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            GB-2014-WSA-01868 · Entidad colectiva · 1560-

            College, the home of the Queen’s Scholars and the oldest house at Westminster, was effectively founded in 1560 when the school’s charter stipulated that there should be 40 Queen’s Scholars. Special weight in their selection was to be given to ability, good character and poverty. To become Scholars, boys had to pass an oral examination known as ‘The Challenge’, which shifted to paper in 1856.
            Scholars had special privileges not accorded to other boys, such as the right to enter the Palace of Westminster.
            The Scholars include John Dryden, the first Poet Laureate (1631-1700); John Locke (1632-1704), the empiricist philosopher; A. A. Milne (1882-1956), creator of Winnie-the-Pooh; and Kim Philby (1912-1988), of the Cambridge spy ring. The first female scholars were admitted to College in 2017.

            Addenbrooke, John, d. 1733
            GB-2014-WSA-01944 · Persona · d. 1733

            ADDENBROOKE, JOHN, son of John Addenbrooke, Newport, Shropshire; b.; adm.; KS 1698; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1702, matr. 12 Jun 1702, aged 19, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1702 - 4 Jul 1706 (deprived, having been degraded one year for misbehaviour, 13 Dec 1705); migrated to St. Mary Hall; BA 10 Mar 1706/7; MA Camb. Univ. (from St. Catherine’s Hall) 1710; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 21 Sep 1707 to curacy of Pilton, Northants.; Rector of Sutton, Shropshire, from 10 Aug 1724; Rector of Upper Sapey, Herefordshire, from 10 Aug 1724 [check]; Vicar of Wolferlow, Herefs., 29 May 1725 - Feb 1728; d. by 23 Sep 1733.

            Affleck, James, 1759-1833
            GB-2014-WSA-01967 · Persona · 1759-1833

            AFFLECK, SIR JAMES, BART., eldest son of James Affleck (qv); b. 29 Apr 1759; adm. 20 Sep 1773; KS 1774; left 1776; Ensign 43rd Foot 29 Feb 1776; Lieut. 9 Dec 1778; Capt. 26th Foot 15 Sept 1779; Capt. -Lieut. and Capt., 23rd Light Dragoons 16 Jan 1782; Maj. 19th Light Dragoons 6 Dec 1786; Lieut. -Col. (brevet) 1 Mar 1794; Lieut. -Col. 16th Light Dragoons 25 Mar 1795; Col. (brevet) 1 Jan 1798; Brig. -Gen. in Ireland May 1803; Maj. -Gen. 1 Jan 1805; Lieut. -Gen. 4 Jun 1811; Gen. 27 May 1825; served in American War, wounded at Rhode Island; succ. his cousin Gilbert as 3rd baronet 17 Jul 1808; d. unm. 10 Aug 1833.

            Agar, Charles Bagenal, 1769-1811
            GB-2014-WSA-01970 · Persona · 1769-1811

            AGAR, HON. CHARLES BAGENAL, third son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 13 Aug 1769; adm. 18 May 1778; KS 1784; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1788, matr. 22 May 1788, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1788 – void 25 Jun 1800; BA 1792; MA 1795; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 14 Jul 1788, called to bar 9 Jun 1796; a Commissioner of Bankrupts 1799 (occurs in annual lists 1801-4); Commissioner of Appeals of Excise 10 Mar 1800 – 7 Jul 1806; Deputy Recorder of Oxford 1801; High Sheriff of Cornwall 1809; m. 2 Nov 1804 Anna Maria, only dau. of Thomas Hunt MP, Mollington, Cheshire, and Lanhydrock, Cornwall, and sole heiress of her great-uncle Henry, 3rd Earl of Radnor; d. 16 Jun 1811.

            Agar, George Charles, 1780-1856
            GB-2014-WSA-01973 · Persona · 1780-1856

            AGAR, HON. GEORGE CHARLES, second son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); b. 1 Aug 1780; in school list 1795; KS 1796; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1800, matr. 12 Jun 1800, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1800 – void 2 Jul 1810; BA 1804; MA 1807; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 21 Jan 1804; Lieut. 6 Jun 1809; retd. 5 Nov 1811; served in Peninsular War; FRS 9 Jun 1832; d. 24 Jan 1856.

