KENDALL, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS; served in the Low Countries for seven years; employed as an “intelligencer” by Secretary Cecil in the Spanish Netherlands 1600/1 (CSP Dom 1598-1601, 484-5; CSP Dom 1601-3, 37, 38, 140).
KENDALL, JAMES, brother of Thomas Kendall (qv); b. 1647; adm. 10 Jul 1658; KS (aged 13) 1661; adm. Middle Temple 27 Apr 1666, Lincoln’s Inn 28 Nov 1666; MP West Looe Apr 1685 – Feb 1689/90, 1695-1702, Lostwithiel 17 Jan 1706 and from 17 Jan 1708; Governor of Barbados 1690-4; a Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty 24 Feb 1696- Jun 1699; d. 10 Jul 1708. Buried North Aisle, Westminster Abbey.
KING, JAMES, brother of Walker King (adm. 1811, qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 25 Dec 1801 (IGI); adm. Lady Day 1814; KS (aged 14) 1815; left Easter 1816; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 15 Dec 1818; BA 1822; MA 1825; ordained deacon (Rochester) 1825, priest (Bath and Wells) 1825; Rector of Longfield, Kent, from 24 Jun 1825; Vicar of Frindsbury, Kent 31 Aug 1825; Rector of Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, 18 Dec 1825; m. 30 Jul 1825 Maria, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. Hon. George Carleton, Inspector of Militia, Canada; d. 21 Jun 1864.
KING, NEVILLE, eldest son of John King, Ashby-de-la-Launde, Lincs., Capt., 3rd [Foot ?] Guards, and Millicent Mary, sister of John Fox (qv); bapt. Ashby de la Launde, Lincs. 28 Nov 1752 (IGI); adm. 14 Feb 1766; KS (aged 14) 1768; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1772, adm. pens. 17 Jun 1772, scholar 7 May 1773, matr. 1775; BA 1776; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 27 May 1772; High Sheriff, Lincolnshire 1816; racehorse owner; m. 22 May 1786 Sarah, dau. of Thomas Gildart, Finchley, Middlesex, and Norton Hall, Staffs.; buried 25 Jun 1833.
KINSMAN (or KYNNESMAN), EDMUND, second son of Harold Kinsman, Broughton, Northants, and Elizabeth, dau. of William Golborne, Liverpool; bapt. 6 Jul 1605; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1623, adm. scholar 1624; BA 1627/8; MA 1631; ordained; Rector of Clipston, Northants, in 1640; m. Dorothy, only dau. of Moyle Deale, London; d. 17 Oct 1640.
Kirbyshire, John Arthur, son of Arthur Scarr Kirbyshire, schoolmaster, of Ealing, and Gwladys Mabel, d. of Henry William James of Halstead, Essex; b. 1 Oct. 1923; adm. Sept. 1937 (KS); left July 1942; RAF 1942-5; Trin. Coll. Camb., elected 1942 (open schol. ), matric. 1945, BA 1948; an official of the Bank of England 1948-80; m. 4 July 1949 Joyce Mary Adams, d. of Henry Coates of Watford, Herts; d. 2 Nov. 1996.
KIRKHAM, ROBERT, son of Edward Kirkham, St. Mary le Savoy, London, Yeoman of the Revels; b.; adm.; QS in 1596; from the verses contributed by him as a QS on the death of Lady Elizabeth Cecil it would appear that he was a godson of her husband; in a letter to Sir Robert Cecil dated 22 Apr 1597 Edward Kirkham states that his son “at the last election of the scholars of Westminster failed of his preferment, merely by want of some honourable good friends to speak for him” and begs Cecil to send for the Dean of Christ Church “who has the choice of scholars and move him in behalf of my son” (HMC Salisbury MSS, vii, 170); elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1597, matr. Feb 1597/8, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1602; BA 1601; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 2 Jul 1601; Clerk of the Signet; buried Richmond, Surrey 12 Nov 1638.
KIRKHAM, ROGER, brother of Robert Kirkham (qv); b.; adm.; KS in 1609; Broadgates Hall, Oxford, matr. 18 Jun 1610, aged 16; adm. Middle Temple 13 Jan 1612/3; buried Richmond, Surrey 24 Nov 1646.
Kirkman, John Mather, son of John Parke Kirkman, J. P., of Bedford, senior mathematical master of Bedford Grammar School, by Eva Whyte; b. May 5, 1898; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1912; left April 1916; R.M.A. Woolwich; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Feb. 28, 1917; served in France July 1917-July 1918; Lieut. Aug. 28, 1918; Capt. Feb. 28, 1930; Major Aug. 1, 1938; acting Lieut.-Col. July 1940; Col. March 7, 1945; temp. Brigadier July 15, 1942; temp. Major General Aug. 13, 1948; Major-General Jan. 12, 1949; retired Jan. 22, 1954; p.s.c.; B.G.S. Southern Command 1944; B.G.S. Greece 1945; Chief of Staff Palestine 1947 and Far East Land Forces 1948; Chief of Intelligence Divn., Control Commission for Germany 1950; Col. Commandant R. A. 1956; Commissioner in Chief, St. John Ambulance Brigade 1956-62; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1944; C.B. Jan 7, 1949; K.St.J. 1957; Commander of Order of George I of the Hellenes with Swords; mentioned in despatches (Mediterranean) L.G. May 23, 1946 (Palestine) L. G. Jan 7, 1949; (Far East) 1950; d. 1964.
KITCHIN, THOMAS; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1591, adm. scholar 1592; BA 1595/6; MA 1599; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1597-1621, Junior Bursar 1609-10, Junior Dean 1611-2, Senior Fellow 1616; Taxor 1611; Proctor 1614-5; ordained deacon and priest (Norwich) 15 Jun 1606; Vicar of Trumpington, Cambs., 1611; Vicar of Bottisham, Cambs. 1612; Rector of Grundisburgh, Suffolk 1617.