the prize. The endowment is now held in the School’s Gumbleton Fund (terms varied by schemes of 16 Apr 1959 and 8 Nov 1965).

Agar, James, 1734-1789

  • GB-2014-WSA-01977
  • Person
  • 1734-1789

AGAR, JAMES, 1ST VISCOUNT CLIFDEN (I), eldest son of Henry Agar MP (I), Gowran Castle, co. Kilkenny, by Anne, only surviving dau. of Welbore Ellis (KS 1676, qv); b. 25 Mar 1734; adm. Nov. 1746 (Grant's); left 1752; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 20 Apr 1752; MP (I) Gowran 1753-60, Co. Kilkenny 1761-76, Gowran 1776; a Commissioner of the Irish Revenue 3 Feb 1772-85, and of the Irish Excise 13 Jul 1776-85; created Baron Clifden (I) 27 Jan 1776; Viscount Clifden (I) 12 Jan 1781; joint Postmaster-General, Ireland 16 Jul 1784-9; Privy Councillor (I) 16 Oct 1784; m. 20 Mar 1760 Lucy, widow of Hon. Henry Boyle Walsingham MP (I), and eldest dau. of Col. John Martin, Dublin; d. 1 Jan 1789.

Agar, Harold Evelyn Talbot, 1876-1962

  • GB-2014-WSA-01974
  • Person
  • 1876-1962

Agar, Harold Evelyn Talbot, brother of Charles Talbot Agar (q.v.); b. Aug. 14, 1876; adm. Sept. 25, 1888 (G); Exhibitioner 1890; left July 1892; Trin. Coll. Camb. ladm. pensr. June 25, 1894), matric. Michaelmas 1894; a member of the London Stock Exchange from 1911; Major 3rd London Field Co. Divisional Engineers R.E. June 1, 1916; m. June 22, 1904 Beatrice Frances Jervis, only daughter of C. W. Jervis-Smith, of Doveridge, Derbyshire; d. at Vence, France, June 18, 1962.

Glyn, George, ca. 1739-1814

  • GB-2014-WSA-07866
  • Person
  • ca. 1739-1814

GLYN, SIR GEORGE, BART., second son of Sir Richard Glyn, Bart., MP, Lord Mayor of London, and his first wife Susannah, only dau. of George Lewen MP, Ewell, Surrey; b.; adm. (aged 13) Apr 1752 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 May 1758; BA 1760; MA 1763; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 5 May 1757; adm. Inner Temple 10 Apr 1761, called to bar 1 May 1761; succ. father as 2nd baronet 1 Jan. 1773; m. 1st, 7 Jul 1768 Jane, dau. of Rev. Watkin Lewes, Tredevel, Pembs.; m. 2nd, 11 Jun 1796 Catherine, youngest dau. of Rev. Gervas Powell, Lanhavan, Glamorgan; d. 4 Sep 1814.

Musgrave, George, ca. 1740-1824

  • GB-2014-WSA-12814
  • Person
  • ca. 1740-1824

MUSGRAVE, GEORGE, youngest son of George Musgrave (KS 1698, qv); b.; adm.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1752 (Grant's); Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 May 1758; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 May 1761; MP Carlisle 1768-74; d. unm. 27 Mar 1824.

Chichester, John, 1740-1783

  • GB-2014-WSA-04780
  • Person
  • 1740-1783

CHICHESTER, HON. JOHN, brother of Arthur Chichester, 1st Marquis of Donegal (qv); b. 26 Dec 1740; adm. Jun 1751 (Grant's); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 Jul 1759; MP (I) Belfast 1761-8, Carrickfergus 1769-76; d. unm. 6 Feb 1783.

Barwell, John Brooke, 1743-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-02806
  • Person
  • 1743-?

BARWELL, JOHN BROOKE, brother of William Barwell (qv); bapt. 20 Jul 1743; adm. (aged 8) Jun 1751 (Grant's); KS 1757; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1760, adm. pens. 5 Jun 1760, scholar 17 Apr 1761, matr. Mich. 1760; BA 1764; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Jul 1764.

Ridge, Thomas, ca. 1736-1801

  • GB-2014-WSA-14713
  • Person
  • ca. 1736-1801

RIDGE, THOMAS, son of Humphrey Ridge, Kilmeston, Hampshire, and Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Richard Bentley DD, Master of Trinity Coll. Cambridge; b.; adm. (aged 14) Feb 1750/1 (Grant's) (see trial of John Ward for theft, Old Bailey Records Feb 1754); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 May 1754, aged 17, scholar 18 Apr 1755, matr. 1755; BA 1758; MA 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1759, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1761; of Kilmeston, Hampshire; m. 17 Apr 1767 (IGI) his cousin Mary, dau. of John Ridge, Portsea, Hampshire; d. 3 Feb 1801.

Results 1 to 10 of 1547