            Agar, Henry, d. 1798
            GB-2014-WSA-01975 · Persona · d. 1798

            AGAR, HENRY, brother of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b.; adm. (aged 8) Dec 1750 (Grant's); KS 1757; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1761, matr. 21 May 1761, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1761 – void by marriage 12 Jun 1765; BA 1765; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 May 1761; ordained; Prebendary of Cloyne from 30 Jul 1768; Vicar of Templebodane, co. Cork 30 Jul 1768 – Oct 1769; Rector of Agabulloge, co. Cork, from 4 Jul 1770; m. c. 1765 Mary, dau. of Benjamin Tyrrell, Oxford; d. 14 May 1798.

            Agar, John Ellis, 1764-1797
            GB-2014-WSA-01979 · Persona · 1764-1797

            AGAR, HON. JOHN ELLIS, second son of James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden (qv); b. 31 Dec 1764; adm. 14 Sep 1773; KS 1780; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1784, matr. 9 Jun 1784, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1784 – void 5 Jul 1790 (expiry year of grace as R. Duntrileague from 20 Jul 1789); BA 1788; MA 1791; ordained; Rector of Duntrileague, co. Limerick 1789; Prebendary of Emly from 4 Jul 1789; Rector of St. George’s, Dublin; Precentor of Christ Church, Dublin from 27 Feb 1796; m. 11 Mar 1792 Hon. Harriet Flower, dau. of William Flower, 2nd Viscount Ashbrook (I); d. 3 Jan 1797.

            Agar, Welbore Ellis, d. 1868
            GB-2014-WSA-01982 · Persona · d. 1868

            AGAR, WELBORE ELLIS, 2ND EARL OF NORMANTON (I), eldest son of Charles Agar, 1st Earl of Normanton (qv); adm.; KS 1794; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1798, matr. 6 Jun 1798, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1798 - res 20 Nov 1803; BA 1802; succ. as 2nd Earl of Normanton (I) 14 Jul 1809; m. 17 May 1816 Lady Diana Herbert, dau. of George Augustus Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke KG, Gen. in the Army; d. 26 Aug 1868.

            Aglionby, George, 1603-1643
            GB-2014-WSA-01988 · Persona · 1603-1643

            AGLIONBY, GEORGE, son of Rev. John Aglionby DD, Principal of St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and Rector of Islip, Oxfordshire; bapt. 1 May 1603; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1619, matr. 9 Dec 1619, aged 16, Westminster Student to (?) 1636; BA 1623 (incorp. at Cambridge 1624); MA 1626; BD 1633 : DD 1635 (incorp. at Cambridge 1641/2); an Usher at the School; tutor to George, 2nd Duke of Buckingham; ordained; Vicar of Cassington, Oxfordshire 1632-8; Prebendary of Westminster from 28 Sep 1638, and of Chichester from 1 Apr 1639; Dean of Chichester from c. Jun 1642; Dean of Canterbury 6 May 1643, but never installed; lic. to m. 3 Jul 1635 Sibella Smith, St. Martin in the Fields, London; buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford 11 Nov 1643.

            Alderson, John, 1915-1945
            GB-2014-WSA-02018 · Persona · 1915-1945

            Alderson, John, son of John Henry Alderson (qv); b. 24 Dec. 1915; adm. Sept. 1928 (KS); left July 1933; member Lloyds underwriting firm; Seaforth Highlanders 1940-5 (Capt.); attached Spe­cial Service troops; MC (Normandy) Aug. 1944; m. 21 Sept. 1939 Diana Mary, d. of Rt Hon. Edward Leslie Burgin MP LLD, Minister of Supply; killed in action in Western Europe Apr. 1945.

