REEKS, JAMES ALBERT, brother of Charles Frederick Reeks (qv); b. 9 Aug 1860; adm. 4 Jun 1874 (James'); left Apr 1877; RMC Sandhurst 1879; 2nd Lieut., 45th Foot 11 Aug 1880; Lieut., Derbyshire Regt., 4 May 1881; Capt., 19 May 1886; Adjutant, 5 Aug 1886; Maj., 1 Jan 1899; retd. 21 Sep 1904; re-employed in command depot of Sherwood Foresters in 1914-8 War; Hon. Lieut. -Col., 25 Dec 1917; OBE 1 Jan 1918; m. 24 Aug 1907 Elwena Grace, dau. of Sir Francis Norie Miller, Bart., MP, Cleeve, Perthshire; d. 7 Jan 1944.
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322 People & Organisations results for James'
REEKS, CHARLES FREDERICK, elder son of Charles Frederick Reeks FRIBA, Westbourne Square, London, architect, and Helen, third dau. of Charles Rowland, North Street, Westminster, Principal Clerk, House of Commons; b. 27 Jan 1857; adm. 29 Jan 1870 (James'); left May 1876; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 7 Jun 1876; BA 1881; MA 1884; ordained deacon 1881, priest 1882 (both London); Curate, St. Mary Magdalen, Paddington 1881-97; Vicar of Monmouth, Monmouthshire 1897-1912; Rector of Hinton Waldrist, Berks., 1915-8; m. 29 Apr 1889 Maud Edith, fifth dau. of Lieut. -Gen. William Hill, Sutherland Avenue, Maida Vale, London; d. 28 Oct 1935.
RANDOLPH, PERCY JOHN CHARLES, son of John Randolph (adm. 1833, qv); b. 11 Sep 1858; adm. 30 May 1872 (James'); left Aug 1876; steam coal agent, Upper Penn, Staffs. (1901 Census); m. 16 Nov 1897 Constance, dau. of Richard Shaw.
PRITCHARD, WILLIAM BENNING, son of William Tarn Pritchard, Doctors’ Commons, London, solicitor (previously proctor, Doctors’ Commons), and Jane, eldest dau. of William Benning, Fleet Street, London, law bookseller; b. 31 Jan 1849; adm. 30 Sep 1862 (James'); QS 1864; left Christmas 1866; adm. solicitor Mich. 1873, firm Pritchard & Sons, Gracechurch Street, London; m. 11 Aug 1874 Helen Sophia Littlejohn, dau. of James Johnstone Paul, Surgeon, Royal Navy; d. 14 Oct 1913.
PRESTON, BENJAMIN, youngest son of Capt. Thomas Preston, Royal Navy, and his second wife Caroline, second dau. of Rev. Robert Rolfe; half-brother of Joseph Preston (qv); b. 20 Apr 1846; adm. 30 Jun 1859 (James'); left Christmas 1864; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 31 Jul 1866; played cricket v. Oxford 1869; BA 1871; MA 1874; a maltster and wine merchant, Lowestoft, Suffolk, firm Youngman Preston & Co; JP Suffolk; m. 1st, 1 Feb 1872 Alice Mary, second dau. of W. Youngman, Lowestoft, Suffolk; m. 2nd. 15 Jan 1880 Mary Jane, second dau. of Rev. Richard Cooke Denny, Norwich; m. 3rd, 19 Nov 1901 Lillie Pearce, dau. of Henry Phillips, Highbury New Park, Islington; d. 1 Jun 1914.
POOK, HENRY WILLIAM JAMES, elder son of Henry Pook, Greenwich, Kent, solicitor, and Martha --- (1881 Census); b. 10 Oct 1848; adm. 25 Sep 1862 (James'); left Aug 1863; adm. solicitor Mich. 1872; practised at Greenwich, firm Henry Pook & Son; no longer in Law List 1900.
POOK, CHARLES OLIVER, brother of Henry William James Pook (qv); b. 30 Jan 1851; adm. 25 Sep 1862 (James'); left Aug 1863; adm. solicitor Dec 1882; practised in London; living 1900; m. (by 1881) Eugene A. ---.
PLOWDEN, ALFRED CHICHELEY, eldest son of Trevor John Chicheley Plowden (adm. 1824, qv); b. 21 Oct 1844; adm. 21 Jan 1858 (James'); QS 1859; left Mar 1862; Brasenose Coll. Oxford, matr. 12 Jun 1862; BA 1866; Private Secretary to Sir John Grant, Governor of Jamaica 1866-8; adm. Middle Temple 19 Oct 1863, called to bar 26 Jan 1870; Oxford Circuit; Recorder of Much Wenlock 1879-88; Revising Barrister for Oxfordshire 1882-8; Metropolitan Police Magistrate at Wandsworth 1888-9, West London 1889-93, and Marylebone 1893 – Jul 1914; JP London, Home Counties; author, Grain or Chaff, 1903; m. 28 Jul 1883 Evelyn, youngest dau. of Gen. Sir Charles John Foster KCB; d. 8 Aug 1914.
PILLANS, MOWBRAY JAMES, son of James Pillans, Chislehurst, Kent, merchant, and Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Thomas Bew, Chislehurst, Kent; b. 15 Jul 1864; adm. 6 Oct 1875 (James'); left Christmas 1875; (in 1881 Census as James Mowbray Pillans, “scholar”); m. 7 Aug 1889 Edith Mary Allsop; d. 12 Jul 1930.
PETROCOCHINO, MATTHEW DEMETRIUS, brother of Emmanuel Demetrius Petrocochino (qv); b. 4 Dec 1862; adm. 23 Sep 1875 (R); left Nov 1880; a London merchant, firm Petrocochino Brothers; m. Helen, dau. of Ambrose Ralli, Porchester Terrace, Bayswater, London; d. 3 Sep 1931.