SKINNER, MATTHEW, third son of Robert Skinner, Welton, Northants, Judge of the Marshalsea Court, and Anne, eldest dau. of William Buckby, Chief Justice of Carmarthen, Serjeant-at-Law and Recorder of Daventry; b. 22 Oct 1689; adm.; QS 1704; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1709, matr. 18 Jun 1709, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1709 – void 1720; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jun 1709, called to bar 21 Apr 1716; Oxford Circuit; one of the four Common Pleaders, City of London 1719-22; Recorder of Oxford from 30 May 1721; Serjeant-at-Law 1 Feb 1724; one of King’s Serjeants 11 Jun 1728; King’s Prime Serjeant 12 May 1734; MP Oxford 1734 – Nov 1738; Chief Justice of Chester from 26 Nov 1738; m. 8 Sep 1719 Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Whitfield, Watford Place, Herts.; d. 21 Oct 1749. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.

SHARPE, FANE WILLIAM, eldest son of John Sharpe MP, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, Solicitor to the Treasury, and Olive Cartwright, Holborn; nephew of Gregory Sharpe (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Jan 1737/8; KS (Capt. ) 1743; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1747, matr. 26 Jun 1747, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1747 – void by marriage 26 Mar 1752; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Aug 1747; MP Callington from 11 Feb 1756; FRS 5 Jul 1764; FSA 17 Dec 1767; bequeathed £500 for the use of the King’s Scholars elected annually to the Universities; m. 17 Mar 1752 Mary, only child of George Newport, London, merchant; d. 21 Oct 1771.

By his will dated 30 Sep 1771 (proved 8 Nov 1771) he gave to William Markham (adm.1733, qv), formerly Head Master of the School and then Bishop of Chester, and to John Thomas, Dean of Westminster, “the sum of £500 to be by them disposed of [for] the benefit of Westminster School or College as they shall think fit”. The fund was subsequently consolidated with the School Exhibition Fund, and the benefaction was commemorated by an exhibition known as the F.W.Sharpe exhibition.

RICKETTS, CHARLES MILNER, second son of George Poyntz Ricketts, Governor of Barbados, and Sophia, dau. of William Watts, EICS Bengal, Governor of Fort William; b. 21 Apr 1776; adm. 3 Apr 1788; KS 1790; Writer, EICS Bengal 1791; arrived in India 25 Jul 1792; Assistant to Resident, Rangpur 2 Nov 1792; Sub-Export Warehouse Keeper 1799; Secretary, Board of Trade, Salt and Opium Dept., 1804; Director, Bank of Bengal 18 Jan 1811; Private Secretary to Governor-Gen. 1813, 1817; Chief Secretary to Government 13 Oct 1815; Member, Supreme Council, and President, Board of Trade, 12 Dec 1817 – 23 Jan 1819, res.; MP Dartmouth 4 Jan 1820 – Mar 1822; FRS 23 Mar 1820; Consul-General, Lima 1827-9; m. 8 Mar 1800 Ellen Theresa, widow of Sackville Marcus Taylor, EICS Bengal, and dau. of Miles Prendergast, co. Galway; d. 7 Sep 1867.

PEMBERTON, CHRISTOPHER ROBERT, second son of Christopher Robert Pemberton MD FRCP FRS, Newton, Cambs., Physician Extraordinary to George IV, and his second wife Eleanor, only dau. of James Hamilton, Woodbrook, co. Tyrone; b. 28 Jan 1801; adm. Mich. 1813; KS 1814; Capt. of the School 1818; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1819, matr. 21 May 1819, Westminster Student (still 1829); BA 1824; MA 1826; Junior Clerk, Treasury Jan 1821 – Aug 1826, Assistant Clerk of Revenue Aug 1826 – Oct 1834, Assistant Clerk Oct 1834 - Mar 1850; Private Secretary to Secretary of Treasury Aug 1824 – Sep 1827, Feb 1828 – Nov 1830, and to Right Hon. Henry Goulburn MP when Chancellor of the Exchequer Sep 1841- Jul 1846; DL JP Cambridgeshire, High Sheriff 1859; m. 13 Jun 1829 Henrietta, eldest dau. of Nathaniel William Peach, Ketteringham Hall, Norfolk; d. 26 Jun 1884.

