HOLLAND, CHRISTOPHER, son of James Holland, St. Gregory’s parish, London; b.; adm. (aged 11) Jun 1720; Min. Can. 1721; KS 1722; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1726, matr. 13 Jun 1726, Westminster Student 5 Apr 1729 – void 28 Jun 1739, expiry year of grace as V. Chippenham from 10 May 1738; BA 1730; MA 1733; Vicar of Chippenham, Wiltshire, from 1738; m. 9 May 1738 Elizabeth Trevanion; d. 8 May 1760.

HOLT, FRANCIS LUDLOW, brother of Thomas Lyttleton Holt (qv); b.; adm.; KS (aged 14) 1794; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1798, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 May 1798; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 31 Oct 1807, matr. Mich. 1807; adm. Middle Temple 11 Dec 1801, called to bar 27 Jan 1809; Northern Circuit; an Exchequer Bill Loan Commissioner; South Auditor, Duchy of Lancaster 1819-26; Vice-Chancellor, County Palatine of Lancaster, from 1826; migrated to Inner Temple 1829, Bencher 1831, Treasurer 1840; KC 1831; for many years editor, Bell’s Weekly Messenger; author, The Law of Libel, 1812, the comedy The land we live in, 1804, and of other legal and dramatic works; m. 31 Oct 1809 (IGI) Jane Bell, niece of John Bell, publisher and proprietor, The Weekly Messenger; d. 29 Sep 1844. DNB.

HOOK, WILLIAM, son of William Hook, Lambeth, Surrey, and Esther ---; b.; adm.; at school 1791; KS (aged 15) 1795; Capt. of the School 1799; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1800, but went to Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1800; Ensign, Bedfordshire Militia, Sep 1803.

HORDEN, JOHN, son of John Horden, Westminster, Hosier to King, and Mary, dau. of Richard Batten, Westminster; b.; adm.; KS in 1656; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1658, adm. pens. 25 May 1658, scholar 1659, matr. 1660; BA 1661/2; MA 1665; BD 1682; Fellow, Trin. Coll. 1664 – c. 1673; subscribed for deacon’s orders 19 May 1665, for priest’s 2 Jun 1665 (both London); Rector of St. Michael’s, Queenhithe, London, from 5 May 1671; Vicar of Isleworth, Middlesex, from 16 May 1681; m. 14 Jul 1685 Ann, dau. of Thomas Morice MP; d. 1690.

HOTHAM, WILLIAM FRANCIS, youngest son of Hon. Frederick Hotham (qv); b. 28 Mar 1819; adm. 21 Jan 1833 (Stikeman's); KS 1833; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1837, matr. 5 May 1837, Westminster Student; BA 1841; MA 1843; Fellow, All Souls’ Coll. Oxford 1843-55; ordained deacon 1841, priest 1842 (both Oxford); Rector of Buckland, Surrey, from 1853; m. 31 Jan 1855 Emma, fifth dau. of John Carbonell; d. 10 Sep 1883.

Howell, Albert Ernest, son of Albert Ernest Howell, draper, of Penarth, Glam., and Elizabeth, d. of Thomas Merrett, builder, of Box, Wilts; b. 25 Feb. 1908; adm. Jan. 1921 (R), KS Sept. 1922; left July 1926; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1926, BA 1929, MA 1933; a teacher of languages and translator from Italian; Intell. Corps in WW2 (Lieut.-Col.), despatches (Med.) May 1946; US Medal of Freedom Mar. 1947; Dir. British Inst. Turin 1952-5; MBE 1956; m. 28 Dec. 1946 Lilian Irene Myfanwy Thomas, solicitor, d. of Arthur Augustus Thomas MBE, barrister-at-law, of Copthorne, Sussex; d. June 1994.

MEREDITH, RICHARD, son of Edward Meredith, Stanton (perhaps Stansty, parish of Wrexham), Denbighshire; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1612, adm. scholar 1613, matr. Mich. 1612; BA 1616/7; MA 1620; BD 1627; DD 1634; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1618 – ejected 8 Apr 1644, Senior Bursar 1638-42, Senior Dean 1642-4; ordained; Rector of Farthingstone, Northants 9 Nov 1627-9; Rector of Wappenham, Northants 28 Jul 1632 -–res 1639/40; Rector of Fakenham, Norfolk, from 1640; Rector of Hellesdon, Norfolk, from 1650; d. 5 Dec 1655.

MEREDYTH, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1568-9 (Chapter Muniments 54017-8, 54020). [Probably Daniel Meredyth, third son of Meredith Thomas, Bailiff of Brecon; a letter from his father to his eldest son Thomas, Secretary to Dean Goodman 1563-76, states that he would like Daniel “to be of the number of the scollers at Westmr” (Chapter Muniments)]

MERRILL, GEORGE, brother of John Merrill (qv); bapt. Magdalen Laver 25 Jul 1670 (IGI); adm.; KS 1687; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1690, matr. 12 Jul 1690, aged 18, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1690 – void 1694.

MERYETT, JOHN, son of John Meryett, Hampstead, Middlesex; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1728/9; KS 1731; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1736, adm. pens. 24 Jun 1736, scholar 6 May 1737, matr. 1737; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1742, Major Fellow 8 Jul 1743; BA 1739/40; MA 1743; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 2 Mar 1739/40, priest (Chester) 23 Feb 1755; Curate, Staunton, Notts., 4 Oct 1740; Vicar of Sedbergh, Yorks., from 1755; d. 1764.