ALFORD, MELCHIZEDEK, son of William Alford, Lyme Regis, Dorset; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1641, matr. 10 Dec 1641, aged 18, Westminster Student; BA 1648; expelled from his studentship by the Parliamentary Visitors 9 Nov 1648 for being “absent divers yeares and never appearinge to do any exercise” (Burrows, 212); treasurer to the Royalist garrison at Exeter during its siege by Parliament, and was “imployed in carrying letters and other messages to the King at Oxford and elsewhere” (Walker, Sufferings, pt. ii, 109); ordained 1653; Curate, Dunsford, Devon 1656; Curate, Culmstock, Devon 16 Mar 1658/9; Vicar of Ottery St. Mary, Devon, from 20 Mar 1661; m. 18 Dec 1650 Elizabeth, only child of Richard Channon, Escot, Ottery St. Mary, Devon; buried Ottery St. Mary, Devon 10 Aug 1689.

ALINGTON, EDWARD HUGH, eighth son of Rev. John Alington, Rector of Candlesby, Lincs., and Charlotte Sophia, youngest dau. of Sir Alan Bellingham, Bart.; nephew of George Marmaduke Alington (qv); b. 9 Apr 1857; adm. from Uppingham School 16 Jun 1870 (James'); BB 25 Jul 1870; QS (Capt. ) 1872; Capt. of the School 1875; left May 1876; Hertford Coll. Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1876; played Association Football against Cambridge 1877, 1878; BA 1880; MA 1883; ordained deacon 1884, priest 1885 (Bishop Mitchinson for Peterborough); Curate, St. Mark’s, Leicester 1884-7; Curate, St. John the Baptist, Summertown, Oxford 1887-98; Assistant Master, Summerfields Preparatory School, Oxford 1879-84, 1887-1918, Head Master 1918-; m. 30 Jul 1885 Margaret, youngest dau. of Archibald Maclaren, Head Master, Summerfields Preparatory Sch., Oxford.

ALLEN, GEORGE BAUGH, eldest son of Lancelot Baugh Allen (qv) and his first wife; b. 23 Apr 1821; adm. 3 Jul 1833 (Benthall's); KS 1834; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1838, adm. pens. 28 May 1838, scholar 1839, matr. Mich. 1838; BA 1842; MA 1845; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 4 Nov 1842; a certificated special pleader 1846; the last of the great special pleaders; practised in the Temple 1846-96; author with W. B. Allen of Forms of Endorsements, 1883; of Cilrhiw, Pembs.; DL Haverfordwest, JP Pembrokeshire; m. 19 May 1846 Dorothea Hannah, dau. of Roger Eaton, Parcglas, Pembs.; d. 19 Sep 1898.

Allen, Ian Cameron, son of George Henry Allen, barrister-at-law, and Mary Charlotte, d. of John Cameron of Kirkintilloch, Dumbartonshire; b. 27 Apr. 1910; adm. Sept. 1923 (G), KS 1924; left July 1929; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1929, BA 1932; St Thom. Hosp., MRCS LRCP 1935; practised at Framlingham, Suffolk; RAMC 1942 (Lieut.-Col.); author of several books on the history of railways in East Anglia; m. 8 Oct. 1939 Margaret, d. of Thomas Stephen Lock, engineer; d. 25 Dec. 1989.

ALLEN, PETER; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1656, matr. 31 Jul 1658, Westminster Student, Tutor; BA 17 Jan 1659/60; MA 1662; ordained; Rector of Stoke Talmage, Oxfordshire 1666; lic. to m. 10 Aug 1666 Frances Barker, Oxford; d. 15 Sep 1667.

ALLEN, WILLIAM, son of Mundeford Allen, London, and Frances Weston, Norfolk Street, London; b. Dec 1773; adm. 3 Jun 1785; KS (aged 15) 1789; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1793, adm. pens. 23 May 1793, scholar 2 May 1794, matr. Mich. 1793; BA 1797; MA 1800; ordained deacon (Norwich) 12 Mar 1797, priest 1 Apr 1798; Vicar of Narburgh with Narford, Norfolk, from 31 Oct 1799; d. 31 May 1864. [note will Mundeford Allen, Queen Square, Middlesex, merchant, proved PCC 27 Jun 1775]

ALTHAM, ROGER, son of Rev. Michael Altham DD, Rector of Eastwick, Herts., and of Latton, Essex; nephew of Roger Altham (KS 1664, qv); b. 1658; adm.; KS 1675; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1677, matr. 4 Dec 1677, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1677 – void 1698, Tutor 1690-3, Junior Censor 1689, Senior Censor 1690-1; one of the students who plucked “old Lady Lovelace” out of her coach 6 Jun 1681 (Wood, Ath. Ox., i, xci); BA 1681; MA 1684; BD 1694; DD 1701; Proctor and Professor of Moral Philosophy 1693; ordained (by 1692); Chaplain to Bishop of London; Prebendary of St. Paul’s from 30 Aug 1695; Rector of St. Andrew Undershaft, with St. Mary Axe, London 23 Oct 1697-1701; Rector of St. Botolph, Bishopsgate, from 7 Oct 1701; Vicar of Latton, Essex, from 1705; Archdeacon of Middlesex from 9 Feb 1716/7; m. 31 May 1705 Mary, dau. of James Altham, Mark Hall, Essex; d. 28 Feb 1729/30.

AMHERST, WILLIAM PITT, 2ND EARL AMHERST, son of William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst (qv) and his first wife; b. 3 Sep 1805; adm. 1 Apr 1818 (Packharness'); KS 1820; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1824, matr. 28 May 1824, Westminster Student; BA 1828; styled Viscount Holmesdale 1826-57; MP East Grinstead Feb 1829-32; succ. his father as 2nd Earl Amherst 13 Mar 1857; Busby Trustee 18 May 1869; DL JP Kent; m. 12 Jul 1834 Gertrude, sixth dau. of Hon. and Right Rev. Hugh Percy DD, Bishop of Carlisle; d. 26 Mar 1886.

AMYRANT, MOSES, son of Moses Amyrant LLD, Paris, France, advocate in Parlement of Paris; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1698; Queen’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 7 May 1700; adm. Inner Temple [check], called to bar, Inner Temple 9 Jun 1706; lic. to m. 5 Jan 1719/20 Gertrude Abbot, St Dunstan in the West, London; d. shortly before 7 Feb 1751.

Andrews, Archibald Maclagan, third son of the . Rev. John Marshall Andrews, Vicar of St. Michael's, Highgate; b. Oct. 28, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left April 1892; emigrated to British Columbia; d. at Victoria, B.C., April 17, 1920.