LEWIS, THOMAS, of Worcestershire, “doctoris fil. ”; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1591, matr. 11 Feb 1591/2, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1594 [again 1600-1, check].
LEY, HENRY, brother of John Henry Ley (KS 1791, qv); b. 14 Aug 1781; adm.; KS 1795; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1799, matr. 22 May 1799, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1799 – void 20 Sep 1806 (expiry year of grace as R. Kenn from 28 Sep 1805); BA 1803; MA 1806; ordained priest 25 Aug 1805; Rector of Kenn, Devon, from 28 Aug 1805; d. 8 Jan 1856.
LIFFORD, RICHARD, described in Parentelae of 1807 as son of Richard Lifford, Plymouth, Devon, but in fact a natural son of HRH Frederick, Duke of York; b.; in school list 1803; KS (Capt., aged 13) 1807; left 1809; Ensign, 52nd Foot 8 Aug 1809; Lieut., 2 Jul 1811; a great friend of Charles Gordon-Lennox, 5th Duke of Richmond (qv) (see Memoirs, 1862, pp. 10-1); d. c. 13 Aug 1811, of wounds received during pursuit of French from Santarem 12 Mar 1811.
LISTER, HENRY, son of Lieut. -Col. William Lister, 3rd Foot Guards, Twickenham, Middlesex, and Sarah Nicol, Nevile House, Twickenham; b.; adm. (aged 14 ) Sep 1740 (Hawkins'); KS 1741; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1745, but never adm .; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 9 Mar 1744/5; Lieut. and Capt., 29 Mar 1748; Capt. and Lieut. -Col., 4 May 1758; Brevet Col., 25 May 1772; Second Major, 2nd Foot Guards 15 Dec 1773, First Major 8 Sep 1775; Maj. -Gen., 29 Aug 1777; Lieut. -Col. commanding 2nd Foot Guards 21 Nov 1777; Lieut. -Gen., 26 Nov 1782; served on expedition to Cherbourg 1759; ADC to George III; m. 23 Oct 1760 Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Henry Stratford, Overstone Hall, Northants; d. 17 Nov 1785.
PEERS, RICHARD, son of Richard Peers, Lisburn, co. Antrim, tanner; b. 1645; apprenticed to father’s trade; ran away to Bristol, from where an uncle sent him to school in Carmarthenshire; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1664, matr. 22 Jul 1664, aged 19, Westminster Student 20 Dec 1664 - void 1676, Tutor 1671-5; BA 1668; MA 1671; Esquire Bedell of Arts and Physic 21 Sep 1675; licensed to practise medicine 6 Jul 1688; translated Wood’s History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford into Latin, 1674, and compiled the first published catalogue of Oxford graduates, 1689; m. 27 Dec 1677 Mary Tipping, Oxford; d. 11 Aug 1690. DNB.
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.
PEMBRIDGE, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1562, Westminster Student to 1568; migrated to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. sizar Mich. 1569; BA 1569/70 (incorp. Oxford 20 Feb 1571/2); MA Oxford 1572; ordained; preacher and schoolmaster, Aylesbury, Bucks. 1572-3; Vicar of Goldington, Beds., 1573; Rector of Hanwell, Oxfordshire 1574; Vicar of Wilsford, Wilts., 1584; Rector of Sudeley, Gloucs., 1585; Rector of Abbotts Ann, Hampshire 1587; Rector of Skilgate, Somerset, from 2 Jul 1589; Rector of Marston Sicca, Gloucs., from 1590; Rector of Kentchurch, Herefs., 1591; d. 1595.
PENNY, WILLIAM GOODENOUGH, eldest son of Rev. William Penny, Fox Hall, Upminster, Essex, Church of England clergyman, and his second wife Sophia, dau. of Samuel Goodenough (qv); b. 4 Aug 1814; adm. 20 Sep 1825 (G); KS 1829; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1833, matr. 23 May 1833, Westminster Student; BA 1837; MA 1839; Mathematical Scholar, Christ Church 1838; ordained deacon 22 Dec 1839, priest 20 Dec 1840 (both Oxford); Perpetual Curate of Ashendon and Dorton, Bucks., 1842; Roman Catholic convert 1843; Oratorian priest; Professor of Mathematics., University Coll., Dublin; d. 11 Mar 1892.
PERCY, BARNARD ELLIOTT, brother of William Percy (qv); b. 24 Sep 1784; at school 1794; in school list 1795; KS 1798; Lincoln Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Jan 1801; BA 1805; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 19 Nov 1802, called to bar 24 Nov 1807, left Inn 29 Nov 1813, but readm. 18 Feb 1822; special pleader; Home Circuit; ordained deacon 1833, priest 19 Oct 1834 (Lichfield); Incumbent, Felbridge, Surrey; Curate, Burstow, Surrey, East Meon, Hampshire 1843, and Headbourne Worthy, Hampshire; d. 23 Nov 1871.
Pereira, Horace Felix de Courcy, son of Sir Horace Alvarez de Courcy Pereira, Sen. Registrar Principal Probate Registry, and Christian Mary Isabel, d. of George Gordon of Croydon, Surrey; b. 10 Sept. 1906; adm. Sept. 1918 (A), KS 1920; left July 1925; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1925, BA 1929, MA 1950; Harvard Univ., EdM 1954; a financial consultant; sen. vice-pres. First National Bank of Boston, USA; served Governor's Commissions Massachusetts 1965-69; retd 1970; m. 30 Apr. 1930 Beatrice Marie, d. of Edward Bowie of Sharon, Mass., USA.; d. 6 Sept. 2000.