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Jamaica College

Bayly, Charles Nathaniel, 1777-1853

  • GB-2014-WSA-02884
  • Person
  • 1777-1853

BAYLY, CHARLES NATHANIEL, son of Nathaniel Bayly MP, of Jamaica and of Hanwell, Middlesex, and his second wife Sophia Magdalena Lamack, Clapham, Surrey; b. 9 Apr 1777; adm. 15 Mar 1786; KS 1790; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1794, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1794, aged 17, but not adm. scholar in consequence of his refusal to take statutory oath, matr. Lent 1796; BA 1798; adm. Inner Temple 26 Jun 1792, called to bar 23 Nov 1798; m. 12 Sep 1799 Lady Sarah Villiers, fifth dau. of George Villiers, 4th Earl of Jersey PC; d. 14 Dec 1853.

Johnston, Thomas Gregory, ca. 1750-1787

  • GB-2014-WSA-10178
  • Person
  • ca. 1750-1787

JOHNSTON, THOMAS GREGORY, son of Thomas Johnston, Spanish Town, Jamaica, West Indies; b.; adm.; KS (aged 13) 1763; d. 12 Oct 1787.

May, William Vassall, ca. 1762-1811

  • GB-2014-WSA-12066
  • Person
  • ca. 1762-1811

MAY, WILLIAM VASSALL, son of Rose Herring May, Spanish Town, Jamaica, member of council, Jamaica, and Mary Trelawny, dau. of John Wigan (qv); nephew of Florentius May (qv); b.; adm. 12 Jun 1770; KS (aged 13) 1775; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1779, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1779, but did not matr.; adm. Inner Temple 20 Feb 1777; Ensign, 94th Foot 26 Dec 1781; half-pay, 60th Foot 1783; d. 6 Dec 1811.

Mitchell, John, 1781-1827

  • GB-2014-WSA-12379
  • Person
  • 1781-1827

MITCHELL, JOHN, son of David Mitchell, Carshalton House, Surrey, and Jamaica, West Indies, plantation owner, and Anne Hewitt Smith; b. Jamaica 1781; adm.; in school list 1795; KS 1796; probably Mitchell who played cricket v. Eton at Lords’s 8 Aug 1799; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 5 Feb 1800; BA 1804; MA 1808; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 1803, called to bar 1808; MP Kingston upon Hull 1818-26; of Doune Lodge, Perthshire; m. 11 Sep 1824 Eliza, eldest dau. of John Elliott, Pimlico Lodge, Westminster, porter brewer; d. 24 Jun 1827 [ or 29 Aug 1859 ?].

Pope, Edward, 1794-1855

  • GB-2014-WSA-14105
  • Person
  • 1794-1855

POPE, EDWARD, son of Ebenezer Pope, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, and Anna Maria, dau. of Thomas Eves, Clifford, Herefs.; bapt. St. Clement Danes 15 Feb 1794; in school lists 1801; KS (aged 14) 1808; left Christmas 1811; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 Apr 1812; migrated to Queen’s Coll., exhibitioner 1815-6, scholar 1816-20; BA 1816; MA 1819; BD and DD 1836; Fellow, Queen’s Coll. 1820-7; ordained; Archdeacon of Jamaica; m. 1st, 10 Jun 1825 Augusta, sister of Charles Richard Bigge (qv); m. 2nd, [?] Mary Jane, dau. of John Campbell, Jamaica; d. Feb 1855.

Thomson, Samuel Wells, ca. 1782-1812

  • GB-2014-WSA-16825
  • Person
  • ca. 1782-1812

THOMSON, SAMUEL WELLS, son of David Thomson, Hanover, Jamaica, “doctor” [probably medical practitioner]; b.; adm.; at school 1791; in school list 1795; Min. Can. 1796; KS 1797; probably Thomson who played cricket v. Eton on Hounslow Heath 25 Jul 1796 and at Lord’s 8 Aug 1799; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 - void 11 Apr 1808; BA 1804; MA 1811; ordained; d. 30 Apr 1812, aged 30. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

Trelawny, Edward, 1699-1754

  • GB-2014-WSA-17029
  • Person
  • 1699-1754

TRELAWNY, EDWARD, fourth son of Sir Jonathan Trelawny, Bart. (qv); bapt. 9 Jul 1699; adm.; QS (Capt. ) 1713; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1717, matr. 27 Jun 1717, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1717 - vacated 11 Jul 1721, when re-entered as gentleman commoner; adm. Inner Temple 2 Jun 1715; MP West Looe 20 Jan 1724 - Dec 1732; a Commissioner for Victualling 21 Oct 1725 – 9 Mar 1732/3; a Commissioner of Customs, Scotland 1732-7; elected MP for both West and East Looe at general election 1734, but disqualified for sitting for either, as being a Commissioner of Customs; Governor of Jamaica 30 Apr 1738 - Sep 1752; an able and efficient administrator; settled the Maroons; Col., 49th Foot, from 25 Dec 1743; took part in expedition against Cartagena 1742 and in capture of Port Louis, San Domingo 1748; returned to England 1753; m. 1st, 6 Nov 1737 Amoretta, dau. of John Crawford (and “niece to Countess of Dartmouth” (GM)); m. 2nd, 2 Feb 1752 Catherine, widow of Robert Penny, Attorney-Gen., Jamaica, and dau. of John Douce, Clarendon, Jamaica; d. 16 Jan 1754. DNB. [Perhaps Lieut., 6th Dragoons 1724-6].