VANE, HON. FREDERICK, brother of Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington (qv); b. 26 Jun 1732; adm. Jan 1739/40 (Watts'); KS 1746; still at school 1749; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jan 1749/50, matr. 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with Senior Proctor in exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; MP co. Durham 1761-74; Deputy Treasurer, Chelsea Hospital; of Sellaby, co. Durham; m. 1st, 15 Jun 1758 Henrietta, sister of Sir William Meredith, Bart. (qv); m. 2nd, 1796 Jane, dau. of Arthur Lysaght, and niece of John Lysaght, 1st Baron Lisle (I); d. 28 Apr 1801.

WALKER-HENEAGE, GEORGE HENEAGE, eldest son of George Wyld (qv); b. 17 Jul 1799; adm. 30 May 1809; KS 1812; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1817, matr. 22 May 1817, Westminster Student; assumed surname of Walker-Heneage in lieu of Wyld 20 Aug 1818; BA 1821; MA 1823; MP (Cons) Devizes 1838-57; DL JP Wiltshire, High Sheriff 1829; Chief Proclamator, Court of Common Pleas, and hereditary Chief Usher, Court of Exchequer Nov 1822 – Jun 1852, when post abolished; m. 7 Aug 1824 Harriet Sarah, eldest dau. of William Webber, Binfield Lodge, Berks.; d. 21 Sep 1875.

WARD, SIR HENRY GEORGE, only son of Robert Ward (afterwards Plumer-Ward) MP, Clerk of the Ordnance, Gilston Park, Herts., barrister, politician and novelist, and his first wife Catherine Julia, dau. of Christopher Thompson Maling, West Herrington, co. Durham; b. 27 Feb 1797; adm. 14 Jun 1808; KS (aged 13) 1810; left 1810; went to Harrow Sch.; attaché, British Legation, Stockholm 1816, The Hague 1818, Madrid 1819; Minister Plenipotentiary, Mexico Oct 1823-7; MP (Whig) St. Albans 1832-7, Sheffield 1837- May 1849; Secretary to the Admiralty 1846 – May 1849; High Commissioner, Ionian Islands May 1849 – Apr 1855; Governor of Ceylon May 1855 – Jun 1860; Governor of Madras from Jun 1860; GCMG 1849; author, Mexico in 1825-7; m. 8 Apr 1824 Emily Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John Edward Swinburne, Bart.; d. from cholera at Madras, India 2 Aug 1860.

PHILIPPS, GEORGE, brother of John Louis Philipps (adm. 1753, qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 14) 1757 (as George Philips); elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1761, adm. pens. 21 May 1761, scholar 30 Apr 1762, matr. Mich. 1761; BA 1766; MA 1769; High Sheriff, Carmarthenshire 1767-8 (or 1770 ?); Mayor, Carmarthen 1773-4; MP Carmarthen 1780-4; m. ; d. 17 Apr 1784.

VINCENT, HENRY; b. ; adm. ; KS 1700. [Possibly Sir Henry Vincent, Bart. , fourth but eldest surviving son of Sir Francis Vincent, Bart. MP, Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey, and Rebecca, dau. of Jonathan Ashe, London, merchant; bapt. Stoke D’Abernon, Surrey 10 Jul 1685 (IGI); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxford, matr. 11 Oct 1703, aged 18; MP Guildford 21 Feb 1728-34; succ. father as 6th baronet 10 Feb 1736; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Bazaliel Sherman, London, Turkey merchant; d. 20 Jan 1757 : see William Vincent, below]

WATKINS, HENRY, son of Richard Watkins (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1680; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1684, matr. 16 Dec 1684, aged 18, Westminster Student 15 Dec 1684 – Jul 1713, Faculty Student from 18 Jul 1713; BA 1688; MA 1691; Secretary to Earl of Strafford when Ambassador to the United Provinces Apr 1711 – Mar 1712; Secretary to Duke of Ormonde Mar 1712; Judge Advocate to Army in Flanders; MP Brackley 20 Apr 1714 – 1715; Secretary to Earl of Arran, Chancellor, Oxford Univ., from 1722; d. unm. 25 Mar 1727. Buried East Cloister, Westminster Abbey.