            John Alderson was born in India on the 24th of December 1915 the only son of John Henry Alderson OW, a schoolmaster, and Dorothy Mogg (nee Stockwell) Alderson of Bruton in Somerset. He was educated at Westminster School, where he was admitted as a King’s Scholar and was up College from September 1928 to July 1934. He placed second for the Ireland Prize for Greek Verse in 1934. He was a member of the Colts Cricket XI from 1929 to 1931, winning his Colts Cap in 1929. He was a member of the 1st Cricket XI in 1932, 1933 and 1934, where he opened the batting in the latter year and of the Football XI in 1932, 1933 and 1934 where he played at inside left. The Elizabethan wrote the following on his 1932/33 season: - “With Symons constituted the brains of the attack. These two made many fine openings and played cleverly with each other and the other wing half backs. Alderson is a beautiful dribbler and strong with both feet, and a most indefatigable worker. If he is here next year, as it is hoped he will be, he should become an extremely dangerous inside-forward.” He was appointed as a School Monitor in 1933 and served as Hon. Secretary of the Elizabethan in the same year. The Elizabethan wrote the following on his 1933 cricket season: - “An attractive batsman, hooks and cuts splendidly, but his defence needs improving. Apt to get careless when well set and consequently did not make any large scores. A very safe fieldsman who, despite the smallness of his hands, catches nearly everything that comes his way.” He was appointed to the Monitorial Council in September 1932 and was a member of the Officer Training Corps where he was promoted to Sergeant in September 1933.
            On leaving school he worked for a firm of Lloyd’s insurance brokers.
            He was married at St Botolph’s Without, Aldersgate, London on the 21st of September 1939 to Diana Mary (nee Burgin); they had two sons, one of which was born on the 18th of September 1940, Christopher J., born on the 10th of August 1942 and a daughter, Philippa J., born on the 12th of December 1944.
            He attended the 164th Officer Cadet Training Unit at Barmouth from the 24th of September 1939 before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders on the 14th of January 1940. He was promoted to Lieutenant on the 14th of July 1941 and was later attached to No. 3 Commando where he was appointed to the command of No.6 Troop. He was promoted to temporary Captain on the 13th of March 1944 and was appointed as Regimental Intelligence Officer on the 30th of March 1944.
            At 9.05am on the 6th of June 1944, No. 6 Troop, No. 3 Commando landed on Sword beach in LCI 290, which was already sinking as it touched down. The Troop had suffered some casualties on the run in to the beach and suffered more when they moved across it under shell fire. By the evening they were inland at Ranville and by the evening of the 7th of June they were based at the chateau at Amfreville.
            At 10.13am on the morning of the 8th of June, No.6 Troop reported that enemy infantry was advancing astride the Le Plein - Languemare Road and they engaged them at close range at 11am with support from artillery and fire from the destroyer HMS Hunter which was offshore. At 11.30am No. 6 Troop counterattacked and drove the Germans back half a mile, “destroying” an enemy company and capturing thirty six prisoners. During this engagement John Alderton was wounded in the knee.
            For his actions that day he was awarded the Military Cross, which was announced in the London Gazette of the 31st of August 1944; the citation read: -
            “On the morning of 8th June 1944, this Officer was holding a position astride the Le Plein - Languemare Road with one Officer and forty-seven men. The Troop was attacked by a company of German Infantry which established itself in front of the position. Captain Alderson attacked with great determination leading the assault with a T.S.M.G. He himself accounted for a number of the enemy and his men were so inspired by his leadership that they carried on after he was wounded and cleared the entire wood which remains in our hands. Besides approximately 15 enemy killed there were 36 prisoners. Owing to Captain Alderson's skill and courage our own losses were no more than one killed and nine wounded. This success was largely due to Captain Alderson's fine leadership.”
            He re-joined his unit as a Troop Officer in billets at Smakt in Holland on the 18th of March 1945. At 3am on the morning of the 7th of April 1945, No. 3 Commando received orders to cross the River Weser in order to support No. 45 Commando as part of a flanking movement to the north of the town of Leese. They moved to Stolzenau at 3.30am and crossed the River Weser in Goatley boats at 4.30am. By 6am they were established in farm buildings where they were under occasional shell fire. Five other ranks were wounded in this area. At 7pm they received orders to join No. 1 Commando Brigade for a night march to Leese. Their objective was the capture of factory which was producing V-2 rockets and they were to be supported by a squadron of tanks for the task. At 8am they began moving towards the northern edge of the Leese and at 8.05am three tanks moved forward to assist them in clearing the town which they entered at 8.15am. At 8.30am the tanks engaged enemy positions in the factory and in woods to the north east of Leese. At 8.45am John Alderson was badly wounded by a sniper and was evacuated to the rear in a captured ambulance at 10am. He died from his wounds later in the day.
            When the factory was captured, at around 4pm, a number of rockets were found and around one hundred scientists and support workers were captured.
            He is commemorated on the war memorial at Harpenden and on the memorials at Bruton and at Lloyd’s of London.
            He is buried at Rheinburg War Cemetery Plot 13 Row B Grave 1