FREEMAN, GEORGE; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1590, adm. scholar 1591; BA 1594/5; MA 1598 (incorp. Oxford 16 Jul 1600).

FRENCH, ANTHONY; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1633; KS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1637, adm. pens. 24 May 1637, scholar 1638; buried St. Michael’s, Cambridge 16 May 1639.

FURYE, PEREGRINE, son of Peregrine Furye, Cashier to Paymaster-Gen. of the Forces, and Secretary of Chelsea Hospital, and Jane Noell; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1742/3 (Hutton's); KS 1744; Capt. of the School 1748; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1749, adm. pens. 25 May 1749, scholar 11 May 1750, matr. 1750; [ presumably Capt. -Lieut., 36th Foot 9 Mar 1757, still Army List 1760, not 1761 ]; a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber from 1779; d. Jan 1792.

FYNES-CLINTON, HENRY, only son of Clinton James Fynes-Clinton (qv); b. 5 Feb 1826; adm. 31 Jan 1840 (Scott's); QS 1840; left 1844; University Coll. Durham; BA 1848; MA 1851; ordained deacon 1849, priest 1850 (both Lincoln); Vicar of Keddington, Lincs., 1850; Perpetual Curate of Bothamsall, Notts., 17 Feb 1851-69; Vicar of Hawthorn, co. Durham, 1870-2; Rector of Cromwell, Notts., from 1872; m. 9 Jul 1850 Sarah Catherine, youngest dau. of Rev. John Bainbridge Smith DD, Perpetual Curate of Baumber, Lincs., and Headmaster, Horncastle GS; d. 17 Oct 1911.

GABBET, HENRY, second son of Robert Gabbet, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, and St. Mary Bothaw, London, citizen and haberdasher, and Mary Avis, Reading, Berks.; bapt. St. Mary Bothaw, London 17 Nov 1560 (IGI); adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1579, adm. scholar 1580, matr. Lent 1579/80; adm. Middle Temple 16 Oct 1583, from New Inn; of Chelmsford, Essex, and London, merchant; d. unm. 2 Sep 1610.

GAHAGAN, HENRY, brother of Frederick Gahagan (qv); bapt. 13 Oct 1780; adm.; KS 1795; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1799, adm. pens. 6 May 1799, but went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 24 Jun 1799, Canoneer Student 23 Dec 1800 - void 2 Jul 1810; BA 1803; MA 1806; Minor Cadet, EICS Bengal 18 Mar 1783 – struck off 2 May 1786; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 26 Mar 1799, called to bar 1805 [check date]; practised at Madras, but subsequently returned to England; d. 24 Feb 1834.

Gardner, Robert Geoffrey, son of George Gardner, of Eastbourne, Sussex, one of H. M. Inspectors of Schools; b. Oct. 25, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 28, 1899; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; B.A. 1907; 2nd Lieut., unattached, Jan. 19, 1907, Indian Army March 31, 1909; Lieut. April 19, 1909; Capt. Sept. 1, 1915; acting Lieut. ­ Col. Aug. 10 - Sept. 18, 1921, acting Major Nov. 14, 1921 - Feb. 14, 1922.

SHIPPEN, WILLIAM, second son of Rev. William Shippen DD, Rector of Stockport, Lancs.; bapt. 30 Jul 1673; adm.; KS 1688; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1691, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1691, aged 18, scholar 8 Apr 1692, matr. 1691/2; BA 1694/5; adm. Middle Temple 23 Nov 1693, called to bar 19 May 1699; MP Bramber 29 Dec 1707 – 15 Jan 1709, 8 Dec 1710-3, Saltash 1713-5, Newton (Lancs. ) from 1715; wrote satirical verses against the Whigs 1708; a Commissioner of Public Accounts and for stating Army Debts 1711-4; a prominent member of the “October Club”; opposed the offer of a reward for the apprehension of the Pretender 1714; sent to the Tower for drawing attention to George I’s ignorance of “our language and constitution” 4 Dec 1718; became one of the recognised Jacobite leaders in the House of Commons; moved the reduction of the Civil List 1727; opposed Walpole’s excise scheme 1733; refused to vote for the removal of Walpole 1741; “Downright” Shippen was more remarkable for his courage and incorruptibility than for any superior eloquence or talent; a pioneer of constitutional opposition in the House of Commons; lic. to m. 17 Jul 1712 Frances, sister of Bertram Stote (qv); d. 1 May 1743. DNB.

SMALRIDGE, GEORGE, son of Thomas Smalridge, Lichfield, Staffs., dyer; b. 18 May 1662; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1682, matr. 18 Dec 1682, Westminster Student 18 Dec 1682 – void 1700, Tutor 1687-97, Junior Censor 1693, Senior Censor 1694-5; BA 1686; MA 1689; BD 1698; DD 1701; author, Auctio Davisiana, 1689; with Francis Atterbury (qv) and Anthony Alsop (qv) assisted Charles Boyle in the production of Dr. Bentley’s Dissertations on the Epistles of Phalaris, 1698; ordained; Prebendary of Lichfield 12 Jun 1693-1714; Minister of Broadway Chapel, Westminster 1698-1713; Deputy to Regius Prof. Divinity, Oxford 1700-7; Chaplain in Ordinary to Queen Anne 1710; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford 6 Sep 1711 – Jul 1713, Dean from 18 Jul 1713; Dean of Carlisle 3 Nov 1711 – Jul 1713; consecrated Bishop of Bristol 4 Apr 1714; Lord Almoner Mar 1714 – Nov 1715, when he was dismissed for refusing to sign declaration against the Pretender; the “famous Dr. Smalridge”, as Swift called him, was the most popular bishop of his day; Steele speaks of him in The Tatler as “abounding in the sort of virtue and knowledge which makes religion beautiful”, while Whiston declared him to be one of the most learned and excellent persons in the kingdom; Busby Trustee 14 Feb 1701/2; an edition of sixty of his sermons was published in 1726; he and Robert Freind (KS 1680, qv) married sisters; m. 18 Jul 1700 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Rev. Samuel De L’Angle DD, Prebendary of Westminster and Vicar of Steventon, Berks.; d. 27 Sep 1719. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. DNB.